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''c-'W''''"'^ ' - sg?k . . * .*"/ >*$-? *'* M'v .^bp stv gSf s^qP^w^ w* ~ rs ^ BEit&bliihed in 1891. FOBT BULL, B. 0., THUB8DAY, AUGUST 28, 1919 $1.26 Per Your. ^ ?' " I WILSON'S ATTITUDE 11 | IS INTERESTING' HOW FA"! MAY THE PRE8IDENT el GO IN BACKING DEMAND FOR * TREATY ACCEPTANCE. u I THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS 5 Laughing Suggestion Made that Lodge jj, A and Knox be Appointed to Assist in Negotiating New Treaty. w Washington.?How far President 5; Wilson may go in hiH fight for un- s: Huaimm rteuuitt acceptance or the b peace treaty is a subject of increas- w lng speculation in official and diplo- ri mntic circles. w Summed up, these discissions con- o template that he might take up the S question of changes in the treaty by a diplomatic correspondence; return to a Paris and ask that the peace confer- * ence he ri afsenibled for negotiation w of a new treaty; send a new delega- r! tion to reopen negotiations; or pocket the treuty and refuse to proceed further unless the senate recede from its pG5 i tioi*. ? The possibility of Mr. Wilson's return to Paris to straighten out the | points raised by any senate qualifications is one which some senators ay would be entirely in line with his course thus far in the peace settle- * ment. ? To send an entirely new set of peace j* delegates also would he admittedly within the President's power, and in ? that connection republican senntors a freauentlv have msntlnnpit Sennfnr Hitchcock's statement that the Presi- | dent laughingly suggested Senators t< Lodge and Knox as possible selections y to negotiate a new treaty should the p present one bo amended. a That the President might permit tl the negotiations to stand in a dead- u lock by declining to take up with other governments any changes suggested by the senate involves perhaps ^ the most interesting possibilities of lL J T OBREGON CANDIDATE FOR 0 PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, u Mexico City.?General Alvnro Obre(ton. who is a candidate for the presidency sent the following telegram ? to President Carranza: ^ "Although I have plenty of confl- c deneo that the government of which & you are in charge will find most nde- n qua to means of surmounting the dif- P flcult international s'tuation through which we are now pnssing. I am proud to tell you that in the very remote g contingency under which this situa- n tion might not reach a satisfactory ti conclusion. I would be hnnnv to cive n my modest forces in helping our tl government In any place that I might a be used." f< PROFITEERS IN BRITAIN ARE FACING ROCKY ROAD. n k London.?The Rrltlsh campaign to j] defeat profiteers received new impo ti tus when hundreds of people from o the surrounding districts poured into c Oxford to purchaso from the street n market organised by the trade and la- fi bor councils. The stalls wero be g eleged for hours, and every class o! purchase was there. Prices were neni iy 50 per cent below those in the hops. All over Great Britain street ? markets ore being opened to fight profiteers c P PREMIER NITTI URGES * GREATER PRODUCTION 11 w Rome.?Premier Nittl Issued a " proclamation addreased to all the pre- ? fects, urging them to enry on a campaign for grenter production in the country, most frugal economy and the ' r\rt.v?n M nn r\t otrllfn# h "A majority of the public continues 41 to lire as heretofore," said the pre- ? mler. "Besides therr is a large part 11 of the people who Instead of workIng more Intensely Insist on working t( leas and demanding greater compen- * nation." L BYRNES THINKS RADICALS ARE TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE ol Washington.?Representative James ^ P. Byrnes, or South Carolina, will ask Vl for an Investigation of whnt he thinks Is a movement to excite the negroes 01 to revolution. Tie Is suro that the I W. W anil (ther radical organisations " V' ?re trying to stir up trouble In this c< cotintry. He will ask the house to J* tajm action to bar from the mails a number of negro newspapers that j* t carry matter to inc.te riot or rovo lutlon. c< "YOUNGEST FLIER** IN AMERICA IS KILLEC T Tampa. Fla.?Sergeant-Pilot Ohas. ^ Copp, 17 years old. said to he the ^ youngest flier In the United States tl army aerial service, died at Carlstrom t* field, Arcadia, as the result of Inju J* riea received when n's machine fell. * D He regained consciousness for only a * few mlrutes following the accident Copp's home was in Tampa and he was known as one of the best filers c at Carlstrom. L S OPPOSED 10 RACE SUICIDE i affney Man 90 Years Old Has Bean Married Four Times And Is Father of Fifty-two Children. Gaffney. ? The most remarkable haracter in Cherokee county, or ineed anywhere in the