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Vol. LXXII No. 1276 Union, S. C., Saturday AfternooA, January 14, 1922 3C per Copy
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SPARTANBURG JUR1/
ACQUITS LANF0R1
Rpni!enburg, .Tan. 13.?Tolliver 1
T.anfoid i; not guilty, according 1
the verdict rendered by the jury i
that case tonight after deliberatin
four hours. Lap.ford was being trit
0 for the second time, charged with tl:
murder of Glenn Foster, a taxi drive
shot to death in the woods near Cam
Wardsworth last spring. Near tl
conclusion of the first trial a sic
juror stopped the trial. Glenn Fosti
and Guy II. McDowell, two taxi dri\
ors, were found murdered near th
city last March. Lanford was subst
qucntly arrested in connection wit
the crimes and later charged with th
murder of Foster.
The present trial of Lanford bega
Moi day and continued before crowde
court rooms. He is 34 years of ay
and married.
Spartanburg, .Tan. 13.?'The ease c
\ T E. Lanford, charged with the nun
\ der of Guy McDowell and Glenn Fos
tor at Gamp Wadsworth last Marcl
va<? given to <lie jury at fi o'clock thi
afternoon. The rase has been on trii
sin'*.-* Monday morning and was bar
fought on every point.
Tim defendant went on the stan
iVn'v inomin-j in bis own defense an
denied that be went with tbe men o
tbe alleged wbiskey bunt, that he wa
not with tbe men at all on the day c
tbe murder after 1 o'clock that a1
ternoon. He put up an alibi, givin
bis whereabouts during the entire at
ternoon.
The arguments were strong, P. T
, Barron of Union and Solicitor I. (
Blackwood speaking for the stati
while Sam J. Nicbolls and A. II. Dea
made tbe arguments for tbe defense,
Judge Havne F. Rice gave instru<
fions to call him if an agreement wa
/cached before 11 o'clock.
V ?~?
L * Jonesville Newt
fife" v'*'' ~
Joneaville, Jan. 12.?The membci
of the 6. Y. P. U. enjoyed a pleasar
reception oft Friday evening last, whe
m . they wore entertained from seven t
their loaders, Mr. an
on Main street. A number of intei
psting games for children were er
' . .joyed, after which refreshments coi
sisting of a sweet course were serve<
Mrs. W. W. Wood and children vi:
ited her brother. Prof. Grayson Poat
in Spartanburg for several days th
?>" week.
r A marriage around which is cei
tered much cordial interest was thf
on Sunday morning in Spartanburg c
Miss Bessie Mason of this place ar
Mr. Arthur Perks, a successful your
merchant, of Spartanburg. The sin
?>!< and impressive ceremony was pei
formed by Rev. Mr. Tanner, at tl
parsonage and was witnessed by
number of relatives and friends. Mr
Parks is a popular and progressi\
young business woman. She is a
earnest church and Sunday scho
worker and will be greatly missed.
Mr. Parks is a merchant and a m?
of sterling character. He is to I
congratulated upon his good fortun
Mrs. Ida F. Whitlock has return<
after a visit of four months to hi
daughter, Mrs. Walter Beason, in Bi
mingham, Ala.
Mr. Ben r.ittlefield has recoven
from his recent illness. His frieni
are glad to see him at his place <
hm iness again.
Ray P.rown. son of Mr. Jonathf
Brown, is confined in bed- with
grippe. Ray is a bright high scho
student and is missed at school.
Mrs. T. J. Sthele spent Wednesdt
in Spartanburg: shopping.
Mrs. A. A. Fowler was among: tl
\i?itors in town this week.
Mrs. Margaret Coleman Whitn
and young daughter have returned
their home in Birmingham. They w
join Mr. Whitrer on a trip to Texi
about the last of the month.
Mrs. Jno. T. Scott spent Thursdt
in Union.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown ha'
moved to Pacolet, where Mr. Brown
o take charge of one of the Brov
Brothers' stores.
Mrs. C. A. Littlejohn entertained tl
Baptist Missionary society on We
nesday afternoon. After the proprra
delicious refreshments were served.
