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rsisn The Union Daily Times PR KSS ? 1 ' night and Sunday. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Establishedtin 1850?Converted to The Union Dhily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ^ - a , _ , .. ? Vol. LXXII No. 1270 Union, S. C., Saturday Afternoon, January 7, 1922 3c P?r Copy ' - - 'f- . i . . i ? OFFICERS FIRED ON IN MAKING ARREST Camden, Jan. G.?Approximately 100 shots were said to have been exchanged by officers and alleged distillers at an early hour yesterday morning when a raid was made in n swamp near the line between Kershaw and I^aneaster counties. Only one shot took effect, the firing taking place in the dark. Six men were arrested, three white ai<d throe negroes. Those arrsted wer ClifT Mangum, James Sutton and Olin Hinson, white, and John Campbell, said to be a preacher, and Cove Mingo and Bob Mingo. The men were taken to Columbia today for a hearing before R. Revcrley Sloan, United States commissioner, and released on bond of $100 each. Two state charges were prefessed of operating a distillery and of assault and battery with intent to kill. Bond of $500 on each* state charge was also required of the six men. This was provided and the men were released. Those participating in the raid were Magistrate Cook, his deputy, George Jones, Blair Saile and a federal officer. Undertaker's Error Causes Confusion Miami, Fin., Jan. 6.?Whitney Wes ley Wannnmakcr, a planter of St. Matthews, S. C., died at a local hotel here yesterday and this morning the undertaker in charge of his body announced the death of John Wanatnaker, the merchant and former postmaster general. The mistake in identification was furthered by an announcement at the Biscayne Yacht club that John Wanamaker was in Florida waters on his private yacht. The false report spread all over the South and got as far as Philadelphia before it was overtaken when it was announced there that John Wanamaker was alive and well in his office there. Railroad officials here, believing the dead man to be John Wanamaker, gave instruction to prepare for taking the body of to Philapelhia tonight and gave orders for every attention in in a little less than an hour, but not before it had been reported generally throughout the country that the great Philadelphia merchant had passed away. Philadelphia, Jan. 6.?John Wanamaker today laughed away a report from the South that he was dead. Sitting in his office on the seventh floor of his store building engaged in a conference when he was apprised of the report, the former postmaster general said: "I am as well as you are. There is nothing wrong with me, hut a slight cold. I received a letter today making an engagement for 926." Mr. Wanamaker, who is in his 84th year, was curious to know where the report came from. "If the report of my death is to be sent from Florida 1 will stay away from there," he said. Hounds For Hunting Deer and Boar Coblenz, Jan. G.?Hounds from Fngland are to be used this winter by allied army officers to hunt deer and boar in the wilds of the Rhineland in occupied Germany. Hunts are to be held twice weekly under auspices of the Coblenz Hunt Club, organized recently with Major General Henry T. Allen, commander of the American Forces in Germany, as president. Wild boar and deer arc said by hunters to be particularly plentiful this season on preserves in the occupied territory. Women Operate Bank Cleveland, O., Jan. 7.?The old joke about a woman's bank being her stocking passed out with the opening here on January 1 of Ohio's first woman's bank catering especially to women, with women alon& to guide its policies and its employees from teller to janitress and i(ll officers women. The Women's Saving Bank & Loan Oo., will be its name. It is capitalized at $1,000,000. Mrs. Flora Ilarroff Andrews is the president. "Women have been successful in other business, so why should they not be successful bankers?" Miss Lillian Westropp, attorney and legal adviser of the bank, the originator of the women's bank idea said. "My Train Wa? Late" Paris, Jan. 5.?The excuse "my train was late," for arriving at the office long after the usual hour that can be substantiated in Paris. Every - morning when a train