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Vol. LXXIII No. 1S6S ' - ^ x Union, S. C.. Saturday AftZlMK D?c#mber 23. 1922
LAKE YIELDS i
UP ITS DEAD/
N?w Orleans, Dec. 22.?Machine gun
company D, 156th Infantry, Louisiana I
national guard, was ordered into ac- t
tive service tonight by Adjutant Gen- tl
eral Toombs and will entrain at 7:80 e
tonight. The destination is reported d
to be Bastrop, parish seat of More- b
house. Attorney General A. V. Coco o
will accompany the troops. e
Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 22.?Bodies C
of two men blown from the bottom a
of Lake Lourche early today by un- r
identified dynamiters were lying at a
an undertaking establishment hers
tonight while military men stood
guard pending the arrival of addi- ft
tional troops from Alexandria and s
New Orleans, ordered here today by n
the adjutant generaL o:
The bodies, badly mutilated and E
bound with wire were believed by t<
of nt least twenty ptrioM, alleged *
ring leaders of the August mob. The J
him "T "
Mer Rouge citizens impress ml Vi
themselves tonight as believing martiel
law will be declared here and jj
the arrests made by troops.
Everything was quiet and peaceful p
/ on the surface here tonight, but 81
those informed are authority for
statements that there is an underlying
feeling of hitterness. ^
With the arrival of additional state Ci
troops tomorrow, the strength in the
parish will be mori than 200 men. ^
The troops have a large complement
of machine guns. ?
It is generally believed open hearings
will be instituted following the
anticipated arrests.
A1 persons will be free to come into c
this court of justice, under the Lauisiana
laws and tell what they know of "
the case. ?
Prominent persons in. Mississippi
and Arkansas as well as Louisiana
are believed by the state as having
been members of the hooded mob. Arrest
in all three states are antici- *
paled. *
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Pottoffics Open Xmaa Day {
The postofflcs will be open for the ^
delivery of packages Christmas day +4
from 9 to 12 o'clock for the accom- h
modation of the patrons of the office. u
Mm Mae C. Poake.
FMtmiatnw.
Rev. Boyd Vory 111
Rev. C. W. Boyd ia very ill in tli?
Charlotte Sanitarium end grave concern
is felt by the loved ones for his
recovery.
Rev. Mr. Boyd is a brother of Mrs.
C. R. Robertson and she and her
daughter, Mies Carol Robertson, have
been at his bedside during the week. (
Friends in Union will be grieved to
hear of his extreme illness.
Go to Church Sunday
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Sunday, Docember 24th, win be i
Christmas Eve and every soul in Up- 1
a _ _ Ia . a . t.l_ _ a. 4
ion ! invrng id wo ramp at, on* ? tfi <
various churches in this city and thers i
art a number of them, white and col- i
ored. The fiuton and the eongreg*- 1
tiorm of the churches Invite the
strangers within the city to worship '
with them end all thoee who are abt
- identified with any denomination, ere
invited te dtooie a church and spend
n wkfle 8unday morning giving ;
thanks te Almighty God for Hie men- ;
if old Meetings.
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Noting \
The Young Men's Gypey Smith Bible
Onh will net hold tte regular
mooting Sunday afternoon on acoount
of the Chriatmna holidays. The next
meeting will be held on January 1st,
1MB.
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the authorities to be those of Watt tl
uameis ana inomu Richards, mem- tl
bera of a party of Ave prominent Mer di
Rouge citizens who were kidnapped
last August by white robed and hood- ?
ed men and who have been missing q
since and the object of three days' tl
raking of the lakes of Morehouse par- t]
ish by national guardsmen, federal M
agents and professional divers.
Authorities here state they are sat- m
is fled the bodies were the ones sought. C]
Relatives and close friends of the ^
missing men viewed the bodies dor- a
i?K the day and tonight, and it was a
reported,' by bits of clothing, the men jc
were recognized. The coroner announced
tonight that an inquest would ^
be held over the bodies, probably to- ^
morrow. The arrival of the attorney ^
general of the state and prominent m
pathologists of New Orleans is awaited.
;
It was not known tonight whether
the inquest would be held here or at ^
Bastrop, the pariah seat.
