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ZfflEKlH ELUDES
GEORGIA MOB
Lafayette, Ga., March 19.?Learning
of the gathering of a mob to storm
the jail and lynch George and Ralph
Baker, alleged slayers of Special Deputy
Sheriff J. W. Morton at Durham
Saturday, Sheriff Harmon last midnight
slipped the prisoners away to
Rome. On account of the death of
four officers at the hands of alleged
moonshiners and whiskey runners recently,
the people of this county have
become greatly incensed and are
threatening to take the law into their
own hands.
According to Sheriff Harmon, Ralph
Baker, who is only 17 years old, admits
shooting Morton, while the other
brother, George, 22, denies that he
fired a shot, declaring that he was
i ir> a rmorl
Citizens here are demanding that a
special session of court be called to
try the two.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 19.? According
to citizens of Durham, D.'W.
Williams, young manager of the commissary
at the Durham coal mines on
Lookout "mountain, played a heroic
role in the stirring episodes that followed
the killing of J. W. Morton
deputy sheriff, by the Baker boys at
Durham * yesterday, having almost
single handed on two different occasions
and at different places prevented
lynching of the accused. The story
related 1>y witnesses in substance follows:
When the Central of Georgia train
rolled up to the little loading station
of the mining company yesterday at
noon, Ralph and George Baker, scarcely
out of their teens, stepped from a
car near which Morton, who was 67
years of age, was waiting to assist his
invalid daughter, Mrs! Georgia Phillips,
who had come to the mining
town to be treated by the company
doctor. One of the Bakers placed
himself in front of the officer and
- !J. ? ? - " ? * * ?
saiu: wen, you got a warrant ior
us, have you?" Morton replied: "No,
boys, I have no warrant for you."
Jjj Then, without further words, the two
brothers opened fire and the aged
Fman pitched forward with his body
The men standing around the station
were stunned by the suddenness
of the tragedy, but Williams, who was
in the commissary som^ distance
" _ away, immediately ran to the scene.
He secured a revolver from a bystanded
and, calling two other young
men to his assistance, started in pursuit
of the fleeing gunmen. George
Baker was soon run down and captured.
When a mob of men who had
gathered, threw a rope around his
neck and were threatening to hang
him, Williams boldly told the crowd
that Baker was his prisoner and that
he intended to protect him, finally
persuading the angry citizens to disperse.
Meantime another posse was trailing
Ralnh Baker and found him in
the loft of a farm house several miles
from Ddrhani. He was dragged out, a
chain thrown around his neck and
plans made to string him up to a
tree. Williams, who had joined the
searchers, with a few other men, protested
against the lynching, but some
of the citizens were determined to
wreak vengeance. One of the leaders
then drew a line on the ground and
asked all afvoring hanging Baker to
step across, declaring that a majority
should rule. Immediately nearly all
of the hundred men present stepped
across the dead line, but Williams
again took a firm stand for law and
order and again prevented a lynching
The prisoner was then taken to
Durham and turned over, with his
brother^ to Sheriff Harmon, and both
were placed in jail.
That the killing of Deputy Morton
was. deliberately planned was indicated
by the fact that the Baker boys
are said to have cut the telephone
wires before boarding the train at
Flintstone for Durham. The affair
coming upon the heels of several other
killings of officers by moonshiners
and liquor runners, has created intense
feeling throughout the country.
NOTICE!
Bring your cushion for the ball
gam*. |
Be Dure and get your ticket at
Harris-Woodward Company before
12 o'clock 1 uesday to avoid rush
at the gate.
All stores closed at 2 p. m.,
March 21st.
Bishops Urge
Settlement of Strike
Manchester, N. H., March 20.?The
bishops in a letter rpady to the Catholic
pulpits, urged the speedy settlement
of the cotton mill strike suggesting
that the mill owners and strikers
submit the wage and working hours
question to arbitration.
