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TO RECOVER COTTON
PAID OOTB
ft V
Hm work of thft Cotton Tax Recovery
association*of Washington, D.
G* will be of considerable Interest to
WMBWOii South Carolinians, in that,
according to a statement from the
of the treasury of the
United States, the sum of $4,172,420.16
was solleeted from this state
during die years 1868-68 by the cotton
tax. The Cotton Tax Recovery
association holds that these taxes
treed coBected illegally and is making
efforts to have them returned to the
legal heirs of those from whom the
taxes were collected.
During the paet week representatives
ef the Cotton Tax association'
have been in Columbia looking over
theftald.
The total amount of the cotton tax
collected during the years mentioned
ww ew,u7xfoio.ui, au of this coming
from cotton producing states except
approximately $3,206,500.
A Joint resolution has been introduced
in the house at Washington by
Loa A. 8cott, congressman from Tennessee,
authorising and requesting,
on behalf of the United States, the(
supreme court of the United States toj
rehear and decide on its merits the
case of William M. Farrington vs. the'
United States. This case was in the '
supreme court in 1871. It then resulted
in a divided judgment by eight j
judges, reciting that "the court is
squally divided in opinion and unable J
to agree." No opinion waa written on,
cither side. It was a case where Far-,
rtngton, a citizen of Memphis, had
brougnt suit in the United States dis.;
tric^ court at Memphis to recover in-1
ternal revenue taxes which the United
States had collected on his cotton in
the years 1866-47-68 under the act of j
congress of July 1, 1862. Among;
many other taxes levied by this act
, was a tax of three cents per pound on'
the ownership of raw cotton in the'
ft audi of the producer.
- Under that act there was paid into {
the treasury cotton taxes to the
.v.mflUIOUnt' of S6j07l!2S8.fK) from 9.8
union?the 11 seceding
states and 12 oth?r states, j
P states of the Confederacy and in New
York and Massachusetts, the cotton
1 * spinning states, where some cotton
reached even during the Confederate
war; but in the three years after
imace was proclaimed, from 1865 until
the tax was repealed in 1868, it is
said that over $60,000,000 was collected
by the internal revenue collectors
in the cotton growing states
before the cotton ever reached market.
Farrington's suit was tried on an
agreed statement of facts, without a
jury, to decide the sole question of
law. The United States court at Memphis
decided against Farrington, and
thk United states supreme court divided
in its decision, as edtove stated.
Last spring Henry Kirk White, a
lawyer recently moved to Washington,
who practiced law 28 years at
Birmingham, Ala., looked into the
qmstion of the cotton tax under the
act of 162, at the request of Alfred
Hampton, now assistant commissioner
general of immigration, and the only
surviving son of Gen. Wade Hampton
of 8outh Carolina. Gen. Wade Hampton,
perhaps, paid a larger proportion
of the cotton tax than any individual,
as he was probably the largest cotton
planter in the world at the time of
the Confederate war on his vast
plantations in the Yaxoo delta and on
' the Mississippi river.
Mr. White concluded that the best
way to determine the question was
not to try to get congress to pass k
bill to restore the cotton or other diMOt
iHnvflv Ant n# tlia Immhiai
Wt to Mk congress to pass a joint
resolution waiving on behalf of the
United States all defenses of limitation
as against the cotton or other
direct taxes collected under the act
of IMS, and at the same time requesting
tile United States supreme
court to rehear the Farrlngton case
on its merits.
This joint resolution, introduced by
Congressman Scott from the state,
where the Farrlngton case arose and
ufldsh state paid about $8,000,000 of
the alleged unconstitutional cotton
taxes, results .from Mr. White's investigation.
Mr. White has had with
him the legal advice of Judge Charles
A. Douglass, formerly of South Carolina;
Joseph V. Morgan of Mr. Douglas'
firm end William Jennings Bryen,
who ie associated with Judge
Douglas in matters of international
law; also Howard Boyd, unaries M.
;' * Calloway and JudgO William L.
Chambers, formerly of Alabama and
recently for many years United
. States commissioner of conciliation
and arbitration, which has been supplanted
by the railroad labor board,
tA' voluntary association has been
organised with members throughout
the South, under the name of 'The
Cotton Thx Recovery association,"
with often in Washington.