$ In the absence of official informsV
tion, the next move on part of ^
the state was not known here but it ^
was the concensus of opinion the in- .
quest - id be folowed by the arrest
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FIRE DESTROYS
HISTORIC CHURCH
Rome, Dec. 28 (By the Associated
'teas).?The Papal Encyclical issued
xiay announced the probability that
lie pope would call a meeting of the
ntlxe Catholic Episcopacy in Rome
uring the next jubilee year. It would
e a continuation of the Ecumenic
Duncil held in 1870. The latter enumratea
the present world evils saying
he remedy is chiefly in return to
krist which means peace, juatke
nd love among all the peoples, the
aspect for order and the authority
nd combatting of materialism.
Quebec, Dec. 22.?The series of
res which have swept Catholic intitutions
in Canada recently, culilnating
early today in destruction
f the historic $1,000,000 Notre
tame church, was brought to the ab?
mtion of the provincial legislature
his afternoon with the suggestion
liat all might be the work of incsniariee.
Taking the floor after Premier
aacherau had expressed to Cardinal j
egin the regrets of the legislature at
*e loss of the famous basilica, Arlur
Sauve, leader of the opposition
"Would it not be well to question
hether this Are is not the work of a
riminal organisation ? That is in
le air, and I call the attention of the
ttorney general to the fact that
ithin a year we have had to deplore
sses of that kind every month.'*
A short circuit in the electrical
iring was first held accountable for
nicy's blase, rat later Monslgnor
aflame, cure of Notre Dame, prorated
to Daniel Lorrain, chief of
rovincial police, the following letter,
ostmarked in Montreal: *
"I will burn your church down eh
ecembsr 28."
Suspicious strangers also wars snorted
to hare been seen prpwltn^
round the church. The polk^^WSf
egan an investigation based no tth
slief that the Are had beefc.dhfc'
hat Catholic orders have coaae to
lew the serienof flros with speculailics,
would be ptaoed /ln ousit
suits. i < ?
A check of His damage done by the
re showed that while the cathedral
uilding itself was a total load; the
resbytery was only damaged. hy
moke and water.
Insurance amounting to $210,000
as carried on the basilica. The aged
ordinal Begin watched the flamea
ansume the basilica and say them
becked only after they had attacked
Is own nalacs.
"This is awful,** he said. "It is the
reatest trial of my life."
Mon-Aatna
A special offering will be made
iunday morning at the 11 o'clock
arvice for those who are In need in
ur community. H. Haydock.
Family Reunion
Mrs. Sara Clement is entertaining
house party this Christmas and has
e her guests, hsr daughter, Mrs. R.
I. Bruce, of Oklahoma City, Oklaoma,
and Rev. and Mrs. George P.
Thite and family, of Darlington.
Mrs. Bruce iaNa former resident of
bis city and moved with her family
s Oklahoma several years ago. She
ax many friends in Union who will
e pleased to see her again.
Thank You Vary Much
r
The Santa Clans club asked that
ou help All VO stockings for today
nd yon responded at once. The stock*
ngs are fail, right up to the top and
he kiddies will be happy Monday
earning. Thank yon very much tor
dl yon did to make this Christmas a
tappy one for someone else.
May the New Year 1023 bring yon
ilessings abundant. .
Kaiser Lores the Limelight
Doprn, Holland, Dec. 23.?The for*
ner kaiser has sold the world rights
n what he calls the first official phonograph
of his recent wedding for
110,000. It shows him in field marthai
uniform, and Princess Hermine
is wearing the famous diadem, the
tailor's wedding gift.
" > 4 v V"
rhe Meeaa Beefy ,r
Property Sold Yesterday
The Mesne Beaty property, located
iu?f Mat nf fka />lt? limits srsa asi.1
yesterday, the lands being bought bj
Messrs. B. P. Kennedy and U/tf
Jordan for JL Q. Foster, gib
price paid wm $18,760. An Intasccl
in a tpeee of Jand located near Hon
seek was fold for HM; Tfca Uxp
implsneats* ote^ sold for $1,1$$., ,
The Inability of nations to tnaa
ope another may show an eeft hear
hot it slww* aeond jodgstent. *
SENATE DEBATES
ARMS REDUCTION
Washington, Dec. ?Extension
of naval disarmament UM| world
powers vu discussed in tbo mhiU
for amral boors today bat without
action and a virtual adjournment was
takan over Christmas. A brief session
will be held tomorrow under a
"gentleman's agreement" reached
yesterday to meet and adjourn until
Wednesday.
