, __ ? vV"^- - ^ ; ~ jjLMfr.; . 3 The Union Oaily Times wm' DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to The ( nion Daily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY " . "* T ' Vol. LXXII No. 1243 -Union, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon (December 6, 1921 5c Per Copy ???i?i?? ' TRAGIC DEATH OF YOUNG LAD Walterboro, Dec. 5.?The tragic death of Raymond Maxcey of Williams, in upper Colleton county, has cast a feeling of sadness over the entire community. This tragedy occurred at the home of W. F. Jones Wednesday afternoon. The youth had gone fn or\nn/l llin nicrKl '1 Ci'linnlnilltl' J. K. Grayson, and Mrs. Grayson had sent the two boys on an errand to Mr. Jones' home. Arriving at tins home, young Maxcey noticed a gun in a rack over the door and asked Jesse Jones to let him look at it. in some manner the gun was discharged as the Jones boy was handing it to the Maxcey boy, and the load took away the entire front part of the face, entering near the temple. The boy lived from 6 o'clock in the afternoon until 11:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were "both away from home at the time the tragedy occurred. The funeral and interment took plnce at Smoaks Baptist church Friday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. M. J. Kyzer conducting the services. Young Raymond Maxcey was in many respects a remarkable boy. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Maxcey, and was a leader in his grade in school, the sixth. He was a manly youth and fas a favorite in the community. The Williams rural graded school was closed Thurs day out of respect for the boy. naymond Maxcey, J. E. Grayson and Jesse Jones were boon companions, r- . The mothers of the three boys are t ' v * all prostrated with grief. The jury of inquest exonerated the Jones boy from all blame, and pronounced the death accidental. MASTERS SALES HERE YESTERDAY In the case of Mrs. D. L. Rice vs. R. V. Gist, two lots in the town of Carlisle. Purchased by Mrs. R. V. Gist for $1,500. Citizens National Bank vs. A. B. Brannon, one lot located on West Main street. Bought by Citizens .?1 ational Bank for $725. Dr. J. J. Lindsay vs. Albert Mcriver conteinmglTOaCT?S^Mugn^5y Kelton Mercantile Co. for $2,450. L. P. Crawford vs. J. B. Richards, I three tracts of land containing about 700 acres. Bought by J. B. Richards for $10,600. Peoples Building & Loan Association vs. Judge Little. One house and lot located on West End, Union. Bought by R. L. McNally for $525. Jno. T. Meador, et al, vs. Agnes M. Meador, et al. One plantation, known as the M. B. Meador home place, con/ino o/irna Rnnivtit. hv .T. P. mining ivu MV. VM. ?^ ? i-, ? ?^ - - - and M. E. Meador for $1-1,000. A. B. Lawson vs. Clara Alexander Smith, et al. Two tracts of land totalling 69 acres, located at Coleraine. Bought by J. G. Sumner and A. B. Lawson for $935. Ex Parte Brock-Morgan Automobile Co. jartition. One lot land located on North Mountain street, known as lot No. 2 .of the J. Clough Wallace property. Bought by Nicholson Bank & Trust Co. for $1,100. ff. A". Brown, plaintiff, vs. Goforth, et al, as trustees Union l odge Loyal Order Moose. One brick store building in the Townsend block, and adjoining the Bailey Builders Supply Co.'s building. Bought by J. A. Brown for $4,600. The total sales aggregated the sum of $36,870. This was one of the biggest sales day ever known in Union. In addition to the real estate sold as above stated there were numerous sales of personal property. Mules, wagons, horses and all sort of farm implements and products. North Carolina Solons Meet Today Raleigh, Dec. 0.?North Carolina legislature begar* its special session today. Watson Files Charges Against Agent in Savannah Washington, Dec. fi. ? Further charges of the irregularity in the con~ duct of the liquor raids in Savannah were filed by Senator Watson against the general prohibition agent, Henry, to be investigated by the international revenue bureau, so Commissioner Blair said. "The Irish Free State" I%X / * r Birmingham, England, Dec. 6.?Irewill be known officially as "the Irish free state," so Lord Chancellor Birkenhead announced. A determined effort is being made to ban the Ku Klux Klan. The day is ypast when night hood was in flower. ?Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat. fter an automobile driver has d a train to the railway crossing lost, he never tries it again.? ago Daily News. 