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Vol. LXXHl No. 1526 Union, S. C., Thursday Aftuasrto, N?*omUot 2, 1622 3e For Cdpy
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| MRS. HALL ANSWERS
DENES KNOWLEDGE
New Brunswick, N. J.', Nov. 2.?
While declining to comment on tt?s interview
given out by the wife of the
slain rector the authorities who ate
conducting an investigation in the
Hall-Mills murder sought to identify
a man described by Mrs. Gibson as
the murderer. They pointed out that
little would be gained by going to
the grand jury with the Gibson story
because the account stated that the
, woman she saw on the murder scene
-V. did not commit the murders.
?, .
New Brunswick, Npv. 2,?James
Mills, husband of ? the slain. singer;
commenting1 on Mr*. Hall's atate*
4 mm&? in her interview; declared he
is ^ not vindictive either but want*
the inmdarar punished. He believes
^ a woman killed the couple and cut hi*
wife's throat in Spite because of her
beautiful singing.
O New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 1 (By
the Associated Press).?"What com-,
raettt could 1 make? Of course that;
wss not so, and that is all."
With thtfte words, Mrs. Frances
Stevens Hall opened today her first
interview-?an interview planned hp
her counsel so that she might seek
to extricate herself, in the public eye,
(4 from the circumstantial net in which
> the unfolding of the Hall-Mills murder
mystery has enmeshed her.
For the fiTSt time sincO she was
widowed by the slaying of the Rev.j
Edward Wheeler Hall and his choir
leader, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills,
- Mrs. Hall emerged from the seclusion
she has maintained for seven weeks
- meeting a small army of newspaper,
writers in her home, and subjecting j
herself to an hour's bombardment of;
VIW.
At the end, she retired as she had
entered the rootn, wan but composed.
She had shed no light on the mystery.
She had fallen into some of the traps
the cross-examiners prepared for her.
Hers was a negativo story. It amplified
bat did not materially alter the
statements previously made on her
behalf by counsel and friends,
tc Briefly, it was that Dr. Jjlall had
was going on an errand of mercy?to
| discus* with Mrs. Mills a hospital bill
fc which he was paying with church
fr 4 funds; thabhe was slain by a person
I and for a motive at which she has
pi not the slightest conjecture; and that
L1 her memory of him is unsullied by the
| J ugly scandle in which his name has
J been involved.
<m -It was half past 2 o'clock when
f Timothy N. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Hall's lawi
yer, escorted her into the quaint library
of the big Hall home where the
reporters were waiting in serried
ranks. #
L He introduced her and withdrew,
leaving her alone with her ordeal
r of personal publicity?an ordeal from
which she had said she had shrunli
I . since youth.
Attired in a fown of black cantor
crepe, with a light scarf of black silli
about her shoulders, she seated herself
in an old fashioned rocker anc
let her gray eyes rove over th<
i strange scene her familiar library
' presented,
r' The. background of greenish-goh
wall paper, hung with a medley 01
classical prints and portraits of an
cestors; the mantel with its litter o:
! bric-a-brac and vases; the antiqui
book cases?one topped with a child':
i . tinker-toy?all these were familia
enough. But the rugs had been pushes
I back; chairs cluttered the room nn
in each chair sat a reporter. Ther
* were Score of men and two womer
' At a round mahogany table at he
side sat tWo court stenographers 't
make a tAnscript of the interview.
The reporters thatching her rovin
J* gase with intent stare, saw a rath'
plump woman of 47?pale, obviousl
tired, and slightly nervous. .Her gra
hair was brushed back in a high porr
padour that emphasized slightly th
long oval of her face.
: V She braced one hand on each arm c
her rocker, and the interview was 01
"Have you any comment to mak
Mm. Hall," the spokesman began, "c
( he part of Mrs. Gibson's story (Mr
Jane Gibson, the socalled eyewitnet
of the slaying) in which she says yc
| were present on the Phillips farm c
the night of September 14?"
