The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, September 27, 1922, Image 1
' ^ . r
t r.=. The Union Daily Times 2P^|
* ^ * PRESS - - - ] - ^1 ' T ,
J 11 / " DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established la 18S9? Coneerta dto Tha Union Daily Times Oc tober 1. 1917DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I
' : |" ? 1 ' 1 .in. ,,j _J I H
? - - -' --l L1LJUI J? II- J.'UJ.' .1 JJU? . J in 111 " 1 '?U - - " 1 -L1_JP 1 IHUIL-JSJ i! U MUM
Vol. LXXII No. 1494 , \ Union, S. C.f Wednesday Afternoon, September 27, 1922 3c Per Copy
:ui_L ~: - ^ - - ?
TURKS REFUSE TO
WITHDRAW MEN
\ r
London, Sept. 26 (By the Associut-I
ed Press).?An.:'e^ f reaewed owing
to the evident reluataC.e ff the Kemalist
officers to broer \he withdrawal
of the Turkish cavalry from tre Chanak
zone m the Dardanelles. Instead
of withdrawing, another detachment
number 1,000 has crossed the border
from Bigha.
It is stated in extenuation of these
movements that they were ordered before
receipt of the allied joint note,
and the British authorities, therefore,
are making every prudent allowance
for the difnouljies of communication
and the possibility that Mustapha
Kemal is not directly responsible for
the refusal of the local commanders
to order retirement. General Haring
ton, British commander of the allied
forces in Constantinople, has stipulated
a time limit of 48 hours for
withdrawal of the Turks, but considerately
allodfe the period to date frorr
the time of the receipt of his wireles^jdespatch.
His ultimatum, therefore,
is somewhat elastic.
The British military authorities,
while thus doing their utmost to avoi J
precipitating trouble, do not conceal
that the situation entails much dan.
' ger. The Kemalists apparently contend
that the British and allied governments
should cease military preparations
during the sittings of the
proposed peace conference xor, conversely,
that the Kemalists should be
.permitted to continue troop moven
ents during the progress of the negotiations,
and, although it is very
generally believed that Kemal is n.a
desirous of provoking a conflict, appr.
ii"n. ion;; wiil fontinue until the
invading cavalry retires.
N fo1 na' c binet eorncils are bef
1 1 J 1 L..L ih- -> ?A. J
lrg neia^n?T?-. mn me ang
lefense experts are meeting daily at!
the colonial office, dealing with mili-'
tnry questions and arrangement'; forremoving
refligees from Smyrna.
Until Kemal's reply is received
there will be no diminution in the war!
preparations, and, as, according tj
Kemal's aide, Essad Bey, the Angora
government will insist upon the adrhisAion
of Russia, Persia and Bulgaria
to the conference, there \will be
^^Kfcfnafty difficulties to overcome before
BEaBSSpsting than are the French, but the
jHpBBR^Britisr contention at the first place'
EHKjW would be that the conference is limBgBt
f ited to the same nations as were con|SP
cemed in making the Sevres treaty,
and consequently Russia should bo
r"-~ excluded. * I
The Russian Soviet government,
however, has adlressed another note
to the powers, putting forward a
strong plea for the inclusion of Ru?
sia, Bulgaria and other interested nations
in any settlement of the Turkish
question, and refusing to recognize
any settlement unless Russia is a
party thereto.
Little is known here of the attitude
r of Greece in Thrace. Rmors are published
to the effect that the Greek
army in Thrace| is no more reliablethan
it was in the Smyrna region.
Nevertheless, the Kemalists are objecting
to Greek military naval movements,
arguing that such movements
justify the Kemalists| in continuing
their militarv onerations regardless of
Ithe conference or negotiations and
until the proposed armistice confer\
ence at Mudania has settled the
terms, these matters will continue to
( be a disturbing factor.
Reports through Paris tonight show
that the ministerial crisis at Athens
has already begun. The Greek government's
refusal to countenance a
national ministry, including Venizelos,
having resulted in the resignation of
1 one minister and others are expected
to follow.
British reinforcements were disembarked
at Chanak today and further
naval units are proceeding to Constantinople.
The home government
has requisitioned! the liners hfanora
and Corsican, both of the British registry,
as troop ships, and they will
leave In a few days for the Near East.
One effect of the crisis will likely
be the disappearance of the sultan
and the Constantinople government.
