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r-rT i i i rii*llMM II M ? ??+ M??4 I 4 H ??I4 i ~~~ j The Union PAily Times UssJ T PRESS X 'JV' C*1 ni'n8' cooler. 1 f | DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY EetablUfcod in 1MI Cwirtod to TltoUnbto Dally Tfa? October 1, lt!7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I I i"">llllll"'<wW ^ J > I U II I I I 1 tl I I II i H f Vol. LXXI1I No. 1504 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon^ October 9, 1922 3c Per Copy RECOVERS PISTOL USED IN SLAYING New Brunswick, Oct. 9.?Clifford Hayes, 19 years old, and admirer of Pearl Bahmer, who found the bodies of Rev. Edward Hall and Airs. Mills, was arrested formally charged Witn first degree murder in connection with the slayings. Raymond Schneider, who was with the Bahmer girl when the bodies were found, is held as a material witness. He declared there was no doubt that the slaying was the result of mistaken identity and that Hayes was trailing a man who accompanied the Bahmer girl and seeing the couple under the crab apple tree, opened fire New Brunswick, N. J.f Oct. 8.?The revolver with which Mrs. James Mills and the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rector of the Protestant Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist were shot, and a gold watch which was missing from the rector's body when it was discovered, have been found, Somerset county authorities said tonight. They declined to say where they found them. The police admitted that after four young people, including the couple, who had reported the finding of the uuu.vo vx Hie ictiur itiki me sexton s wife in the Somerset county orchard three weeks ago, had been questioned for hours they had searched their homes "from cellar to roof for posf ible clues." Raymond Schneider, who with Pearl Bahmer, found the bodies, was the first of the quartet to be summoned in a general roundup of minor characters who have previously appeared in the investigation. Detectives said these questionings had led them to five serious considerations to the former theory that mistaken identity might have led to the double shooting. Leon Kauffman, a friend of Schneider's, was then sum. moned to corroborate certain statements which the authorities said Schneider made. He told them, detectives said, that on Thursday night on, which the police are convinced the shooting took place, that he was returning from a movie with a friend through the outskirts of New BritfisEjHjfc wick when they believed they saw a ^]n*#the company of a young lban in a park which adjoins the Phillips farm. l>ater in the stroll, the detectives report, Kaufman said they met a friend who was interested in the woman and told him of seeing her. The friend, Kaufman is alleged to have said, left b?m abruptly on hearing this news, and hurried away in the direction from which he had come. To strengthen the theory of mistaken identity, detectives pointed out that another couple had reported as having been seen in the vicinity of the farm on the night of the shooting ami as having heard the shots, screams and seen several persons carrying what appeared to be a log from the farm house, before they themselvts / hurried away in order not to reveal their identity. One of several young men questioned by the authorities after taking Kaufman's story, was Clifford Hayes, a friend of young Schneider. A careful check up, they said, was being made of his movements on the night of the traagedy. Letter Made Public Today New York, Oct. 9.?A committee of 48 made public a letter sent to President Harding asking suspension of Attorney General Daugherty pending the outcome of the impeachment proceedings on the charges made by Representative Keller of Minnesota in the house September 11. British Cabinet Meets To Hear Report Ixmdon, Oct. 9 (By the Associated Press).?The British cabinet met to .consider the detailed report of Mar<quis Curzon, foreign secretary, on his conference in Paris with Premier Poincare, at which the position of the Allies dn the Turkish situation was a^cain consolidated. Nationalist Troop* Resume Advance in Dardanelles Constantinople, Oct. 9 (By the Asaocoatel Press).?The Turkish Nationalist troops yesterday resume^ their advance in the Dardanelles area in the direction of Chanak, the British stronghold, according to a Muidania dispatch to the local new-spa. Ip6r8? Stffl the World's Champions N?w York, Oct. 9.?The Giants, rated, even by the most conservative experts, to have had nothing more than a faint fighting chance, witnessing one game, battled through and finished the "superplay" df Yankees, won four games, tied one, lost none and are still the world's champions, as a result of yesterday's 5 to 3 victory, concluding th? game of the world's series. * "UNCLE JOE" HAS REGRET! Danville, 111., Oct. 8 (By the Assc ciated Press).?Weary after a lif time of public service, but a trifl sorry for his decision to retire "Uncle Joe" Cannon, who came hom from Washington yesterday over th same route he traveled