Itn. Mm Hull r,
nuiBvoiiiiiB uvi ? Lj
plied:
' t "What comment could I make? (
' course that was not so, and that
| all*
, "You were not there?"
"I certainly was not."
For an hour, then, one reporter a
ter another volleyed questions at he
taking her oveT her story of her a
Hons before and after the murde
' | quizzing her sharply for any possib
knowledge she might have had of ti
rectors affair with Mrs. Mills; seekii
.! some point at which' an enterli
v wedge could be driven into her stoi
I" . .time or four times she took refu,
Wk behind the reply, "I can not remei
B i T>er," and throe questions she refus
t point blank to answer. But throug
I out the interview she msintained th
MANY QUESTIONS;
OF DOUBLE MURDER
BRITISH QUARREL
QUIET FOR TIME
London, Ntm 1 (By the Associated
Press).?There has been no development
today in the quarrel between
Lloyd George and Sir George Younger,
and political circles are agog to
learn the upshot of the strange situation.
Curiosity increased by the
fact that Lloyd George alone of all
the party leaders has not yet issued
any election address. In the meanthud
he is confined to his house with
a cold. This prevents him from delivering
two of his speeches. His
condition was improved tonight dnd
he appears confident that he will be
able to' speak In oLadon Saturday.
If Lloyd George still intends to carry
out his threat to run h's own candidates
against the Conservatives he
must hasten his decision, because no
additional candidates sen be nominitw
Innf SiWatj* iwpivt ptrd*.teht
official denials, there is little
doubt that underground negotiations
are afoot, but nothing has been allowed
to leak out as to their nature
or success.
Premier Bonar Law is credited with
becoming resentful over the personal
attacks on his ministerial colleagues
and with intending to hit back vigorously,
basing his position on the
.ground that Lloyd George has been
more or less rejected by all parties
and is banking on personal popularity.
In a letter addressed to the British
legion of former dervioe men the
dr?me minister explains his attitude
with regard to the pensions ministry,
reiterating that nothing ir contemplated
against the interests of pensioners.
Philippine Legislature
Adopts Resolution
. *g Manila.
Nov. 2 (By the Associated
1 Fress).?The Philippine senate adgpt;
od unanimously a resolution asking
1 the United States congress to authojr.
fcaSg$be- -pbuiwiug
: a constitutional convention to' create
1 ifti independent republic. '
, Treaty Embodying Japan's
Twenty-One Demands
Pekin, Nov. 2 (By the Associated
i Press).?An abrogation of the treatj
embodying Japan's famous 21 de
tnands required of the Chinese gov
| crnment in a bill passed the lowei
house of parliament. The bill directi
u relation treaty on the grounds thai
I it was never approved by parliament
therefore is invalid. [
Jupiter is the largest plant in oui
, i solar system.
, she always had believed, and still be
i lieved, in the faithfulness of her hus
i band to his marriage vows.
Brushing aside the letters and th
1 diary, which her counsel admits i:
; written in a hand remarkably simila
r' to that of the slain minister, she de
i clared:
1 "I had such faith, in'my husband. I
f he were here he could explain. H
-i could expla'in, if he were here."
f She said she had not even read th
p documents, most of which have bee
b published in the newspapers, asserl
r ing "they did not seem to interest m
d at all."
rl .When she was pressed to expres
t" ttll uyimun OB IAJ wiicuicr sue U1U III
I.i think they might have bearing o
r the solution of the murder, she saic
o "I don't even see that that woul
tell you who was the criminal."
g "Dont you think it widens tl
r sphere of motive if a married ma
y and a married woman are conductin
y an illicit love affair?" she was aske
u "I suppose it would."
ie "Isnt Mr. Pfeiffer tremendously ii
terested to know if those letters ar
>f the diaTy are correct?"
n.j "That doesn't .interest me vei
e,, much."
m The three questions Mrs. Hall r
s. fused to answer were:
is First, a request for her estimate
iu! the character of the woman slain wi
?n her husband.