Mustapha Kemal will probably become
grand visier of the united Turkish
administration.
Prayer and Praise Service
We extend to you a special invitation
to come to the prayer meeting
Jv-'? ^ at the First Baptist church Wednesday
night, at 8 o'clock. Short talks
and good fellowship will characterise
the meeting. These meetings are
lira*PreParatory to the Gyp?y Smith
Eg* Evangelistic Campaign which begins
laBs November 1st.
Come and bring your friends.
Edward S. Reaves, Pastor.
I Notice, Winthrop. Daughters!
The Winthrop Daughters of Union
County will be entertained at 4:80
' r V o'clock on Friday afternoon at the
i | |KMM of Mrs. Davis Jeffries.
litSn Mrs. J.* W. Mixson, Pres. *
1 {; ' Miss Etha Palmer, Sec'y.
H '
THOMAS WATSON
WIELDED POWER
i
Washington, Sept. 26. ? Another'
powerful and picturesque figure pass-1
ed from public life in the death toduy
of Senator Thomas E. Watson of .
Georgia. His death, which occurred1
at 2:40 o'clock this morning, was sudden
and unexpected, according to physicians,
resulting from an attack c-f
asthma.
The senator -had been a sufferer for several
weeks from the disease and
only last Sunday experienced an acute
attackk. Two physicians and a nurse
were at the bedside when the end
came, but the widow, who is in ill
health, and other relatives were at
the home in Thomson, Ga., for which j
Mr. Watson had planned to depart!
today for the congressional recess. '
For 40 years Senator Watson hadj
been active in politics, a national ssj
well as a state figure. He was nomi-l
nated by the Populist party for pr?3-j
ident in 1904 after receiving its vice'
presidential nomination in 1894. Ho
was a Populist member of the house'
of representatives in 1891-1898. In
1920 he was elected senator, as he!'
said, on "anti-Wilson, anti-league (of |
nations) and anti-war measurer." |
platform, defeating former Senator
Hoke Smith and former Governor
Dorsey. He was 66 years of age September
5 last, and his senatorial term
would have expired March 3, 1927.
The funeftil will be held at Thorn-:
son, Ga., either next Thursday after-1
noon or Friday morning. Senate officials
are in charge and the funeral i
party will leave here tomorrow at
3:15 o'clock for Thomson.
Because of the absence during the
present recess of congress of Vice
President Coolidge, Senator Cummins,
Republican, president pro tempore,
and most of the senate membership,
I there was difficulty today in arranging
l a committee to attend the funeral.
Senators on the tentative list included i
Heflin, Alabama; Harrison, Mississippi;
Dial, South Carolina; Shields, Ten|
ncssee, and Fletcher, Florida, Democrats,
and Brandegee, New Jersey;
i New, Indiana; snortridge, uamomia,
; and Cameron, Arizona, Republicans.
Senate flags were placed at ha if
{ mast for a period of 30 days out of
respect to fhe late senator and the
President and Mrs. Harding^Jieaded
those who proferred condolences i
President Harding's letter to Mrs.
Watson follows:
"I have just learned of the sudden
and unexpected death of your^ distinguished
husband, Senator Watson.
This note is to express my sympathy!
' to you in the hour of great sorrow. '
! Mrs. Harding asks me to include her'
1 in an expression of my* most sincer"
condolence."
During the lirst year and a half of
his term- in the senate, lb which he
was elected in 1920, after receiving,
the nomination over Senator Hoke,
Smith and Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey, Senator
Watson gave no indication of any!
impairment of the vigor and activity i
which had marked his long career mj
politics and as a publisher. In his I
last speech in the senate, delivered i
only a week ago last Wednesday, the!
Georgia senator severely criticize i
" the administration for its course in j
connection with th? rail strike situation.
His previous attacks on the%administration
and most notably his
charges of illegal hangings in the
American Expeditionary forces, the
subject of exhaustive investigation by
a senate committee, had made him -i
conspicuous figure An the senate body
during his brief service there.
Born in Thomson, Ga., in 1856, Senator
Watson grew up'and practiced
law there for some years before* entering
state politics. After serving
in the Georgia house of representatives
and later in 1888, as Democratic
elector ht large for the state, he was:
rl?w>farl fn r?r?nvroaa In 1 RQ1 nn fVia Pah
ulist ticket. After being defeated on
that ticket in the next two elections,
Senator Watson was nominated ?s
the choice for vice president at the St.