westward ii his mover's arms 82 years ago, sa down today to Consider a future i: private life. His public service is no quite ended, for he plans to go bac! to Washington in December to serv out his 23rd term in the house o representatives. His 46 years o service will expire March 4. "I've had enough," he told an As sociated Press corespondent wh spent the morning with him in hi study at the old brick mansion witl its broad veranda and high mansar "It'8 60 years since I first went t Washington and with the exceptioi of those two unsought vacations (re ferring to his two defeats) I hav been there ever since. I decided t retire voluntarily, but," he adde< wistfully, "I'm just a bit sorry now. Sitting under the autographed por traits of half a hundred famous men with his feet cocked upon his desi and one of his famous six inch sto gies drawing properly, "Uncle Joe reviewed his 87 years of life, the live of his father and grandfather befor him, recalled incidents of his journe; from North Carolina to Indiana i 1840, his law student days, his im pression of the first Lincoln-Dougla debate which he attended and th< high spots of his political career. "And what," the interviewer asked "do you regard as the outstandini achievement of your life?of wha are you most proud?" "My eight years as speaker of th house and 20 years, I think it was, a member and chairman of the appro priations committee." "What will you do after nex Murch?" "Well," reflectively, "I don't know I guess I don't need to work for i living any more, and I can settl down with my family?my tw Hanchters?and in?t live " He has no plans, he said, for tak ULMMSthtyifclBttlii M fall even in hisown JlSlnbt warm fight is reported breaking. The automobile trip from Wash ington to Indianapolis over the ol< National roal following the sam< route taken by the caravan of Quake families from North Carolina wit] which he came West in 1840 was un dertaken, he' explained, more for sen timental reasons than in expectatioi he would be able to recognize scene of 82 years ago. Two he remembered White Sulphur Springs and th Quaker settlement of Richmond, Ind It was one of the fords on th Wabash that his father lost his life The elder Cannon, a country schbo teacher and doctor, plied his twin pro fessions in a territory of 50 miles u] and down the river. "Everybody suffered from znaha ria," "Uncle Joe" recalled today, "ani my father was called out for mile around. He swam the Wabash dur ing freshets dozens of times, bu swam it once too often. His hors reached land, but father's body wa never found." Today an iron bridge spans th river where the doctor lost his lifeand "Uncle Joe," who clerked in store and slept in a law office an finally walked to Cincinnati and bac to go to law school?paying a dolla a week for his board, but giving note for his tuition because he coul not afford to pay cash?today "Unci Joe" is preparing to retire afte more years of service in congress tha any man in the history of the natior Long Term Treasury Bonds to be Issue* Washington, Oct. 9.?In order t place refunding operations for th short dated debt on a longer ten basis, Secretary Mellon is offering fc subscription an issue of about $509 000,000, four and one-quarter pe cent 30-year treasury bonds. Gypsy Smith Jr.'s Wat oh Stole* Savannah, Ga., Oct. 6.?Someone l Savannah has something to rememb* Gipsy Smith, Jr., by when he lea\e Savannah. Yesterday afternoon \vhil the evangelist waa playing golf some one entered his room at a local hot? and took a gold watch. The timepier was given Gipsy Smith by his parent on his 21st birthday. To Winter in Spsurtanburg Mrs. J. B. Haltiwanger and daugli ters, Mrs. Gloria H. Davis, and Mri Geo. A. Lea, Jr., who have bee summering at Linville Falls, N. C will spend the winter in Spartanburg having taken one of the Reid a pan meats en South Converse street. Spartanburg Herald. "f. LLOYD GEORGE > ASKED TO RESIGN *- I-ondon, Oct. 8 (By the Associated e Press).?The latter phases of ".he e Neat Eastern crisis have been accom-j ), panied by the growth of a political e and newspaper campaign against e David Lloyd George, the British n prime minister, which reached its cli!t max when the four leading weekly n reviews and one of the premier's it stanchest supports among the Sunday k newspapers joined in a demand for e his resignation. f "The campaign has far surpassed ,f" in its widespread extent and seeming influence any of the similar cami paigns which the premier during the o troubled post-war period has had to 3 meet and which hitherto he always h has successfully circumvented. Whar, d has distinguished the present campaign from all the previous is that 0 it is not confined to the premiers n natural political enemies but cmi_ braces solid organs of public opinion c of all political shades." 