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|Bvol. LXXII No. 1235 Union, S. C., Saturday Afternoon, Nc|^mber 26, 1921 ? ^ Copy
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HAK1HNU SUGGESTS
1 NEW ASSOCIATION
Washington, Nov. 25.?A continu^jj|(lng
series of international conferjmences,
whose fruition inay be an "asjjBsociation
of nations'," has been sug^flBgested
informally by President Har
ding to some of the arms delegates
K and has met with thg'v general ap|Bproval.
X-. The suggestion has by no means
Bf reached the point of a definite proExposal
for such an association, tut it
wns revealed tonight that the presij
dent's personal conversations with
ft foreign spokesmen on the subject had
v I greatly increased his hope for a new
day in international relationship as a
;B result of the Washington conference.
It was indicated further that as a
R first step toward worldwide recogniBK
tion for the conference plan the reR
suits of the negotiations here might
be submitted for approval not only to
^ft the participating nations but to those
no represented here, including GerKf
many and Russia.
So far as the suggestions of Mr.
B Harding have been made known, they
E contemplate a meeting of nations
IE about the council tnbln nnce n v?op *r\
I thresh out troublesome questions and)
devise means for the preservation of
peace. It is said to be the hope of the
president that in the end all the
smaller governments will join with
the great powers in whatever discussions
may concern them or the world
situation generally.
Live Stock Loans
Will be Sought
Florence, Nov. 25.?Farmers of the
* Pee Dee district of South Carolina
took definite steps today to avail
themselves of the federal government
[ live stock loan through the War Finance
corporation. Fifty of the bigh
Rest and most progressive farmers of
the district convened in Florence,
upon invitation of W. W. Long, director
of state extension service, to discuss
this matter.
>, Four specific resolutions were
adopted and are being forwarded to
^ J. Pope Matthews in Columbia as
chairman of the state board, which
tiofl. The first of these requests that
* the board add a representative banker,
who is recognized as an authority on
live stock in this section, to its mcm/
bership, inasmuch as none of the
' committee now profess such qualifica'
tions. Bright Williamson of Dart
lngton is suggested for such appointment
since group six of the South
Carolina Bankers' association in creating
a committee for this specific
purpose designated him chairman ol
it. The board is ui'ged to frame as
definite a plan as possible, a sort of
standard paper on which .money may
be borrowed on live stock. The fourth
resolution requests Mr. Long to appoint
committees of such number of
persons as he deems advisable, in
every county in the Pee Dee, to cooperate
with the war finance board
and local banks in fixing the values
and collateral for live stock loans and
to aid in informing the farmers hew
they may apply for and procure aid
from this fund.
Mr. long opened the meeting with
a statement that this money is available
but the farmers are slow taking
advantage of it foV two reasons. First,
they do not understand the terms or
conditions under which money may be
procured from the board, and second,
local banks generally do not understand
handling live stock papers,
though they are adepts with cotton
papers. Emphasizing this fact, Mr.
Shealy of Clemson college announced
the finance corporation already has
advanced $2,500,000 in South Carolina.
Of this one loan was on live
' stock, and it took 33 days to negotiate
it because neither the applicant nor
. his hanker understood how to make
up live stock papers.
Red Cross Roll Call
Again, the Red Cross Roll Call
comes around and you are invited to
join. No canvass is being made but if
you wish to retain your membership
send the dollar to The Times office
onrl if will Ko YMir O V/10 A f A Unn/lnim..
??"? wv *v/? nuiu^u tw IIU(IUl|U((l ters.
J. Roy Fant,
1234-2tpd Chairman Locnl Chap.
r Meeting U. D. C.
The William Wallace chapter, U.
D. C., will meet Monday afternoon,
November 28th, at the Chamber of
Commerce at 3:415 o'clock.
Important busines is to be transacted
and a full attendance is desired.
The hostesses are Mrs. A. P. McElroy,
Mrs. Davis Jeffries, Mrs. W. J.
Haile, Mrs. J. L. Carbery, Mrs. Preston
Bobo and Mrs. Felix Gaudelock.