brings suburban commuters late into the Gare St, I^azore, an official stands at the end of the platform giving to all who ask for them slips of paper stating how many hours or minutes the tr|in was late. CONFERENCE TO MEET AT GENOA % r Cannes, Jan. 6.?Definite action . looking to the rehabilitation of Eu. rope from an economic standpoint was - taken at the first sessionof the allied sdpreme council here today when unanimous approval was given for the calling of an international financial and economic conference in which Germany and Russia are to have a part. Some time during the first two weeks in March has been set for the momentous gathering, and Genoa has been designated as the place where it shall be held. An invitation to the United States to participate has been extended through the American ambassador to Great Britain, George JIarvey, who is here as official observer for his government. Russia's participation in the Genoa conference is conditional upon acceptance of a number of conditions, namely, that she cease Bolshevik propaganda abroad, that she undertake not to attack her neighbors and that she recognize all the honorable obligations entered into by preceding Russian governments. Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain took the most prominent part in the deliberations, speaking for an hour. In his opinion a place for decisive action had been reached if the economic structure of Europe was be saved. Describing the present meeting of the supreme council as the most important since the armistice, he declared that the public opinion of the world demanded that the allies take wider responsibilities to revive Europe. Engineer Fant In Columbia Engineer D. J. Fant will speak at the railroad men'sr meeting in Columbia tomorrow and a special feature of the meeting will be the singing of Mr. Fant's daughter. The State says: "Railroad men's Sunday will be the order of the day tomorrow at the Y. M. C. A. meeting at the Imperial theater at 3:30 o'clock, when D. J. Fant ' of Atlanta, the engineer evangelist, | will be the speaker, using as his subj?4r"Tho Way- Hobm..." ? "Mr. Fant will be remembered as having spoken in Columbia several times, it being the custom to have V* l ?vi ononb' /m r o % *? <%* <> .1 tUnn/\ nun ojicoa vvintci, auu must* who have heard him will be Kind of the opportunity to repeat the experience. He has always drawn larKe 1 crowds and this year he is expected to exceed any heretofore. "Mr. Fant is oneof the most popular railroad speakers in the country and has been called to speak at some of the larKest cities of the nation, having been invited several times to 1 Philadelphia. The "engineer evanKelist" runs between Greenville and Atlanta and in the past few years has been given the special privileges by the Southern railroad of leaving the tracks to conduct religious services and returning when he sees fit. "The special feature of the meeting tomorrow will be the singing of Mr. Fant's daughter, who will render several solos. "While this meeting has been advertised as a railroad men's gathering, every man in Columbia is cordially invited to be present. "Only two more of these regular winter men's meetings will be held though special assemblages will nrobably take place subsequently. Dr. T. Clagett Skinner will be the speaker next Sunday." The Salvation Army Dear Citizens: I want to thank those who during the past year have supported us in regular and Christmas work in giving of your time, money and friendship, and now that the new year is upon us we are anxious to be of a greater help to the public in every way we can. We have had our faults, our failures, our discouragements, like everyone else, but we mean to go forward and we again kindly ask the public to stand back of us this year. As there were only funds enough raised in our last public appeal to allow us a hundred dollars per month to May for al' of our expenses it is necessary that we must have other donations before our regular spring appeal in May and especially this month wc ?rt? ^rettuy in ne'ju 01 more money as the $100 allowed us is already used on account of the extra Christmas ' work. We were striving to raise $500 | in the Christmas effort for the Christmas and winter work but