The calling of an international conference
to curtail construction of
naval vessels of less than 10,000 tons
and aircraft not covered by the Washington
armament conference agreement
was urged by Senator Borah
(Republican) of Idaho. He deferred
discussion, however, of his amendment
to the naval appropriation bill
requesting the president to call an In- o
twiMuvnai vvnierwncc VO QNI WIID
economic problems and with land and t
sea armaments. o
Senator Borah declaring a new na- o
val building race appeared imminent, p
cited the heavy expenditure* and d
taxes of this and other countries and "
deplored any increase through con- e
struction of armaments.
Senator Poindext.er (Republican) t
of Washington, charge of the naval o
bill, which was given temporary right 1
of way over the administration ship- tl
ping billl, declared the provision in 1
the bill as passed by the house pro- f
posing a conference on limitation of
small vessels and aircraft was design- tl
ed to correct the conditions empha- 1
sired by Senator Borah. He agreed u
that competition was reported by na- e
val powers in armaments not cov- C
ered by the recent arms conference v
naval limitation treaty. T
. Senators Poindexter and Stanley 1
(Democrat) of Kentucky, declared a
substantial tax reductions would not- f
be brought about even by abolishing li
the navy. < s
Senator Stanley said the insistent v
tfe^fldvfor lower taxes might be. c
"met m part by abolishing useless gov- 8
ernment commissions and boards.
Anpong these he said, was the rail- c
labor board, w^hUk^scribed ?
' Victim to Bad Bosm I
Birmingham. Dec. 22.?While local
and federal officers were making
a determined fight against bootleg- r
gars distributing whiskey for Christ- \
fmaa^epnsumption poisoned whiskey v
claimed its first victim in Birmlng- n
ham today.
Irving Fred McEntire, who died in v
a local hospital this evening was said r
by Coroner J. D. Russum to have met {,
his death by drinking poisoned liquor. }
ai_ un.:&. /n <-?
nu ww uno waruunH fl
Washington, Dec. 22.?Any hepe I
for a "white Christmas" south of tha r
Mason and Dixon line apparently waa
dispelled tonight by the weather ha- T
reau, which announced that central- ?
ly fair weather will prevail Satur- r
day and Sunday in the Atlantic and 1
East Gulf states, Tennessee and Ohio
valley with no material change in 1
temperature, although it will be
slightly warmer in the Southeastern
states Saturday.
"There is no cold weather in sight," f
the bureau stated. . i
The disturbance that developed ,
Thursday night off the North Caro- c
Una coast has moved rapidly north- j
eastward and tonight was eentral 3
near Cape Cod, the bureau reported. ,
One Dead, two Injured <
In Auto Smash-Up
Greenville, Dec. 22.?John Vaughn
is dead, Sam Vaughn Is in the eity
hospital suffering from a fractured
spine and Ben Tumbling is suffering
from many painful bruises and laceration
after an automobile in whieh
the three were riding missed a bridge
near Fountain Inn and turned over
several times about 7:80 o'clock tonight.
At
All three young men were of
Laurens county and were driving
back heme from Greenville when the
leHAnt MPtimii Hi* AA?a ail_
dently dM not mo a torn In the road
near a spot where a small bridge
spans a creek, a few miles from
Fountain Inn. The heavy ear crashed
through the shrubbery and Into
1 the creek, turning over several times.
' Sam Vaughn, suffering with a broken
oack, Is reported to be In a serious
I Abraham Bechsr Convicted
r Mew ^ Tost, Dec. 2&?Abraham
, Bechsr was convicted of the murder
uorf his prife bare todpy and gets the
1 4?*th penalty. His wife disappeared
. kd ApriL The body was fMad In a
i bms filled oft months leUr wh?r. u
' ta ah? ?u tori* rtv* " ~
j . mmm "
t Howard B?v, of Orwnbaro, N.
t O, it spoodUc^iha tolidayt wttk fcl*
parmta, Dr. and Mn. I. g. Iwm
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STORMY JENE
AT WERENCE
Lauianne, DMkI Ml?Christmas
hreatens to he IyHVtoy time at the
Lausanne Hear flpm conference,
rhnrsday was today was
voree. A, tamper did not seem
x> harmonise wMnlhe usual spirit
;f the Yuletide today's sestion
of tha sub 'OMt^lxtion on miEfforts
were SMU * get Dr. Rixa
^ur Bey, the SfflB Turkish deleFate,
who foswssfjfc^tns accredited
>y the Angoli fpMtaaent to repreent
it at Moecew Ijliwgree to the txmptlon
of the CMdlan minorities
n Turkey from 44fclf eervice. Bat
ie refused flatly g? .seemingly sulenly.
