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| DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in Tim?? Octobfr 1^917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY* ^ ^^ jj5 ^^^ 9n^ Vol. LXXI No. 1180 Union, S. C.*"^HS^W^B^oon, SepL 23, .1921 ^ - - . - -- --J 1?! L A'ILL PROSECUTE FORMER TEACHER : Orangeburg, Sept. 22.?The grand jury of'Orangeburg county today asked Solicitor A. J. Hydrick to prepare a* presentment against Claude J. Rast former^ superintendent of educat.or Orangeburg county, on a charge oi attempted criminal assault. The grand jury did not return to court thia afternoon, but will make their presentment to this bill and their final regular presentment upon convening court tomorrow morning. It is reported here that the grand jury found a true bill. The case wffi not be tried at this term. Although the whereaijbuts of^Claude J. Rast are not known, it "has been stated hero that Mr. Rast has assured some folk that he was leaving only because he Was disgracefully beaten in a cowardly manner and that he was going away for protection and to save probably further serious bodily injury to himself or others, but that he was no fugitive from justice, and thai he would return to Orangeburg county to meet his tfial at the proper time and to prosecute the men who beat hin. here at Orangeburg in July. It will be remembered that Claude J. Rast, for over 30 years a school teacher in Orangeburg county, /as elected county superintendent of education and assumed his duties July 1. July 12 he was beaten early one morning by several white men. Left the next day .for parts nknown. The charge against Rast is that while superintendent of the East Middle school in Orangeburg county he assaulted one of the girl pupils of that school. Miss Leitch Wins Ottawa, Sept. 23.?Miss Cecil Leitch defeated Miss Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, 3 and 1, in one-half of x the Canadian women's golf championship tournament. Sardis Preaching at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Preaching at 3:30 p. ni. Borah Opposes Report Washington, Sept. 23.?A favorable report on the peace treaties between the United States and Germany, Austrir and Hungary was ordered by the senate foreign relations committee, all members except Borah favoring it. * Home Coming Day Home-coming Day will be observed , -at. Elbethel Baptist church In Cherokee county on the first Sunday in OcIexited; that ajWWfc interesting pYogramfrHI be cafnetpout. Quarterly Conference Carlisle Circuit ^ ^ ' The fourth and last quarterly con4ference for this year on Carlisle circuit will meet at Carlisle church nert Sunday morning, Sept.' 25, at 11 o'clock'. ReV. E. S. Jones, presiding elder, will preach at this time. The tiLblic i? invited tn attend Export Corporation Asks Big Advances Washington, Sept. 23.?Applications for advances totalling $4,150,000 to assist the financial exports of cotton and tobacco were approved by th' War Finance Corporation. Today's Cotton Market New York ' Open Close January 19.80 19.75 March ' ! 19.25 19.56 May .. 19.30 19.35 October . . 19.56 19.38 December 19.95 19.75 N. Y. Spots 19.90 Local market 20.00 PERSONAL MENTION Dr. C. E. Burts, o? Columbia, is attending the Maptist association at Santuc this week. Mrs. B. F. Alston, who has been visiting her children, Mr. and Mrs. B. k F. Alston, Jr., South street, returned , to her home in Charleston today, t ? Mrs. W. W. Summer left this morning for Charlotte, N. C., to visit her daughters, Mrs. H. I. Horton and Miss Aline Summer and attend the * Made-in-Carolina3 Exposition. Rev. W. M. Whitesides superintendent of the Baptist Hospital, is attending the Union County Baptist Association at Santuc today. ' , C. P. Allston, of Georgetown. was the guest of his niece, Mrsj M. A. Moore, on South street this week. Greatest Nation on Earth > ; London,, Sept. 4.?Rev. Reginald J. Campbell, who has just resumed his London Ministry after a visit to the United States, told his parishonin his first sermon at Christ Church that America was "now the greatest nation in this world, stronger than ours, richer than ours, able to do materially what it likes, and to give spiritual leadership to mankind if it chooses." Dr. Campbell said he had found -- traces* of anti-British -feeling but ' tnat he Was also mode aware of "a 4 ' e warm and widespread friendliness, of which too Htfle is heard on this side." According to Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation ? of Lahor, the world is divided into < two classes-r-the employer and the employees. , Within the limits of the City of New York there are 800 farms, valued at $3,373,780. The principal products of the farms are hfcy, corn and potaII idi jrn DIAL AMENDS COTTON MEASURI By Hugh W. Roberta. Washington, Sept. 22.?Senuto Dial of South Carolina this afternooi amended his proposed amendment t< the cotton futures act so that instea< of permitting a compromise betweei tlie buyer and the exchange in matte: of delivei*y, the exchange wbuld b< compelled to deliver cotton in the ex act grades specified in the contract In its original form, the amendmen would have permitted delivery of one half in two grades selected by th< buyer and one-half in two grades se lected by the exchange. In tne amend cd form the buyer in making a con tract specifies the grades he woult uby and the exchange in making de livery observes the contractual obligation as to grade. "This change was made upon advict by my Democratic colleagues," sale Senator Dial. "I will press the proposed amendment at the first opportunity. As far as I know, only Senator Ransdall of Ixniisiana opposes it NO VERDICT IN / 1 MURDER TRIAL __________ 1 Anderson, Sept. 22.?The case against Walter Hayes, Allen Emer1 son, George Wilson^ and Ed Wilson, . charged with murder for the killing | of T. F. Ramey, - went to the jury at 3:58 o'clock this afternoon. At ! midnight no verdict had been reach1 ed, and as Judge Ernest Moore instructed that he be not called if a verdict was not arrived at by 11 o'clock, the jury was locked up for the night. The charge by the judge consumed one hour. Arguments began early in the morning, opening with Solicitor Leon Harris for the state. He was followed by Senator T. Frank Watkins and G. Cullen Sullivan for the defendants. Proctor A. Bonham closed for the state. Gen. M. L. Bonham and Leon L. Rice were also assisting Solicitor Harris for the state. The, time of arguments was two hours for each side. Directly after lunch Judge Moore chargedthe jury. The state charges murder, and Mr. Bonham said in his argument that "whether the defendants went there to beat up old man Ramey apd had to kill him or whether they went there determined to kill the man, it made no difference. It was murder." The defendants claim that Ramey challenged them and that Ramey's boy fired the first shot the shot which killed Tom Hayes. R. C. McCully is foreman of the jury, and the other members are: I. P. Bolt, John N. Masters, J., M. Bailey, J. H. Allen, H. S. Jackson, G. L. Link, J. F. Maret, J. M. Milam, Fred G. Tribble, W. C. Gilmer and W. W. Fleming. \ .f Monument at Chateau Thierry Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 22.?Although fame as a sculptor's model awaits him, Olin L. Stone of-this city prefers thS modest place of a store clerk. Soon, his image will be emblazoned on a memorial that will overlook the historic battlefield of Chateau Thierry, France. Splnefp/I from fl hnnrlvnrl A mn?*inon doughboys who represented the best physical specimens of the American Expeditionary Force, Stone has since had numerous opportunities to pose fo? artists of world-wide renown. To all however, he has turned a deaf ear and quietly continued his duties iit an "army store" here. Stone's image will adorn a statue that, when completed, will form a unit of what is declared will'be one of the most artistic battle monuments erected in commemoration of the world war. It will be cut in stone 18 . feet high.and 8 feet wide. Stone will represent an Amerteflh soldterst&Tiding on a pedestal, Thller than the image of a French soldier, who stands at attention. The figure of a French ?irl with one hand resting on the Frenchman's shoulder and the other extending a farewell handshake to the American, will complete the group. * The memorial will be the work of Constant Koux, French sculptor, and of Howard Davis, an American sculptor. It is expected it will be completed next year. Stone saw service in the battles of Oantigny, Montdidier, Aisne, Marne, Mimse and Argonne. He also served with the Army of Occupation and in December, 1918, was returned to France to receive decorations. When it was decided to erect the memorial at Chateau Thierrv a i-nro. ful selection began for the American whose figure was to adorn the monument. The selections finally dwindled to a hundred, and these men were sent to Paris for a final choice by