we did not quite reach the $300 mark and all those holding the little collection box in their home kindly telephone us and we will call and receive It. Again thanking all who have been ' so kind to us in the past and trusting we shall again hnve your support, I ' am, Yours to serve, Ensign J. Davis. Miss Janie Smith of Enoree is visit' ing friends in Union this week. Mrs. Edgar Adams of Santuc is among the shoppers in Union today. IT'S UP TO JURY SAYS JUDGE R1C i Spartanburg, Jan. 6.?Judi Hayne F. Rice, in sessions court y? terday afternoon in his genet charge to the grand jury, took oco j-ion to pay special attention to t crime wave which is sweeping ov the country. He said that there more killing now than ever before the recollection of the members the grand jury. Crime is on the i crease rather than the decreaseis time for the good people of tl state to realize that they have icsponsibility to the state. It is often raid that justice can n he had in the courts, and unfurl nately that is true in many instance he said. He cited several instances eases tried before him where a m: had been shot in the back, yet tl jury turned the killer loose becaui he entered a plea of self-deffcns when they did not believe the 1 est mony themselves. He said that tl other judges had doubtless had sim lar eases. With the juries turnir guilty men loose, there is no safe! lor one's self or for one's family, little liquor and pistol are all thi is needed to make a dead man the: days, he continued. In regard to carrying pistols, tl court said that a law abiding citizi will not carry a pistol, and often tl man who is law abiding is at tl mercy of the man who has the pisU and if lie is killed, the jury, wi believed a hatched-up case of sel defense whon the dead man did m have a chance in the world. He sa that he believed in 05 per cent of tl cases of homicide, the dead man hf no chance, most rases amount ing 1 assassination. The tendency is to law the blan on the lawyers and the cour, but tl man who passes on the guilt or ii nocence of the killer is the jur The state of South Carolina does n want to see an innocent man convic ed, and there is not a judge on tl bench, he said, who would not set verdict aside which, he believed, d injustice to a defendant. If an i nocent man should be convicted, tl court would give him a new trial. <.-The penalty for toting a pistol not sufficient. He says the penal should be at least $500 and impriso ment for six or eight months so as make it w%rth while not to carry on He said that the juries in Sparta burg were the best he had seen South Carolina, that they were of tl best men of the county and common ed the jury commissioners for selec ing the best. Interesting Week of The New Yea New York, Jan. 6.?The most intc esting feature of the first week of tl new year in the financial markets w the fall of call money to three ai one-half per cent, the lowest rate sin last .July. Anxiety Prevails in Ireland Dublin, Jan. 0.?Acute suspense ai anxiety prevailed in Ireland over t: peace treaty as the Dail Eireann r assembled. Speaker McNeil read motion prepared by himself callii upon the Dail to affirm that Irelai is a sovereign state deriving its a thority from the will of the people. Rivers and Harbors Convention in Washingto Washington, Jan. 6.?An announc ment was made that the National Ri ers and Harbors convention would held here on March 1 and 2. Mary Garden Gets Threatening Lett* Chicago, Jan. 6.?Mary Garden under police protection following t receipt of a box containing a pisl and nine cartridges and a lett threatening her life. Shangtung Question Hopelessly Deadlocke Washington, Jan. 6.?As the nav exports of the arms conference m v/ith the intention of concluding t shaping of the "technical details f the naval limitation treaty the arm ment committee prepared to clear t way for the final framing: of the trea which will probably be started Mo day. The negotiations between Japa cse and the Chinese over Shantur meanwhile, appeared hopelessly den looked. Advertising For Subscriber) The Spartanburg Herald and Jon nal are advertising for new subscri era during the Billy Sunday meetin i nthat city. They will doubtless g a large number of subscribers. Ar by the way, both papers are