William Jennings Bryan, who now
three ni Miami, Fla., but spends part
MBp
I TAX MONEY f
!Y SOUTHERN STATES
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WOMAN CLAIMS
MIND WAS BLANK
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Philadelphia. Oct. 30.?Mrs. Catherine
Rosier, charged with the killing 1
of her husband, Oscar, and his stenog
rapher, Miss Mildred G. Reckett, tea
tided today that her mind was a
blank when the shooting occurred. 1
She is being tried for the shooting of
the stenographer.
Mrs. Rosier, swaying in her chair,
holtingly told how she went to her
husband's office with a newly bought
pistol prepared to end her life. A
last SDDeal to her hnehand for Kin
love failed. She testified that she 1
opened the door and found her hus- '
band and his stenographer there. 1
Then she screamed, she said, and '
thereafter rememebred nothing until (
she saw John R. K. Scott, her coun- <
sel, jn the police station.
Severe cross-examination by As- '
sistant District Attorney Maurice I
Speizer failed to alter materially this *
testimony. Questioned for two >
hours and forty minutes, Mrs. Rosier
was kept from collapse only by the *
unceasing application of stimulants. *
At length court was forced to ad '
journ for ten minutes during cross- <
examination to give the defendant 1
an opportunity to recover her '
strength. At one point in the exami- <
nation Mrs. Rosier cried: "Oh, pity I
me, Mr. Spezier." 1
Dr. Charles K. Mills, an alienist 1
called to the stand shortly before the >
close of the session, declared he be- '
lieved Mrs. Rosier was insane at the '
moment of the crime. He said he
based his opinion on what he had ob- '
served and listened to in the trial and '
maintained that he had not permitted <
anything to prejudice him. He said >
Mrs. Rosier at present was a sane 1
woman, worn down by trouble. '<
Under cross examination Mrs. Ro!
sier said she did not mean to kill h^ty )jl
husband. >' <
"I loved my husband too much to <
kill him," she said* "I wanted to go]'
'1'TrRosier testified that Arthur J'
| Rosier, her husband's brother, was the J >
, first to tell her that her husband was :
paying attention to Miss Keckett.
| She said when she taxed Oscar, with <
this he admitted it was true and declared
he meant to get a divorce. 1
"He said Jerry loved him and noth- '
ing would separate them," the defend- 1
and said.
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Abdication of Sultan I <
Out of Question
Constantinople, Oct. 31 (By the Associated
Press).?The abdication of
the sultan is temporarily out of the'
question under the truce with the Na-,
tionalists whereby his status is held ,
in abeyance pending the conclusion of;
the Near East peaep conference, ac-,
cording to the chief of the staff of
Nationalist governor of Thrace.
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Troops Ordered Demobilized
Rome, Oct. 31 (By the Associated
Press).?Fasciti high commander or-i
dered the demobilization of the Fascisti
troop in Rome and will leave j
after a patriotic demonstration to.;
I night. The situation is regarded as I
J normal again.
! Want a Finished Fight
1 I
I London, Oct. 31 (By the Associ-|
! a ted Press).?The socalled coopera-1
i live pact of the governmental con-i
j servative past of the governmental I
tional Liberals seemed near a smash
up that they may force Lloyd George
to carry out the threat and wage aj
finish fight on the men who brought;
his downfall. The troupe seems toj
be that the Conservative candidates i
bobbed up to oppose the candidacy of >
Lloyd George banner in places as regarded
immune to Tory attacks.
of his time in Washington, is chairman
of the advisory committee of the
association, and all the governors of
states, it is nhderstood, which are interested
in the recovery of these
taxes for their citizens, will be members
of the advisory committee. Besides,
several citizens of Washington,
and throughout the states, will be
members, among them Alfred Hampton,
Howard Boyd of Georgetown university
and practicing lawyer, Charles
M. Galloway, former civil service
commissioner and practicing lawyer;
Wihi? . * 01 i ? ?
ww iiiimi u. uiiainirarq, unvnes a.
Douglas, all lawyers of Washington,
and Prank Hampton of Columbia,
nephew of Gen. Wade Hampton.
