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1 rwt [. = 1 The Union ftuly Times PRESS " ' i'MV?' ,'^T ' fetf. :: Colder Thursday 11 I DAILY EXCEPT U mM ruatiiti & f Tlw WH Potty TbwOcialiir 1, lt!7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY < > i n i I*II 111 tbl I ' " " jjT '' " ' ' " '''>MHM - L 'I1 '< .1 I , . I .1,1 ll? 1 'II II I 1 %( ' 11 11 11 ' * J LXX1U No. 1S69 Oblate S. C, Moai^y AfUartW>gp? y-,?omber 27, 1922 3c Por Copy 10ND ARREST IN ?ER ROUGE CASI trop, La, Dec. 27.?Justice Em ent agent* and state represen i today renewed their activitie ? Morehouse kidnapping caw fforts to run down persona re ble for dynamiting the lake, re l in the fiinding of the bodie tt Daniels and Thomas Richard rore kidnapped hy a masked mo1 ,ugu??v-idenetL Additional ax are "Sr^fhred imminent. Detec reported that they located th where the dynamite was sole >me suspects are being watchec i arrest in Baltimore of Forme r McKoin of Mer Rouge cause lerable excitement. The peopl red in groups to discuss develop A. Sylvester, of Bastrop, teda; 1 a statement expressing doub the bodies found were those o Is nnd Richards. He said th ea of 500 Klanamen haws beea td to clear up the mystery. Bastrop, La., Dec. 26.?The secon (arrest in connection with the More 'house kidnaping of last August wa made late today when Dr. B. M. Mc Koin, until a few months ago mayo of Mer Rougo, was taken in c us tod at Baltimore at the request of Go? eraor Parker, who charged him wit murder. The physician was taken postgraduate course at Johns Hop kins. The former mayor is expected t reach here within a few days to joi a former deputy sheriff, who is not being held on the -similar charge i the Bastrop jail. While the avrest was being raad< a detachment of National Guard wa reconnoitering along Lake La Fout che for evidence to lead to the arres of dynamiters responsible for th blasting at a ferry landing last weel when the bodies of two men, believe< to have been tortured and murdere jv masked and robed men, were blowi from the bottom^ of the lake. The company also was tb?.act as i bodyguard for the sheriff who- was t make arrests in the event his sue t picions justified than. 1 During the day Adjutant Genera Toombs, suddenly called bade fror oi the three companies of state troop ; encamped here and at Her Rouge.' ^ It was persistently reported /Arin; 'the day that all preparations ha3 bee . ny^de to call out two additional stat i companies if conditions warranted. Soldiers are on guard duty at th (jail here and encamped in the hear lof Mer Rouge, where the situation i I such that the governor does not wan to leave the townspeople to them selves in the fear there will be blood rhed because of the friction amon; hem following the August eveni Many of the populace are armed. The military also was at the dis posal of the civil authorities to tak in custody any members of the hood ed mob whose identity are known t the state authorities, according to de partment of justice men. Attorney General Coco stated tha six or seven arrests will be mad before the open hearing January 5. It is reported the number of ai w/.nfa n.ill kn tnasoaaoJ ma fKo 1/lnnfIf ICDVO w MV Uivt vaovvt HIC ?uvii v> v of the dynamiters are establisfcei Federal agent* declare they have th name of the ring leader and hia arrea is imminent. Attorney General Coco is expecte to arrive at New Orleans tomorrow in preparation for the conferanc ?there Thursday, at which time plan for the hearing will be outlined an y the reports of the coroner's jury tha conducted the inquest over the heat less bodies of Watt Daniels an Ihomas Richards will be discussed. Citizens were gathering on th street corners tonight discussing th arrest of two of their former law off vials. The arrest of the man wh had been their mayor until he r* signer last August came as a con plete surprise. Dr. McKoin was box and grew to manhood at Monroe an later moved to Mer Rouge where h was .a practicing physician. H fxiends induced him to make the rat for mayor and during his incumbent he fearlessly upheld the law and a tempted to rid the community < moonshiners and other lawbreaker it was said. On August 2 he reported assassii fired two loads of shot into his movir outomobile as he was answering sick call. He later received persistei warning fb leave the community