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ffv4-1 The Union Daily Times ht 8 PRESS ^'?i^ ~rj5V " I DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to The Union D?Hy times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I Vol^L?^ " Union^^S. C. Friday Afternoon, PecOTa^j^^^1 1921~^"""'ggg*g . " Sc Per Copy || NEGRO HELD ON SERIOUS CHARG Eastman Coleman, a 17-yedr-old 1 j gro, is lodged in jail here charg t with an attempted criminal assa upon a lG-year-old white girl in Jon J ville yesterday afternoon, 2:30 o'cloi ; The young woman identified the neg ; i It is reported that for two or thi . hours a considerable number of m had the negro out in a pine field ai > ' for a time, it seemed probable tV there would be a lynching. It \s k proposed by some of tVie cooler hea ; that the negro be brought to Uni and turned over to the sheriff. In t meantime Sheriff Vinson, having g> ten wind of the trouble, was on 1 Rway to Jonesville when he met t parties bringing the negro to Uni< T I He took charge of him and broug him on to jail. Everything is qu and no further trouble is anticipat* Goes to Hospital For Treatme i j Rev. G. G. Wilbanks left today noon ior loiumma, wnere he goes enter the Baptist hospital for trei [ [ ment. Christinas Seals f Let me ask the hearty co-operati . of the good people of Union and Uni K county in purchasing Christinas sei and as the state institution for T. patients depend largely upon the g? ' erous-cooperation and personal gil | may I ask all church societies, fiat ? 'nal orders, individual gifts, etc., k ' . contribute to this worthy cause, j pfc donations sent to L. W. Blackweld Ljjr' county chairman, will be promp I sent in to the state board. ^ I Jonesville Route 1 /Ly We are having some cold weath which is fine for killing hogs, rt F Walter Plexico, who holds a ] T-aition Whitestone, spent the wet 1 end with his grandfather, J. W. Pi< I pifefes Ruth and -Beuna Plex Mrs. W. W. White spent Tuesd *in oJnesvillc with her sister-in-lt Mrs. Dealie Vaughan. ' Willie Plexico is visiting his ] i rents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Piepcjco Miss Mae Gregory spent a f days last week in Jonesville with 1 aunt, Mrs. Julia Fowler. Mrs. S. W. Vinson spent Monday f Union. I Gary White, of Columbia, is vif ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. , White. Mrs. Fay White spent Sunday w Mrs. T. J. Vinson. Little Miss Dorothy Tweed spt the week-end with Miss Pauline F ter. "Bo" McMillan Offered Huge Sala Dallas, Dec. 9.?A contract belie\ to be the highest ever offered a cor is $:*.r>,000 for five years sent "I McMillan, center football star, by University of Dallas athletic coune France Accepts Quadruple Agreeme Paris, Dec. 9.?France's accepta: of the quadruple agreement for 1 Pacific is regarded as certain in ficial, circles. Robbers Rifle Bank of Gra Gray, Ga., Dec. 9.?Robbers t< $2,000 in stamps and money ord and $8,500 in commercial paper fr the Bank of Gray today. Ratification of Treaty Next Mo Dublin, Dec. 9.?Ratification of treaty between Ireland and Gr Britain will be the move before i ! Dail Eireapn Wednesday by Artl 1 Griffith as chairman of the pleni tentiaries and not as a cabinet i. cision, so Eamon De Valera nouneed. * a t ..Two Bandits Hold Up Paymasi .,,J Augusta, Ga., t>ec. 9.?Two bant ' held up the office of the Sibley Mi j ufaeturing Company and seized $8,1 payroll, but were captured a few m utes later after exchanging shots v, the pursuers.. /Meeting Breaks up in Roi Washington, Dec. 0.?Senator W son, at a meeting of the senate s ' committee is investigating his char that soldiers were hanged with trial in France and threatened to s the face of an army officer in the ai t ence. The meeting nearly broken ^H^row. ARM DELEGATES IE VERY ACTIVE ne- Washington, Dec. 8.?While they red wait for definite replies on the naval ult ratio plan and the proposal for a four es- power agreement in the Pacific, the ck. arms delegates are pushing ahead ro. with other features of their negotiate tions. len Today's developments brought into id, prominence for the first time the lat question of a limitation of fortifica'as tions and naval bases in the Pacific ids islands, and although the subject was on not advanced to the stage of formal he exchanges, an agreement was foreot cast preserving in general the existfiis ing status. he Again applying the American "four >n. points" to the Chinese problems, :ht the nine nations represented in the iet Far Eastern committee pledged themud. selves to make no treaty 6r agreement in futur infringing on China's territorial or administrative integrity or nt