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DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted io The Union Daily Times October 1, 1917 DA1JLY EXCEPT SUNDAY
^ol. Union, S. C., Friday Afte rnoon, l^vember 11, 1921 3c Per Copy
SHERIFF J. HAY
? siicci
Sheriff J. Hay Fant died in the hospital
here at 10:15 this morning. From
the time he received the tearful wound
Wednesday shortly after noon up to
the time of his death l.ttle hopes were
entertained of his recovery. Against
hope his friends hoped for his recovery.
Since yesterday morning at 6:30
o'c'ock he had been gradually sinking,
with slight rallying spells intervening.
His death has cast a gloom over tiie
entire community, for he was not only
a very eliicient officer but he was a
man possessing the friendship of i
many. There was no man in Union I
county who held a higher place in the,
esteem of the people.
H" was three times elected sheriff i
of Union county, and had severV.l j
years more to serve of third four-year;
V period.
Sheriff Fant is survived by his wife,
who, before her marriage, was Miss
Josie McCall, and five chddren and hisj
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Fant, of i
near Santuc, and the following broth-j
ers and sisters: ~vtr??
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MK y i^tiWi?)r^hn v*^<icy*
1 Wm MBf JBSPS;
I B JB^K
.' Sheriff J. IIay Fant.
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f: ; , " Sheriff Fant was for several years
eHieif engineer At Monarch. Mills, be.,
., Wisttbns employed when^he was electecution
of his duties.' He was yet
considerate and cautious in. the carrying
out of the laws' damends. It was
his desire to avoid killing the prisoner
that was the direct cause of his
death. He could have shot and shot
to kill, but refrained, and suffered the
results, for when he struck the hand
of the prisoner with the butt of his
gun the weapon was discharged with
tne resulting fatality.
Sheriff Fant was a member of Bethel
Methodist church. He was a public
spirited citizen and an affectionate!
husband and father.
Many hearts are sad today by reason
of his untimely death. |
Sheriff Fart was 43 years of age
and a native son of Union county. I
His body will be laid to rest in
Rosemont cemetery tomorrow after-,
noon; at 3 o'clock. The funeral exer-;
cises will be conducted at the grave
unless the weather is inclement.
Mother Goose Party
Mrs. T. P. McNeil, Mrs. Van Deusen
and Mrs. H. V. Frierson enter^
tained their Sunday schol classes at a
Mother Goose party at the home of
Mrs. McNeil Wednesday afternoon.
The children were in costume and :
were entertained by recitations, I
Mother Goose songs, contests and the
dramatization of rhymes.
At the conclusion of the program
refreshments were served.
Deputy Sheriff
Kills Policeman
Greenwood, S. C., Nov. 11.?Deputy
Sheriff Cannon shot and killed a police
officer. Cannon wounded Policeman
Crawford and was himself perhaps
mortally wounded as a result
of a shooting scrape in the Abbeville
theatre. _
Rejects Plan for Settlement
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' London, Nov. 11.?The Ulster cabinet
rejected the British government's
plan for the settlement of the Irish
quesnun on me grounci mat it contained
fundamental principles, which
under the existing conditions, were
impossible of attainment The Ulster
ministers are putting forward country
proposals.
Wilkinsville
Mrs. Mebin Holcombe and son.
Morris, spent Sunday with Mr. and
a Mrs. Marion TToconiho.
^ Mr. and Mrs. Will Snnders and
children spent a few pleas uit hours
with Mr. and Mrs. Marin# Holcombe
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Toy Proctor and children
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
William Proctor. /
Miss Lucile Sims and. Douglass
A Sims spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Freddie Proctor.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Sims and children
spent last week-end with his
father near Cross Keys.
Miss Estelle Morris. Odeal Morris
spent Sunday with MtSses Ruth and
Mae Inman. /
Misses Ruth and Mae Inman spent
a few pleasant hours with Mrs. Toy
Proctor Saturday after"^on.
Housekeeper.
Miss Louise Saley of Orangeburg is
the guest of Mrs. Hunter Gilliam on
S. Mountain street.
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FANT
IBS TO WOUNDS
MUSCLE SHOALS
TO FURNISH POWER
^ By Hugh W. Roberts.
Washington, *Nov. 10.?John W.
