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ANXIOUS TO FACE H
.RECTOR'S WIFE
New Brunswick, Oct. 80.?Thougk
the grand jurors wefe summoned to i
convene it is considered unlikely that j
the HalLMilU case will be presented 1
today. Attorney Mott reiterated con- ]
fidenee in the story of Mrs. Gibson, j,
an eye witness, saying the testimony ?
was corroborated by Mr. and Mrs. <
Norman Tingle, living near the Phil- ,
lips farm. 1
' New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 29.? ,
Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig raiser and self-;1
styled eyewitness of the murder of {
* Mm See. Edward Wheeler Hall and i1
Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, tonight (
sal dshe wanted an opportunity to {
confront Mrs. Hall and challenge her
tto say Mint she eras not present at j,
\ \ ths Maying of hsr husband and did; t
v' im fviuu later and arrange ms j
* clothes and glasses. j,
% Mrs. Hall, through her attorney. (
has emphatically denied that she was j t
oa the Phillips farm on the night that ?
^ her husband was shot to death with
his choir singer. (
Mrs. Gibson explained that it was (
mors than mere cariosity which j.
prompted her to return to the Phillips *
fans after she alleges she witnessed
the murders. She claimed that in her.:
original statement to the authorities
0/ she explained that she lost one of her .
moccasins. Thai, it was while she]
was hunting for it that she saw the
double a laying and rode away on her ,
mala at ones. '
Mot until she reached home, Mrs.
Gibson said, did she realize that the 0
ptussws of her footwear on the farm e
near the scene of the murder might
lead investigators to connect her ^
with the crime. She immediately
saddled her mule, she said, and re- e
turned to see a woman in a gray coat,
bending over the body of the slain 1
+ rvcior.
The authorities who were reported
to have found the rector's watch before
Clifford Hayes was arrested in,
Connection with the murder only to
Ibe released later, tonight reported,
that they were seeking a negro who
?f?!N 1 for .sale a watch resembling.r
tfcrttakenfrom the rector's body. ^Ejje,
Had had the watcfe in his possession
He said he had held It for several
days in payment for a gambling debt, :
but that the negro who had given it E
to him later reclaimed it and disap-!
a Reared. Anderson said, he did not ?
know his name. I s
Deputy Attorney General Wilbur t
G. Met, who has been conducting the f
investigation for one week, was non- s
committal tonight on the evidence un- t
covered to date. (
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New Brunswick, N. J? Oct. 29.? i I
The crab apple tree, in the shade of
which, on the morning of September
14 last the bodies of the Rev. Edward | <
Wheeler Hall, rector of the Protestant i
Episcopal Church of St, John the ]
Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor Rein-'
herdt Mills, a singer in the choir,' .
were found murdered, is gone. | ,
Leaves, sprigs and limbs, it has \
l.aan aarrin^ atvov nlona Kvr nionn V>v
"vv" """/ i"~vv "j r*vv" "J I ]
the thousands of curio seekers from <
all parts of the country who have vis- ,
ited the Phillips farm since the dou-' \
ble murder.
The carving of initials on its
Smarted tnmk was the first effect of J
the fame which came to this dwarfed
tree. oFr a time the countless curi- r
< oua parsons who visited the farm ,
seamed to be more attracted to the
-vacant farmhouse which had been'
I called "the mystery" house. Sudden-'
ly the owner of the house, who does 1
not live in the building, found that it i
had been almost depleted of knick.i i
'knacks and small pieces Of furniture. <
The building was boarded up at oncej i
and visiters were forced to seek else-1 J
where for mementoes. At first whole
branches and smaller limbs dlsap-12
psared from the crabapple tree as
day after day saw hundreds of molfoto**
in New Jersey making the
rhiiiips farm an objective. Latei ,
the curio seekers began cutting away
the berk. j
One of the largest Sunday crowds, ,
l estimated et more than 4,000 persons, ,
V which baa yet gone to the scene, of j
B the murder visited the farm today.