interfering with her right to economic and national development. at In the Shantung negotiations the to progress was less pronounced but the at- Japanese and Chinese delegations held another consultation on the subject of public properties and afterward both sides renewed their prediction of a satisfactory settlement. on The four power plan to preserve on peace in the Pacific was discussed at als a two-hour conference between the B. heads of the American, British, Jap;n_ anese and French delegations, but it ftjs waft said afterward that no definite er_ word had been received either from to TQkyo or Paris. The British govern\11 ment is understood to have already er, accepted the proposal in principle, and tly the American delegates have indicated a willingness to proceed to a session of details. ' A message from the Japanese capital was received during the day by er> the Japanese delegation but imperfect cable transmission was said to have rendered it impossible of definite injk terpretation. .Acceptance by Tokyo is jk- cxpectc^Hui a 11 quarters, however, and lay * iw, Washington, Dec. 8.?Cotton ginned prior to December 1 amounted to 7,pa 640,870 running bales, including 121,859 round bales, counted as half bales; ew 22,058 bales of American-Egyptian, ier ?nd 2,915 bales of sea island, the census bureau announced today, in Ginnings to December 1 last year were 10,141,293 bales, including* 191,nt 539 round bales, 46,160 bales of Amer \Y, ican-Egyptian and 965 bales of sea island. Ginnings by states to December ith 1 this year were: Alabama, 575,310; Arizona, 25,715; Arkansas, 756,008; California, 16,030; oS_ Florida, 11,724; Georgia, 803,815; Louisiana, 275,197; Mississippi, 790,326; Missouri, 66,130; North Carolina, 739,035; Oklahoma, 470,532; South Carolina, 734,665; Tennessee, 281,251; ry Texas, 2,073,572; Virginia, 14,952; all other states, 6,608. ^ Revised total of the ginnings prior |c? to November 14 was announced as 7,276,364 bales, the _ To The People of Union County nt The governor of the state of South nce Carolina has seen fit to appoint me sheriff of Union county to fill the va0f. cancy caused by the death of the late sheriff, J. Hay Fant. I fully appreciate the tremendous responsibility that has been placed upon my shoulelers and upon those who shall assisl me in discharging the duties of the ){)k sheriff's office. ers j respectfully and earnestly ash om the active and sympathetic co-operation of all the law-abiding citizens of the county to aid the sheriff and his assistants in the work that lies before ,ve them in the enforcement of law ir Union county. tju> Crime and lawlessnes can not lonp ^ exist in any community if the gcoc the f-eoP'e 'n the community will aid ane stand by the officers of the law in the discharge of their duties by helpinp j thqju bring those guilty of violating an the law to justice. Respectfully, T. J. Vinson, Sheriff of Union County. ^6r De Valera Opposes Uts Agreement an- London, Dec. 9.?Enmon De Va 300 lera's repudiation of the rising of th< ifree state agreement raised the ques 'ith tions here as to the effect the result of an anti cabinet split would hav< on the Dail Eireann's action and upor ^ the British government and parlia ment's attitude. atub Police Get Anonymous Tip ges out Omaha, Dec. 9.?Acting on th< lap anonymous tip the police have undei idi- arrest a man giving his name a; up "Mike Stine" as a suspect in connec tion with the Wall Street explosion. TWO ROBB&tS ABE WOUNDED , i Charleston, Dec." 8.?Robbers pitching packages from a "sealed" express 1 ' car on an Atlantic Coast Line train 1 ! a few miles out from Savannah at an i early hour this morning were fired I upon by Sergt. N. S. Bothers, a marine guard in the mail car, and two 1 | of them, supposed to be negroes, ' were wounded. The train reached 1 Charleston about 5 a. m. and the car 1 ; that had been broken into was left ' here pending an investigation. It is i believed that practically all of the ( I stuff taken was recovered after the ' - train halted, following the shooting. 1 | The mail coach frou\ which the 1 I guard had to fire his sawed-off shot- 1 guti was tdsthe rear of the express car, and the ifuard .had to lean ou' from the side <>f his car- and fire at < a difficult $ngle, portions of .th? 1 'bodies of thk robb*. eg -appeared. His 1 attack broke N-\ip tl^eir operations 1 I quickly, ^t is Believed they had got- ' | ten aboard the train at Savannah. ( Near the last package picked up af-- '! 