Former Gov. Emmet O'Neal of Ala.
bama, who was* for many years
i United States district attorney and
; now a lawyer at Birmingham, is the
i president of the Cotton Tax Recovery
The secretary of the association is
HecUry Kirk White of Washington,
D. O?The State.
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PADRICK OFFERS
INSANITY PLEA
Stataaboro, Ga., Oct. 31.?After
leading the courtroom in prayer and
taking the. stand in his own defense
Rev. Elliott Padrick, the youthful
Methodist preacher on trial for killing
his wife and her mother, preached a
Bertnon from the text, "Thou Shalt
Not." During the sermon Padrick became
excited and wis ordered to sit
down by his own attorney. Padrick
stopped i nthe middle of a sentence
and walked to a water cooler for a
dring and returned to his chair and
went to sleep. In the semon Padrick
blamed women for the downfall of
man and singled out his father-in-law
and accused him of forcing the mar.
riatre with hiu Hmicrhtor
Statesboro, Go., Oct. 30.?The prosecution
concluded its case in the trial
'or murder of Elliot Padrick, youthful
Methodist preacher, and the defense
began the introduction of eviience
before the end of the first day
>f the trial here today.
It soon became evident that the enire
effort of the defense would be to
jrove the defendant was insane at
;he time of the killing and that he is
nsane now.
Mrs. E. L. Padrick, Sr., mother of
;he defendant, was the first witness
for the defense. She testified thai
ler son, as a child, suffered an attack
>f cholera infantum, which left him
veak and emaciated. As a child, abe
?stifiea, he did not mingle much with
ither children and as he grew older
le developed a strong teniency to
remain alone and study the Bible.
He became obessed with strange
deas, his mother testified. She said
ie was erratic and subject to faintng
spells.
Mrs. Padrick said there was insanity
in both her family and that of
ler husband. She gave the names of
;wo of her aunts, who, she said, died
nsane, and she told of an aunt of her
tusband's who hkd died in the insane
isyium.
Several Methodist preachers, who
intimately, declared
[iufr tib peculiar on questions of
V_ J J . J 1 *???.?_ I
religion ana aoctnne 01 me oioie.
The He v. T. M. Christian, pastor of
church of Statosboro.
il&rkir? r>cw?
mony for young Padrick, declared it
as his opinion that the young man is
insane.
The Rev. J. W. Lylly, who served
as Padrick's pastor at Port Wentworth,
Savannah, testified that the
defendant told him at one time he
was preaching in the hope of saving
his own father from hell.
Witnesses, who sat through services
conducted by Padrick, pronounced
him queer and apparently of unsound
mind; one of them giving aa
his reason for such a belief that Padrick
had said a man who chewed tobacco
would go to hell.
Two letters were introduced, one
by the prosecution and one by the
defense. The state placed in evidence
a letter said to have been written by
Padrick to his wife, asking her to
meet him at Clito, as he had a surprise
for her.
The second letter, offered by the defense,
wus said to have been written
by Mrs. Padrick to a friend. In the
letter she said she had left Padrick
because she had found "she had married
a crazy man."
The defendant sat through the entire
day's proceedings, listless and
morose, speaking to no one and most
of the time apparently asleep.
Padrick killed his wife nnrl mother.
in-law, Mrs. Mamie Loo Dixon, near
Dover, Ga., June 19, last. He is bein#
tried for killing his mother-in
law.
The ease is expected to go to the
jury early tomorrow afternoon.
Train Crashes Into Carnival
"New Orleans, Oct. 31.?A Southern
passenger train westbouhd from New
Orleans crashed into the rea^end of
a Wortham Carnival company train
early today near Adeline, Lla. Three
are reported killed and six injured.
United States
Declines Invitation
Washington, Oct. 31 (By the Associated
Press).?A formal reply declining
the allied invitation for American
participation in the Near East conference
in November at Lausanne, was
forwarded from the state department
through the British, French and Italian
embassies. The reply was briel
and directly worded and informed the
European governments that America's
attitude and reasons for sending
only observers had already been Ml
forth with instructions to American
embassies abroad.
Snipers Fire From Windows
Rome, Oct. 31.?Twelve are report
ed dead as a result of attacks yester
day in which Fascist! are involved
Four Fascist! were slain by snipen
firing from the winders of the work
men's quarters when the party passed
Eight were killed in a clash with Com
munisti in Siburthao quarter.