They came on foot and in automobflaa.
B 8oma travelled in limousines, others
S rode in smaller cars bearing the
9 license plates of Eastern, Southern J
9 and many Western states. The crush '
H n?m?li nmiuvrtlnfll W mid
I f afternoon that the two policq$|fn who j
have bean assigned to East<a|?j|i:venue
to regulate traffic into the fs^tui were \
tgwd to ask for the assi^tce of :
other patrolmen.
When the last of tho visitors had j
+ -San, it was discovered that a new (
trail, which leads between De Rus- ,
sey's lane and the Lovers' lane near
which the bodies were found, had ,
been wen aoreas the farm. And to*
night in place of the crebepple tree
then li nsttt^ hut e broken stump? >
a silent testimonial to the curio hipit- <
em of a nation. I
William 0*Boorke, a building eon# ,
tractor, told newspaper men tonight
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BUFFALO MAN
DEAD IN ATLANTA
A deathbed confession from Private
F. G. Quinn, Fort McPhearson
loldier, who was stabbed by his
buddy," Private J. C; Brown, at
Bllis and Ive Streets Thursday night
is the result of an alleged jealous
encounter over a young woman, waf
>btained at Grady hospital Saturday
ifternoon by Detectives Cason and
IVilirv "nhlv an Vinur nv an Kufnra
juinn died.
The confession, which is expected
a play an important part in the
;rial, was guarded carefully by Defective
Chief A. Lamar Poole, who
ieclined to give out any intimation
is to its contents.
Equally silent was Chief Poole
regarding a statement which he is
(aid to have in his possession signed
>y Betty Poulos, 17 years old, over
vhom the encounter is said to have
irisen, and Pearl Thompson, - about
he same age, both of whom are held
is material witnesses. *
Immediately after police h?d been
lotified of the death of Private
juinn, Chief Poole dispatched Deectives
Wiley and Cason to Fort Mcpherson
to bring Private Brown to
>olice headquarters. The alleged
ilayer of Quinn has been confined at
he fort since his arrest soon after
he encounter.
The two girls in the case were orlered
held in $200 bond each by
fudge Humphries in Fulton Superior
Dourt Saturday following a hearing
>n habeas corpus proceedings in an
ffort to procure their release.
Importance of the girl's testimony
vas stressed to Judge Humphries by
Detectives Joe Wylie and Ed Cason,
issigned to the case by Detective
}hief Lamar Poole. They had arested
the flight of Betty Poulos Frilay
morning, capturing her at
iavnes and Walker streets, after
odging the Thompson girl in the wonan's
ward at headquarters.
Judge Humphries' ruling was that
he seriousness of the affair iqade jit
lecessary to assude the yourig' wonan's
presence in Atlanta. '/r
Admissions of the young women
owed the return of Quinn and the
rirl from a moving picture theater
;o her apartment,' where Brown
twaited.
Letters and photographs found
imong Betty Poulos' effects revealed
ihe had numerous "affairs," detecives
said. Many were ardent notes
rom men in various cities, including
oldiers at Camp Bragg, N. C., and
i youth in New York.?The Atlanta
leorgian.
Cotton Ginned in Union County
4
Washington, Oct. 25, 1922.
Orus T. Belue,
Union, S. C.
Dear Sir:
The tabulation of the card reports
shows telegraph summary to be correct.
There were 6,279 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales,
yinned in Union county, from the
.rop of 1922 prior to October 18, 1922,
is compared with 9,615 bales ginned
to October 18, 1921. \
Very respectfully, .
W. M. Steuart,
Director.
lioting Broke Out
Sunday Night
Romo, Oct. 30 (By the Associated
Preds).?Rioting broke out Sunday
night when parties of Fascisti passing
the workmen's quarter, were fired
>n, one of the attackers being killed
and one of the Fascistic was wounded
ind two captured.
Slayer of Girl
Electrocuted Today
Philadelphia, Oct, 80.?The exithoHties
are seeking a clue to the hender
poisoned cake whicji killed W. W.
