The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, September 21, 1921, Image 1

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r=ri The Union Daily Times i, PRESS 1 -?ocul thundc show- j V DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to The Union Daily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY | nhrht"^ afUrn<>n or to* >' . " ?? Vol. LXXI No. 1178 Union, S. C., Wednesday Afternoon, Sept. 21, 1921 ~ _ dc Per Copy MASS MEETING HELD TO CONSIDER E The mass meeting held in the court house yesterday, beginning at 12 o'clock and continuing to 2:30 o'clock i p. m., was attended by about 300 men ?farmers, merchants and professional men?and is going to prove epoch-making, we verily believe. The meeting was held to consider the boll weevil menace, and the speeches made were illuminating, highly so. One can not but wish that every farmer and business man in Union county had been present. The meeting was called to order by J. F. McLure, president of the Union Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. After a brief speech explaining the object of the gathering, introduced Mr. J. P. Quinerly of Lee county. Mr. Quinerly told how to meet the boll weevil menace. Without attempting to give a detailed report of this excellent speech, we present the points Briefly that were given by him to fight the boll weevil: 1. Destroy the cotton stalks. Do this as early as possible, say by Oct. If. 2. Clean up all trash on hedge row acd terrace, burning this litter. The boll weevil hibernated in the trash and in the cotton stalks left in the field. Experience has shown that cotton can be grown under boll weevil conditions by these two things. 3. Pick the squares that have been punctured in the early spring and burn them. This method alone has proven to be sufficient to grow a fair crop of cotton under boll weevil con ditions. The picking must start in May and continue to August, picking over the fields twice a week. Each weevil picked means two pounds of cotton saved. 4. Use fertilizer generously. Use about what you did under pre-boll weevil conditions. 5. Don't cut out cotton, but reduce acreage. <5. Rotate crops. Grow the food and feed stuffs. Build up your soil. These five points made by Mr. Quinerly solve the problem. He speaks with authority, from actual experience and observation. After Mr. Qufnerly had spoken, Mr. McLure introduced Mr. H. C. Bates, of the industrial development department of the Southern Railway. Mr. Bate* made a most practical speech. will you do with that farm node* boll weevil conditions? (1) Have some coWb; (2) some hogs: (3) raise sweet potatoes; (4) figure just how mhdh it win take of that 200 acres to raise all the fooAand-jfe^d stuffs necessary to tale cafe of n? amMwkst *?Ttbat farm, then plant all the rest in cotton. J&f e. J^*?tio/L to auviQe 01 mr. yuineny an wf now u> treat the acres planted to cotton, ana you need not fear, the ,boll weevil. He will tye a blessing:', sot a curse. .M The next speaker introduced was Mr. Roland Turner, general agricn^r tural agent of thfcjjoutheru Railroad Development Board. Mr. Turner made a Captivating speech, the facts, as, gathered by The Tlmfes" ihan briefly summarized are: L The trouble has grown out of the fact that we have bought elsewhere the necessities, paying more for them than we could produce them for. This bad economic condition must not be. KOur people are 4 great people, but we are behind inv agricultural development. The South must; get Upon a better economic basis. The boll weev.il v is going to teach us better than all the Speech-making. You will not^be convinced by the speaking. You tvill nave to pay attention to the boll w6e, * Vjf. People wiy not believe; never have believed in any county Where the weevil was just entering. The South * is getting ready to accept the proposition that the South must get upon^an entirely different economical basis. The present need in Union county for the farmer and the general public is some way or means by whicn the aetage farmer may get cash for some product of the farm, cash to run on. You will then have served the great^ eBt need. Sell some cream, feed the clabber; sell a few eggs and fryers, And get money to buy the backhand, trace chain, plows and other needed implements of the farm. The second greatest need is the building up of the lands. How are you roiJig to improve the lands ? We can't DUfld np the lands under the present system. We . must rotate. - We must plant legumes., Union county