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^ ... - ,vV\J4 * p=ri The Union Daily Times ~55~HI I 1 O . -- jL-rir? jhf DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1880--Converted to The Union Pally Tim? October 1^917 DAttY EXCEPT SUNDAY* | ______ fij Vol. LXXII No. 1256 Union, S. C., Wednesday Afternoon, December 21, 1921 3c Per Copy I' GENERAL SESSIONS , ' COURT ADJOURNS E iy Court of general sessions adjourned yesterday morning. The following { cases were tried and disposed of: e The State vs. Eastern Coleman, f charged with assault with intent to r ravish. Plead "not guilty." Verdict:' a "Guilty, with * ecommendation to mercy of the eourt." Sentenced to 20 ? years in the state penitentiary or \ upon the Union county chaingang. The Ttate Vs. Will Young, charged q with obtaining goods by false pre- F tenses. ^ Verdict: "Guilty." Sen- ? tenced to _serve six months or pay a b fine of $300. b The State vs. Press Newbles, charg- d ed with obtaining goods by false pre- a tenses. Verdict: "Guilty," with sen- k tence of 12 months or pay fine of n $500. ^ p The State vs. Sweet, alias Vina a - Dawkins, charged with assault and 0 battery, etc. Verdict: "Guilty," and t given a sealed sentence. c The State vs. James Norman. _ i charged with assault with intent to . kill. Plead guilty. Sentenced to three * years. v The State vs. Jim and Ben Smith, 1 charged with violating the prohibition ? law. Verdict?: "Guilty," aM given a 11 sealed sentence. t' The grand jury rendered a "true t: bill" upon every case turned In to c 5 /hem except in the case of Randolph Jeter and Clarence Meador charged e with housebreaking and larceny. In t! their case "no bill" was found. h The following is the presentment of j, * the )^|md jury: n StaG?of South Carolina, o Union County. Court of General Sessions. December Term, 1921. To His Ifonor, John S. Wilson, Pre,/klmg Judge:p,.^' vThe grand jury respectfully submits the following report: I We have passed on all bills pre- P gented to us by the solicitor. ? A committee from this body has in- n spected the County Poor House, and s found the farm to be in good condi- "V tion. We recommend that the super-' b . - intendent's house be painted. The > houses provided for the inmates we t ? : find in bad condition, and probably be- v yond repair. For this reason, we rec- t . ommend that new homes be erected v lor the inmates. t m'. ; A committee from this body has in- a spected the county chaingang, and t found everything in good condition. ? The county iail and courthouse have I ,*% "been inspected, also, by a committee, h and find that the recommendations v contained in our last report have been 1 carried out, and both buildings are in . good condition. B Through a committee this grand a Tfky made an investigation o# f the public schools of the county, and f urn orn nlnoao/1 fn i?nrw\t?f 4-Viof ? our efforts, the County Trustees As- v sociation has unanimously adopted our t recommendation that there shall be g jdx_Jioura teaching: time each day in p . - ^ties-*'1*81 schools- c ; j^nks of the jury are extended t ^orior, and to the solicitor h WLr-?' oance rendered and cour- g ^Rbwn us, afld we ask to be re- r ^ from fui*ther attendance. h ^ Respectfully submitted, v B. F. Alston, Jr., g 'Foreman Grand Jury. December 20, 1921. v Subscriptions to ii V ' $5,000 Cannery J Lewis M. Rice *. . .$ 50.00 ' C. K. Hughes 50.00 { R. M. White 50.00 j J. F. McLure / 50.00 W. D. Wood 50.00 Dr. Russell Jeter 60.00 J, E. Minter . . 50.00 R. W. Beaty 50.00 ? T. B. Strange 50.00 i F. H. Garner 50.00 i H. L. Davis- 50.00 \ J. R. Whitmire 50.00 < Roy Willeford 50.00 j Sam Berelowitz 50.00 i Sam Kassler 50.00 ] C. R. Lancaster 50.00 c J, V. Askew 60.00 s S. Krass 50.00 \ Found 18?wanted 82 more sub- t u>rinHnng. Whr? will ho t.h? next ? 1 Unless we can secure 100, no subscrip- 1 y tion will hold good. 1 Santa Claua Club ? The Santa Claus club has had so i many urgent calls this year that the t funds have run out and a last S. O. S. < is sent out for a little more help. j If you want to help spread sun- j shine, please help a little this after- 3 noon or tomorrow morning?after that it will be too late until next year. Mr. D. C. Gregory of Whitmire read about the club and the good work . it is doing and brought a contribu- . tion. Won't you do likewise and do j it today. ' ; D. C. Gregory .. .. * $1.00 1 Generous donation from Mr. High. A box of candy from Miss Frances 1 Rasor, a box of toys from Junior class of the Episcopal church, and a liberal contribution from Miss Eva ( Owens, and toys and books from the seventh grade girlg. