Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mb f HK f ~=n The Union Daily Times gi m PRESS ''' 1 ?????? ? I * DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to The Union Daily Times Oc tober 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY fe - ? K , 'i b 1 11 | Vol. LXXII No. 1260 Union, S. C.? Tuesday Afternoon, December 27, 1921 3c Per Copy ? DECKERS' SLAYER PUT TO DEATI Key West, Flu., Dee. 20.?Manm Head, who, barricaded in a house las night stood off a mob of armed Ke West citizens after he had shot an | . killed William H. Decker, was take from the county jail this morninR b another crowd and riddled with bu! lets. Marines from the Key West nav yard guarded the county jail afte Head's capture until the mob whic formed after Decker's murder brok up. They gave way shortly after a. m. to deputies who patrolled out side the jail. Word that the marine had been relieved was passed abou and the crowd gathered again. Ap proaching the jail, one of the leader called for Sheriff Curry and whe he opened the door a dozen force their way in overpowered him an the jailer, obtained the kkeys t Head's cell and made for their victin Head was shot twice before bein A. i T T _ 1.1 i 1 : uiKen away. nu was men piuceu i an automobile and taken far out c a country road near old Fort Martell J and there strung to a telephone poh Twenty-two bullet wounds were foun in the body when it was cut down thi morning. , The Decker funeral was conducts today services being held in the Elk: templq and St. Paul's cathedral. Men bers of the Elks' and Rotary club; followed by Girl and Boy Scouts i uniform, led the procession to th cemetery. Two Fires In Union Union had two small fires Sunda morning shortly after midnight. A 12:30 o'clock the J. F. McLure Dr Goods company was discovered to b ^ on fire. A table of underwear was i a blaze. The prompt work of th ^ police department and the fire con L pany resulted * in quickly extinguisl P ing the fire. The loss is fully covere B by insurance. But for the early dit W covery and prompt work, the fii Rfc would have been serious, for it is or Bkr of^Jthe largest stores here and -th F? building is located in one of the bet r?v business blocks in Union. The pn rriotora and cierka. ijftd closed tk store just a short while before. Just as this fire had been extii h guished another one broke out. Th: time it was Foster's Shoe Repair sho] r- * located next to W. D. Arthur compan and also on Main street. The machir L cry and fixtures were badly damage( in fact, rendered practically useless. How About This? Sim Wix has set out 10 acres i cabbage on his farm near the Fore; beyond Buffalo. We predict that 1 will "start something" worth whil An experiment? Yes, so far as Ur ion county is concerned. One ma has already told Mr. Wix he w? crazy. Another one, a farmer, said 1 him, "What do you mean? I ha planned to plant a small patch < cabbage in my garden, but since see what you are doing, I will bu irom yoy, instead! evidently M Wix has an idea that the world_ is pretty big affair, and the above mei tioned farmer has an idea that tt world is rather small. We venture tl assertion that Mr. Wix is right. Little Girl Has Accident Roberta Foster, the little daughti of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Foster, ha the misfortune to fall Christmas Da and break her arm. Her friends regret to henr of th accident. Few Disorders Here Xmas Edna Brown, colored, cut Lizz Gilliam with a knife yesterday afte noon about 10 o'clock. Lizzie is pre ty badly carved up. Not an accident is reported 1 the police authorities. Only two a ' rests were made by the officers up< the charge of being drunk. Chii Moseley and his force are to be coi gratulated upon the good order thi prevailed. Stockholders Meeting The regular annual meeting of tl . stockholders of the Bank of Unio ^ Union, S. C., will be held in the offh of the bonk on Wednesday, Januai 11th ,1922, at 12 o'clock noon. C. C. Sanders, 1260-3t President. Keisler-Palmer . ^ Miss Lillic Keisler and Mr. J. Palmer of the Ottaray communit were married in the presence of large number of relatives and friem on Saturday