NEW ANGLE^F
MURDER MERY
New Brunewick7N]9|flpt. 30.?
Timothy N. Pfeiffer, for Mrs.
Edward Wheeler HalLj Mfr. husband
wee sla'n with hie chelflffper, Mrs.
Elcr.nor R. Mills, on ^H9m' farm
September 15, said to^^^Ethat hie
client was perfectly accept
the challenge Mrs. Jl^^Hpeon ex.
tended last night. HK|
Mrs. Gibson, ex-eujHHhler, pig
raising farmer and stif^Bfid witness
of the Hall-Mills mur^KSwkl dared
the rector's wife to ^BB'.her and
deny that she wps pwjB* trhcnl her
husband was kille^-PS Puid Mr.d
Hall was ready to conjQMb Mrs. Gibson
at any time if thaBfhorittes v?
desired. He added, hoMBftt that shj
would do so only in jjHpupreser.ci.
Today's investlgation^^H*$#evoid of
the spe.Lacular. Tha^BtbiTities, it
appeared, were focussMwlittr attention
on the eye witne^i Moijjr toM I y
Mrs. Gibson, aeeldny /yhct that
would either corrotmnHHtU^iacredit
Deputy Attorney G^MVlpfott was
hot in New Brunswick most
of his assistants wew'jPW-of town.
Oen, however, remwf||v^fll)uit Mr.
Mott had something tqy ift (peeve and
that when he did VftW^to New
Brunswick one could KkA%<d| action.
From Somerville casw ifond that
County Prosecutor BmMu| had asserted
that when Mr. was ready
for action be would appsy .Ijfefore the
grand jury and would OflN Ws drive
in no other way.
One witnesa with ehdli rtsliii lil ss
were reported to be koepfxif in touch
was the mysterious, -unim typed girl
who was taken last wee&R# the Phillips
farm and spent an btfr with investigators
going over a ?. scene of
the murder. Her stoX^^Hl'ees understood,
bore on the version wf
the double shooting buftSbipould not
be learned from of^jjqUl: sources
whether she, too, clehtfH to heve
been an eye witned* o< tltowngedy.
Mr. Pfeiffer also said In1 his statement
that the child who was in the
Rail home with Mrs. Helton the night
of the murder was not * three year
old niece, France * ?^er, but
Frances Voorhe^s, ten Wfjjjji ol<k anment
on this
out that a ten^^^^^^^^^Kuld
bo able to of
an
Mr. Pfeiffer the
murder
the Voorh4^^^^^^^^^Mfr.
Hall received th^^^^^^^^^Bsge
is belie
his death.
her, the attorney
Frances ouHH^^^^Heand
when it grew dar^BP^PRTto the
living room where they pleged with
picture puzzles until Mrs. Hall took
Frances upstairs to bed about 9
o'clock.
Somerset county authorities said
tonight they had found several discrepancies
in the account which Mrs.
Gibson, whose real name they say is
Easton, has given about herself. Mrs.
Gibson is said to have told detectives
that her husband was a minister and
mat ne naa ^een dead lor 17 years.
The investigators said they had found
her husband living in New Brunswick.
He is J. A. Easton, a tool maker. This
Mrs. Gibson emphatically denied.
East on admitted he had been separated
from his wife. When asked
what he thought of her story aboui
the murders, he said, "Well, it's ax
original story. She certainly has e
brilliant mind." '
Sigourney Smith, a grave digger
who lives in the house nearest to the
orchard where the bodies ware found
was questioned by the authorities today.
When asked about hift..qneationing
Smith said state troopers hac
warned him not to speuk of the case.
TODAY* COTTONJ$?^llK?T
Open 2:00 p. m
December .. * . ? .. 24.25 24.26
January . 23.95 24.02
March 24.04 24.08
May 23.92 28.07
July 23.90 28.78
Local market .. .. .. 24
Resigns as Italian Apfr*ssadoi
Paris, Oct. 81 (By tW Associate,
i Press).?Count Sfona tslsgtaphe,
' his resignation as the Italian ambas
> sador here to Premier Mussolini ex
plaining that he was not in aeeon
with the new government.
