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=n The Union Daily Times hc1 PRESS - ii. ... I riablc winds. J DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY E?taMUh?dftn 18S0?CqcttU d to Anion Daily Thno? Oc tob?r 1, 1S17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Vol. LX.XII No. 1308 a*55KH!^ e '"union^SC., Tuo.aay AJRl^^ Vebruir^^L 1922 " " 3c Par Copy TREATY MINUTES WERE NOT KEPT Washington, Feb. 20. ? President Harding informed the senate today he could not comply with its request for records of the four power Pacific treaty because no such records ever existed and because he considered it incompatible with public interest to reveal "informal and confidential conversations." The president's five sentence reply to the resolution of inquiry sent to the White House last week was accepted by those in charge of the treaty at the capitol as closing the incident, although at the same time it aroused increased dissatisfaction rmong senators who instigated the move for complete information. A proposal to call Secretary Hughes be I'V " CI VI ta 1/jr j vouiu viuily WIIILII nail been introduced by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, senior Democratic member of the committee, was as follows: "Responsive to senate resolution No. 137, asking for records, minutes, arguments, debates, conversations, etc., relating to the socalled four power <ii t?aty, ?have to advise that It la Impossible to comply with the senate's request. Many of the things asked for in the resolution it is literally impossible to furnish, because there were many conversations and discussions quite outside the conference, yet vital to its success. Naturally these are without record. "I do not believe it to be compatible with public interests or consistent with the amenities of international negotiations to attempt to reveal informal and confidenial conversations or discussions of which no record was kept, or to submit tentative suggestions or informal proposals without which the arrival at desirable international understandings wolud be rendered unlikely if not impossible. "While I am unable to transmit the information requested, I do, however, take this opportunity to say most emphatically that there were no con ceaied unaertaKings ana no secret exchanges of notes and there are no commitments whatever, except as appear in the foru power treaty itself and the supplementary agreement, which are now in the hands of the senate." State Treasurer Lacey Is Slowly Recovering New York, Feb. 21.?B. R. Lacey, state treasurer of North Carolina, is reported to be slowly recovering from a breakdown suffered a week ago. It is attributed to overwork. Death Rate Decreases Washington, Feb. 21.?The death rate in the country decreased to 1,306 per 100,000 population in 1920, according to Census Bureau. Will Conclude Ford Investigation This Week Washington, Feb. 21.?The investigation of the offer of Henry Fprd for Muscle Shoals project will be concluded this week by the house military committee, Chairman Kahn announced today. Miss Leila Gregory in Hospital Miss Leila Gregory, who is attending the Greenwood Business college, was stricken with appendicitis Sunday afternoon and was operated on at the city hospital. The reports from her bedside today arc most encouraging. Colonel Jones Dies New York, Feb. 21.?Colonel Choi, mely Jones, former director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, died at the Presbyterian hospital today of heart trouble. Miss Ida Knigtit, who has been living in Chicago for a number of years, has returned to Union to make her home and has reopened her home on East Main street. L?;;. lore ine ioreign relations committee was revived momentarily, but without any immediate prospect of success. Meantime the committee took its first formal action on any of the international agreements negotiated during the arms conference by reporting favorably the Japanese-American treaty by which the United States is accorded cable and wireless rights on the Pacific island of Yap. The committee leaders later made known their purpose to press the treaty toward a vote on the senate floor, in<"~-\ting that debate on it might begi tomorrow. ( On the Yap treaty the committee divided ten to one, Senator Pittman (Democrat) of Nevada alone voting in the negative because he felt that insufficient committee consideration had been given to the treaty. Several other senators, both Democrats and Republican, declared during the two hour committee sessions that they also reserved the right to debate further some features of the past on the senate floor. Mr. Harding's reply to the four tlAUTAM 1- ? J aDUliy W) warruiib ueittyiiig mi- [iui chase of equipment. "Considering all features of the sit nation, we feel that we can not to< strongly urge either the purchase ol material now or the decision to noi attempt poisoning this year." Male Quartet The fourth