Weeks, secretary of war, issued an
order today leasing the steam auxiliary
plant of the government, located
at Muscle Shoais, to the Alabama
Power company for a period of one
year,'to the end that important industries
in North Carolina and Sou h
Carolina might be supplied with power
essential to their operation. The
Alabama Powei^company, in filing
application for the lease, stipulated
that the proposed lease would not
interfere with any plans of t'he government
to dispose of Muscle Shoals
properties to Henry Ford or any other
bidder for that, urnnerfv This
stipulation is included in the order
if the secretary.
1 The order was issued after appeals
mad been received from industne 4,
Chambers of commerce, public utilities
commissioners and persons in
giuthority in Alabama, Georgia. Tennessee,
South Carolina and Norih
Jbarolina, and thus it will happen that
power generated in the northwra crn
section of Alabama, transmiU-<!
across Alabama, Georgia and .S >u h
Carolina, will for the first time i.;
history serve a sadly distressed industrial
section in the western e* tremity
of North Carolina.
before issuing the order the secretary
of war received reports of engi.
neers verifying the representations of
industrial distress and stating that
the current thus exercises would re"store
to employment 10,000 idle men.
It is estimated that the current will
be ready within a space of two weeks
and at that time relief from the stagnation
caused by sustained droughts
will be offered.
The report of Mr. Weeks' engineers
showed not only an acute'shortage of
newer due to drought but a continuing
shortage because of returning
industrial activity and absence of anv
hydroelectric construction since the
war. It is sand that some of the companies
in the Southeast ajre not on'y
unable to supply new customers but
can not-i^ieet the growing demands of
old ct&tonacrs, and that s additional
installation now dflder -construction
and'soon to be begun will be insufll-,
cient to supply market demands. The
rental charge of the Alabama Power
company by the government is at'?%lt
rate of 0 per cent, on the cost 4$
ilior i? drfUl
proximated $4.500.0000. '
n i n r*\ it
unanu fays L,an
On Woodiow Wilson
Washington, Nov. 10 (By the Associated
Press).?Premier Briand called
upon former President Wilson today
but was informed that Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson were out. M. Briand left his
card.
M. Briand, M. Sarraut, 1VL Bertholot,
and Dr. Chatin of the French delegation
drove to Mount Vernon later,
where M. Briand laid a nalm and flowers
at the tomb of Wash:ngton. Earlier
in the day the French premier
had cone to the capitol and laid a
wreath of flowers at the bier of the
unknown soldier. Tm:ght M. B innd
dined with Henry White, former am.
bassador to France and Mrs. White.
Strike of 50,000
Garment Workers
New York, Nov. 11.?A strike of
{>0,000 garment workers on Monday
appeared as inevitable as a result of
the cloak, suit and skirt manufacturers
pi*otective asociation's decision
to begin the operating on a piece work
?liu IIU IC<IOC llic rv
from 41 to 49,hours.
England Observes
Armistice Day
London, Nov. 11.?England observed
Armistice Day, pausing two minutes
at 11 o'clock. Religious ceremonies
were held throughout the
country.
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Submarine Takes Fire
and Races for Life
Los Angeles, Nov. 11.?Investigation
is expected as a result of the 15mile
run for life into the Los Angeles
harbor of a blazing submarine, L-6,
in which seven men were overcome
by smoke and gas or seriously burned.
The fire suddenly burst forth in
a forward compartment when the submarine
was ten fathoms beneath the
surface. ^
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Lockharft Junction
Lockhart 'Junctio|i, Nov. 7.?I have
juat arrived from ,the Upper South
Oaro'ina Methodist conference heJd at
Lancaster. My host was Walter Taylor.
I was shown so much courtesy
and hospital.
It seems to. me this was the best
conference I ever nttended a large
number of preachers from the different
charges and districts; also many
laymen as delegates, making a very
large body of men. The good people
of all nenominntion of Lancaster
threw wide open their doors and gave
all a waj-m welcome. ?I heard many
fine serrhons and they were an inspiration
to me.
I think that every preacher and every
layman should go back to his respective
nlaces more determined to be
a better la' mm and a better preacher
than ever before.
Thre were many changes made on
the different charges. We were glad
when we heard the name of S. TBlnckman
as it was read out and the
Bishop sent him back to our charge at
Joneiville. Moxy.