1 ter the train stopped was found a hai pierced by buckshot and blood on thai I ground. One of the robbers ilf'said to have been struck in the jaUr atwf ? ; the other in the leg by the guard's j shots. Word was sent back to Sa- 1 vannah about the affair, and tlhe t: atlM then proceeded to Charleston oh its " i way from Jacksonville to New York. ? . ] To Speak at Carlisle Sunday 1 Col. T. C. Duncan is one of.^lhe ' \ speakers at Carlisle District Sunday 1 i School cdnvention at the Baptist ' church Sunday, Dec. 11, 2:30 p. m., I Carlisle, S. C. ! , m ,i Lockhart Junction \ I attended chufch this morning and heard a fine sermon by Rev Black- . ' . 1 mon. I had jail of my children together ( on Thanksgiving Day. Mr. and Mrs. JdAjW Gault, -of Union, spent Tt.anksgswTg day with ! seen more than he louid tell from the pulpit. So I can't tell you all I see or-hear in the paper, i I attended another box supper at 1 OnHor*/4 cr'knr>l k/\i*oA I ! ** ? k.?J I aviivui IIVUOC mill llicjr 1UHI a nice tim?. They hal a contest and ran five good looking young ladies I for the box of candy. The box , I brought twenty-five dollars. T. B. | Kelly and Frank Morgan rendered : some fine music for the occasion on . ; the violin and guitar. This was eni joyed by all. Moxy. j " ' Jurors for Federal Court Jurors for the federal court to be held in Greenville, January 9, have been drawn and the Union names j appearing for the second week are: J. W. Mixson, W. C. Johnson, Union [j R. F. D., W. W. Colton. The third week: Samuel Gregory, J R. F. D., Jacob Cohen, F. W. Perrin and Furman Smith, Route 1. B. F. Kennedy Bought The Hunter Property ,j ; B. F. Kennedy was the purchaser , of the Hunter property yesterday. The . entire lot was bought by IVIr. Kennedy. Personal Mention 'I Mrs. Ann J. Campbell, assistant state demonstration afent, will art rive tonight to attend the Farm Wo? man's Council held here tomorrow. Miss Lois Watkins, Piedmont dis: trist agent, will attend the Council of -j rarm women neid nere tomorrow. F Miss Ida Clement?will leave tomor; row afternoon for Spartanburg to I spend the week-end with relatives. II Rev. George P. White, of Bamberg, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. : Sarah Clement, yesterday, returning 1 to his home from the Baptist state 1 convention in Greenville. > Claude Graham of Columbia was a CI recent visitor in Union. : Rev. C. C. Vnughan, a former Un| ion boy, but an adopted son of DarI lington, passed through Union today 1 on his way home from the Baptist state convention in Greenville. Mrs. P. H. Garner, Mrs. J. K. Young, Miss Theo Young and Mrs. ,! W. H. Burris were recent visitors in '; Spartanburg. Miss Freida Wentworth of Raleigh, N. C.f is visiting friends in Union. A. G. Kennedy, B. F. Alston and s Sam I,ayton are in Greenwood today to assist in welcoming Marshal Foch. 1 The 1st S. C. Regimental Band is in Greenwood today playing "the Marseilles" and "Dixie" for Marshal Foch. Miss Mary Waters, who teaches in the city schools, has returned from a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ; Brice Waters, in Chester. r Mr. and Mrs. Evans Goodwin have ' returned from their honeymoon jour ney and are at home to their friends in Union. WATSON CHARGE# BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 8.?Detailed ycorda of the war department relatin* to the legal execution of membel#\of the American expeditionary fortes were* presented today to a' senat^anvestigating committee by way Cjn bnial of charges that score^of sola! r* had been hanged without trial. * (at jf consideration for the famili*^ of the dead, the names of the 11 emitted from the record. Read by ?ol. Walter E. Bethel, G?nsral Pershing's judge advocate njral in F ranee, the records shdl^ed that those executed by the miljt* ty authorities included eight negto two white men and_one Indian. { Senator Watson . (Democrat) t>f Georgia, whose presentation of t >e :hftrges on the floor of the senatj? nd to the investigation, appeared b^ye the committee "today and declared he was prepared to prove . tile cmlms and submitted affidavits, newspanhr dipping^ and letters bearing on imsshJsSs ^wjojKSfffiSS^' - ^3v?ia ^OTIm **o ^iv'e^>^^^M^|^^Rn were executed. The time ago to the senadM^^^^Hl?!