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET ^ ??? *? i- a m 1 upwn v>iose ^^WSfiuarv 18.20 18.23 ' March 18.06 18.10 1 May 17.67 17.67 July 17.20 17.23 December 18.22 18.68 , N. Y. Spots .'. .. 18.90 market 17.60 Mr. and Mrs. Richard and mother, and Mrs. W. W. Stroud and Paul Stroud motored to Cross Anchor Sun* day and attended preaching at New Hope church and spent the day at Mr. Columbus Bolton's. 1 1 Herbert Douden, who Is a student in the Pittsburg Carnegie Tech, in the Junior class, ?rrived yesterday to spend the Christmas holidays visiting his parentk, Mr. and Mrs. William Douden. I ? : ,/>:v V AMENDMENT OF SMITH POSTPONED Washington, Dec. 20.?While the >ostponement of a vote on the Smith intendment requiring the president to ill the first vacancy on the federal eserve board by the appointment of i farmer, until January 17, was re:arded as a victory for the conservaive element in the senate, Senator imith of South Carolina expressed pinion that the amendment would ass the senate by a 2 to 1 vote. The mendment is of nationwide interest ccause it was drawn and supported y a coterie of Southern senators who esire to eliminate W. P. G. Harding s a member of the board. His term ;ill expire in 1923. If the amendiciit prevails he can not be rcapointed. When doubt was expressed s to the ability of the bill to weather pposition in hte house even were it o pass the senate, Senator Smith delared: "It will go through with conummate ease. Next year is an elecion year. That fact prompted me o initiate the fight at the present ime. There will be very few men dio Will vote against a measure givng a farmer opportunity to suggest o the board the financial accommnda tens required by the agriculturallass." Should the Smith amendment be nacted, the understanding today is hat the president would veto it. He olds, it is reported, that it would be ust as wise to make a farmer a "lember of the supreme court as a lember of a board, the requirements f which is practical banking. H. W. R. Reception for Bride One of the loveliest of the many >arties for Miss Mamie Young, a opular bride-elect was that given by Irs. W. Farr Gilliam Tuesday afterloon at her home on South Mountain treet and sharing honors with Miss Toung was Mrs. Evans Goodwin, a ride of a few weeks. The decorations were suggestive of he yuletide and wreaths and red bells /ere effectively used; festooned over he windows and doorways were tiny /edding bells with sprigs of mistleoe and holly and the chandelier held i veritable shower of wedding bells ied with green and white tulle. . Receiving with Mrs. Gilliam were diss Mamie Young and her maid of onor, Miss Eva Brumley. of Greenille, Tenn., Mrs. L. G. Young and drs. Evans Goodwin. The dining table was covered with dadeira lace and the centre piece was k vijrau&i vuac ui wiuit'i fuses ttllu erns while clustered. around the relector wfere bunches of lilies valley ind showered from / the chandelier were lilies of the valley, mistleoe and holly tied with white and ;reen tulle. Silver candelabra were ilaced at each end of the table and ?n the buffets silver compotes and baskets held the sandwiches and embossed cakes. The color scheme of :reen and white was beautifully caried out and the decorations but enlanced the beauty of the lovely gowns worn by the honorees and the invited ruests. Russian punch, chicken salad sandwiches and cakes were served and hose assisting Mrs. Gilliam in servng and entertaining were Mesdames teller, Jennings, McElroy, Nicholson, larner, McNally, Russell Poole, Macbeth Young, W. S. Nicholson and blisses Virginia Lee Poole, Marie Garler, Ruth Gault, Agnes and Carol tobertson, Theo Young, Elizabeth trthur and Mrs. Ross Pope. Sills No Champion During the filming of "Sweet Lavsnder," the latest Mary Miles Minter >icture, Milton Sills, who has a promnent role in the play, whiled away be hours between scenes by playing bess with Theodore Roberts, who >lays the role of the absent minded jrofessor in the picture. As Prof. Phenyl, Roberts was away off in the :louds, but as a chess-player he was itrictly on the job. Out of 30 games >oor Mr. Sills won only one and drew ;hree, though he had thought, when le accepted Roberts' challenge that le was a pretty good player. When le finally won the thirtieth gan.e he innounced that he \was through. Forsver! "Nuff'g enough for me," laughid the handsome actor. "As an OTtst and a gentleman you