Second, whether or not she believ
e- in divorce and would have sought
divorce if she had known of intima
)f between Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills,
is Third, where Mr. Hall got half
the 920,000 in securities, which we
fnnnri in hi? nnfetv riennsit vault a
with the use of which he was report
f- to have planned an elopement to t
ir, Orient witfi Mrs. Mffla.
c- Her lawyer later explained that a
r; lefused jo dlscnss the origin of t
ile funds because she herself had ffiv
he; them t/ him and she felt a delicacy
iff ffoina into so persona] a matter,
iff The questions on divorce came m<
y. nearly to aroosinff her to resentmi
pe thin any of the others flunff at 1
n- ^ the huff staffs,
ed I "I wont answer any such questio
h. fhe flashed almost before its p
at Wjunder had finished.
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PADRICK GIVEN . IDE
LIFE SENTFNCR
% .. /. s. SUtMboro,
Ga., Nov. 1.?KU
Padrick, youthful former MeMHtfMfc tM*
preacher, wee found guilty ef Hit kptp
degree murder in connection with the gardr
killing of his mother-in-law, MM. land,'
Mamie Lou Dixon, leal Jo?4 tna
returning a verdict eeriytfhdHiidtplQk xyrefcr
a recommendation for mercy. t%a| magi
verdict automatically carries a sen- at th
tence of life imprisonment. chris
The jury's verdict was reached ?f- will
ter consideration of the ease that morn
lasted since 9 o'clock this morning. the i
Satisfaction with the verdict and noon
sentence were expressed by Padrick the
as he was led from the court room duriu
by Sheriff Joe Tillman to begin his Wori
term of life imprisonment. beeid
MI will not appeal," he said; "I am Mr
satisfied with the verdict." .> \ latk*
The jury returned its verdict a$ tsal
6:30 o'clock aftdr having taken tlM? hia s
case at 11 o'clock last night. * In b
For the first time since the slaying view
of his mother-in-law and young wild, there
Padrick showed intense interest in the recti]
proceedings that so vitally affected timei
his future. His face took en a tenet iodu]
look a6 Foreman BrannoO trees ami On 1
read: tripa
"We find the defendant guilty." - Mrs.
j Padrick quickly recovered hit com- him.
| posure, however, displaying a look of vrorli
; noticeable relief as he , stood up. to or fc
'hear Judge J. B. Park officially pro- Spiri
( nounce the sentence of life imprison- p?g(
Iment. Htrai
i With a pleased look on his face, pioy,
> Padrick turned to Sheriff Tillman and ]lUtr)
1 was led back to hie cell in the County colla
i jail. almc
Padrick was placed on trial Moo- A1
' day for the confessed slaying of hie ^ e
| mother-in-law, who was found dead r?lat
1 in an automobile on the road be- Hhly
1 Ween Clito and Dover late on me ,n ,
, afternoon of last June 19. His wife jj|s
was also in the machine suffering ous
?rnni wounds from which she died ..p^
. \vi\l\ln a short time.
/>\A)PWlrtalr was arrested a few hours worj
1 after the crijne was discovered and ;mm
1 taken to the Richmond county jail at
Augusta,' because of a fear of vio- iylat
1 Tenco. - There he stated that he had forn
been directed "by the hand of God"
| in committing the crime!. ?
i men who went there to get e statement
from him found the former mln- ^ ?
ister sound asleep and apparently un- n
coCerned over the outcome of the ^jj
predicament in which he found him- jin<j
nacl*- Tho
'! Padrick Btated that he had no fear
of an earthly court, that God would .
' j be his judge.
Appearing before the jury in his y
r! own defense at the trial, Padrick be- j
? gan his testimony by offering prayer,
in which he asked Uiat the jury join, . .