^ viction by a Ffehch military court, asserting that under the articles of war jurisdiction over such cases was vested solely in the American army, and that as a matter of -fact the French authorities did not desire to try Americans charged with crimes against French citizens. ' There was a rather broad intimation that it might be necessaty to divulge the names of the soldiers executed because of the belief in the minds of some investigators that soldiers with stories of "wholesale hangings" might have been confused after seeing or hearing of the hang'ng of those found guilty and sentenced by militnrv PAiirf Ac QnnofAr Wofcnn proceeded today with the reading of affidavits and letters, Chairman Rrandegee announced that the affiant or writer would be summoned and given every protection in the effort to get at the truth. General Pershing, as the supreme commander on foreign soil in time of war, personally approved the conrt findings in the cases of the 11 men hanged, and refused to approve the findings in 11 other cases carrying th( death sentence. Altogether, 62 men were sentenced to death, but Colonel Bethel declared only 11 y' executed. Most of the crimes 1 e against women and children ne of the white soldiers hange a convicted of murdering anothe .ier and the other was found gt >f attacking an eight-year-old an girl. A French professor w irdered while trying to protect; 4 woman and the father of a gjr killed by two negroes as he ftK.v against great odds to save her. "* Deputy Sheriff Chosen T. J. Vinson today got his commission as sheriff to fill out the unexpired term of J. Hay Fant, deceased. Sheriff Vinson has appointed James Faucett as hig deputy. Dr. Hadley Electrocuted Richmond, Va., Dec. 9.?Dr. Wilmer Amos Hadley was electrocutedhere today for murdering his wife. Sir Arthur Pearson Drowned Ix>ndon, Dec. 9.?Sir Arthur Pearson, a former publicist, was drowned after falling in his bath. Extra Precautions Against Strike Disorders Chicago, Dec. 9.?Extra precautions against strike disorders have been taken by the authorities in the large middle west packing centers. Miss Alice Arthur of Converse college arrived this morning to spend sometime with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Arthur, on East Mfcin street. The college is closed until the 4th of January, 1922. I PROTEST VOICED ' BY COTTON MEN [ Washington, Dec. 8.?Serious injury to the cotton textile industry in New England would result from enactment of the cotton goods schedule . in the Fordney tariff bill, Former Senator Henry F. Lippitt of Providence, R. I., declared today before ; the senate finance committed He de- < scribed the schedules as approved by the house as the most "revolutionary" put forward under a protective policy ( since the signing of the first tariff | bill in 1864. - Both Mr. Lippitt, who spoke for , the J?cw England manufacturers, and < Arthur H. Lowe of Fitchburg, Mass.. who spoke for associations of cotton , goods manufacturers, North and , South, declared that the schedules ] failed to take care of the fine, fancy, j figure-woven goods turned out in the \ New England mills at a much higher | cost than the ordinary cotton goods. ] These lines, built up largely during thp V?*. f?ce extinction, it was con- ] tended, by reason of the old and firm- | ty established industry in Europe. ] I?. Lippitt brought for^, inspection t '4 m committeemen ntfmerous sam- . of fancy goods which he dis- x played as he talked.. v.. . Urging ? 40 per cent protect&u-jjfcn ( thes^-goods against thie'^present , ?if^ VI per cent., f "frier chips get .40 pet cent. 1 j thinraie. cotton industry is equally , cntif?Sfto that -much pfetection." (mpfcing any embargo on dyes, Mr. * LipfJftt and Mr. LoWe said-they be- ^ Sieved the dye industry rtiould Ije pro2i*cted but at the ^ame time provision made; in the tariff bill t< | >Coy$rv the dyes in. imported goods. said, the foreign manufac- ( HBpRBtain their> dyes at a lowei American manufac!mH||^Hj^Bhrity members of the ( ini ml <r favorable atti ' the to. 6 .per gosiy TBSHIjjlE^BBHB MKI&tijhwm ./hp 1 rates Referring to what he described as reported opposition by the agricultural bloc to high protection for Eastern industries, Mr. Lippitt told the committee that the textile industry was a basic one and that as it prospered so would the rest of the country prosper. Charles D. Owens of Providence, representing makers of blankets and blanket cloths, asked the committee for a 30 per cent ad valorem rntt on blankets and blanket goods made of cotton, while Ward Thoron of Boston asked for higher rates on piled fabrics such as velvetines. He suggested 10 per cent ad valorem in addition to the 33 1-3 per cent duty provided by the Fordney bill. Another appeal for the reopening of the hearings on American valuation was made to Chairman Penrose today by the National Retail Dry Goods association, which asked that spokesman for organizations opposed to this plan be given an opportunity to luheard. Union Choral Club Elects Officers The first meeting of the Union Phnrnl plnh wnc hol/l Thiivifl iv nitrlil at the Central High School. The fol lowing names were enrolled at tliis