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BONUS PLAN
COMES UP TODAY
Washington, March 19.?President
Harding made an agreement today
with Republican house leaders for tomorrow
to discuss th? soldier bonus
situation. Because of appointments
made before his return from Florida,
he was unable to grant their request
for a conference tonight.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
Republican floor leader, said tonight
the whole situation would be
laid before -the president and the compromise
bank loan plan would be fully
explained. Mr. Mondell would not
venture an opinion as to whether the
bill would be called up in the house
tomorrow under a suspension of the
rules, but he appeared to be confident
that there would be no development
at the White House conference that
would cause serious alteration of the
plan.to put the measure through soon.
"We have a bill quite different from
anything the president hat? expressed
an opinion on," said Mr. Mondell, "and
a bill that lays no more burden on
the treasury next year than does the
forthcoming road bill, for instance.
"We suspended the -rule two years
ngo to pass the first bonus bill and
there is good reason to handle the
measure that way. There are men
who have no responsibility in the
matter who would come forward with
amendments, not for the purpose of
improving the bill but to make trouble.
If we have about the best bill wo
can get there is no reason to allow
the minority to embarrass our people.
'We hpve got the best bill we can
get and a very good one and the sooner
we pass it the better."
Soon after Mr. Harding returned
here today he had an hour's conference
with Secretary Mellon at the
White House. There was no official
statement as to the conference but it
was understood that the bonus question
was discussed.
An attack on the bonus measure
made in minority views was made
public today by Representatives
Treadway of Massachusetts and Tilson
of Connecticut, Republican members
of the ways and means^ committee.
The.y declared ^their belief that
country, the veterans themselves and
their families included, than it will do
good to the individual beneficiaries."
The-committeemen centered their at
uilk piuicipuiiy vii tuc uaim ivaii piuvision
of the adjusted service certificate
title and the land settlement
title. They asserted that the loan
scheme 'seems to us just about as
unsound economically and unfortunate
from every point of view at this
particular time as could possibly be
devised."
G. W. C. Banquet
The alumnae of Greenville Woman's
Colege held a banquet in Columbia
Friday afternoon and among the
guests was Mrs. James W. Mixson of
our city.
The statement was made that Green-1
vill Woman's College ranks second
among the colleges of the state in the!
number of graduates teaching in the
schools of the state.
Many excellent addresses were
made by distinguished speakers.
Lecture at Community House
Dr. R. R. Jeter will deliver a lec
ture at the Monarch Community
House Tuesday evening, March 21st,
at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited
to attend this lecture; the suly'ect is
to be "Home Sanitation."
Big Tour Starts Today
Detroit, March. 20.?Detroit Americans
and Rochester Internationals
start a tour of South Carolina to visit
Anderson, Union, Columbia, then
Hamlet, Raleigh and Charleston.
Show Big Increase
Washington, March 20.?Marked
stimulation of home construction is
shown in contracts awarded for the
last three months, so the reports from
the Department of Commerce announce.
An Appeal for Help
There is a family in our midst who
needs assistance and needs it today.
Death has visited this home and the
mother has been sick for week and is
still quite ill.
It is a worthy cause and the appeal
is sent to the big hearted heople of
Union to help. Send your contribution
today to The Times or Mrs. P. B.
Bobo on S. Church street.
Won't you help today?
Cotton Production for 1921
Washington, March 2ft.?Cotton production
in 1921 was 7.978,665 running
bales. Ginnings is equivalent 500
pound bales: Virginia, 16,368; North
Carolina, 776,206; South Carolina,
754,551.
Miss Harmeling has returned to her
home in Bristol, Vs., after a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Sweet on South Mountain
street.