Sterrett, of Devon, and resulted in the
u. ,?(#A
>Cl 1UUO 1IIUCPO VX HIS AUUIVHUVIIO
are that women sent the cake and
that two persons mixed the icing.
that on the night of the murders he
eras driving on Easton avenue shortly
after 9 o'clock, when he met Mr. Hall
walking toward Phillips farm with a
woman, whom he was unable to
Identify. He said he knew Mrs. H^l
by sight and felt quite certain \that
the was not the woman. He explained
that he had given this information to'
the authorities several days-after die.
sovery of the crime. His story, he
aaid he felt was important in view
of theoriee which had been raised
that the rector and the choir singer
might have been kidnapped and car.
ried by force in automobiles, to the
farm. ? ^
One of (he first pieces of evidence
which became public after the find,
lag oftbe be diss was. that Mrs. Mills
had besa seen on a street car which
runs to the city limits near Easton
avenue.
THINKS WOMAN [7
WAS DERANGED
i
Havre, Mont., Oct. 30 (By the As- J
i sociatei Press).?While Mrs. Christ- me
' ler was accompanying the body of ly
Rev. Leonard Christler on an east- sov
bound train, Mrs. Joseph Pyle, mother pie
of Mrs. Margaret Carleton, whose wil
body was found beside that of Christ- Ro<
ler is attempting to prove that the che
daughter did not commit murder and pai
suicide as the coroner's jury held Sat. cor
unlay. Mr. Pyle Is piecing together wo;
bits of a torn letter found in a waste- grj
backet to clear his daughter. ing
??? cei'
Havre, Mont., Oct. 29.?Dramatic Shi
details of the event that led to the che
deaths of Mrs. Margaret Carleton and 1
the Rev. Leonard Jacob Christler, pas- poi
tor of St. Mark's Church of the In- tail
carnation, were recited to a-coroner's cur
jury by the minister's widow pre- by
vious to a verdict returned early to- va<i
day, that the tragedy was brought sea
about by temporary mehtal derange- the
merit on the part of Mrs. Carleton. tioi
The widow, Mrs. Anna W. Christ- S
ter, in a calm, modulated voice de- I?i
scribed how she returned to her home mo
about 10 o'clock last Friday evening sec
to find a light. Calling Mr. Hague, a An
neighbor, she said she stationed him tw<
on the front jfarch while she entered. tol<
She testified that she found Mrs. brii
Carleton, wife of former District Tin
Judge Frank Carleton, destroying a mil
picture of Dr. Christler and admon the
ished her for the act. The witness wa
added that Mrs. Carleton "seemed fou
anything but in her right mind." wit
Finally, the witness said, she per- bill
suaded Mrs. Carleton to leave with sai<
her, walking toward the town's busi- he
ness section where they met the Rev. J
Mr. Christler, who was with the Rev. tw<
Ivir. Chapman of Butte. Mrs. Carle- er
ton was left down town, she con- Wi
tinued, the others returning home, tur
Shortly afterward, the witness said, hin
Mrs. Carleton returned to the Christ- cou
let- house. The witness hesitated in ton
describing the conversation after cap
Mrs. Carleton rejoined them but in tak
answer to a question replied that Mrs. Th<
Carleton declared that "1 (Mrs. Trx
Christler) had no place in Mr. Bit
Christler** life." She said that while wi<
Mrs. Carleton made no threats, she Sai
* Describing the ahobting afte^the the
party returned home, she said Mr. to
Christler arose and started for his fag
sleeping room. Mrs. Carleton also ing
arosefcas if to depart. Mrs. Christler ghf
said she opened the front door with j
her back to Mrs. Carleton, who had wo
followed Mr. Christler. an
Then came two quick revolver re- ga
ports, Mrs. Christler said. She turn- aft
ed to see Mrs. Carleton falling in the wa
doorway of a small hall leading into ter
the bathroom and into Mr. Christ- wo
ler's room, she testified. cap
Mrs. Christler- said she saw that an(
' Mrs. Carleton was dead and stepping
over the body tried to get to Mr. Re
Christler, but the woman's body had
fallen so as to partly block the door.