ai he did so. This event led to the trai edy of the 24th, is the theory of tl states. T. J. Burnett, arrested last Satu day, is denied visitors except und military surveillance. Today he gr* sullen and restless and repeated gripped the iron hars in which he inclosed. His battery of attoroe spent several hours with him. It Was recalled here tonight th four murders have been charged hooded men since last May along t Arkansas-Louisiana border. At Wilmot, Ark., E. L. Gills, farmer, was lured from his home, si to death and his body burned. Afl STRIKES SNAG El AT CONFERENCE v Lausanne, Dae. 26 (By the Asaoi* ciated Praia).?Armenia was Ahe a storm center of the Near East con ? ference to<jay. The Turks refused to u attend a meeting of the subcommisi slon which had. arranged, to hear the plea of the Armenians for the estab> lishment of a national home in Turh key, and )>oth Ismet Pasha and Risa ' Nur Bey sent strongly worded com ' munications to the conferedbe proe testing against the decision to allow the \rmenianB to state their case. I*. They declared that if the Armer nians who had no official standing and vovutn <iv unninnufnk gUTCia* 0 ment; were heard by the conference, h there would be no reason why the Egyptians or the Irish should not be f allowed to present their demands. 1 The so-called irregular Egyptian * delegation has been waiting in Lau6 sanne for more than a month for per* mission to be heard by the conference and voice a demand for the independence of Egypt and complete withdrawal of the British army. In consequence the Turkish pro* test the official meeting of the subcommission was postponed and the r representatives of thte inviting powy era, Great Britain, France and Italy, " sitting alone, listening to the Armenian spokesman, who suggested that a home be established in the northeast vilayeta of Turkey, which should include historic Mount Ararat or a section in Cilicia. It was imposv Bible, he cedlared, for the proposed n Armenian home to amalgamate with the Armenian republic of Erivan, k which had been taken over by the ' Moscow soviets. The Armenians would willingly accept the same ret lationship with Turkey as the do0 minions with England. In conduit sion he asked for exemption from j military service for the Armenians j and urged Maintenance of the orthon dox patriarch in Constantinople. Praia* for Bustor Hodge A party was passing through Union on their way to spend the Christmas j holidays with relatives in a distanl ? state and ths boys la the family mi the football rolled Ott the other aide g. of the track. Buster Hodge saw the n predicament and told the hoys be e would get it for them, but the train would not wait for that. A couple of e days later the chief of police got a lett ter from the father stating the facts 8 and said, "A nice, big, fat policeman with a kind smile" offered to take t. care of the prized football and he requested it mailed to him at the adg dress enclosed. It turned out that t the writer of the letter was an old school mate of editor of The Times and he gladly packed the ball for ships' |. Politeness never did coat anything 0 and Buster Hodge is sure to hear k more about this kind deed in the future. it e Much Moving and Changing of Baaa y There is a great deal of moving and i. changing from one place to another in e this county. Every day wagons and it trucks loaded with household goods are seen moving from one part of the d county to the other. People always -v will cling to the idea that a little bet ? ter country is just over yonder, a litis tie better bouse, or orchard or school d or nearer the church, or nearer town, it Anyway there is a yast lot of it going 1- on in Union county. d Miss Mary Oliphant has returned ie f rom Gaffney where she spent the hoite idays with relatives, i- Mr. and Mrs R. A. Oliphant spent 10 Christmas with their children, Mr, -- and Mrs. Alec Oliphant, in Chester. i- ????, his death tha Louisiana-Arkansas Ian anl order league was formed to se|e cure evidence in the case but no arrests were made. The league was said :e to have been made up of 5,000 citi:y sens of the two states and recently disbanded. The kidnaping of five prominent *? Mer Rouge citizens on a highway last August is believed to have resulted ir 18 the death of Daniels and Richards Two othere were severely flogged am * J. L. Daniels, 70 year old father ol Watt Daniels, was at the point ol *4 death for several weeks because ol t" the cruelties inflicted upon him. * The Smackover invasion, the thin vant ftf f Via uair in i mi ail last, mnntl r- and resulted in the death of J. I er Woods, 25, a Misaiaaippian. He wai m riddled with shot after he had fira Jy on a party of several hundred maaket ia and ?Utt "sheeted" men who march ya ed into the new oil held of south ^Ar kansas to clean out the undeairablea at Cne man was flogged ^ * fambUnj to house, a two-story frame structure he torn down. An exodus of mors thai 2,000 people from the region result a ed. Officials made no effort to lean tot the identity of the mob aa far as I ist known. TUG BRINGS IN ,$?B0DY OF SAILOR , //fijWiAV/V^v; _ Erie, Ps., Dec. 29.?The body of kMUie Paytosh, a member of the crew of the missing tug Cornell of Cleveland, wait brought into port her^ late today by the tug Q. A. Gilmore. The face was scalded and marine men said the Cornell went to the bottom carr^infc tha esy.en other members of the xri&lclhxim ;a'hbiler explosion. i' VJr '\y". * a *''* > Cleveland, Dec. 26 ?With the finding. today oi ibe life boat and the ^orps|n^^boe of the eight members ol the^tvw of the tug Cornell, which disappeared Thursday, the mastery unvonauzg uie exact iate ol U?e Cornell remains unsolved. Search for the veasel and the other members of. ,tfce< Will be continued tomorcontaining the body of Ifknael ' Paytoeh, fireman of the Cornell, was found on the Canadian side of Lake Erie by the searching Qilmore. The body, coverlying face down and frosen to the flanks of the life boat's bottom. Ice coated the rest of the hull. In order to remove the body it was necessary to saw off one of the seats of the yawl. In this miite trace there was nothting to indicate definitely whether the tug sank after a boiler exploded, burned, ran afoul of heavy -ice floes or foundered in a mwlmrr .. Scores of motor boats and tugs and S niail eirplan which conducted a American shore ofl the M^e returned late today without baring {ound any trace of the craft. thought a seaman aboard thty&tafaa had solved the mystery M th^Vms of Paytosh was badly marked. ' These scars were at first believed to have been the result of scaidifig but ware later said by an undertaker in Erie to be probable bruises and the after math of bitter colli' weather. This added to the mfltery, Vas . local marine men declared ifem to determine what that rumor* m to the upaaawartfcinew of the Cornell will b thoroughly investigated. PERSONAL MENTION Miss Nelle Curlee of Spartanburg will spend part of the Christmas holidays with friends in Union. Luke J. Wilburn, of Jacksonville, Fla., visited relatives here this week. Miss Alice Arthur left yesterday for Columbia and Camden to visit college friends and enjoy the festivities planned for her at both cities. Lieut J. Miller Arthur, U. S. N., has returned to Washington after a holiday visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Arthur. Mks. F. O. Barrett of Spartanburg is visiting her mother, Mrs. N. K. 1 ffermton-^ornson of New Orleans, La., is the guest of his parents, Miv and Mrs. W. E. Thomson, for the Christmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Prioleau and Mrs. Janes Munro will return this week from a holiday visit to relatives at EutawvflU. . Mrs. Clarence Johnson and little daughter*t>?-Oreenaboro. N. C.. Are the guMtr of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sexton, on NC Church street. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cureton and children will return to their home in AttAMta, Ga., this week after a visit 1 to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDow. Miss Miriam Jennings of Charlotte, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. O. H. Oet zell for the holiday vacation. Misses Minnie and Sadie Soofield of Davidson, N. C., Mrs. H. 8. Ad! ams and children of Chester, S. C., ? and Charles Clifford of New York . city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. . Geoge H. Oetsel for the holidays. I S. Fram of Chester is visiting rel. atives here this week, r Mrs. Y. G. Cooksey of Clifton and Mrs. A. S. Cantrell of Inman, arrived i yesterday for a visit to their sister, i Mrs. R. E. White, i George Sawyer of Atlanta is the . guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I A. Sawyer. 