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Daily Tim?? Octofc?r DAILY EXCEPT 5UNDAYJ i i m i u ? i i n i 11 , ^_^__^___1__lj^ . . _ - ^** . yMF^ ^?py /?nM*M B, + ^ mn m I UUSli-rASSED SAYS PHYSICIAN Washington, v Sept. |2^?-Co^t^u,ed * improvement, with anjm? sfeht pav, sibility that will he nec^si ary to oporate was the word that came today from the tick bed of Mrs. Harding. The crials in Mrs. Hardlhg'* nrnfo tion" seems to have been passed," official bulletin issued hy attending physicians at 9:35 said. It added tliat a dhrgical procedure was deemed unnecessary for^the present. Washington, Sept. 11.?Mrs. Harding was said to be "getting along very nicely' by Dr. Carl Sawyer, son ' of Brigadier Sawyer, at 10:05 o'clock ' tonight. "Her improvement is con- 1 tinuing," he said to newspaper men as he entered an automobile for a i ride with Mrs. Sawyer and Chairman i JLasker of the Shipping Board. 1 It was learned that President Hard- I ing retired at 9:30 o'clock tonight. < Tension at the White House over the illness of Mrs. Harding was re- 1 lieved somewhat by encouraging re- 1 ports from her bedside. It was made < plain, however, that the crisis had < not been passed, and that the pa- 1 tient's condition was still critical. Previous to issuance of the morning bulletin visitors who called at the White House reported that Mrs. Harding had rested well during the night and that her condition was believed to have improved. Later in the day unofficial advices from the bedside were to the effect that she continued to gain ground. The steady improvement, friends of the president said, had greatly encouraged him. Discussing the case with newspaper men late in the afternoon Dr. Sawyer declared that the increased elimination of wastes through the kidneys, noted in the morning bulletin-, had given the attending physicians a sense of relief they had not felt heretofore. Dr. Charles Mayo, Rochester Minn., specialist, who was.called into consultation particularly on the surgical phases of the case made no comment to newspaper men aside from the statement that he hoped to be able to start for home "any time how." He indicated, however, that u he tomorrow, and lohsrer ff it was mmf-l1 ed advisable. Dr. John Finney of Baltimore, who ! had participated in the consultation, was not at the White House today. It was regarded as a favorable sign by those watching the case that he did not consider it necessary to be at Mrs. Harding's bedside. During a brief talk with newspaper men Dr. George T. Harding, Jr., a brother of the president, declared Mrs. Harding not only was able to ? take nourishment, but for the first time since her illness reached the critical state, she had asked for it? an encouraging sign, he said, adding that the patient was cheerful and her ! voice was considerably stronger. The president, according to his ( brother, is taking his wife's illness : hs well as could be expected. Despite the strain he had been under j since Friday, he was said by Dr. j Harding to be in excellent physical condition. The president, his broth- ] er added, was noticeably relieved by the change in Mrs. Harding's condition last night and today. Surrenders in Columbus Killing Columbus, Ga., Sept. 11.?With J. J. Gilbert, foreman of the Muscogee County grand jury, slated to confer with Solicitor General C. Frank McLaughlin, interest Monday in . the shooting of J. O. Clements, bailiff, by ? Chief of County Police Mitch Haling, centers in the outcome of the confer ence. . i Developments in the case included the surrender of County Officer J. E. Owens, who, witnesses said, was talking with Clements when the shooting started, when he learned of a warrant for his arrest in connection I with the killing; and an announce- 1 ment by Attorneys Terrell and Foley j that they had been employed to assist in the prosecution. \ . Solicitor General McLaughlin ad- ' tnits that Clements made a dying ( statement, but refuses to state whether it was in writing. M. D. Hadley has been named 1 Chief of County Officers in the place 1 of Chief Huling, it was announced. The warrant for Officer Owens was sworn out before Recorder ' Floumoy by B. L. Jones, brother-inlaw of the slain bailiff. Accessory before the fact is charged to Owens in the warrant. Jones, just after the issuance of | me warrant, smiea to a newspaper man that "Owens engaged Clements in conversation to give Mitch and | his son an opportunity to get up on , him without his knowledge. Miss Estelle Weber left Sunday to do pro-medical work in the Medical ObDafS of Atlanta. She was accompanied as far as Spartanburg by her brother, Lewon Weber. JftV.3fe'?