'afr'ir HIGH VALUE ON STORED COTTON "More than $30,000,000 worth of I cotton is now stored in the warehouses in the state system," J. Clifton Rivers,; warehouse commissioner, said yester-1 day in speaking of the big business! the state system is handling this year. , "The state warehouse system has j developed into one of the biggest j businesses of the country," Mr. Riv-1 ers continued. "At present we have I more than 1,000 bonded employees j and are operating more than 1,000' units or warehouses with cotton val- \ ued at more than $30,000,000. "By calculation made on October' 15 it was shown that the value of the i cotton on storage at that ime had in-! creased $7,500,000 since the cotton' was placed in the warehouses. This, was carried at a minimum cost to the people who are using the department." During November the number of bales of cotton stored increased by 33,857 over the first day of November. Last year a total of approximately 500,000 bales were handled by the system. A great increase in the number of J the larger warehouses entered into j the state system is shown in the No vemuer dusiiicss. inis is attrioutcu to j the fact that the state warehouse receipts are being used more extensively in obtaining loans through the war finance corporation and other financial agencies, because of the easy facilities they afford for such purposes and because they are approved by the war finance corporation.?The State. Rural Policemen Busy Rural Policemen Thos. McDaniel and Victor Lawson and Sam Garner found 300 gallons of "mash," several empty barrels on the Ed. Littlejohn place. They also found a 100-gallon capacity still near Kelton. Every clay the rural policemen are ciipturing and destroying "mash," "stills" and destroying outfits. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Fowler, Union, Route 5, announce the birth of a I daughter, December 2nd. _it- -j.. ?rrr ?.. ,..... C Santa Claus Club The Santa Claus club got a liberal contribution yesterday from Circle No. 1 of the First Baptist church and the committee feels deeply grateful. The little Empty Stockings are so appealing that it is impossible to turn down the call. Won't you help a little? A small bit from everybody goes a long, long way, and this year Santa Claus will have to scrimp terribly to get around. Please! Cash $1.00 Circle No. 1, First Baptist church 7.60 Honor Roll Meador School t Seventh Grade?Vera Johns, Minnie Kimbrell, Frances Crosby, Fred Crosby. Sixth Grade?Leone Crosby. Fourth Grade?Walter Crosby, Emma Kimbrell. Second Grade?Melvin Meador, Grace Fant. First Grade?Willard Jenkins. City Council Abolishes Office of Recorder At a meeting of the city council held Dec. 3, the following resolution was moved and carried: "After full discussion, it was moved and carried by city council that, effective Dec. G, 1921, the office of recorder for city of Union be abolished, and that the police court revert back to the mayor." Judge J. M. Greer, who has filled the office of recorder, was notified of; the action of the council by Clerk W.! D. Arthur yesterday. Mayor Morgan this morning re- j sumed the position of trial judge in the police court. Father of Dead Man Will Resume Testimony I Los Angeles, Dec. 6.?J. D. Kennedy, father of J. Bolton Kennedy, for whose murder Arthur C. Burch is on trial, was expected to resume testifying and the identity of more letters alleged to have been written to his son by Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, who is indicted with Burch. m Lloyd George Again Cancels Trip to U. S. London, Dec. 6.?Lloyd George has; announced that his Washington trip will be cancelled because of the early ! meeting of parliament to act on the Irish settlement, it is stated. * ' Miss Annie Tinsley was the guest of friends at Ware Shoals last week. The forests of Florida contain 175 different kinds of wood. Leonardo da Vinci designed the first real parachute in 1500. GOVERNORS BEGIN ANNUAL SESSION Charleston, Dec. ,5.?Addresses on "Agricultural Credits" by Gov. Samuel McKelzie of Nebraska, and "Agreements by States Under the United States Constitution," by Representative Merrill Moores of Ind.ana, and on "National Home Making Through Reclamation" by Frederick Haynes Newell consulting engineer of the reclamation service, were heard by the house of governors in its first business conference here tonight. Governor McKelvie emphasized the financial worries of the farmers of the country, explaining they were due to the process of deflation in such degree as to lay the farmer prostrate. The farmer should be encouraged to borrow money for his needs on the same basis as all others, he said, adding that this situation has never obtained because the farmers lack liquid assets. He told the governors how the state of Nebraska was assisting its farmers in the borrowing of money. Representative Moores citied instances where lack of a uniformity in state laws was injurious in various directions. He suggested that cooperative legislation was the apparent remedy for overcoming some of the defects that are prevalent in this country whereby men escape unscathed after commission of crime and whereby some property is taxed several times, lie said that until the states "through cooperative legislation or some course took up the slack, some pieces of injustice and unequality would con tinue. Mr. Newell asked the interest of the governors in legislation looking to reclamation of lands in various parts of the union, for the purpose of giving men an opportunity of owning land. He declared that farms should be