night, December 24t 1921. The happy event was consummate at the home of Rev. L. L. Wagno the officiating minister, in the city Union. They are the recipients of hear congratulations and good wishes scores of friends. NEGRO BOOTLEGGER 1 MAKES GET AWAY Jl St. Matthews, Dec. 26.?Sam Duckit son, a negro bootlegger, gave the ofy ficers of the law and the town in gend oral a choice bit of excitement late n Saturday afternoon. lie had been uny der suspicion of being engaged in I- the liquor business for some time, and one week ago was caught and given a y fine of $50 by the town authorities, r Saturday afternoon Policeman Jones h saw him driving into town and scente ed trouble. The officer started for 2 him and Duckson tossed his burden - of white liquid into the yard of a a citizen. He then put whip to his it horse and dashed away. The liquor >- recovered, Mr. Jones and two young s men got a car and made pursuit. The n negro was overtaken on the outskirts d of the town and was seen hiding his fl pistol in a pile of lumber. The policeo man knowing him to be a bad charae?. ter, put him under cover and made g the arrest. The handcuffs were adn justed and the pistol recovered. Then, ?f in an instance, the negro surged, o freed himself, broke his chains, grabs' bed the pi3tol from the policeman, d covered him, recovered his own pisis tol from the deputy policeman and proceeded to use some vitriolic land guage. He backed off, got into his s' buggy and again took flight. Aid >- was summoned and the sheriff and a 3, number of citizens were soon in purn suit in cars. The negro again abandoned his buggy and made a crosscountry run. Finding himself closely pursued, he turned and opened lire on the pursuers. Many shots were exchanged but no one hurt. He was y again captured, but showed fight and ,t did not submit until severely punishy ed. Upon search of his premises, a ie distilling outfit and six weapons were n located among which were a sixteen ie shooter, an automatic pistol and sev1 eral of lesser danger but all in good 1- state of service. He is doing service d on the chaingang under charges in the 3- court of magistrate until the higher e court may dispose of him. ie * Ie Debs Calls on' President it , Washington, Dec. 27.?Eugene V. Debs announced after a call on President Harding that he woul<f devoW his time to an effort to have all prisj3 oners released. J'y ' Wall Street Undisturbed j. New York, Dec. 27.?Wall Street is undisturbed over the reports that a German scientist has discovered synthetic gold. Some chemists are skeptic ob tn tVio disenvprv 4" Ohio River On Rampage 16 Cincinnati, Oec. 27.? The Ohio rive" er is stationary here at 55 feet and l~ nine inches. The weather predicts rein cession soon, is . , r ^ Sweethearts Die ^ In Suicide Pact I iy Passaic, N. J., Dec. 27.?Thomas r Brands, aped 18, and his sweetheart, a Matilda Rist, aged 17, took their lives by poison in a suicide pact. The boy ie said they were too poor to marry and ie decided to die together. Death of Family From Gas Detroit, Dec. 27.?Authorities are ,r investigating the death of Gaetano ltj Maimonti, his wife and three children, iy whose bodies Were found in a gas filled home. They claim the gas heatj3 er was not equipped with a ventilator. Arms Conference in Recess Washington, Dec. 27.?The arms conference will probably remain in ie recess today pending the information r" on the submarine limitation from the French and Japanese governments. n^.it c r v ucaiu m VIII vaiiwci r" Is Increasing >n pf Washington, Dec. 27.?The Census r*- Bureau estimates that approximately 89,000 persons died from cancer in the United States in 1920, a 5,000 increase over 1919. Robbers Enter le Marlboro Stores ce Bennettsville, Dec. 26.?Two robberies were committed here last night. Jacob Isaachohn's store on south Broad street was entered and goods, silk shirts, silk shirtwaists, silk hose nnd silk sox, to the estimated value of $1,500 taken. Entrance was made by removing a large plate glass from P. the front door. A box containing hats y, was emptied and the merchandise a placed in it. dB The store of D. E. Odom on Broad h, street opposite the