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New Developmmti
' Cleveland, Oct. 81.?IdentiWcatioi
1 of the mod-crusted revSTNaf'toun
last night in the marshy grave nee
Plataevillo, In which the mutilate
body of Mrs. Haael Burns Was foun
* recently, as the gun owso^hy Burnt
* and finding the bloodstained gafenooa
* sear the scene are hew development
In the murder mystery.
; Mrs. Kdgar Norman sal Miss Iv
- Walker, were among the viettors i
^ y WW'*
FIFTEEN MISSING |
IN FACTORY FIRE
?
New York, Oct. 31.?The March for
bodies of several girls believed to be
lost in the fire last night which de- l
stroyed the manufacturing building J
of Brooklyn, which is under way. A
man who jumped from the fifth floor
was killed and eight others were injured.
New York, Oct. 30.?One person is t
reported dead, 16 missing and 18 c
seriously injured in a fire which to- ]
night swept through a Brooklyn fac- |
lory. Several persons, trapped by 1
the flames which were fanned by high J
winds, jumped from the windows. '
The missing persons who are em- ]
ployees of a shellac factory in a (
Thirteenth street, Brooklyn plant, are c
; believed to have been cut off from the c
ixits because of rapid spread of the
fir?. s
A aeries of fire alarms called en- c
gines from all parts of the greater c
city to fight the blaze. Near by hospitals
immediately recruited emerg. i
cncy forces and the injured were
rushed there by police and firemen.
The burned building was occupied
by the ' Kasbier Chatfield company,
shellac manufacturers, in the heart of
? manufacturing district of South
Brooklyn. The structure is hemmed
In by several large shirt factories,
employing scores of women workers.
A sewing shop of the Friedman
Shirt company is on the fourth floor
of the building. H. P. Ulcholsberg,
en employee of the firm, reported to
the police that 15 girls were working
in the shop/ Several of them, said
to have leaped from a rear window of
the shop, have not been found.
Firemen and volunteer workers removed
large stores of gasoline and oil
In n three story garage of the Edison
company next door to the burned
factory building.
Milo Evwws Sick
i (
Milo Evans is quite sick at his home
in Spartanburg with malarial fever. ,
Mr. Evans contracted this fever in j
Mississippi while he was on duty during
the strike.
He has hundreds of friends in Un-1,
will be grieved to hear ^
recovery.
New Spartanburg Paper
The Carolina Citizen is the name of !
a new weekly paper that will start up
in Spartanburg about November 9. It
will be edited by A. M. Carpenter, |
?a- a Jii a ? a ? I
wno wag h lurmer raiiur ui me /Anderson
Daily Mail, and who is one of
the best newspaper men in South Car- 1
ilina today. j
Miss Bolton Entertains
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1 Miss Anne Bolton entertained her '
class mates yesterday afternoon at 4 1
' o'clock at a Hallowe'en party. (
The guests came in spooky cos- '
tumes and the decorations were sug- '
1 gestive of the season.
The young hostess, assisted by her
1 mother, Mrs. J. L. Bolton, and her
I teachers, Misses Mary Flynn and
Etha Palmer, served ice cream, cake
! and candies.
> Hallowe'en Party for
Junior C. E. Members
The Junior C. E. Society will have
a Hallowe'en party at the Presbyterian
Sunday school parlor, on Wednesday
evening, beginning promptly
at 7 o'clock. Should any one desire
j to attend we will gladly welcome
them, but an admission of five cents
' will be charged to take part in the vaviniio
onmct nn/l pninv the mirnrises
| in store. George James,
President.
Notice
There will be an important meet
infc of the Salvation Army advisory
board this evening at 7:80 o'clock at
the rooms of the Young Men's Business
League.
Every member is urged to be present.
C. C. Sanders,
c Frontis Winn, President.
Secretary,
p i m
Miss Minnie Evans went to Spari
tanburg yesterday to visit her brothi
er, Milo Evans, who is ill with ma
larial fever.
Miss Frances Surles, of New York,
3 passed through Union today on her
way to Daytona Beach, Fla., to spend
the winter with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Shaver will
r leave tomorrow for Virginia to visit
relatives for several weeks and Inter
- urfit motor to Florida and engage in
d the canning industry during the winr
ter.
d Mr. Shaver has accepted a position
d with the Union Canning company for
i next season and will return to Uniou
t in May of 1023.