Aprain on Thursday afternoon Mi
C. A. Littlejohn entertained a sm*
number of friends at a sewinpr part
I'iuh rruest carried her own embroi
ery and enjoyed a pleasant hour wi
their hostess.
The monthly meeting of the Jol
llarnes' chapter of the U. f). C. w
b> KM en Tuesday, next, with Mr
Jeter Fowler. All members are ur^i
to come.
Mr\ Francis Blair has returned
her home in Chesterfield, after a vito
her mother. Mrs. II at tie McWhirt*
An interesting service will be he
at the Methodist church Sunday, nei
when the installation of the nc
yearly misionary officers will
held.
Mrs. Robt. B. Smith is visitinpr th
week at her sifter's, Mrs. Fred Hai
ilton in Converse.
FORD'S OFFER
) GOES TO CONGRESS'
E. Washington, Jan. 13.?Henry
to Ford's offer for purchase and lease
in of the government's nitrate and
g water power projects at Muscle
d Shoals Ala., will lie referred to route
Kress for final decision, it was anr,
noutued today at the conclusion of
p coi.ferences between government ofli
te rials and Mr. Fold. Accompanying
k the Ford proposal when it is trans r
nutted, Secretary Weeks said, probably
would be the two offers received
ie from Frederick Kngstvum of Wil?
mington, N. C., and C. C. Tinkler of
h San Francisco.
c The decision to forward the three
offers to the legislative branch of the
n government, it was stated, was rearh d
ed by executive officials lasting over a
'c period of more than six months. Un
dcr the laws regulating disposition of
real estate and other properties own?f
ed by the federal government, it was
*- said, the department officers lacked
'. ? authority 10 take final action and
were compelled to refer the Muscle
1S Shoals offers to congress for its con
sidreation.
(' Actual transmission of the proposals
was not expected to take place
' for at least two weeks. It was oxd
plained that the Ford proposal first
n would be drafted in contract form by
lS low officers of the war department
and submitted to Mr. Ford for his
" signature before it was submitted to
K ongress. -<
While the legal departments are
working on the contract form, it was
J- stated, Secretary Weeks would prepai'e
a report for congress containing
p' what "comments" he believed its
n members should have for their information.
Explaining the action taken
"* by the conference, Secretary Weeks
s said he was disappointed in that Mr.
Ford declined to agree to certain
modifications of his plans which werp
held desirable by his conferees. One
of these was known to be that affect
ing the reduction of the 100 year
*s lease period. The principal modification
agreed to by Mr. Ford was that
n guaranteeing payment annually of 4
'? per cent interest on the cost of maintenance
of dams Nos. 2 and 3, regard*ff<fess
of the cf6at, whereas at first he
r" offered interest only on $28,000,000.
l" Secretary Weeks' statement, explaining
this agreement follows:
"Mr. Hoover and I have had a long
consultation with Mr. Ford about his
f' offer for Muscle Shoals and have
,s brought up for consideration various
phases of it. The only modification
1_ which Mr. Ford is willing to make
lt is based on our request that there
^ should be a guarantee of the limita
'd Hrm r\t onst nf huilrlirx* rlnms Nos.
2 and 3 and in htat matter he has offered
to pay 4 per cent interest on
r" the cost of the dams from the time
,e of their completion to the expiration
a of tho contract. That, of. course,
8* means on the amount of money which
re has not been returned in tho govemin
ment through the amoriti/.ation plan
I made in the original proposal.
Elected Clerk of
)e Judiciary Committee
e.
Edward B. Smith has been elected
?r clerk of the judiciary committee of
r~ the house of representatives and will
, he in Columbia during the week until
' the legislature adjourns. However,
' he will be in his office in Union on Sat3
urdays and Mondays of every week.
Big Feed at Elks Home
ol
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 17th, at
8 o'clock we will hold our first getiy
together meeting of the new year, and
every member is urged to be on hand
10 n?mn?lu
Menu: Baked .lakie with all ths
cr trimmings. 'Possum and taters am
f? everything. I. K. Brennecke,
1276-3t Secretary.