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GREENVILLE MAN
KILLED BY AUTO
Greenville, Nov. 10.?Ohe man was
killed and another was probably fataally
injured in two automobiles acci
dents here this afternoon, and two
ten are held in the county jail as a
esult of the smashups. ~ * *\
Oscar L. Stewart, traveling repreicntative
of <a Louisvile house, who
as been making headquarters here
'or about a week, was instantly killed
on the Buncombe road about six
miles from the city when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
Spartan McKinney of this city. Stewait,
with a companion, was coming
into the city, and had stopped to fix
a blowout. The car had been pulled
out to one side of the road and Stewart
was bending over the tire, when
-McKinney's roadster struck the halted
car, knocking it about 40 feet, according
to officers. Stewart's skull
was crushed. McKinney was immediately
arrested and it held pending the
coroner's inquest tomorrow morning.
W. O. Sattcrfield, well known
Greenville man, about 60 years of age,
wi s knocked by an automobile driven
by F. D. Bozeman, son of A. N. Bozeman,
grocer, this afternoon, on Main
sireet. when he stepped out from bell
T.d a street car. Bozeman was ar csted
and released on bond, but fol'owing
information from the city hospital
lhat Mr. Satterfield had sustained
a fracture of the skull and was in
a serious condition, the boy was rearrested
and will be held pending the
outcome of the injuries.
HOMELESS ~HER0 SI
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Washington, Nov. 11.?Laid to rest
with all the honors a grateful nation
could pay the unknown hero from
France, which has been bivouaced
among the gallant dead in the Arlingmi
National Cemetery the highest officers
of the army and navy walked
beside his coffin. President Harding
walked behind his bier to do him
homage. Former President Wilson,
General Pershing and Chief Justice
L'att and the members of the supreme
court, the senate and the house
i~a a.
v i i v. jr Cov 11 iti 11 v ^ V.lUUUlUt'a U1 IrCU
groat, wfxr, ali branches of the army
id navy, civic and patriotic organizations
were in the funeral proces
on. The minute guns from Fort
Myer boomed their continuous tribute
as the funeral proaession was passing
from the capitol to the great marble
amphitheater at Arlington, where the
.hero was laid away.
void an'ii ' xact duplicate of Ar'ini lie*
Day three years ago. Historic Pennsylvania
avenue is roped off and spectators
are lined on both sides. President
Harding, as the nation's, chief
mourner, went to the capitol at 8:30
o'clock and former President Wilson
joined the procession as it started.
i'en army trucks carried the flowers.
As the flower strewn casket was
borne tenderly down the broad steps
of the capitol soldiers and assemblage
of thousands stood at "attention" and
flags were drooped along the entire
line of march as the funeral procession
made its way to Arlington cemetery.
Washington, Nov. 11??High on a
wooded ridge beside the Potomac,
America's homeless hero will sleep
bi\ ouacked with the brave of many
wars.
Everywhere about his simple tomb,
over the swelling slopes or in the
shaded canyons of Arlington National
Cemetery, stand monuments
and headstones on which are graven
names that also are written imperishably
in the pages of glory that make
Ihe nation's history. There, too, are
stones, amid the long rows, to mark
other unknown dead of other wars,
and the bulk of the monument above
the single grave where rest the unknown
of the war between the states,
gathered from many battle fields.
But for the newcomer from France
among this fellowship of valor, a special
place of honor has been made. He
will sleep in a narrow crypt, hewn out
of the live stone that forms the terrace
of the memorial amphitheater
erected to consecrate the memory of
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I men eveiywnerc wno aeiu tor mu na;;.
Above his dasket a massive block of
stftne, carved with the brief legend
of a nation's tribute to nil those others
who sleen unknown in France,'will
be placed. On it also will go the long
l.st of honors the nation and the great
powers of the world have lavished on
the soldiers who gave their identity as
well as their lives on French battlefields.
Above the great stone towers the
marble pillared facade of the amphitheater,
crowning the ridge and looking
down over a sweeping vista of
quiet hills and peaceful country-side
to the wide waters of the river. Beyond
stands Washington city in the
h.tze of distance. Over it, dimly visible,
looms the great figure of freedom
on the dome of the capitol;
farther down Washington monument
thrusts a slender gray finger to challenge
attention of the very sky to
the deeds of peace and war it commemorates
closer still looms the
i square white bulk of Lincoln Memorial
at <he river brim, sealing a
people's tribute to a martyred leader.