' and followed with a brief sermon ?*
* it. 1. MiPk .k.H ?A?n. "ra
i rum me icai a uuu ouait uw wm?r
mit adultery." In hia speech t? the ^ ^
jury, he condemned modern tenden- e
. cies and dress of women, which he
! claimed led to sex appeal that caused
' the downfall of young1 men and wo"!
men. Ml
m the
e Choir Rehearsal the
p Last Erenini or
era
- f *Jj.
The choir rehearsal for the Gipsy '
{ Smith meeting was held last evening W01
e and 200 singers were seated on the e
1-rge platform. Mr. Guy H. Wilbum, ^r
e chairman of the music committee, has ?rc
Foi
n been tireless ip his efforts to form a
^ large choir and his efforts have been '
e richly rewarded. Mr. Wilburn wishes cou
thank the singers for their gen- ftCI
is orous response and assure them of his
t appreciation. vei
n Mr. Charles S. Allen is director of
1: music and Miss Lucile Abernathy is ?*E
id pianist: both of them are delighted c<n
: \.fIth the beginning of the services Ke
ie and feel that Union is putting the
m right foot foremost.' *?
ig Mr. Allen says the response last 1
d. evening was wonderful and he Is grat- shi
! ificd over the large crowd and the wi
n- whole soul singing and the good work So
id' of the chairman, Mr. Guy H. Wilburn. of
I The director wishes to announce on
ry j that the singers are to be seated be- m<
fore 7:80 each evening as the service ag
e-l begins promptly at that hour. to
- by
of Notice, Ushers! lei
th! tei
i The ushers who have been appoint- wi
ed to usher at the Gipsy Smith misting do
a are requested to be in their places this gi,
cyl evening at 7 p. m. Those who have
not been notified personally are re- c>,
of i quested to take not# of this request. ar
ire! R. Haynea Harris, he
nd Assistant Chief Usher. > th
he Marriage Announcement |jj
he William Edwin Entzminger and ^
h? Amelia Joyce Entsminger announce ^
an their marriage on September 28, 1922. ^
in' At home Rue Barda de Matto, 20 g
I Andarahy Grande, Rio ds Janeiro. '
Si Hiss Emma Ellen Jones, of Saluda ?
is visiting friends is the county this Z
-~k. ;
n," TVs Wlatfcrop colkga girls from
ro-1 Union county will spend armistioo day t\
with relatives in Union. t<
p end
*,' M suddenly to4pr in tfai
?< Ul boykyeg home, "Qak"
in Htuwpr plnty, aituated
an oricipi} <4fOk# from the
a of h^j|i< te 'tfc* 'cekmial
iele, TkjJp Neleen." Nearby,
e OW Ffrric ?J*uxh* *vhere he was
tened* iiupin' ftwepl ceremonies
be ml nt 10 oW** Friday
inp tbe body vriil *e put aboard
aorthhMOfcl train af Asuiana at
and at 4 o'clock same day
American ambassador to Italy
it the troublous * days of ths
d war will be la# fettsrnal rest
Ua wife in- Waahkytton.
Papa died of "acuta Cardiac diHe
returned ty-'iho aaceshome
, Saturday, apparently in
Ktriaal health aftd (Mi Ida time
aviag it put in with the
to spending hla rwmdning years
!. Ha spent this ygidOg In dt|g
work in the gsrd M> Between
I he would go tenths houae to
ge in hie beloved BtWrary work.
iSa return from. tbt^aUl- of theae
to the kouaa- his llalor In law,
Roaewall Page, accompanied
They stopped wbsi ?<a party of
:msn were reCrrangl kg the flowteds
and, apparent*-hit active
t getting the bettet^ff him, Mr.