postoffice was entered from a transom over the back ed door. The amount of goods taken can >n, not at this time be determined. Bloodof hounds from Wagram, N. C., failed to follow the train, ty Similar robberies were committed of at Tatunv, in this county, Christmas eve. COLUMBIA MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Frank T. Bignon, storekeeper at 1531 Richland street, ended hi1* life E yesterday afternoon about 1:30 y o'clock when he shot himself in the tl head in the rear of his store. Bignon C died a short time after he reached the ri Columbia hospital. ti Mrs. Bignon was calling for help d when she heard the pistol report. City t; officers went to the scene of the shooting and took charge of the six o inch barrel, 38 caliber revolver which d was found close .to where Mr. Big- a non fell. The bulet entered the right e side of the head ngar the temple and ti came out on the left side. t Mrs. Bignon said her husband com- d plained of business conditions and she t< attributed the rash act to this cause. T She said Mr. Bignon arose early yesterday morning and went to the mar- a ket. He returned to the store and n then made another trip to the heart d of the city. Mrs. Bignon said when o: Mr. Bignon reached home after i n o'clock he appeared to be unsettled a and said, "I am going to get the gun." E Mrs. Bignon said she made an effort u to reach the gun first and failed. She said Mr. Bignon pushed her to one V side and gained possession of the t weapon. Mrs. Bignon said she ran E into the hall and toward the front en- t; trance to call for help and had just tl accosted a man when a pistol shot v i*ang out in the store. Mrs. Bignon o and others rushed into the shop and h ?hey found Mr. Bignon lying on the i< floor near the rear door to the store, n Coroner Scott decided that an inquest h was unnecessary. The Bignon family occupy the rooms o in the rear of the store and a beau- h tifully decorated Christmas tree was t standing yesterday in one comer of k a room. Mrs. Bignon said Mr. Bignon a trimmed the tree with his own hands s last Saturday night for the delight of v his boys and girls the eldest of whom C is 11 years old. c Frank T. Bignon came to Columbia / three wears ago from Augusta and n conducted a variety store at the northwest corner of Richland .and b Pickens streets. One month ago his e brother,, Albert Bignon, died in Au- j I Young Man Killed t On Raleigh Road 1 Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 26.?R. H. * Hamilton, 30 years old railroad section foreman, was shot and killed in his automobile on a highway one mile from Raleigh shortly after 8 h o*clock tonight as he was driving into a the city with Miss Irene Guess, a a young woman of Raleigh. According 1 to Miss Guess, two negroes, whom she t is unable to describe, fired three shots s into the car just after it had passed them on the road. 1 Subscriptions to $5,000 Cannery I I Lewis M. Rice ? 50.00 r C. K. Hughes bU.UU R. M. White 50.00 ^ J. F. McLure 50.00 W. D. Wood 50.00 I)r. Russell Jeter 50.00 J. E. Winter 50.00 j R. W. Beaty 50.00 T. B. Strange 50.00 ' F. H. Garner 50.00 c II. L. Davis 50.00 $ J. R. Whitmire 50.00 j Roy Willeford 50.00 Sam Berelowitz 50.00 Sam Kassler 50.00 1 C. R. Laneastc-r 50.00 J. V. Askew 50.00 1 S. Krass 50.00 Macbeth Young 50.00 E. M. Garner 50.00 Claude Wilburn 50.00 J J. Mobley Jeter, Jr 50.00 * L. G. Young 50.00 J F. W. Carnell 50.00 J Found 24 ? wanted 76 more sub ( scriptions. Who will be the next? Unless we can secure 100, no subscrip- 1 tion will hold good. Death of Mrs. French Mrs.'William French of Ottaray vil- < lage," was found dead in her chair ( Friday morning, December 23rd, at 2 ) o'clock. ( The funeral services were conduct- i ed by Rev. H. Haydock, pastor of ] Mon-Aetna Baptist church and the in- < terment was in Rosemont cemetery. Mrs. French was a full blooded ] Cherokee Indian and had lived in this i county for ten years. ' The family has the deep sympathy i of the community in this dark hour. ] sff n L on l .1 J Mrs. r rencn whs .10 years oiu anu 1 is survived by her husband and four 1 children. Box Supper at Kellys ( There will be a box