artists. Stone was the unanimous choice of Roux and Davis. Lives Sumptuously on $30 a Month While in Coblenz I asked one of our American boys stationed there if he was not anxious to get back home. His answer was "No! I don't want to leaye here as long as my $30.00 a month produces over 2,000 marks on which I can live like a prince." But this exchange question is a doubleedged sword which cuts both ways. While we are busy building our tariff wall higher and higher this premium on our dollar tends to keep our goods out of foreign markets far more effectively than any protective tariff which the other nations might enforce against us.?Journal of the American Bankers Association. Lockhart Junction Lockhart Junction, Sept. 20.?I forgot to tell of the rural route men's picnic at Boatman Springs on Labor Day. I was invited and there was a good number from the counties and some ladies were present, which made it very plcusant. They had plenty of good eats for the occasion. I was at Bishop school house at the closing of their school and Mrs. Jamos Whitlock, the teacher, had a ' fine program for the small children. Col. T. C. Duncan and L. J. Browning made fine talks. Mr. Duncan spoke on education and Mr. Browning on the boll weevil. I think about education and how badly it is needed today. If we are to have a hotter citizenship our childien should be taught the right principles of living at the beginning. We should get teachers with educated hearts as well as educated heads and then you need not fear for all other things will along in its place. ^ Moxy. Rally at Hebron There will be a rally of the membership of the Hebron Baptist church on next Sunday, Sept. 25th. , All members are called to attend, i Dinner will be served by the ladies and several speakers will be present. Services commence at 10 a. m. All singers are invited to come early. A great day is expected. A. T. Stoudenmire, Supply Pastor. a* \ , jir" - '.W i preuicu its passage witnout material opposition. It will remove discrimination against the South whicf amounts in money to many hundred thousand dollars each season." The effort of Senator Dial is in lint with that of former Senator Comet of Alabama in the preceding session of congress. The Comer amendment prevailed in the senate but went under in the house. The senator this afternoon conferred with Eugene Mever, Jr., relative to the operation of the recently enacted statute, under the provisions of which the government will extend ciedit to farmers in exporting their products. "I am certain," said he, "that the law, as soon as it operates smoothly, will greatly benefit the farmers of the country. I urge them to familiarize themselves with its provisions, and use it. The local board in South Carolina is headed by J- Pope Matthews of Columbia, and Mr. Meyer informed me that Mr. Matthews was ready tc extend all possible aid to tthose who need assistance and can meet the law roouirements." The crop in South Carolina, according to the senator, showed further deterioration the last month and the condition is intensified by the fact that he boll weevil has reached the mountain districts. Aviator Killed When Machine Crashed Etampes, France, Sept. 23.?While flying at a rate of 180 miles an hour at the height of 600 feet Captain Bernard Devomanet, the holder of the world's speed record for one kilometer, was instantly killed. The open iranwaa ?if hi^ machine .and the machine crashed to the earth. He was prticipating in the elimination races for the Deutch de la Meurthe cup. His record was established November Inst when he flew at the rate "of 193 miles per hour. World's Champion in New York Today * New York, Sept. 23.?Tris Speaker, of the Cleveland Indians, 1920 world's champions, was here today for the final four game series with the New York Yankees, which may decide the pennant race. The reserved sections 2i t the polo grounds were sold out and experts estimate that 150,000 fans will see the four games. tir a a 1 T 1_ warns uie i^aureis New York, Sept. 23.?Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory will make an attempt next ear to wrest the world's cliampionship laurels from Susanne I.englen, of France, at the Wimbledon tournament. Airmen Bombing Old Battlship Newport News, Sept. 23.?Airmen from I^anprley Field are bombing the old battleship Alabama anchored here and watching the effect of small bcmbs, smoke bombs and various gas bombs. Star Tennis Players Compete Chicago, Sept. 23.?Star tenhis players of the East and West began the annual intersectional struggle for team supremacy on the turf court at the Southside Tennis club. The match will close Sunday. Asked to Attend " Ceremonies in November Washington, Sept. 23.?All holders of congressional medals of honor living in the continental United States are asked by the War Department to attend the ceremonies here on November 11 when the American unknown dead will be buried at Arlington cemetery. They are asked to be the guests of the government and will constitute the official mourners. Second Woman Elected to House of Commons London, Sept. 23.?Mrs. Margarel Wintnngham, a Liberal, was elected to the house of commons, succeeding her late husband, Tom Wintring:ham She will be the second woman to takf a seat in commons, Lady Astor being the fir3t. " American Naval Officer Suicides Copenhagen, Sept. 23.?An Ameri can naval officer, whose identity is nol yet established, committed suicide al n cabaret early this morning. # Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Arthur, Mist Caroline Arthur and Mrs. D. S. Betsill will snend the week-end with rela tives in Fairfield county. BUSINESSf CLOUDS ARE bREAKING UP Charlotte, N. <f, Sept. 22.?Gloomy r forebodings of Jf*t- wjntv with rei spect to tne* beiudng sjwfation are no D longer justified wmd can'be dismissed, i Governor Har?ra of the federal rei serve board decJwred in.' an address r here tonight at We Made-in-Carolinas exposition. ? "The bankingjUtuatioi) has greatly .. improved," Mr. Harding said, "and alt though" tj?e proegs? of readjustment - has not been completed evidences are 3 multiplying tbafljthe (order has been - turned, that 'wdjttfrepassed the most - acute >tage <w. the readjustmert 1 Governor Harding said that in the - immediate futWM'much would depend on aKricultural^Wvelopments and the manner in wUiial 'this gear's crops j were marketeOf'tfl? I "With propdriqsoperation on the part of mercMHMr and bankers," he said, "those efHKged in agriculture have oppoztwAnes _ and prospects . which were nbc anticipated a few 1 months afffeta&ft is of vital import ance that tJtt\*3?eration be given." i "It shovfld ^ajijK^emembered," GovI ernor HafuinJjTWirtinuod, "that in order to niaintaMr our production, we : must pusty!4dilkreign trade. We can not jnaljrtfipiMff foreign trade on the i bat.is of thq rati stock of. other na; tions arid' soma"Sunns must be devised for extending iggk time credits abroad or of interestML American investors in foreign propw&fes and securities In order tnat the^epcehange rate which i r now runs so hWVp^ against other nai tions may be emflrected. I "We must ooricinue to buy from for-' ' cign countrlenwbbfte things which they can produce belter or more cheaply i > than we can apq exchange commodi, ties with thefli.i ' If We determine to > do -business wp and for ourselves > alone it seemaJBayitable that we must ( I reduce our premjtetion to meet merely < American requKj%nentg." i i The recent djrftoice in the price of 1 cotton Was in bo way due to any in- < crease in the Idans of federal reserve j i banks or to anft expansion in the cur- < rency, Govempt - Harding declared, i bu< to operation .of the inevitable law of supply and-demand. Federal re- i serve notes actually in circulation, he i j said, were aboU^ $600,000,000 less than 1 when cotton reached its, lowest point j last spring:. i; . ' : Governor Hardfngr spoke at length in explanation of the workings of the federal reserve system about which he said there was "a surprising lack of knowledge." Any. belief that there was a preordained contraction , of the currency during 1920 to reduce . prices "is absolutely unwarranted," he said. Thirty Shipwrecked i ^ ....JmW* Picked Up New York, Sept. 28.?Thirty shipwrecked sailors were picked up in tne Atlantic by the steamship Cabo j Creux. which wirelessed that the own-' , ers would dock Sunday. No details were given. Woman Shoots Another And Ends Own Life New York, Sept. 23.?Miss Mildred Hanan, daughter of the late John Y. 1 Ilanan, a wealthy head of the shoe fivm of that name, was shot three I times as she emerged from her apartment house in Brooklyn with John S. Boland, an importer. Mrs. Grace I Lawes, a distant relative, shot the woman and ended her own life by firing I a bullet in her brain. Jealousy was | the cause. The Hanan woman may i recover. I Hungary Must Comply Paris, Sept. 23.?Hungary must completely withdraw