Fold on f"ld, the calm hills dron
away from the terrace where the
J sleeper from France lies honored unj
known. At his feet a sculptured marble
baluslrtule sweeps out on eithei
I side, marking the wide, graceful curve
of the footway that drops down to
the grass grown slopes where day b.v
J day, nutny a gallant comrade from
I IcVunon ia fin/lm<v V?io laaf rnatino
place. Down there the new headstones
gleam in countless variety. There is
hardly an hour of any day when sorrowing
relatives are not moving
slowly among the new graves, giving
lo iiirr care to flowers on the low
mounds. On the headstbnes are cul
the names, tl\e dates of birth and
death of the dead, and names oi
French villages-where they made theii
j i lOal pacrince. Man by man, theii
RAILROADS Wfi^L
1 REDUCE Ifkffi
Now York, Nov. 10.?Imimdiate action
will be taken to secjfre reductions
in the wages or traiTMand yard
service employees, approximately 10
per cent on all lincs4 north ofi the Ohio
and Potomac rivers and fe&t of the
Mississippi, it 1ras announced today
after a meeting of the ptiftiidents of
the lines involved. '
deductions, according to 1>. Ffl Loree,
president of the Delaware & Hudson
railroad, will be in liiAwith the
decision reached by the r&Broad executives
in Chicago on Oftober 14,
The wage cuts will aiTeetg approximately
1,000,000 men. '
The executive committal 1 of th(
Association of Railway \ jxecutive;
will go to Washington Sa&mlay, il
was announced, to confer ?th members
of the interstate eoinj ferce com
mission regarding the best* iteans for
br'nging about a reductiofJ\<an freight
rates.
The railroad executr estfinnounced
that when the 10 per, cenwkdditiona
wage reduction was fir^^proposod
they intended lo pass thdtfdecreased
cost of operation along tcr'the public
by rate cuts.
Mr. Loree said the postifi^r of wage
reduction notices will be (June by the
various reads as individual organizations
but he added it was anticipated
that it would be don<j by^ll within
the week.
,EEPS IN ARLINGTON
"iSL
J record is written for all to^fcnow and
honor.. i 11,
But for the nameless onej asleep on
the terrace above, there ame no relatives.
He lies alone in ?pc? mystery
of death. Laden with honors beyond
any of his fellows belot*J" there is
none to tell of the way of Wis life ar.d
his death, of whence he jchmo or of
what he was. save that <1j3 died in
Prance, at the- nation'aifc-dl. The
Ar.rericvn. people arc his nfctt of kin.
He alone may sleep there/within the
great monument to all tie ^nation's
honored dead. '
Everywhere about ;theki.nhphii.heatcr
are monuments cut names
that lov.rh memory to life^'&pt brin*?
echoes of the thunder s from
old. far off battle scenes. .jThere lies
Sheridan; there Porter anqtSroik and
Doubleday and yonder Kds Dewey,
Over the peaceful slope, now,on row,
march the headstone ojf' hundreds
of humble servers in-. tbaA'ahlcs like
the sleepier up there on fits terrace,
.or again, dimly seen thrqaffa the trees
Coes another long colurrftt of soldier
ends to neat graying witiyklme. But
fwfic?HjMar?TjUadmiral
privates or the last bruejacKer to joir
the ship before the battle, they are all
sleeping here in honored grave;. Gathered
they are from Mexico, from all
the far plains where emigrant trains
fought their wav westward, from
storied fields of the Civil war, from
Cuba and the Philippines, from Hai-i
and lrom France.
Just beyond the amphitheater rises
the slender mast of the old Maine
brought from Havana to mark the
resting place of her dead so!d:cvs and
sailors and marines. It is their last
muster and for them all has beer
raised the great marble pile whereir
the unknown sleeper from France
keeps his vigil.
The pure white outline of the structure,
as yet unstained by time and the
shiftiner winds tl at sweep uncheekec:
! through its stately colonnade or its
vast, roofless gathering place, rises
amid a setting that nature paints with
new beauty as the seasons come and
go. It stands atop the vldge, footec
among the evergreens and the nntivi
Virginia woods that sot it off ir
changing shade's in summer; deck ii
out with the myriad tints of autumr
as the. year wanes and wrap it aboul
with the delicate tracery of snow la
don. leafless branches in winter.
To form the colonnade, a double ro\a
of the great marb'e pillars march
around the circle where in the marbh
benches are set. Fading the benches
and with its back to the terrace wher<
stands the tomb, is the sculptured hob
low of the space where the solemr
rites for burial take place. The struc
ture has the lines of an ancient Greeh
' temple, a fitting resting place for th<
honored, unknown soldier who is its
only occupant.