should adopt the policy of selling from the farm only the finished product. Don't scH oats, hay, corn, peas. These should kefot for vour own use on the famgu We. sore under no moral obligation to clcithfe the world at less than the cost of production. The farms of Union county should be solf-sustaining. The boll weevil is going to help them to become self-sustaining. After the speech by Mr. Turner Mr. ? L. J. Browning was called upon, and V made a Speech ^ndoi^ing the. speeches altfqdy. made. He aaidf his study of the question and his recent opportunely to see cot top grown under boll weeW conditions, convinced him that every word of the speeches was true, and:In following the Advice the farmers of the county could grow cotton aueeessfully under,boll weevil condiA . U#,?V J i+s. ' Dr, B. T. Parker, of Spartanburg, haa been visiting in the city for sevMr?. w. B. Aiken will return to her 1 tome on Calhoun street in Oc-| tober, after spending the summer months in Aumvius. ' > 1 Mliiiii ' YESTERDAY iOLL WEEVIL MENACE CONGRESS WILL MEET TOMORROW Washington, Sept. 20.?Congress will reassemble tomorrow noon, after a recess since August 24, with a full program for the remainder of the extra session which may lapse into the regular December session. Activity at first is to center in the senate which will consider the tax revision bill; the peace treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary; the arti-beer. railroad debt funding, the allies' debt refunding and other bills. The treaties are to be transmitted by President Harding tomorrow and are to be pressed at once. The house will reconvene under a gentlemen's agreement to transact virtually no business until October 4. Comparatively few representatives were in Washington tonight and the leaders were not expected until next month. The bill to reapportion the he use membership is slated to be taken up when the house begins workk. Presentation to the senate of the peace treaties with the revenue bill was expected to be the principal event tomorrow although leaders tonight indicated a possibility that the sessions tomorrow might be perfunctory and business put over one day. Death of house members during the recess, it was said, might out of respect cause an immediate adjournment of both senate and house. Vice President Coolidge was here tonight ready to open the senate, but the house will be presided over by Pnni*aoonf of TUoloU / \ ^^ vuviiwuvi f? uiou ^Avcpuunvau / ui Masachusotts fn the absence of Speaker Gillett, who will not return before October. The house agreement provides for three day recesses until October 4. A definite legislative program for the rest of the session is to be arranged soon by Republican steering committees whose members will confer with President Harding . The tax bill is to have senate precedence, according to'present plans, although debate on it is not expected to begin un, til next week. In view, however, of the administration,-desire to press the peace treaties, it was said by leaders tonight that the tax bill and the treaties might be coopered aim^taneoiyly pttbUeaii leaders, it .is understood, intend to have the treaty dobate after action by tha foreign rAt&cm lottramitt#e" hr executive session, hot efforta to open the doors ir4 planned by .Democrafs and by some "Republicana. The <^nti-beer bill also is to-be 'pressed at once, according to Senator Sterling (Republican) of Sogth Da5ota, who in in charge of it. As the orrference report was adopted by the house just before the recess, the bill hu parliamentary priority in the senate even over\ the bill or, the treaties. Y '* ? v After, disposal^f the tax 'bill, the ^senate finance coifimittee is to resume work on the suspended tariff revision measure, but with little prospect of filial enactment before early spring. The railroad debt funding bul is to be urged at the first opportunity in the senate, according to Republican leaders. It passed the house just before the recess. Op October 10 under a formal agreement entered into last month, the senate will vote on the Borah bi^l to restore to American coastwise vessels free tolls privileges in the Panama canal. Much senate and some house discussions of, questions involved in the armament conference are in prospect. Goo^ roads legislation is in conference with final action on the Townsehd-Dowell federal aid bills expected next month. .. The joint' congressional committee investigating agricultural relWf is to continue hearings jn October. Calls Attention > to Passports Washington, Sept. 21.?The necessity of having consular vises of pass ports 01 persons going r ranee was called to the attention of the public by the state department. Moonshine Drops in Price Danville, Va., Sept. 21.?With "moonshine" down to $2.00 per gallon compared with $15 a few months ago, the operators abandon their stills for other agricultural pursuits. Eleventh Grade Elects Officers The J4feh grade of the Union high school- elected officers for the session 1921-22: . President, David Coleman; vice-pre$id4nt, Miss Leonora Arthur; secretary; Miss-?. Webber^ treasurer, Miss Theepa Norman. Thousand Persons Killed in Explosion ; "> ; ' > ? Maysuce, Germany, Sept. 21,?More than 1,000 persons a re reported killed in the''Chemical product plant explosion at Oppau in thS -Worms region. Wire communication with the Worms W-.Ti. A ik.n spent'tiie -week-end ill Asherille, whertc Aiken has been spending the summer. . f> * * DEATH CLAIMS GOOD WOMAN Mrs. Catherine Little, widow of the late William Little, died at the home of her son, R. Jud Little at Kelton, at (5 p. m. Tuesday, Sept. 20. While not in robust health, her death was none the less a severe shock to her friends and loved ones, for it was unexpected. Mrs. Little was 75 years of age, and her long life was a beautiful exhibition of Christian graces. She was a devoted mothi r and was held in very 1 lgh esteem by her neighbors. Mrs. Little is survived by the following children: John Little and Jud Little of Kelton, Paul Little and Miss Carry Little of Spartanburg, Joe Little of Simpsonville and Bep Little of Nashville, Tenn. She is also survived by two sisters: Mrs. Sallie Little and j Miss Hannah Montgomery of Spartanburg and one brother, Beverly Montgomery of Landrum. The burial will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at Sulphur Springs Baptist church where she was for many years a member. Pershing Received With Homage ! Haveie, Sept. 21.?General Pershing returned to Paris amid acclaim i rivalling the homage shown when the general led the American armies against the German hordes. The liner tj Paris was escorted by the French squadron while the guest of the 1 French republic stood on the bridge of the vessel acknowledging the welcome, lie was met by Marshall Branchet Desperey and his staff and Colonel T. Bentley Mott, of the military .attache of the American embassy. General Pershing goes to Coblenz Friday. Bolsheviki Continue Hostilities London, Sept. 21.?Continued hostile machinations by the Bolshevik emissaries in Persia and Afganistan will imperil the commercial agreements between Britain and Russia. i Talk Over Irish Question London, Sept. 21.?Lloyd George and his cabinet will have an informal talk over the Irish matters at Jairloek, Scotland, and the impression presages that the appeal by the prime : turer, and four members of the cr^i of the yacht Marold second najprej?* ly escaped death'when fire destqftyeMj the craft at the doer while the ]pas3% sengers were asleep. All were tw-I Thirty-seven Million . Cotton Swindles at Beginning of Yeaf | i ' Washington, Sept. 21.?There were . nearly 37,000,000 cotton spindles ? l| the United States jit the beginning or 4 .the cotton year on August 1. ( Horrible Murder ... vfl a Dowagiac, Mich., Sept. 21.?Williara Monroe, his wife and 17-year-olJ daughter, Neva were beaten to death* ' with a club and Ardits Monroe, a 10-* year-old daughter, blinded by blows from a nail-studded club used by the , murdered, who is yet unknown. The i motive for the murder is a mystery. WILL OPPOSE PEACE TREATIES Washnigton, Sept. 20.?Announcement from the White House today that the new peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary would be transmitted tomorrow to 1 the senate was followed by information that they would encounter 1 opposition from several Rerpublicans as well as some Democrats. Senator Borah (Repnblican) of Idaho, who began the battle against the treaty of Versailles, is planning to wage a fight against ratification of the new treaties and is said to have assurances of support from a few Republicans and some Democrats who ware foremost among the critics of tha Versailles treaty. Hoanftii firnmiu n-f Annnaitinn. admin istratidtr leaders in the senate tonight-mid they, were confident of early Ratification, and the opponents did , not express much' hope of overcoming the administration supdst combined >- with the Democrats Who already have declared for ratification. President Hearting. is expected