I
| YOUNG STUDENT I
TAKES POISON
Boston, March 19.?Death by poison
ended the flight of Otto Haider Lar- e
, sen, a senior at the Massachusetts In- $
: stitute of Technology, from the gay t
party at which Pauline Virginia Clark, a
divorcee, ended her life early last tl
Thursday morning. His body was 1<
l'ound today in the Fenway, behind the p
Museum of Fine Arts. Apparently he e
had been dead only a short time. b
Ttvo letters signed by Larsen, as- .
serting that Miss Clark had long intended
to commit suicide and that $
I.arsen had supplied her with poison, L
were received by a Boston newspaper l
and Medical Examiner Magrath sev- ^
eral hours aftej his body was found. 4C
In tho letter to the medical exam- ei
iner Larsen said that Miss Clark re- a]
quested him several weks ago to procure
some poison for her in order that c<
she might take her own life. She had
long been decided on this course, he e(
said she told him.
"I agree to do this," the letter con- j..
tinned, "extracting from her the tt
promise that she would not use it un- a,
til her mother came home. She gave ^
me her promise and I prepared for her ^
a solution of strong poison."
The letter related how Larsen had
met Miss Clark six weeks ago and
they had become intimate friends. ^
It said that Miss Clark told him of
her excessive depression and of various
incidents in her life.
"I wondered how she resisted so
long the temptation that death really
is," the letter added. - v'
"I had intended to take poison he- ?
fore I met Miss Clark. She was the ^
world's finest woman."
The parties in Miss Clark's apart- 'n
ment, the letter sa^d, were not wild Ul
revels, but were only for the purpose
of killing the moroseness of her life.
In his letter to the editor of a f?
Boston paper, condemning the print- ?<
ing of stories of scandal, he advised
that the editor also take poison, "when w
your inferiority becomes too con a*
scious in your mind, if you have one." It
Larsen was taking a course at the at
institute, tie had been a frequent tt
visitor at the expensively furnished
Newbury street apartment of Miss tt
he was le
there. " rc
In the' early hours of Thursday re
morning Miss Clark, who had been
laughing and drinking, suddenly col- at
lapsed and fell dead. It was found
that she had taken poison. Larsen N
seized the bottle in which some of
the poison remained, ran from the
apartment and notified a physician, q,
was discovered until his body was ,
If
Iswlnt,
ivuiiu wuajr, jj^
Bayard Whnrton of Philade'i?n:&. a u,
Harvard student, who was also at tne
party, said that Larsen was of a morbid
disposition. He declared also that
the young woman had been melancholy
much of the time recently, although
she appeared gay Wednesday night.
Wharton's father came to this city ^
yesterday and engaged an attorney
to look after his son's interests. U
Miss Claik, formerly an artist's ^
model, was divorced in September last
from Lieut. Comndr. William D. |-j
Thomas, U. S. N.
Fourteen Industries Show
Increase in Employment
h
le
Washington, March 20.?Of 14 in- Q)
dustrics 10 showed an increase in ^
employment for February compared
with January, our. showed a decrease, q
the greatest being the cotton finishing
industry.
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Island Claimed for
Great Britain ?
P
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New York, March 20.?Wrange is- p
land, among the most important lands
of the Arctic region and strategically ?
dominating Northeastern Siberia, has
been claimed for Great Britain by a A
party of three Americans, Canadian
and four Eskimos through Vilhjalmar,
Stefanson, an Arctic explorer, of an r
organized expedition, so it was learned ^
t0day' . ti
s
Border Line is
Like Battle Line p
London, March 20.?The border line
of Ulster is described as like a battle
front by the Evening News Belfast
correspondent. The rival forces of ^
the Irish Republican army and the r<
Ulster special constables ar^ actually
within rifle range, continually firing T
at each other during the week-end.
The first collision is expected near ju
Caledon, County Tyrone. The sounj ^
| of blowing up of briding is heard j,
miles away. The inhabitants evacu- [ q
ate their homes which are occupied ^
by the fighting forces.