Louis Populist Convention, which indorsed
William J. Bryan for president
in 1896. Nominated for president by
the People's party in 1904, Senator
Watson conducted an active campaign
to revive the party.
About that time he began the publication
of Tom Watson's Magazine in
New York and a year later undertook
the publication of Watson's Jeffersonian
Magazine, which was continued
under the name of the Weekly
JeiTersonian. The publication begun
in that period were suspended during
the Wilson administration when denied
transmission through the mails
after attacks appeared in them
against the draft act, the espionage
lajgr and other war measures. Mr.
Watson then begin ppblication of the
Columbia Sentinel at Thomson, of
which he was proprietor up until his
death.
Thomson, Ga., Sept. 27.?Final
preparations for the funeral of Senator
Thomas Watson, who died Tues
-daj in Washington, and whose bodv
is expected to reach here tomorrow,
have been completed. The services
\
THOMAS McLEOD
VISITS CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 26.?Making
a powerful appeal for cooperation in
the Carolinas and the South and
calling upon every Carolinian to buy
Made-in-Garolina products, urging
that they demand the Carolina label
when they go to purchase goods,
Governor-elect Thomas G. McLeod of
South Carolina today delivered th?
principal address at the Made-in-Carolinas
exposition, it being "McLeod
day" at the big show.
Picturing his vision of the future
of the Carolinas, the governor-elect
saw the dawn of the South's greatest
day, the development of natural resources
by the application of the
trained brains of the Carolinas. He
declared the people of these sister
states were the greatest assets, pure,
100 per cent Americans, and that they
had the resources and the power to
develop their natural wealth. Nevertheless,
he Bald, while he desired te
see progress in the South, he wanted
the boys and girls of the coming day
to hold fast to the heat Southern tra
ditions, so that all might thank God
that they were "Made in Carolina."
The governor-elect was honor guest
at an informal luncheon before the
address, which was made at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
W anted?Rummage!
If you have old clothes that you
have finished with, don't just store
them away, let us have them. No
matter how they look to you, we will
clean them up, and sell them, too!
Even if you are not connected with
the Epworth League, but are interested
in the work of the young
people, help them out by giving them
your "old clothes."
We have numerous calls for men's
clothing..
If you have any rummage call Mrs.
Frank Harris, 473-J, and we will call
for it.
Soliciting Aid for Orphanage
Mrs. Thomas and Miss Land, representing
The Economy Home for
Motherless Children will solicit financial
aid from Union and nearby towns
by the president, Dr. J. N. Nesbitt,
of GafTney, Rev. J. H. Spaulding, superintendent,
the trustees and the
friends of the Home
The people of Union will recall that
three children from cur city have recently
been placed in this most worthy
Home.
There are now more than 50 children
in the Home, and there are more
than 500 applications for admission.
The Home is located at King's
Creek, between Cherokee and York
counties.
Tlje institution is undenominational.
Wedding at Jonesville
At the home of the bride, surrounded
by loved ones and a few friends,
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Miss
Eva .R. Tweed became the bride of
Mr. A. M. Blanton. Rev. Mr. Willis,
of Greer, spoke the words that joined
their lives in a very impressive ceremony
Owing to recent bereavement
-in the bride's family the wedding was
very quiet.
> Mrs. Blanton is a sweet, lovable
young woman possessed of many fine
qualities of mind and heart. For the
past three years she has been a successful
school teacher.
Mr. Blanton is a young business
man of Greer, S. C., at which plflfce
the young couple will reside. Mr.
and Mrs. Blanton have the best wish
es o? many friends here and over the
state, where they are well known,
for a long life filled with joy and
happiness.
Poultry Specialist Here
Miss Juanita Neeley, State Poultry
Specialist of Winthrop College, will
arrive in Union today to visit the various
poultry yards of the county.
This afternoon, in company with Miss
Mahala Smith, the county home demonstration
agent, she will visit the
Coleraine community and tomorrow
will attend a meeting of the Poultry
Association.
These visits are made with a view
to rounding up some good poultry to
be sent to the State Fair.
Club Meeting
The Consolidated Home Demonstration
Climbs wil meet at the Young
Men's Business League rooms Saturday,
Sept 80th, at 8 p. m. This is a
very important meeting which no
member can afford to mifts.