to transmit the treaty without any Retailed explanntihfljL ooi*fining his statement to a brMpjttoto of transmittal. fate plan. 4M$a?onie Republican.! leaders td Hftf; treaties debated behind CRrtwMoors also is threatened with MmUioiL An. effort to haVe* the ddjM^kt the open is expected controversy over the. .fa^p^uftemselves. M > NEGRO KILLED DURING STORM Cicero Smith ,a colored man about 21 years of age, was instantly killed near Lockhart last night during a thunderstorm. It is said that lie was probably killed by a fall when the mules, hitched to the wagon he was driving, became frightened at the lightning, and in the fall the man's neck was broken. Another report has it that he was killed by a lightning stroke, but the physician called could find no evidence of a stroke of that kind upon the body. Hats for Everybody A very comforting thing about the 1 hats this season is the shape?every shape is good. French shapes, straight-lined sail- 1 ors, Napoleons and picturesque Gains- ( borough vie with each other for the front page, but Fashion says you can ' wear anything you wish?just so long < as it is becoming and chic. i The stores in Union are "chuck" : full of lovely hats?all sizes, colors and shapes. The flapper will adore 1 the brilliant turban that smashes down over the eye and the bigger sister will aiso have a turban with a sweep of ] pheasant feathers falling over the . shoulder. The merchants have even remem- , bored the fat dames and the wee, cun- , ning little two-year-olds. Hats, hats . for everybody. Come up town and , try them on! Investigating Ku Klux Klan ! 1 Washington, Sept. 21.?Attorney General Daugherty and William J. Bums, head of the bureau of investigation, were to confer concerning the advisability of the investigation of the 1 Ku Klux Klan. Bums has been conducting an investigation on which to 1 base the report to the department of justice. Attorney General also con rerred witn the district attorney of New York concerning the action to be takieifc- ' China Wants Uninterrupted Pursuit of Happiness New York, Sept. 21.?China wants nothing from America in the forthcoming armament conference except the right to receive-a national exist#gce and utyjaterrupted pursuit to |u Kjux KJan Parade I Sfcreetsin Regalia i w Shawnee, Okla., Sept. 21.?Three mndred members of the Ku Klux Rfn in -offteml rdgaUa paraded, the 43Hw;cstotuniig the;editor of 5 jgfewapapM hnd taking him. oh a jour- 1 B and issued a statement that they jgie "three thousand strong" and de Rhined to uphold the law, adding a Mr injunctions which they said must 1 gftiftserved i>y. all citizenh. ' ^ Qlt Fbr Greenville fctoibt. R. M. -Day, of the penitentiary MkiUf left yesterday afternoon at 4 a^Eck for Gr^cnviUe with Kenneth ] Cosset is to appear , pMffSpaafyhr nauSuMg JusnfiCatlqiin' of the supreme court. Aflnfer-g? not hail will be granted to Uil^jBrlMiBer is to be determined at rhwiflOTtQfcjacQording to advices from Oossett ^as recently gr?ted a Ttew'trial by the supreme 5km.?The State. V?v. J; F. Matheson has returned ariiMirill conduct the prayer service at ncFirst'Presbyterian church this afOFFICERS FACE W MURDER CHARGE tMpingham, Sept. 20.?W. S. Knpjt and A. W. Crowe, state law enfopenent officers, and four special law jfcforcement officers o?%n embers of V&itizerm' posse, are held in the E1m?T county jail at Wetumpka on ch&Mpof murder preferred by Sheriffs Jb: Strength, according to long disiaJbp telephone ' reports from StigtK Strength tonight. tflhahiyder charge resulted from the HjBNred > kill ing of Lee Paunton in flight six miles frdm Eclectic, AldgKcording to the sheriff, who stdtMWthat Oliver Dewitt was seriouavMrounded at the same time, Ihdwt are white. - Strength said he had pref 11 Wwiiii 11 ii of murder against all party ift the time Pawfii^ killed and that they protBf would be given preliminary VK r nuay. laJH^Bitbon to tho rejfular enforcemenhjUjBeers, Knox aria Crowe the sj^rfln|tatea that he had imprisoned John ^Shores,freeman Hatei ofc^ncer Safcq?rd and John Jones. Shoi^s has beort* a 'Special state officer and has aBsidgtirwi state law enforcement officdpL fct various raids in 'JSlmore coulMftOR is supposed the other men were*gAial deputies or monffiers of a crapsflf posse accompany!