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r=n The Union eIuly Times os ^R^SB ? ? ' .... i.. i . ,, ' / ?. . i ?r? in interior tonight. , DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to Tfe*$Wioat)ftUy TI?n?o October 1, 1?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ""'HI i"l I . ?a?? ? ? M l KH-rl'Ht'i I > I 'I voLuqaiNfTueii^ s 3c p?r coPV EXECUTIVES REJECT P CLOSES DOOR TO " L ? Li ' jj New York, Aug. 24.?Representatives of score railroads and "Big ' Five" brotherhood chiefs conferenced at Yale club about three hours. this afternoon Oh possibility of effecting 1 separate a&reomentp between Individ- 1 ual linep a^nd striking shoprpen. "We are still mediating," said War- \ ien Stone^ brotherhood spokesman. ' when the meeting adjournal at l&b without announcing whether another session will be he\d today. The meeting is sounded by utmost | secrecy. 4 j 9 -- . . J New York, Aug. 28 (By the Asso dated Press).?A majority group of the Association of Railway Executives today by a vote of 254 to 4 rejected the proposal of the Big Five train service brotherhoods, that the carriers and the nationwide shopmen s strike by reinstating the men with seniority unimpaired and Bert M. Jewell, official spokesman for the strikers, declared the association had dosed the door to peace and voted for a lockout to smash unionism. At the same time, splitting away from the majority, was a group of 25 railroads, principally Western lines, which deh?ted ? nam au>r??> 1 . . r ? ? tion of the brotherhoods that individual settlements be effected. This mir-ority, while professing: tp stand with the majority in reaffirming the stand on seniority, still indicated that it desired to hepr 'further regarding the individual settlement suggestion. Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, who attended a meeting of the minority held in the Yale club, joined with members, of the majority group in denying that! there was any split. "There is no question of a split") he asserted. "The railroads are a11> standing pat on seniority and any individual settlement will have to ' be made in the light of that understanding." The day's proceedings may briefly be outlined as follows: 1. The association met as a whole F ranking unaffected and it* I committee which met last week with the brotherhood chiefs to draw up a resolution embodying this decision. 2. The committee submitted the resolution after the noon recess and after its adoption left for the Grand Central station and transmitted .the message to the committee representing the running trades, who have /.topped into the shoes of mediators. These mediators, before going into conference, issued a statement asserting that the strike must be settled because the public demanded it and' setting forth that "the crews who J now operate the trains form that part of the public which knows best why a settlement must come." ' 3. The brotherhoods then advanced another proposal, i. e., that the strikers be "reinstated in the positions of the class they originally held on June 30"; that all be restored not later, tkan October 1 and that disputes which might arise over seniority1 rights be referred to the railroad iu. bor board. Later it was suggested that settlementvby individual roads bo taken on this basis. j 4. The committees representing ex-, ecutives and the "Big Five," depart-j ing by- a back stairway, to elude! nanrcnnnow w*??* * ????? ?\%.? 4 iii^u, UICI1 IcpaHCU IA> U1C ' Yale club and brotherhood chiefs ad-; dressed the whole membership of the association. 5. The mediators then withdraw: and departed for the Hotel Woodstock for a conference with shop craft leaders, which lasted into the evening. 6. The association adjourned its meeting. n 7. Members of the minority group continued in session, recessed, and' this evening held another conference with brotherhood men, for the purpose, they said, of testing the good faith ol the "Big Five" regarding the separate settlement suggestion. When the mediators and shop craft leaders meeting late tod^y adjourned. Mr. Jewell issued a statement, which raa/4 V(?v "The Association of Railway Ex- ' ecutives ?ad 'closed the door.' The un- y Ions have offered every concession within reason to end. the strike and ^ to save the public from,a.breakdown of transportation; but the association ^ has mnde none. On the contrary, it j has since the strike began raised an ^ entirely new and irrelevant issue of ] its own?seniority; nnd by ita refusal y to recede from its position has made . a settlement impossible at this time. . The responsibility for what will hap pen now rests wholly upon it. "The shop craft employees voted in June for a strike to establish a living wage and decent working conditions. The Association of Railway Execu! tiv?a has now voted for a lockout to smash unionism on the railroads and to eliminate collective bargaining from the industry. "The men have been ready at all I ?