M Miss Addie Jolly has returned from
Atlanta, where she attended the
Southeastern Fair. She was the guest
a of her two sisters, Mrs. Boyd Gilliam
n and Mrs. William Spears (Janice Jolly).
while there.
CHAIRMAN OF DEDKK
GIVES WARNING'
MURDER CASE
CLOSES SOON
Los Angeles, Oct. 30.?The story of
he flight of Mrs. Clara Phillips afer
the slaying of Mrs. Alberta Mead>rs
was begun today in the trial of
Mrs. Phillips for murder, and the
>rosecution brought out that Mrs.
Meadors at the time of her death had
is unaccounted for as yet.
The cross-examination of Mrs.
'eggy Caffee, who witnessed the
ilaying, was brought to an abrupt
:lose today. She stuck closely to her
lirect examination story of the trag*
idy. Deputy District Attorney Fricke
laid the cutting short of the cross>xamination
would enable him to
Mose his case sometime tomorrow.
Miss Genora Treiu<*ine, sister of
Mrs. Meadows, testiMed she met thj
atter at noon July 12, the day of the
Maying, at the bank, where Mrs.
Meadows was employed. Miss Tre
Maine said her sister drew $100 from
he bank and gave her $15. Jules Lu:an,
who called himself a sweetheart
>f Mrs. Meadows, previously had teo
.ified that he had paasud the rest of
he noon hour with Mrs. Meadows and
hat she spent nothing. Mrs. Caffeo
entitled that she and Mrs. Phillips
net Mrs. Meadows just after the later
left the bank that afternoon and
I rove directly to the spot where the
laying occurred. After the tragedy,
urs. Caffee said, Mrs. Phillips caried
away Mrs. Meadows' purse.
Guy Millman, clerk at a downtown
lolel, testified that Mrs. Phillips reg
stored there, using the name, "Mrs.
L E. Jackson." The hotel register
CHS admitted in evidence, also the
lounty pail's register bearing Mrs.
Phillips' signature for purposes of
:ompari*on.
Jesus Camancho, city detective of
Tucson, Ariz., testified he arrested
lire. Phillips there.the night of July
[3 on a Southern Pacific" railway train
K?und' from Los Anggjyes to El Paao,
Texas. Mrs. Phillips, he said, was
wavohng^as ^Mrs. R. Jackson," but
the was Mrs. Clara McGuire of Los
Angeles. Camancho said he found
i pasteboard box among her effects
>n which the name, "Clara Phillips,"
lad been written and that an attempt
had been made to erase it. He also
found some jewelry and $69 in cash,
?e testified.
The little finger om Mrs. Phillips'
right hand was wrapped in a handkerchief,
Camancho said, and he later
learned that it was black and blue.
Arthur R. Naas, a chemist, testified
that there were blood stains on a
hammer handle found near the body,
and on gloves and shoes worn by the
defendant on the day of the slaying,
and on a door of the dead woman's
coupe. Dr. A. H. Zeiler, a bacteriologist,
testified these stains were human
blood. Owing to the death of
the mother of W. D. Dunham, one of
the jurors, court adjourned tooay until
tomorow to enable him to attend
the funeral.
With the exception of one witness,
the prosecution is ready to rest its
case.
New Cabinet Takes
Oath of Office
London, Oct. 31.?The members o]
the new Italian cabinet headed by th<
Mussolini leader Fascisti took oaths
ot office before the king last nigh
and assumed office immediately, say:
the Exchange Telegraph dispatch U
Rome.
Investigating the Past
Of Mrs. Gibson
New Brunswick, Oct. 31.?The pas
of Mrs. Jane Gibson, an eye wltncs
in the Hall-Mills killing, is being in
vestigated following reports that sh
is the wife of William Easton of thi
city instead of the widow of a clergj
man. She denies the reports. Easto
said he has nothing to say.
Destructive Fire in Chicago
Chicago, Oct. 31.?Twenty horse
were burned to death and 100 person
are homeless as a result of a hi
which destroyed a stable and a three
story hotel.