Over the ridge beyond the amphi
: theater are seen the grass grown ram
parts of old Fort Meyer with the deat
clustering about them. Farther alonr
the pillared portico of the old
, mansion thrusts out through th<
crowding woods to look down ovei
the vista of hill and river to Wash
ington. ?And just over the road stands
the army post of Fort Meyer, its gar
vison flag a flutterina^glimpse of coloi
over the quiet scene, the roar of it:
sun-rise and sun-set guns waking th<
echoes among the graves of the dead
the faint, far call of its bugles siflg
ing also for these sloeptng warriors
i resting in their last encampment.
Strange Bird
; Jim Uoudelock, who lives neai
, I {road river, brought a strange bir<
to our office yesterday and it is in
?' deed strange, for no one knows th
j name of it, or has ever seen one lik<
It
I It is supposed the bird was los'
' from his folks and wandered un an<
down Broad river in search of hii
own.
Jim savs he first saw the bird undei
i a brush hoap and the dog was trvinf
. to catch it, he broueht it to Unio:
yesterday and many people examinei
it a speculated on its kind,
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; Sardis and Unity
; Sardis?Sunday School at 2:30/p
| m. nrench'n'r at 3:30 n. m. *
i Unity?Sunday School at 10 a. m
. and preaching at 7:30 p. m.
J. P. Bvers,
Pastor.
Mrs. T,. W. Black^re'der end daugh
J tors will re'urn today from Salisbury
j N: C., where they were called on ae
| count of the death of their grand
; mother.
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NEGRO KILLED BY
1 RURAL POLICEMAN
Sam Guider, negro, was shot and
killed by Rural Policeman Arthur B.
' Price at Tom Moore's saw mill, 11
miles from Columbia on the Koon
I road, at 12:15'o'clock yesterday alter(
noon, the killing following a tussle between
the officer and the negro, wnom
1 Mr. Price was attempting to arresl.
'1 he coroner s jury, investigating the
< shooting yesterday afternoon, brought
in a verdict to the effect that Sam
Guider "came to his death from gun'
shot wounds at the hands of Rural
Policeman Arthur B. Price, shooting
in discharge of his duties." Only
. one shot was fired, the ball pass.ng
, entirely through the negro's head.
James Dubard, brother-in-law of
the dead negro, was the first witness
> examined, telling how Rural Police?
man Price had come to the lumber
t camp at dinner time and had attempt
. ed to place Sam Guider under arrest.
Guider, Dubard said, was eating at the
time. Mr. Price told him, "Sam, I've
, come for you," Dubard said, and
Guider, after first pretending igno|
ranee of the officer's mission, then told
i Mr. Price, "My lawyer told me not to
I pay you all any more." Mr. Price
I then, according to Dubard, explained
: to the negro that he, as an officer, had
nothing to do with the case save to
> servo the warrant and Caught Guider
! by the shoulder. Guider wrenched
. himself loose, Dubard testified, and
[ Price caught him again, only to have
i the negro again shake off the grip on
his shoulder, telling Mr. Price that hewould
not go. Mr. Price then, accord,
ing to Dubard, jerked out his leatherI
| 'billy",*and the two tussled a while.
Guider finally wrenching the club
from Mr. Price's hands. During the
grappling, Dubard said, he heard
I Guider tell Price, "I might as well get
my revenge out of you as well as anyi
body else." As soon as Guider sc
cured the club, Dubard said, Mr. Price
' stepped back, drew his pistol and fired
1 the negro dropping in his tracks.
i Jack, Gray, Wade McDaniel and Er1
nest Dubard, negro eyewitness of the
' shooting, corroborated James Dui
hard's testimony in al essential d !
tails. O. II. Hood, white, told of hear.
iag the shot without seeing any of the
f preceding events. G. A. Buchanan
1 .11* tuVilfn ncflfinrl oa Ln on nvomino.
ticn of the negro's body made by him
and -of the one bullet which caused
1 Guider's death, entering the head just
I elow and behind the right ear and
< oming out just below the left ear.?
The State.
Box Supper at Bethlehem
f There will be a box and oyster
, supper at Bethlehem church Satur?
day night, beginning at early candle
" light. Everybody is invited to come,
- the proceeds to be given to the church.
| Asleep
Argonne Forest
5
t The following poem was written by
i Mrs. Margaret H. Lawless of Toledo,
i Ohio, and was sent to Miss Mamie
Oetzel by her son, Lieut. Patrick Law;
less.
