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. ^ ^ Vol. LXSl No. 118S ^ Union, S. C., Thursday Afternoon, Sept. 29, 1921 3c Per Copy
' NEGRO FACES
MURDER CHARGE
Florence, Sept. 28.?George Rivers,
negro, who has been held in the Florence
county jail since July 19 when
he was arrested in Darlington on a
charge of vagrancy, was taken by
Magistrate H. B. Gargis today to Aiken,
where he will be arraigned tomorrow
morning on a charge of murder
in connection with the wrecking
of train No. 54 of the Atlantic Coast
Line May 20, in which Joseph Temple
of Florence, engineer, was killed
??and..several trainmen and passengers
were injure;' The wreck occurreo
about four miles troiu Augusta on the
Sniifh f^nrnlinn sirin nf thp
Riverfe has been suspected of having
been involved in the wreck-since
his arrest and lias be?j.i held sine2 Lh.v,
time for 'investigation. The case
against the negro was worked up b>
Detective A. A. Dorsey of the Coast
Line railroad with offices in Florenccand
today Magistrate Gargis came
with a bench warrant from Judge S.
W. G. Shipp.
Much interest has centered around
the case as several wrecks have oc
curred in the same section of the country.
It was thought at the time of
the wreck that some disgrurttled for
mer employee had endeavored to
wreak vengeance upon the railroad
because of Iris discharge from the
company's service. Working on this
theory three negroes, all former employees
of the road, were arrested immediately
after the wreck occurred.
It now appears that Rivers also once
worked for the railroad company in
the capacity of a common laborer.
The train was wrecked as the result
of a rail being loosened and lifted
from the crossties causing the engine,
tender and two express cars
to roll down a shallow embankment.
The injured included: E. E. Jordan.
express messenger, who was slightly
bruised; Charlie Josie, negro fireman,
painfully injured; W. E. Summers,
mail clerk, slightly bruised, and
Harriett Damson, negress, passenger,
slightly bruised.
LOCKHART JUNCTION
Lockhart Junction, Sept. 28.?I received
a letter from Mr. Lawton Kerr;
,-j .m rho,mQVgd from Johesville to TennesHwfe.
Jtte sajrs he wnlr'soon'send me
some money for The Union Times. He
wants to read the news and happenings
back in South Carolina. He will
hear, that way when hp wouldn't get a
letter from his friends.
rm A- I j 112
me press wuay 1^ tening us many
tl ir.gs and you show me a man who is
a reading man and he is a knowing
man.
Mrs. J. O. Gault of Jonesville had
several bales of cotton damaged by
lightning which struck her barn where
" she had her cotton, setting it on fire.
I was at Mt. Lebanon church Sunday
afternoon, meeting many good
people .and heard a fine sermon by
- Rev. Stevenson of West Springs, who
is the preacher in charge.
At New Hope church Sunday morning
there was a large crowd at Sunday
school. The Woman's Missionary
Society also had a meeting and the
members are increasing and they are
doing good work.
Sam Vaughn told me of a narrow
escape he had while driving his auto
one night last week, meeting a car
on the bridge crossing a little branch
near Rocky Creek. While he was
looking how near he was to the auto
and to keep from hitting the car he
ran off the bridge and his auto turned
over with him, but it didn't hurt him,
only a scratch on his hand, but-did a
great deal of damage to his car.
Oscar Harris, with some of his people,
went to North Carolina on a
* pleasure trip. He reports a nice time,
only it was rough on auto casings and
wearing of the car.
The quarterly meeting held at
Jonesville Methodist church today was
largely attended and a good ^ancial
report was made.
9 ^ Ore -o* Cherokee's young men took
* from Jonesville township another one
of her fair ladies. It was Mr. Pierce
Morris, married Miss Myrtle Reeves
of Jonesville township. We wish them
much success in life.
Miss Bonnie Alman of Tampa, Fla.,
is visiting relatives in Unioiv county.
Wallace Lancaster of Bogansville
township was a visitor at New Hope
Sunday. Also his brother, Morris and
wife, who was a Miss Gallman before
her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster
are newly married folks and we
were glad to see them.