Mrs. T. C. Duncan,
1234-2tpd Cor. Sec.
Miss Margaret Pittman of Winthrop
college is spending the holidays
with her mother, Mrs. A. McA. Pittman,
of Carlisle. Her room-mate.
Miss Virginia White, accompanied
her.
H
ARBUCKLE TRIAL
GOES FORWAR
San Francisco, Nov. 25.?Miss V
ginia Rappe, motion picture actrc
whose death the state charges resu
ed from injuries received at the han
of Roscoe C. Arbuckle, was repi
sented today in a statement read
the Arbuckle manslaughter trial he
as having stated to Dr. M. E. Rui
well, San Francisco physician, th
she "must have been intoxicated f
she could not remember what ha
pened" during the course of a party
Arbuckle's rooms here.
Dr. Rumwell testified to having i
tended Miss Rappe after the ArbucV
party.
Miss Rappo told him she had be
drinking and "she did not recolle
anything that happened," Dr. Rui
well testified. The prosecution mov
that this testimony be stricken out b
the court allowed it to remain.
Dr. Rumwell said he saw no bruis
or other marks on Miss Rappe's bod
Dr. Rumwell was not cross-exat
ined. Miss Irene Morgan, traini
nurse of South Pasadena, was tl
next witness.
Miss Morgan said she was employi
in Hollywood by Miss Rappc as hous
keeper and trained nurse. She sa
she saw Miss Rappe tearing at h
clothes "many times" and treated h
at least five times for bladder troubl
Her patient used to "double up ai
cry" presumably as a result of tl
trouble, the witness said.
After drinking intoxicating liqiio
Miss Rappe would tear her cloth
off, she said.
Under cross-examination the wi
ness testified to having attended
South Pasadena woman during an o;
eration. The prosecution explain*
that by bringing out this informatic
it wished to establish a motive f<
Miss Morgan's statements rcgardir
Miss Rappe. This line of evidem
was stopped by the court.
The crowds were so dense at tl
opening of the afternoon session thi
the defendant and counsel had dif,
culty in reaching their seats.
Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont, wl
brought the charge of murder again
Arbuckle, which later was r<j{iuce?_
nij^pslaughter, was_a spectator...It wi
began.
The defense finished putting in e:
pert testimony today. Dr. Georf
Franklin Shields, who testified as t
alienist in the first trial of Han
K. Tham, illustrated on a blackboai
how bladder injuries might be caust
by hysteria or alcoholism. Dr. Lloj
Bryan and Fred H. Zumwalt testific
that bladder ruptures may, under ce
fain conditions, be purely spontant
ous in character.
Mrs. Delmont sat close to Mr
Minto Durfee Arbuckle, wife of tl
defendant, but, as far as could I
seen, the women did not glance i
each other.
Arbuckle apparently was unmovc
by the evidence. He appeared moi
cheerful during the recess periot
than he has been for some time pas
Miss Jennie Neighbors told of ha'
ing met Miss Rappe at a summer r<
sort near Los Angeles and of havin
ministered to her at the girl's r<
quest, for what seemed to be abdon
inal pains.
Harry B. Barker, a ranchman <
Stockton, Calif., said he had know
Miss Rappe intimately for five yeai
and that he had seen her on seven
occasions "all doubled up and tearin
at her clothes." Once, he said, si
appeared to suffer greatly aft<
drinking a small glass of wine. Ba:
ker said he had a real estate bui
ness In Gary, 'Ind., as well as h
ranch in California.
President Wishes
Conference Continue
Washington, Nov. 26.?With tl
arms conference negotiations procee<
ing in the atmosphere of friendlines
increasing importance is attached
the outcome as a result of the info
mally expressed hope of Preident Ha
ding that the conclave might lay tl
foundation for continuing the series <
conferences with the aim of perpeti
ating closer international accord.
Delegation of Witnesses
For Arbuckl
?
San Francisco, Nov. 26.?Furthi
defense in the testimony formed tl
program in the manslaughter trial <
Roscoe C. Arbuckle. The delegatic
of witnesses from Los Angeles fill
colony, headed by Alice Lake, are hei
expecting to testify in Arbucklp's b<
half.