United States Lost Chance
*y
San Francisco, Jan. 13.?Woodrow
vc Wilson declared in a letter written
,s by him January 3 to John H. Williams
'n of San Francisco and published in The
Bulletin today, that failure of the senate
to ratify the treaty of Versailles
deprived the United States of the leadm
ership of the world. His letter, in reply,
to one from Williams saying his
"* work had made possible the Washington
conference on limitation of anna
y' merits, said:
d" "You are right In thinking that the
United States was entitled to lendership
in the league of nations; indeed,
the countries associated with us in the
war and the many less powerful governments
which had benefited by the
results of the war had already accord
ed us leadership, and the pity of the
1? failure of the senate to ratify the
?t treaty of Versailles was not only that
>r- the nations who took part in the franiM
ing of the treaty were denied by our
rtf act the justice they would secure by
'w its terms but also that the United
^ States was deprived of the leadership
of the world."
lis
n- Miss Tena Morris is spending the
week-end in Spartanburg.
AIKEN BANKS I
LOSE TO FORGERS
Aiken, Jan. 13.?A trick which was
practiced recently on banks in New- \
berry and Spartanburg was worked on
three Aiken banks Thursday, namely, t.
the Bank of Western Carolina, the 0
First National and the Farmers <?r w
Merchants. I
The sum of $708.00 was secured by L.
forgers, who had laid their plans well, t
having cut telephone wires to aid
their project. Of the amount $294.00 j,
was secured from the First National, ?
$290.30 front the Farmers & Mer- |
chants' and $182 front the Bank of (.
Western Carolina. v
At each hank two young men ap- j
peared, and one of them, with lint cotton
on his clothes, presented a check ,
front George K. Owens, a local cotton j
buyer, signed "per h. E. Eubanks,"
son-in-law and elerk of Mr. Owens, |
who as a general thing signs Mr. Ow- s
ens' business cheeks.
The checks were for amounts of
several hundred dollars more than ^
was withdrawn by the young man,
who informed the casliTer of the
Farmers and Merchants' bank that lse "
wished to make a deposit. lie said
his mother had recently purchased a
farm near town and that the bank ?
had been recommended as being good.
At the First National he did the
same thing. The cashier at the West- v
evn Carolina handed over the money
for the check. These checks overdrew 0
slightly the account of Mr. Owens and s
this is when the discovery forgery v
took place. The police wire was also v
cut. The names used as payee on 0
checks were E. P. Gaines, William 1
Willis and Artis Wilson. The forged
signature was extremely hard to de- ^
tect. Police authorities have been ^
notified of this and tracers are being a
sent far and near.
? ... v
Armenian Population s
Evacuates Country ?
Geneva, Jan. 14.?Paul Symans, t
president of the coujicil of the league
of nations, was presented a telegram
from Constantinople saying the entire ?
Armenian population had decided to
evacuate |
Irish Treaty Ratified
Dublin, Jan. 14.?The Anglo-Irish *
treaty creating the Irish free state *
was unanimously ratified by the South *
Ireland parliament. De Valera and *
his supported who opposed the treaty '
in the Dail Eireann were absent. (
Financial Markets '
Show Activity and Strength
New York, Jan. 14.?Further relaxation
of money rates and the promise '
of early improvement in the industrial 1
situation and the broadening of the in- 1
vestment demand which \^^ound the 1
chief outlet in bonds and n^l^grade I
railroad shares, imparted activj^^and 1
strength to the financial markets this I
week.
Working to Rescue '
Entombed Miners
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 14.?Rescue parties
continued today working in relays
at the national mine here trying to
reach three men who were entombed
since yesterday, but they are believed
to be dead. One body has been recovered.
Urges Erection of
Victory Memorial Building ,
Washington, Jan. 14.?President
Harding addresed a letter to all the
state governors urging the official participation
of the states in the erection
here of a national victory memorial
building to commemorate the services
of the American forces in the world
war.
"Billy" Sunday
May Visit Union
Efforts are being made to ha' e Rev.
"Billy" Sunday speak in Union one
morning. Many Union people have
heard him since he has been in Spartanburcr
and came hack enthusiastic in
their praise of the speaker. It is
planned to tret the great evangelist to
come down here by automobile some
morning and speak. The congregation
of the First Baptist church voted to
ask him to come down and all the
churches will unite in extending him a
welcome, should he come.