number of the Lyceun course offered by Grace Circles wil be given at the High School Tuesdaj evening, February 21st, at 8 o'clock. This concert will come up to the oth ers wo have given and is something entirely different. These boys ar< making a distinct hit in Lyceum an< their program is full of brilliancy am snap. They are not only musical, bu musically amusing. This quartet presents one of thi real novelty programs of the season Everywhere crowded houses are meet ing and thoroughly enjoying them There is lots of fun in their progran ?and lots of clever character sketel work. You will like these boys th moment they step on the stage. Don' miss them! They ring true- and sinj true! The regular admission prices ar 75c for adults and 50c for school chil dren. Silver Tea \ The Fair Forest chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution, will hnv< a silver tea Thursday afternoon at tlv home of Mrs. John A. Fant, at o'clock and you are invited. Ever; year the chapter celebrates Washing ten's birthday and this year the plan are elaborate and beautiful; the mem bers will wear colonial costumes am George and Martha Washington wil meet the guests on the broad veran das and welcome them in true colonia style. A delightful program has been ar ranged and many surprises have beei tucked away for the celebration; s< you cannot afford to miss it. Resolution to Investigate George Washington Memorial Associatioi Washington, Feb. 21.?Investiga tion of the George Washington Mem orial Association charged with th erection here of a victory memoria building, was proposed in a resolutioi introduced by Representative Under hill, Republican, of Massachusetts. the manufacturers have no means o) anticipating just what the demand i; going to be and naturally do not fee justified in building a large numbei of machines on a gamble. The con sequence is that machine productior will probably more or less keep pact with visible business and there is little prospect of a surplus of machines being prepared and thus placed at tht disposal of those suddenly deciding to poison at the last moment. Oui advice is decide now whether or not you are going to prepare to poison and if .you decide to do so, immediately * mertto?arrangements- <frr ywa supply of dusting materials. Th< price of the various machines has already been announced for the year The various one mule machines are all between $100 and $125, while the twc mule machines practically all rang( between $250 and $300. These prices are fairly reasonable in proportion tx the present value of cotton, anc there is little likelihood of redue tion ? certainly not sufficient prob MUST NOT DELAY POISONING PI,AN! The following statement is made b; B. R. Coad of the Delta laboratory bureau of entomology, United State department of agriculture, Tallulali La.: "A rather peculiar situation has de veloped which promises disappoint ment to many cotton farmers wh< wish to poison the weevil this yea if some steps are not taken to remedi it. For the past several years vari ous machine manufacturers have beei taking up the production of cottoi dusting machinery and have tume< out limit numbers for the trade whicl developed. However, they hav< always been confronted with the fac that many farmers would defer pur chasing dusting materials in somi vain hope that the wdfevils were noi to be abundant until so late that i was impossible to secure deliveries ii time for, best results. During th< past several months we have been can vassing the results the farmers se curea last year and tind too trequen repetition of a statement to the effect that the machines were delayed it shipment and did not reach them urn til a few days or a few weeks latei than the time they were really needed and consequently poisoning hecann more expensive and less successful It is now quite obvious that the spring of 1922 is Roinp: to see an abnormallj beavy emergence of weevils, ant while this may be somewhat olfsel by summer weather conditions, then is no excuse for delay in securing equipment if you are tfoinp to poisor the weevils this year. Furthermore WEEKS SUBMITS I ALABAMA OFFER y Washington, Feb. 20.?Announce', ment by Secretary Weeks today that s he would ask congress tomorrow for i. acceptance or rejection of the Alabama Power company's offer to pur chase and Lease the Muscle Shoals - (Ala.) nitrate and water power pro5 jects, submitted to him last Tuesr day, added to the possibilities of furf ther delay in congress on considera tion of Henry Ford's offer for the 1 same properties. The Alabama com1 pany's offer, it was said, probably * would be referred to the military af1 fairs committee of the house and agp ricultural committee of the senate, ^ both of which are engaged in investigating the Ford proposal. Chair? man Kahn announced today that the ^ house body would conclude its study of the offer submitted by the Detroit 1 manufacturer