0 The basis of the charges againsi d Mr. Lloyd George is that his strong U 1 LA AL - " (hvuivck jwiiuy uruuKiiv me nation to the brink of war, which was only , averted in the first place through the ^ statesmanship ?.nd diplomacy of Lord _ Curzon, the foreign secretary, who ? emerged from the alleged prolonged 8 eclipse from which the foreign office e has suffered through the premier, roy taining in his own hands all the n threads of British foreign policy, and secured an agreement with France on g a Near Eastern policy, and in ihe a second place through the moderation and tact displayed by Brigadier GenI eral Harington in his dealings with ^ the Kemalista. ^ The gravest of the charges against, or rather against the alleged war e party led by Winston Spencer Churcnill, secretary for the colonies, is that it has involved the country at a moment of great financial difficulty ^ in the useless expenditure of between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000 pounds for r war preparations in the Dardanelles. In the words of The Outlook, "it has assured the triumph of France! over Great Britain and caused the humiliation of Great Britain before the Moslem world, while France poses as the protector of the faithful who ^ ^i^to^ccepting^immiHat^r^^ that^no great power within the past century " has peacefully endured." Amid the chorus of protests against e Mr. Lloyd George's cabinet secreJ" teriat usurping the duties of the foreign office, moderate organs like The Spectator and The Observer are heard urging the premier's friends to tell 1 Mr. Lloyd George he can best serve ? his country by resigning. ? This campaign is considered in1 e some political circles to have greatly ' strengthened the conservative revolt e agaiqst Mr. Lloyd George's leadership !* which has never been stilled since '* last February when Sir George " Younger, the Conservative party orP ganizer, successfully thwarted Mr. Lloyd George's plan for spring elee' tions. d Not only has the Labor party been 8 solidly against the premier with their recent "stop the war" slogan, but t political observer* assert some of the c strongest elements of both wings in 8 the coalition are equally determined to bring the Lloyd George regime to e an end. In some quarters Andrew - Bonar Law's recent letter to The ft Times on Great Britain's operations d in the Near East is associated with k the anti-Lloyd George manifestations, t though in oither circles the interpretaa tion is that the letter may have been a intended to assist Lord Curzon In nis e efforts in Paris to bring the British r end French policies into agreement, n AH kinds of speculation are curt. rent regarding how the premier will meet the attack against him. Even I>ossible new political alignments are being spoken of in the event of the j attack proving successful. ^ Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire n Resigns Pastorate r \ Rev, A. T. Stoudenmire, who for the ijr past two and a half years, has been ,,r ? nrA.i0;j. _V..?V puoiaji ui uiu f* covaiuc oaptiDt VIIUICU here has resigned to accept the Dunean Mills Baptist church in Greenville. & Mr. Stoudenmire has done a Ane work while pastor here and has been r. active in the work of his denominar tion in the association and state. lie .g has a wide circle of friends in Union e who regret his leaving. Mr. Stoudenmire ahd family expect j) to leave Union for Greenville after the e fourth Sunday in this month. Widespread Report That Arrests Have Been Made New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 9 (By i- the Associated Press).?Widespread i. reports that two arrests had been n made in connection with the mysterious murders of Rev. Edward Hall and F, his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, t- on September 14, stirred the city. Of Acials refused to depy or confirm the reports. MINING CONGRESS < TO STUDY 4COSTS Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 8 (By the Associated Press).?The American mining congress, which a six day ' session here tomorrow, hi-its quarter i centennial convention,, will consider ' not only labor matters, bet technique ' of operation, angles ?f finance and the question of governmental super- 1 vision and taxation as they affect 1 coin I industry and production of 1 metals. A large part M the 3,000 delegates who are expssmd to attend 1 the congress had at lives tonight and 1 registered. Delegates cnne from all parts of the United States, governors 1 of 28 states and mayors; of 60 cities ' having appointed repesentatives. 1 Mexico and Alaska alSo|will be rep- | resented Tonight the ntrious state ' delegations held informal; dinners and ' tomorrow night the convention proper will open. In connection with the-.congress ar ! exposition of. mining equipment and ' machinery, probably the to oat extensive ever held, will open in Cleveland's public hall. Two (hundred exhibits of the latest type if labor saving machinery will be shown. The congress is one of the most influential of American trade associations, and was founded i Colorado ' 25 years ago. For ten years it embraced mainly the metjd mine opera- 1 tors of the West but 1R years ago it took in the coal industry of the nation. Herbert Hoover is the honorary ' chairman of this year's convention. ' W. J. Loring of Sal* Francisco is president. The official call sayi the purpose ] of the convention is to inaugurate a . national movement to achieve greater prosperity through lowef production j costs in mining by the introduction of , greater economies, inegeised efficien ( cy, standardized equipment and by ( formulating a stable policy to elim inate the needless wasfsrof unending strife between labor -St capital. | Shriners Hospital Jbf ? - * - * rk;MM . ?"Tr 1 > t \. 