Mine Sweeper After Liquo
Portsmouth, Va.,?U. S. Mil
Sweeper Red Wing with a complemei
of 60 men upder naval guard is fo
lowing the discovery and removal of
large quantity of liquor.
Mrs. Theodore Maddox and childrc
are visiting at Leonard Hall th
week.
\
DEATH CLAIMS
D CAPTAIN WAGES EF
ir- Charleston, Nov. 25.?Capt. F. W
ss, Wegener died at his residence, No
It- 117 Broad street, this morning, aftoi
ds an illness of about ten days. Whih
fo- his sickness was genevally known o
at here and had caused much concern, his
death came as a shock to the com
munity. He was one of Charleston'*
best known and most beloved citizens
or and his passing brings sorrow to
P- thousands of people.
in A leader for many years in business
enterprises of importance, Captah
lt" Wagener attained a reputation for in
:le tegrity and progressiveness that wrv
South wide. He came to Charlestor
eri from Germany in 1848, a youth in hi?
:c^ 'teens., and soon became identified
11" with this city along lines that late
made him an" outstanding figure in itc
ut life. During the Confederate war, he
served gallantly as captain of Comes
pany A, German artillery, and aftethe
war always retained a close as
sociation with this historic command
^ of which he remained the head. Hi
business success is familiar to Sou li
Carolina, and the part he took as n
citizen who had Charleston's bust in
G.j
tercsts at heart won him hosts o'
friends. His work for the exposition
er held here 20 years ago will long be
I remembered with deep appreciation.
Hs.<i i --? n??
1 f| wt tjai n? uugiums.
As head of the widely known wholesale
firm of F. W. Wagener & Co.
pg and builder of the Pine Forest inn, h
og acquired friendships and busines
connections of far reaching scope. H;
was interested in and prompted sue
a cessfully a large bagging manufacp_
turing plant, now known as the Royal
;tj mills, and was engaged in many oth
>n cr business activities.
5r Eorn October 29, 1832, at fl^vern,
ig Germany, near Bremen, Capt. Wage:e
nor came to America in 1848, landing
at New York, a boy of 13 years. He
ie came to Charleston shortly after, his
at firsc occupation being with a German
Fi- paper edited by his brother, John A.
Wagener, who became a general dur10
ing the Confederate war. In 1853,
Bt Captain Wagener started a grocery
to business, after having worked at
a member of Company A, German arin
tillery. His company was one of four
*y artillery companies "wnich on DecernJ
'd ber 27, 1860, were ordered to take
charge of Fort Moultrie. At that time
r(* he was sergeant major. His company
saw considerable active service
r_ during tfoe war, and he was commis.
s" sioned as a captain, servinge the Confederate
cause with intense patriot
B* ism. He was with the battery that
,e surrendered under General Johnson
in 1865, in North Carolina, at the
conclusion of the war.
fe Epworth League Party
Is .
The Epworth League of Unity
v- Methodist entertained last evening at
e. the home of Miss Ethel Hollingsworth
ig and had a delightful time,
a. Games of various kinds were eni
joyed and fruits and nuts served.
About 25 young people were among
the guests.
rs Will Meet in Chicago
al
ig Chicago, Nov. 25.?Secretaries of
le state fairs from Georgia to Vancouvjr
er, B. C., will gather in Chicago Nov.
r- 29 tO Dec. 1. for t.ho Iritom
I- and American Association of Fairs
is and Expositions. Various interstate
and other fairs are included in the
association's membership. This will
be the first meeting of the single orJ
ganization covering this field, merger
of the two associations that hitherto
le occupied it having taken place here a
year ago.
J8 J. W. Russworm, of Nashville, seeto
retary of the Tennessee State Fair, is
r_ president of the association and Don
r_ V. Moore of Sioux City, la., secretaryie
treasurer.
)f *
a. Pension for Presidents
Mexico City, Nov. 26.?A bill has
been introduced in the Senate pro
p viding for an annual pension of $20,000
fnf oil 'J-'
... ... ...VAILUII CA-^L CniUfill-H 11)1
9r the duration of their lives.