before undertaking " hearings on the new proposal, but would not report them separately to the house. The plan in recommending acceptance or rejection of the offers to the 1 full membership of the house, the chairman said, would be to prepare a joint report on all proposals congress I might receive. In this manner, it was explained, the Ford offer would remain in the committee's hands pre'r venting action by the house until all j the proposals the war secretary j might submit were thoroughly inves, tigated. Mr. Kahn said he expecten to con' elude the hearings on Mr. Ford's offer this week and would immediately p begin an examination of that from , the Alabama Power company which, I Secretary Weeks indicated today, was . considered a ".better offer"''in some . respects than that of Henry Ford. , The house committee today intcr, rogated J. O. Hammitt, vice president. r?f the Air Nitrates onriinrntinn. ! a subsidiary of the ^merican Cyana? mid company of Maine, who stron&; ly defended the rights of the for mer company to purchase nitrate i plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals upon as , favorable terms as the government might accept from other private en in i in i mlmii > He submitted a contract signed by the corporation and war department . officials under date of June 8, 1918, 1 when it was agreed to build the plant > and which contained a section extend; ing optional privileges to the air } nitrates subsidiary to buy the prop) erty in the event it was sold by the 1 government. Miss Snider Coming Miss Lola Snider, of Clemson Col lege, will arrive Wednesday evening to ) spend the remainder of the week with t Miss Mahala Smith, county home t demonstration agent, and will give a series of demonstrations in the county. She will be at Kelton on Thursday at 2:30 o'clock. Friday she will be at Ottaray at 10 j o'clock and Monarch at 1:30 p. m., j following this demonstration she will make doughnuts for the Mothers' club. Saturday afternoon she will make r "devil's food cake" and icing at the 2 old Chamber of Commerce rooms at j 2:30 o'clock at the regular meeting of j the Consolidated Home Demonstration t clubs. B Box Supper There will be a box supper at Eli. ford Grove school house Friday night, t February 24th, for the benefit of the h Sunday school, if not raining. If rain. e it will be Saturday night, providing t the weather is favorable. Everybody ? is invited. e Only Citizens of U. S. Can Fly Over Hawaii Honolulu, Feb. 25.? (By Mail)?. Only citizens of the United States are permitted to pilot or fly in an airplane s over the territory of Hawaii according e to the aviation regulations prepared e by Attorney General Harry Irwan and 4 incorporated in the territorial aviation y licenses, the first of which was issued . today. s No pictures or sketches may be _ made while in the air, carrying of d passengers is limited to the hours bell tween sunrise and sundown and no . private plane may fiy above any forti1 fication, military or naval establishment in the island. The regulations . also limit pilots to persons honorably n discharged from the army or navy 0 flying corps, members of the signal or reserve corps and those who have unrevoked licenses issued by a state.. Charles T. Stoffer, commercial aviator, received the first license. 1 District Attorney Removed From Office By Court Boston, Feb. 21.?District Attorney e Joseph C. Pelletier, of Suffolk county, ,1 was removed by the supreme court n today. He was fond guilty on several counts of charges of malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office. BONUS PROllEM NOT YH SOLVED Washington, Feb. <B-The question of financing the solffts' bonus was referred back today tflthe special tax subcommittee by thewiajority members of the bouse ws and means committee and it tytuZnnounced that the subcommittee wwd attack the problem again tomorBr. The trend of thougSin cloak room and corridors was thUwome sort of a manufacturers' or tBolesalers' tax plan would be drafte?in accord with President Hardings' ??ggcstion that the financing be done m a sales tax. In an effort to bloci; the sales tax within the committee! 22 Republican opponents of this kindi>' levy met and framed petitions which were freely circulated and signed iefore the house adjourned for the dai*. Representative Dickinson of Iowa who called the meeting, said it was'ihe hope to obtain sufficient signatvcs to convince the majority committee members that it would be impossihlj j to put a sales ' tax provision throughout the house. The petition dedal es in favor of adjusted eompensatio* but in opposition to the financing ' >f it by a sales or manufacturers' tax and sets forth that its signers "will pppose any rule for the adjusted compensation that does not permit a separate vote on i any sales or manufacturers' tax provision therein." V While the ways and'means committee was discussing th?! bonus question it