have my very leep regard and admiration, Mr. Robirts, and I have enjoyed working with rou in this picture, but as a chess opjonent I hope to Gawd I never see fou again!" _ Sardis and Unity Preaching hours have been changed 'or Unity and Sardis on Sunday, Dec. 25th. Unity wil] have the 1 o'clock rioirr and Sardis the 7 o'clock hour. Cnristmas exercises are to be held it Sardis Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. J. A. Chandler. Cheerless Christmas For Miners and Their Children Washington, Deo. 21.?The 'widespread unemployment among the coal miners will cause a cheerless Christmas for the miners and their children, according to the editor of the United Mine Workers Journal. The miners are reported destitute in West Virginia, Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Miss Anne Bolton Entertains Miss Anne Bolton entertained hei little friends yesterday afternoon at a birthday party celebrating hei eighth anniversary. The decorations were wreaths of holly and mistletoe and v^nriBtmas greenery was uhcu in profusion. The dining table held th( Christmas tree which was decorated In red and green and the favors wen red baskets tied with red and greer ribbons and filled with home-madt candy. Miss. Bolton received many hcauti ful gifts from her little friends ant the occasion was delightful. ' '-' **. lifii r . HARDING IN LINE WITH DELEGATION Washington, Dec. 20.?President Harding, in a statement issued tonight stated that he had no objection to a construction bzy the armament conference delegates that the four power treaty include the principal islands of Japan in its application. The statement said: "When the president was responding to press inquiries at the afternoon interview today he expressed the opinion that the homeland of Japan did not come within the words 'insular possessions and insular dominions' under the four power agree- > ment, except as the territory proper , of any other nation which is a party 10 the agreement. ? "This expression," the statement , continued, "has been emphasized as a division between the president and i the delegates to the conference in i construing the four power agreement. ! "The president announced tonight that the difference in view in no wise will be permitted to embarrass the conference or the ratification of the agreement. He had assumed all ' along that the spirit of the conference contemplates a confidence which nledges respect of territory in every , way which tends to promote lasting peace. . "He has learned from the United , States delegates to the conference . that they frave agreed to the con- i struction which includes the home- ' land of Japan in the term 'insular i possessions and insular dominions,' 1 and has no objectio nto that construe- I tion." I The language of the treaty thus 1 brought into question has also been , the subject of senate discussion, and , in response to inquiries based on the assertions of the opponents of rati- ! fication. spokesmen for the American delegation have said repeatedly ( 'hat the major Japanese group must | be regarded as included within the , provisions of the agreement. \ When he set forth an opposite view < today, Mr. Harding was said by officials close to him to have acted with- ' ->ut. consultation with his state de-* 1 nartment advisers and without anv ' definite nurnose of announcing the at- ] Mtude of the administration. It was ' declared that he was merely voicing 1 n personal opinion, and had no ! thought of precipitating a clash in ' conference; circles. j Death of Mrs. W. M. English : __ < Leeds, S. C., Dec. 19.?Our whole i community was saddened by the death 1 of Mrs. W.'M. English in hospital : in Chester Saturday morning. She had been take# to the hospital for 1 an operation some weeks before. Before her marriage she was Miss ' Geneva Wood, daughter of the late William Wood and Mrs. Lizzie Wood of Leeds. The deceased would have been 21 years old her next birthday. She was ( a beautiful young woman and was . loved by everybody. She was married to Wallace M. English June 14, 1920. Burial services were held at Cool Bftinch Baptist church, of which ' she had been a faithful and devoted 1 member since she was 16 years old, 1 Sunday afternoon, conducted by the I pastor, Rev. E D. Wells, and the re- < mains were laid to rest in the church cemetery. Besides her husband, she I leaves a little son, William Wallace English, three weeks old. The deceased is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Wood, and one