\>? *. & -y hr i 1 ORDER IN EFFECT FOR SHORT TIME Chicago, fltagt. 11 (6y the Associated Press).?Ttye temporary restrain, tag order granted the government September 1 against the etriktng rail* road shop crafts and their tedders vo. night waS continued in effect for not ; to exceed ten days. The original order would have expired at midnight. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson ordered the continuance of the government's motion at the close of the first day's hearing on the petition of i Attorney General Daugherty for a permanent injunction to replace it. ; The continuance, the court stipulated, < will terminate on the decision in the < injunction hearing. . ; As a result of the continuance the ; injunction hearing will be halted to- ' morrow morning while attorneys for \ B. M. Jewell, president, and John Scott, secretary-treasurer of the fed- ' prated shop crafts, argue for a modi- < ftcation of its penalties. Donald H. , Richberg, representing the strike i leaders, served notice on counsel for ] the government that he would move < some modifications when court con- \ yenes tomorrow. i Jewell and Scott were the only two 1 >t the more than 240 strike leaders ] *nd 300,000 strikers affected by the ( restraining order represented in court \ t>y counsel today. \ They lost the first battle when the | court denied their motion that the ' government's petition be dismissed. 1 'I am not prepared at this time to dc- ( ride that the bill fbils to set up any ] grounds for relief," Judge Wllkerson ] ] ;aid, and onkred Blackburn Easter-1 ] ine, assistant to the solicitor general, j , -o proceed with the presentation of ] the government's case. In the argument over the contlnu- < inee of the restraining order, how- \ 6ver, the court pointed out the dif- i r? rences between the charges of an | ] unlawful combination and "lawful: i combination to do unlawful acts" and, ] indicated that if the defense can shoW| >nly the latter is charged in the bill | j jo me modifications of the present or- \ fler might be made. i , The government today read into the . record a list of nearly 26 murders growing out of the rail strike, and titarally hundreds of acts of sabotage, assault, dynamiting, whipping, bridges, rioting, destruction of prop- ] arty and interference with trains in , interstate traffic. 11 The defense protested that the list compiled by the department of justice , and sworn to by C. J. McGuire, attor- ( ney for the department, was improper as evidence, but it was admitted for , the time being, on the understanding that the government would produce t Further facts in its support. m rwo Dead, Another Dying 1 ! In Orr Mill Trdgedy Anderson, S. C., Sept. 12.?Mrs. Alice McAllister and her daughter, Mrs. Walter Allen, are dead, and Walter Allen is dying as a result of an early morning tragedy at Orr Mill, near here. Reports to officers state that Allen came to the McAllister home, where his wife has been staying, and began a scooting. Derailment Caused by 1 Malicious Tampering With Track Washington, Sept. 12.?The derailment of an express train on the Michigan Central railroad near Gary, Ind., August 20th, with the death of two railroad employes and injury to two passengers, was caused by "malicious ] tampering with track," according to a report issued today by the Bureau of Safety of Interstate Commerce Pntvi vvvt aalnrt vviiiiiiiaoivu. Europe Buys Lcm, But Sells More Washington, D. C., Sept. 11.?European countries are buying less goods in the United States, but are Belling more to American buyers than they did" last year, the Commerce Department announced Monday. Imports from Europe increased $84,000,000 in the seven months period ending August 1, total imports amounting to $616,000,000. American exports to Europe during the same period were $1,116,000,000, a decrease of $321,000,000 under last year. Hard Coal Contract Fonbally Signed Scranton, Pa., Sept. 11.?The con tract that sent 166,000 mine worker* back to work at their old wages, after being idle more than five month*, was formally signed today by representatives of the'miners and the operators. Mis* Ferol Jackson is spending this week In Asheville, N. C., with friends and relatives. W. H. Jeter and L. P. Thomas of OsiHsle wen vial tors In the city yesterday. * * . ? 