She then called the police and phy- j
sicians, she stated. pr
Mrs. Christler told of the arrival of cjs
j the doctors, the chief of police and jar
1 others and telephone conversations
with Bishop Faber at Helena and hQj
with Mrs. J. H. Pyle of Helena, Mont., ^
motker of Mrs. Carleton. ^01
j Mr. Hague confirmed Mrs. Christ- ^
ler's story, that she has asked him to ^
| stand \ on his porch until she went
i into the house. He added that she af- Ra
terwards stepped out again and said:
"Everything is all right."
He retired and did not learn of the
i shooting until the next morning, he '
! said. Ad
Mr. Hague said that last Sunday an
j about 1 o'clock he had seen Mrs.
Carleton trying to enter the Christler
; home. _
On the night of the shooting, short
j ly after 1 o'clock, he said, he had w
I seen Mrs. Carleton turn out a light
'in the Christler home. .
Mrs. F. E. Martin, librarian, a per- a
| sonal friend of| Mrs. Carleton, de- au
. scried Mrs. Carleton's condition
Friday night. Going to her hotel,
where Mrs. Carleton also roomed, she .
said she went to Mrs. Carleton's room
in response to a call and found her in
bed suffering from a sort of hysteria, jThe
Rev. Mr. Christler was there, ^
trying to quiet Mrs. Carleton, the wit- ^
ness testified.
According t*v Mrs. Martin, Mrs. .
Carleton told her that she had taken
an overdose of sleeping powders and p
had just awakened from a sleep 'of
80 hours.. Mrs. Martin said she '
judged Mrs. Carleton's condition as a
"very bad." Mr. Christler left short- **
ly after she had prepared food for H?
Mrs. Carleton, she said. *
There was nothing improper in the
relations of the rector and Mrs. hil
<nM1a all a In fha mom eit
Mrs. Martin said. "J
Mrs. Martin said she induced Mrs.
Carleton to go to the Martin room to
spend the evqping, Mrs. Carleton ^
leaving for her roonf about 9 o'clock. J?
The witness said she seemed much
improved.'
Mrs. Carleton told her she was ex* ^
tremely tired and nervoua as -a resuit
of Summer's work, Mrs. Martin ^
said, adding that she also talked pit
w0 kdur?g raid
Ishevilla, N. 0., 29.?Two
n arc deed, two ethSare serious- 1
wounded, and four .Ku are tutor i
igbt on change* ranMg from aim- i
assault to murder MUarge la the <
da along the upperjSfcches of Big j
ck creek, beyond Bflhrsville, if it- j
11 county, a sectional the wilder s
t of the Blue Ritjjl* mountains
npletely isolated fnAjkm outside c
rid through lack^jm^boae, tele- r
to reports from "thto village re- e
ved here gf Utotalled by t
mff Clyde the Mit- f
rhe killings, accordf^T to the re- t
t, came as the cUmtt tt a noun- *
i feud, long smouldejj&fjw which oc- s
red when county dmikr^headed ?
Sheriff Pritchard, sttftflfiA to tale
the stronghold of _ftm family in d
rch for an alleged blptldkde aUll at p
instigation and uafttflA direc- a
u of a member of the? idval elan. c
sheriff Pritchard wtiif a deputy, C
vis Blevins, left BakflTViUe.Friday i,
rning to search the Bfc?Rock creek 1,
tion for several IMsiU stills
riving at the home Hughes, e
> brothers, GarfMd.?l Arthur, n
i Sheriff Prftrfiasd^lpy could v
ng him three stills Utthbi aa hour, i
uites later be hiMW| fhotS from t
direction Deputy IMras had been r
itinrr. Hurrying te fl* scene he j,
nd Blevins dsaffc .afl# the Hughes, e
h Henry Troafaia% In an automoOarfteld
Hughes,1 1
i6 anA^idl1
is the sheriff was ^auTujaa^theI*
II Byrti rode ^^^^ll^lgheg
nod his gun OtrjAgW shot .