Meet to Formulate Policy
L
Washington, March 20.?The general
policy committee of the Uniteu
Mine Workers of the American called fi
today to meet Friday at Cleveland to
formulate the policy to be followed by 1<
the bituminous miners when the work h
: uspends on April 1. A
I
iONDS STOfflT
FROM npilRY
Washington, March 2?.?^Jhw recovty
of Liberty Bon<U an-euntmg to
150,000 was stolen from the branch
reasury department onjElalhrdny was
nnounced by the secret mfrvice with 1
he arrest of U.-O. Waihaley at Char- ,
jttcsville, Va., charged 'With com- ,
licity with Charles A. Ct^penger, an ,
mploye of the treasury with the rob- |
ery. ' ,
Washington, March 19^-s-Between <
170,000 and $200,000 in negotiable |
iberty bonds are missing .from the |
iberty bonds branch of the; treasury,
/. H. Moran, chief of the tecret scrv- <
e said tonight. Secrttijiervice op- j
ratives have been sent t$ [Richmond j
ad Charlottesville, Va., Where two j
mployees of the branch^ wanted in 1
>nnenction with the investigation of j
le loss, were reported to he, he addThc
loss of the bon^s . became ;
nown Saturday, it watT^id, but the ]
>tal amount missing had not been l
scertained tonight. Ovaries A. I,
levenger, also an eraple|ree in the i
ranch, was held for questioning, secit
service officials annoutped, but no i
mrges had been placed. Aainst him. j
? ?i nSl
it Last Discover
Remote rjprthplace i
Washington; March lti?The house <
>nunittee on approptfatiqis with ob- 1
ous surprise has IbAned that >
eorge Washington was mm, not at '
:ount Vernon, :bu? at Wg^efield, Va. '
Wakefield is 96-^ailea Udw Wash- *
,gton on the I^ifcittlSP& .wer. It is 5
itouchcd by a railroad.* at can not
reached by an yldhyile. One (
ling there from Wa&triSon uses a 1
rry, and then having fetched land 1
>08 ahead on foot on a A road.
The house in which Aaflhington. J
as born has disappeaiwttHhere is a 1
nail hionument "ttenotlnAtae spot. 1
is in the center of an aasa of 11.18 *
:res. There is a fend^Sirrounding (
lis acreage. _ '
It was in cotpe9tiffh"vB tbe fgnce A
lat the appropriatios|BdapagMA?B 1
tting and falling down. It may be c
paired at a cost of $100.
The committee agreed to appropri,e
the money. II. W. R.
lephew of late Senator
Tillman la Dead ]
Spartinfiield, Mo., March 20.?J. B.
illman, attorney and nephew of the
ite Senator Tillman of South Carona,
was injured in an altercation Satrday
at Mount Vernon court house ?
nd died last night. Robert Stemions,
an attorney, is held.
Fire in Greensboro
Greensboro, N. C., March 20.?Fire
elieved to be incendiary destroyed the
arehouse and stables of the Carona
Warehouse company last night,
he loss is estimated at over $400,000.
larding Talks to
House Leaders
Washington. March 20.?President
larding told the Republican house
taders he did not think it essential to i
flfer recommendation on the bonus .
uestion at this time. 1
'losing in on
Liquor Smugglers
Washington, March 20.?Imminent
rrest of many persons, including i
r.ih?;nent men of Florida commergal ^
nits, 's indica .C in prelimina*re- ,
lis from L. G. Nutt, he.id of the i
nupa;gn against tha litiuoi smug
vri yj Miami. I
ill Troops Ordered r (
Returned to this Country ,
Washington, March 20.?Orders di- i
ecting the return to this country
y July 1 of and all of the American
roops on the Rhineland issued by
ecretary Weeks.
rohibition Officer j
Has Resigned r
Washington, March 20.?Prohibi- I
on William Grubert who ia mention- ]
1 in connection with the illicit whig- c
ey operators, at Staunton, Va., has
^signed. <
ODAY'S COTTON MARKET '
Open Close
larch 18.20 18.08
[ay 18*8 17.91
illy 17.48 17.28 i
ctober 16.99 16.85 ,
ecember 16.88 16.72 'i
# 1
Y. Spots ly. 18.40 l
oral market f 17.50
Miss Mahala Smith hris returned <
rom a visit to friends in Spartanburg.