1 stooped to pick up if spade. 'He
ghtened up, turned tb nn old em
m of the household'with the re
c: "Here, take this 'spade," and
psed. Physicians said death was
at Instantaneous,
though Mr. Page was regarded
njoying the best of health, close
ives stated tonight that he probstill
wns feeling the effects ol
tttack of pneumonia last winter
condition was regarded as serf
at that time, but his indomitabh
t would not lat him five up anc
in a few weeks he Was hack a<
c on "Dante " a biography of thi
ortal poet, which h4 recently
pleted. It waa onlfi yeeterda;
Mr. Paga received d.letter fron
ler President Wilson Compliment
him on this Sngfc. '?
lamas Nelaeo Paca/iggs of
, h*d * varied career u itWya
tor and diplomat. He was- ben
Oakland" on April 28, 18S8, th
of Maj. John and Elizabeth Box
Nelson Page. Both his fatha
mother were grandchildren o
mas Nelson, a signer of the Pec
tion of Independence, one of th
y governors of Virginia and com
ider of the Virginia forces a
ktown. With his brothers h
ned the responsibilities of lif
lin the sound of the guns of th
idlest campaigns of the Confec
e war. These experiences he lat
described in "Two Little Confec
iem." \
Fntil the breaking out of the wa
rever, the boys sprat their tin
?r the manner of happy Southex
dren of that period, playing abot
fields with the young negroes <
plantation as their companioi
listening to the tales of their el<
around the cabin fire. When Sui
> came marbles, tops and atrial
re put away and, "rain or shine
family carriage with four hors
as many mules attached wi
iught out to take them to "Tl
rks" church.
Vfter attending school in Hanov
inty, Dr. Page went to Hanov
idemy, Inter to Washington cc
e, now Washington and Lee ui
sitv, and in 1878 he attended tl
r school at the University e< VI
lia. Just before taking the It
irae, Mr. Page taught school
ntucky. He practiced law
rhmond until 1898 when he mov
Washington.
Dr. Page's first attempt at auth<
ip was an acrostic, written when
is a child and published in T
uthern Churchman, the appearau
which in its printed form was
ce a source of pride and disappoii
?* ?>im wwIp *t college
7111* lltm* X *' mmrnrn m w
aiii essayed to write, contributi
The Collegian, a paper rotten <
the students of War uington c
je. He did little literary work i
r graduating in law but in If
th his marriage to Miss Anne &
n Bruce of Charlotte county, V
nia, came a renewal of the literi
ipulse. She cared for stories a
etfshed for a time lofty ambitfc
id he wrote for hmy At this per
i added to hip profhseiep as a wri
at of publie lecturer* Then Ms w
ed and shortly afterward he w
>road. His second marriage
rs. Florence Lsthh9 Field, wid
' Henry Field of Chicago and gra
lughter of Governor Barbour of ^
nia, was In 1898. She died Ji
1921.
Mr. Page is survived by two dan
?vs, Mrs. Algeron Bernaby of E
ud. and Kn- Thomaa T4ndaay
oat*, and one broHnr, Hear
in of this city.
91m on all public building* b
at* Hkr? baas ordered at half ?
)awrr?a as a mark of respect
HEAVY FINES FOR !
EVADING TAX
. Greenville, Nov. 1.?Henry Buttedge
Btdst and Ashmeed Ooxurtenay
of Charleston and Si. John Courtanay
and Campbell Ceurtenay of Colombia
pleaded goUty ki the United States
district oourt here today to indiotroenu
ehai|h| >tha||t to defeat and
evade federal Income taxes.
These cases arose out of the sale
In 1920, for $1,200,000 of the ourteuay
Manufacturing company, operating
mills at Nevrry, Oconee oounty,
and in which the defendants were
principal stockholders, to the Iaa(tueena
Mills company, and a civil action
brought by the purchasers.
JodgeR. 1. Watldns imposed eenuces
as. follows:
m .,1 J M AAA 41?~
MBI| MHNpV BWt, fO,WV lun
. or low Hilt hi is jail; Aihaead
X lurwnay, $3,000 fine or four months
in jail; St. Jobs Courtenay, $10,000
' find or eight months in jsQ; Campbell
Courtenay, $5,000 fine or four months
is jail, under each of two indictments. |
- T^e finest were paid this afternoon.