Pack Bogan of Bogansville township
said he went to the postoffice and
found a boll weevil sitting there wait,
ing to hear what his tribe was doing
' in Texas. Moxy.
Your light (teases can be polished
beautifully with somec rum pled newspaper
which has been dipped in para*
flln. . .
\ Milk will ke^p sweet longer if kept
>in a shallow pan than if put in a
deep pail or jug.
When bamboo furniture becomes
~ dingy wash it in water in which a
little salt has been put.
HOWAT DECLINES
TO END STRIKE
Indianapolis, Sept. 28.?Alexander
Howat, president of the Kansas coal
miners, was directed today by the vote
of the convention of the United Mine
Workers of America to order strikers
at two Kansas mines hack to work, bur
immediately after the convention's decision
he declared he would not carry
out the order. No announcement was
made by the union officials what steps
if any would be taken to enforce the
decision. In voting, the convention
had before it Howat's assertion that
he would be expelled from the amior
before he would obey such un orvler.
By its vote, the convention sustained
President John L. Lewis and other
international officials in ordering the
resumption of work which had not
been obeyed by Howat. All of the
anti-administration element was lined
I by behind Howat. All of the anti-ad
ministration element was lined up be
hind Howat but the roll call showed
an unofficial majority of 926 for the
order, the vote being 2,701 to 1,775.
Howat's opposition to the order was
that it would support operators seeking
to violate contracts with miners
i by imposing new working conditions
but President Lewis declared the issue
was whether the union held its
own men to the fulfillment of their
contracts.
Howat's fight with administration
leaders ended for the convention with
the disposition of the Kansas strike
case. He expected to leave here early
tomorrow to appear in court he would
go to jail rather than give the bond required
by the court not to call any
more strikes. The disposition of the
Kansas cases which had been before
the convention since last Friday
cleared the way for more rapid progress
in convention work, but the end
of the session was not yet in sight.
G. A. R. Condemns Ku Klux
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 27.?Protection
of Memorial Day from commercialism
and consecration of the
day to the memory of the soldiers of
all the nation's wars should be an
aim of the Grand Army of the Republic'
and its allied organizations, Commander-in-chief
William jfc. Ketcharh
declared in his .address_ today at the
'first buSTness session of the fifty-fifth
national encampment. Failure to pro^
tect the day from desecration will be
a reproach to the Grand Army, its
leader said.
"The 30th of May is our Holy Day,"
said the commander-in-chief. "We instituted
it and for 53 years we have,
in rain or shine, stood at the shrines
of men who died that the nation might
live and paid tribute to their memories.
No day in the year should be
more absolutely free froip commercialism
of any sentiment except that
of reverence and devotion to memory
of the dead. We still not^ with pain
that in too many localities sports of
one kind or another are talcing away
the attention of the rising generation
from the observance of this day. In
many states by legislation it is protected
from desecration, aiyi in all it
should be. If, with the assistance of
our able and devoted auxiliary and allies,
we are not able to inculcate a
deeper reverence for the memory of
the dead, it will be a reproach to us."
Revival of the Ku Klux Xlan was
condemned by Commander Ketcham
along with other organizations. While
the Grand Army has scant influence i
in the state in which the Klan was'
incorporated the commander declared
the G. A. R. "should see to it that any
orcanization with sn nflFpnsiv#> nnH Hie.
credited a name should not be permitted
to invade state lines where wc
still have influence, and strength."
"We ought to set our faces like
flint," said Commander Ketcham,
"against all the evils of the modem
day that are threatening?Bolshevism,
I. W. W.ism. anarchy, Ku Klux Klaus
?whatever their name may be?that
tend to throw a blight on the fair
name of the land that we saved and
still love."
Death has taken a heavy toll of the
Grand Army members during the last
year the commander said, having taken
two pasf commanders-in-chief, 45
past department commanders, the assistant
adjutant general, three members
of the council of administration
and 9,281 of the members.
Today's Cotton Market
* New York
Open Close
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May .. . 19.80 19.60
October 20.85 20.70
December 21.00 20.90
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Detectives Tracing Couple
New York, Sept. 29.?Detectives are
trying to trace a couple known as Mr.
and Mrs. Boulanger* who are believed
to have lived for several days unwillingly
in a room where the body of a
young woman who was murdered had
been stored.