Mahala J. Smith,
/ C. H. D. Agent.
J. A. Alexander, of Saluda, N. C.,
is a business visitor in Union today.
will be held at "Hickory Hill," the
WatSbn home, at 8 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, Rev. E. J. Forrester, of
Sparta, a close personal friend, officiating.
s
RECTOR CAuib |S
FAMILY QUARREL
New Brunswick, N. J., Ifcpt. 27. The
authorities investigating the j
slaying of Rev. Edward ftfll and Mis. r
Elinor Miir?, sought to rt?n down ru- S
morR that the vector may have bet n r
currying securities valued in exce s d
of $10,000 when shot. ' o
<
New Brflnswick, N. J., Uept. 27.-?-a
Discovery of a witness who claimed to y
have heard frequent quarrels betwei n d
Mrs. Elinor Rhinehardt Mills and her j]
husband, James Mills, ovdj the Rev. e
Edward Wheeler Hall, today led an- v
thorities investigating the double i<
murder of the rector and his choiri
leader, to subject Mills .to another1 j|
long grilling. ' a
Mills has * maintained, (since th? fo
bodies were discovered a^week a go a
last Saturday, that he hod no su;?-|ji
picions concerning the rotations be-1 {
_ -l-i- ?1- * 1 i- 1 I
wurvii oiom I'ttii IC[IV(|CU IU Iia\U| ^
plrnncd an elopement to J^pan. '
Mills' six-y<;ar-old daughter, Ch? - c
lotte. also was examined again. When! jj
the two left the court ho use, Pros-.*eutor
Beekman of Somerset county
said that while some progress had I
been made toward solution of the;
mystery, it was not as much as had;
been hoped for. ; ^
"Are you working upon-any pa'*-l t
ticular theory?" he was allied. j (,
"No. There are half a dozen chan- v
nel8 along: which we are workin.r. .
Jealousy plays an important part in j
our investigations as furnishing; a po:i- v
sible motive but it is nofc the only .
possible motive."
"Has any one been eliminated?" He; ^
was asked. ; .
"Nobody," he replied. 3;
The witness to whose testimony the'
authorities were giving: spatial atten.i
tion today was Miss MilBt Opie, a !
neighbor of the Mills. Sh* -declared i
she had frequently heard M^iiand Mrs. j
Mills quarrel and that rtcfntly she ^
had heard Mrs. Mills tffpdrt, when
Mills taxed her with payini Xoo much ^
attention to her church aflHiher pastor,
that she cared "molh f?r Dr.
Hall's little finger than I j||"?or your s
Awaiting tb? Yi|^ot
charged by Mrs. Augusta Tiwrnan, '
with the paternity of her child ended j
the interested persons are awaiting '
the verdict of Judge Ducomb, scheduled
to be announced Saturday.
Partisan Politics 1
f Has Given Away
a i
Washington, Sept. 27.?Partisan
politics in the management of the postal
service has given way during the j
present administration to the sympathetic
personal cooperation between
the postmasters of the central do- ^
partment, so the postmaster general
declared in addressing the national
association of postmasters.
King Constantino
Has Abdicated ;
London, Sept. 27 (By the Associat-i \
ed Press).?Reuters' Limited says'
says authoritative news has been re- i ,
eeived of the abdication of King Con- j
Btantine of Greece. The Greek fleet' j
has crone over to the Revolutionists I
who announced that every officer and
the members of the crews are wholly j
with them, according to the Central
News dispatch from Athens.
Harding Addresses ]
Presamens Union
<
Pressmen's HOrae, Tenn., Sept.- 27.
?Declaring that the union has been
"preyed upon by a group of meddlesome
and unscrupulous lawyers,"
President Harding before the International
Printing Pressmen's Union,
appeals for cohcerted effort to pre-'
serve the stability and integrity of. *
the union, in a 'report submitted to
the biennial convention here. <
DON'T FORGET i
i
Don't forget to come out Friday,
Sept. 29th, and see the big opening
football gan\e of the season between ?
the Union high eleven and the Cowpens'
eleven at the city park at 8:30
sharp. *
. - ]
Frelinghuysen Nominated
U. S. Senator :
Newark, N. J., Sept. 27.?United
States Senator Joseph Frelinghuysen,
a friend of President Harding/ and *
one of the administration leaders in
congress, was renominated by the Republicans
yesterday in a sweeping vie- i
tory of over 2 to 1 over George L. <
Record, a Jersey City lawyer, his opponent.