&3V : LAN OF BIG FIVE; i PEACE, SAYS JEWELL ' ' = tl limes to meet the association to bring aJ about an honorable settlement. We 8j expressed our willingness* to do so to the labor board at Chicago. We K accepted President Harding's term.* te of settlement of July 31. The ass.j. ol elation, however, has consistently and jn arrogantly blocked every move in the ?trUco. It has done so with the pla:n Intent of eliminating unionism in the ^ industry as a whple. It refused even ^ at the president's dirept request to f? bake back striking employees with seniority rights unimpaired in order ^ Lhat they might separate free and courageous men from their Jobs and {>i ;hns disintegrate the employees' or conization. It even tried to justify ^ ts refusal on Ihe nrntinri of nromisos )f permanent employment to strike- l" qreakers which have not been made. 8 "The shop craft employees are now ''' fighting for their veiy existence an J :he existence of other railroad em- pi ployees as well as for justice and ight. This last misguided action of he association makes our victory se- . :ure. The association today has not a in eg to stand on before the people. er "The 400,000 striking employees iccept the challenge of the association. We will redouble our efforts, er 'onfident of success." te * The executives' resolution, adopted w ind read to the brotherhood men, fol- nt ows: st "Resolved, That the committee is luthorized to meet the representa- ry lives of the train and engine service brotherhoods again end state to them tn that the railroads adhere to the posi-! Aon heretofore taken, namely, that! dc he striking former employees can not | Yl >o given preference to employees at ^r pwrent in the service, without doing pi riolcnce to every principle of right | te rnd justice involved in this matter j wd without' the grossest, broach of th :->i?h on the part of the railroads to .th ;he men at present in their service. t? Jnder these circumstances it becomes dc apparent that the railroads can not e<i consider any settlement of the pres- j R< jnt strike which does not provide em- in >loyment both to the local employed u* tvho-remained in the service and to te SinV. ? "Resolved, further, That unless the - pi representatives of striking former sp ?' ? * - J A. _ ?_ 'I 1 mop employees arc prepared u) ?c-1 sn :ept that position, the railroads are sh unable to see wherein the efforts at, t i< mediation by the chief officers of the 1 di brotherhoods can harmonize these pc 'un<jamental differences. ^"Resolved, That the railroads ex- pi mreag their appreciation of the friend- "th y intent and the earnest efforts that ar lave been made by the chief officers w >f the train and engine service broth- nc ?rhoods to compose the present situ- jn ition, and express their sincere re- w ?rets that the situation has not por- or mitted a successful termination of these efforts." T The new proposition submitted tolay to the executives by the "Big Five" and considered tonight by *5 ' lords reads: "First: All men to be reinstated in tj. :he position of the class they orig'tally held on June 30, 1922. and n; j' many of such' men as possible are to ( je'put to work September 1 at prea?nt rates of pay and all employees ,vho have been on strike to bo put to vork, or under pay, not later than Jctober 1, next, except such men as tave been proven guilty of destruction of railfoad property or convicted jf crime! ordinary cases of assault 1 tnd battery, the result of personal 1 jncounted, are to be disregarded. "Second: If any dispute arises as to the relative standing of an employee or employees that cab not be ^ jtherwwfb adjusted by the carrier and said employee or employees, the matter shall be deferred to the United States railroad labor board in accord?nce with the transportation act of SF 1920, by the organization, the em- m sloyeos, or the carrier, in the interest -a >f any employees who may be agrrieved. "Third: No intimidation or oppres- Wl don shall be practiced or permitted M ?h against any of the employees who w: lave remained or have taken service {,r >r against those who resume service inder this understanding. "Fourth: All Suits of law now pending as the result of the strike to be withdrawn and cancelled by both par- ce ties." th th TODAY'S COTTON MARKET tc Open Close pi October .. 22.45 22.44 wi December \ 22.33 22.44 ar fanuary 22.20 22.26 Jc March 22.25 22.27 co Vfay # 22.20 22.13 W, SI. Y. Spots .. 22.70 K* Local market .. 