He declill4/1t fire any reaon
for hie deelhMKl and several
there equally as Mi
M. Laroche, ef tfcnjftench delegaion,
made an appeal wRisa Nur Bey
n military exemptiaaLnying, "Come
n, make the Alttee a'little Christmas
resent on this potatP The Turkish
elegate, however, reported angrily,
We don't believo h fibistnai presRizs
Ntir R?v shftslLwl
o a provision for 1& preservation
f Christian cenxtewNi in Turkey 1
Ills caused much wfris* among
he other- re pi lewftpm , as the
taks ordinarily ararofesmely careu':
to protect all eeaRefcries.
The allies insisted ffpse oonsideralon
of the claase ptwilnf that the
talcs mast respeet lbs work done
nder the league of Mtkms in recovring
and restoring M'their families
Christian women aa idrildren who
rere seised and Tslghijurt by the
Hirks before ttnaiajl.4 the Great
V*t. The Tuthe declined to
jrree to thia icwrrh jst^nd the subommisaion
ende^r/^K^T-fpn sesmugly
with a fee$??Vb>?t*r disgust
,t the attitode^||yKv[ Nut Bey,
rhlch several . the subommisaion
desoHQdDM "highly indent."
The TaxMsk diMKh has re*
eived instractioqa fHsr Angora that
grope1 ID ii i on HlUk questions
Instsuitly mdafl
By Sfctftflb Cafbo
Rock Hill, Dec. 2&??d>ert Lowy,
son of Jim Lowry, dps instantlv
.illed here this afternwn when he
ras run over by a slnting engine
ear the depot.
Young Lowry, aged 112, together
rith a smaller brdMMS^att Lowy,
was standing ?W|L watch ng
another engine oC/JSrwas shiftng
nearby when the engine backed
>ver Herbert killing him instantly
ind knocking his brother off the
rack. One leg was severed at th j
dp and the body was otherwise
nangled.
Young Lowry is survived by his
tarents and a number of brothers and
listers. The inquest is to be held todght
upon the arrival of Coroner
HcKorkle from York.
J. S. Imports to
Japan Head List
Tokio, Dec. 23.?Goods imported
!rom Germany during the firs t nine
nonths of the year amounted to
ralue to 8(1,650,000 yen, or 5.? per
:ent of the total imports during the
>eriod, amounting to 1,522,670,000
fen, according to the department of
agriculture and commerce, Germany
was sixth in the list of importing
:ountries.
The United tSates heads the list
with 488,000,000 yen, British India
second with 217,600,000 yen, England
LI.1 S JAL eras nOA AAA ?SA%? Ahi?A
niru wim iv?^uu,wv /?u, vuiua
fourth with 131,330,000 yen and
Kwangtung fifth with 108,520,000
yen. Imports from Germany during
tha corresponding period of 192 L
amounted only to 29,600,000 yen. The
principal goods imported* from Germany
were drugs, drug material,
dyes, woolen textiles, paper, iron,
metal manufactures, scientific and
surgical instruments and chemical
manufactures.
Beltevss Chile
Earthquake Continuation
Of Disaster of ltOS
Tokio, Dec. 23.?The violent earthquakes
which occurred in north central
Chile were plainly registered on
the seismograph st Tokio University
and as a result Professor Omeri,
earthquake authority, undertakes to
disprove a theory that the waves of
an earthquake pass through the depth
rather than the surface of tha earth.
Professor Omori states that tin shaking
continued for five hours apd that
travelling around the sixth, passed
through Jspsn and continued around
again until recorded st tha Imperial
University. The professor says tlu
quake wu * contlauatMa of that oi
ltflf wkiek censed the tttaaatei1 la Sar
America's first pott, Amm Bn4
street, was bovn in Cafiant.