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ALABAMA DIVORCE
VALID IN CAROLINA
Spartanburg, Sept. 28.?The validity
of a divorce was the issue in a
report of a hearing before S. T. Lanham
which was filed with the clerk of
court yesterday afternoon in the case
of W. J. Shirley vs. J. C. Harris, Shirley,
who was known to be a widower,
married a sister of Harris and sold
to Harris a tract of land, for which
part cash was paid and a mortgage
taken for the remainder. Harris, subsequent
to the deal, learned of a divorce
secured by Shirley's first wife
in Alabama and there being no renunciation
of dower, Harris was unwilling
to pay the mortgage without
the dower being renounced.
Til# nrinoinol ?
_??v ioouc in tnc i:cise was
the validity of a divorce which was
granted to Shirley's first \yife by the
court in the state of Alabama September
8, 1890. After the divorce, as
it appears from the evidence, the first
Mrs. Shirley married again on February
24, 1894, while Shirley came to
Spartanburg and married Miss Emma
J. Harris in February, 1907. The
c( urt says in conclusion:
"The constitution of the United
States provides that full (not some)
faith and credit shall be given to
judicial proceedings of other states
This divorce is therefore to be taken
at its face value, and W. J. Shirley
was freed by it from the bond of matrimony."
Sinn Fein Leaders
Invited to Conference
London, Sept. 29.-<-The Sinn Fein
leaders are invited to a conference
here on October 11th in a note dis%
patched to De Valera by, Premier
Lloyd George, to consider the government's
final words in the exchange of
messages. De Valera is informed that
the government is unable to alter
the fundamental position denying to
Ireland a separation from the empire.
Dentist Arrested
Denver, Sept. 29.?Dr. Gilbert L.
Lininger, a Pueblo dentist, an ex army
officer, was arrested at Pueblo charged
with the theft of army dental supplies
on August 1919, at Camp Jackson,
South Carolina. Lininger was. arrested
before- tfce United Statee eonrttrf^
sioner, and ordered held for trial at
Aiken, S. C. Bail was furnished.
Bandits Make Big Haul
Oklahoma City, Sept.. 29.?A posse
is searching for six masked bandits'
near Edmond who forced the mail
clerks on the train to throw off four
mail pouches, one of which is believed
to have contained registered mail. No
trace was left by the robbers.
The May-Walton
Evangelistic Party
In Buffalo
Buffalo, S. C., Sept. 28, 1921.
To The Union Daily Times.
The revival meeting in the Buffalo
Methodist church started off last Sunday
night with much interest shown.
The pastors and the Christian people
of Buffalo are praying for, and expecting
an old-time revival meeting?
a "come to the altar and pray through
to God" meeting, the kind that will
bring people to God and into the
churches. ^
Rev. W. Glenn Smith has been doing
the preaching this week, but Dr.
John A. May, of Montevallo, Ala., will
arrive today to do the preuching. Dr.
May is one of the general evangelists
of the M. E. Church, South, working
under the General Board of Evangelism?Bishop
U. V. W. Darlington,
Bishop A. N. Ainsworth, Bishop James
Atkins, J. J. Stowe, W. B. Bauchamp,
T. E. Sharpe, R. L. Russell, J. W.
Perry, E. B. Chappell, H. K. Boyer,
and Rev. O. E. Goddnrd, secretary.
Dr. May is also a member of the Interdenominational
Association Evangelists,
Winona Lake, Ind., and author
and publisher of "The Law of God on
Tithes and Ufferings; or God s Plan
to Finance His Church." It is believed
that Dr. John A. May is the
greatest preacher that has visited
Buffalo since Bishop Duncan dedicated
the church.
Prof. A. R. Walton, evangelistic
singer, chorus director and soloist, of
Atlanta, Ga., is already in Buffalo, and
is attracting people to the services
with the gospel in song. Prof. Walton
has the gift of getting folks to
sing "in the spirit, and with the understanding."