and Byrd fled, ?^^BSU?man es- G
5 sheriff then of p
>utmai^^ In hiajAAtfmWem a
h the former's ?SS|M^K^EgA T
n as the" Hughes ti 'fcaght c
protect themselves, the elderBlev- s
and Barnett opened fins, accord- t
| to the information-' ghss the j.
n-ier - : "
Arthur Hashes was mortally
unded through the cheat ann left ]
a. The three men escaped bat ^
rnett was apprehended. 1 Barnett, (
er a hearing before a magistrate, t
s held under $1,000 bond. as a ma- c
ial witness. Garfield Hughes, j.
unded and under guard, .'later ea~ t
>ed and is at large with Troutman L
i the two Blevins. x
?ady to Take Over
Italian Government t
London, Oct. 30 (By the Associated j
ess).?Triumphant forces of Fasti
are ready to take over the Ital- 1
? government, according to distches.
The leader, Dr. Benito Muslim,
is scheduled to confer with the
lg and in answer to the request to
rm a new ministry. Thousands of
? Fascisti troops are waiting outle
the gates of Rome.
ind of Masked Men Kill ..
One and Wound Another
Henryetta, Okla., Oct. 80.?Reece 1
Ikins, of Dewar, was shot to death
d Thomas Bogus, a constable, was
unded seriously at Spelter City last
;ht when a band of masked men of
lich Adkins is a member, called
gUB from the theatre sad attempted
kidnap him. Another unidentified
raon was known to be Tk^ n in tne
f. Bogus fired a pistol when the
nd attempted to force hint into an
to mobile.
ants Daugherty Suipeaded
New York, Oct. 80.?J. A. H. Hopis,
chairman of the committee of
, made puMic a letter to President
irding asking a personal reply to
5 committed demand that Doughty
be suspended pending a hearing
the impeachment charges brought
Representative Keller.
lev. Padrick Goes en Trial
Btatesboro, Ga., Oct. 30.?Polio wing
conference of the memlwe of the
mily and the attorneysMif ltev; Eltt
Padrick went on trial ttere chargwit'i
first degree mtiMeg in conetloo
with the lrillinc Uddh June of
i wife and her mother, igj&e conferee
decided insanity to~ke the dens.
Sixty-nine witoesmg we^e call
?
Jno. M. Little of Kelt*feilaft today
r a bueineeg trip to PaystNvllle,
c. m.
W. B. Gist and W. 1. Ra^hford
ire builneee vkHocs It Hm Union
out her daughter an<i:her future
me.
M
X, ?LJJJ. -'4BONAR
LAW SAFE
IN DIZZY CRISI
London, Oct. 29 (By the Associat
hress).?Not the least part of ti
lolitlcal campaign will be devoted
m apprisal of the new premier, A
Irew Bonar Law, who has been si
tied out by his partisans "to char
>ion the cause of tranquillity ai
lufety first."
In high political quarters it is d
lared that if tranquillity is what tl
lation wants it must be conceded th;
i better man could not be chosen
iptomize this desire. These quqa
ai-a essert that however much h
viemN and enemieR disagreeon Bom
.aw's other characteristics, they a:
inited in agreeing that he represen
.oadfastness, straightforwardnes
lability and sincerity?that he hi
,11 the attributes of tranquillity.
Bonar Law'*: friends, to use tl
llction of the,American campaigne
loiift with pri^P to his qualities i
ble to secure jelief from the dizi
risis through which David LJoj
ieorge has been accused at frequei
ntervals of taking a restless natic
unging for repose.