Lieut. Lawless was stationed at
> Camp Wadsworth for some months in
I 1917-1918, going overseas in May,
; 1918.
i While at the camp he spent a numi
ber of week-ends with friends at Clif;
ford Seminary.
. Red was the blood that freely flowed
? And soaked into this earth,
1 But grass shall grow and flowers
? blow,
i And from this soil have birth.
i
t White was the snow that fell, and
i spread
? Our heroes' winding sheet,
i And long and deep will be their sleep
t While years those snows repeat.
i
t Blue is the sky now folding in
Their victory's hallowed ground,
While year by year will grow more
i dear
1 By fame eternal crowned. *
5
3 O do not now disturb their rest?
2 Break not their burial sod,
These happy dead who fought and
? bled
And died for man and God. ^
? Red flowers will bloom above their
3 dust,
White snows for ages fall ?
- Blue skies shall bend till Time shall
end,
1 And God be over all.
! Remember the Orphans
r
As your thoughts turn towards
5 Thanksgiving, think of the orphan
boys and girls of the state, and
r through your contribution help to
s make their lives happy on this ocf
casion, remembering the words of the
' Master, "It is more blessed to give
than to receive."
' There are in the four church orphanages
of the state, 988 fatherless
children, who must be cared for They
are divided as follows: 100 in the
Church Home, Episconal, York, S. C.,
223 in Epworth Orpnanage, Metho
dist, Columbia, S. C.; 350 in Connie
Maxwell, Baptist, Greenwood, S. C.,
~ and 315 in Thornwell Orphanage,
1 Presbyterian, Clinton, S. C. These
i bricrht. sweet children must be fed.
clothed, trained and educated. The
J support for their maintenance must
be provided entirely by the church and
1 ndividual gifts. All of the institutions,
due to the financial depression
r of the past few months, have suffered
t from a lack of funds and their needs
at present are urgent.
1
'Mrs. E. H. Rodger (Daisy Watson)
and little daughter, Miss Marguerite
Rodger, of Bennettsville arrived todav
from Ro.-k Hill for a visit to Mrs,
J. *W. Mixson. Before returning home
' they will visit Mrs. W. W. Watson in
Ridge Spring.
Mrs. A. McA. Pitman, of Carlisle,
is visiting in Union today.
Miss Irene McDow, of Reeeh Island,
iR spending the week-end in
Union with her parents, Mr. and M?s,
- ,t.* W. Ale Dow. _
- ' A $1 ,000,000 European corporatior
- is to establish plants and manufacture
artistica] silk under a French patent.
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TF PLANS
MENT CONFERENCE
Washington, Nov. 10.?The great
powers completed their preparations
today for the conference on limitation
.'of armament. Tonight their reprosen^
natives, laying by the role of negotiaJ
tic ns, set iisidc as a period of mourning
for America's soldier dead the
hour remaining before the conference
e assembles on Saturday. The last o$
f the major delegations was complete
f l y the day's arrivals, who included
11 Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British
s group until the coming of Lloyd
r Leorgc, and additional delegates from
New Zealand, Australia and Italy,
t Welcomed with all the ceremony
' that can attend the advent of a dis1
linguished spokesman of a great
. power, Mr. Balfour reached Washing1
ton declaring a conviction that the
1 conference would accomplish an his>'
toric advance in internaunul anuty.
Only the delegation from Portugal,
? which is to arrive tomorow, was missi
ing tonight from the roll of those who
will f.-c each other about the confer
t nee table when President Harding
1 makes the opening address Saturday,
t Notable among the day's confer1
enccs among the representatives of
? the in lividual nations was a meeting
. of those who will comprise the second
line of representation for the United
1 Slates, the advisory committee ap1
-ointed by President Harding to "ad
j \ i.se and assist" the American dele
gates. The committee completed its
< rgani/.ation by the authorization of
' ix subcommittees to act as interprer':
ivc agencies for American public
'I > pinion on the questions before the
onfcrmce.
; By ? xchangos among the participat|
l g nations, final agreement was
I reached cn the program for the open1
ag dry, last minute touches were
l added and every detail of the pro|
visions was completed so that nothing
wi uld remain to ba done during
minnow's sensnn nf nioiivnin(r
! POWERS COMPLE
FOR D1SARMA
LOW LICENSE FEE
FOR AUTOMOBILE!
L. H. Thomas, secretary of the stat
highway commision, and officials o
the motor vehicle license division o
the highway department have beei
making a comparative study of fee
charged by South Carolina and othe
states on automobiles.