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I SLEUTHS FACE
BLANK WALL
Denver, Colorado, Doc. 22.?Authorities
tonight apparently are fnc- i
ing the same blank wall which cob- i
fronted them in their inveatifation ot
Denver's Federal Reserve Bank track i
robbery before Thursday evening's i
wild chase over country roafds In <
Northern Colorado, supposedly on the l
heels of the four men blamed for the i
$200,000 theft and the shooting to i
deaht of Charles T. Linton, Federal 1
Reserve hank guard, in a gun battle <
in front of the United States mint i
here Monday. 1
Tonight two detective agencies 1
here claim to have definite clues to c
the identity and probable location of t
the bandits. *
Roland K. Goddard, operative in
charge of the federal secret service c
agents for Colorado district, is ab- r
sent on a secret mission. *
Chief of Police H. R. Williams, of a
Denver, believes the status of the
man hunt is substantially the same c
as it was before Sheriff Frank Hail n
of Greeley sought the aid of local ^
police yesterday.
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Where To Worship *
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Episcopal Church. g
Sunday school and Bible class 10 f
a. ra., B. F. Alston, Jr., superintend- C
rnt. s
Morning service and sermon 11 a. r
m., W. W. Johnson, lay reader. /
Christinas Day service 7:80 p. m. I
Special music. ii
A cordial welcome awaits you. o
L. W. Blackwelder,
Rector. c
d
Grace Methodist Church.
10:00 a. m?The different depart- t
ments of the Sunday school will as- p
M?mble in their respective rooms; ten v
minutes will be given for the regular I
offering and for the collection of any t
gifts that may be made. The school 1
will then assemble in the auditorium
for a Christmas service. t
11:00 a. m.?-Preaching by the psu?- >
desiring.
6H)Q p. m.?A song and praise service,
by choir and congregation.
The pubic is cordially invited to attend
these services.
Jas. W. Kilgo,
Pastor.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Morning
worship at 11:15, with preaching
by the pastor. The B. Y. P. U., Senior
and Junior, will meet as usual at ]
6:30. Evening? worship, with preach- 1
ng by the pastor at 7:30 p. m. At ]
the morning hour the ordinance of the j
Lord's Supper will be observed. The i
evening sermon will deal with the i
birth of Christ. The public is cor- i
dially invited to attend all of the serv- 1
ices of the church. j
Edw. S. Reaves, Pastor. <
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Corinth Baptist Church (Colored) \
10:00 a. m.?Sunday school.
11:30 a. m.?Preaching; subject,
"Recompencing God."
6:45 p. m.?B. Y. P. U. i
7:30 p. m.?Preaching.
You and your friends are made welcome.
J. S. Daniel,
Pastor. i
First Presbyterian Church.
10:00 a. m.?Sunday school.
11:00 a. m.?Preaching.
7:30 p. i. -Night worship. <
The seasi- will glady meet at any
time to receive members.
At the night worship there will be
some singing by Junior choirs.
A Happy Christmas to you. Let
us make it a Hppy Christmas to God.
J. F. Matheaon, Pastor.
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WITH THE SICK
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Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Eaves and little
son, Duncan, are confined to their
home with flu.
Miss Lilian Estes is quite sick at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Virginia
Estes, with flu.
Mrs. Paul K. Switaer is improving
from a severe attack of flu at her
home on Douglass Height*.
Miss Lois Townsend, who has been
?uite sick with flu, is improving.
Clarke Garner is able to resume his
duties at the Union Hardware Co., af
tor a week's illness of flu.
Burdett* Sims is recovering from a
recent attack of flu and is able to be
i wuu
Mr. and Mrs. John Bobo and daughtor,
Miaa Moselle Bobo are quite sick
; with flu at their homo on E. Main
I street.
I Miaa Marie Reaves ia sick at the
I home' of her paxenta, Dr. and Mrs.
> I. 8. Reaves, with flu.
f J. 8. Plaxico la able to be out after
i an attack of flu.
Mr. Donald J. Matheeon of the Otis
Elevator Co., Yonkers, N. Y., will turrlve
tonight.