There seems to be a considerab
lement of the population, howeve
lot confined to the opposing part;
i-hich harbors the belief that und<
lonar I^aw's leadership the pendului
nr.y swing too far in the other direi
ion and which fears that this ma
esult not in stable tranquillity bi
n wholesome political lethargy, (
ven positive reaction.
This feeling was humorously voice
he other day by Lloyd George hin
elf while attending an oyster ball
;iven in his honor. He remarked, i
fleet, "I am fond of oysters and <
11 other mollusks who are exponent
f tranquillity."
That, say the partisans of Bora
aw, was an extreme way of emphi
izing the premier's quietness; hi
lovertheless they admit that this
lie of his outstanding characteristic
PheyThey point out his bent f<
luietly studying out problems as i
ustrated by the fact that he is a
rdent lover of chess. When he di
ivered the opening address at tl
ecent international chess toumi
cent he paid tribute to the keen am
ontestants/ Bonar Law also pla]
in efficient game but his devotion 1
his Dastimo is measured principal!
>y the physical benefits he deriv<
rom it.
Born in Canada of Scotch parent
Bonar Law carnej to Glasgow as
>oy. Later he was given an honorai
logree of doctor of laws by Glasgo
miversity and was destined to bi
:ome its lord rector for several yeai
>efore and even after he entered pol
ics. He was not considered an ui
isually brilliant student, but was
epresentative of the type of steac
ntellectuality. Although not a mat
tetic speaker, he always has been ii
;erested in affairs of state and nev<
las been averse to holding politic
lositions.
New Ministry to be
Constituted Toda
Rom-?, Oct. 30 (By the Associab
Press).?Benito Mussolini, leader
Fascist!, who was called by the kii
to form a cabinet, arrived this mor
ing. Throngs cheered and Mussoli
left immediately for an audience wi
the king, tl is believed the new mi
istry will be constituted'late today.
Murderers Electrocuted
This Mornin
Beliefonte, Pa., Oct. 30.?Thom
R. Hyal, convicted murdered of Cla
Kennox, 14 years old, was electi
cuted at Rockview penitentiary tl
morning. Curtis Sipple was electi
cuted for the murder in 1919 of a ri
worker.
Autopsy to Determine
Death of Coup
New York, Oct. 30.?Coroner Smr
den has ordered an autopsy to det?
mine how Daniel Cohen, 22, and t
bride, met death. The bodies, o
clothed were found in the bathroom
their apartment in Yonkers. Coh
lay on the floor and his wife w
under water in the bath tub. Murd
is the .theory.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKE
Open 2:20 p. l
? rti or Ai ftp
Itecenihei ??.<u
January , .. 24.14 24.11
March 24.25 24.11
May 24.20 24.86
July v 23 93 23.83
local market 24.
, Our Cat ia Invited Out
"As iomorow night is a night
all nights for cats and witches
frolic and play, please, 'Ole Uni
Times cat' use these tickets a
bring vour 'ole witch* and well ha
lots of fun."
October 80, 1922.
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MORE DEATHS
S UNDER INQUIRY
ed New York, Oct. 29.?Two murders,
be one of a young: woman, who was lured I
to to the roof of an office building;, the
n- police believe, and then hurled to her
n- death, and the other of a men whose
n- body was found bullet riddled and
id wrapped in a burlap beg and left in
the grutter in front of St. Paul's Luthe
eran church, are being: investifrated
be by the police tonight,
at Aaron Ewatberg, a day watchman, .
to told the jfolice that as he was dressr
ing to go to work today he saw a
is dark object hurtle past his window,
*r strike several clothes lines and land
re in a courtyard which separates the
ts house in which he lives from a seven
is, story office building,
as It was still dark, he said, and he
could not see the yard from his winle
dow. On his way to work he found
ir, the body of a young woman in the '
as yard.
ty Detectives investigating her death
rd found that the office building was
it locked and that the door leading to
>n the roof was barred. Finger prints
of the young woman, however, were
le found on the coping of the roof, indir,
eating she had engaged in a strugy,
gle before she was finally hurled to
;r her death. She was well dressed and
m wore diamond earrings and a gold
> wedding ring, inscribed "From F. to
y R.., August 1, 1916."
it Examination of the man's body
>r found in the burlap bag disclosed a
broken right shoulder and other signs
'd of injury, and led police to the belief
i- that he was slain after a fight.