22.50 ar A Picnic Itv vi A -II-Ll _1 J. _1 | a uiuwiiikiii, picnic was given uy the younger set last night in honor f0 >f Miss Ruth Ho*ie of Abbevill^. The tv soupley motored out to the forest and kfter swimming a while enjoyed a luinpiuoua lunch. Mr. and Mrs. E. O M. Garner were the chape rones on tc this occasion. in iERVE INJUNCTION ON STRIKE HEADS The serving of an injunction on le heads of the shop crafts which re on strike at the Dianding stieo. lops of the Southern railway and le disappearance of repeuting shotting from the hatyls of police ofAsrs on gur\?d at the shops were the Litstandirig developments ^etterday l Columbia in the railway strike. Five deputy United States mar* lala were in the squad which served te injunction 011 various n\en about te shops. The men numed as deindants in the complaint are ordered 1 appear .before Judge H. A. M. mith at Charleston August 30 aud tow cause why they should not be ljoined from interfering with the >eration of the shops of the South n at Columbia. Pending the hearg, the order issued by the judge rerains the former employees from irticipating in any sort of violence treats or intimidations about the operty of the Southern. The pump guns, which officers on tard around the shops carried Monty and Tuesday, disappeared fqllowg a conference between railroad nployees, railroad officials and city licials. W. C. Hudson, general Buperintendit of the Southern, with headquarrs in Charlotte, held a conference ith representatives from the engi>ers and other organizations not on rike, in which protest was made gainst the guards at the shops caring pump guns. Mr. Hudson said i asked the men with whom he Iked to cooperate with the railroad ficials in keeping down any disor>r and he said they agreed to do so. esterday morning representatives om the engineers and other emoyees not on strike and Superinndent Hudson ]|fld a conference ith W. A. Colenum, mayor, in which e matter of the armed guards at e shops was brought up. The uinmen assured the mayor of then sire for law'iwid order and requestI the removal of the armed officers, abert McDougall, engineer, speakg for the.trainmen, said they wou'.d le-their personal effort* in the in rest of good order. isH r i - "i ^ vui irpose was to preserve order. He oke of the conditions around the ops and said the guarding of the ops would depend on these conditins. As the crowd about the shops minishes in size, the size of the dice force will be reduced. As a result of the conference, the imp guns were not being carried by e officers at the shops yesterday id the crowd around the square hich contains the shops was small, >t more than a score of men being sight at times and they being idely scattered. There was no disder.?The State. wo Thousand Weevils On Four Acres Our good friend, Mr. J. McJ. Fant, * Fantuc, informs The Times man iat he and his men gathered 2,C!K) \'c boll weevils from four acres in s He would like to know if her farms are as heavily infested iili those pesky little things. !arr*d in Plane Over Hudson River Now York, Aug. 23.?Shouting ovei s shoulder, "I will," as he drove s seaplane 60 miles an hour, 1,000 et above the Hudson river today, loyd Wilson Bertaud of San Fransco, took as his bride Miss Helen irginia Lent. The knot was tied by rmer Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, the lying parson." Twenty minutes after they were onounced man and wife, the plane dashed down and taxied to its oorings, where Mr. and Mrs. Ber ud wore greeted ny a group 01 iends. With Eddie Stinain, Mr. Bertaud on the world's endurance record at ineola, N. Y., a freezing day last inter, remaining in the air 26 hours id 32 minutes. Burn Sheriff's Car Greenwood, Aug. 23.?While offi rs were raiding a liquor distillery in is county this morning, friends of e distillers, it is alleged set fire the sheriff's automobile, which was irtially' destroyed before the flames ere extinguished. Two men were Tested and lodged in jail. They are >e Klugh and James Edwards. Two >pper stills, 45 and 60 gallons each, nro i>nnfnroH in aft/tltlnn fn lavan illons of liquor and between 2,000 id 4,000 gallons of mash. The two stills were found about to and a half miles from the Abbelie county line, west of Greenwood, ccording to Sheriff W. M. White, ur men were found at the still but to escaped. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rhodes, of reenville, who have been on a visit relatives in Columbia, stopped over the city en route home MAY PASS BdluS BILL IT? WEEK Washington, Aug. ftMKThe senate Snoved forward so ramf today In its consideration of honus bill that some leaders MMfcrded prospects of the measure passed before the end of this- tw as more than a possibility. Qppjfcenta were understood to be dispMM to let the bill take its course at tap time in the belief that President 'KMlng would veto. Shpuld hp dp ap' ttty planned to center their fight.agafiat. its passage over his veto. There still was,'hwimr, no. official information beforp. tm senate as to the executive's views rather than that contained in a letter bread to the house last March just pefore that body passed the bill. TV president then advised that congrMr eilher find a means of financing dm legislation or postpone its enactmfll and some friends of the bill as m 1 as opponents believes he still if 4 that mihd. Replying to a question by Senator Robinson (Democrat) Arkansas,! Chairman McCumber