>? Arthur Tompkins Prize $10
>n
m 1. Open to high school pupils only,
re grades 8 through 11.
e. 2. Subject, "General Wade Hampton,
the Confederate Chivalrous
Knight of the Saddle."
j> 3. Number of words not over 2,000
4. Time limit, February 15, 1922
^ Must be in the hands of the local
^ historical committee by that date.
!a Standing of Contestants
At Close of Contest
m Miss Tracy 705,850
is Mrs. Jones 558,350
Miss Swayingem 120,920
NINE WOUNDED j
i Ai NEGRO SW
McCormick, Nov. 25.?Am l**
to the thanksgiving da^' ooWM
r of 15 or 20 midie age#trtgMBM. '
gathered at a vacant housApP
latpTof hV A. Fruit, near Mtjlwri
n'"the upper section of Jtmi
county, last night, nine mnmi
; reported by Sheriff Milton
io be in a more or less sorii#iB \
i Jition, suffering from \v0und4 fciflu
oy weapons of every kind mkl
i script ion in the hands of panes
1 Known. It seems that in ord# to
tingly observe the day, thejltegi
assembled in a vacant tenant-Xpusc
1 the farm of Mr. Truit for theggrf
of having plenty of room to dahce
old fashioned square dance jtff d
gone by, when it took more roipi-i
it does for the more fAsfcmi:
dances of modern times. In"?ddi1
.0 the musical instruments^* ni
seemed to have carried weapeijfM
omarily used at hot supperaj ?>1
iff LeRoy was on the scene' eafep 1
morning, not upon special remjest
1 any one, but upon information I?
ing him to believe that a celwral
had taken place in that vicinity ]
.light. lie sought in vain tl^el
from those in bed suffering from g
shot, pistol and rifle wounds,
vvhom are reported to be jufliy*?T
o get them to say who sutoe
hose in the party who did Pfijno
the shooting were, but none sdniii
.enow. One negro who was Ptw
.vounded told the sheriff thatfi&r
.he second cotillion some onlpb
out the light and with an ontfe^at
me began shoting'hot leadJEgl
the room then others joined
hooting and sooh every one'jK^
oom had been hit either witffibi
shot, a pistol or rifle baft, some&fi
ly and others seriously wountlflp
no one. blames any one else 'wJBr*'
shooting as they all say theyc&S
know who is to blame. At
nine negroes of that sectiontJrf
county are shot and Sheriff
gone back this afternoon to jiffiMfl
ther investigation and is fflH
bring back withl him some
attending the party. ^ , apM
Up Pay mast
Chalesa, Mas., Nov. 26.?Four n
hdld up an automobile from the Fi
National Bank of Boston here i
Q+nlo t.hi? nnvrnll fiinits sniH tn h#? $/
000.
Suits Against Former
State Treasure
Springfield, 111., Nov. 2G.?Suits
accounting against five former st
treasurers were started by Attori
Jeneral Brundage. The suitdnclu
Governor Small and Lieutenant G
ernor Sterling. ^
Third Attempt to
Salvage Fai
New York, Nov. 26.?The third
tempt to salvage the four million g
and silver cargo of Ward Stear
Merida, sunk 10 years ago off
Virginia Capes, has failed, so it \
admitted at the office of the Salvag
Company.
Army and Navy
Game Tod;
New York, Nov. 26.?Forty th
en ml cnnpf n tr*r?o o rn nvnnnfiul
army and navy bame here today.
Hughes Makes Daily Repc
Washington, Nov. 26.?Secret!
Hughes has made his regular dfi
report of the armament conference
President Harding.
U. D. C. Program,
Monday Novmber 29
Motto: "Loyalty to the Truth
Confederate History."
Subject: "New Orleans, the Qu
City."
Talk, "It's Monuments," Miss M
Flynn.
Paper, "The Battle on Land," N
J. Clough Wallace.
Paper, "The Battle on Sea," N
Adele Martin.
Talk, "Interesting Incidents of
> History," Mrs. Evelina Rice.