Miss Alice Arthur of Converse Col- ,
>ge is spending the week-end with
er parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
rthur.
MISTRIAL IN
OBENCHAIN CASE
Los .Angeles, Muivh 10.?Mrs. Madalynne
Obenchain, charged with the
murder of her sweetheart. .1. Helton
Kennedy, must no to trial a second
time. The jury in her first trial was
discharged tonight by .fudge Reeve
upon reporting thai it had boon unable
to agree after being out nearly
56 hours, of which about '24 were
ipent in actual deliberation. It took
live ballots and stood nine to three for
conviction en each. Two of the women
itTFnibors voted for conviction, the
:hird for acquittal, one juror said.
Mrs. Obenchain, her face white and
Jrawn, came into court at 7:4.r> o'clock
in response to a summons from the
judge. Immediately afterward the
jury filed in and the foreman Frank
IV. Crockett, a retired lawyer of Pasidena,
reported:
'We have stood nine to three from
;he first ballot."
fudge Reeve then asked each of the
12 if he thought there was any possibility
of reaching a verdict. There
ipon the judge pronounced their for
nal discharge.
Tho case was reset for next Tuesdaj
vhen Deputy District Attorney Keyes
tnnounced for the setting of a new
rial date will be made.
Mrs. Obenchain was returned to the
women's department of the county
jail. She declined to comment upon
;he result while in the court room,
rler attorneys said she made no stale
nent to them. Up to last night she
lad expressed herself as confident of
in acquittal but friends who visited
ler in the jail today said she had re
ugned herself to a disagreement.
Some members of the jury said the
>nly division was on the question of
?uilt or innocence. They did not
each the question of degree of guilt.
The trial was begun February 0
ast but was delayed several times by
llness of jurors and witnesses which
necessitated adjournments ranging
'rom one to three days. Mrs. Oben hain
on the witness stand denied
h* state's assertion she conspirod
Arthur C. Burch to slay Ken[fe
replied he would not answer unless
ihe indictment against him first was
Jismissed. His second trial is set for
March 27 next, the first having resulted
in a disagreement.
Major Achievement
For First Year
Washington, March 20.--The Republican
party leaders are responsible
for the direction of the coming
congressional campaign confence of
President Harding today. They discussed
the relation conference treaties
to the coming elections. Treaties
ire now before the senate said by the
leaders well on the way of the ratili
cation regarded in administration circles
as a major achievement of the
first year of the Harding reign and i.
is said to be the intention of the part>
to put them forward as issue of November
elections.
Electrical Show in Alabama
Columbus, Cla., March 20.?An electrical
storm is sweeping Lee County.
fvin., and nas destroyed much property
and killed one person last night,
according' to reports received here.
Small Bible for the Blind
New York, March 20.?The Amerean
Rible Society announced today it
a to bring out a "small handy vol
jin.e" of scripture selections for the
>lind.
The pages are 7 by 13 inches and
he volume will weigh about if pound.
A complete bible prepared in the
imbossed system used for the blind
veighs about 150 pounds and comes
n from 11 to 58 volumes.
Russians Export Gold
Stcokholm, March 19.?The Russian
Bolsheviki continue to export
argc amounts of gold. In one week
>15 cases of gold coins arrived here
!rom Reval while another week an
Esthonian ice-breaker brought- 520
ases valued at $22,000,000.
It is understood that these parcels
>f gold only pass through Sweden on
heir way to America.
There Is Danger
There's danger at Main and Mountain
street crossing about 2 o'clock
each school day. The children literally
swarm on the crossing just at
the time when traffic in greatest?automobiles
and trucks : .? whizzing tyy
and I have seen many narrow escapes.
In nr/tor tA nvnirl on ns>/?i/4nnt T
gest that the parents of these children
ask the city fathers to place a
traffic policeman at this point during
thia "hour. " A. D. Cooper.