from Bu>'gen land or West Hungary will be awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Tdianon or be forcefully expelled by the Allies, she was notified by the council of ambassadors here. Flag Raising at Buffalo On last Saturday afternoon the Junior Order of the Master mechanics of this village presented the Buffalo Gtaded School with a beautiful United States flag and presented the principal of the school with a Bible. A very impressive program was curried out. The student hody of the Buffalo school 1 and the Junior Order of Master Me1 chanics formed at the Masonic Hall ar.d marched in double file to the school building. The exercises were 1 opened with a prayer by Rev. J. M. Trogdon. Then the Junior Order of Master Mechanics gave a mocked degree, which was very educational and impressive to every one present. A large United States flag was slowly raised on the steeple of the schooli house while the school children sang . America. Mr. E. M. Steppe introduced i Rev. L .L. Wagnon and Rev. L. W. , Plackwelder as speaker for the occasion and their speeches were very imI pressive and educational. After several more songs Rev. W. G. Smith proi nounced the benedjetion. Autumn is Here The calendar says autumn is here, though the weather man continues to ' send hot days. Cold days ore coming and. one must prepare and with the ; coming of winter comes also the deI sire to enjoy home corners and they : n ust be kept shining and please beau. ty loving eyes as well as give com fort. Cheery new draperies, a eonir fcrtable chair, the deeo grandnioth ery cushions and footstools and the new linen for the dining room all come in for their share of the shopping tour, milady is planning. Everyone is attracted by the draperies that the store are so full of, and it was meat clever of some one to design cretonne for the kiddies' t room?so full of animal scenes and ^ kiddies'at play. When you read about all this splendor on display in our slores it will be impossible to stay at ? home. . _ . . Miss Nelle Carbery. is visiting friends in Santuc'this week. DESOLATION IN j GERMAN TOWN Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 22.? Desolation and ruins alone remain of what was once the flourishing town of Onpau. The town had 6,500 residents, of which a majority of the men engaged in the chemical works were killed or wounded. Soldiers in French uniforms are clearing away the wreckage, picking up the dead and injured as after a big battle. Eleven hundred dead and 4,000 injured is the latest estimate of the disaster yesterday, which caused u Boater number of casualties in the annheim-Ludwighafen district than the four years of the war. The desolation around Oppau equals anything seen at Verdun or in Flanders over a simjlar area. Hundreds of persons are digging in the ruins for the bodies of relatives or friends, nearly 1,000 of which have been recovered thus far. Thirty-six hours after the explosion, from the gaping, funnel like hole, where the Badiscne works formerly stood, there are still to be hpard moaning and cries of the wounded, while the soldiers search for possible i survivors. Twenty-five hundred! of the' injured are reported to have passed through the hospitals of ithe surrounding cities. t The vast crater is slowly fillirtaVhth water and it inav never be known how many victims found a grave there. All mutilated, but still living animals crawling amidst the twisted girders and blocks of concrete are being put out of their misery. The firemen and relief workers have not yet been able to discard their gas masks. The Thirty-second army corps of the French army is in complete charge of the area, and every available French medical officer had arrived early this morning to cooperate with the German physicians and surgeons. The French and German Red Cross are cooperating and a big German sanitary train has brought large quntities of medical supplies. ~ The German officials thanked General Degoutte for the prompt manner in which the French army came to the asistance of the victims. The French high commissioner on the Rhine, M. Tirard, and his entire staff took charge of the relief work. The members of his staff were sent to all the surrounding towns to enlist the mayors and people 4n the relief plan, in which the labor unions are uniting. Several of the funds have already assumed large proportions. _ ] From FrankentVial fnnr milae owntr I there was a steady exodus of the population in