His sweet gospel solos
are soul-stirring. All the ministers
and the good people of Union would
not spend their time badly if they
were to come out to Buffalo to hear
these men of God. You are invited to
come. , .
Will be Brought to
Trial in Few Days
San Francisco, Sept. 29.?District
Attorney Brady is working on plans
to bring Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle to
trial within a few days on a manslaughter
charge.
|W|V V '('it* i r -m! At J 'V.
MAKES WORLD'S
ALTITUDE RECORD
Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 28.?Lieut. John
A. Macready, test pilot at McCook
field, today shattered the world's altitude
record, attaining a height of
40,800 feet in the same La Pere biplane
used by Rudolph C. Shroeder,
who set a record of 38,619 on February
28, 1920.
Lieutenant Jilacready was in the air
one hour and 47 minutes, requiring
all but a few minutes of the total flying
time to reach his mark. At 39,000
feet ice formed on his oxygen
tank, but he pressed on until the autimeter
registered 41,000 feet. At this
height his engine coughed and died.
He then glided safely to the ground.
Macready's new record is 2,620 feet
higher than that of Schroeder and ir
this flight the pilot suffered none of
the hardships met by the former chief
test pilot. Schroeder's eye balls froze
and excessive dilation of the heart
kept him in a hospital nearly two
weeks after the flight.
The flight made today primarily
was for the purpose of#testing improvements
made on the super-charg
er invented by S. A. Moss, who witnessed
the flicht on/) olon n
SHMNtRsTljji
TO HELP CfLDREN
Atlanta, Sept. 28.-^-Lapations of six
of nine free hospitalftupr crippled
children which the tyiples of the
Mystic Shrine are to eK$blish in various
parts of North ^nnfcica at a cost
of $2$00,OtJ have beem decided upon
by the trustee* who mil in St. Louis'
it was announced by At&nta Shriners' <
tonight.
A hospital to coat $m 0,000 will be <
built in St. Louis as| institutions i
costing $200,000 each ^ill be erected
in Shreveport, San Fttqcisco, Port- i
land, Ore., the tWin clvas of St. Paul
and Minneapolis ahd Montreal, Canada.
Locations of the other three, one
of which is to be "in \flfrginia, one in
New England and one i||icentral Pennsylvania,
'according to (present plans !
will be determined upa&at a meeting I
of the trustees next January.
The flnft proposal M the Shriners i
was to build an immetp}e hospital in
St. Louis as a monutngki to the Ma- I
sonic organization, butwforest Adair, 1
past prelate of YarriS temple, Atlanta,
who promoted the Scotish Rite
hospital for ciipg>le<i tfildren several ]
years ago, was succesAil in his plea <
to "take the hospitals rathe children." i
The St. Louis hosptt?'will have 80 1
beds and the others, roraelled after the I
one here, will hold 6<H&ds each'
"The trustees, after thoroughly in- i
specting thfe local hoaAal. announced <
that $950,000 of the has already i
been collected and thcSemainder was i
due January 1. EacMShriner is to
contribute $2 annualljKor the main- <
ter^ance and support Pi^he institution.
Brotherhood Opwsed to '
Acceptance eS\Vage Cut !
Chicago, Sept. 29.-j?'he union officials
'countink the vjBike ballots of ,
the broaherhood of railroad trainmen
seemed in no doubt shat the men |
overwhelmingly oppoafli accepting the
July 1st wage cut aujfcorized by the
Railroad LaboT Boar? An unofficial
report was that 90 J?1 cent was opposed
to a.cceptaite*? w
Public Hearihg^o~l>e Held
Washington will
possibly be an i ijij 111111 ' for
the municindUlliiBfMMMMkn mmtiwr
of unempfoye3 consitfereJT at a" public
hearing by the unemployment confer- j
ence, public works committee.
Republican Senators <
Renew Campaign J
Washington, Sept. 29.?Republican (
senators renewed the campaign for
clotures rule with President Harding's i
assurances of non interference. The
sponsors said the proposal was meeting
with much favor aomng the rank
and file and the chief task was to con- ,
vert a few prominent Republican lead- (
ers, Johnson, La Follette and Borah
are opposing the change. \
Baptist Celebrating
Anniversary '
i
Franklin, Vt., Sept. 29.?The Bap- I
tists began celebrating at Ivor the
207th anniversary of the beginning
of the denomination's work in Virginia,
celebration ends Sunday.