DEATH CELL
NOW EMPTY
Columbia, Dec. 22.?The death calla
in the South Carolina state prison to- <night
were empty. o
The sole occupant, since prison offl:iuls
decided to remove all prisoners tl
iot under sentence to die on a definite J
late to the ordinary cell blocks, today *
paid the penalty for his offense C
igainst the laws of the state. Shortly bi
ifter ten o'clock this morning, Frank
VI. Jeffords, one of the three slayers a
>f J. C. Arnette, his partner in bus- n
ness, marched out of the cell which c<
le had occupied since early last sum- c<
ner. At 10:17 o'clock he sat in the m
hair of death and at 10:20 the elec- ai
ric current that snuffed out his life w
vas turned on. ui
The current was gradually increaa- it:
a irom ouu volts to 1900 and four si
ninutes later attending physicians at
announced that the state's claim
.painst Jeffords had been collected, th
This afternoon Jefford's wife claim- w
d his body. No announcement was at
nade as to when or where it would m
* buried. ti'
Jeffords, according to prison officials, pi
ras one of the calmest men that ever ut
rent to the electric chair in this th
tato. He stood with his hands be- at
ind his back, his legs spread slightly nc
part and learning slightly forward, pi
rhile Captain Roberts, of the prison us
nard, read to him the death warrant, so
Newspaper correspondents, who, with fo
p.ptain Roberts, were the only per- h*
ons present in the cell when the war- ar
ant was read, stood with bared heads. sk
til felt the tensity of the situation, to
Jut Jeffords, the man most concerned th
ti the whole affair, showed not a trace J<
f emotion. ht
"Have you anything to say?" the wi
aptain of the guards asked the con- gt
[omned man. e*l
"Nothing sir, except that you see
hat my grip is sent on," with the Te- ar
>ly. He added that his belongings w
rere in his grip in the cell except m
lis Bible, which, he said, would be
here when the prison officials came C(
'or the beg.
Two letter* in his pockets he asked if
o be turned hver to Ids brother. . This. u
ixecution was to take place Jeffords tj
igain was the calmest person present. j,
fie walked firmly and as he entered j,
greeted the two score witnesses with a j.
:ool "good morning, gentlemen." Seat- ^
:<l in the chair he yaid that he wanted 0]
ill to see in his execution an example u
\nd that he was ready to go. Then he ,r
:epeated the twenty-third psalm and a
is he added the word "Amen" the current
was turned on, ending his life.
While Jeffords was being executed
[rn Harrison, confessed slayer of Ar- f
-iette and under sentence to die on
February IG unless the supreme court
nterferes, lay in a state of semi-consciousness
in the prison hospital. Har. v
tison ha3 been in this condition for ^
more than two weeks. He was sen- ^
fenced to die today along with Jeffords
but an appeal to the supreme
:ourt resulted in a stay of execution ^
and Governor Harvey reprieved him
until February 16. ^
PERSONAL MENTION k
Miss Louise Crawford will spend ^
the Christmas holidays with Miss Effie
Mae Vogel in Spartanburg.
Miss Kate Kilgo, of Greenwood, is
spending the holidays with her pa- C
rents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Kilgo at the
Methodist parsonage.
Miss Martha Coppedge, of Wadesbo
ro, N. C., Is the guest of her sis- j:
ter, Mrs. James Kilgo, for the holi- ?
days. e
James Kilgo, of Darlington is expected
to spend part of the holidays ^
with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. 0
Kilgo.
Mi>o Don I Donn. Tn...n.Jo,.
iuto* WVII U* AJbll J IVftV AllUi OU?^ ?itemoon
for Gettysburg, Pa., to spend ^
the Christmas holidays with relatives. l
Miss Frances McDow has returned t
from a visit, to her sister, Mrs. L. B. ,
Jeter, Jr., at Santuc. j"
Mrs. Sibley of Georgia is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. H. B. Jennings, for
the holidays.
O. T. Belue has returned from a *
visit to Atlanta. *
Mrs. Guy Wilburn returned yester- {|
day afternoon from Hendersonville, v
N. C., where she has been for several ?
months in the hospital. c
Mrs. Jack Young (Ruth Gault) of
Greenville, is spending the holidays T
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. ,
Gault, on South street. f
Mrs. L. J. Browning will leave to- ,
morrow for Asheville, N. C., to spend the
holidays with Mr. Browning, who t
is undergoing treatment at Sunset ,
Heights Sanitarium.
Textile Imports on Upgrade
Tokio, Dec. 28.?Imports of textiles
up to the end of October amounted to
46,000,000 yen in value and it is ex-1
a. J a At.. A.a.t m it I
pcciea umi uw vouu zor me year
will, ruth 56,000,000 yen, a marked
intreaee over previous year*. Approximately
00 percent or more of
wodtan text 11 ee imported came from
Xaftand.