supper at Kel- j ly's school house Wednesday night, ] December 28th. 1 Everybody is invited to attend. ltpd 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. T. Ravenscroft 1 have returned from a visit to their 1 daughter Miss Lottie Ravenscroft, who has been ill, but is now recover- 1 ing. ] )EBS CALLS ON F ATTORNEY GENERAL Washington Dec." 26.?Eugene V. ebs, the Socialist leader, whose ten ci ear prison sentence for violation of n< tie espionage act was commuted on la 'hristmas day, came here today di- in [Ht from the Atlanta federal n ni'.en tV ary and called upon President Har- i< ing and Attorney General I)Higher- en y. m Mr. Daugherty said that Debs came i t ^ f his own "volition/' while Debs; cclared his visit to Washington was in t the "request" of the attorney genral and that he was given a railroad h< icket to the capital by the warden of tli he penitentiary without choice of N estination. although he had planned tr ) go immediately to his home at cl erre Haute, Ind. After his conference with Debs, the R ttorney general^ declared in a state- es lent that there were no unusual con- 4, itions attached to the commutation sj t the Socialist leader's sentence, that ar 0 advice was offered "to Debs, nor was M ny requested, and that he hoped of iebs would direct his talents to a seful purpose, is No statement was' made at the lu Vhite House after the conference cl here but upon reaching his hotel w iebs broke the silence he had main- ol ained from the moment of quitting af he penitentiary ?and declared he n< rould devote his time to the freedom ec f all prisoners. He added that he si ad discussed his* opinions with Pres- U lent Harding in ofrder that there ti light be no misunderstanding as to is principles and ideals. Debs reached Washington at i) 'clock this morning. He left Atlanta! 1 a day coach, giving the extra fare li; o Russian relief, but about 10 o'clock in ast night, acording to friends who pi ccompanied him, he changed to a t( leeper. With him on his journey irere his brother Theodore, Miss' ^ 'lelia Roter and the Debs freedom onference, Miss Lucy Robins of the American Federation of Labor and a v umber of newspaper men. b He went immediately to a hotel for n ireakfast and then galled upon the a ittomey general wq|king to the de-: lartment of juaticeiiHrtth his friends: rrom the department he walked over I n o the White House and then back to d lis hotel. b Jo Trace of Miuiog Young Woman Baltimore, Dec. 27.?No trace has i C teen found of Miss Lila Dale Russell, h ged 23, of Albemarle, N. C., who dis- | ' ippeared Sunday night from the 7 XI7 ? . a* * ll i uung rvoinen s vmrisuan Assoc iu- "" ion here, where she was studying deigning and costuming. One Dead, Several Wounded I t Belfast, Dec. 27.?One man was h ;illed and several wounded in a clash v ictween the constabulary and the $ nen on Marrow Bone area. p Vlleged Co-Conspirator P Is Arrested 1 Chicago, Dec. 27.?Mrs. Charles W. 'rench, wife of the alleged co-con- v pirator of John W. Worthington, in- t licted for alleged swindles totalling r >60,000,000 was arrested here today. I French is alleged to have operated a dearing house for the bogus securi- S ies. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET I c Open Close ^ fanuary 18.60 18.88 j Harch . . 18.48 18.82 rlay : . .. 18.03 18.33 i C luly 17.65 17.89 1 )etober 16.95 16.96 s S. Y. Spots . 1920; Malone-Sima j \ , ( Miss Lillian Maione and Mr. Tom ^ 3ims were united in marriage at 8 ^ /clock Monday morning and left immediately afterwards on No. 9 South- 0 rn train for a honeymoon trip. The c manage ceremony was performed by ^ ftec. L. W. Blackweldei at his resilence on South Church street. The bride is an employee of the' Bake-Rite Bakery here and is a pop-1 jlar and accomplished young woman, t rhc groom holds a position with Bol-! \ ton's Garage. These young neonle! i have a wide circle of friends who unite in wishing them great happiness. Married at Westside ( On Saturday, Christmas Eve, at G ( o'clock, p. m., at the Baptist parson- : age, Westside, Miss Ruth May Toney, \ became th? bride of Mr. George Dewpy Kennett. Both are popular young ( people of