4 s . , ' ;i. , TWO PRISONERS TRY TO ESCAPE Penitentiary authorities nipped another attempted escape in the bud yesterday at 12^30 o'clock when they discovered two prisoners ready to leave through a window in the chair factory. The bars had been sawed and in another minute the two men would have been gone, Cept. C. C. Roberta, head of the guard, said yesterday afternoon. The men were C. D. Cooper, sent up from Marlboro county for life on a charge of murder, and Wade H. Ballew, sent up from Pickens county on a manslaughter charge. Both Cooper and Ballew have been in other attempted escapes and were in strines yesterday for one of these offences. They were both in the recent riot at the prison. Yesterday at the noon hour the men "checked" out of the chair factory and tine was found missing at the time. A few minutes later Captain Rogers was "tipped off" that the two were liiding out and he stationed a guard in the outside near the canal bank to watch developments. Other guards went into the chair factory and Found the bars of the window com- , pletely sawed out and ready for an escape. The men could have climbed to the second story and then jumped ten feet to the ground, making good I heir escape, Captain Roberts said, rhey were in the act of leaving when they were caught. The two had hid :?ut in a toilet and when the guards left rushed to work cn the bars with lack saws, Captain Roberts said. He tiad not located the saws late in the afternoon, but expects to find them before his investigation ends. Cooper was given lift for the murier of Nick Dulica, a Birmingham transfer driver, whom he hired to tiring him from Birmingham to Bennettsville. He was arrested in Ashedlle during the round up of a number of automobile thieves. Ballew, it was said at the penitentiary, is one of the men who killed the chief of police of Easley. He is :onsidered a "bad egg" as is Cooper. ?The State. I Ininn Rnnf> 9 This writer spent the week-end with KfuSstSinie and DorisTlawWus and bad the pleasure of attending- a party it their home in honor of Miss Esteile Weber, who left Sunday for Atlanta. Delicious cake and ice cream were served as refreshments by Misses Cassie Hawkins, Irene Barfield, Julia Young and Otto Cates. Then game.) were played until a late hour. J. F. Willard gave plenty of music to amuse the crowd. Everybody left telling the young ladies that they had enjoyed the party to the fullest extent. George Washington. U. H. S. Football Schedule The following is the schedule of the Union high school football team all games being secured except Greer, which is pending: Sept. 29?Cowpens at Union. Oct. 6?Newberry at Newberry. Oct. 18?Spartanburg Hi at Union. Oct. 20 or 21?Has toe at Spartan burg. Oct. 27?Thorn well Orphanage at Union. v Nov. 8?Hoea Path at Union. Nov. 10.?Gaffney at Union. Nov. 17?Greer at Union (pending). Thanksgiving, Nov. 30?Spartan Academy at Union. A. A. A. Farmers Favor Cotton Pooling Darlington, Sept. 11.?The cotton growers of Darlington county are so well pleased with the Cooperativa Marketing association that a great number of the members are turning in their old cotton to the association to sell for them. The farmers say they believe that tho association can sell the stable to a better advantage than the growers. New cotton is coming in every day now and is being sent to Columbia to be Dooled. Great satisfaction is expressed because of the liberal advances which are being made, the cash advance on new long staple being $90 and on old staple $75. New long staple which is being sold on the streets is bringing from 80 to 83 cents a pound. The cotton crop is very short in Darlington county this year, being seriously damaged by both wet weather and the bill weevil. Most of the estimates place the 1922 yield at 9,000 to 10,000 bales, which is les3 than 25 per cent of a normal crop. One farmer said this morning that he k.il MtM. 10 ..... I k.J miu ywam vtvi aa nvi co niiu nuu gotten one-half of