sistei, Mrs. O. M. Wishert, and three ! brothers, Lonnig Wood, ^ Clarence < Wood and Calvin Wood, all of Leeds. | The church would not hold the peo- , pie who gathered to pay their respect to the memory of the dead, and to, show their sympathy with the bereaved husband and tne family of the deceased. Her grave was banked with beautiful flowers, testimonials of the i high esteem in which she was held. ( E. D. W. , Gangs Kidnap 15 Men Belfast, Dee. 21.?Armed gangs kidnapped 15 men and carried them to an unknown destination. Prohibition Officers Raid Quincy House Boston, Dec. 21.?Prohobition officers raided a room in the Quincy house directly above the room where Governor Cox was being entertained at a dinner by the Republican leaders and seized 20 bottles of cocktails and four bottles of whiskey, the state prohibition director, Potter, was also at the dinner, the officers said. Several dinner guests were in the room where the whiskey was found. Roma on Flight From Langley Field \ir?k: 1? 01 A >? vv n?uiii^Luuf i/ct? *?x. nmciito o largest airship Roma is on a flight from Langley Field to Washington for official inspection. Banks Will Close One Day The banks of Vnion will be closed i Monday, Dec. 26, taking that day as a Christmas holiday.^ Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kelly (Jessie Franklin) announce the birth of a daughter, December 20th. Notice Junior C. E. r Every member of the Junior Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian church who wishes to take part in the Sunday's program, is requested to meet at the Sunday school parlors Thursday afternoon at 4 p. m. _ Miss Mae Francis Gilliam, of G. I W. C., arrived yesterday afternoon for the Christmas vacation, ' V TWENTY MILLION \ FOR RUSSIAN RELIEF Washington, Dec. 20.?iThc senate | late today pas^d the hopse bill ap- j bt propriating $20,000,000 for the relief j in of the starving and distressed in Rus-! 01 sia, with two amendments ,one appro- ! ss priating $500,000 to be tfeed for the Ci hospitalization of former ler. ice men ni in Arizona, and the * ot ler sett'ng e(j aside $100000 for the use 6f the gov- Ha ernment in relieving unemployment. ar The United States government can m not escape some respor libility for : present conditions in Rp sia, Sena- . tor worah (Republican) pf Idaho de- ? clared during the discusi km on the measure. He urged a ch ^ige in the ar attitude of the American/government n? toward Russia, adding tfcat, in his opinion, "the de facto government, as co *uch, ought to be recognised." 1 wi The present government in Russia,jar the senator said, had stood four yeai*s i th and had demonstrated that it could re stand against the situation. "And I regard Lenin," he continued, 'as one of the two or three great sj intellects uncovered bv ^he wa*- I a may say, too, that the government fi, there is hetter than the .czar's gov- ^ rnment. It has potentialities and q, possibilities." , j With respect to responsibilities! which he said this countijy bore, Mr. ] th Borah asserted that the (government as "by not raising it? Voict, has con- jt nived" against Russia at/times when ! she most needed a friend. He said that the allies, had used ah "indefensi-' as 'he. cruel, brutal and unendurable pol-! ni icy" towards Russia after the armis- j or tice and that France had,further air-'.u gravated conditions by sending tary expeditions into Russia to "ha- fi; rass them." ' . j ur In the course of the debate Senator! ^ Wads worth (Republican) of New {jc Fork declared that he did'not propose tj1 :o let the senate "continue to fool ;he farmer." His statement followed 8a an explanation by Senator Nelson ^ (Republican) of Minnesota that the pill would not only permit absorption W( pf some of the grarin now held yy throughout the country, but would jn ppen trade channels with' Russia. nr "Such talk," Mr. Waddlworth said, fr 'is misleading to the farpier. It may WJ make him think that {he purchase of the grain will enhance ptices of his tu products. That's not ifrue, its falla- _ ;ious in every respect, the move is riot economic. It is purely charitable, and I want the oottntry to know it." I I1. The question of the Constitutionality of the measure was jinjected by Senators Dial of South Carolina, and >. Watson of Georgia, Denjocrats, who . :laimed that the congress was turn- M ng the government intq "an international alms house," and "a world J, Santa -Qaus,!*. . - L Mr. Dial sougnt, however, to amend the measure to appropriate $10,000,- J;? 