:e The woman was identified by Frank
n Kcmpler as his wife. The police were
>f told by Kcmpler's brother that shi
ts had been melancholy recently and expressed
the belief that she might have
ir committed suicide, as it had been
i- planned to take her to a hospital for
it mental examination. A diamond
is ring, valued at $250,, which, the
s. brother-in-law said, ,he knew she
>r wore when she left home Saturday
1- apparently to go shopping, was not
in on her finger. Detectives, however,
u- are investigating the murder theory.
#. A Suffi*?*ion
! - ul y(3Wpn Springs yeater7s
day and while in conversation IJr.
to Clifton Smith asked what the peoly
nle of Union would think of a star
?s mail route between Union and Spartanburg.
It could be carried twice
ts daily by the jitney bus that is n.?w
a running. It could leave Spartanburg
y early in the morning bringing Sparw
tanburg Heralds and leave Union
e- af'-or th> up train and bring the
rs Stutcs, to say nothing of the mails
i- that could be included. Such mail
i- will be of a great convenience to the
a patrons at Buffalo, Gibbs, West
ly Springs, Pauline and Cedar Springs,
if- Even the people in Union would get
n- morning mails from Spartanburg sevsr
eral hours earlier. What do you
al think? Isn't it worth while for the
Young Men's Business league to do
something for it? The mail from
Spartanburg ant! northern points gets
,y here about noon of each day. It
seems to me that the above suggesed
tion could be carried out with beneof
fit to all. Herbert R. Smoak.
lg ~ 'm ' ~
n. Music Club Entertained
ni
th The Euterpean Music cluo met with
n- Miss Mary Jones Thursday afternoon.
The new president, Mrs. J. Frost
Walker, assumed office at this meeting
and made an appropriate talk,
ig The following progrnm was enjoyed
by all:
an Story of Aida?Mrs. J. S. Morgan,
ra Vocal Solo Celestial Song, Mrs.
o- Eee Kennedy.
tin Instrumental Solo?Butterfly. Mrs.
D U A fM
TV- o. r i /\iaiunf * i.
til Current Musical Events- -Miss Theo
Young.
Vocal Solo--The i'alo Moon, Miss
Katherine Layton.
|0 Following this program Miss Mary
Flynn prnvp a very interesting talk
Wm on her trip to Europe.
,r_ At the conclusion of this program
,jg the members of the club, with a number
of invited guests, enjoyed a delicious
salad course with coffee.
en Reporter.
AS ?
er Cottage Prayer Meetings
The hemes of the cottage prayermeetings,
preparatory to the Gypsy
Smith meeting will be at the following
homes Tuesday afternoon at 4
m. o'clock:
Mrs. R. E. White, North Mountain
street.
Mrs. J. E. Kirby, North Church
street.
Mrs. F. E. Wilburn, South Mountain
street V /
25 Mr*. W. W. Summer, South street.
Mrs. L. [W. Blackwelder, Church
street.
Mrs. W. P. Whitaker, Mill street,
of Mrs. J. H. Bartles, Pinckney street,
to Mrs. J. A. Sawyer, East Main
on street
nd Mrs. C. H. Peake, East Main street
ve Mrs. J. 8. Royster, West Main
street
Mrs. B. B. James, Calhoun street.
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31?1 -tJL
OUPS ATTACK
LIVING WAGE BASIS
Chicago, Oct. 29 (By the Associated
Press)?Attacking the theory of "the
living wage" as a basis for determin
ing wages of railroad workers, the
public and railroad groups of the railway
labor board in an opinion made
public tonight declared such a course
"if carried to its legitimate conclusion,
would wreck| every railroad in
the Unite^ States, and if extended to
other industries would carry them
Into communistic ruin."