Their study so far has revealed tha
South Carolina is far below a large
number of states in the fees charge'
on various machines to be registered
It is probable that the figures these
officials are compiling will be offeree
the legislature in order that this bodmay
determine whether or not it is desired
to increase the fees slight 1>
here. However, this has not yet bee.
dfinitely decided upon.
In two classes of automobiles se
Voted for a comparison. Fords am
Cadillacs, the investigation shows tha
in Iowa the fee for a Cadillac is .$ ">"> K
as compared with $10 here. In Idhln
he license fee for the same car is $40
in Oklahoma $30.25, in Oregon $30
n Vermont $32. in North Dakot
$31.10. in Alabama $26.25 and i'
North Carolina $20. For Fords the
license fee ranges as follows: Vermont
1-3 fi New Haninshire and Id .
ho *15, Virginia, $13.80. Mnrylaii
$'.".80, Tennessee $11.50. Connection!
$11.50, Georgia and Alabama $11.'J;
and North Carolina $10. The licen c
in South C trolina is $0.?The State.
ARMISTICE DAY
CELEBRAT10M
Promptly at 11 oYlock the whistle i
sounded and the bis parade started
from the high school building an l
marched thru Alain street to the Cit..1
Park, First came Uncle Sam and h sons,
the Union County soldiers \vh i
.seived overseas; the sailors, marine-:,
veterans of the War Between th >
States; the Daughters of the Confeceracy;
the 1st S. C. Regimental Barn1
rally decorated automobiles bearing
he distinguished speaker. Rear At'
miral Samuel McCowan, with th
Mayor of Union and members of th
city council; Co. E 1st S. C. N. G.
Capt. J. D. Jones c< mmanding; Fro
ternal orders of Union and the sehoo
hildren of the city schools.
After assembling at the gran
stand the 1st S. C. Regimental Ban
tilayed and the invocation was led b',
Rev. Lewis M. Rice. Mayor R. I'
etui ailt Roar 7vcTftii*aT Sam McCow
an, and spoke as follows:
"We are gathered here today t
nay tribute to the memory of those
who gave their lives in defense cl
their country, and ours; and to offi :
thanks to God for the glorious victory
that, in his providence, wa
vranted us. We are here to keep aliw
the fires of patriotism in our ow i
hearts r.rd in the hearts of our children.
and to exnress our loyalty t
our state and nation.
Upon an invitation from our town
the loyal people of Union county an ]
?he members of the local post of tli
American Lesion, a distinguished sol
of South Carolina, and of the nation
is here to address us on this occasion
It gives me great pleasure to intv<
duce to you Rear Admiral Samuel Me
Ciowan, soldier, statesman, patriot
gentleman?the man who, more thai
perhaps any other, put the Unite
States Navy on the map.
Rear Admiral McGowan spoke av
follows:
' We are here to pav tribute to Union's
sons and daughters who contributed
so generously toward winning
the world war.
' The official records of the adjutant
general of the army show that Union
v as one of a \ ery few counties in tho
whole United States to over-subscribi
her quota before tho draft was ovo\
made. In other words, Union did not
wait to be called; she went of hoi
own accord because she loves to fighl
? for tho right. On equally gooc
authority we are informed that there
was not one single slacker.
"This of itself would be suflVien
to make tho rising generation know
what a proud heritage is theirs am
at once what an obligation to see thai
Union's future shall be in every wa>
worthy of her past.
"Rut that was by no moans all
From the moment our* troops firs;
wont into action till the signing o!
the armistice three years ago today
Union was always honorably eonspic
nous on the far-flung battle line; am
the valor of her soldiers was no less
noteworthv than the magnificent worl
of her ncbie. self-sacrificing women.
"Some dny the whole story will hi
written as it ought to he. Then th<
world will know what a bright pag<
belongs to grand old Union.
"Today begins at the national cap
ital a conference aimed to provich
ways and means whereby amicable ar
hitration may hereafter replace brut<
force.
"Cynics may sneer. Skeptics ma;
denbt. Pessimistis% will predict dlr
failure but tho God-fearing, peace
loving, tax-ridden peoples of the eartl
have a right to be heard; and it wil
ho surprising indeed if the Washing
ton conference does not bring groa
and lasting benefit to mankind.