000 instead of $20,000,000 but the amendment was rejected. * J Investigation is Ordered Chicago, Dec. 21.?An investiga- m inn in orHornH uif tlin r?V*o\*crna flint <?l -he city contagious hospital and tli physicians are using child patients i"*1 for experimental clinical work. The ly nothers compla:ned that the children to ivere inoculated with other diseases * ihd kept in the hospital as long as , four years. The health commission?r said the charges were falsehoods. f, Southern Authorized J1,' To Issue Bonds h< - T Washington, Dec. 21.?The interstate commerce commission authoriz- w ed the Southern railway to issue bonds for five and a quarter million t( lobars. ().i T Negro Hanged at Augusta f< a Augusta, Ga., Dec.21.?Henry Lacey, young negro, was convicted of an ,r atthck on an 8-year-old white girl f, and hanged. . 0 State Officer Must b Serve Time on Gang 8 g Birmingham, Dec. 21.?The state t< court of appeals in upholding the g lower court, decided that W. H. tl Knox, state law enforcement officer, t must serve 30 days on the public h roads and pay a fine of $500 for as- C saulting Phil Painter, a newspaper * ' man. 1 o Bandit Escapes With Loot * t Chicago, Dec. 21,?The police are t investigating the report that a dap- o per bandit with suave manners held ii up single-handed an observation car 1 of passengers on the Baltimore and t Ohio flyer and escaped in an auto- 0 mobile driven by women. He robbed s only the men. ^ ^ ? Horses Given s . Molasses and Oatr t New York, Dec. 21.?Army horses and mules have been given an experimental diet of horse bricks containing molasses and oats as campaign rations. _ , British Delegation Has t Cancelled Reservation 1 Washington, Dec. 21.?The Brit- j ish delegation cancelled the steamer reservations for December 31, believing they will be unable to leave before the middle ofJanuary. Foch Arrives at Home i Havre, Dec. 21.?Marshal Foch debarked after a voyage from the United States. _ Misses Bessie and Mae Rudder, students at the high school, will leave this week for their home in Dante, Va., for the Christmas holidays. Mr. W. H. Rowell of Clemson col- i lega is visiting relatives in Union, t He leaves tomorrow for his parents' i home at Bamberg to spend the Xmas holidays. 1 'if" ^ n VATSON CHARGES GET ATTENTION Washington, Deo. 21.?Testifying efore the senate committee hear* g Senator Watson's charges, Mari i J. Waliis, of Athen*, Ga., said he iw a corporal shoot a private at amp Wheeler. Said corporal is imed Crawford, the private is nam I Hallcy, of Tampa, Fla. Wallis tid Crawford was courtmartialcd id given 30 days furlough and then ade a sergeant. A telegram was troduced from W. F. Brock, of Lindo, Ga., saying Halley was killed (cause he was ill and unable to work id that Crawford was not eourtavtialled. Under cross examinaan Wallis admitted to have been urtmarlialed twice for being absent ithout leave, losing ten days' pay id was confined 40 days. He said e reports that Halley was shot for sisting arrest were untrue. Washington, Dec. 20.?None of the x witnesses appearing today befor* senate committee was able to give st hand evidence to support charges r Senator Watson (Democrat) of eorgia, that American soldiers had ien hanged without trial in France. George H. Taylor of Philadelphia, in and frail and under treatment, I he himself explained, for epilepsy, icbfred that he had seen 12 soldiers inged, or one more than the number Rcially listed by the war department I executed in accordance wiih courts artial verdicts, approved by Genal Pershing. Taylor, confused as to e number of victims, testified at st he had seen three and then under rect questioning increased his tig es to four, jumping finally to 12. II of these, he declared, were put to ath in and around Is-Sur-Tille in e period from April to June, 1919. In no instance could the witnesses ,y he knew whether any or all of the ! had been tried by a military court. Because of the evident physical eakness of the witness, Senator 'atson suggested that army officers, eluding Col. Walter Bethel, as:-istit judge advocate general, retire om the room, explaining that Taylor as subject to epileptic attacks and at the presence of officers might disrb him. But the former soldier an>unced he wanted the officers to renin. Testimony by Ilenry L. Scott, 22 ?u 1c Tr * 1 raia uiu, ui A.enmuri?, inai ne id seen two soldiers shot down in ild blood by a "Major Opley," comander of the Third battalion, Dne undred and Sixteenth infantry, ought a quick and sharp denial from aj. Hiram 1*. Opie, at