^ the Moht$on?y for Wetumpka this sf WESTSIDE BAPTIST C SCENE INQUIRY BEGUN BY GOVERNMENT San Francisco, Sept. 20.?Seven witnesses were questioned today by the federal grand jury in an attempt to learn the source of the liquor consumed at the affair in Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle's hotelrsuite here from which resulted the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, and Arbuckle's arrest on the charge of murder. "No indictments will be returned until all of the federal departments cooperating in the case have completed their several investigations," announced Robert H. McCormick, assistant United States attorney general. The investigation will be resumed by the grand jury Friday he said. Today's witnesses were Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont, Miss Alice Make, Miss Zeh Prevost and Mrs. Mae Taube, who were present at the party. Joseph P. Pickett, a bell boy at the hotel, and Miss Josephine Kessler, a hotel maid. Mrs. Delmont swore to the murder complaint against the film comedian and Miss Prevost was the woman whose statements to the police caused Arbuckle to be booked Dn a murder complaint. Joyce Clark, another member of the party was subpoenaed but was not called into the grand jury room. "We simply wanted their testimony perpetuated in the event any witnesses should leave the city and to prevent conflict of testimony in case any of them should desire to leave before the case might be brought to trial," McCormick said. A telegram to Lowell Sherman, a participant in the affair was sent to** day to Chicago by District Attorney Matthew A. Brady_ asking Shorn?an to come to San Francisco to give his yersion of the affair. District Attorney Swann of New York' also was notified by telegraph to intercept Ckarmnn i T V? n o 4 Urvr?o on/1 Irnnn man ax uv uiiitvu v.uv.1 v. aim ivwp him under surveillance. Sherman was subpoenaed as- a grand jury witness before he left Los Angeles for Chicago. Assistant District Attorney Milton U'ren said he hoped Sherman would return voluntarily and not cause legal steps .to* be taken against "announced * today that -they believed May Parsons, another woman who was in the Arbuckle party, had been located at Fort Worth, Texas. Chief' of > Police O'Brien asked the Fort Worth police to detain her^ PERSONAL MENTION ( . Miss Carry Young will leave next week for Miami, Fla., where she will teach in the city graded schools. Miss Hallie Matthews spent the week-end' With her patents in Spartanburg* ' ( ' 4 ___ Dr. A. T. Jamison, of Connie Maxwell orphanage, is to attend the Union County Baptist association at Santuc this week. . Miss Dorothy Jennings has resumed her school duties in Miami, Fla., after spending the summer in Union. Miss Octavia Jeter of Santuc left yesterday for Winthrop college, where she goes to resume her studies. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Minter, of Sedalia, were visitors in Union yesterday. Mrs. James Browne (Gertrude Faucett) is improving from an operation at the Wallace Thomson hospital and will soon be able to return home. _ Today's Cotton Market New York Open Close January 20.03 20.08 March 19.85 20.10 May 19.79 October 19.70 19.78 December .. ^ ^4^ 20.15 20.05 N. Y. Spots . 20.20 Iiocal market . . ? 20.00 Birmingham to Celebrate 50th Anniversary Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 20.?Birmingham will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary October 24 to 29 with an exposition and historical pageant depicting the development of the South's leading industrial city from the building of its first house in 1871. Today the city has almost reached a population of 200,000. President Harding has arranged to visit Birmingham on this occasion, spending the entire day of October 26 here. On his arrival he will ride at the head of a parade in which all the military units of the state will participate. His guard will consist of 1,000 members of the American Legion in uniform/ Later in the day the President t^ill be the chief speaker at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple here, which has been under construction ior nearly a year and will cost SI,000,000. The event wiJI bring together member* of the fraternity from all ovct the Sooth and a number ?f It* dignitaries from beyond. V. * HURCH OF PRETTY WEDDING West side Baptist church was the scene of a beautiful wedding last evening when Miss Lucile Coleman .Jeter became the bride of .James Byrum Lawson. Lonjr before the appointed hour the church was tilled to overflowing with friends and relatives of this young couple and seated within the ribbons, just opposite the family, was the Ph\lathea Class of which the bride is a member, thus adding a lovely bit of sentiment. The