a bale. He thought he wonld get a similar quantity at the next picking. Misses Lucy and Ada Brady have as their guests for the week Ethel Berry of Elloree and Sadie Barnado of Union.?Herald and News. Mrs. Bertha Salley is in Union getting the Hat Shop ready for the opening Saturday. GRAHAM GIRLS ? AGAIN Macon, Ga., SognHtr?Twp hours after H. C. Grdtqu^vsjl given his freedom at the jail this afternoon, the women, whom he had of kidnaping, Mrs. J. Starr and Miss Valeria a limited train for City, where they are to begbwj^^Btudy of dramatic art. ''j_ Mrs. Jack LanuuiJSBftndmother of the young women, qHnrmed this report tonight. Tha^fl^bonng women declared, when foua^Hi Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday taflKhey had run away from horae^^^Klse they had been denied thelrJ^^MSst to ente*a school for draaJ^Htrt, their one ambition in life, tfitfHMited. On board the trai^^R*. Starr stated that a reconciliaJ^Bhad been obtained between herg^^Bnd sister and her grandmother ?9H^Varren Roberts, uncle and gifl^Bft of both young women. * * Arriving at their^^^Hj in the fashionable residential j^^Kf>n of Macon this morning at SiflRs. Starr and Miss Valeria LamawBd that H. C. Graham, in jail h?a^^K * charge of kidnaping, was inngfift? "Mr. Graham is^Mftcent of the charges against hi?Hs Mrs. Stansaid. "And we did flBpsve the city with him, but I can J^Ktell you with whom I did leave." ? , Mrs. Starr was tlJRksked to tell ' something of the cllMnstances surrounding her disapp?ntice, but she replied, after lookingher uncle, Warren Roberts, afraid that would be going to<f' sp?cb into de"That is all she hM,?> say," interrupted Mr. Roberta, anK taking Mrs. Starr by the arm, he 4Rid, "You can go up stairs now, than all." It was stated by Mfl fjRoberts thatl ' the charges against G*$p,am would be dismissed at once. .^1 * Accompanied by Shflf ff James R. 1 Hicks, Warren Robeijfi and Robert Hodges, Mrs. Starr wi Miss Lamar left Savannah, to whtattfcity they had ' been brought from Jsfluonville, Fla., last night at 9 o'clockf*jtod arrived in Macon this morning dr 3:$0. They were immediately talM hope, leavti>? iitii? iliiiiiiiTs^^ieweill ? Graham said today that he was going to enter suit against the Mason hotel at Jacksonville for $50,000 for permitting officers to enter his room "pilfer my effects and take pictures from my grips that were published in the papers at Jacksonville." Enghteen Negroes Drown in River Homerville, Ga., Sept. 11.?Eighteen negroes who were on their way from this town to a baseball game at Axson, Ga., in Atkinson county, about 20 miles away, lost their lives today when an automobile truck in whieh they were crashed through the bridge over the Satilla river. The driver of the truck was hurled backward with such force as to break his neck. Those in the truck were packed in so closely that they had no chance of escape. Fourteen bodies had been recovered tonight Only meager details of the accident have been obtained here, the scene i.f the accident being nearly 20 miles away. C. A. Campbell, owner of the two and-half ton truck, which he permitted the negroes to use for their outing, said that there were 22 negroes on board when it left here at 10 o'clock this morning. Reports from the scene of the accident indicate that only four escaped death. The bridge over the Satilla river at the scene of the accident is a wooden structure and not stiong enough to hold the overloaded truck. Jim Gaskins, the driver of the truck, was hurled against a beam of the bridge, breaking his neck. Notice The following meetings will be held in Union county this week for the purpose of giving the fanners an opportunity of hearing Dr. Winters of Clemson College speak on soil improvement. Any farmer who is interested in making his soil more productive should make use of this opportunity. The price of the various crop seed used for soil improvement will be given at these meetings. Thursdav?West SDrincrs nrhnnl at 8 p. m. Friday?Santuck at 10 a. m. Friday ? Jonesville (at Calvert's Store) at 3:80 p. m. n_iJ n. J_II. l? rt1 * -a A r nuay?seuaus scnooi nouse a I 9 p. m. Mrs. John M. West's Home Burned Last Night The home of Mrs. John M. West of West Springs was burned lafet nigiit about 12:80. This was a total loss as neither house nor furniture was in. tared. Miss Louise Glover of Orangeburg it visiting her aunt, Mrs. George Kel. tor. ><& iv. 