In Japaaeae houses the rooma are
alwaye of etandanl etaee.
3c Per Copy
GEORGIA JUDGE
RAPS KU KLUX
Albany, Ga., Dec. 22.?Sharp critlism
of the Ku Klux Klan, assertions
f its harmfulness and suggestions
or combating it were contained in
tie charge to the grand jury today by
udge William H. Barrett of the Unitd
States district court for south
leorgia, at the opening of the Alany
division.
"With the earnestness and zeal of
Georgia citizen," said Judge Bar*
;tt, "one who loves his state and hla
>untry, I implore you to cooperate in
uubating what is unquestionably a
tenace, what I believe has not yet
isumed as great magnitude as many
ould have us believe but which is
idoubtedly a disease in the body polic
and if we are to treat it wisely we
iculd treat it now, in its incipiency,
id that is the Ku Klux Klan."
"I am told that the constitution of
lis organization is worded in suoh a
ay that no patriotic citizen can cavil
. it," Judge Barrett continued, "but
y information is that the real moves
that lead to joining, though not
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tv&woocu 111 me constitution, sn
iually one of four, I may say. On*
iat perhays had considerable forca
the initiation of it was an anti;gro
sentiment, founded upon tha
oposition that by reason of the un>ual
treatment accorded some negro
Idiers abroad there might be an efrt
on their part to create an unippy
situation here. Another is an
iti-Catholic sentiment, which would
ek if not punish, at least greatly
subdue all those who believe in
at religion. Another was an antiiwish
sentiment. Another, and perips
the moBt general?and I do not
ish to be vituperative?-was in strutting
to themselves a super knowlIge
and virtue by which they would
itermine what things were wrong,
id that thay could correct them
holly independent of the governent,
courts and law.
"1 ask you, gentlemen," tha judge
mtinued, "eye to eye and face te
ice, to ask any member of the klen,
perchance he has a young daugh<t,
if he is ndlljng to jn carry oft Ma
poti courts, not Upon law, but upon ^
ie passions of men. Ask him, if he
as a young son, if he is willing for
>m to grow up in a country that ^
uows no taw. ask him, il he knows
e is right, why mask? The euro
f wrong is light, and you may count
pon it, when a man feels that he
lust act with a hidden countenance
nd in secret, in the depths of his
cart he doubts his lightness. I call
his attention the fact that a mask
iay conceal not only an honest man
nd a patriot, but it may conceal t
urbarian. One clothed with iniquity
-one who seeks to wreak his own
crsonal hate or jealousy, taking adantage
of the organization. I ask
' a mask can not just as well hide a
egro's face as a white face, a Rotan
Catholic's face, as a Protestant's
Jews' as well as a Gentile's. Ask
im if he does realize that by this
ractice, however worthy he may
link for the moment, he is turning
>ose the beast which will overturn
11 good government, all law, all jusce,
all love of man and bring our
auntry to desoation and despair."
'lemenceau Gives
Medal to America
Paris, Dec. 22 (By the Associated
lress).?Georges Clemenceau called
t the American embassy today and
xpressed to Ambassador Herrick his
ecp appreciation of the cordial at
itdde of the people of the United
Hates during his American tour.
He also handed to the ambassador
or transmission to the museum at
fount Vernon a gold medal given him
v the city of Mulhouae, Alsace, on
he occasion of his first visit there afrr
the liberation of the district from
ho Germans.
The medal was struck in 1897 to
ommemorate the centenary of the
evolution union of the free city of
lulhouse with France. M. Clemeneau
desired his gift to be taken as
i tribute to the American soldiers
i ho so splendidly aided in freeing Alince
"in reparation of the German
rime."
He mentioned to Ambassador Herick
his visit to the Mount Vernon
miseum, where he was greatly inter>sted
in the key to the bastiie pre cnted
to Washington by Lafayette,
rhe Tiger made known that his intenlon
of presenting the Mulhcuse medal
:o the museum, Mr. Harding heartily
ipproving of the gift.
Fin* Spirit Shown
The Ottaray Circle of Mon-Aetna
church tent a box to the Connie Maxwell
orphanage this week. The box
went to the boys of the Dairy Boys'
Cottage and the girls of the Alderman
Sanitarium, 26 in number. Each child
was remembered with a nice present.
The circle also will remember tome
ir. its community that have had discouragements.
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