Cleveland to Have
Great Flower Show
Cleveland, Sept. 27.?Preliminary
arrangements are under way to conduct
one of the greatest flower shows
ever held in this country here next
March 22. The show will cost $150,000
to stage. Prizes amounting to
$25,000 will be offered.
The floral carnival, which will be
known as the Fifth National Flower
Show, is held officially under the Society
of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists, of which Thos.
Roland of Nahant, Mass., is president.
Others behind the project are:
The American Carnation Society,
the Chrysanthemum Society, the Florist
Club of Cleveland, the National Association
of Gardeners, the American
Orchid Society, the American Gladiolus
Socie?y, the American Sweet Pea
Society, The American Dahlia Society
and the Florist Telegraph 'and Delivery
Association.
A.special prize offering $5,000 has
been announced in the competition
among rose gardens. The four gardens
with the highest rating will receive
$1,000 each, while the one scoring
the higher number of points will
receive a bonus of $1,000.
Prizes also are offered for plants in
flower, palms and foliage plants, ferns
and various other classes. For cpmmercial
growers there is a separate
prize.
George Aamus of Chicago is chairman
of $hc exhibit. William H.- Duckham
of Madison, N. J.; Patrick Welch
of Bost<jn; Frank H. Traendly of New <
York atyi Herman P. Knoble of Cleveland,
fafm the executive Committee.
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That Sing Sing convict who forged
a number of prison checks simply
proved that you can't prevent some
men fro mforging right ahead.?Burlington
News.
...e..v, Miiu U.ou a ?1CV% ^n?
peller of very high pitch, perfected
by engineers at the local field.
On landing Macready declared he
Buffered nothing but numbness. He
climbed out of "the plane, unassisted
and posed for several photographers
immediately.
Lieut. George B. Patterson, chief of
the technical data section of the field,
assisted by lieutenant Mpriarity,
took charge of Macready's instruments
as soon as*accumulated ice was
cleared off fhe ship and following calibration
announced the official altitude
as *0,800 feet.
Macready was clothed, in the heaviest
furs with special helmet and goggles.
To insure vision special gelatine
was used on the goggles to prevent
collection of ice. The suit was
electrically heated throughout.
Federal Authorities
Speed up Investigation
Chicago, Sept. 29.?The federal authorities
are speeding up an investigation
of the liquor sings said to involve
half, of Chicago and 5,000 policemen.
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Demonstrating his Unbelief
Zion, 111., Sept. 29.?With a book,
toy balloon, a brick and a feather,
Voliva, overseer of Zion, demonstrated
lis disbelief in the theory of the law
>f gravity.
Set-Together
Service at Sardis
There will be a get-together service
it Sardis Sunday and dinner will be
served on the grounds.
Rev. L. L. Wagnon will preach al
he morning hour of worship and Rev.
J. B. Chick in the afternoon.
The members and friends of the
congregation are urged to come and
bring dinner and enjoy the day together.
Notice
Pacolet River Baptist association!
will convene with Cedar Grove Baptist
church, four miles west of Jonesville,
October 6-9. We ask all the
churches in the said association to
send a delegation. Come to Jonesville,
S. C., as the brethren have arranged
a way of getting out. We invite
all the brethren to attend as we
are preparing to make this one of the
best sessions ever in the history of the
association. Rev. C. Peak,
Moderator.
Rev. A. A. McKissick,
Clerk.
W. H. Johnson,
Cor.
Grand .Jury Ends
Fruitless Inquiry
Greenwood, September 27.?The
grand jury at the court of general
sessions today reported that no evidence
had been discovered in its investigation
into alleced mnh vin
lence here when two negro women
were taken from the city jail and
whipped.
The jury formally reported that
after examination of "a large number
of witnesses, these being members
of the city council, police officers
antT private citizens, we have
not been able to get any information
that would lead to the arrest of any
of the guilty parties."