was made known -at the. White House that President Harding had received many communftations opposing enactment of the bonds legislation for the present. At the 'same time the American Legion's legislative committee made public a telegram from Hanford MacNider, the legion's national commander, opposing any frther delay in the bouus legislation. It was said that the communications reaching Mr. Harding In opposition to immediate enactment of the bonus outnumbered those favoring action at this time, but it was added that many of those opposing th% bill showed a Much of the discussales tax provision could be voted out of the ways and means committee. Representative Garner of Texas, the rankAg Democrat on the committee, said the eight minority members would vote solidly against such a tax. On this basis five Republican votes would defeat the proposal and it was understood that present estimates were that four of the 17 Republicans would be against with two others probably doubtful. Representative Dickinson reiterated that if the agricultural bloc was unsuccessful in its effort to block the sales tax in committee it would take r determined stand in the Republican conference which is to be called to consider the bill. If the committee fails to report out a sales tax it seemed to be the somewhat general opinion that the house yvould ge a bill without any specific provision for financing the adusted compensation. Big Week of Athletics Thursday afternoon at 4 g'clock one of the best games of basketball of the season will be plaped on our home grounds. And when the whistle is blown and the team of the Six Mile Baptist Academy meets our Golden Eagles everybody who is at the game will get plenty of excitement, for both teams are in the pink of condition. Our old friend, Mr. W. C. Mann, is the coach of this team, and we hope that we will have a large crowd to welcome him. If you come Thursday, we are sure that you will come Friday, but if you do not come Thursday be sure and come Friday, for we meet our old rival, Jonesville, in what is going to be one of the best, fastest and most hardfought games of the season. Friday is going to be a big day for our girls are going to play the Newberry girls here, thus making, a double header. Our girl* are showing up fine for beginners but they need more support and encouragement. So come out to the game and root for our girls and our boys, too. Our boys are already contracting the baseball spirit, and withm a few days we will be in shape to begin to practice. Our school promises to put out a winning baseball team, but they need supporters. Some of the games that we played, last year, were played before as few as five or six spectators. So when the baseball season opens, be sure and come out and support our team. W. C. W. Miss McCormtck Obtains Permission to Marry Chicago, Feb. 21.?Sixteen-year-old Mathilde McCormick has obtained the Approval of tho proposed marriage to Max Oner, Swiss Riding Academy head, from her grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, his family friends said today. SEN. CHRISTENSEN WOULD RESIGN Declaring thut the senate was opposed to his views on the important tax program and that "business has won in the senate against agriculture in a crisis when agriculture is in desperate straits," Senator Neils Christensen, chairman of the upper house finance committee, last night handed in his resignation as chairman of this important committee, but the senate by a unanimous vote refused to accept it. Following urgent pleas from Senator Johnstone of Newberry, Senator Watkins of Anderson and Senator Watkins of Anderson and Senator Duncan of Union that the resignation not be accepted, the upper house refused to accede to the request of Mr. Christensen that he be allowed to retire from the chairmanship and also extended a vote of confidence to Mr. Christeenscn unanimously. After the senate had refused to accept the resignation and had extended the vote of confidence, Senator Johnstone moved that further considera tion of the matter, if there was to be further consideration, be postponed until today, which was agreed to. Senator Christensen plainly told the senate last night that lie would insist upon being relieved as chairman. but after the upper house had adjourned" a number of senators gathered around the chairman and urged him to press no longer his resignation. Senator Christenson said the matter was linal with him.?The State. Womanless Wedding Thursday Evening Don't forget to take in the womanless wedding Thursday night at 8:30 and see the wonderful display of beauty and style that will be shown there by the attendants and relatives of the popular couple. Of course we know it is not just the thing to do to publish who the attendants are at the wedding, but if I tell you will you promise not to breathe it to a soul? Cross your heart and hope to die? son and the groom is Shorty Bluff