his home at taunton, Va., who was in charge of lat organization and who announced would be glad to go before the immittee. Scott was positive in the isertion that he saw both men killed, . different tim*s, that the first shootg of a courier was witnessed by iveral hundred men and that he one saw the second. Having Major Opie in mind as comander of the battalion, Colonel Bethpressed the witness closely as to ie spelling of the name, and later inirmed Chairman Brandegee privatethat Scott evidently was referring i the Virginia. But Scott stuck to 3pley." In making sweeping denial of the large, Mapor Opie, at Saunton, deared in a statement that Scott vrites himself down as a skulker by is own testimony," that he belonged ? another outfit and never should ive been in the fighting line with the hird battalion. Although he did not know of his ivn knowledge of any executions ithout trials, Robert A. Harrison of Wilmington, N. C., told the conimit>e he "had witnessed two lyncliings," ne conducted by "Hardboilcd" Smith, he soldier, he said, was put to death >r refusing to sweep a stockade with toothbrush, that the killing, as he 2membered, took place on December 4, 1918. at 7 :30 o'clock in the evenlg, and that he saw the lynching rom a distance of 300 yards. The ther man lynched, he said, was a lexican, who was strung from a tree y officers and men, for a crime gainst a woman. In an effort to clear up what he reardefl as the confusion In Taylor's jstimony, Chairman Brandegee sugested that Colonel Bethel question be witness concerning the 12 execuions he claimed to have seen with is own eyes. Early in the hearing lolonel Bethe] filed with the commitee the official war department list of 1 executions, with places and dates, mitting only the names out of conideration for the families of the ead. The department list showed hat two soldiers were hanged, aftei rial at Is-Sur-Tille aud it was the fficer's contention that Taylor was iresent, with other men and officers Faylor's testimony was regarded ir he nature of a confirmation of Colmel Bethel's conclusions in this repect, as he did not know the name of ne of the two soldiers executed al hat place. Alter nearmg witnesses tonmrruv he committee will adjourn until af er the holidays. Notice The regular annual meeting of th< itockholders of- the Citizens Nationa iank, Union, S. C.. will he held a he banking house, Tuesday, January ,0th, 1922, at 1 o'clock p. m. R. P. Morgan, it President. Stores Close Monday Notice to our patrons. Our store vill be closed Monday, Dec. 26th. Harris-Woodward Co. Sanders-Fowler Co. Mrs. M. J. Mabry, Cash grocery Co. Pridmore-Willard Miss Susie Pridmore and Mr. Oil tVillard wore married Monday eveninj tt 8 o'clock at Green street parson ?ge. Rev. J. B. Chick was the officiat ng'minister. This couple has the good wishes o Friends for a long and happy life. r> VV ft VIRGINIA JURY FREES EASTLAKE Montross, Va., Dec. 20.?Roger D. Kastlake, navy petty officer, charged i with the murder of his wife, Marga- I ret Kastlake, at their home at Colonial Beach, Va., on September last, was this afternoon found not guilty, by a jury in Westmoreland county circuit court here. The verdict was returned at 5:01) p. m., 27 minutes after the jury was given the case. When the words "not guilty" were \ pronounced, Kastlake smiled. His, mother, Mrs. S. AI. Kastlake, and his ; sister, Mrs. Mable Chambers, who i had occupied scats directly behind the defendant, rushed to his side and ! showered him with kisses. \V. \V. ! Butzner chief counsel for the de- : fense, thanked the court and .ludg Chinn discharged the jury. "I felt certain those 12 men would not believe that I murdered my wife." said Kastlake. "I will ask to be transberred to another naval station :nd st-?'-v life anew." ,Eastlake is said to be still a potty oflicer in good standing in the navvj and under consideration of th<- rules j it is understood to be oblig >d to renort immediately for duty at the Pahlgren Proving grounds, where h? was when his wife met her death, ae ording to the testimony he gave at ' his trial. Lieut. Comndr. .1. IT. Green. Easf lake's superior officer, was in court and, at the request of defense| iMornevs, granted Eastlak" a leave ; of absence for three days. East- 1 lake left tonight for Fredericksburg, eeomnanied by his mothw. sis'er. brother and a cousin. Efforts will be made tomorrow to! have his children brought to himi1 from Gantonsville, Md. Attorney Butzner plainly display- ; ed his elation at the