Tho grand jury further r( commended
that city council should begin
an investigation and if any evidence
should be discovered it should
be reported to the grand jury.
i The investigation into mob violence
has been in progress several weeks
and followed a charge, by County
Judge C. C. Feathersone urging
the grand jury to bring the guilty
to justice. During the investigation
a number of city officials, alleged' to
know members of the mob, were examined.
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1 I* lil - ARBUCKLF.
GETS j
RELEASE ON BAIL
San Francisco, Sept. 28.? The murder
complaint against Roscoe C.
("Fatty") Arbuckle was reduced to
manslaughter today by Police Judge
Sylvan J. Lazarus, who held him to
answer to the superior court for trial
on the lesser charge growing out of
th^ death of Miss Virginia Rappe following
a drinking party in Arbucklc's
suite here.
Judge Lazarus added that the evidence
introduced by the district attor
ney during the six day hearing did not
warrant the comedian's being held foi
murder. Miss Rappe, a Ix>s Angelesmotion
picture actress, died September
9, four days after the affair in Arbuckle's
roo.ns.
"I have decided to make a holdin;.
for manslaughter, finding there is
enough in the defendant's conduct tc
warrant his trial on that charge, sai<
Judge Lazarus.
"I feel also bound by the grand jur>
whose indictment for manslaughter
was voted after having heard mor*
evidence than I was permitted tt
hear."
Arbuckle heard the decision with
out movement or comment.
The district attorney moved that
Arbuckle be released on his owi
recognizance in view of the bail of
$5,000 caph or $10,000 bonds fixed or
the superior court charge of manslaughter
growing out of a grand jury
indictment.
As court adjourned a dozen wonior
rushed forward to shake Arbuckle'*
hand. As he went into the judge's
chambers his wife, Mrs. Minta Durfec.
A buckle, collapsed and he held hei
up and quieted her in an affectionate
manner. Her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfc",
meanwhile smoothed the hair back
fi om the comedian's forehead..
The well known Arbuckle smile did
not appear, however, and he merely
said: "Thank you," in response' tc
the handshakes and greeting of "con
gi atulations, Roscoe," from various
people.
Assistant District Attorneys Miltoi
T. U'ren and Isadore Golden asked
Judge Lazarus if he placed no ere
dcnce in Miss Rappe's cries, "He hurt
mj," or the screams heard by the hotel
maid, but the court said they "were
not sufficient to implicate Arbuckle
in the commission of a crime." Thi
district attorney's aides also contend
ed that the court could only eithei
hold the defendant to answer for mur
der or dismiss the case altogether, bu
Judge Lazarus said that was not hit
understanding of the taw."
Restaurant Association
to Meet in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Sept. 2i>.?Members
of the National Restaurant Association
to convene here October 3 to 7
will be entertained by an elaborate
program arranged by the local organ
ization, according to A1 B. Carder,
secretary of hte association.
The Philharmonic auditorium
will serve as the convention's head
quarters. In the basement will be
an exhibit of equipment and machinery
used in the preparation of
foods.
"The association has for its purposes
the promotion of higher stand
ards of service in the restaurant in
dustry, and the guiding of the public
to better eating places," Mr. Card
er stated.
Mrs. J. II. Cathcart (Lilian Whis
enant) of Spartanburg and Miss Os
ceola Whisenant, of Columbia, arc
spending sometime with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Whisenant, on S
Church street.
Dr. Paul K. Switzer has returned t*
the city after taking a special si>
weeks' course in Northern hospitals.
Miss Minnie McDaniel will leav<
Saturday for Orangeburg, where she
will teach the coming session.
New York Opens
Bread Line
New York, Sept. 20.?New York's
first bread line since the start of th
world war is operating at the Church
of St. Marks in the Bowery. About
600 men were fed and 150 slept in the
chapel. The Industrial Aid Bureau
reiterated that the unemployment conditions
were overestimated.
jChamber of Commerce
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will have a meeting tonight
at 8 o'clock and every member is urged
to be present. J. F. McLure,
President.
Graham Poole in Hospital
Mm. W. H. Poqje has returned from
Mullins, where she was called on account
of the illness of her son, Gra
-ham Poole.