'M REPUBLICANS WIN BY SMALL VOTE Baltimore, Sept. 12. ? Senator France, Republican, and William C. Bruce, Democrat, won the senatorial nominations in yesterday's primary according to incomplete returns in hand today. Portland, Maine, Sept. 11.?Senator Frederick Hale (Republican) and Go". i n n ? ? iivivm r. Duxn'r (Kcpubiican) were elected in Maine today by majorities falling decidedly below those given Republican candidates in 1920. The Democratic vote in three quarters of the state was nearly 5,000 ahead of that of two years ago, while the Republican vote fell o?F by 22,000 from that of the presidential year. Returns from 484 election precincts representing 426 cities and towns gave for senator: Hale (Republican) 66,260, Curtis (Democrat) 47,627. For governor: Baxter (Republican) 68,173, Pattangall (Democrat) 49,268. Partial returns indicated the reelection of the four Republican congressmen from Maine. Portland, Maine, Sept. 11.?The city of Saco, which returned a Republican majority of 780 for governor two years ago gave Baxter (Republican) a margin of only one vote over Pattangall (Democrat) today. Returns from 141 election precincts give the senator: Hale (Republican) 14,742, Curtis (Democrat) 10.084. Baltimore, Sept. 12.?United States Senator Joseph I. France was nominated by the Republicans in yester day's primary. Returns early today showed he had carried ten of the 27 voting: units in the state including Baltimore city and had an apparently a safe margin in several others which would give him considerably move than the necessary convention delegates. In the three cornered Democratic contest William C. Bruce appeared assured of the nomination although the preferential voting delayed the counting of the ballots and caused confusion in some districts. Representative T. Alan Goldsborough (Democrat), the only member of the present longicaakniBl -Aehgation whose renomination was contested won a decisive victory. Smith Seeks Ideas Washington, Sept. 11.?Expression.* from cotton growers and others mterested^ in the cotton industry >n plans for fighting the cotton ootl weevil by abandoning cotton acreage ;n prescribed areas were asked oi.ight by Senator Smith (Democrat) cf South Carolina, followed his re ccipt from Dr. E. D. Ball, chief of the scientific work of the department of agriculture, of a memorandum en the subject. Declaring that it would not he feasible tp stop all cotton production for a time to drive out the weevil, Dr. Ball's report stated that success pamy 01 j>auiio, Mexico, nas restored to the foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist convention virtually all of the property seized by the city government from the mission boarl in 1917, Acting Secretary Phillips of the state department, reported today in a letter to Senator Harris, of Georgia. Secretary Phillips stated that the Mexicans still were holding a vacant plaza in front of the main property which had been used by the mission board for school purposes but gave no further information regarding the return of the propeity. The school and land was taken by the municipal authorities for hospital purposes, they claimed, during the revolutionary activities in that part of Coahuilla in 1917, alleging that contractual oblige tions entered into by the board had not been carried out. The mission board, it was said, at Senator Harru' office today, maintained that it had acquired absolute title to the property and Senator Harris was asked sometime ago to take up with the state department restoration of the property. News of its return reached the state department from the American consul rt Satillo last night. m m Mrs. Ben Barron will give the se:ond talk on the Sewanee Training School Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock in the Parish House. Any one interested in Sunday school training is cordially invited. LAURENS FARMER KILLED BY SON Laurepe, Sept. 11.?A fetal family quarrel occurred Ave mQes southwest of Cross Hill, Laurens county, this afternoon when John Boyd, aged 23, was probably mortally wounded by his father, William B. Boyd, and in turn the son killed his father, shooting him three times with a pistol. John Boyd, the son, was