Mrs. J. K. Thomas of Carlisle was
shopping in the city today.
j COUNTRY FACES
RUM REBELLION
By Hugh \V. Huberts.
Washington, March 19.?Prohibition
uuthoritics and congress are fnst beComing
aware that there is in the
United States another "rout rebellion."
Practically, a state of mini el i y exists.
With the $10,000,009 congress
annually appropriates for the enforcement
of the prohibition amendment,
prohibition authorities can not arm
and sustain enough men to rope with
the siliihtion.
It is no longer a case of a Irootlogger
skulking in the shadows. It is a
case of armed men proceeding ngainsi
government by force and carrying out
their purpose, whether that purpose
be the robbery of government distil
lories, or the landing of contraband
goods from foreign shores at the muz
7.1b of their guns. Recent <h\elop
moots follow:
(1) Georgia authorities petition
Washington authorities for permission
to arm vessels with machine guns
to the end that they might be able to
combat smugglers from Cuba who
"are quick on the trigger and fire
with deadly aim."
(2) Washington authorities organ
ize a prohibition navy composed of
submarine chasers to give battle to
smugglers from Cuba and other islands
whereon liquor is stored for
eventual delivery to the United States
(2) John T. Davis, prohibition agent
of Pennsylvania, in an official interview.
declares that leagues are organized
in Pennsylvania, 100,000 strong,
to maintain the supremacy of the law.
He suggests that similar leagues be
organized in every state so that the
law abiding would be on equal footing
with those who have no "respect for
law."
( I) Armed bandits, who last fall
robbed the Canton distillery near
Baltimore of l,ltR) galons of Canton
rye, rubbed the Old Horsey distillery
near Baltimore of 2,100 gallons of
whiskey. The robbers were equipped
with three automobiles and seven
trucks, and enforced their demands on
I three guards at the points of their i
jjjevolvcrs. About 20 men participated
up, according to records in Washington,
where one is destroyed. In the
South and elsewhere the "best" citi
zens violate the law and condone the
violation on the part of others us long
as whiskey sold by bootleggers is not
deathly in its poison.
That in brief describes the xitua
tion as one which it knew would bt
developed, and which, it holds, can
not he ameliorated.
In other words, congress seems to
be of the opinion that the country
must tolerate the present situation,
wherein liquor can he obtained everywhere
at all times, or agree that
ettoug i money be appropriated to em
ploy another standing army for th?
enforcement of the law and the eon
stitution of the land.
Circles of Grace Church
The following are the hostesses ol
the different circles of the Woman'Missionary
Society of Grace church
which will meet Wednesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock:
Circle No. 1?Hostess, Mrs. C. II.
Peake.
Circle No. 2.?Hostess, Mrs. T. ('.
Duncan.
Circle No. .'1.?Hostess, Mrs. II. I..
Phillips (S. Mountain street).
Circle No. 1.?Hostess, Mrs. ). \V.
Kilgo.
Crrle No. .r>. - Hostess Mrs. S. M
Tuc (S.uith Street).
All members are asked to take
notice of the number of your circl.as
this number is affixed to it per
marently and will not be changed.
Swedish Trade Fair
Next Spring
Moscow, March 19.?A Swedish
trade fair is to be opened in Moscow
next spring, according to announcement
here. This is part of the plan
of Swedish commercial interests to
advertise their goods in Soviet Russia,
a group of Stockholm business
men having visited Moscow in Feb
ruary to discuss with Soviet officials
questions pertaining to trade, relations
between the two countries.
Imposing Memorial Services
Constantinople, March 18.?The
"Armenian community here held an
imposing memorial service for the Int.
Viscount James Bryce, British states
man and former ambassador to the
United States.