A Fire At Jonesville
The many friends of Mr. J. C. Calvert
regret that he suffered the loss
by fire of some cotton. The cotton
was stored in a private house near
be Calvert residence. The cotton
caught about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and begore it could be extinguished,
the loss amounted to several
bales. The origin of the fire is
not known.
J. H. Holcombe of Kelton was a business
visitor in Union today.
J. Gordon Hughes,
Wm. 0. Lake, W. M.
Secretary. 1276-21
Mrs. Sidney Crosby and little
daughter, Miss Leone Crosby, oi
Meadors are shopping in Union today
FOUR HEN BURIED
IN MINE CAVE-IN
I ?\
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 13.?Four men
vcre entombed, three, wore injured
ind several others ha<l narrow esapes
from death tod*/-When 20 acres
if land dropped in ? mine cave-in
if tfiuuntic proportion* in the Naional
mine of the Qlett Alden Coul
ompany. Seventy-five men attacked
he mass of debris, coal, rock and
nrth front three different angles, but
iad not obtained any -trace of the
nissing men late toiU&ht. W. W.
n^lis, president of the Glen Alden
ompany, personally supervised the
ifork of the rescuers and was hopeful
hat the men would be lound alive.
Willi the cxceiition of the four 011.
imbed miners, all other employees
11 the a If cried area had been account<1
for by company officials. Hho
nissing men are: Edward Hughes,
ection foreman; A1 Resse, electrician
ml prominent locally ^3 a sprinter
ml athelole; John BaUett, laborer;
lichael Kelly, laborer.
President Inglis in- a abatement this
fternoon attributed. cave-in or
in-squoeze" to the ^ 81 iall pillars
whieh had been left standing by anther
company which fi.'merly operted
the mine and whiph had started
o disintegrate by reasa# of the huge
/eight they supported..*
The area affected by* kne cove cov-1
rs five city blocks. Inbsures in the
u if ace arc discernable Tor 800 feet
rest of Pittston aventfo But notwithstanding
its great %lze the cave
aused comparatively ittnall damage
o the surface property.
Three injured men Were removed
rom the mine shortly after..the accilent
and taken to^a. hospital. All
,re expected to re^^er.
Great excitement prevailed in the
icinity of the affeeted area. The
queeze was acconif?fit$ed by a roar
iv* i uiiiuiiii^ tihiv v?^m1 * uv ucaiu
or a great distance ahd which conWashington,
Jan. 14.- ->stmast< r
General Hays confercd w th the Presdent
but said afterwards he
:ould not announce his "conclusive de:ision"
as to whether he Would accept
he offer of the motion picture prod-.ic?rs
to become their head.!
"irst Step Toward
General Reorganization
Washington, Jan. 14.?The Presiient
removed from the civil service
requirements the office of deputy commissioner
of internal revenue and it is
anderstood to be the first step in the
general reorganiation internal revenue
bureau plnnned by the administration
to obtain greater efficiency by
the appointment experts.
Chances Good for
Early Settlement
Washington, Jan. 14.?Exchange
of views between the Chinese and Japanese
arms delegates and their gov
ernments are believed to hnve
strengthened the chances for an early
settlement 01 mo nnamung quesiion.
The indications today are Rood and
Officers Hughes and Balfour are having
effect.
Viviani Declines to
Accept Post
Paris, Jan. 14.?Premier Poincare
asked M. Viviani to accept the post
of minister of justice of the new cabinet,
but Viviani declined.
American League
President Dead
Philadelphia, Jan. 14.?Benjamin F.
Shibe, president of the Philadelphia
American Ia>aRUe Basecall club, is
dead here.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
January 18.1(5
March 18.04 17.91
May 17.60 17.53
July 17.15 17.11
October 16.50 16.45
N. Y. Spots 18.30
Notice
A special communication of Union
H Lodge, No. 75, A. F. M., will
be held in the Masonic Ternt/Ww
p'e Momla.v evening, January
15th, 1022, at 7:30 p. m,
The M. M. degree will b-j
conferred.
Bv order.