o#^ ;he finance1 committee told the senaw today that there was no official ini mi at ion as to what the president wi Id do. He added, however, that tW changes in the bill by which there wu^ be no J heavy draft on the treaifrry for the' next year would seem tifyieet every' objection the president ^yd urged , against the original meffjra and that he could see no reason ffty the executive should veto as now I drawn. , After it got to work d8 the bonus late today, the senate aflped to the 47 committee amendment to the' house bill, in exactly 15 ntautes and j then it got ahead of itaeeWo such an i extent that the meaflHrfjjefwas laid' nside temporarily. commit-! tee changes cleaned up^^fcator Bur-j Bum (Republican) of JHr Mexico called up his substitt^^Bproposing' half cash and half cer^^jtea of in-! iebtedness for the vetoHk but this was rejected without a rj^rall or any Senator Bursum (Mqrirf there should be some amendment which he IHBBK wanted to ?peak(*on his prfpohaVbut would not be ready to proceed Until} omorrow. By'unanimous consent taction on the substitute was reconsid-1 ered and as no other amendments were proposed the senate turned to other work. Search for Negro In Pacolet Swamp Spartanburg, Aug. 23.?Henry Wil-| liams, negro, is being sought by the rural police and a sheriff's posse in the swamp of Pacolet river this afternoon. Williams is thought to be surrounded in a swamp north of the vitv. . . i The negro is wanted on a charge ->f criminal assault, alleged to have been committed -on one of his race yesterday afternoon. It it charged 'hat Williams, who is sadi to be about 45 years of age, went to the home of a manned negro woman and made an* attack upon her. She cried out nnd a boy came to her assistance and the negro fled, but not before he had choked the woman, beat her in the face and bitten her finger.* The wo man made a desperate effort to fres herself from her assailant, it is said, ind the approach of the boy is all 'hat. saved her. The crime is* said to be an atrocious OM. The woman is in a delicate condition. Deadlock Remains in Hard Coal Situation Philadelphia, Aug. 24. -With both sides said to be in a receptive mood today there is no sign of a move either from the operators or miners toward suggesting a solution of dead-' lock over the situation in the hard breaking up of peace parleys here I i ucoumjr. i 7 1 Transmits Report to Congress Washington, Aug. 24.?President Harding transmitted to congress yesterday the report of Secretary of State in regard tothe advisability of transferring United States diplomatic representatives at Luxembourg from minister at Hague to minister at Brussels, on account of economical union which was established between Belgium and Luxembourg by a treaty. i ' Collins' Body Raches Dublin Dublin, Aug. 24 (By the Associated Press).?The body of Michael fcollins reached Dublin by steamer this morning from Cork and was met oy an enormous number of mourners. The body was placed on a gun carriage, and taken in solemn procession along the silent streets to .St Vincent's Hospital, meanwhile William T. Cosgrave icting as heed of the provisional free state gtfternment, and Richard Mulcahy as chief staff . . ' i'-? ? Jkilk. a. THREE Kil l ED ON GRADE CROSSING Durham, N. Aug. 23.?Col. James Marks Williams, coast artillery, U. S. A., of 525 Perry street, Montgomery, Ala., his wife, Mrs. Anna M. Williams, and a Miss Williams, also of Montgomery, were instantly killed tonight when a Southern railway passenger train struck an automobile in which they were riding at a grade crossing three miles weet of this city. The accident occurred at a crossing on a detour frpm thje national highway hetween Durham and Greens borp. The automobile, It la said, was moving slowly, the detour being rough. The train, two hours late, is reported to have been moving rapiday. With the combined wreckage of the automobile and the engine's pilot scattering on either side the train went some distance beyond the crossing before it was brought to a stop. The train crew picked up the bodies of Colonel Williams and the two women and placed them in the baggage car. Colonel Williams is said to have shown signs of life, but he was dead when the train reached Durham. Aside from the cut on his right hand his body was without a feign of injury. His left leg wabroken, however, near the ankle. Mrs. Williams' head was crushed. Miss Williams' body bore cuts and abrasions. The victims of the accident were taken from the local station to an undertaking establishment to await in formation from Montgomery aB to disposition. Brave Old Soldier Crosses Over River Hcpry N. Rogers, Confederate veteran, died yesterday at the Confederate Soldiers'> jme after an illness of about five Months. Mr. Rogers was 79 vears of nrm nnH woo nnmo* ried. He was a native of Union county. He entered the Confederate army April 12, 1862, and served with Com^^HHgl'ifty-sixth North Carolina vived