w worth the price asked, Billy Sunday no Billy Sunday. They are two of t best edited papers in the state. CAS WARFARE TO GET ATTENTIO? Washington, Jan. G.?A fivc-powc :ontract to impose the age-old pena ",ies for piracy against naval eon nanders who violate accepted laws < rnval warfare was approved today b he armament committee of the Wasl ngton conference. It completed the Root formula f<i oppression of u-boat terrorism at se ind the committee then moved foi vard toward a prescription t?f ga varfare on sea or land. Again Mr. Root drew the resolutio o effect the prohibition. Again a mmediate five power contract t tbandon gas or other similar chemier veapons as beyond the pale of huma MONEY PROVIDED ']{ E FOR PROHffimON gQ Washington, Jan. 6.?The house late' !S. today passed the first annual supply' ( al measure drafted under the budget j a_ system?the treasury appropriation , !1C! bill carrying approximately 4169.000,- f , v OOo of which $9,250,000 is for Enforce j t js ment of prohibition during the fiscal j ,n year beginning next July 1. The meas0? urt- was sent to the senate without f n_ a record vote, practically ho oppo-l f sit ion developing to its provisions. A lJ<? Only one amendment was'; adopted v while several sections were eliminated on points of order. ^ or Representative Hill (Republican) of j ,, Maryland made an unsuccessful at- ? l* * j fl ,g tempt to cut the amount provided for v jn prohibition enforcement to $250,000! t lu but his amendment was quickly snow-! j ie ed under. ) .. j 5i At the outset the Maryland man j e proposed that the amount fot enforce; ment or the 18th amendment be re- g u> duced to $250,000 with the provision r j that if any additional funds were v needed state which had actei concurrently with the federal government in g ^ bringing on prohibition shqufd contribute as they saw fit. This pro- , posal, however, was knocked Jout on a ^ point of order and Mr. Hill thjWi called ^ for a vote on the straight Question t of reducing the appropriation*4 n Little discussion was provflced and T n once the Hill amendment rF?3 dis- s 11 posed of the house proceeded to con- ' } ' sideration of other features oftthe bill. 1 On a point of order by Repre^pptative g Walsh ( Republican) of MMaachusetts provision for a $10,000 s^ary for id an under secretary of the treasury 1 u> was eliminated. / L !. n u' The effect of the budget ^system, r members said, was evident injthe few changes proposed. A year aga&he vaie rious appropriation bills wereahe tar- ^ 10 gets of dozens of nmehdroflfi? and . n~ points of order ot Guild Meeting L. h? The regular monthly me%irflp|f the j. ? Woman's of the Episcopayttinfesras id held on January 2, at tSi^ Bh pf n- Mrs. W. H. Burris. ?$ J he The devotional exercisenjwBi c<>n- t ducted by the president, ^ h* Gamer. ^ ty The roll call showed an Unusually n full attendance and the members pres- { fo ent were enthusiastic in planning for t the past year have supported us in our ' n- There will be in the new parish in house, a room for the meeting of the he women's organizations, and the la- t d- dies are planning to furnish and beau-j ^ t- tify this room. An out-of-town friend has given $50 j , for tllic nnrnncr fin/1 ntVior n?ifto vimvo 1 reported. ir Mrs. Blackwelder resigning as sec-! retary, Mrs. Mixson was elected to j ir- serve in her place. he The treasurer uade her report show- j as ing that $1,000 had been turned over! nd to the finance committee of the church 1 ce for use in building the parish house, j all obligations had been met, and stillj there is a balance in our treasury. | | The business over, "Standing at the Portal," one of Frances Ridley Hav-j nd ergal's poems wss read by Mrs. M. | he A. Moore in her usual feeling manner.' e- ' m' ~ I a Carried to Hospital ir | nd Mr. Jeff Smith, who is a clerk in u- J. M. Jeter's store, was carried to the j hospital this morning. He is suffer-1 ing from an attack of appendicitis. , His friends hope for him a speedy re-j ,n covery. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET e^ January 18.40 18.42, March 18.20 18.21! May 17.76 17.82 July 17.23 17.271 October 16.45 16.59 ;r N. Y. Spots 18.751 is j he Local market 18.00' Lol ' ' er Man Shot And Seriously Injured Jim Thompson, colored, shot and, ;d seriously injured William Thompson,; colored, yesterday. The injured man al was carried to the hospital in Ches- ( iet ter and his condition is considered . he critical. The man who did the shootor ing has been lodged in jail here. The a- shooting occurred on the Epps Ticker he place near Carlisle, ty ' ' ,n- State Department n- Demands Investigation ! I or d- Mexico, Jan. 7.?The state depart- * ment instructed the American embassy at Mexico City to request the ? Mexican government to explain the seizure by the Salitillo municipality ir- of property of the Southern Baptist b- Foreign Mission Board. The seizure ?* included the girls' school. et ' * ' ( Mrs. C. A. Betsill, of Buffalo, is , 0]] among the shoppers in Union today. or Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Jeter, Mrs. Manhe ning Jeter and Miss Elizabeth Jeter i of Santuc are visiting in Union today. oieranct* is proposed, in nc worse uter by world agreement into th abric of international law. and utrai t seemed certain that under Aniori an initiative, war in future would 1 tripped of other of the horrors Cor nan ingenuity let loose upon th vorld. Italy gave prompt accession to th mti-gas project as "a real stop in th >ath of progress and civilzation. Adjournment of the committee pro rented the views of other delegation rom being presented but all wore sa;i o favor the ban on gas warfare. As the naval experts shaping tech deal questions in the naval limitntio ections of the forthcoming treaty slil vere wrongling over definitions t nake clear the agreement they lmv dready reached, the armament, com nitte adjourned on call. The nav nen toiled all day in the hope of con :luding tonight, but without smces? Phey will complete their work toninr ow, however, and the full commit to pill be in a position to resume Moiula. vith the way cleared for quick fram ng of the naval limitation treaty an ts ojnihus burden of pacts, undo tandings and declarations. Seeretar fughes called up the poison gas suli ect, presenting first the report of th lubcommittee appointed to deal wit tew agencies of war. Tt showed a dis tgreement among the experts wh ionsidered the subject on the questio 18 to whether gas warfare should h vholly abolished. There was, how report said, agreement i He" suT)-commitlee on certain point: cached "more or less unanimously, he points of agreement, with nece^ sary modifications included the state iient that no nation dared risk a tgreement which might prevent it sreparedness to deal with "an ui >CIUJJUIOUS enemy >v iit> infill H'MII X) gas warfare; that attempted prohi it ion of such warfare might c.ius 'misunderstandings" since man "litrh explosives used in shells prr luce gas fatalities although not it ended as pas shells, which might lea o the charge that gas was being use< That restriction of research for ne\ var gases is not practicable. That restriction of manufacture o potential gas supplies is not pract able for economic reasons. That while it was possible to "cor ine the action of chemical warfar >ases the same as high explosives an tther means of carrying on war" thev vas disagreement among the oxpor. is to the difficulties of carrying Ihi nit. there being "less doubt as to tb tbility to confine these gases anion :he Japanese and Italians who kmc ess about them' ' than among tk \merican, British and French expert 'thoroughly acquainted with chemic: warfare gases." South Union Mr. and Mrs. Joe I.ambright of I.ai Irum are visiting relatives in thi lection. Mrs. W. W. Greer and dnughlt nave returned to their home in K.-lto nftcr spending a few days with reh lives bore. Tbcv snent ;i fc lays on Route 2. Miss Inez Vaughn has returned t her home in Adantsburg after a shoi stay with relatives. Mrs. J. C. Green and son, Ernes end daughter, Vera, have returned I their home in Greenville. Miss Jettie Grer and Walter Gre< of Route 2 returned with them 1 spend a few weeks. Miss Katie Ix>u Vaughn spent o? day with relatives on Route 2 la week. Johnny Sanders Society The Johnny Sanders missionary s< eiety of Grace church will meet Sin day afternoon at \ o'clock in tl ladies' parlor. All members are urged to he pre ent as it is nn important, meet in and the first of the new year. Miss