' An indictment against Campbell
Courtenay, St. John Courtenay, Henry
Rutledge Buist, Francis J. Peixer and
Edwin P. Frost, charging conspiracy,
j- was not pressed.
Services at Lawer Pair Forest
There will be preaching at 11 a. m.
| Sunday at Lower Fair Forest church.
The afternoon service has been recalled,
so that the congregation may
I huve an opportunity to attend the
( Gipsy Smith, Jr., meeting in the Tabernacle
at Union.
Invited to Game
5
' The manager of the local football
c team Albertus Arthur, has presented
* complimentary tickets to Gipsy
* Smith, Charles S. Allen, Miss Lucile
j Ahernathy and others with the party
* to attend the football game tomorrow
1 at the City park at 8 JO o'clock.
t . mi i i.. .
t Conciysaman McSwain Here
' _____
* , Congressman J. J. McSwain is in
- Union today looking over the situation
and meeting old friendB. He'is
s . ' '
a Attention, People!
r Let's don't forget the meeting at
f the court house in the interest of tobacco
growing tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
e This wfl] be about the enly opporr
dinity to get any information before
? planting time, and if you are intere
csted, come.
,3 Union Plays 1
Hoses Path Friday
tj.
There is going to be some football
game Friday and it is going to be
played right in your midst and with
' one of the teams representing you
und me. Now just be there and set
^ how our boys do ploy with the pigl:
skin.
honen Path comes with a reputa
x* tion dating through last season anc
up until this game. Many folk heri
n* ssw Hones Path play last year an<
U ih? y sny Honea Path has one of th<
'' best coached teams of last year
RI whether college or high school foot
18 bull. It is a team that is beinf
watched by all the football follower
in the state and when they play Un
?r on, there Is going to be a great gam'
er for the fortunate spectators.
'1* Those who have seen these twi
d- teams play Ray they are as equall;
inotched as is possible and that i
ir" great game is in store for you. Thi
w >*nould be the most interesting of th
in season and you most make every ei
in fort and be present when the refere
ed blows the whistle for the first kickoi
at 3:30 p. in. Union City Park.
he Mr. Page. The order was issued b
he Governor E. Lee Trinkle tonigh
ice The governor sent a message of cob
at dolence to Rosewell Page tonight, er
fit* pressing Virginia's grief over the loi
be of her distinguished son.
ng
>ut Richmond, Nov. 2.?'Within the ol
oi- Ford church, where he was christen?
?#- near his bovhood home in Hanov?
g6, county, the funeral services f<
>d- Thomas Nelson Pago, the author ar
ir- farmor ambassador to Italy and las
tfy yer will bo bald at 10 o'clock tomo
md row- Later In the day the body vr
ynB be laid to rest beside his wife
lod Washington, D. C. Mr. Page di<
suddenly yesterday while walking !
tho garden at bis estate. .
Open 2:00 p. i
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*" Mm Jaa. Jan. U Cazbsry of Bp
oi isahurg will arriw today to st
friends during the Gipsy Smith mw
tot.
tke ; " 1 '
tact The uwetndi, tofnt ipitin
to snaka, rarely attacks man.
/
NOTED EVANSELBT A
BK MEETING (
MRS. PHILLIPS HAS
VTOLENT ATTACKS >
Lob Angeles, Nov. 1.?rMra. Clara
Phillips one* attacked her sister, Mrs. 1
R. g. Jackson, while suffering from 1
a periodical epileptic convulsion. Mrs. '
Jackson testified today in Mrs. Phillips'
trial for the murder of Mrs. Alberta
Meadows. v
Mrs. Phillips, she said, threw her
acrosa . a j trunk and beat her with a
shoe, inflicting a wound on her head,
of which the :>asr still remains.
. Mrs. Jackson testified that her sister
would lose ddhfrol of herself for
from five minutes to two hours when
one of the leisures came. Twice dur
tag 1917, she laid, Mrs. Phillips went
into convulsions, bled from the mouth
and tore her heir.
The witness said hot mother, Mrs.