by a brother, who resides at Hendersonville. The funeral service will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Elmwood cemetery.?The State. C. E. Graham Dead Asheville, Aug. 24.?Charles Edw :rd Graham, aged 68, coton mill operator of Greenville, S. C., died in n hotel here early today of an attack of apoplexy. Coal Comes South Some 50-odd cars of coal are on the way to South Carolina, Frank W. Shealy, chairman of the railroad commission, announced yesterday. This coal is for industries in priority classes. The situation remains acute, Chairman Shealy declared, with thousands of requests and no coal to meet them. Yesterday the commission mailed over "a bushel and a half of letters ' at one time the chairman declared, in --.peaking of the work of approving m dei s and answering correspond ence. In Columbia practically no coal is >n hand, Mr. Shealy said. Dealers here have no fuel, he said he had been informed. In Spartanburg three plants have been closed and others are likely to shut down because of the shortage, the commission announced.?The State. Parties for the Younger Set On Tuesday afternoon Miss Sara Tinsley entertained a number of her friends at a Rook party. The tables were placed on the tastefully decorat ed porches where these young folks enjoyed many lovely games. Miss Jean Arthur proved to be the highest scorer and she was awarded a beautiful handpainted box of mints. This charming little hostess was assisted in entertaining het guests by her mother, Mrs. J. E. Tinsley. Notice The Circles of the Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the following places: Circle 1 with Mrs. E. S. Reaves. Circle 2 with Mrs. Douglas Edwards. Circle 3?Mrs. T. K. Foster. Circle 4?Mrs. D. S. Carlisle. Circle 5?Mrs. W. W. Cooper. We request that one of the managers, or some friend, telephone ua the election returns Tuesday evening so that we may post the result*. ' McCORMICK GIRL BURNED TO DEATH McCormick, Aug. 23.?Miss Rom Belle Townes, tho 12 year old daugh tor of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Townes of I'luin Branch, met a tragic deatn at tho home of her parents at t'lum Branch yesterday when she undertook to kindle a fire in a stove by the use of gasoline. It seems that Miss Townes was preparing to cool; dinner for the family and had been in the habit of pouring a little gasoline in the stove to start the fire, but yesteerday the stove was evidently warm from breakfast copktng and when sh.e poured the gasoline in the stove it exploded, evidently causing Miss Townes to spill some of the gasoline on her clothes as she was immediate ly covered with flames. She ran through the house and out in the street with her clothes all in flames and before help could reach her her doming had been burned and hei body was burned to such an extent that although medical aid reached her within ten minutes she died within four hours from the time she was bunted. Miss Townes was a young woman of a lovable disposition and number- 1 ed her friends hy the score. Her un 'imely death has cast another shudow of sorrow over the town and commu nity where she lived. The remains will he carried to Pickens county for interment. Big Five Brotherhood Hold Secret Meeting New York, Aug. 24 (By the Associated Press).?Members of the "Big I Fin " broii etbocd group of rail strike med'ators met Unlay at ;.n uptown ho. '.el, then left hurriedly for a secret conference as an undis< losed p'ace with t* preventatives of a small group ol' rail executives who yesterday vert ready to t;l;e up further negotiations . as individual roads. The "Big I i\V 'truitt'd iti conference w th the cvoeutivos until midnight when they re. turned to headqy^rUms where they remained until 1:55 this ^morning c'.osGreat Britain Owes United States Large Sum Washington, Aug. 24.?The funding of the $4,135,000,000 war debt owed hy Great Britain to the United States was declared today by Secretary Mellon to have no relation to war loans made by Great Britain to other governments or to questions arising in connection with reparation payments of former central powers. Lenders Order Miners To Return to Their Posts Altooia, Pa. Aug. 24 (By the Assoc iated Press).?The anion lenders today are notifying their 45.000 miners in cer.tial Pennsylvania fieid to return to the posts they left rivr iron the ago while operators. artrushing plans that mean a productio. of 30,000,000 tons of coal a year Ac'ivity followed the signing of an art cement last night. Parent-Teachers' Association The Parent-Te?ichei a--ociatioi. m?*t Monday afternoon at f> o'clock in the I -dies' parlors Tlie president read a Tew verses from the r?th chapter of 11 Corinthians, followed hy a short prayer. Reading?The Challenge--Mis. i. '. Wagnon. Piano solo Kathleen Smith. Reading--Parent-Toathers Associ.lion in I.or;! ("nuvhes- Mrs. |? 