"Meanwhile it is our bounden dut
to wait patiently and trust unfalter
ingly in the ultimate outcome; bein]
arsured that this Nation's future i
safe because the American Legion i
her answer to Bolshevism and ever
other cancerous creed that woul
. ~i? >.- _* *i.
BiriM* 11 L till" lUUIHlrtHWJia 111 U1U II
public?the American Lepion. pren
1 in achievement, steadfast in purpos
and boundless in possibilities for fi
' turc accomplishment.
' Fro members of the Lepion stan
not for politics but for 100 per cer
patriotic Americanism?unmixed wit
. any other "ism" express or implied i
arv \vrv. shane. form or fashion.
"Tr| <heir keepinp our country
i safe; for to her they have pledpr
? their Imps, their fortunes and the
sacred honor?and sealed it with the
As anally drawn up the plans for
1 the opening session will start the
cunfen nee with a minimum of frills
nil diplomatic intricacies.
Secretary Hughes will bring the
i dtlega.es to order, there will be a
, raver, President Harding will make
a short address, a permanent chair.
man will be chosen and the work will
proceed.
! The president will entertain all the
' delegates at dinner at the White
, 1 louse Saturday.
. ; The United States alone, it is said,
l as completed plans for armament
' limitation.
j ; This plan relating pi imarily to naI
\ al problems therefore appears to be
. designed to become the iirst important
j .upic of negotiation although counter
I j iopos/ls are expected to be' brought
' in later and the discussion is believed
likely to lead t
1 policy.
> As the opening hour approaches,
? '.lore is manifest a feeling of
f, growing optimism among many of the
j co legates, coupled with a detcrmina
j 1 ion not to permit the conference to
II : tray into troublesome fields with
-'which it has no proper concern.
i Heartening messages of support
are niutiplying as the day of the conference
draws near.
Box Supper
There will be a box supper at the
1 home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. T. Wil
uird Wednesday night, November 16.
the public is cordially invited to attend.
'i"he girls are requested to
bring boxes and the boys well filled
' pocketbooks. Come, a good time is in
t " f?ir vou!
Remember the place and date:
Wednesday night, November 16, at
; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. T. Willard's,
Whitmire, S. C.
Mrs. W. II. Herndon, of York, is
the gin-st of Miss Minnie Walker.
A
I blood." ""
The address was responded to by
' 1 iout. \. G. Kennedy and he said:
' "In behalf of the people of Union
' younty, I express thanks to the speak;
t r, our distinguished visitor, for his
nresence and for his excellent ad\
dress.
1 "Rear Admiral McGowan, by his
' fidelity and skill, won a high place in
(he hearts of the people, having in1
trusted to him great responsibilities
in handling the business of the navy,
] not a breath of scandal has ever been
lodged against the name of Admiral
Samuel McGowan. He introduced
business in the purchasing of supplies
. l't/r the navy, those seeking high
; prices for infeiior articles soon learaf
< d to shun the office of Admiral Mc,
Gownn.
"May I say that what the boys in
1 the great war did was inspired by
i the example of the great men
c who folowed Jackson and Lee.
Our Log.on is not to find its chief
function in politics; we must find our
s (ask in the affairs of life and con?
tribute our part to the upbuilding of
the country. The speaker paid a
. be-'utiful tribute to the soldiers left
c upon the battle field and closed quot
ing the poem. "In Flanders Field."
b At th s point the noon hour having
arrived, a period of two minutes' siy
lence was observed in accordance with
e the proclamation of the President oi*
- the United States.
n Rev. L. L. Wagnon was next introil
duced and paid a tribute to the sol.
(tiers who had died upon the battlet
field, in the camps, on land or sea or
in the air. He pointed out the necessitv
of our keeping inviolate the faith
! with the dead heroes and urged upon
L,: all the necessity for honoring God
and country.
s The next thing on the program was
v ihe delivery of Victory Medals. This
(1 was done by Hon. Macbeth Young,
.. having spoken briefly, pinned the
it I medals upon the following: Gordon
,e Gallman, Miles Storm. H. L. Waters,
i- E. P. Salley. P. C. Clarke, L. P. LovI
ing, A. G. Kennedv, A. P. McElroy,
d G. E. Smith, F. Babb and Captain
itj Arch Hollingsworth.
h! An amusing incident occurred just
n here when Macbeth Young, in pinning
jthe Victory Medal on Dr. A. P. Mela
Erov, gave him the Marshall Foch
;d kiss on both ohheks.
if The benediction was pronounced by
>r Rev. J. F. Matheson. v