(^ntfan Prnn Short
Chester, Nov. 25.?W. F. Mari
cotton statistician for Chester coui
reports 22,577 hales of cotton gim
In Chester county up to November
this year, as compared with 24,468
the same period last year. .
Miss Marie "Truluck of Chesnee
spending: the week-end with Mrs. 1
> Adams at Adamsburgf.
Russelll Adams of Norton, Va.
* spending: the holidays at Adamsbt
AUGUSTA SUFFERS
CE FROM BIG F1RI
max Augusta, Nov. 26.?The loss o
tion caused by a fire which laii
Who nearly otie-half of the 700 block o
She Broad street in ruins before beini
nidi, brought under control and caused th
SiCk appeals to nettl^y ^Ctrwns for aid, th<
are Johnson and Harrison buildings, th
Roy AlMen ^dt^^K^^aiusta Chronicl
;on-' are totally destroyed and the Genest:
:ted hotel partly burned. J. B. White <5
do. Company store was partly burned an*
un- heavily dafioajged by water. Anothe
fit- hfe two blocks away on Jackson stree
r008 also gutted* three buildings owned b:
j on Harry Cummings. The origin of th*
Jose fire not determined. Thousands o<
the people witnessed the scene.
lays ??
^an- Augusta, Nov. 26.?The Harrisor
iblo an<* ?^*inson building were totally <le
tion Btr?yed easly this morning by fir*
which has spread to the Augusts
>us' Chronicle building md to other structures
in the, block. The flames arc
ierthis
beyond coatrol of the local fire do
of Partmen"t and calls have been sent tr
Maeon, Ga., and Columbia, S. C., foi
^ assistance. A stiff breeze is blowing
' and the Albion hotel is threatened
. / with destruction. Two hours after it*c,t
discovery the fire was still spreading,
un* At 2:45 a. m.?The flames had con
[*? sumed the Harrison and Johnson
IVC; buildings. The Postal Telegraph como!
pany offices were located in the llnrof
rlson building. The Chronicle build'
inf? 's burning in the rear. Fire ha*i
dS Spread from sparks to the corner of
'he Jackson and Telfair streets. Neithet
Jy* arc yet under control. The Albion
hotel Is seriously threatened.
2?^ - /The win<|^ has shifted, taking tin
train could be made ready. Fire Ch A
May was to head the Columbia firenen
tx u
rat fiehters.
Macon, Ga.? Nov. 26.?A special
' train with Macon firemen and equipment
will leave here for Augusta
shortly after 3 o'clock.
TS Atlanta, Nov. 26.?The Atlanta fire
department began preparations about
for 2 o'clock this morning to send fiveate
fighting apparatus and men to Auney
gusta to aid in fighti ngthe fire raging
des there.
ov- ' 1
Explosions in
Movie Theater
ils St Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 26. *
Two explosions of dynamite occurred
at- in the interior of the negro motion
old picture theatre,
ner ' '
the A Chorus of I>rotests
vas
ine London, Nov. 26.?A chorus of vigor
ous protest against the renewal of
the warfare in Ireland in event that
the present peace negotiations collapse
was raised by the morning
ay
newspapers.
ou* Personal Mention
the
Mrs. J. Franklin Spears of Columbia,
Miss Gertrude Smith, teacher in
>rt tVio Mnhru school, and Miss Mnrv
Smith, student in Limestone college
ary are spending the Thanksgiving holi
lily days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
to J. E. Smith, on route two.
Gist Finley, a prominent attomej
of York is the guest of Capt. anci
Mrs. F. M. Farr.
. Mrs. Swindell Klutz (Julia Smith)
'th of Chester is visiting Mrs. F. M. Fan
this week.
of Misses Lela Pearl Jelly and Aim:
Betenbaugh of Winthrop college art
een spending the week-end with relatives
in Union.
ary Miss Minnie McDaniel, who teaches
in Orangeburg county, is spending thi
Irs. week-end in Union with relatives. Sh<
will return to her duties tomorrow
iiss afternoon.
Miss Kate Kilgo of Greenwood is
Its spending several days with her pa
rents. Dr. ami Mrs. J. W. Kiluro. n!
the Methodist parsonage.