Louise Crawford. President. J. O. Moves to Florida J. 0. has been transferred froi "hnrletson to Key West, Fin., and ai sumed his duties with the U. S. In migration Seivice this week. Mr. Otts spent the holidays wi1 relatives In Union county and says 1 went back to Florida?alone. ! ANDERSON BANKERS i GET IN TROUBLE ir Anderson, Jan. G.?"Broach of I- trust with fraudulent intent" was th. i- charge made in a warrant sworn out >f today against .1. K. Yandiver, former y president of the Farmers and Meri chants' bank, and .J. Irwin Brownlce, former cashier, by \V. Blake, an cmployee of the II. G. Goss Sign com?' pany. It is alleged that a $.">() Lih*" orty bond was misappropriated. s The arrest warrant charging breach of trust together with the inp stigation by Mr. Blake of claim and 11 delivery proceedings for the Liberty ? bond in question, was issued by MagI istrate Geiger. and papers were n served on .1. I. Brownlee. '' According to a statement of R. M. 0 Gal heart. Mr. Yandiver was out of II town today, but was expected to re turn tonight, it is said that Mr. Van diver left !ho city Tuesday 1 mrning * ia company with Rufus Hill, employed as collector for the Anders- ti Phosphate & Oil Co., of wh'ch Mr Vandiver is president. A statement issued on December "1 showed that $18,000 of the r- source ^ of the Farmers & Merchants' Ban' . icpresented their holdings in Liberty ' bonds. Other oflicials of the Phos; hate ^ ?>i 1 Co., said Mr. Vandiver would r< , turn either tnight or Saturday. " (.andis and Baseball Presidents Hold Meeting y Chicago, Jan. 7.?Draft and othci affairs of baseball was discussed hen - today at a meeting between Judg< (> I.andis and l'resiilcnts ll<-ydor at > Johnson of the National and Amoi - can leagues. .. Police Guard Meets Commissioner Hay nee I - '* Chicago, Jan. 7.?A police guard -1 niCu Federa I Prohibition ( ononis sioner Hayncs when he arrived from * Washington today as a result <> n death threats. e r Will Consider Question n Of Germ&ny'jfr^Repar ation t Cannes, France, Jan. 7.- The a! lied supreme council planned to be gin consideration of the questions of n ,, (ii'i'many s economic reparations i the atmosphere cleared by yester ( day's decision to get togcth r with Russia and Germany in an interna ional financial and economic confer e cnce. y Confers with Weeks I Regarding Muscle Shoal I. iV Washington, Jan. 7.?C. C. Tinkler, president of a San Francisco con ,f stiuction company has confericd with i. Secretary Weeks on the offer of hi oneern for completion and operation i- of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate c> and water power project on :i semi I go ernmental basis. i> m President Invites Leaders I- To White House Dinner ^ Washington, Jan. 7.?President Harding invited a number of repub c> lican congressional haulers and sex ' * oral other prominent administratioi leaders to a White House dinner tt night, at which, it was understood ihe legislative situation and govern mental affairs generally will be (lis cussed. is Many Opinions On Arms Conference r Washington. Jan. 7. American ad w visory committee announced that i had received nearly fourteen milli' i opinions from Americans on the arm1 conference subjects, and that mor? than 90 per cent of the resolution; ( were from organizations and indivi.l [o uals endorsing the policy of the Am ? rit an delegation. r* ir ? ? 1 tsairour ana nugnes L? 0 Requested to Wait Awhile H' * <( Washington, Jan. 7. Hal four am Hughes, tho British spokesmen sai< today, will await a joint request fron the Japanese and Chinese delegation to mediate the Shangtung dispute he fore stepping into the breach cause* ij. when conversations between the tw* 10 '.'roups ended yesterday. Death of Mighty Hunter l,ondon, Jan. 6.?William A. Bail lie Grohnian, a noted spoitsnue whose death in Austria has just beet announced, had been a mighty hunt er in the Rocky mountains. As : ifV shot, he won more than 7< prizes in England, America and or m the continent. He owned a uniqut R- collection of over 4,000 hooks anr 1 prints relating to the history of th< chase and, in collaboration with th< h late President Roosevelt, edited ar 10 ancient English hook on hunting en titled "Master of Game." BETHUNE SUFFERS : FROM BURGLARIES