United Ditties, i John H. Lynch of Cherokee Falls, [e will be 90 years of age next April, nd came to Gaffney to have a warint issued for a neighbor who had ireatened to kill him. the difficulty aving arisen over the fact that the eighbor's chlf had been trespassing n the old man's pea patch, which he ad himself planted and cultivated. Ir. Lynch, in spite of his great age, 1 hale and hearty, and does his daily rork in the fields. He has been marled four times, and is the father of 2 children, nearly all of whom are till living. His youngest child was orn the year that President "Wilson 'as inaugurated, and is named Woodaw. In his younger days Mr. Lynch 'as a miner, having worked at many f the prospects in both North and outh Carolina, e has the appearnce of being not over 65 years of age. nd judging by his conversation one 'ould think that if his present wife 'ere to die he would wish to get mapled again. Anderson.?Anderson's police force c nd Are department had a material in- ? rease in salaries voted them by the h ity council. All the policemen get w 100 while the chief is raised to 9125. York.?Excellent progress in the T 'ork of paving the streets of York has ? een made In the last tew weeks, this eing partly due to the abundance of iborers resulting from the cessation 8 f farming activities in the country round York. Chester.?The cotton crop in Chee?r county is one of the best in many u ears. A number of farmers have sold p art of their cotton crop for 36 cente M pound. The vast majority expect tie price to soar much over that fig- r re. The corn crop is a little off. \ Greenwood.?Two negroes, John and d 'oeter Noble, were instantly killed r nd four other negroes injured when n he automobile in which they were s idlng was struck by a shifting engine r n the Charleston & Western Caro- s na Railway. o P Columbia.?Prof. L. T. Baker, dean ' f the University of South Carolina, 1 rill act as dean of the department of f ommerce and finance to be opened '' t the university the coming fall term c ntil a professor to head the new deartment can be secured. c a Washington.?(Special) ? Tormer ^ enator W. P. Pollock of Cheraw, t ow in Washington, received an invi- c ation to call upon the president at f he White House. It is understood ^ hat Mr. Pollock will discuss his probble appointment as a member of the l sderal trade commission. Columbia.?C. P. Wray, prominent lerchant of Ridgeway, was Instantly f, illed and his wife received Injuries h liat caused death before medical at- p sntlon could be procured, while thr9e c thers He seriously wounded at the lolumbla hospital as a result of a col- <] sion of a southbound Southern reiRht train and Mr. Wray's oar at t mallwood. h t Camp Jackson.?The courtmartial ? f W. E. Mlkell, former civilian book- n eeper at Camp Jackson, who was a hnrged under 54 specifications with adding his records and embattling I overnment funds while employed at ie camp, has been concluded and 'hlle no verdict has been made pubc everything points to the acquittal r f Mr. Mlkell. a p Patrick.?A terrific electric and rain v torm passed over Patrick lasting one f our. Several inches of rain fell caua- v lg a washout on Seaboard Air Lino ne-half mile south of Patrick, derail- ' lg five cars of train No. 2. No pasengers were seriously hurt. Track irn up somo distance, rftraln No. 8 DUth, detoured ov>r Atlantic Coast ^ line Railway, via Choraw. v o Auto Company Prospers. Rock Hill.?At the snnual meeting ^ f the atockholders of the Anderson fotor company It wan unanimously otod to lncrenee the company's capi* il stock one million dollars. The 0 >mpany's ^present stock is $2,625,000. K his action by ths stockholders con- | e rmed the vote of the directors of the ? Mnpany at a recent meeting. Ap- ^ roxlmately 95 per cent of tho stock- ; '' olders were represented at the meet- " iff. according to announcement made ^ y J. G. Anderson, president of the '' ampany. 11 fi Permanent Trl-County Fair. Andrews.?At a mass meeting the c ri-County Fair Association became a srmanent organization. The tobacco warehouses will be used lis season for exhibit buildings, but n le association la planning to buy a act of SI acres of land, and they ex- rl set before another aeason to have on lis ground a good half mile race mck, hall park and exhibit buildings I the latest type. c The fair association Is unusually irtunate in securing the service* of ? imes D. Lee as general manager. 11 U JOHN BARTON PAYNE f ?