1 The Union Shrinerftt afCe making a 1 t?rong pull to have thfl^Styttfaiers' Hosby the president of the] Union Shrine club is now in commiinication with Nobles oFrrest Adair of Atlanta, Sain P. Cochran of Dallas, Texas, and Freeland W. Kendrick of Philadelphia committee of the Supreme Council. ( A hospital for Crrppled children is to be located in South Carolina and several of the largest cities in this state are making strong efforts to se- , cure this hospital. Union has many splendid sites for ( the erection of this institution. It is to be .paid for by the Shriners in South Carolina and to be under the supervision of the Supreme Council of the Shrine for North America. The building and equipment will cost between $225,000 and $250,000. In the event Union is unsuccessful in their attempt to get the hospital locate^ in Union the club will furnish and maintain room in the hospital wherever it is located in South Carolina to be known as "The Union Shrine Club Room." The club was organized July 2, 1919, with a membership of about 13 Nobles it now has more than 70 true Sons of the Desert. Ita officers are: Noble C. C. Sanders, nresident: Noble JL.. W. Blackwelder, vice president, and William C. Lake, secretary and treasurer. < Fighting Between "Reds" And "Whites" Breaks Out Vladivostok, Oct. 9 (By theS\ssociated Press).?Desperate fighting between "Red" and "White" armies is in progress on the Spasska front. The battle is the severest on record since the Japanese evacuation began. The , Soviet forces are reported rushing troops, airplanes and tanks toward Vladivostok. The defenders are offering furious opposition. Political Campaign Results In Defeat of Two Havana, Oct. 9.?Fighting which arose in the heated political campaign is Deing waged aa preliminary to the coming partial elections resulted in the death of two persons and the woundinf of eight others at Guanajay, near here. The contention and factions were members of the Liberal party. Drowns Childron And Kills Self Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 9.?The bodies of William Wheeler and his three children lay side by aids in an undertaking establishment. The children were drowned in a bath tub in their own home by the father, who then fired a bullet Into his own brain. Despondency because of inability to ot>. tai nemployment is responsible for the rash dead, the police said. GREECE ACCEPTS AGREEMENT Athens, Oct. 8 (By the Associated1 Press).?The Greek government has instructed its delegates at the Mudatiia conference to accept decisions which may be unanimously agreed upon by the allied representatives. This action was taken following the receipt of advices from former Premier Venizelos that eastern Thrace must be considered as lost to Greece. Greece will endeavor to secure two months' time to permit of the evacuation of her army an 1 the Greek civilian population, which is estimated to aggregate 250,000. It is probable that another 300,000 Greeks and Armenians will leave Constantinople for Greece, which will make more crushing the problem of the country, which ip already burdened with refugees. Constantinople, Oct. 8 (By the Associated Press). ? A dispatch from Athens to the local newspaper, Kirix, says the Greek government has in-1 structod General Mazarakis to sig.ii the Mudania armistice, thereby agre^-j ing to the evacuation of eastern ( Thrace. London, Oct. 8.--The Constantinople correspondent of The Times declares that by the new Paris agreement Is met rasha has secured 90 per cent! r>f what he demanded. Should he re-i fuse the offer, the correspondent adds.j there will be only one interpretation! his refusal; namely, that the Angora (government desires war. Sofia, Oct, 8 (By the Associated Press).?The Greek troops on the Bui^arian frontiers have been considerlbly reinforced, a fact which is causing some anxiety, especially as Greece lately has accused Bulgaria of sheltering Kemalist agents coming to Bulgaria as Thracian refugees and then >rganizing them into bands to igvade rhrace. Bulgaria has sent a note to che | powers asking them to investigate thc| ntuation. An explosion today dc.troyed a railroad bridge near Bidikilu, in Greekk Thrace. The Greek authorities have charged Turkish bands with responsibility. iptHPniMiii1 Athens, Oct. 9 (By the Associated Press).?Attempts by Histionaries toj make capital of the loss of Thrace will i be met, if necessary, by force, de-l clared Col. Gonatas, still military di- i rector, and new Greek government' that the army is ready to take severe measures to protect the national safe-! ty Officers of Dreadnaught Utah Recalled to Warship Iiondon, Oct. 9.?A Central News dispatch from Gibraltar says that the: admiral and officers of the United States Dreadnaught Utah, now tour-! ing the Spanish cities, have been re-i called to the warship, which has been ordered to proceed immediately to the - tr a 4>tf?r r*asi/. >o. Se well-Thomson Mr. and Mrs." Henry Thomas Scwell, of Lavonia, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Imogene Rebecca, to William E. Thomson, of Carbon, W. Va., formerly of Union, S. C., the marriage to be solemnized in November at the First Methodist ihurch, Lavonia, Ga.?Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Thomson is the son of Mrc. Preston Bobo, of this city, and has many friends throughout the state who will be interested in the announcement of his approaching marriage. Mrs. Bobo will attend the wedding, which will be a prominent social event r? fi U? T ? D ? it iiuu utiD. iianK'n ui utc, sisicr 01 ine ; groom, will be one of the matrons of honor. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Golaon, of Bennettsville, announce the birth of a daughter,. October 9th, to be called Helen Frances. Eastern Star Chapter A regular communication of Martha Chapter, No. 79, O. E. S., will be held Tuesday evening at ft o'clock in the Masonic Temple. Degrees to be conferred. Mrs. Geo. T. Keller, Mrs. H. D. Frierson, W. M. Secretary. First Presbyterian Church The Senior Endeavor will meet tonight promptly at 7:45 o'clock, closing in ample time for the entertainment at the high school. J. F. Matheson, Pastor. Freak Apple W. D. Cope brought a freak apple to our oflVce this morning that was grown in western North Carolina. Look at it in the show window. TROPHY AIR RACE DEVELOPS SPEED Detroit Oct. 8.?Lieut. A. W. Gorton, U. S. N., won the Curtiss marine flying trophy race here today with an average speed for the eight 20 nule laps of 112.65 miles an hour. Eight planes piloted by aviators of the navy and marine corps started. Liept. H. A. Elliott of the navy won second place. Lieut. L. H. Sanderson of the marine corps won the prize for the best average speed in the air. The race was not so much a speed events as a contest dcmunding good piloting. One of the difficult maneuvering feats required was that at the end of the fifth, sixth and seventh laps each pilot should bring his ma chine down to the water and tavi ever a 1,200 foot stretch before making a hairpin turn and again taking the air. Lieutenant Sanderson had the race won until a mile from the finish line on his last lap, when he was forced to land with an empty gasoline tank. His average speed ?n the air was 125 1-2 miles an hour. He piloted a Curtiss 1S-T triplane. Gorton, winner of the trophy and who was the only one to finish the race except Lieptenant Elliott, piloted a navy TR seaplane, powered with a 220 horsepower Lawrance Radi-i1 air-cooled motor. His average speed in the air, for the first three lays, during which the contestants were not compelled to taxi on the water, was 117.8 miles an hour. Lieutenant Elliott's average speed was 109 miles an hour. Of the six plane.? that fuiled to finish the race, two were damaged m forced landings. Lieut. Rutledge Irvine's plane got from under control when the left wing pontoon became loosened. He brought it down on a huge pile of coal. Tiie machine was partly wrecked but the pilot was unhurt. Lieut. David Rittenhouse had to make a quick landing when his propeller broke in midair. A high wind and rough water played an important part in today's seaplane demonstrations and these conditions figured also, to some extent, in the withdrawal of five of the entries. Naval officials pointed out that the planes participating were not built espec&lty -for -the race but were selected from the navy's fleet as representative of all types employed. The race, according to Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics, disclosed the need for a greater effort in development of means of defense in the air. "The demonstration today was u peace time illustration of what woutd recur were the nation to be attacked without warning and were the navy called upon to defend our coasts with its present insufficient quipment," sa;:l Admiral Moffett. "It reveals clearly the need for scientific development and expansion of the naval air force." Signs Contract to Sell Cotton B. S. Josey of Lydia, one of the largest planters in the Pee Dee section of South Carolina, has signed the cotton cooperative marketing agreement, according to an announcement made by the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative association. Before affixing his signature to the contract Mr. Josey came to Columbia and made a visit to the headquarters of the association, seeing for himself just how the business of the association is being conducted. He announced his intention of turning over several hundred bales of cotton to the association at once. The signed contract of R. P. Morgan, president of the