Camden, Jan. 0.?Seven stores at Uethune in Kershaw county, just below Camden, were entered by robbers I Thursday night. About $(>00 was taken. The thieves were apparently looking only for money, as no goods were missing. Three safes were opened by the use of a hammer and a chisel. None was blown open. The robberies were not discovered until the owners went down to open up this morning and no clues which might lead to tin* detection of the guilty parties have thus far been discovered. | A stranger was noticed in Hethune i 'I hursday and thi man is supposed : to have b? en ore <>f {he men who was '< ut looking over the lield. The stores entered w?>re: Clyburn & Davis, Stevens Mercantile company, Rethune Hardware company, John ( Copeland, Hammond & Young, I.ynchI wood pharmacy and another stoiV, the : name of which was not given. Billy Sundr.y Starts Spartanburg Services Ppar'anbuvg, Jan. G. The Rev. U*: l : v i ' - i ? i. - j . v. . .. " y aim I a t ni ire Stan I v'.il nvv!vc n Spartanburg this after| "i ; 2:10 fr m Winona, Indiana, i '< iv.vrin the ix weeks' campaign here, >111111 nj-inf wr.h the first sermon to*.i rsv-w morning at 10:1" c V-ck. The ipnign erfnn'r.ntion ha: b en c m1 leirti :r Spartanburg a?d the actual faciIitic.v for the larger reli ,i >>r; hct*vi!> in the history of Spar'anburg :m?- tti uada e. . for the < amp ign. \ i ' ernae'e seating f*<-m " 400 to . on |u-,?|)le has been completed <?n Mugimlia street two blocks from Moron Sou.'re. In tliis temper ivy structure have been installed rest rooms, mall hospitals, persona' worker-? room, book rooms, tabc'ua le cip1 tdlians rooms and wash n tip. The auditorium is heated by ci- pp.lesiI furnaces, four on each d >f lb-. building. The arrangement includes j specially arranged seats for a choir of 800 voices. The floor, which is mother earth, has been covered with a 2-inch layer of wood shavings, treated with paraffine to keep down dust. The entire cost of the tabernacle is near $11,noo* I.ocal restaurants and transportai tion concerns aic making preparations for handling the huge crowds which are expectcd at the services which will ? be held daily except Monday, on which ' Hilly Sunday will rest. Greenwood Auto Eaten by Weevils / t ' c. .. .DM, >A/] . />uni <i ti/vt .><4 i" i numerous outstanding wonts, now ! stops to the front with overwhelming | evidence of the most vicious boll I weevils in the world. The weevils in : (iroenwooil oat automobiles. according ! to a man living in that prosperous ! county. Yesterday the state highway de| partment received a letter from a t fJreenwood citizen in which the citizen informed the department that he no longer possessed a gas wagon, sometimes called an automobile, explaining thai the one he had owned had been eaten by the boll weevilHowever, the letter said the weevils had either been unable to eat up tin running . ear of the former machine i>r had left .* f another meal, and the writer eiio'.v-ed a check for a li ; lis" plate. Another interesting inc dent occurj ring d\ii i the rush of distributing IUU.IHM7 IIIOMM WIIHM owniTR was 'b0 receipt of a pape Ict* or front a woman who took up tho cntiro pa ire to t ?*11 tho highway do pa rt inont that "a loan" had heon unable to find the motor number on her car, and then added a postscript that she went out and found the number herself. Rural Police Active The lural police captured one stil. and three barrels of beer on the S. Al. Be ity place January 4th. On the fourth they also captured ' or.e banc! of beer on the Inman On the Gtli four barrels of beer were captured on the place ki.own as : the Babe l.awson place, near Kelly's. Week of Prayer The Women's Missionary Society 1 of the First Baptist church will ob? serve their week of prayer for Foreign Missions next week. The regular monthly meeting will be held in the ladies parlor Monday afternoon at 11:15 and spec';-' services will be hold each afternoon (I through Friday at the scire time and i place. Mrs. F. J. Parhani, ^ * Secretary. 1 M iss Annie Belle Pittman of Car' ; lisle was shopping in the city Unlay. ', She returned to GafTney this after1 noon, where she is teaching school. * 1 _ t Miss Sue Rogers of I.atta is the - guest of Mrs. C. T. Murphy, on South Mountain street.