^ | ^ Judge John Barton Payne of Chi- tl ago, general counsel for the United tates railroad administration, who w as been nominated to succeed Ed- a /ard N. Hurley as chairman of the a Inited States chipping board. p tl WIRE QUESTION IS REVIEWED^ |t< \ hopmen Leaders Are Promised That (( Alt Facts Relating to the Situation R Will Be Carefully Considered. ? A WanhinKton.?Early action to settle | a nrest in the ranks of railroad emloyees who have been demanding new ^ rage increases was forecast. R After a lengthy conference with the !' spresentatives of the six shop crafts, Hrector General Hines went to the yhite House to discuss with Presi ent Wilson the problems facing the ailroad administration. While no anouncement was made, it was undertood that the entire question was j, eviewed, including the obvious neces- v ity for an increase in rates or anther congressional appropriation to rovide funds for any wage advance hat may be made, since the adininis- s ration has been incuring a deficit ^ very month this year due to the fallig off in business and the higher R ost of lahor and materials. g Mr. Hines promised the shopmen's ^ anders that he would give careful ^ onsideration to all the facts presented j" nd would endeavor to reach a final ] J eclsion in the near future, indicating | hat he will order into affect any hanges in the wage scale without reerring the demands to a board for n investigation. X >i .OCAL SELF GOVERNMENT IS GRANTED TO KOREAN PEOPLE. Washington.?Local self government a or Korea and reforms looking toward iomo rule, are announced in an im- j f( erial rescript Issued in Toklo and re- H eived here at the Japanese embassy, j 0 The military government has heen : n lspincea ana succeeuia oy a civu one. Possibly most important of all, from b he Korean point of view, the rescript iy the emperor of Japan provides hat Koreans shall have the aame irlvlleges and legal rights as Japa- p ess. Heretoioro. Japanese have been | a privileged class. fl IILL INTRODUCED TO STOP IMMIGRATION FOR TWO YEARS P Washington.?A bill to stop all imnigration for two years and to deport ill aliens who withdrew their first r >apers in order to escape military ser- ' ice during the war wis introduced by o lhalrman Johnson, of the house lm- h migration committee. ti c ALMER'S NOMINATION s CONFIRMED BY SENATE | N Washington.?The nomination of A. >fitchell Palmer to be attorney general P ras confirmed by the senate without t< ppositlon. fi . r MEXICAN TROOP8 JOIN N IN PURSUIT OF BANDIT8 Washington.?Mexican Consul Bengrchea at Presidio, Texas, in a tele- t( ram to Ambassador Bonillas, report- ti d that General Pruneda, commander a f the federal troops across the bor- n< er from Candelarla, Texas, had gone a pursuit of the bandits. The conul said he had notified Colonel Lang- f' orne that General Pruena was mak- P ag pursuit so that the American com- tl nander might "order the return of his orces." 't IEMOCRAT8 WOULD NOT F 8TAND FOR DAYLIGHT LAW | Washington.?The president could ot hold the Democrats In line for the aylight saving law. The pressure of 01 He farmer was so great that congress tf :>ok fright. ,|S The south never did take much to v' he daylight saving law. People there h onsidered It a dream. 111 The vote on this proposition shows ni ne thing plainly that is, the farmer l< i stronger than the labor union when,b' ie final show-down comes. ial iHMITTEE DECIDE TO REPORT TREATY AST HEARING OF WITNESSES APPEARS TO BE iN SIGHT IS PRESENT INDICATION. HANTUNG IS CHIEF MATTER riticism is Indulged in of Clause In Peace Treaty Providing for International Labor Organization. Washington.?In a determined effort ) report the peace treaty before Sepjmber 1, the senate foreign relations Dmmittee suddenly interrupted its ubllc hearings and arranged to go to rork on proposed amendments and sservations. (Although one more witness may be eard members think that will be the ist hearing before the teraty was ?ported. It was indicated that the st of others who are to appear later rould not be permitted to stand In le way of an early report. Chairman Lodge declined to say 'hen he thought the committee would ct. It is likely that among the first mendments voted on will be one proosing to strike out or modify the arIcles giving Japan control In Shanmg province, China. The story of the negotiations resultlg In the Shantung provision was lid to the committee by Prof. E. T. Williams, who was technical adviser 3 the American peace delegation. He aid he had "strongly objected" to the ettlement reached, and thought the .merican delegates should not have loonFoH to It During the day there was more deate eon the treaty in the senate. Sentor Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, crit:ialng the provisions for an internaional labor organiaztlon. 