meeting and others have promised to register in the near future: Mesdames Jackson, Kennedy, Barron, McClure, Kirby, Goforth, Counts; Misses Layton, Hies, Crook, Murrain Curlee, Kirby; Messrs. C. C. Sander -. Hawkins, Gamer, Padgett, Madocn, Moore, Hart, L. H. Sanders and Wagnon. After the choral practice the election of officers took place. The following officers were elected: President?Mrs. Lee Kennedy. Vice-president: Miss Layton. Secretary?Miss Murrah. Treasurer?Mr. C. C. Sanders. Directress and Accompanist?Miss Curlee. Assistant Directress and Accompanist?Misses Jones and Barron. Reporter?Mrs. Counts. The time of meeting was set for each Thursday night at 7:30. The place of meeting to be decided upon later. W. O. W. Notice All members of Mon-Aetna Camp, No. 287, W. 0. W., are requested to bo present Monday night, December 12, to elect officers for the coming year. 1922. W. R. Jolly, ltpd Clerk. Eleven Packing Companies To Establish Open Shop St. Louis, Dec. 9.?Eleven independent packing companies signed the published notice that they would establish "open shop" January 2 and reduce the wages. MAUDE MOORE TELLS OF KILLING Knoxville, Dec. 8.?"It's hard to) take a human life, but it was my life or his. I could not do anything else. | It has nearly worried me crazy ever bince." These words of Maude] Moore (Mrs. Stubbs) were uttered amid sobs today during her cressexamination in her trial for kill ng: lxToy Harth here in September of, UMlb She related in detail the events r>f that fatal night how she met him! primarily for the purpose of getting! revolver she had loaned him and! af their trip in his automobile in which, she alleges, he attemp ed to! subject her to an indignity. She told :>f a ' scuffle that followed, during | which a revolver fell from llar:h's| pocket, how both attempted to seize! t and how she beat him to it and j then used it with deadly effect despite i the pain from a blow which, she s.iid j Harth had dealt her. She also told of her flight from Knoxville on the night of June 19, 1920, by way of Ivouisville, St. Louis. Kansas City, Biliings, Mont., Spoiane and on to Tacoma, where she Arrived on the tenth day after leavng here and of her arrest there on Vugust 15, 1921. She denied tin harge of the state that she h id atempted to rob Harth. Today was the most sensational of, he trial. Starting with the open- j ng of court, when Judge Nelson re i .'ersetl his own decision in regard to: Admitting part of the dying state ment of llarth. until the adjournment of court incidents came thick ind fast. Owing to the fact th it tlv lefense submitted sensational testi mony as to the dead man in a pri- ] rate hearing, the state was not able i -o suomit its reuuttai testimony, nut j this will be done at the opening of j sourt tomorrow. The portion of the ; Tying statement eliminated from evi ieitce by Judge Nelson were the; words "to j-ob me, T think," which j concluded Harth's statement that ; Mhyudo Moore had shot him. Union Shrine Club, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine: was held in the Armory of Company E last Tuesday evening, December 6th. This sumptuous feast was prepared and served well by M irtha Chapter No. 7 9,Order of the Eastern Star of this city. The banque hall was decorated in red, green and old gold festoons, cedar and pennants and banners bearing the emblems of the Mystic Shrine. The First South Carolina Regimental Band rendered the following selections: The Burning of Rome, sextette from Lucia, Wang Wan Blues, La Traviata, Francies, Fox Trot, Atlantis (The Lost Contient) The Spirit of Liberty, March. Adda Polka Cornet Solo by Noble William W. (Joforth, Silver Crown Polka, Baritone Solo by Marvin Campbell. The appetizing menu consisted of grape fruit, escalloped oysters, tur eky, dressing, rice, gravy, pickles. cranberry sauce, celery, hot rolls, coffee, pineapple salad, ice cream, pound cake and fruit was served by the ladies of Martha Chapter Eastern Star. The president, Noble C. C. Sanders, lilied the toastniasters' chair well with ease and dignity, calling on the new Nobles and several other members of the club for short talks. And many humorous speeches were made, including the springing of new jokes and funny sayings. Noble 0. Frank Hart of Columbia. Past Potentate of Omar Temple, was the principal speaker of the occasion. Noble Hart made a very interesting talk on the nine crippled children hospitals that were being built throughout the United States by the Imperial Council of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, lie told of the great work and the good tin widow's fund was accomplishing