looked upon as producers of men rather than of wealth. Gov. J. B. A. Robertson presided at the night session. Two business sessions of the house of governors will be held tomorrow. Wednesday night the governors leave for Washington, where Thursday they will be guests of President and Mr?. Harding. < ; ' * * i* ii uri.i i i rroposait vipon TVitran Agreement Was Reached London, Dec. 5.?The evening standard says the government's proposals upon which the Irish agreement was reached early to provide for the Irish free state withdrawal of all military forces in Ireland and safeguards insuring peaceful conditions. The Central News says the definite promises of the allegiance to the empire by the Sinn Fein provided an agreement is satisfactory to the king. Copy of the modified terms, which is subject to the action of the British parliament and the Dail Eireann, was sent to Premier Sir James Craig of Lister. Agreement is formal, detailed and a conclusive document, not reauirinc the consent of Ulster. The Ulster is given the option of the withdrawal in a month reverting to the present status in a territory to be determined by the boundary commission. Official Circle Reserve Comment Belfast, Dec. 6.?The official circles have reserved comment until the terms of the Irish agreement are made known. Wreck of Philadelphia And Heading l rains Philadelphia, Dec. 6.?Twenty-three bodies, many charred beyond recognition ( were taken from the wreckage of the Philadelphia and Reading passenger trains which creshed yesterday near Bryn Athyn. Several others are missing. The railroad officials and public service commissioners and the coroner are investigating. Meeting Postponed The Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal church has postponed their meeting until further notice. The Trial of the Robbers The B. Y. P. U. of Mon-Aetna church will go to Buffalo Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Buffalo Baptist church to present "The Trial of the Robbers." The public is in vited. TODAY'S COTTON MAKKtl Open Close January 17.45 17.26 March 17.41 17.25 May . 7.06 16.94 July 16.60 16.54 December 17.50 17.39 N. Y. Spots 17.70 Local market 16.50 Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Murphy, of Denver, Colorado, arrived Thursday evening to spend sometime with Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Maddox and Misses Edith Murphy oj ?As.?r ing, and % hear this news. FOCH TO OCCUPY LAFAYETTE'CHAff Greenwood, Dec. $.'-^The identica chair in which Marquif de Lafayett sat during a reception if Columbia i) 1825 will be occupied, by Marsha Foch when he visits -GJtjenwood Fri day, according to an siigmnceinent re ceived today by Ernajlt Rosenberg commander of the Gre^pfwood post o the American Legion, i ffom Morri: C. Lumpkin, state commander. Mr. Lumpkin wrote*jMl*. Rosenberg that J. R. Allenjj|f Columbia the owner of the chaijf had offere? to bring it to Greenwoo^ for the wel coming ceremony. Tfl anions o!( relic is now the property of Mr, Allen. The Knights of Colutrijbus of Soutl Carolina will also pr^^ent Marsha Foch with a memoriali'";. Work began today Oft. the eroctior of an immense arch ol(?riumph ovei Maxwell avenue, through which Marshal Foch will pass on fits way fron the train to the platform in the center of the business district where the formal exercises will beheld. Greenville, Andersoi^ Abbeville Laurens and Gaflfney 'yfeve alreadj notified the local poU|n department that a request for two;i>olice officers in uniform from eachttown will be granted. Greenville's inayor, H. C Harvley, notified the lobal polico department that he wotnd come and bring Chief of Police Smith, in addition to the other ^o patrolmen A large number of extfa police officers will be sworn in aiifcl every member of the local post offthe American Ix?gion will be given ?>lice authority to help handle the qjsowds. Indian Princess, IF pela uraes concert v i ' The second number oi the Alkahest Lyceum Course, which consisted ol Oyapela and Company, *vas most enthusiastically received i by a largt audience last evening jat tho High school.' 1 V Oyapela is a beautiful fcjrunette, and hef dancing was v^piiuetful in its gnuig 8nd the interpiptitions of the djUVltent ceremonies ottjw tribe wer( The children were enraptured with her special readings to them. Oyapela has a splendid support in the violinist, Miss Weinstock, and the pianist, Miss Burton, who both die; splendid work. The first two numbers of this Lyceum course have been of the ver> highest type, and the public is assured of the same good record being made by the other three numbers to come later. A Beautiful Party Mrs. Thomas L. Estes entertained yesterday afternoon at her home or Douglass Heights at a beautiful party and 40 matrons and maids enjoyet the occasion. The home was thrown er suite and decorated with ferns, hollj and red roses, suggestive of th< Christmas season and tables foi bridge were placed in the parlor anc living room. The score cards wert hand-painted holly