1EREBRT HOOVER REPORTS DANGER OF COAL. FAMINE Paris.?Herbert Hoover, who has list returned to Paris after a busy isit to central, Europe and Silesia, as laid before the supreme council tie Impression made u-pon him by the ourney. His conclusion after a close tudy of the problems Is that unless le very widest, almost autocratic powrs be given in dealing with the coal Ituation In Silesia, nothing can save lurope from a crisis which will show tself both economically and political7. oRlshevism feeds upon hunger, a Budapest there is a tremendous carclty of food. Hospitals wtilch ontain over 20.000 patients have no ntiseptic or dressings. There is no lilk for children. AMENDMENTS TO LEVER ACT VOTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION Washington.?Without amendment nd with practically no opposition, tie house voted' to amend the L?ever nod control act to extend its provlions to include clothing, containers f food, feed or fertilizers, fuel oil nd implements used in production of ecesslties, and to penalize profiteers y a $5,000 fine or two years imprlsnment . Proposals to make the act apply to roflteers in house and room rents, dopted by the house in committee of tie whole .were stricken out in the nal vote. RIVATE OPERATION DEPENDS LARGELY ON RAILROAD CREDIT Washington.?Private operation of allroads can not be restored at existlg rates, Robert S. Lovett, president f the Union Pclflc Railroad, told the ouse interstate commerce commits Be during a discussion In which he ontended the railroad problem "is olely a question of railroad credit." Howard Elliott, president of the Torthern Pacifls, another witness, urgrl early adoption of a national transortation policy, declaring delay only rnded to make "all classses uncer*ln and unsettled.' IO TRACE OF MISSING ARMY AVIATORS FOUND. San Diego, Calif.?American aviairs and troopers aided by Mexican oops, searched in vain for Lieutennts P. R. Watorhouse and C. H. Conelly, army aviators. The search is being made over a irip or lann extending southward *om the Mexican border. reaching aproximately 130 miles across from le Pacific ocean to the gulf of Call>rnla. A high mountain range bisects north and south. ORTY GREEK BOY SCOUTS ARE MASSACRED BY TURKS. Athens.Tuikish Irregulars recently ;cupied Aiding for two days and has>ned to arrest about 40 native Boy couts, being determined to wreak sngeance for the services the boys ad rendered the Oreek troops. They inrched them out and asked to deounce their country, hut the boys afir a brief and tragic silence replied jr singing the Greek national anthem ad wero promptly massacred J. A. DE MARVAL ' s^^^Skl^nI |^P*vl I J. A. do Marval, honorary commitsioner of the Argentine government, is in Washington to study the opera tion of the United States patent office and to present recommendations with a view to improving the patent office at Buenos Aires. De Marval is also to visit London and Paris for the same purpose. OF POTENTIAL MORAL FORCE 'Our Delegation Endeavored as Far as It Waa Honorably Possible to Keep American Nation Unentangled. Washington.?President Wilson, in terpreting the league of nations covenant for the senate foreign relations commitee, declared it imposed no legal obligation for the use of. Aineri can military forces in protecting the territory or Independence of any other nation Rut he added that the covenant might involve, in certain circumstances, an "absolutely compelling moral obligation" which might be even stronger than a legal promise. Pressed for a more exact definition by committee members who insisted that the whole arrangement was "a rope of sand," he asserted that on the contrary he considered it as placing the nations in an "attitude of comradeship and protection" which would compel respect for the principles of justice and liberty Article 10 of the covenant, guaran teeing the integrity of the league members against aggression, he declared would leave to each nation i "complete fredom of choice as to the application of force." The president revealed that Ja pan's promise to return Shantung ; province to China was reduced to I written form in the miutes of the 1 peace conference. He asserted he had "every confidence" that the promise would be carried out and told the senators it was "the best that could be got" out of the negotiations. Japan having given notice she would withdraw from conference if her demands were refused. A 1 * i i iic American delegates, ne said, ; had tried to keep the nation free ! from obligation in European afTalra i "so far as it was honorably possible | to do so" but he asserted that It might be necessary to keep some American troops In the Rhine district under the treaty for the next 15 years. NEW WAGE AND WORKING AGREEMENT IS APPROVED. Detroit.?General chairmen of the | United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employes and railway shop I orders approved a new wage and | working agreement already submitted to the railroad administration, calling for an increase in pay of approximate I ly f 1 