Tributes of affection were paid to
his memory by the patriarch, Monsignor
Zaven, who officiated and who
declared that lord Bryce had been to
tho Armenians a wise counsellor and
true guide, a most devoted and unfailing
friend. Tie declared that Armenians
all over the world held his memory
in affection and felt bereaved as by
the death of a national benefactor.
MILLIONAIRE IN
PECK OF TROUBLE
Detroit, March 19.?John Du>*i
Dodge, milUonnwo speeder, will leave
the detroir house of correction to
morrow morning' ut 9 o'clock to face
a fresli series of tribulations.
Tuesday he will he arraigned in
Kalamazoo on the charge of driving
an automobile while drunk. He wili
later Lc arraigned on a charge of
illegally transporting liquor.
Miss Kmelinc Kwackemeck, Grand
Rapids normal school student, who
was seriously injured when she jumped
from Dodge's automobile March
11, ufter being offered, she alleged,
a drink of whiskey, will be sufficiently
recovered to appear against Dodge.
Young Dodge was sentenced here
to serve five days in prison, pay a
fine of $1U<) and his driver's license
was revoked for one year after he
pleaded guilty to speeding in rocorder'
court last Thursday. He
earned ihe admiration of the other
prisoners Saturday by the vigor with
which he shoveled coal, his first pris
on task. He worked so hard he became
ill and hail to l>e transferred to
clerical work. Throughout his ordeal
Dodge was cheerful, ate heartily of
prison food and did not complain because
he was not permitted any special
privileges.
When he leaves the prison he will
be master of a fortune of $1,600,000
circuit court Saturday having admitted
to probate the amended will of
his father, the late John F. Dodge,
permitting the son to share in the
estate. Under the original will
young Dodge was citt off with a
monthly allowance of $150,
Mississippi Up to Flood Stage
Memphis, March 19. Flood stage or.
the Mississippi river at Memphis was
passe,1 early today, when the gauge
tonued the .15 foot m?i<lr TK.,
is rising with a stage of 40 feet here
ami 45) at Helena, Ark., predicted by
the United States weather bureau for
the latter part of this week.
The river here is rising at u rate
of about a half inch an hour, and this
will prcfcably be increased during the
north of herniate last night an<f
early this morning have been reported.
The crest of the Ohio river flood
passed Cincinnati last night, and the
ivor there has begun falling. The
liver is still rising at Louisville,
while the Cumberland and Tennessee
are both still climbing, and will c >ntinue
to do so owing to rains on the
upper waters of both last night.
The gauge at Memphis stood at 34.6
at 8 o'clock this morning and a few
hours later topped 35 feet, wh et is
Hood gauge here.
Colored Woman
Die# Suddenly
l.ou Johnson, wife of Tom Johnson,
w* II known colored drayman
here, died ia-t night daring the he.-.vy
ain acd thunder -torn;. S^he be
came wry much excited while th
sturm was at it:- height, and had gotten
lift J"rum hod and gone to the
door to look out at the approaching
storm, and fell and expired inunodiitely.
The coroner investigated th.s
morning hut found that she had died
from natural causes.
Death of an Infant
The little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Sweet died and the body wa?carried
to I'ristol \h., for inter
men I.
The parents have the sympathy of
the toniimuiity in litis bereavement.
NEW CANDIDATE
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for election to the office of magistrate
for Union township and
pledge myself to abide the result of
the Democratic primary election.
J. U. Rnrnott.
Governor Cooper May
Come To Union
Gov. Kobert A. Cooper has been
invited by the Union Amusement
Company to come to Union tomorrow
as their guest, and pitch the
first ball in the big game, DetroitRochester.
rtl h..r ?> ><
?' i %iin%in^ inniuu nniiuo will #
bo hero also and Union is planning
a big time.
(iet your tickets early.
District Meeting
The district meeting of the Junior
Order will be held in Union April 6th.
Every member of the Junion Order
and the general public may attend
this meting. This district, No. .1,
comprises Union, Cheater and York
counties. Many visitors will be here
and an out-of-town speaker will be
secured.