berries tied witl red ribbons and the hostess server chicken salad, lettuce, pickles, hot bis cuits, coffee, whipped cream and sher bet. Sh action. Numerous suggestions art i under consideration. One, which f receiving considerable French sup 1 port, involves a written guaranty b ; Bermany that: (1) The budget will be balanced ; (2) no capital shall be exported t - SbJUQtiies; (3X there shall b i no policy of retaining capital" m for eign countries; (4) the raising of i loan, a portion of which is to go t ! the reparations commission; (5) con 1 tinuation and probable increase din ing the period of delay of payment 1 nkind. ' Allied Control Body. I Such a plan would set up an alliei ' control commission in Berlin to su ' pervise budgetary reforms and hav broadening powers to efieet other tin ancial changes. It is declared that there are n longer any insurmountable diflicul I ties between the two countries on th , reparations policy. Officials repre seating France and Germany, wh I are in a position to know the re.i , facts, understand that Germany ca , not meet the payments beyond thos ? scheduled lor January and reoruar . next. As to these, France is no I greatly concerned, for it is assertei . under the allied agreement. Franc i is not to receive one i.nt of cash in I volvd in these installments. The Assoc'ated Press is infornie . that the supreme council probabl; r will consider the new situation ere i ated at a meeting to be held wit hi . five or six weeks, when France proh - ably will make a formal demand fo a now distribution of the first bullio - of the idemnity paid last August. I Villa is Again Leading 1 Mexico City, Dec. 5.?Fran isc Villa, one time bandit, has taken th leadership of an agrarian league i r the I^aguna cotton district in tin ' state of Durango where wide unem ployment has given rise to some dis turbances, according to advices rt ceived here. Villa calkf! a conference of al " landowners and presided at a meet ing in which he urged the capitalist of the state to cooperate in an efToi to relieve the unrest, promising hi personal support of any measure looking to that end. Shantung Question , Before Conferenc Washington, Dec. 6.?The sub-con 3 mittee deliberations of the session o . conference of Japanese and Chines delegations of the Shantung questio s are the only scheduled activities of tli f armaments conference program. World War Pensions Total $259,000,00 *. Washington, Doc. 6. ? Disbursi ? ments for pensions growing1 out of tl h wars preceding the world war totallc - almost $250,000,000 during the fisc year which ended June 30, says tl i? annual report of the commissioner < t pensions. This is $45,000,000 over tl i. year preceding but $6,000,000 undi "^the appropriation. The total numbi /.pensioners.#^661% LANDIS SLUGS E GREAT SLUGGER (J Chicago, Dec. 5.?The 'bad news' it- for Babe Ruth, world's champion honit >1* run hitter with the New York Van> koes, broke today. ie Ruth was lined his world's series lS prize, amounting to $:t,:h)2.2<>, and susf. pended untol May 20 of the 1922 sean son by Judge Landis, commissioner of h baseball, for participating in exhibition games following the close of tin K world's series. 1P Outfielder Bob Meusel and lMtclier n William I'iercey. also members of the pennant winning Yankees, who participated in the barnstorming trip with Ruth, drew substantially the , same penalty. I'iecher I'iercey's fine (j was $100 less than the other two j. players, as his share of the world's seriese was that much less than the .. other players. s The suspension of Ruth for at least the first month of the American league pennant race practically 1 means, baseball observers pointed out tonight, that the New York slugger will have little chance of bre iking his . home run record next season. Under e the ruling Ruth may apply for rein, statement May 20. The decision which, in the baseball world, rests as the most import nl . Judge Landis has made since he bej. came commissioner, was made after two months' deliberation. After the . players gave up their toi r, Judge Landis sent each a questionnaire askI ing their reasons for violating tinrules of organized baseball. The rule, enacted in 1911. forbids a member of a team competing in [I the world's charmpionship sc.ies from participating in any exhibition games v after the close of the series. Ruth replied to the questionnaire, but neitbj er of the others answered it. Judge Landis, in his decision, s lid II the offending players "wilfully and definitely violated the rule and that the situation involved not merely rule violation," but rather a mintuous defiuncc intended l.y the players to present this question, "Which is the bigy ger?baseball or any individual in baseball?" I; O o il* oeaaiia i' ^ _____ a Lowndes J. Browning, of Union, ? was out our way last week on business. Con and Luther Bishop, of Wood's ruff, were down here on busia.ss las' Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Mollis and ehildivn, of Cross Keys, spent Sunday with their mother. Mrs. T. .!. Alverson. .Miss Edith Castles, one of the Sedalia teachers, attended the marriage ? of her brother in Columbia last week Mr. and Mrs. It. W. Chancy spoil last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett, of Cross Keys, and ? were accompanied home by Miss Carl' rie Bennett, who spent several day n with them. Rev. I). C. Gregory, of Whit mire y will jireach his first sermon to his congregation of Quaker Methodis church next third Sunday morning l> Dec. 18th, at II o'clock in th Sedalia school building. The public is invited. '' Rev. Snyder, of Woodruff, preached ? for the Padgetts Creek congregation yesterday afternoon. 