Mrs. W. L. Jackson, who has beer
the guest of Mrs. Elias Prioleau, wil
n return to her home in Atlanta tumor
. ' return to her home in Atlanta today.
t * m>
_ ^
If parachutes are much less thnr
: ' 28 feet in diameter, descent is fatal
tor
In Ceylon no man marries a wo
man unless she has n dowry,
i is Radio is used to send a crewless
Ben vessel as far as the electric impulses
will carry.
, is No monkey has any regular lan
irg. guagc. '
NEGRO SHOOTS
i TWO WHITE HEN
* Springtield, NOV. 25.?Boyce Cook
and Cultord Gantt, two white men
' from Barnwall county were shot th?.
? afternoon by a negro named Kirklanu
e who was in turn possibly mortally
B wounded by the two officers. Mcssr.*c
Cook and Gantt were taken to a hos
c pita! in Columbia. The shooting took
* place just across the North Edisi^
* river in Barnwell county about three
miles from Springfield. The officer^
had gone to arrest another negro wh?
escaped when the negro Kirkland he
' gan liring upon the officers with a
p shotgun. Mr. Caiut was the most
seriously injured of the two white
men. Mr. Cook put Mr. Gantt and the
, wounded negro into the car and drove
on to Springlield where medical at
* tention was given. The white men
t were taken to Columbia, and the ne
. gro was taken to Barnwell jail, th.
. sheriff of Baranwell county being ask.
ed to meet the prisoner in j^iackvnle
>
Barnwell. \'m- 'PR?c....
: tiers brought the negro Kirkland to
I the county jail here tonight, but lef
with his prisoner immediately wi.e.
, it was reported that a number of ca t
were following the officer. In precau
i tion against mob violence the shorn
left immediately without letting it 1>
known where he would take the pris
oner.
It is not known here who the noo n
being sought was, nor is there an
information as to whom Gantt and
1 Cook represented.
A Thanksgiving Postscript
Yesterday, Friday, a group of men
and boys mot by appointment at the
homo of Miss Mary Jane Clarke* and
Mrs. Francis Foster, near Mt. Vernon
church. Among those present ware
Mr. ^illiam Gregory and his sons,
Messrs.'Clarence and Monroe, and his
grandjpm, Ernest, Messrs. Lem MitchSpgoOU
they could.
Yesterday, some of the bread they
had cast on the waters came back to
them. The winter is near, and it
would not do to let them suffer; so
these fine men and boys gathered with
axes and wagons and cut and hauled
to the yard about eight cords of wood.
Mr. Gid Smith and his helpers made
the buzz saw ring, cutting the wood
into lengths for fireplace and sto e.
Mr. Sam Vnughan genei'ously gave
enough lumber to cover a woodsh d,
and our ladies will soon be all right
in this respect.
Against tne protest 01 tne men tne
old ladies had prepared a bountiful
' dinner; to a fine baked 'possum with
potato accompaniments, sent by Mrs.
Arthur Crocker, they added chicken
I pie, breads, greens, cake, pies and coffee.
Some of the workers had to be
quiet for a while after dinner.
The cost of the sawing was $8.00;
to cover this, and some much needed
work on the kitchen will take $20.00.
Do you want to share inthis privilege?
If so, hand your contribution
to Mr. B. B. James at the Bake Bite
office, or Rev. J. F. Mathcson.
Any amount above the $20.00 will
be used for the comfort of these dear
old ladies. They have worn out ' ?
free, loving service for others.
"Obey that impulse!"
Prisoner in Hiding
Jack Fields, white prisoner at the
penitentiary, was thought to be hiding
out in the prison yards or buildings
somewhere last night, having been
- found missing at the roll call yesterI
day afternoon. Fields is serving a
two year term from Spartanburg,
i At the roll call Guard Gillespie re
ported Fields missing, and a search
was begun. Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent
of the penitentiary, and
> prison guards were of the opinion that
; he was hiding somewhere in the yards.