He has a lead of over 77,0*0 i
votes. ?p-.
e ' 1
Preaching at Wat SprfaMP
Preaching at West Springs next <
Sunday, October, 1st, at I p, a L.
W. Blackwelder will conduct the service.
Everybody la invited
SHERIFF GUILTY
OF MALFEASANCI
Walterboro, Sept. 26.?The grant
ury of Colleton county this after
toon returned a true bill againB1
Jheriff W. B. Ackerman, charging
nalfeasance in office. Solicitor Mur
laugh yesterday afternoon hande(
ut a bill*of indictment, alleging thai
Sheriff Ackerman was short $2,307.7*
tnd the true bill was in consequence
eturned. The alleged shortage was
liscovered recently when the book.;
n the county offices were audited b>
Report accountants. The amount inolved
is alleged to have been col
ected as delinquent taxes.
Sheriff Ackerman is asking that ar
tnmediate trial be had, but Solicitoi
lurdaugh says' that some time will
e necessary to make thorough prepration
in the case and it is not likey
to be heard at this term of court
t is also reported that Sheriff Ackeriian
has said he will make the amounl
;oon on the condition that tht
harges be withdrawn, but the soicitor
is said to have refused this.
Union Girl Win* Fir*t 'Pl*r*?
Miss Ruby Fowler, the eleven-yearid
girl who won first place in thf
iseuit making contest of Union couny
and later went to Greenwood tc
ontest in the district contest, ha./on
out and made a score of 95 1-4
'his young lady having won in her
ome town and in the district contest
/ill now go to the State Fair and
ompete for the championship.
Union is proud of this record and
'he Times unites with other friend?
i congratulating Miss Fowler upon
his victory.
Revival at Tabernacle
A series of meetings will be held
t Tabernacle Baptist church Sunday,
)ctober 1st. Rev. J. R. Williams
/ill assist the pastor, Rev. W. H,
I tone.
You are invited to attend all the
ervices. \
Interesting' Mission Program
There will be an interesting meet
:he program is to further interest ir
.he missionary cause. The following
,s the arranged order of the service:
Song, "What a Friend We Have ir
Jesus."
Bible-lesson, Lke 11:1-13. Mrs. T
C. Seavboro.
Prayer? That our State Missioi
ivork may grow?Rev. J. E. Meng.
Song, "Sweet Hour of Prayer."
Prayer?For the v5 Million Cam.
paign in South Carolina?Dr. J. P
FTarrison.
Song?By Sunbeam Band.
Talk by Sunbeam superintendent
Mrs. Stone.
Booster song by R. A.'s.
Paper, "What is meant by StatMission?"?Edwin
McCombs.
Recitation?"Your Work and Mine'
?Hubert Menton.
Song, "Kings Business"?R. A.'s
Recitation?"Outside Our Door"?
Reuben Wilburn.
Prayer for our beloved ^tate?Mr
J. W. McCombs.
Talk by R. A. superintendent, Mrs
Spears.
Song, "0 Zion Haste"?G. A.'s.
Prayer for South Carolina auxili
sry work by Mrs. J. E. Meng.
Dialogue by G. A.'s.
Song, "I Gave My Life P'or Thee.'
Talk by returned missionary, Mir.!
1-ora Clement.
Address by W. M. U. superintend
?nt, Mrs. P. B. Bobo.
Report from local bands.
Song, "Help Somebody Today."
Mizpah.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. Reuben Gee of Snatuc is quit
*ick at the Wallace Thomson hospital
Miss Elizabeth Jeter of Santuc i
mnong the visitors in Union today.
Miss Janie Day of New Brunswiol
is visiting Mrs. B. Jones for a fort
night.
T T -J
mrs. ?ia?. l?. uniireiy ui opan.au
burg is visiting friends in the city.
r&DAVS COTTON MARKE1
Open Cloa
October 20.73, 20.4
December 21.05 20.7
January 20.82 20.6
March 20.90 20.6
May 20.81 20.6
Local market 21.5
Congress May Prohibit Strike
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27.?Earl
adoption ^by thy Republican congrex
of the laws prohibiting strikes whic
"cut off the supply of food and servic
necessary to the life of the commur
ity, and at the same time protectin
the workman's liberty," is predictc
by Elihu Root in an address befor
the Republican state convention t<
toy.