11 The William M. Gist chapter U. 1>. C. held a delightful meeting with ' Mrs. It. W. Chancy last Friday after n noon. The chapter will hold its Jan uary meeting with Mosdames J. II. Whit mire and Rosa W. Bishop, at their home in Cross Keys. The chapter is planning a box supper to be ? given Wednesday night, December 0 28th, in the Sedalia school building. " Besides the boxes, home-made candy and cakes will be sold. 1 There will be a regular communication of the Cross Keys chapter O E. S. next Saturday, in the Masonic hal lat Cross Keys. B. I Council Annulls Decree .S s Moscow, Dec. 5.?The Council of s People's Commissars has published a decree annulling the former practice of paying all unemployed or disabled workers in both money and food. c By the new decree only those workers in industries for thee years past will receive an allowance which, fo II the first class, will be full minimum >c pay and, for the second class, one n half of the minimum pay. 10 The government is not m k ng au\ unemployment allowance for th< thousands of government employes now being discharged. 0 Canadian Voter# p- Go to the Polls ie , A "" Ottaway, Ont., Deo. f>.~ The Can il' adian voters are electing 23.r> repre ie sentatives to the fourteenth parlia ^ ment. The tariff is the chief issue. ie E?r Miss Vera Farr of Brown's Creek it cr visiting her brother and sister, Mr and Mrs. G. L. Byrd, of Patrick, S. C ^ v. - PRISONERS WORK [ CLEVER TRICK Penitentiary officials yesterday frustrated an attempted escape when C. 1>. Cooper and Harry Gates, two of the most desperate prisoners within the walls, were found hiding in the tubereulosis hospital attic. Their discovery was made about 10 o'clock yesterday morning following an all Sunday night vigil in an effort to find the prisoners. The trick used by Gates and Cooper was one of the cleverest yet found I y prison oflieials and the men might have made good their escape, but for the determination of Capt. ('. C. Roberts, head of the guard. The men wcio found between the ceiling and tin* attic floor, having sawed a hole through the top floor and crawled under. So neat was the jol> that it would have been practically impossible to locate Gates ami Cooper if Captain Roberts had not suspected they were in the hospital. Cooper, who is serving a life scntence for the murder of Nick Pulica in Marlboro county, was missed Sunday afternoon when his brother called at the penitentiary to see him. In the search for Cooper, Harry Gates, serving eight years f<>r robbery at Spartanburg was also missed. A search was begun imihe^tately by v . Captain Roberts and extra guards;;/** 1 were placed at the hospital late in the afternoon when that building was suspected as the hiding place. Lights were placed around the building and also one at the wall where Jjack 1' ields climcd over, this spot being rather dark. An all nig"ht watch failed to locate the men and yesterday morning at daylight Captain Roberts and several guards began an inch by inch search of the hospital building. Hole Through Floor. They found where the two men had sawed a hole through the floor and in a few seconds Gates and Cooper were brought from under the flooring. The place selected by the men is ideal as the attic floor is of tarred and graveled material on the top of the regular tongue and grooved flooring. The men cut through thia ed edgeed fashion. After they were under the flooring the hole was covcred up with sawed pieces, the loose gravel and tar being thrown over tlio hole exactly as over the entire floor. This would indicate that they had a confederate working with them. The two men had with them plenty ^ of food and water to last a week. They had numerous cans of food, a gallon or more of water, ropes, strings, and other material to asisst them in getting out of the prison, hollowing their discovery they wore placed in the main cell building and will wear stripes for a while. Gates and Cooper are holh said to he "bad men." That they had u confederate in the job is practically certain and Captain Roberts lias ore or two men spotted as being implicated in the attempted escape. lie is investigating every angle of the ease. Several piculiar incidents are connected with the afl'air. Cooper sent his suit case home last Saturday and his brother called to ^ r him Sunday, this call leading to the