the community. The ceremony was performed by their pastor, Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire, in the pre3- j ence of a large group of friends and \ well-wishers. Mr. and Mrs. Kennett will make their home at Cowpens, S. C., for the 1 present. I tEBEL GENERAL SHOT TO DEATH Morales, Ariz., Dec. 2G.?Gen. Fran sco Keyna, who had figured proiui ?ntly iji revolutions in Mexico in th< st ten years, was executed by a fir ig squad in Nogales, Sonora, acros; le international line from here lat< day. He was alleged to have beei tught digging rifles, saddles and am unition from the ground near Can >n. Sonora. l.r> miles west of Nogales General Reyna, who has been living the mountains in Santa Cruz eoun r, Arizona, ten miles northeast o re. was captured about A o'clocl lis morning and was taken to th? ogales, Sonora, jail, where he was ied by a military court. Keyna': lauffeur also was arrested.' Mexican officials said that aftei eyna was captured, soldiers un irthed 30 rifles, 30 saddes and about 000 rounds of ammunition at tin >ot where he was digging. Reym id his chauffeur were arrested by Is" exican soldiers under the command ? Capt. Francisco Gonzales. Reyna and about 200 followers, it claimed, planned to launch a revoition January 1. He also was larged with having had connectior ith leaders of another proposed rev ution. The alleged leaders of that Toil* worn o rroc f rwl in \!m?vo1i?j >ra, about a month ago and were ex ruted shortly afterward in Hermo Ho Sonora. Reyna was arrested b> nited States officials here at thai me but later was released. William A. Ketcham Dead Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 27.?Wil am A. Ketcham, former commander i-chief of the Grand Army of the Re ublie, died of acute indigestion her* )day, aged 75 years. /aluable Radium Recovered Newton, Kansas. Dec. 27.? Radiun alued at $2,000 and missing from i ospital here, was found in the fur ace ashes today where it was throwi mong bandages. Rear Admiral Davis Dead Washington, ?eo.' - '27.?Rear Ad liral Charles Henry Davis, retired ied here today, aged 76. He was : rother-in-law of Senator Lodge. Dr. Howard Cross Dead Vei-a Cruse, Dec. 27.? Dr. Ho wad Iross of the Rockefeller institute die* ere today of yellow fever, lfter ai ispection of the fever district. ngersoll Watch Factory In Bankruptcy New York, Dec. 27.?An involur iivy petition in bankruptcy was file painst Robert H. Inpersoll an rother, manufacturers of Tngerso /atches. The liabilities are listed a 3,000,000 and assets exclusive o ;ood will, at $2,000,000. *iine Men Arrested (n Connection with Robberie Flast St. Louis, Dec. 27.?Nine me vere arrested here today believed b he police to be involved in bank an ayroll robberies totalling $150,001 t is claimed six are identified. ocialists Prepare to Welcome Deb Terre llaute, Ind., Dec. 27. Th ity is aswarm today with Socialist rom all parts of the country for celt ration of Debs' homecoming. It i 'xpected that 25,000 will enter (he p; ade. ion or npdir.aterl to "Mother' Jesse M. Eleson, of Atlanta, h?i written the words to a song dedicate o "Mother" and a copy was sent t The Times people. The music wji vritten by Leo Friedman. Young Elleson is the grandson c if Dr. .1. S. Thrasher, formerly of th :ounty and was himself a resider lere in childhood. Burnett-Vaughan Miss Maggie Burnett of Sedali ind Claude Vaughan of Cross Anchc were married Sunday at Green stre< parsonage by Rev. J. B. Chick. Scales-Gault Miss Lulu Scales of Union and Rol . r't Gault, of Kelly's, were marrit Christmas Eve at Green street pa lonage, Rev. .1. B. Chick being the o iciating minister. Many good wishes attend the your rouple. Henri Uoing, ot uoiummu, is spen< ing a few days in Union with rel Lives. Mr. and Mrs. Cothran Perrin Seneca were the holiday guests heir mother, Mrs. Ida Perrin. LOSES LIFE IN I AUTO WRECK Chester, Dec 23.?R. C. Elliott, - aged 32, of 1-120 Assembly street, Coi' lumhia, said to have operated a gro eery store in the capital city along > with liis brother, D. O. Elliott, was i? instantly killed early Christmas morni ing when the Ford runabout in which - he was riding turned turtle, pinning - him to the ground, on the highway t<> . Columbia about live miles from Ches ; ter. The tragedy will ever be veiled - in a cloud of mystery as no one witf nessed the accident and when found ; most of his body was cold. ; The part of the car near the steer > ing wheel, appeared to have caught ? him in the chest, probably causing internal injuries. The car was not had' !y damaged as it was able to sueeess fully navigate the distance to Cliesj ter on its own power. The windshield ; was shattered and the steering wheel i badly damaged The accident secm.