Citizens' National bank of Union, one of the larg? farmers of his county, has also been received. Another large contract received was that of A. M. McNair of Hartsville. Giants Again Win World Championship New York, Oet. 8 (By the Associated Press).?'The New York Giants once more are champions of the world. They reached that pinnacle of success for the second consecutive year in a furious uphill rush this afternoon that flung the Yanks to defeat, 5 to 3, and crushed a disgusted pitcher, Bullet Joe Bush. It was the secon successive time the Yanks have bucked the Giants in a world's series aitd failed. This year they went down ingloriously without the solace of having captured one of the five games that comprised the battle for the title. All the Yankees could do was to tie the second game of the Mries. The Giants won the other four. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coe announce the birth of * daughter October 4, 1922. Mine August Trefser, of Limestone college, spent the week-end with Mrs. S. A. Wix, on S. Church street. NEGRO DIES FROM WOUNDS Orangeburg, Oct. 8.?John Glover, negro bricklayer, died of wounds inflicted last Sunday by George \V. Dukes and J. W. Spears, local officers, when he played bad man in the New Brookland suburb of Orangeburg. Glover had been drunk all day Sunday, terrorizing his community uy shooting his pistol, refusing to let some negroes go to church, took an automobile, tried to enter the home of a woman who was ill, pulled the trigger of his pistol while he pointed it at a negro, but it had been fired out. As the scene was beyond the city limits Magistrate Blackmon, Constable Dukes and Special Officer Spears went to the home of Glover, called to him to come out, telling him who th?'y were and Glover came out with his 1 double burrel gun and leveled it at a 1 at * ^ ? me imutrra. .-vnout iDoi time Utlicer Dukes fired a load ol buckshot into Glover and Officer Spears fired a pis- u tol ball through the fleshy part of the stomach. \ The wounds were not in themselves sufficient to cause death, but some foreign matter was carried into the body by a bullet, which developed an infection, and cAused death. The negro lived several days The coroner's jury found that the negro came to his death from wounds inflicted t>y Officers Dukes and Spears in the dis charge of their duty. ? United States Within Its Rights London, Oct. 'J (By the Associated Press).?The prohibition of liquor or. j vessels within the American wate's will give rise to no international coml plications, according to the view of the British foreign officials that Liic matter is one which the United States has a ]>erfect right to take any action it sees fit. Troopers Searching for Men Union town, Pa., Oct. 9.?Stale troopers were searching for a crowd ol men who attacked six non-union miners near here and administered a | severe beating to them. Service League THe church school "Service """league will open Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Parish House of the Episcopal church with Mrs. Ben Barron as supervisor. The object of ..he league is to train children to be of service. All denominations are urg< d to attend. There is work for the fyear-old such as chain making and so on up for the girl of 20. The boys, under the direction of Albert Moore, will make wood furniture and wood toy animals. We are preparing our Christmas gifts for the poor and for miss, a schools. Dues 5c a year. Mrs. Ben Barron. PERSONAL MENTION Miss Ethelinde Garrett of Greenville is visiting friends in Union f< r a few days. Among the applications for admission to the United States navy , e three Union bovs. Wm S. Col. Earnest A. Young and Samuel .M. Surrett. They will go t<? the nav: i training station at Hampton Roads, Va. Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Pell, Mrs. M. -V Smith, Miss .lean Shepherd and Mrs. L. Roust, of Converse college faculty, attended the funeral of Mr. Reuben T. Gee yesterday afternoon. Rev. T. E. Morris of Summerton > the guest of R> v. and Mrs. I.. I.. Wa-: non. C S. Moore of Columbia is in tincity today in the interest of the Columbia State. Officers Capture Escaped Convict Fred Chitty, negro convict on th Richland county chaingang, escaped last spring shortly after he began lus seven year sentence on a charge of manslaughter, and yesterday (Jhief Strickland was advised of his arrest at Monroe, Va. The notice created some surprise at police headquarters as the officers said they had no information relative to the prisoner having left the gang. W. C, Cathcart, special officer for the Southern Railway company, reported to Chief Strickland the cap ture of Chitty. The negro was arrested by railroad officers at Monroe where he admitted that he had escaped from the county gang. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open 2:43 October 21.45 21.GO December 21.85 21.01 January 21.85 21.80 March 21.90 21.93 May 21.85 21.90 Ixtcal market 21.50 Mrs. S. D. Fant of Spartanburg is the guest of Mrs. C. G. Humphries on North Church street.