HOUSE ENDORSES
MARKETING PLAN
Cooperative marketing of cotton
wsa strongly indorsed in a resolution
passed by the house of representatives
yesterday and every farmer
in the state was urgde to sign the
contract. The extension forces of
Clcmson college were urged to continue
to lend their full cooperation
and assistance in the movement as
were the bankers, merchants and
business men of the state.
The text of the resolution, which
was introduced b> Representatives
Jackson, Harris, McKay and Windham,
follows:
"Whereas, a campaign is now he
ing conducted in the 31 ate of South
Carolina for the formation of hie
South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co
operative association, to be composed
of South Carolina cotton growers,
landlrds and tenants and to be form
ed for the one specific purpose of
selling their cotton crop cooperatively;
and
"Whereas, the formation of such a
cooperative muiketing association
will tend to eliminate many of the
evils which now surround the marketing
of our principal . mp, s?-h as
country damage, undeiv ratling and
dumping of a great portion of ih>
i-rnn on the market in a few weeks*
time and will result in the stabilizing
of the market and insure the
farmer of the fact that his cotton will
'be properly warehoused, graded,
st^^ed and sold at the best possible
figure;
"Therefore, be it resolved, by th"
house of representatives, the senate
concurring, That we do hereby indorse
most heartily the movement for
the organization of the South Cam
Una Cotton Gi\ -ers' Cooperative assciation;
"That we urge every farmer to
sign the contract at the earliest possible
moment;
That we urge the bankers, incrchants
and business men ^of sta^
sistanee in this movement, believing
that they can be of no greater service
to the state at this time than in
the vigorous prosecution^ of this
campaign."
A Suggestion
The public is showing their interest
more every day in the welfare of the
Salvation Army in Union and now
comes a suggestion from another interested
friend to assist, in raising
finances to pull the Army through
their financial trouble. The suggestion
Is being worked out at once and th<
musical talent citizens of our conn
ty will unite and give one of the best
entertainments Union county has evet
had. Mrs. W. T. Beaty and Air. C. Ai
Holcomb has been appointed ehairmar
and secretary for the arrangementand
every musical talent citizen ol
this county is urged to get in com
munieation with these friends al
once offering your services. Never ii
the history of Union eouny has all tin
musical talent people been brought to
gether-ftnd while this effort is beint
made f<>r the benefit of tin- BalvntioArmy
the benefit of thi effort will b?
worth more to our county than wlinl
finances will he raised fv<.m it and il
is urged that 110 niu leal talent pei > >!
>hnll deny themselves of this privilegi
but got in touch with tins < uiu-nii?
at once.
Ensign Davis. Salvation Arm;.
Cotton Ginned
Washim'ton, .Tan. 10, '022.
Orus T. Belue,
Union, S. C.
Dear Sir:
The tabulation of the card report
shows telegraph summary to he cor
root. There were 17.210 bales of cot
ton, counting round as half bale*
ginned in Union County, from the cro|
of 1021 prior to January 1, 1022, a
compared with 23,075 bales ginned t
January 1, 1021.
Very respectfully,
W. M. Steuart.
Director.
Smith-Fowler
1 Miss Inez Smith and Mr. W \\
Fowler, two of Lockhart's fine youn
people, were united in marriage b
i Rev. I.. I.. Wagnon, of Union, S. C
i at. his residence in that city on Thurs
day evening. January 12th, 1022.
These happy young people with
. party of friends motored jo tne on
? of Union Thursday evening and thus
present, are joined by sci res of other
in wishing happiness to these youn
people who have thus begun the joui
ney of life together as husband an
t wife.
: Miss Elizabeth Jeter, who is teact
f ing at. Mt. Tabor, is among the shoy
. pers in Union today.
SEEK TO RECOVER
TAXES ON COTTON
By Hugh W. Roberts.
Washington, .Inn. 13.?Again the
South makes a fight for a retuvn by
the United Slates of approximately
$2(10.000,000 collected from cotton producers
and other citizens, immediately
after (lie Confederate war, in (delation
of the constitution of the l?uited
States.
For taxes collected on raw cotton,
the United States owes money to citizens
in the f< lowing states in the
sums set out: Cieorgia.$l 1.807,091.08;
Alabama, $10,388,072.10; Louisiana.