1 Mrs. David Elbert, of Millen, N. J., f is the guest of relatives in Union this f week. ' Miss 9stetle Mathis, of Warsaw, N. a /a i. xu. w.ii s ? > ^ i v., w ?peauin( uw ituuuy TWOOD i with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. John . Jt. Mathit. s Mrs. L. W. Blackwelder and daugh\ tors, Misses .Kathrin and Madeline 1 Blackwelder, left yesterday for Sails bury, N. C., to visit relatives ftr> - fpw days. * Dr. Russell Jeter, of Raleigh, N. C., t spent the Christinas holidays with his i, patents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jeter, r near Is nine > ?. Mrs; P. B. Bobo was called to Paeoo let this morning on account of the a serious Biases of her sister, Mrs. M. BVBtwnn.. 5 * ' lyZlr. DR. McKOlN DENIES PART INFILLING Baltimore, Dec. 27.?The habeas corpus writ for Dr. B. J3. McKoin, , former mayor of Mar RodR? La., who was a rested here on charge of murder, was issued today by Chief Judge Gorter cf the dtjr>boert. Dr McKoin was arrested on JnsLuctions of the Louisiana governor. He declared he was lnnocenl "jpi>d would fight extradition. The tejfjrarn from Governor Parker said tteaystradition papers would be forwarded The police court is asked fh holdi.fiKoin for 10 days. Baltimore, Dec. 26.?Dr. ^ M. McKoin, former mayor of |lrt Rouge, La., who is wanted then in- connection with the Morehouse JJarish kidnapings and the finding Of1 two mutilated bodies in Lake ra Fourche, was arrested here today at tie Johns Fopkins uni versity-Brady institute, j where he is taking a post graduate t couise. The arrest followed receipt < of a telegram from Got. John M. { Parker of Louisiana re<|gifcUnj? the local police to arraat Mcjj^pin on a j charge of murder. After Question- r ii.g by police officials Dr. KcKoin was . locked up to await fttrthetvnation by t Louisiana authorities. Other than requpesting' the local ( authorities to aN^( MeKoin there v-'rh nothing contained ^ is Governor Parker's telegram. It rigrofr-* "Important. Arrest Dr. J^oKoin for murder. Hold him for Louisiana ( authorities." ..l?i ] Dr. McKoin denied knowMdfce of the , killing of the two men. "Ap * know," , hi declared, "is that both -Jon were , killed, were un the bad sida*4lhe side ] of bootleggers, 'gunmen and kiwi who ] associated with negro woman" ( The discovery of Dr. MvKbin here ] and his suhaequsnt arraat dm about , purely by accident. Wot ill M TSceiv. ] ed here several days ago tlmfchfr. McKoin was a student at Johns Hopkins | and department of justice j ?g^r\t3 | sought to qaeagfhn l^a? university official* denied Mfttth toas registered M a post ***?&&, end stated several lettapijp ba4mn re- , ceived there for him but |pM>le to locate him the lettata w*yvji|uped tt2?2: p?"?a>M ** Early today a policemanw3 [round ' on the water front unconscid s. He was removed to a hospital. W |en the hospital report reached polio head| quarters it was signed by Dr. ] cKoin. It was then that local news pa; tr men raahed to the hospital and inU viewed him. Up to that time the tllegram from Governor Parker asklnglfor his airest had not been received. Dr. McKoin spoke f reely and insisted he was not a fugitive from justice, and that he had made no attempt to conceal hi.i identity. He stated he has been in Baltimore since October 1, and had ]efl Mer Rouge after an attempt had been made to assassinate him. > McDnniel-Johnson Miss Beatrice McDaniel and E. L. Johnson of Kelton were morried Saturday evening at 7 oVA>clt"',VL the bride's home, by Rev. Lewis M. Vice. The ceremony was witnessed by \fee immediate relatives but hosts of friends unite in wishing for the cou pie a life filled with happiness and prosperity. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of Mr. Robert McDaniel and for several years has been a successful teacher in the county. She is a young woman of many admirable qualities of mind and heart. Mr. Johnson is a progressive farmer and is being warmly congratulated upon his good fortune. Palmer-Whitloclc Miss Janie Palmer and Victor Whitlock were united in marriage, Sunday afternoon, December 24th at the residence of Rev. L. M. Rice, the officiating minister. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock have the good wishes of hundreds of friends for a long filled with happiness. Flu is Racing in Union There are hundreds of cases of flu in Union and the county and in some instances nearly the whole family is in bed. The physicians claim that u is a milder type than formerly but it is not expressed so by the ones who have it The physicians .and drug stores have been working over time and working hard with no holiday at all to relieve the suffering. Opposition to the Borah Ampndmont Washington. Dec. 27.?Over a score 'of Republican senators in informal conference today decided to oppose the Borah amendment to the naval appropriation bill asking the president to call an international, economic and disarmament conference. James Wood, of Charlotte, N. C., is visitinir relatives in j Union this week. ? i VICTOR ARNOLD FACES CHARGE! Bayside, N. Y., Dec. 26.?Victor H Arnold of Madison, Wis., forme president of the MadiBon Bond com pany, was arrested tonight on a fed sral indictment for using the mail: !o defraud. The indictment, returnee it Madison, December 20, aocordini ,o the authorities, contained 31 roants. Madison, Wis., Dec. 26.?Victor H Arnold, former president of th? >anlcrupt Madison Bond company *ho one year ago posed as a beneft rent Santa Claus to Madisoa's need; ;o the amount of $30,000, was ar osted today in Bayside, N. Y. :barged with using the mails to de fraud hundreds of small investors fie was indicted by a federal granc iury Wednesday. Thirty-one counts alleging thre< frmw)n1?tnf trKomnD fnf snllinir cnnnri ;ies are included in the charges. Or >ne of these schemes the indictment iayts $618,000 was realized. Arnold began to attract attentior ocally some years ago when Norms ralmadge, moving picture actress >aid visits to two of his daughters hen dancing students in New York iis home here was the center of several pretentious social functions. Of Interest Here * Miss Lucile Abemethy, pianist al :hc Gipsy Smith, Jr., meeting, wil! cave Thursday evening after th< : or vice for Lenoir, N. C., to spenc :ite Christmas holidays with her pa ciits, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Abernethy Miss Rose Miller, stenographer foi Mr. Smith, will also leave Thursday FToing to Savannah, Ga., to be with her grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Owens md her sister and brother, Miss Fay? iller and Mr. George Miller. Both are charming young girls anc have made many friends in Hatties burg during their stay here. Misi abernethy is a gifted pianist and t most sympathetic accompanist. He: playing has added much to the pleas ore of the meeting.?Hattiesburj (Miss.) American. ^ _ _ V. 1 _ ? ? -11. TT.tiC? picttciuiiK tor uiic xiiuuvu ui burg, Miss., will begin a series o meetings at Leland, near Greenwood Miss., on Jonuary 7th. In Februar; he will go to Biloxi where prepare tions for his services already are un der way. Gipsy Smith is spending the Christ ma* holidays with his family at Jack son, where they are spending the win tcr. Recommends Change In Tax Systen Moscow, Decv. 27 (By the Associat ec! Press).?Acting Commissar of Fi nance Sokolnikoff yesterday recom mended to all the Russian soviet con gross that the tax system be changed He said he thought it best to chang< to a monetary basis from the presen system whereby the peasonts pay ii farm products. He said he couldn' present the annual budget because o the instability of the ruble. Mosul Oil Fields Will Not be Abandonee Lausanne, Dec. 27 (By the Associ ated Press) ? The British, througl a letter from Lord Curzon to Isme Pasha, today informed Turkey tha the British are never to abandon th Mosul oil fields as the Turks ask. The; declare the prolongation of the Nea East conference would fail to indue the British to recede from their posi tion. The letter declares the Britisl expelled the Turks from the are promising the Arabs freedom fror the Turkish rule. They have given solemn promise to bar the fo*eig powers from the area and intends t keep their word. Cotton Exports During Novembe Washington, Dec. 27.?Cotton ej ports during November, includin linters, are 858,387 bales, ;?o the Conr merce Department announced todaj It is valued at $109,387,713. Johnson-Wilburn The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1 Johnson, of this county, was the seer of a very quiet but beautiful cer< mony, when their daughter, Miss^Be tis Johnson, became the bride of M Manly Wilbum of Cedar Hill sectic of Union county. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbum are amot the finest young people of the counl and deserve the great happine promised in their marriage, ai scores of friends will join in wishii them Christmas joys and life lot happiness. Rev. L. L. Wagrton, Union, S. C., spoke the words whi made this happy couple husband ai wife. I , \ % SIX GO TO CHAIR 5 IN PRESENT YEAR Four white men and two negroes r have been electrocuted during the i - present year, this number of whites i - esiaDiisntng a new record for South I 9 Carolina death penalty figures. It ' i it> the first time since the establish- 1 f merit of the electric chair in 1912 t L that more white men have been elec- i trocuted in one year than negroes. } Although the year is not yet out, n? . further electrocutions will take place ? i as the only one scheduled between I , now and 1923 has been stayed by an < - appeal to the supreme court. Wil- 1 r liam C. Farles, the convicted York i - county murderer, was originally sen- 1 , fenced to die December 29, but he 1 has appealed to the supreme court t . and this automatically stays the senI tence. r Of the six men electrocuted, four t ? were convicted of murder. These 1 were all white. The four were S. J. t i Kirby, JeBse Gappins, C. O. Fox and t t Frank M. Jeffords. s The list of six and their crimes is 1 i as follows: Curtis Franklin, negro, 1 i criminal assault, convicted in Aiken t , and electrocuted February 3; Will 1 , Hood, negro, convicted in Greenville . of murder, electrocuted April 7; C. ' O. Fox, S. J. Kirby and Jesse Gappins, all convicted in Lexington of murder, electrocuted June 16.; Frank < M. Jeffords, convicted of murder in 1 Richland county, electrocuted Decern- ? ^ ber 22. 1 ' Frank M. Jeffords was the 61st 5 man to pay the death penalty by elec- 1 ' trocution. The electric chair was es- 1 lablished in 1912 and' since then 61 * men, 54 negroes and seven whites, I r have been electrocuted. 1 ? William Reed. nr><rm i-nnvi^faH in 1 Anderson in 1912 of criminal assault, ' was the first man to pay the penalty 5 of death by electrocution. He was electrocuted August 6, 1912. Samuel N. Hyde, also of Anderson, was the first whitfe man to be put to death in 1 1 the shair. He was electrocuted Oc- 1 1 tober 1, 1912. 1 r Following Hyde the next white 1 man was C. P. Hushing of Chester- ' 5 field Auguset 18, 1918, and Ihaneit was M. L. Garrett of Lee; ^evitty L?ly 14? '' year.. Jeffords was the last to date. '? * [ WITH THE SICK * ** ******** Miss Gilmer Blankenship has been , - confined to her home on Route 2 with - fiu, but is improving today. Master Charles Alston has been quite sick with flu, but is very much improved today. Mrs. J. T. Spears and Miss De* ni&rys Spears are confined to their ] home with a slight uttack of flu. Mr. and Mrs. Eller und Miss Fulton ; Liter are improving from severe i - cases of flu. ( Miss Lizzie Gregory is very much , improved from n recent attack of flu. , ? ^ Mrs. Manning Jeter has been quite ] sicl: at her home at Santuc with flu, < t hut is better today. i f William McDanie) is very ill at the home of his daughter on Greene street. He had an attack of flu last week and is not recovering as rapidly I as his loved ones and friends wish. Mrs. J. Frost Walker and little ] daughter, Cornelia Greer, have been l k quite sick for a week or more but ^ both are improving. Wesley Greer continues quite sick 1 at his home on S. Church street. 6 1 Master Richard Morgan has been ^ seriously ill for several days with pneumonia. Irwin Brennicke, who had a severe ^ attack of flu is improving. Miss Evelyn Wix is sick at her home on S. Church street with flu. n Mrs. N. H. Pierce of the Western a Union office is confined to her home n with flu. a ? Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Cureton ar* sick with flu at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McDow. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Gregory of * Route 3 have been quite sick with flu, but are improving rapidly, t- Mrs. Gordon Bishop of Route 2 is ft quite sick at her home. ' Mrs. J. M. Salley, who has been 7- quite sick with flu, is improving. R. W. McDow is suffering from an attack of flu. Mrs. Spencer Perrin is confined to her home with an attack of flu. [> 1 *1 |e Donnelly-Stephens e- Miss Naomi Donnelly and Mr. Joe r- Stephens of Cross Keys were quietly r- and happily married, Sunday evening, n December 25th. They motored to Union, S. C., where' if* the ceremony was performed by Rev. ty L L. Wagnon at his residence, 64 South Church street. They have the good wishes of hoste of friends for happy and useful lives. *g 1 of Mrs. Frances Douglass Depass has eh returned from a visit to Asheville and ad is the guest of Capt. and Mrs. F. M. Farr. y BOTH HOUSES TO CONVENE SOON Considerable interest is already being manifested throughout the state in the approaching session of the general assembly. The 1923 session will be fraught with a number of familiar battles, the one big issue of luxation fofi several years past being n line for aplenty of argument next /cor. The session will begin on the second Tuesday in January, which will ae the 9th. However, little work >ther than reorganising will take ilace until after the inaugural ceremonies Januarv 16 Thnm?. n Leod will become governor on the 16th and all other states officials will issume rffice on that day. The two houses will convene at loon on the 9th with the reorgsnizaion work for immediate attention, 'n the house one of the tirat matters 0 be attended to will be the selection >f a speaker to Buoceed J. B. Atkinlon of Spartanburg, who dM not of* er for reelection aR a member of the egislature from Spartanburg couny. Two candidates are known to >o in the race for the speakership. Begins Erection of Store Mr. John K. Hamblin has moved his iffice over the Wonder Store, and has vgun the building of a handsome new itore with offices located above on the ot upon which his offices have been ocated. The property will be quite lundsome when completed. There will >? two stores on the ground floor and 1 number of offices on the second floor, dr. Hamblin will occupy some of hese upstairs offices and has rented he others to desirable renters. Work s already beginning. Death of Miss Bessie Nelson Miss Bessie Nelson died at her 1-ime in Jonesville December 17 and vas buried the following day at New Hope cemetery. She had been in declining health for three years and leaves to mourn her death, her moth it. Mm. Dora Nelson, two brothers, 1. H. Nelson, W. N. Nelson, and one bisWr, Mrs. Kate Tucker, besides a / On Sunday next Bishop Pinlmy will visit the Episcopal church at 7:80 p. in., preach and administer the rite of confirmation. * A cordial welcome is extended the general public. m f Bobo-Clark Miss Pauline Bobo and Mr. Earl Clark, two of the popular Cross Keys young people, were quietly married Sunday afternoon, December 24th, 1922. They, with friends, motored to Union, S. C., and were married by Rev. L. L. Wagnon at his home, 64 South Church street, this city. The good wishes and hopes of scores of friends will follow these young people for a life of happiness, and they are the recipients of warm congratulations and iloubly happy on this Christmas tide. Two Burned to Death In Boarding House Fire Gastonia, N. C., Dec. 27.?John D. Hough and Mack Hopper were burned ? to death at Bessemer City, near here, last night in a fire that destroyed the hr*Q rdinor hmiQn nnd uotroml nthar buildings. J. D. Eddings is missing. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open 2:20 p. m. January 26.70 26.63 March * 26.95 26.89 May 26.99 26.95 July 26.72 26.67 October 24.84 24.86 Local market 26.75 Four Held in Connection With Robbery of Messengers New Orleans, Dec. 27.?Two men ana two women are being held here in connection with the robbery of five messengers and drovers of the National Bank of Kansas City, in which the highwaymen obtained $97,000. The men gave their names as George Wilson and Jim Coverty, and said the women were their wives. Eighty-three hundred dolla.-s was found in a handbag. S. C. Crosby and little son are visiting Ellis Crosby, of Jacksonville, Fia. P. B. Bobo spent the holidays with relatives in Clinton. Miss Isabella Depass of Columbia will spend the week-end with Capt. and Mr3. F. M. Farr. M. 1 O UJ AfUnU.ll .* mi. IIIU mm. o. f? . mnA.ucii VJI Charlotte, N. C., are visitors In Union today. Miss Sara Leake BlacK of New t?. Yrrk city is the truest of colleti' fri-ndi in Union this weekk. In Holland more than 10,000 acres an devoted to the cultivation of bulbs, can be traced back 1300 year*. / ?