A strong guard was placed around the
wnlla lucf nirrVif Knf oViAri lir
n.idnight no track of the prisoner
had boon found. A close watch is
< being kept and if Fields is in the
yard he will likely he found.? The
; State.
- Search for Negro
1 Augusta, Oa., Nov. 2">.? A nogrc
' whose name the police say they do noi
yet know, attempted, in the lowei
part of the city, this afternoon, tc
assault an eight year old white child
The man escaped over the rivei
into the Carolina swamps. Posses ol
" citizens followed in pursuit, but h<
has not yet been taken into custody
i Bloodhounds are being secured ant
i the search will be continued during
night and tomorrow, and the au
- thoritics are confident that the man'i
arrest will be accomplished.
YOUTH IS GIVEN
!. LIFE SENTENCE
: Gaffney, Nov. 25.?The case of the
, state against Roy Henderson, the boy
who was tried for killing the two
little sons of Wofford Kirby, was completed
Wednesday night ,the Jury remaining
out only a short time before
returning a verdict of guilty with
recommendation to mercy. Judge Wilson
has not as yet sentenced -the
lefendant. ns there* is considerable
ambiguity in the law wfiich provides
none place that persons guilty pf /
nurder with a recommendation to ?.
mercy shall be sentenced to the pen- M
itentiary for life, and in another place'
raying that boys under 18 years of
age, who are convicted of crime, shall
>e sent to ihe reformatory and kept
here until they reach the age of 21
years.
Butler & Hall, who represented the
lufendant, made a very strong fight
or their client, bringing Dr. Boone,
i specialist from Columbia, who has
iad the hoy under observation. Dr.
3oone testified that the killing might
have taken place by the boy, and while
he knew it was wrong, he could not
ealize the consequences of the crime,
as his intelligence was only equal to
hat of a boy seven or eight years of
age. The hoy's father testified that
he is 15 years of age, but that he had
always been peculiar and very backvard
in most respects. Numerous witlesscs
testified to the fact that there
had been insanity in the Kirby family,
and there were witnesses who testified
that there had been insanity in Mrs.
Kirfcy's family.
Th grand jury completed its labors
Wednesday night, and in its final presentment
recommended that the court
of general sessions be continued into
next week for the reason that there
are a large number of cases which
can not be tried at this term. Judge
Wilson said that he could remain another
week in Gaffney, so'fAr as he is
personally concerned but that he could
not bring the jury back for another
week's service. Tho i*mnn
n^ommended that jf it was not
sentment' that inatroY n'
cussed by members of the bar, and it
is likely that a special term will be
asked for.
Ginning Report
Washington, Nov. 23, 1921.
Orus T. Belue,
Union, S. C.
Dear Sir:
The tabulation of the card reports
shows telegraph summary to be correct.
There were 14,529 Vales of cotton,
counting round as half bales,
ginned in Union county, from the
crop of 1021 prior to November 14,
1021, as compared with 18,211 bales
ginned to November 14, 1920.
Very respectfully,
W. M. Steuart,
Director.
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Armed Bandit
Gets Bis Haul
St. Louis, Nov. 26.?Four armed
bandits entered the office of the St.
Louis Refining company and escaped
with diamonds and jewelry said to be
valued at $60,000.
Another Plenary
Session to be Held
Washington, Nov. 26.?So much
progress has been made by the naval
experts examining the details of the
American reduction plan that some of
the arms delegates expect another
plenary sesion may be held soon to
permit Japan and Great Britain to
submit counter proposals in concrete
form.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Close
January 17.80 17.57
March 17.80 17.59
May 17.50 17.29
, July 17.02 16.73
December 17.99 17.65
, Local market 17.00
N. Y. Spots 18.00
Lions in Complete Control
, Nairobi, liritish East Africa, Nov.
'25.?Officials of a tra n arriving at
one of the stations on the Uganda
> railway found three lions had taken
. possession, one in the telegraph room
and one in the refreshment room
t J whilo the other came out and stalked j
?[ up and down the platform "in true
. official style" as the driver expressed 'A
A fmgg^pprks from the engine
whistle causqd the lions to decamp, >
s whereupon the station staff emerged S
from a building same distance away. ^