'Mr. J. McJ. Fant of Santuc was
business visitor in^Jnion today.
AMERICA INDORSES
: PEACE PROPOSAL
* Washington, Sept. 26 (By the A
- sociated Press).?Allied proposals i
t insure freedom of the Dardanelb
r and protection of racial and religioi
- minorities in negotiating a permanei
I peace settlement of the Near Eas
L ern crisis "are clearly in accord wil
' American sentiment," Secretai
- Hughes declared today .in the (In
' formal assertion of American polic
? toward the Turkish problem.
r At the same time Mr. Hughes too
occasion to express the trust of tt
Washington government that ai
rangeinents would be made to kec
> the straits open and maintain pea(
r "pending the conference to concluc
I a final treaty of peace between Tui
key, Greece and the allies."
The statement was made in repl
to a question submitted to M
Hughes by the Associated Press ?
t to the attitude of the American go\
eminent toward the peace proposa
made by the allies. His answer fo
lows:
"The American envernment. i? trra'
ified to observe that the proposal
the three allied governments seek t
insure effectively 'the liberty of th
f Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora an
the Bosphorus as wel las protectio
of the racial and religious minor
! ties.' These points are clearly in at
cord with American sentiment.
"This government also trusts thr
> suitable arrangements may be agree
' upon in the interest of peace to r<
serve the freedom of the straits pent
' ing the conference to conclude a. fini
1 treaty df peace between Turkey an
1 Greece and the allies."
Beyond this expression state dt
partment officials declined to go i
outlining the American attitude. N
authoritative statement was avai
' able* as to the possibility that th
? Washington government would at
1 cept an invitation to be represent*
at the conference of Venice to neg<
tiate the peace treaty. As the que;
! tion has not arisen except in unofficii
reports from London as to the desir
of the British government for Amer
can participation, it was deemed to b
not now before the Ameriqan^ovefi
' , mSP; - T*1 u\Ah Vk ' *-'^1
> attitude, to comment in any way o
! any territorial questions involved i
solution of the present Near Easter
1 problem. In this connection, hov
ever, it was pointed out at the depar
ment that the points upon which tl
secretary expressed the government
1 views involved only matters in whii
the United States has a very direi
interest of long standing. These ii
- elude free movement beiween tl
Aegean and Slack seas for Americn
vessels; the rights .under treaty <
the denominational educational inst
tutions maintained in Turkey 1:
American religious organizations ar
other similar matters. With the te
i ritorial readjustments ni Turkey as
result of the great war or of tl
present developments due to Kema
ist successes, the Washington go'
eminent is not now concerned.
There was some feeling among o
ticials that the positive assertion <
American approval of the main allit
principles of settlement might he
smooth out the situation. It was ft
that the Kemalist government migl
be influenced to a certain extent 1
knowledge* of the American vie\
point.
t Thus 'far thfc? American goverr
ment has not participated in ar
treaty negotiations arising from tl
war except where it was itself
belligerent. Turkey and the Unit<
States were never at war and tl
treaty of Sevres, rejected by the A
gora government and which the Vei
ice pact is proposed to supplant, wi
framed without American particip
tioj). It si a fact, however, that
that treaty, the United States w
named as one of the powers to sha
in administration of the neutralize
zone of the straits the treaty wou
have created. >The Washington go
ernment was not consulted by tl
treaty negotiators before it was i
eluded in this group of powers.
A further complication to any c
rect American participation in tl
p Venice conference may aripe from tl
demand 01 Kussian soviet nmnui
* ties to be represented in the neg
tiations and Kemalist support of th
demand. Should an invitation be e
tended to the United States and al
to the Moscow government, the p<
0 icy of abstainig from any political i
tercourse with Soviet Russia, whi
the Washington authorities have f<
* lowed, would have to be consider*
The British original proposal' th
y the administration of the st{pits
? provided for under the league of r
h tions also presents possibilities <
* complications for the United Stati
1- *
?5 Canning Contest
d
e In the Piedmont district cannii
> contest held in Greenwood this we<
Miss Druse ilia Koon, of Union, w
the prize of $6.00. These prizes wc
a offered by the South Carolina Sti
Bankers' Association.