> I to have occurred al <>nt 7 o'clock 1| Christmas morning or earlier as when j the tragedy was discovered the lights t. were still on. As soon as found the h <d\ wa ! brought to this city and it was so moi time before his identity could he es tablished as there were in papei t about him, save a deposit si p . f iiu - Carolina National Hank of Columbia - for $200 and it was dated October 20. - 1921. After several hours' strenuous r work, his identity was establi bed and t his brother from Columbia, 1>. O. El liott, was communicated with and it. a short time the brother hurt led h< nin an automobile. Mr. Elliott was on his way to Wa <>, M snnnH riivigliu-ic lw?1i - days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I> - H. Elliott. ? Mr. Elliott's car ran down an embankment for a short distance and then turned over. A rumor was circulated here that some one might have run into his car. However there 1 was nothing to indicate any such as 1 neither the rear nor the front of the " car showed any signs of ha. ing been 1 struck. Mr. Elliott is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. II. Elliott of Waco, N. C., and the following brothers: D. H. Elliott, Jr,. of Waco, N. G., M. Ellioct of Fcrest ity:-N,-Grr-k>: I- O. Elliott cf Columbia, and the fola lowing s'stcrs: Mrs. .T. T. Allen et Chcrryville, N. C., Mrs. Maude Wit worth, Miss Nidn Elliott, ef Waco, N. C., Mrs. Bcyd Stroup of Waynesboro, Ga. L' The verdict of the coroner's jury d was that R. C. Fllictt came to his " death by having his car turn over an.' . rushing him to d->:th. Decline in November Lx^or't: V % Washington, Doc. 27.?American 1 exports to Europe declined $41.00 V ' <100,000 in November, compared Willi ' Ociol er, according to the departmonl " of commerce summary. Only t;> Aflt rica and Oceania were exports greater. Imports from Europe increases $.i.r.oo,ooo. New Year Reception at White House Revived Washington, Dec. 27.?The ofn? ia White House public New Year's re ^ ception be revived this year. Charge Eastman Co. With Control of All Raw Films s Washington, Dec. 27. It is chargec l0 by the motion picture producer: through their representative bofon the senate finance committee that 11 ? ij. Eastman Kodak company controls th< , production of all raw films. They a! oppose the increase tariff. Two Unidentified Bodies Founc ts ? u* I it tu- i i: (1 oi. Ijuuis, I 'I I . I ?i in.* ut?ciir> u xt two unidentified men were found in ; IS dump of weeds in the suburb her today shot through the head. ,f is Lawson-Vaughan it Miss Hessie I.awson. and Mr. ( Douglass Vaughn two of Adamsburg' most popular young people, were hap pily married Sunday afternoon, De ia comber 2.r)th, 1021. >r A large part of friends and rela ?t tives motored to Union with the hap py young people and were present a the home of Rev. L. L. Wagnon, (> South Church street in that city, whe he spoke the words making them hus b. hand and wife. Many and hearthy are the goo r_ wishes for this Christmas bride an f. groom. ir Marriage Announcement Friends in Union will be intereste J. in the announcement of the marriag a- of Mrs. Letha Finley, formerly of thi c:ty. n"d Rev. Mr. Holland of Ne< Hol'and, Ga. of The marriage was celebrated > of Spartanburg and Mr. and Mrs. llo land have returned to their home MISSING MAN'S BODY FOUND Asheville, N. C., Rec. 26.?Mystery which for months surrounded the disappearance of B. L. Harsell, wealthy clubman and sportsman of New York who has been missing: since last April, is believed to have been solved with the identification of a body found in the woods of