The opinion in the formj of a rejoinder
to a dissenting opinion filed
by A. O. Wharton, labor member in
the recent decision increasing the pay
of maintenance of way employees two
cents an hour, declared if employees
were granted a 72 to 75 cents minimum
wage for common labor with
corresponding dolfferentia] for other
classes, an increase of 125.7 per cent,
in the nation's railroad) wage hill
would be necessary. This, the opinion
said, would add $3,122,952,387 to the
annual payroll, bringing it to $5,589,455,993.
which would mean, it added.
an annual deficit to the carriers of
$3,241,63^,518.
Even if the 48 centre minimum
wage requested by maintenance of
way men were granted and corresponding
differentials were made for
other classes of employees, the opinion
said, an increase of 50.45 per cent
in wages would be necessary, adding
$1,249,390,994 to the annual wage bill
of the roads, bringing it up to $3,725,884.540,
thus forcing the railroads
to face an additional deficit of $378,078,125.
The phrase "living wage" was termed
in the opinion as a "bit of melifluous
phraseology, well calculated to
deceive the unthinking."
"If the contentions were that the
board should establish a 'living wage,*
the majority would readily accede to
the proposition," the opinion said,
"and as a matter of fact the board in
this instance, as in all others, has
granted a living wage. But the abstract,
elusive thing called 'the living
wage,' confessedly based upon a
makeshift and a guess, can not receive
the sanction of this board, because
it would be utterly impractical
and would not be just and reasonable
as tha law /liiwsrl>,,'TBaptist
Meet in Convention
The Union County Baptists held
th-ir fifth Sunday meeting yesterday
at Mt. Joy Baptist church, Kelton,
and a large gathering met for the
6ny. A sermon was preached by Rev.
J. R. Moore in the forenoon and a
speech was delivered by Dr. C. E.
Bc.rts in the afternoon. Reports from
the churches were made orally on the
75 Million drive, and many encouraging
words were heard. This fall
marks the close of the third year of
the five-year period, and it is certain
that, quite a number of the church will
come up to the full three-fifths quota.
A pleasing thing done was the raising
of a collection amounting to $48
to purchase a suit and complete outfit
for Preston I.ackev. a boy in the
Ci nnie Maxwell Orphanage at Greenwood.
The entire outfit went forw;.rd
today.
The next meeting will be held at
Buffalo, 5th Sunday in December.
In the Interest of the
Gypsy Smith Meeting
We t.*e asking the officers and
members of every fraternal order in
and around Union, if you will not devote
a few moments either of silent
or oral prayer during each session or
gathering you may hold before and
during the Gypsy Smith meetings, ><
the end that a groat spiritual hieing
may come upon our city and county
as the result of these meetings.
fhis is one of the most frequent
and fruitful opportunities for men to
come together, and we believe the en
iro membership will be glad and that
some man or men will be found in
ea-h such gathering who will be glad
to publicly invoke the blessings of
God nod the guidance of the Holy
Spirit upon the meeting, the peoples,
and the city and community, and we
will esteem it as an act of sympathy
and cooperation to have you indicate
to us that you have 01 will and so
respond to this request as often as
you meet or hove the opportunity.
L. L. Wagnon,
Chairman for the Men's Prayer Meeting
Committee. 1522-3t|>d
Mrs. Jane Meador Fant is visiting
Mrs. Johnson in Spartanburg this
week.
3fr. and Mrs. W. L. Feaster and
<hiUren and Miss Mozelle Craven re
turned to their home in Greenwood
yesterday afternoon, after spending
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Kice.
Ueu:. Governor-elect Jackson was
visiting in Union and Buffalo last
week. He addressed the Baraca class
of the First Baptist church Sunday
morning.
- J. B. Becknell, owner of Sard is
Farm, left today for the Spartanburg
fair to place nine pure bred Duroc
hors on exhibit.