Killed by Explosion
McAlester, Okla., Oct. 81.?Ha
Stephenson, a minor, was killed t
the explosion of the McAlester-E<
wards company mine at Pittsbui
near here yesterday.
Mrs. Spencer "ernn, who has he<
a patient at Wallace Thomson houpit
for several weeks, has recovered raj
idly and will return to her home th
afternoon.
Jacob Cohen of Spartanburg is
business visitor in Union today.
e
XATK COMMITTEE
10 VOTERS OF STATE
1
Barnwell, Oct. 30.?Edgar A.
Brown, chairman of the state Democratic
executive committee, from his
office here today issued the following
appeal to the women and men Democrats
of South Carolina to rally to
the support of the party on November
7, by turning out and voting full
strength for the regular party nominees:
"One of these days while we are
basking in the sunshine of Democratic
security in South Carolina, we
are going to wake up to realize that
what heretofore has appeared only a
feeble effort to revive the Republican
party in this Htate, has taken
form and root, and we may have an
aggressive Republican organization to
deal with, and perhaps a repetition of
fho drnmn nf '7fi 1 nnnonl tn tKn
Democrats of South Carolina, men
and women alike, not to take any
chances, but that we be on our guard
and keep faith with our father* by
turning out 100 percent strong on
November 7 and voting for the regular
Democratic nominee, from coroner
to congressman. It is just as
j important for the white people of
our political faith in South Carolina
to stick together now, as it was when
Wade Hampton led the white people
to victory. Remember that there are
Republican candidates for congress in
several of our congressional districts,
and remember that congress (judge
of its own membership) is overwhelm
ingly Republican, and can seat or unseat
one of its members upon the
slightest pretext of election irregularity.
And remember also that con
gress is now considering the reapportionment
of representatives in con
gress from the several states, and
that the vote cast in our general election
this year may or may not affect
the apportionment of representati\es
in congress from South Carolina.
"And lastly, let us not forget that
the Republicans in South Carolinu
each year grow more bold, and just
so sure an we go along indifferent to
the necessity of vigilant efforts in
connection with our general elections,
be face to face with conditions which
wil clause every true Democrat to regret
the apathy which we have dis
nlavfnl in thp mattpr
The only true course is to take
the time, to take the trouble, and
cast your vote in the general election
on November 7 for every party nominee
in your county, district and
state."
Death of Major Sinkler
Major W. H. Sinkler died suddenly
at his home in Eutawville this morn1
ing after a brief illness. He was ill
for more than a week and his daugh!
t? r, Mrs. Elias Prioleau, of this city.
' bi stentd to his bedside. His condii
tion was not considered alarming,
i h -wevor, and his death was unex|
pected.
Major Sinkler is survived by three
t ! .i.2ij ? tkc tt?12 m: ...
1 i critareII, wru, r>ims rnuiniu, mi^
, Anna Sinkler and William Henry
i! S'nkler, of Eutawville. He was a
i courteous, Christian gentleman and
greatly beloved wheAver he wns
known. He frequently visited in this
city and made many friends who
( g.ievc to hear of his death.
f Notice, Fans!
5 .
s' The game between Honen Path
t football team and the Union high
s' school team will be played at the Mnn.
:> arch Park instead of Union city pn?!
as before, because of short length oi
held.
Remember the date, Friday, N
3rd, at 3:30 at Monarch Park.
i
Receptacles for Mail
it,
s Your attention was called several
weeks ago to the order from the gov e
ernment, that all patrons receiving
18 city delivery service should have rer*
ceptacles of some kind to receive mail.
n as yet little attention has been paid
to this. We should like very much
for our office to be amongst the fir?:
i to complete the erection of the boxes,
as we are given special notice, should
>s we eb'e this our attention. Will you
is not help us by erecting some recepta e
ele of some kind during this week.
?. | Yours for better service,
Postmaster.
-
Bishop Community Club
The Bishop Community club will
U meet at the home of Mrs. Tom Bishop
>y Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and
i- every member is urged to come,
rg The men are invited to this meeting
also, as an orchard demonstration
; will be given by W. D. Wood, farm
?n demonstration agent,
al The county agents have some very
E>- interesting information for Union
is county farmers and a full attendance
is requested.
?, Perrin Thomson is a business visI
itor here today.
i