shot in the abdomen with a heavy charge of shot, according to the Laurens officers who returned from the scene of the tragedy tonight at 7 o'clock John Boyd is not expected to live through the night, according to attending physicians. The shooting took place in the public road in front of the Boyd home. Officers say John Boyd was still conscious when they left the scene at (5 o'clock and that the young man said his father shot first and was attempting to reload his gun when he opened fire on the father. The officers say that one of v.he Boyd boys said the father was punishing some of the smaller children when John interferred. The elder Boyd then turned his wrath on the son, got his gun and invited John into the yard or road for a settlement. I Within a few minutes the shooting occurred, it is alleged. The coroner is holding the inquest for William Boyd tonight. He was about 50 years old and had a wife and 12 children. John, who is probi ably fatally shot, is the eldest child Boyd was a fanner and lived on Cane creek. might be achieved through abandoning production in certain districts throughout the cotton belt. This is the plan favored by Senator Smith and he proposes to bring the question before the senate. Legislation to ratify agreements between the cotton growing states for limiting a certain amount of cotton acreage in each state was suggested by Dr. Ball. Mpxiran* RnUna? Baptist Property Washington, Sept. 11.?The muniei Grand Master of Masons to Visit Union The Most Worshipful Grand Master, J. Campbell Bissell, of the M. W. Grand Lodge Ancient Free Masons ?>f South Carolina will visit Union October r>th and attend a special communication of Union Lodge NTo. 7.", A. F. M. The Grand Master is Recorder of Omar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America. He is also a 33rd degree Mason and the first to visit Union Lodge. Among the other visitors on this r occasion will biwEMUGTMil , Samuel T. Lanham, Geo. T. Bryan, and Wni. W. Wannamaker. Jesse I Sharpe, Grand Treasurer C. C. Fish! burne and C. B. Martin, District Deputy Grand Masters and Joseph Lindsay, Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars of South Carolina. All the Masonic lodges within the adjoining counties have been invited to attend this special educational communication which will be the first j of its kind held in Union county This communication will mark an epoch in the nistory of Freemasonry in this section of the Piedmont. Hundreds of Masons are expected to attend this meeting which will be he'd in the county lourt house at S o'clock p. m. According to the Masonic map there are more Masons in this section of the Piedmont than any ether part of the state, Every Master Mason is fraternally invited and most earnestly requested to attend and hear the best talent in the state address th.'in on the object'-, teachings, purposes and principles of Freemasonry. Arms Broken, Drives Engine Thirty Miles Macon, Ga., Sept. 11.?With both arms fractured, J. G. Dunbar, passenger engineer on the Athens oi vision of the Central of Georgia Railroad, drove his locomotive from Aqua to Athens, 30 miles, it became known here when he returned to Macon. Mr. Dunbar related that about 30 miles from Athens his engine struck r. cow, killing if. He stopped the train and with other members of the train crew was attempting to remove the carcass from the tracks, when he slipped and fell through a trestle to the ground five feet below He landed on his hands, injuring both arms. Mr. Dunbar, though suffering greatly, drove his train from Aqua, where the accident occurred, to Athens before he received medical atten. Tr* A fkono ovma V ?? iivii. Mii /? viivun \un auiin ? r i t* /V - i fl.V eri and found to he racturod. Four Hurt in Gun Battle; One Jailed Athens, Ga., Sept. 11.--Hiram McPnniel, Barrow county farmer, is in the Winder jail charged with assauU with intent to murder in connection with a gurt battle in which four were injured, staged late Saturday night, it was learned here Monday. Roy Per. ry swore to the warrant on which Johnson is being held. The battle is said to have been staffed in a Winder store owned by F. M. Stewart, and fpllowed the request of Mrs. Stewart that the men dispeise. Among those injured were F. M. Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Bob Jackson ' and Curtiss McDaniel. [ . m . Miss Lily Adams of Bennettsville is visiting Miss Elizabeth Smith for u few days before entering G. W. C. NAVY YARD TO REMAIN OPEN Washipjgton, Sept. ll.-r-TT^j Charleston navy yard will not be closed and for the present the status y.uo in regard to employees will be meintained, Secretary Denby announced today. By direction of the president, the Qppfptartr u * 1 I j aiuiuuiivcu, n uuail^ Ul UHVUI | officers will be appointed by the latter to investigate all short establishments of the navy with a view to determining which should be closed and which should be retained. Pending the findings of the board there will be no immediate discontinuance of any of the "present major shore stations," the secretary announced. Secretary Denby's announcement said: "It was announced at the navy department today that by direction of the president a board of naval officers is to be appointed by the secretary of the navy for the purpose of making an investigation of the navy with a view to determining what change, if any, should be recommended to congress in the interest of efficiency and economy. "There will he no immediate dis continuance of any present major shore stations." The immediate effect of this Secretary Denby said, would be to keep the Charleston yard open Acting secretary Roosevelt some weeks ago ordered the yard closed gradually and subsequently extended the date of the closing to November 1. Secretary Denby said today that he and Acting Secretary Roosevelt were in perfect accord as to a policy concerning the future of the naval shore stations, and it had been determined mm me appointment ol a naval 1 imrd to go into the whole question scientifically to determine which should be closed, was the best means of meeting the situation from the viewpoint of economy. Since Acting Secretary Roosevelt's order went out, Senator Smith (South Carolina) appeared several times at the White House and personally asked the president to keep the yard l>pen. On one occasion the senator said that he had received assurances SfoUtol JtHd ^d^Jwgt opm *ter which Secretary Roosevelt instead of revoking his original order extended the time of closing to November 1, in order that the dismissal might be gradual. He based this action on the industrial situation wjhich had resulted in serious unemployment in Charleston. Senator Smith (Democrat) of South Carolina, who led the effort to prevent the closing of the yard, expressed much gratification over Secretary Denby's order. Senator Smith after recent conferences with Presi dent Harding anil Mr. Roosevelt, hail a conference early in the day with Mr. Denhy and at that time, it was said, expressed satisfaction with Mr. Denby's course. Rome Man Catches Rattlers For Circus Rome, Cia., Sept. 11.?Want to get into a nice, profitable business? It is catching rattlesnakes alive and selling them to circuses. It s easy, lor Jesse t->haw has just pocketed a good bit of coin for a pair of large rattlers he captured and sold to the Hagonbeck-Wallace Cir cus to he delivered when the circus conies to Rome Tuesday. Shaw caught the reptiles on HorseI leg Mountain on the Burnett Ferry 1 road. The largest is seven an. (half feet long and has 15 rattlers i while the other is three and a half [feet long, with seven rattles and a button. Defers Hearing on Motion for Modification Of Injunction Chicago, Sept. 12.?Federal Judge Wilkerson today deferred a hearing on the motion of attorneys for rail strike leaders for modification of teni porary injunction, pending the completion of the government's effort t?> show the dominant purpose of the alleged conspiracy is destruction to interstate commerce, citing the supreme court decisions in Coronado coal case, ictail lumber dealers case and the Paton cotton corner prosecution. The court said the question is a vital one and should be settled before a vequest for modification is acted on. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open Close * October 21.50 21.93 December 21.80 21.99 January 21.70 21.80 March 21.74 22.01 ' May 21.70 21.00 . Local market 21.Ro i N. Y. Spots 22.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pitta and ' Misses Emmie and Martha Pitta spent ' the week-end with their aunt, Mm. W. W. Summer. rM