$10.008.301; Mississippi, $8,742,003.03;
Tennessee, $7,873,400.71; Texas,
.'in.', lot 24; South Carolina, $4,172,12o.li;;
Arkansas. $2.333,1138.43; North
Carolina, $1,030,704 87; Florida. $018,
941.08; Virginia, $1137,388.38; New
York. $807,042.08; Missouri, $302,0118.
;?*?; Ken lucky, $333,227.43; Ohio,
S447.127.12; Illinois. $370,114,42; Vermont,
$108,208.20; Indiana. $02,727.22;
Pennsylvania, $78,333.00; Mnssachu
! etts, $00,079.31; Maryland. $31,349.32;
New .Jersey, $3,030.42; Rhode Island,
i $2,424.73.
' The present light is based on the
I fa- ! that some of these days the United
States government will make restitution.
Representative Scott ( R.-pubi
lican) of Tennessee has intr- d iced a
joint resolution, which would authorize
the supreme court to reopen the
] i Id case initiated in Memphis in 1807
by William M. Farringlon against
Rolfe Saunders, at that time a col|
lertor of internal revenue. By a dis.
triet. indire the ease was decided
i against the plaintilT. He took it to the
; supremo court and the verdict was
against court and the verdict was
against Farrington, the decision having
divided the court equally, 4 and 4.
Chief .Justice Chase was absent on
account of illness.
The joint resolution <>f Scott sets
cut. the fact that thet ases wore illegal
and void "because laid and collected
in violation of the constitution
of the United States in that they were
direct taxes on the owmnship of pori
sonal property without being appori
tioned among all states of the union
a baais of population."
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Where To Worship *
**********
Westside Ba pt ist.
The following is the program of
services tomorrow (Sunday):
10:00 A. M.?Bible school. F. M.
Willard, superintendent.
11:00 A. M. -- Preaching.
7:00 P. M.? Preaching. The pas.
tor preaches at both services.
A cordial invitation is extended to
t worship with us.
A. T. Stoudcnmire,
Pastor.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday school tomorow at 10 a. m.
( Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 ]). nv
B. Y. P. U. at G:30 p. m.
The subject of the morning sermon
will ho, "The Non-Church Goer." The
I subject for the evening hour will he
t "The Man Who Killed His Opportunity."
Midweek prayer service. Wed
nesday evening at 7:30.
Rpiscopal.
Sunday school and Bible class at lc
, a. ni.
^ Morning prayer and sermon 11 i
( in. A cordial welcome awaits v u.
Mo evening service.
i \i? r>i.-.?i ,11... n
I t, Y> I > IM t IV ? "H l? I , l?? l"l .
flvwn Street
Sunday school at 10 o'cl>>. K.
Sermon at 11 a. ni. by the p isti.r
First quarterly conference of th<
new year at 0 p. m. We are expecting
100 per cent attendance of the olicia
members. Rev. F. A. Fairy is expect
ed to fill the pulpit at 7 o'clock in tin
evening. .T. R. rhick,
s Pastor.
flrace Methodist Church
i. Services tomorrow as follows:
H 10:00 A. M.?Sunday school,
s 11:00 A. M.?Preaching by Rev. W
o A. Fairy, presiding elder of the Spar
tanburg District.
7:30 P. M. Preaching by the pas
1 tor.
The first quarterly conference n
i the year will be held immediately af
ter the morning sermon. A cordir
welcome to all attending these serv
r . ices. Jas. W. Kilgo,
Pastor.
Rethel A. M. E. Church (Colored)
10:00 A. M.?Sunday school.
11:30 A. M.?Preaching; siibjec
a "God's Taro for His People."
v 4:00 I'. M.?Juvenile society.
t, 7:00 P. M. A. C. K. League
,s 8:00 P. M.? Preaching; suh.iec
j, "Man's Obligation to Cod."
Everybody welcome.
(l L. D. Gamble.
Minister.
Orus T. Pelue is now able to b
)- up and about the house after thro
weeks' confinement with grippe.