Mitchell county, North Carolina, as that of the missing: man. Detective Elmo W. Brim of Galax, Va.. reports having: traced the clubman over 1,500 miles, 240 of which he made on foot througrh the Appalachian mountains, and claims to have ir,f< filiation that Harsell was murdered by parties in the Pijteon Roost < vct'K sccnon 01 .uitcneii county. Upon lea . big New York, Mr. Harwell announced he would walk from Roanoke. Va., to north Georgia for the purpose of hardening his muscles and preparing for a big game hunt in a foreign country which he contemp'ated with other New York clubmen, lie has to write his brother each 30 days of his whereabouts, and after more than a month had elapsed and n> word had been received a hunt was started. Detectives arrived here about six weeks ago and began work upon a new clue which led them over Mount Mitchell, highest peak east of the Rockies, through the mountainous sections of Yancey county and into a remote section of Mitchell, where the body was foun. PERSONAL MENTION Hervie Whitlock of New Orleans, La., is a holiday visitor in Union. M isses Kathrin Miller and Emmie Henderson, of Columbia, spent yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith. Lindsay Smith and Louis Gilliam are the guests of friends in Atlanta, Ga. Luke J. Wilbum spent part of the holidays in Union with relatives, returning to Jacksonville last evening. Laurens Young, of Cornell University, is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Young, for the holidays. Mrs. O. S. Braddoek and little son j. Inafrimwinltn JTU | ?niniiing tivos in the city. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Frazier of Raleigh, N. C., and daughters, Misses Thclma and Kitty Lee are spending the holidays with Mrs. F. O. Willard on Academy street. Fred Willard returned Christmo?Eve from Washington, New York and 1 other Northern points. He was joined by his brother, Clyde H. Willard, in Atlanta. They report an excellent trip. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Ramsay, of Gaffney, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brannon for the Christmas t holidays. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Cureton and | children returned to their home in Atlanta, Ga., yesterday after a few days' I visit to Mr. nnl Mrs. R. W. MePow. Mr. and Mrs. Klias Prioleau and Mrs. James Munro will return this afternoon from a visit to the home of Major W. II. Sinkler at Futaw1 ville. Guy II. Wilburn, Guy, Jr., Paul ' and Jack Wilburn left today for Effingham to spend several days with Mrs. William Gillespie (Ruth Wilburn). Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bubo, of Rock . Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Weeks, of St. Matthews, are the guests of their I mother. Mrs. C. G. B. Counts, on S. s Pinekney street. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oliphant and children of Greenville spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. , R. A. Oliphant on South street. Mrs. D. E. Clement and little son, of llonea Path are the guests of Mrs. Sara Clement, on S. Mountain street. I Elenberg-Dalton 1 Miss Ethel Klenberg and Mr. Otis Dalton, two of Buffalo's popular l> young people, were happily married on Saturday evening, December 24th. the ceremony making them mar and wife being performed by Rev. L. L. Wagnon of t?4 South Church street. The marriage tx>ok place at the s home of the officiating minister and - was witnessed only by a few intimate friends. These are joined by scores of well - wishers in bespeaking a Merry Chrstmas and Happy and Prosperous New t Year to these young people as they 4 begin life together, n m Preacher Pounded On Monday after Christmas excrcises, and a tree, was observed at *' Hcbran church, the preacher, Rev. Stoudenmire, is puffed up from the good pounding which he says was included ?uch things as potatoes, butter, chickens and eggs, spare ribs and (1 causage, etc., a Ford load. Mighty v fine folks in Union county, he says, 1S and for a reason. iv m - ... Ellis Crosby returned V his home n at Jacksonville, Fla., last evening af1 r ter spending the holidays with rela> tives in Union county.