Mr. Poole had an operation in the
Mullins hospital to have his tonsils removed
and was seriously ill for some
days, and his mother was summoned
to his bedside. He had passed th?
crisis and she was able to return hom?
yesterday afternoon. "n
ARGUMENTS BEGUN
IN GOSNELL CASE
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Pickens, Sept. 29.?Arguments begun
in the trial of Jake Gosc*U* the
federal prohibition enforcement agent,
ci urged with the murder of Sheriff
H ndrix Rector, of Greenville, on July
4 1919.
Pickens, Sept. 28.?The fate of Jake
' G >snell, federal prohibition enforce*
m >nt agent, charged with the mUrder
of former Sheriff Hendrix Rector in
G.eenville, July 4, 1919, will rest with
a jury for the second time tomorrow
afternoon. Twenty-two witnesses, inc)
iding the defendant and his wife,
took the stand today. Their testimony
w:i8 almost identical with the testimony
they gave at the former trial at
Greenville in May of last year.
Judge H. Withers Memminger announced
this afternoon just prior to
adjoining court until Thursday that
his charge would not consume more
tl an 15 or 20 minutes. Each side has
been limited to two hours of argument.
Gosnell was on the stand exactly
one hour, taking the witness
chair in his own behalf at 2:35 o'clook,
immediately after court convened foU
lowing the noon .recess, and leaving
the stand at 3:35 o'clock, after he had
been subjected to a gruelling cross-examination
by Senator Proctor Bonham,
aiding in the prosecution.
Mrs. Gosnell was on the stand for
40 minutes, beginning her testimony
at 12:25 o'clock and ending it at 1:05
o'clock when Judge Memminger adjourned
court until 2:30 for lunch.
Colonel Dean conducted the direct examingation
of the defendant, who
gave his age as 46 and stated that
for two days prior to the 4th of July,
1919, he had been engaged in conducting
raids in Pickens county.
In MemoriMn
Whereas God in His all-wise providence
removed from our midst by
death on May 12, 1921, Deacon M. B.
Mcador. In the death of our brother
we are conscious of a great loss both
to the community and church. His
place will be vacant in our midst,
therefore be it resolved:
1st. That we, the members of Beolah
church, do hereby express our
sens? of the gieat loss we have suffered
in the removal from qUr chureh
of so valued and efficient deacon an 1
Sunday school teacher. Truly a pillow
from our church is taken.
2nd. That while w? deeply mourn
t.VlA flontVl f\f mil* KrnfVinr urn Knin in
humble submission to the will of our
Heavenly Father.
3rd. That we extend our sympathy
to the bereaved family, for he whom
they loved is only pone before to welcome
them to that heavenly home
where parting will be no more.
4th. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family and to
The Baptist Courier and county papers
for publication. Also a page in
our minute book be inscribed to his
memory.
Done in church conference June 12,
1921.
Mrs. D. D. Taber
to Speak Here
Mrs. D. D. Taber, secretary of the
Church School Service League, with
headquarters in Columbia, will speak
at the Church of the Nativity tonight
at 8:30 o'clock.
The congregation and those interested
are urged to attend this service.
Lockhart Citizens, Notice!
There will be an envelope left at
your home for contribution for the
Salvation Army work in this district
and which will be called for Saturday,
October 1st.
Give all you can and you will never
miss it. 1185-21
Preparatory Worship
Pieparatory worship at the Presbyterian
church will be held Friday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Every member of the church is
urged to he present.
J. F. Matheson,
Pastor.
West Springs Dots
West Springs, Sept. 29.?A. T.
Stoudenmire of Union will preach for
the congregation of the West Springs
Bantist chnrrh SnnH?i.
4 ?tj.vvkiiwi) av
3:30 o'clock. Mr. Smith of Union will
speak at Sulphur Springs on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. The subject
will be: "Co-partnership with God."
Rev. W. A. Stephenson left this ^
week for a visit to Chester, Gaston ia,
King's Mountain and other points in
North Carolina
Purchases Com Mill
The com mill located on S." Gad!
berry street recently operated by S.
I W. Mitchell, has been purchased by ./
i Robert Bailey.
The mill will grind every day and
an experienced miller is on the job.
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