SOLDIERS' BONUS
BILL DEFERRED
Washington, Jan. Id.?The soldier
4 bonus bill will not bo made n part of
1 the allied debt refunding bill, said
Chairman McCunibor of the senate
finance committee tongilit after a sej
lies of conferences had been hbld
! between senate leaders to discuss the
desirability of merging the two and
it had become known at the White
House that President Harding did
not look with favor upon the suggestion
that they In- comb :i <!.
The foreign dob bi. S
Cumber said, \vi u'.d
hte finance comm
hope that it wuu.u ..e ,-u. ..ito . ?
at that time for rcvtor.in^ t? he
senate. It was the u.te tticn, h? addi'<l
to eliminate sonic of the features
to which the tre v. y dcp;..\mont
has objected and \ hit h have resulted
t in the measure 1 i.ig held in committee
for several we.ks. These inI
elude provision f< r semi-armual puyineiit
of interest and that the rate
shall n<?t he less than a per cent.
Although the merger plan was
originally received favorably by a
number of the senate leaders the
ptesidcnt was said to regard it as
impractical and his view was reflected
in further conferences today between
the senate leaders.
The president's objection to the
merger were said by callers at the
White llnii.se today to be based on
bis desire for the assurance that
| provisions definitely would ho made
for payment of the bonus. So far as
the refunding bill is concerned, he
' was said to believe that the refund
uiK MH'um u? uv>ciu|>cu
J insure returns from the allied loans
| he fore stops \v? re taken o pledge
; them for a bonus.
lie was represented, however, as
j not hostile to the suggestion that the
i interest or prineipay of the allied
, loans be used for paying the be .
; onee htey were available. It wa
i stated definitely that he also would
not oppose a sales tax for the purpose
i of paying the bonus if congress
should decide upon that plan.
The president, however, was said to
regard as impractical ?v suggestion
that over $4,000,000 in the ^hands' of
l he alien property custodian be used
for bonus payment. These funds, it
i was said, were regarded as pledged
' technically to private individuals
whose property was taken.
No Trace of Lawyer Found
Shreveport, La.. Jan. 14.?No trace
i was found of Harold Mulks, said to be
the attorney for the American civil
liberties leavue of New York, who
was seized in the lobbv of the hotel
i last niprht by masked men. lie wua
j due to appear in the court as attorney
i for the men declared to be Industrial
| Workers of the World.
One Bandit Kil!ed
And Another Wounded
|I Toledo, .Tan. 14.- One bandit was
> killed and another fatally wounded
, when six armed men h-Id up the road
l ouse south of Toledo last audit. The
. guests tired on the band which, tied.
| College Pres-'de-ils,'
!. SMar*- I ,_r
) |
Chicago, Jan. I t. The sa'u of
presidents and f y m nn1 - - f
late colleges and ? rsit '
! ereasid fill per co'i* sine t h '
1 >ear Htl.'l-ll. so C *n? r s :oner T:..tr-.
of the bureau of ed ? n';c i department
i of interior, nid in : a i 'r-'^s.
Party Fcr V jitor
r _____
Mrs. Macbeth Young entertained
1 yesterday afternoon at a reception,
"| complimenting Mrs. Wilson Arthur, of
Akron, Oltln , who is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I.. CI. Young, for
several weeks.
The rooms were decorated with wini
ter e ei reen.- and baskets of narcis|
sus and ferns. Potted plants and ferns
formed a background and those re
ceiving with Mrs.Young were the
honoree, Mrs. Wilson Arthur. Mrs.
W. F. Ciillinm, Mrs. L. 0. Young. Mrs.
Bobo Burnett, ?.f Spartanburg and
Miec Fliyntieth Arthur
Jj Mrs. F. M. Farr presided at the to.".
table and a bevy of girls served tea
l'j and sandwiches to the large gatherj
?ng.
Cheery fires blazed on the hearth
i and defied the chilly outdoors and unshaded
tapers also added a cheery
note.
Numbers of friends called duri.?t
' the receiving hours and Mrs. Young
was a charming and gracious hostess.
Wins Chero Cola Prixe
t.;
Miss Marian Vinson won the $10.00
prize offered by the Chero-Cola company
for the school girl or boy making
the greatest number of words from
Chero-Cola.
?ei Miss Vinson is a student at Ottaray
e school and is being congratulated upon
her good luck.