citing many cases that had come under his personal supervision. Ilis talk was peppered here and there with witty and humorous sayings tossing jokes on members of the club. The fun and frivolity continued through the eleventh hour, thus end I ing a perfect evening that will long be 'remembered by the Nobles of Mystic Shrine and their lady friends. Interned Prisoners Released Belfast, Dec. 9.?Sixteen hundred people who were interned at Ballykinler camp are released under the amnesty proclamation. Elaborate Opium Joint Raided in Chicago Chicago, Dec. 9.?William 11. Williams, inspector, with one dozen assistants, raided the most elaborate opium smoking establishment ever found in Chicago, and arrested .'10 Chinese confiscated a $200,000 supply of drugs. BAPTIST CLOSE ANNUAL MEETING Greenville, Dec. 8.?At the closing .sessions of the State Baptist convention here today, Rock Hill was-chosen as the place for the next meeting and officers were elected to serve during the ensuing year. All the principal officers of the convention were reelected unanimously at the closing session of the convention tonight. They are: J. .1. Law ton, llurtsville, president; W. O. Allen, Dillon, secretary; A. B. Kennedy. Columbia, assistant secretary; Dr. A. T. Jamison, Greenwood, vice president; Dr. J. R. Jester, Greenwood, vice president. Richard Carroll of Columbia ami P. P. Watson, president of IMorris college. both well known negro Baptists, spoke at the convention tonight. The closing day was featured by the centennial celebration session held this morning, at which time a historical sketch of the convention since its organization in Columbia a hundred \ ears ago, was given by Dr. \V. J. McCllothlin, president of Kurman university, and masterful addresses were heard from Dr. K. C. Dargan. secretary of the Southern Baptist Sunday school hoard, Nashville, Tenn., and from Dr. E. Y. Mull ins of Louisville, Ky? president of tiie Southern Baptist convention and of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary. A crowd estimated at more than 2,000 attended the celebration. Hundreds were turned away because of lack of space, and a good number stood during the almost four hours of the session. , The remainder of the day was consunied chiefly with routine business matters. Burial of J. S. F. Adams At Duck Pond Yesterday The body of J.S. F. Adams was laid to rest in the cemetery of Duck Pond church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A large concourse of friends and relatives gathered to pay a last tribute to this good man. The burial service was conducted by Rev. was born near Adamsburg, this county. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Paul Adams, Spurgeon Adams, Edgar Adams, T. J. Adams, Alton Adams, Miss Eva Adams and Mrs. G. I). Edwards. Mr. Adams was a merchant at Santuc and a successful planter. He was a worthy citizen and his death is a (iiMiiici iusa i?> uiiuin cuuiity. Henry McDonald Passes Away % ^ New Haven, Dec. 9.?Henry C. MacDonald, !h> years of age, and assistant supreme secretary of the Knights of Columbia, is dead after a brief illness. Notorious Bandit Escapes From Prison Little Iiock, Dec. 9.?Tom Slaughter, a notorious bandit, who is under the death sentence for killing; a prison farm guard, escaped with six others from the penitentiary. Slaughter controlled the prison yard for five hours preceding the escape and otVored freedom to all. Six Phillips county negroes, who lie under the death sent need in connection with the uprising in 1919 refined to escape. With a pistol smuggled to him, Slaughter outwitted the guard; and imprisoned the warden, his wife, son and two daughters in the death cell and escaped in the automobile of the warden's wife, passing through Benton and exchanged shots with th.. city marshal. Marshal Foch in Atlanta Atlanta, Dec. 9. Marshal Foch is honored here today. Greetings From Capt. Arthur Captain Miller Arthur of the U. S. S Utah sent The Times' force Christmas greetings from Constantinople, lie is having a wonderful trip but as the holiday season approaches his heart turns to dear old Union?his loved ones and friends. Accompanying the letter was views of this city and the magnificent public buildings. TODAY'S COTTON MAKKEI Open 1:40 p. m. January 17.09 17.6G March 17.05 17.07 May 17.58 17.47 July 10.88 17.05 December 17.88 17.75 : I.ocal market 10.50 Archie Stoxidenmire, the young son of Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Stoudenmire has been quite sick with toasilitis. He will be carried to the hospital today for an operation to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. j A