1) Ben y. (V.ies'ic n and answers on, What M'kes a flood Mother? Reading?Miss Minnie Gregory. Discussion. Our next meeting will be a social j one as every quarter we nave a gel together social hour. Recording Secretary. Meeting of Mounment Dealers Association The Piedmont section of the Monument Dealers association met here August 23rd as the guests of the Union Marble & Granite Co., and had a most successful meeting. Mayor Smith gave the welcome ad dress. Mr. B. H. Heyward, general manager of the Winnsboro Granite Corporation, largest granite quarry in the South, was present and made quite an interesting talk. A bountiful dinner was served at W. A. 1 -orkmail's hotel, which was greatly enjoyed by all. Members were here from Pacolet. Waterloo, Spartanburg, Seneca and otnt'r set-nuns 01 ?ne rieamoni district. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Shaver spent the week-end in Sumter. Miss Lucia Miler of Summerville is the truest of Miss Theo Young. , I BROTHERHOOD MEN WILL NOT STRIKE New York, Aug. 23.?L. E. Sh?Ppard, president of the Order of Rail way Conductors, durmg his appearance today before the Railway Eeecutives' association in connection with efforts to settle the shopmen's strike, is said by railroad officials to have declared the brotherhoods would not break their contract by calling a sympathetic strike but that if the [ resent cpntroversy brought conditions which threatened their seriority they would 'strike with all the legai means at their command." ne aiao said thjat If any 'sizable number" of individual railroads ?h|ved an inclination to accept the final proposal of the brotherhoods for settling the shop strike the shop crafts would be Kind to drop their time honored "one for all and all for one" policy which precluded agreements not of national scope. President Warren S. Stone, of the engineers, is iiuoted as having said he did not ob ;ect to guards but thnt he did object to ha\ing guards "thrust their .4."> alibre guns into the faces of men "ear the railroad property." Ready to Receive Old Cotton Columbia. Aug. 24.?Official an nounccment wis made by the South Carolina Cotton Growers Coo perm \e association this morning that it >ready to receive old cotton from mem hers who desire to deliver it. Instructions are being sent out to mem burs who have indicated a desire to sell this cotton through the asso< ia?ion. Delivery of old cotton is op. tional w th the inomb'-r. The association expects to be leady within the next few days to receive new cotton Instructions arc now being prop) ) and will go out to members v-.vshortly, it was said today. Offie. i > of the association today pointi .1 i that it had been a tremendous : is. t build up the machinery to ban lie il crop. The organization had to r built from the ground up, it was pointed out. Officials of the association arc enthusiastic over the pio - mere is a disposition among the members and the business men of the state to back the association to the limit. Over 100 new contracts have been received by the association i:. the past 48 hours, it was sttaed today and new members arc being received daily. A Delightful Party Miss Ruth Parham was hostess at a delightful party on Wednesday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Fred J. Parham, ::i Fant avenue. Progressive conversation was onjoyed on the verandas and refrcshr-.y punch was served throughout the evening, A guessing cente r was the main feature and Clyde Going and Mis. Annie Mae Pairner were the prize winners. Mrs. Parham assisted her daught. n serving delicious refreshments i sr??\m and cake. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Walter il. vzbb und> t . operation foi appendicitis i atm ing at Wallace Thomson hw-pital Dr. M. 1>. lluiet was operand on . Wallace Thomson liosnit. tin- morn. iiiR. Miss Ruth iIt)*vit- I !'i lot lv . in Abbeville todn\ : I'ler vi.min;: .. the home ef Mis. M t. t Mr. Davis Jefl'rjc. an.I 1 .no:., on a motor trip ,n tin- r.r a';.. North Carolina. Miss Lena Bailey, a ho had her ! - ? sile removed yesterday in Creenviii stood her operation nicely and e\ pects to return home tomorrow. I I is gratifying new to her mate friends. Master Lindsay McNally, the sot. of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McNally, is improving after undergoing an op eration at the Wallace Thomson hospital. Miss Elizabeth Jeter of Santuc is a visitor in the city today. Rev. L. W. Blackt^elder and family have returned from a visit to Sal isburg, N. C. * Misses Ruby Charles and Leola Hodge left yesterday for Charlotte to visit friends for sometime. Mr. J. T. Law son Has Broken Lei; Mr. J. T. I^awson, of Coleraine, had the misfortune to sustain a fracture of left lejr just below the knee Monday afternoon when his mule, hitched to a buprpry, became frightened ai <i ran iway, throwing him out and he was caught between a log and the buggy I"4 W. sustaining the injury as above stated. He is now in the hospital at Spartanburg. Hi* ^ many friends hope he will soon recover from the injuries.