Hannah J. Weaver, waa subject to
epileptic convulsions and is now an invalid
at Tampko, Mexico;
The trial was resumed with the defense
offering in evidence several depositions
intended to prove the defendant
is subnormal mentally and
subject to "psychic epilepsy," while
here father, John Weaver, and her
brother, Henry, were not sane.
When the reading of these depositions
were completed, the defense
called Mrs. Wilhelmina Atkinson as
..he first witness. She testified that
she was in a chorus at San Antonio,
Texas, in 1918 with Mrs. Phillips and
that they worked. and roomed together
for eight months.
Asked who formed the company,
she said there were three principals
and ten chorabVjrirls and that her
stage name was Billy Moody.
Mrs. Atkinson said that on one occasion
she and Mrs. Phillips were reporting
for work, Mrs. Phillips fell in
what appeared to be a faint,'was earned
to.a dressing room by the other
chorus girls and was revived there.
Mrs. Atkinson's expression was that
she "snapped out of it" \
Mrs. Atkinson then testified that on
Tung when Mrs. fVUBpe had hot
worked, she found the Utter in bed,
apparently in a coma or convulsions.
She said Mrs. Phillips' hands were
gripped around the bed rails so that
she was unable to unclaap them and
that she called a doctor, who restored
Mrs. Phillips to consciousness. The
witness said Mrs. Phillips later disclaimed
any knowledge of what had
happened.
At that time, Mrs. Atkinson said,
their room was a wreck. She said
the bedding had been destroyed, the
chairs broken, the water pitcher
thrown out of the window and other
, signs of destructive activity were
; apparent.
( After their engagement in San An,
tonio closed they went to Orange,
? Texas, where, she said, Mrs. Phillips
had more of the attacks such as the
ones described.
I When cross-examination began the
} state took Mrs. Atkinson back to the
j incident she had described in San
s Antonio when Mrs. Phillips was found
. ill with the room in disorder, in re.
aponse to questions, she said the rooir
, looked "like a mad house." She ther
B began to tell -about the long time il
? took physicians to bring Mrs. Phil
e lips - to normal, and as she testifie<
Mrs. Phillips suddenly burst inb
o laughter and stuffed a handkerchie
j into her mouth to suppress the sound
a The witness looked at Mrs. Phillips
a listened to another question and thei
e when she tided to answer it she like
wise burst into helpless laughter am
e rocked herself in the witness chair ii
(T an effort to control herself. Afte
she did so, cross-examination was re
" auraed.
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t. Chairmen, Take Notice!
!_ The president and secretary of th
IS Young Men's Business League, U
gtther with the chairmen of all th
committees are requested to be at tl
Id front in the Tabernacle services thi
,d evening. Edw. S. Reaves,
tr Chairman Executive Com.
>r O# latamit Hare
r. Dr. Charles Jones, formerly a wc
HI known dentist of GafTney, but wl
ln has been under treatment in a fcosp
tal at Carler, Ga., for the past seven
ln months, has succeeded in securing i
extension of his leave of absence ai
will accordingly remain in Gaffrn
n. until about November 12. Dr. Jon
had been ordered to report back to tl
hospital by yesterday and the exte
slon was therefore very welcome
him and his friends. All the latt
will be glad to learn that there h
4c been very marked improvement in ?
Jones' physical condition and that
tr* is now well on the road to comple
Sit and entire leeusaiy. ? Cberok
iL limes.
Mm. J. D. Arthur and Mrs. L.
of Has?ss span* yesterday In 8parti
burg.
RRIVED TODAY;
WENS TBIS EVENING
CHp*y Smith arrived in Vnfcm this
prttng from Savannah, Oft., whore
no conducted a four weeks' service
with wonderful results.
The first service of the meeting will
be held this evening st 7:80 p. m.,
it the big Tabernacle on West Main
street.
The .famous evangelist, Gipay
Smith, Jr., comes to us with a welldeserved
fame won both in his own
right and also as the son of the worldfamed
evangelist, Gipsy Smith, Sr.