FAILS TO FIND
S BLAME FOR FIRE
K
a- Jackson, Cal., Sept. 26.?The corto
oner's jury which investigated the
es Argond%t mine disaster on August
i8 27? in which 47 men lost their lives,
tit tonight returned the verdict that the
t- "miners came to their deaths early
th on August 28 as u result of autToca y
tion by poisonous gas fumes caused
st by a fire of undetermined origin."
y The recommendation was made that
connecting passageways be built be,k
tween the Argonaut and Kennedy
ie mines, that better fire fighting fa
r- cilities be provided and tL?t greatp
er precautions be taken in the future
to prevent a recurrence of such a dis
|<- aster.
r- The fire was of incendiary origin in
the opinion of Ernest A. Stent, vice
.. M,l.c'uIn?F A f i Kn A rrWAnoiH irtlnnr
r. company. In a statement to press
is representatives tonight he declared
,*- the fact that the tire Rained such
Is rapid headway led him to believe thut
1- it was the work of incendiaries. The
natural conditions in the mine, he
t- said, were not such as to cause sud
>f den bursts of flame. If the Are had
;o started accidentally, he said, surely
ie it would have been detected, before
id i? had spread beyond control,
n The mine official's statement came
i- at the end of the day's inquest of the
death of the entombed workers, and
after a statement of District Attorit
ney Net rich, in charge of the state's
d inquiry, he operating company 'had
placed no adequate fire fighting ap
I- paratus in the mine."
*1 Michael Jago, skip tender at the
d Argonaut and one of the three men
who escaped from the pit through the
J- flames, testified that in his judgmen'
n the skip might have been operated
o three or four more times through the
1- fire. Previously two other workers
ie had told the investigators that the
> guide rails of the skip shaft had
>d become so warped by the intense
)- heat that further operation of this
i- sole means of rescue was impossible,
il Mr. Stent deprecated the theory
e that the fire might have been caused
i- by a lighted cigarette.
e There had been no trouble with the
>n blaze was of incendiary origin he deft
clared. .
n Irrespective of the inquest and offit
cial inquiries, Mr. Stent added the
t- company would conduct its own inifc
quiry to eth disaster.
'*? Search for the body of one miner,
:h William Fezzel, in the Argonaut
ct workings was continued today by fedl
oral bureau of mines.
ie ?
in Greece in Grip of
^ Revolutionary Movement
i
,y London, Sept." 27 (By the Associa;u'
ed Press).?Greece is in the grip o,"
r" a revolutionary movement. King Conu
stantine ia reported to have signed
ie his abdication decree without reservation.
At least part of the navy ho
gone against the government and sc..
eral warships manned by the revolu*"
tionists are believed to be advancing
51 on Athens, although direct advices
are lacking.
lp
It Exciting Campaign
'* For Watson's Place
>y
Atlanta, Sept. 27.?One of the most
exciting campaigns in the history cf
Georgia politics will develop for the
iy seat of Senator Watson, is being pi c
ie dieted by political observers. In event
? the chairman of the Democratic isecutive
committee does not call a pri10
mary to nominate a candidate for t!
n" unexpired term, the state convention
n" which convenes in Macon next month.
"8 is expected to endorse a candidate,
a- ? .
in Vice Admiral Long
RB
To Constantinople
ed *
|q Paris, Sept. 27 (By the Associate I
v. Press).?Vice Admiral Long of the
he United States navy and commander of
n. the American naval forces in European
waters has gone to Constantinojj.
pie to direct naval operations, should
any become necessary in participation
with the foreign squadrons, it is statrj_
ed here
Union People Visiting
x. In Smyrna
>1- Mr. Mitchell Psillos and Charlie Bell
lissary and families left Union sevcli
eral months ago. They were visiting
dI- relatives in Smyrna, the centre of the
d, Turkish devastations. Their friends
^no r a* tVini r ?? a fot \r Mr.ikintr
Ht 1VW1 4V1
be has been heard from them for the past
ia_ three months, at Which time a letter
0f wax received ;n Union by Mr. Mike
sg Psillos from M*. Belliaary.
Miss Carrie Young, who teaches in
the city schools of Spartaqburg, spent
ng the week-end with her parents, Mr.
tV and Mrs. L. G. Young, on East Main
tract
on
ire Mrs. Hunter Gilliam will return to
ite Union this week from her summer
home in Henderaonville, N. C.