church was elaborately decorated for the occasion fh pink ;ind green, the chosen color scheme and the entire rostrum was banked in a pyramid of ferns and palms and suspended over this were hanging baskets of pink roses and asparagus ferns. The arches were twined with ivy and starred with clusters of pink roses and the choir railing carried out the same idea, as did the latticed arch under which the vows were spoken. At the first notes of Lohengrin's Wedding March, played by Miss Celestine Crook, the ribbon hearers came in and marked the pathway for the bridal party. They were Misses Ruth Kennett, Augustine Gnllman, Lillian Moseley and Amazine Gallman and wore white organdie dresses with pink sashes and hair bows. Next came the ushers, Loyd Quinn, Smith Cook, Howell Johnson. Ralph Henry, Frank Kirby and Emmons Israel; they entered singly and on opposite aisles and formed a semi-circle on the rostrum. The bridesmaids came next and entered in the same order and crossed' in front of the arch and stood in a semi-circle in front of the ushers. They wore rainbow tinted dresses?Miss Lena Morris in orange, Miss Vera Mosely in Nile green, Miss Marie Tate in bine, Miss Carolina OuttTno of Sumter in violet, Miss Gladys Sorgee in yellow and Miss Lilian:' Nance in pink. They carried ranp bouquets of White rosebuds and;. ferns tied with > butterfly bows and made a picture never to be forgotten. Next to enter was the maid of honor. Miss Etelka Jeter, sister of the bride. She wore ciel blue eatin with lace trimmings, and carried.a bouquet > of pink Killamey rosebuds' and fern tied with pink tulle. i' The little flower - girls-came next, nvai fWIUVC %Jl ^ailUltf frocks and carried . baskets of pink rose petals which were scattered in the pathway of the bride.' Just preceding the -brittle was the dainty little ring bearer, Miss' Adtfe Cooper, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper; she wore a shell pink accordeon plaited dress and carried the ring in the heart of a pink rosebud. The bride entered with her father, who gave her in marriage, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Jennings L. Duncan, and the words which united these two lives were spoken by their pastor, Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire, using the ring ceremony. The bridal party left the church to the spirited strains of Mendelsohn's Wedding March, i The bride wore a dress, of soft white satin over which whs hung in straight lines a lace drapery caught to each side with clusters of handnia/lA' tllllo i*Aone TUa 1 ? .?..v .uovo. illt ULIUHI VB1I was arranged in cap style >?nd held to the .dark hair by. a bandeaux of pearls and a jeweled comb, the gift of a life-long friend. She carried a bouquet of bride roses and ferns, showered with valley lilies and tied with tulle ends. She is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Jeter of this city, and is admired by a wide circle of friends for her many womanly traits of character and sunny disposition. They .are united in wishing for her every good thing this life holds. The groom is a substantial young business man of this city and is held in high esteem by his friends and associates. Immediately after the ceremony an informal reception was held at the bride's home for the wedding party and the out-of-town guests and the host and hostess were assisted by the bridesmaids in serving ice cream and cake. The dining room decoration carried out'the color scheme of pink and green and the brido's cake was the center piece; it held a miniature bride and groom standing under an arch and the fate emblems which the young party eagerly sought for. Miss Celestine Crok cut the dime and if tradition holds true, she will never lack tor this world's goods; Ralph Henry found the ring, and that means He will be the next to wed; Howell Johnson cut the button and that dooms him to a life of sincrle blessedness. The- penny was found but no one will claim it. The bride.,changed her bridal robes ? * for a traveling suit of brown sloth worn with hat and accessories to match'and the young couple left for a honeymoon trip, after which they will be at home to their friends in Union. The wedding gifts were numerous and beautiful, including silver, china, cut glass, linen and lace. Among the , oqt-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. P>. Uawson and Mansell Lawson, of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. 1*om Gilliam, Misses Elsie Can- \ non Sara Lyles and Mae Cannon, of Newberry.