verdict. "It was ; wholly a question of the prosecution ; presenting the legal proof of my cli- ! ent's guilt," he said, "and this we felt 1 was impossible as he was innocent." j Commonwealth Attorney Mayo, j who conducted the prosecution said, 'I think I proved that Eastlake was 1 present on the morning of the crime and feel that justice has been cheat- > ed. 1 felt confident a verdict of second degree murder would be render- i ed and that would have suiliced the ! ends of justice. Of course 1 bow to 5 the decision of the jury and will give j my best efforts to convict M ss Knox ' when she comes#up for trial in Feb- j ruary." For one hour and 55 minutes Commonwealth Attorney Mayo flayed Eastlake in his arguments to the jury. lie referred to the petty officer as the "vilest of charaeteiV' and said "as guilty as Miss Knox undoubtedly was," that compared with Eastlake. she seemed "like a lily of : the valley." She at least played fair j in every transaction she had with ,h:s miserable creature." Miss Knox, the Baltimore nurse. I charged jointly with Eastlake for th'j murder, will he placed on trial Feb- i ruary 3. _ Wonderful Box For Old Soldiers I The Times reporter writes that everybody in Union could have seen | the the boxes which the William Wal- j lace chapter, U. 13. C., sent to the j old soldiers at the Home in Colum-1 bia. The gorgeous Christmas cakes, j decorated intrue Christmas style and the home-made candy in all colors and packed in Christmas boxes with fondest Christmas wishes, ami the big boxes of fruit, were enough to make! any heart, glad. Mrs. F. M. Farr, president of the > chapter, and Mrs. Macbeth Young, chairman, are grateful to each one for the helo given and fell repaid for; every effort. _ Kelton Mrs. Emma Farr and children wi*Tithe quests of Mrs. Robert Sanders1 Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Sanders andlittle daughter, Katherine, spent Sun-' day with Mrs. W. M. Sanders. Miss Madge Farr spent Sund iy with Miss Mildred Inman. Seth Garner was visiting friends at Adamsburg Sunday. Miss Ila Inman spent a short while with her sister. Mrs. U. C. Farr, Sunday. Dewitte Garner was shopping in Union Wednesday. Whitney Farr and Hawley Inman were visiting at Loekhart Tuesday. i Arms Conference Faces Great Duty Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 20.?Unless the submarine, "that outlaw, that as' sassin of the sea, is destroyed, root and branch," and agreement reached for reduction of land armaments and solution of the problem of aircraft, out /lurio-or /\f amr nAQcSlvio i>iiu W A ?n,y future war," the armaments confer, ence will not Have lived up to tiv j measure of its duty and privilege, de^ clared Josephus Daniels, former sec, retary of the navy, in an address today before the Charlotte Rotary club. In its achievement toward naval reduction the conference has made a "splendid gesture" pointing the way to world peace, said Mr. Daniels, but thus far the conference has made no progress toward reduction of anv ars maments except dreadnoughts. While irmies cost more than navies, and have been the force upon wh:eh militrism has been based in the past, ihe submarine was a greater factor in the world war than all the capital ships and bombing planes and will be the "greatest danger in any possible future war." 1 "Unless we take steps to reduce X ormaments on land," he said" we - shall not have gone far," adding thar - while the dreadnaughts have been considered the backbone of a nation's f strength, "the bcakbone was tied .up {n harbors" during the world war. / ANTI-LYNCUNG BILL GOES OVER Washington, Dec. 20.?An agreement to postpone consideration of tiie Dyer unti-lynching bill until after the Christmas recess was reported late today by house leaders after several hours of ineffectual efforts to maintain a quorum. Opponents of the measure blocked efforts to begin debate by an effective filibuster. For several hours business was suspended through lack of a quorum. Under a resolution adopted last night after a spirited fight, the bill had right of way with the understanding that it was not to be pressed to a final vote before congress suspended activities for the holidays. When Chairman Volstead of the judieiary committee, which favorably icported the bill, attempted today to call it up. Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, Democratic leader, forced one roll call after another, each taken r up nearly half an hour's time. When a roll call finally showed less than half of the house membership present, Mr. Garrett made a point of order that a quorum was not present and Speaker Gillett instructed the sergeant-at-arms to round up absent members. Declaring that less than half a dozen Democrats were on the floor the speaker charged they were attempt:ng to obstruct the bill. Ten deputies attempted to locate absentees, 30 of whom were needed on tnc lloor before the house could transact business. After a two hour lie up with little prospects that absent Democrats would appear to proride a quorum. Representative MoniMl. Republican leader, agreed, in (inference with Mr. Garrett, to delay the beginning of debate of the Dyer moposal until after the recess. With a compromise agreed to nough Democrats trailed back into tlie house chamber to furnish a quomm when the anti-lynching bill was eady by the clerk and the house adjourned to take up a variety of other legislation until the recess begins. Radio Telephone Installed on Coast Guard Motor Boat Through the use of radio apparatus demonstrated by the radio section of the bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce, the life boats of the Coast Guard will be able in the future to talk to land stations of the Coast Guard even when out at oea in heavy storm" >r fog. During the recent annual meeting of Coast. Guard officials at Atlantic < ixv. ??iif oi me jo toot motor-driven surf boats that are used for rescue ..ork was sent five miles off shore and it was demonstrated that men in the boat could easily converse back and forth with the shore station over the radio telephone which had been installed in the boat for the occasion by bureau of Standards engineers. Not only could the men on shore hear the speaker ov or the telephone but also they could hear the boat's whistle and in airplane Hying over the boat. From r the Coast (Juard boat house at At- \ lantie City, where the land radio-tele- r photic siulion had been installed, the \ . voice of the operator on the surf boat V five miles out at rea was relayed over \ a regular wire telephone to the Coast \ (Juard station a mile away, by sim- V ply holding the receiver of the radio telephone to the wire telephone transmitter. The novel feature of this installation was the use of a special type of coil antenna instead of the ordinary elevated antenna. The type of antenna ordinarily used on a boat, consisting of elevated wires attached to masts, can not bo used on a surf boat because of the severe weather conditions to which the boat is exposed, and also because all space above the deck must he kept clear for the throwing of lines. The antenna used was a loop antenna, consisting of a single wire run along the guard on the side of the boat connected at each end of the iron keel. The keel thus formed part of the antenna. This is similar to the single-turn loop antenna that was developed by members of the staff of the Bureau of Standards during the war for use on our Navy s submarims. It is expected that the radio apparatus on the life-saving boats can be housed in such a way as to c< ntinue to operate even when the \tssel is shipping water badly* in heavy seas. 1? preliminary experiments, hel'ore the radio apparatus was installed on the motor boat for the demonstration, it was rigged on u 1 motor truck at the Bureau of Standards at Washington. As the truck I was driven over the country, the de! vice was tested. It is expected that the radio telephone installation on the life boats will save many hours of hardship for members of the Coast Guard and will aid in the saving of life as well. Often a life boat will go out to a ship1 n,?i ?v.a i. j 111 ?I'U \r CSV1\M WiVJ 0K5f?0 III I heavy weather all night in search of I crew and passengers who have taken to boats, only to return to shore in the morning to find that the shipwrecked sailors had reached land in safety shortly after the wreck. Constant communication between Const Guard boat and station will eliminate such waste work and danger. This will also make it possible for the shore station to direct a surf boat which is searching for survivors. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. McNeel and Miss Elizabeth McNeel wilf spend Christmas with relatives in York. Miss Anise Crosby of Jacksonville and Miss Cora Crosby of Due West will arrive tomorrow to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Crosby. Harold James, instructor at Staunton Military Academy, is spending the holidays in Union. Mrs. Kemper Morgan and Mrs. Charles Counts are shopping in Spartanburg today.