a day per man and time and a half for overtime and promotion by i seniority. The demands It was said afreet all railroads In the United States, Canada and Central America and involves about 600,000 workers. FIRST LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON hioh rnQ-r r>c i ivima Washington.?With adoption of the Igoe resolution directing the federal trade commission to investigate in , creased shoe prices, the house took I first legislative action toward reduction of the high coat of living. Hefore adoption or me resolution, which was without a dissenting vote, the house voted down nn amendment , which would have extended the inquiry to other articles of clothing and food. RECEIVER GRANTS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL RAISE IN WAGES. New York.?Job E. Hedges, receiver j of the New York Railways company, which operates most of the surface lines in .Manhattan, granted an addi| tional 15 per cent wage increase to employees, making 25 per cent within the last few days. The surface line workers did not go on strike with the subway and elevated men who returned to work after being granted a 25 per cent raise. WILSON POWERLESS TO DECLARE PEACE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS IN ARGUMENT DECIDE TO CONTINUE HEARINGS. NO EVADING RESPONSIBILITY Pittman Compromise Proposal is Not Sponsored by the president, But Follows up His General Ideas. Washington.?A white house announcement and an executive session of the foreign relations committee brought to the surface again two other issues of the treaty fight. President Wilson, replying to a sug gestion that lie might put the country on a peace basis by declaring the war at an end. announced that he not only considered himself powerless to take such a step but considered a peace declaration either by himself or congress prior to ratification of the treaty would "put a stain upon our national honor" by evading responsibility in the world peace settlement. The foreign relations comniitee got into another argument over prompt comm 'tee action on the treaty which ended by a decision, without a record vote.to continue its hearings to re ceive the eases of the Irish, Greek, Egyptian, ITkranian, Esthonian and Lettish races. In every democratic quarter, including the white house, It was indicated that the compromise proposal as presented In a resolution by Senator Pittman of ?*evada. Democrat, was not specifically sponsored by the president, though it followed generally the lines of his sugestion to the committee Tuesday regarding reservations. ELEVEN CENTS CONSIDERED A FAIR PRICE FOR SUGAR Washington. ? Active control of sugar prices was resumed by the government. through an agreement reached between the department of justice nnd the food administration that licenses will be revoked by the latter when it is shown dealers have been profiteering. Sugar should reach the consumer at approximately 11 cents a pound, it whs announced, based on the ownerj.nip of the entire domestic and Cuban crop by the United States sugar equalization board, which is selling to refiners at 7.28 cents a pound. PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYES TO WAIVE RIGHT TO STRIKE Washington. The railroad reorgan ........... >>...*1.1111 nuouill lliciuur ICglSlation to assure the public sufficient facilities and service for its needs, and also to protect it from strikes, the house interstate commerce committee was told by witnesses at Its hearing. A. 1'. Thorn, counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, declared the fundamental need of proposed legislation for return of tho roads to private operation was creation of a federal transportation hoard, charged with general oversight from the viewpoint of public Interests of the country's transportation weeds, and Charles Piez. Chfcago. representing the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. urged that rail employes be .compelled to wnive the right of a strike when accepting employment. U. 8. TROOPS CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR BANDITS Marfa. Texas.?The American punitive expedition continued combing mountain passes and canyons in search of the Mexican bandits who held two American army aviators for ransom, but only meager reports as to progress had been received here. The forward dash was not slackened by protests against the presence of American troops on Mexican soil. CARTER Gl ASS SPEAKS TO THE RAM VCDC ,\t r? ? ^ wvnvtil l lUIN, Winston-Salem.?Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, and Brigadier Samson D. F.aison. IT. S. A., who commanded the Sixtieth brigade of the Thirtieth division when the brigade broke the Hindenhurg line and won I the victory that sent Germany military prowess to a fall, were speakers at the night session of the North Carolina Bankers' association, in annual convention here before an audience of about 2,000. GREAT PACKERS DEFENDED AND ARE ALSO DENOUNCED. Washington.?Denunciation and defonse of the "big Ave" packers, their methods and alleged control of the preparation and supply of foodstuffs, were mingled in approximately equproportions bofore the senate ngrlcu ure committee as witnesses discussed the Kenyon bill which proposes to license tho concerns and to deprive them of rrfrigorator car and stockyard facilities. TOBACCO SALES IN I SEVERAL COUNTIES HEMINGWAY HAS BIGGEST DAY !N THE HISTORY OF TOWN'S TOBACCO MARKET. PRICE FAIRLY SATISFACTORY Lifting of Embargo Has Caused Sales At All V? Warehouses to Reach Enormous Proportions. Hemingway.?This town has had the biggest day in the history of tobacco market. There are four big warehouses, 80 by 200 feet and one still larger and all were crowded, so much so that tobacco had to be unloaded out of doors and trucked in. Sales began early and continued till dark and were not then complete. Over 300,000 pounds was sold. Tobacco still I continued to come in for sales. Prices for good tobacco are satisfactory. Mullins.?The Mnllins tobacco market looked like old times when between 500,000 and 600.000 pounds of tobacco were sold with about 100,000 pounds lert on the streets unable to Ret floor space in the warehouses. Tobacco was bringing an exceptionally pood price with such a break on prices ranging from 18 to 80 per pound for pood tobacco. Johnnonville?After having been closed for a number of days on account of conditions on the railroads, the tobacco market here haB reopened and the three warehouses sold 227.000 pounds at almost undreamed of high prices. Good tobacco sold up to 82 cents per pound and even the trashy grades brought good prices. Spartanburp.?Samuel P. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has been invited to address the convention of the South Carolina Federation of Labor which meets in Spartanburg for two days, September 15 and 16. Oaffney.?Misses Hopkln9 and Wise, home demonstration agents for Cherokee county, are making a canvass of the business concerns of Gaffney, to procure a number of prizes which they wish to award to the club girls of the county, who now number more than | 150. Blackville.?Boll weevils were reported on Preston Beck's place, threefourths of a mile from Mixson's Siding. H. G. Boylston. county agent for Barnwell county, was sent by the department to the farm nnd he report* that they are the genuine boll weevils. The weevils were found on about 20 acres, but the infestation is light so far. Greenville.?Orders for government food which is to be sold In acordance with government instructions were received at the Greenville postoffice, but with the exception of one item, there was no rush to secure the goods. Rice was the only item which was soon taken up, only 1.100 pounds being assigned to Greenville and this to be sold in lots of 100 pounds. Washington.?(Special) ? Erection by the federal government of a monu| ment at Cowpens battle ground, Cherokee county, S. C., to commemorate the battle there on January 17, 1781, was proposed by a bill Introduced by j Representative Stevenson, South Carolina. The measure would provide $30,000 for the monument. Laurens.?A plan Is taking shape looking to the extension df the water nnd lighting system and tha permanent improvement of the streets tn certain parts of the town. Bonds may he issued for the needed improvement. In fact the Chamber of Commerce has a committee conferring with a committee of city council on the subject and a report on the matter may j be made by the first of the mni>ti. Big Price for Farm*. Anderson.?Of nil of the iflg land deals that have been made In thin 1 country, within the last few weeks the hipgest was that of Pat Major, who states that he hns sold his farm of more than 400 acres for approximately SI 40.000. This is one of the finest farms in Anderson county and has ? I handsome colonial house on It, built by the late W. Quint TIammond. All >f the buildings are well constructed and attractive. The place is within five miles of the -lty. The name of the purchaser has not been given out. Youngest Vice President. Greenville.?Greenville lists among ! v-- ? - - - un in(inl successful business men. one who is probably the youngest director* of the Judaon cotton mill company. Recently, Brown Mahon, aged >1 years, was elected rice president, succeeding the late John M. Oeer, who was one of the smith's foremost cotton mill executive*. Young Mahon has been with tha Judson mill since his graduation from the otty high school four Years ago. His faithfulness to hla task woa for him the confidence of his employer*.