which bandaged heads and arms in slings were conspicuous. The village of Edigheim was badly jvecked and it has not yet been possible to rescue some of the victims who are known to be under the debris. At Oppan whole families were dbnu pletely wiped out, about 300 bodies having already been plbcmktflAhtt. joining cemetery awaiting buria'Tr THf Mannheim hospitals are crowded with injured, more than 400 persons having suffered from the explosion in this iity. Several French soldiers were killed and many wounded when the force of the Oppau explosion wrecked the French barracks at Eisenheim. A train which had just left that station was blown off the tracks, plowing through the wooden sheds where French soldiers of occupation were quartered. General Degoutte personally decorated a Moroccan soldier who rescued 11 wounded from the wreckage, the African being severely burned about the hands and neck. The experts who are inquiring into Lhe cause said that the explosion probably occurred in the course of tests of the. compression of a new i*as. the properties of which were insufficiently known. Primarily, it is reported, the disaster was caused by the explosion of 15 tons of ammonium sulphnte in the preparation of a new gas in which the pressure of 300 atmospheres and a temperature of 300 atmospheres and a temperatures of between 500 nnd 700 degrees centrigrade wore needed. | Donation From National D. A. R. The many members of the D. A. R. chapters in Union will be interested in the news that Mrs. George Maynard Minor, president-general of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, has officially ? resented to the village of Tilloroy, omme, France, the waterworks system and pujlic fountain donated to the town by the D. A. R. of America. "An imposing ceremony was ar ranged for the occasion, in which many distinguished French and American persons took part. "At the conclusion of the speech of the mayor of Tilloroy, Comte d'Hinnisdal, Mrs. Minor was introduced. M. Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States, who was present for the ceremony, presented the following women with the medal of the Keconnaisanee Francaise: "Mrs. George Maynard Minor, of Connecticut; Mrs. Sai-ah Fletcher Guernsey, of New York; Mrs. Harriet Harris, of Cleveland; Mrs. Mary Johnson, of New York, and Mrs. Lillian A. Hunter, of Washington. "Besides M. Jusserand, M. Daniel Vincent, minister of labor, and M. Villeneuve Bargemont, counsel-geneval for Montdidier, were present as representatives of the French government. Capt. F. Brooks Upham, naval _ . i 1 a ~ ll A i 1 r-% }ii incur iu me nmencHn eiiiuussy; it,. M. Scotten, second secretary at the embassy, and Major Charles D .Westcott, of the American consular service, represented the American government. "Mrs. Minor made an inspiring talk, giving credit to Mrs. Roy G. Harris and Baronne de I^Grnnge, who have been leaders in the field work. "The water was turned on and Tilloroy now has one of the most complete and finest water system for its size in France." Ku Klux Did Not Parade Tempel, Texas, Sept. 23.?The Ku Klux Klansmen made no effort to carry out their parade program last night after Mayor Allen issued instructions for the arrest of all marked persons appearing orutha straata. KU KLUX KLAN . 1 BEING PROBED Washington, Sept. 22.?High yfficials of the Ku Klux Klan may be summoned to Washington for interrogation by the department of justice, Attorney General Daugherty indicated! today. * Director Burns of the department's bureau of investigation, Mr. Duugherty announced, has been instructec to set his agents at work on an investigation of the klan's organization in various parts of the country. In connection with the possible summoning of klan leaders to Washington the attorney general said the depart ment of justice had the authority to summon any one and it was its policy in the course of an investigation to talk the matter over with the persons involved. The attorney general said that any criminal prosecution would be for the most part matters of state law unless there had been some violations of federal statutes through the use of the mails to defraud. There is no need in this country, Mr. Daugherty said, for vigilance organizations. The country does not need, he added, any self-onstituted organization to define and enforce the laws for American citizens. It has, he contended, a well organized department of justice to enforce the federul laws