Goforth. The attendants upon the happy couple are: Best man, Jeremiah Allman; maid of honor, Matilda Aiken, matron of honor, Theodora Estes: flower girl, Totsie Going; ring bearer, Smiley Shapiro. The bridesmaids are Misses Iovoy Wilbanks, Dora McMillan, Jewel Bradley, Pansy Hawkins, and the ushers are Messrs. Pat Jeffries, Wade Lake, Bubber Willard, Horatio Cranford. The bride will be given away by her father, Adolphus Cooper, and the sad l ut impressive ceremony will be read by Brother Socrates Turner. By tomorrow I hope to be able to tell you what, relatives will be here to the wedding. Collection wil be taken up at the door and the proceeds will be given to the Episcopal church parish house fund. Only 25 and 50 cents admission. Moves to Charlotte Today Mr. S. W. Mitchell and family ant1 Mr. H. W. Cox and family are today moving to Chariot to, N. C., where they will make their home. Roth families have resided here for several years and they have made a wide circle of friends who regret to see them leave Union. Mr. Mitchell was for several j ears proprietor of the hotel here. lie has not yet decided upon the business he will follow in Charlotte, but has several propositions under consideration. Cood wishes of many of the people here will follow them to their new home. New Concern Opens Soon Victor M. Smith has erected a building on South Gadberry stret and at an early date, will open a vulcanizing plant. Herman Smith will be the manager of the new concern. R. A. Jones of Greenville is a business visitor to Union today. "Trig" Tinsley i.s in Greenville this week conducting a sale for a jewelry concern of that city. Teachers' Association The Union County Teachers association will hold its regular meeting at the High School auditorium, Union. S. C., at 12 o'clock, Saturday, February 25. All teachers are urged to be present. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open Close March 18.28 18.23 May 17.98 17.94 July 17.45 17.44 October 16.95 16.81 December 16.78 16.67 N. Y. Spots 18.55 Local market 17.50 One person in every seven lives to be 80. FOUR PERSONS 1 BURNED TO DEATH Aiken, Fob. 21.?Mrs. C. E. Mont* and three of her children wore burned * to death in their homo hero shortly < after midniKht tonight. ;i Flumes had largely enveloped the 1 house when Mr. Monts was awakened,! 1 and in his efforts to save his wife,< and children he was seriously burned i and is a patient in a hospital here. j The dead are: Mrs. C. E. Monts, , about 35 years old; Eugene Monts,jt eldest son, 15; Clarence Monts, 14, and Eugene DuBose Monts, between > two and thro oyoars old. ( j Mrs. Monts was the second wife and t before marriage was Miss N'annette c PuRosc of Washington, (In. ; , Mr. Monts is ticket agent for the \ Southern railway here and is a high- j ly respected man in the community. ; | It is not known at an early hour-, this morning how the lire started. ( Court Proceedings ' Court convened here on Fob. 13, .Judge Hayne V. Rice, presiding. The i j following cases have been tried: Mrs. Nannie J. E. Guico vs. South-1 eni Railway Co., ot al. Directed ver-. . diet: ''We find for the defendants." T.ucile Farr vs. Union & Glenn i Springs Railway Co. Verdict: "We find for the plaintiff one hundred dol- ^ lars punitive damage (as to Zora Farr)" "We find for the plaintiff one hundred dollars punitive damages." Singer Sewing Machine Co. vs. J. W. McLure. Verdict: "We find for the plaintiff forty-six dollars." Edisto Mills vs. J. L. Jolly et al. * Verdict: "We find for the plaintiff 1 two hundred and fifty-four dollars." McNally Cotton Co. vs. Munro 1 Smith, et al. Verdict: "We find for 1 the plaintiff two hundred ninety-nine and 36-100 dollars (299.36)." Berry Sims vs. G. A. O'steen. Consent verdict: "We find for the plaintiff three hundred and thirty-six dol- ' lars." 1 Bank of Jonesville vs. G. W. 1 Sprouse. Consent verdict: "We find for the plaintiff and against defend- * ant, G. W. Sprouse, the sum of two Jbwndrod *nd_. foriy.-Vwo and .0-1-100 ($242.04)." Dave Jeter vs. Union & G. S. Railway Co. Verdict: "We find for the ' plaintiff damages of one thousand ' dollars ($1,000)." i Farmers Bank & Trust Co. vs. 1 Arthur Thomson, et al. Verdict: "We 1 find for the plaintiff the sum of two hundred and sixty-seven and 40-100 1 dollars ($67.40)." Textile Strike Sympathizer Killed PawLukot, It. I.. Feb. 21.?Joseph Assuncan, a textile strike sympathizer, was killed near the Jenckes Shipping company's plant when the police discharged not guns after ihe m^b refused to disperse; two others were seriously wounded. Mayor Kenyon read the riot act to the crowd. Wage Conference Held on March 2 Chicago, Feb. 21.?John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, asked the coal operators of the central competitive field to meet with the union officials at Clevelond on iWarc-li 'l lor a wage contercnco wnien might avert the impending strike. Suit