He is possessed of a rare personality
and Union will be profoundly affected
by his presence unless the result of
this meeting Is very different from
that of other places where he has
been.
His father, Gipsy Smith, Sr., whose
real name is Rodney Smith, was born
? -V 1 t? . /IT LJ.
aim rearru ui a uip?y camp, um iur*
m?l home being Epping Forest, near
Wanstead, England. He grew up with
his bride making baskets and clothes .
pin, caning chairs, manufacturing
curios, the raw products of their trade
being "found" because it was against
Gipsy's policy to buy whatever could
be secured otherwise. Here this remarkable
man was converted and later
on he became an officer in the
Salvation Army, having had no educational
advantages, his first effort at
preaching was crude indeed. He was
unr.ble to pronounce many words
when he read from the Bible, but close
application and hard personality, and
unbounded sincerity and burning enthusiasm,
he determinde at all hazards
to secure an education. That h?>
succeeded is evidenced by the com ,
raont of a great London daily when it
referred to him as one of the greatest
living exponents of the English
language.
Though Gipsy Smith, Jr., has such . ^
a father and godly mother of wonder
fully strong character he had the Gip?
y blood and the desire to wander '
wa: felt by him when but a lad. When
he was 16 years of Age he took to the sen,
it affording him the wild unrestrained
'life he loved. He had as a
n>t-re boy spent much time in Gipsy
jMtortmn
sea he gradually meet in rank until
hi became second officer of e transAtlantic
liner, living the rough and ?tumble
life of a sailor. He was satisfied
for a term of .years and atill
bears the mark of a drunken Italian '
mariner. Having several year* previmitl.,
marrinJ & gUlMIV virl lut dC
ciaed to come to America where ho
entered business, but lost his posj^ion
because of drink.
Gipsy Smith, Jr.'s mother, dnring
all these years, did not become discouraged
because of the wild life of
her son but continually told him that
her prayers would be answered; that p
he would become a Christian and a
minister. At first he laughed at her
but sure enough he was finally converted.
First becoming * song leader
under Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, then
yielded to the impulse to -become a
preacher. Several theological semii
naries would not admit him because
i of his limited educational attainments
i but one believed there was much
I promise in the young man, and allow
ed him to take the course. This he
i did with honor to himself and to the
i institution.
t fn appearance, Gipsy Smith, Jr., is
- very different from his father. The
1 elder man is a large, powerfully built
> ?uan, with jet black hair and mousf
rache and the swarthy complexion of
I. r. p psy; the younger man is of small!t
;:r build, having more the appearance x
i of a business man than n minister.
. He is a man's man with a genial hapd
ny makeup, universally liked wher0
ever he goes. Children and dogs like
r him?good people like him, even those
i. who do not stand for the best in the
community like him. He has no abusive
language for anyone, no cheap
' tricks, but preaches the straight gospel
with an appeal that strikes thinkie
ing people as sane and reasonable.
>- Great crowds will hear him night by
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le nigllt St tne Dig noernittic ?ii iimv
le Main street,
to ?^
Kidnapped Child
Near Death's Doer
Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2.?While
ill Rosalie Shanty, aged 11, lay near
10 death's door at a farm house at Dub>i
Hn, Raymond Wilson, of Grand Rapal
ids, is being held in the county jail
in under a heavy guard as the man who
id kidnapped the child Sunday and drove
sy with her to the awampe of Manistee *
ss cohnty and abandoned her.
He , m i
to A Business Change
Mr. D. Jean Whitiock has taken
f ?
r.! over the Agency for the Gulf Refining
he! Co., end will be the sole distributor
,te v for thie compeny in Union oounty.
re! The agency for several years has been
' held hare by Mr. W. D. Arthur. Mr.
Whitlock took over the fgency yesterJ.
i day. His oAce will be In the Golf Rein
j lining Co.'s yard, at the Union-Buffalo
Carolina Railway station here.
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