and well organized state authorities to maintain the laws of the several states. Washington, Sept. 22.?The Ku Klux Klan and religious intolerance entered into debate on the floor of the senate during discussion of the beer bill. Senator Watson (Democrat) of Georgia asserted that religious liberty had not been secured in the United States under the charter granted Lord Baltimore while Senator Stanley (Democrat) of Kentucky insisted that 'there was only one place in all the civilized world where man could worship his god and the dictates of his conscience and that was in the province of the Roman Catholic nobleman, Lord Baltimore." "*'1 am here to fight intolerance whether it lights its torch in a Ku Klux-camp in Georgia or whether in western Ohio," added Senator Stanley, referring in the latter case to the Anti-Saloon league which has its headquarters at Westervllle, Ohio. "I will meet the Ku Klux Klan issue when it comes," said Senator Watson. "Until some crime is proven against that society or some other secret society with which this country is honeycombed I will withhold my judgment until the guilt of the accused is established by competent testimony." Atlanta, ..Sept. 22.?The Knights of .the Ku KTux Klan will welcome any impartial investigation and will open ;ity.?bOOk JMid records to federal, authorities, T*ol. WIlTlam ' Joseph 'Simmons, imperial wizard, declared in a statement issued here tonight when informed that Attorney General Daugherty was considering asking him to .come to Washington to discuss the situation. The statement asserted that when the series of alleged "exposures" being published by certain newspapers are concluded the imperial wizard will make answer to them. Colonel Simmons also denied reports that the imperial kloneilium had been summoned to meet to consider the articles being printed. St. Louis. Sept. 22.?Gov. Arthur M. Hyde condemned the Ku Klux Kian as an organization before 500 members of the grand lodge of Missouri A. F. & A. M., last night declaring it a "secret, furtive organization whose methods are subversive to American ideals and the rule of the law." Governor Hyde declared that Masons have "no connection with the organization and want nothing to do with it." _ Magazine Writer at Cross Anchor Frazier Hunt, representing Hearst Magazine, was at Cross Anchor yesterday afternoon studying the cotton situation at first hand. He says he U ?. e of n f iof inn o?/I ? ? ?-? f/v U fiifiuouv.i ?iiiu n^uica up l/i/ HID neck from "experts" galore, but he is driving through the country to see for himself. The cotton situation is attracting wide interest just now and the farmers are getting worlds of advice. Miss Alien at Kelton Kelton, S. C., Sept. "22, i021. Miss Daisy Allen, of Spartanburg, will be at Foster's Chapel Sunday afternoon to address the congregation in be half cf the Woman's Missionary wrrk of the Southern Methodist church. Miss Allen is the secretary for the Woman's Missionary Society for Spartanburg district. J. L. Golightly. Purchase Entire Business E. A. Goodwin and J- J. Hames have sold their entire holdings in the Engie Grocery company to E. L. Spears and R. E. White who will continue the business at the same stand. Rumors of q change have been current for some days hut the deal was perfected yesterday and the facts given to the public. "Buyers' Week" to be Made Nation-wide New York, Sept. 23.?The suggestion that "buyers' week" adopted by the New York business interests as an aid to the unemployment be made nationwide will be laid before President Harding nt a eonference of the unemployment. Odd Fellows in Session Toronto, Sept. 23.?The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is in session considering the advisability of extending (orders of activities to European and other parte of the world. AMtKifc mwm tvvo. ? San Francisco, Sept. 83.?The police court examination of Roseoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle. which wUJ determine whether the film comedian la to be bound over to the superior opart for trial on a charge of murder of Mies Virginia Rappe, began here tAfap ta a court room filled a 1 moat exclusively with women. . Three witnesses who saw Mies Rappe's body after her death 8>ptpnbcr 9, which, it is charged, resulted from injuries suffered at a drinking purty four days before in Arhuckle^ hotel suite, testified that they observed bruises on her limbs and body. * ' Two of them, the surgeon who performed the post mortem examination . I and the autopsy surgeon, said that death was from a ruptured bladder, caused, in their opinion by external J force. > The autopsy surgeon also .told of a d small puncture he had found m the left arm of the body whidh he at- ] tributed to an hypodermic needle. At tomorrow's session it is expected there will be introduced testimony' regarding incidents at tho party, where, according to witnesses at the coroner's inquest, Miss Rappe was found moaning and screaming after having been * uione in a room with Arbuckle. Arbuckle listened intently to- today's testimony, his face bearing a serious expression. Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckle, his wife, from whom he had been separated lor five years, and who came here from New York Monday, sat at his aide with her mother Mrs. Flora Durfee. Dr. Shelby Strange, who performed ihe autopsy on Miss Rappe, end Dr. William Oppuls, who made the first post mortem examination, were the principal witnesses today. Dr. Strange said he found bruises on Miss Rappe's right upper arm, apparently caused by finger marks, two bruises on the lower abdomen, and others on the thighs and shins, the cause of which he was unable to state. Dr. Oppuls and Miss Grace Halston. a hosnital nnr?o mtin ?? present at the post morten, both cor- ? rcborated Dr. Strange's description of the bruises and coroner's photographs of the body.were offered as evidence. A tear in the bladder wall was described by vDr. Strange, who said the bladder and other organs had been pi escrved by Dr. Oppuls. He said he believed that deaih came from peri- t tonitis resulting from the ruptured bladder, and that the rupture was caused by some external force. Dr. Oppuls said he was called in for a post mortein examination by i Dr. M. E. Rum well, the physician who attended Miss Rappe hi most of her last illness. He found the sbdomen "horribly distended," be said, as a re- / suit of the ruptpr* and a congestion Z of blood in several organs of the lowpr abdomen. The ' rupture, he surmised, "**.* i?? 4M caused by over-distension of the blad- ' *^1 der, resulting probably from some ' outside cause. Somnacher, who oalled the district attorney by telephone yesterday from Los Angeles to request that expense , money be sent to come to San Francisco to testify, arrived today by automobile. He was taken to the district attorney's office immediately and detainer there during the hearing. U. D. C. to Meet The William Wallace Chapter, U. D. C.. will meet Monday afternoon, September 2Gth, at 4:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce. This is the first meeting of the fall and every < member is urged to be present. < Promotion Day at First Baptist Church Promotion day in the Sunday school will be observed Sunday morning, September '26th, at the First Baptist church, the exercises beginning at 0:45. An attractive program has been arranged, which consists of Bibls drills, scripture passages recited, songs and recitations by the following departments: Cradle Roll?Mrs. D. N. Jones, superintendent. Beginners?Mrs. C. W. Futeh, superintendent. Primary Mrs. R. C. White, superintendent. Junior?Mrs. R. B. Gilliam, superintendent. Intermediate?Dr. E. S .Reaves, superintendent. Senior?Miss Eunice Thomson, su perintendent. N / A It is hoped that every member of M the church and Sunday school will bs m present. _ S Mrs. Dora McDaniel in Hospital Mrs. Dora McDaniel was carried to Wallace Thomson hospital yesterday for an operation. Her friends throughout the county nre interested in her condition and hope to henr of her early recovery. Improvements Going On Many new houses are going up ia Union and others are adding stortea and other improvements to their tesidenees. Sheriff Fant has added another story to his home; C. H. Peake has painted and otherwise improved his property. Mi. Phillips has erected an attractive bungalow on South Mountain street between the residences of C. R. Smith and Miss Ida Clement. H. B. Jennings has extensively improved hia pwp erty on South street. Many people N have added piazzas - and sleeping i porches to .their homes and all the j housekeepers are planning flower gar- ] dens, window boxes and getting the bulbs planted for Christmas flowera. J Green Street A Rev. J. H. Manley delivered the ablest message of the meeting lasuEJ j night. | Services again tonight at 7:30. S I : cial prayer service at 7:1*. Yoe* j J I welcome. J. B. Chic'