Against Newspaper Dismissed Ix>s Angeles, Feh. 21.? A suit against the Ix>s Angeles Evening Express by the Ku Klux Klnn demanding $100,000 for publication of alleged libelous articles has been dis missed in the superior court. Three Brothers Drowned Erie. Pa., Feb. 21.?Three brothers, Charles, William and Joseph Momas. were drowned in the bay here when the ice broke. Program for County Teachers' Meeting The Union County Teachers associ ation will meet Saturday, Feb. 25, 1022, at 12 o'clock in the High School building. The following program will be rendered: Song, "America." Prayer, Dr. Kilgore. Instrumental solo, Miss Mary Ix>cko Barron. Recitation, Helen Mixson. George Washington song, six boys. Carmen Belicosum, tenth grade. Address, Col. T. C. Duncan. Adournment f6r departmental meetings. The great breadth of the Atlantic ocean is 4,150 miles. Its least 930. Neither a turtle, a tortoise, nor a toad has teeth. Lying, cheating and theft are practically unknown among the Eskimos. GAFFNEY CITIZEN KILLS BURGLAR Ciaffney, Fob. 20.?Oliver Fowler, a-ho lives at the Musgrove mills in Jatfney, shot and killed a negro this norning about 2 o'clock as the negro ivas attempting to break into hii touso. Mr. Fowler said he was nwak ned by a member of his family tellng that "some one is trying to break nto the house by way of the front loor," and that when he started to he front door his daughter called 'that he is ::t the back door," and vhen he opened the door, the man ried t ? rush by him and he shot hreo times. The negro walked s>n? ral steps and fell dead. The dead nan is a stranger in Gaffney and i: s said that he comes from Spartan?urg. llis name is said to be Loveaee Hire. Mr. Fowler says that the legro had a piece of iron about one inc-half foot in length and that he uid a mask over his face. A jury vas empanelled by Coroner Vinesott did after taking the testimony of the vitnosses, returned the verdict that 'xivelace Rice came to his death from i gunshot wound at the hands of (Mirer Fowler, and that the killing was justifiable. Mr. Fowler is a good citizen and vas formerly a member of the town 'ouncil of GalTney. The defendant vas granted bail by Judge Sease in he sum of $3,000 and has been reeased. County Teachers' Association The County Teachers' Association vill meet at the high school building n Union, on Saturday, February 25, uid every teacher in town and county s urged to attend. A full program .vill he published later. Elks Dance There will be a subscription dance \t the Elks home March 2nd. Newnan's Novelty orchestra will play: hey come direct from Rector's, New i'ork city, and also play for ColumMr. Hughes C. Worthy, who is eery ill with flu and pneumonia at his home on the Lewis T. O. road is regarded as a very ill man and the family and friends are decidedly apprehensive.?Chester Reporter. Friends in Union are grieved to tear of 'Mr. Worthy's illness. fie Valera Pleads For Continuation of Struggle Dublin, Feb. 21.?Eamon De Valera in opening the national convention of .sinn Feiners plead-, for the continuation of the struggle for the I' public. Alluding to the possibility of a split, he said if it was necessary f< party to divide it would be better f r ! land to have two armies each n > :>* in event the countiy's liberty \ amenaoed, to help the other, than onarmy divided in itself. PERSONAL MENTION Mi s. J. S\. Jolly of Route J was among the visitors in Union todayMrs. VV. Newell Smith, of C.-cenville, i< visiting in Union this week Mr. and .Mrs. \\. .1. Murphy, have been visiting relatives i I t. for sometime, lift yesterday for tv nonua in ni iivcr, colorant'. Miss Fannie Bobo has > ' ru< <i from Newberry, where sh. been nursing Donald White, who was 11 .'i the Wallace Thomson hospital for sonic weeks. Miss Kathrin 1.avion was the truest of friends in Spartanburg Saturday. T. B. Compton of Carlisle was a business visitor in Union today. Miss Elinor Weston, of Durham, N. CM is the guest of friends in "niun this week. The cat has a tine cabbage for dinner today, the gift of A. L. Gnult, of Jonesville. He also has a basket of peas and the recipe to cook them just right from Uncle Muse Martin. The cat is living high. Mr. J. W. Sanders was in Union for a short, while yesterday, making the trip in an automobile. Tie is a very sick man, but one with great determination. He expressed a desire to ride down to Union yesterday; he did not Ret out of the ear, but made the trip without any ill effect. Mr. Charner S. Greer, Confederate Veteran and man help in very high esteem by the people of Union county, continues desperately ill. It is feared that the end of his earthly journey is very near. Judge Refuses to Reduce Award Columbia, S. C., Feb. 21.?.Judge Peurifoy in common pleas court here refused to reduce the award of $10,000 granted Mrs. Lyde McDonald in her breach of promise suit against Richard S. Desportes, a wealthy Columbian. . *