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4&i ,* -? *->: * / " ' ' "y* /,*' . -gl. " } ' i ' V MM I _ \ Thf, Union Daily Times 33 ; rKfcaa J and Friday; mild tem- A t DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Convnfted to The Union Daily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I! perature* j J 1.1 i lfl>H ? -a ? %++*+< *1 1 m , I ! ? Vol. LXXII No. 1352 Union, S. C., Tutt^ay Afternoon, April 13, 1922 3c Per Cop j MANY MILES OF FLOOD WATER New Orleans, April 12. ? Reports from Helena, Ark., that approximately 235 square miles of land in the lower part of Phillips county were covered by flood waters from the White and Arkansas rivers, which are backed up by the high stage of the Mississippi river, gave a more serious , aspect to the flood situation today. The village of Melwood, in the flooded area, was reported covered with from eight to ten feet of water, i while Elaine is completely surrounded i by water with water a few inches I deep in the streets. i Railroad and all vehicular traffic I has been stopped in the flooded area and few people remained in their i homes to take chances with the high water. Practically all live stock has 1 been removed to nigher grounds. i A hurry call for levee buinlders was : sent out from Arkansas City today ( and men were rushed to that point I to aid in strengthening a one mile stretch of levee along the Mississippi < river. The le^ee is holding, being i rased to a greater height to meet the s increasing floods expected. In the Helena districts scores of ; houses, which were flooded by back- | water, have been washed off their t foundations and a number demolished by the high waves resulting from the winds, which have contributed largely to the present higher river stages by preventing the water from flowing southward. Levee engineers in all the districts continue to express confidence there will be no serious break or overflow at any point. Strict guard is being maintained at all probable danger points, while material and equipment to handle any emergency has been placed at strategic points. At Old Town, Ark., where a serious break was successfully overcome about ten days ago, renewed sloughing was reported today at the southern end of the old slough. Jonesville Election An election was held in Jonesville Tuesday, resulting in a tie vote between J. M. Gault and Stead Fowler, ^candidates for mayor, and in the election of J. W. Rochester, Tweed Haile, R. B. Koger and R. K. Tribble for aldermen. Each candidate for mayor received 195 votes. A second election will have to be held. Loses by One Score Our High scVujoI lads^phiyed Green There was some good pitching on ^ both sides and botn team.i fought I hard. This is all the information that r could be secured, as this was "received j i? k.. uy wm- ttuu iiui uy puuuc. Our boys play Abbeville High today, and we are looking forward for them to win this game. A. A. A. Swat the English Sparrows r Complaints from every section of the city have come to light about the pesky English sparrows; they are eating up the sweet peas and chewing off the young strawberries and ruining a cabbage plants and scatching up the t small seeds and doing everything j mean they can think of. It was bad f enough to have the old rooster and t his gang get out in the gardens and , flower beds but the sparrows are hard er to handle than this crowd and some method should be devised whereby the sparrow is no more. If the small boy gets out with a shot gun, he is liable to kill song birds and that would never do, but everybody < ought to kill as many English spar- < rows as possible and clean out the \ oests. Wonder what thev are crood 1 for anyway? " Moonlight Picnic Mrs. J. D. Bamett and Mrs. D. J. Whitlock chaperoned a crowd of Un- , ion popular young people Wednesday j night, April 12th, at a moonlight pic- ( nic. Games were enjoyed until the f moon gave its light and then a de- ( licious lunch was served. Everyone , reported a delightful time. I Enroll Today _____ < Saturday is the last day to enroll 1 if you wish to vote in the coming elec- ( tion. j Don't put it off another hour but enroll today. Date Changes Again Melville's Comedians will appear in Union. April 17th, as first announced and tne tent theatre will be placed opposite the court house. ^ The program will be published in The Times daily. Beautiful Bouquet Of Snapdragons Mrs. T. F. Wallace brougnt The Times people a gorgeous hunch of ] snapdragons, yesterday afternoon and said ner flower garden had been full of these lovely blossoms until the hard wind of Monday. Every color of the rainbow and some striped ones were included. These flowers are so eas- J ily grown and so pretty that every- ( body ought to have an abundance of , them. , George Nichols Released Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 13.?George Nichols, who is held here in connection with the killing of Peter Mooney, of Roma, Ga. He is 51 years of age. He was released last night on the order of Judfe Foster of the circuit court habeas corpus proceedings. Miss Marian Whitlock will spend the Easter holidays with her parents near oJnesville. FATTY ARBUCKLE IS ACQUITTED San Francisco, April 12.?A verdict of acquittal was returned by a jury i tonight in the third trial of Roscoe C. i (Fatty) Arbuckle on a manslaughter t charge growing out of the death of ] Miss Virginia Rappe, motion picture ^ actress. The jury was out six min- . utes. The defendant was deeply affected. . He received the verdict with a great sigh of relief. There was no demonstration, the court having warned ^ against it. Mrs. Minta Durfee Ar- f buckle, the defendant's wife, cried * quietly. Both she and Arbuckle shook a bands with the jurors. r The quick return of the jury was a h surprise. o Edward Brown, whose presence on the jjury was objected to by the pros- a ecution, was foreman. There was a t slight delay when the jury returned, t due to the absence of the district at- a torney. The verdict was by acclamation, the deliberation taking less than a min- , ute. The additional time was consumed by details. Jurors and spectato rs crowded 8 sround Arbuckle and his counsel and 8 finally bore him off to the jury room t to rnrnrratiilntii him fnrtho* r "Arbuckle has no immediate plans," j GJavib McNab, his chief counsel, said, k 'It was a splendid victory." t "The jury did its duty," was the I lomment of Milton T. U'Ren, assist- 0 ?nt district attorney. The third trial began in March and ^ was marked by the appearance of approximately 70 witnesses and the call ing of two of the defense's witnesses before the county grand jury in con- c section with the testimony. The trial " was langer than either of the previous * hearings, consuming nearly five t weeks. I1 As in the previous hearings, much q emphasis was placed on expert medi- a :al testimony regarding the exact con- s dition of Miss Rappe's bladder before and after death. This testimony was based on an autopsy finding that Miss s Rappe came to her death through a 5 rupture. The prosecution presented a ^ report by a committee of three pathol- j agists appointed at the first trial purporting to show that while the organ appeared to have been slightly inflamed, this irregularity did not pre- j* dispose it to rupture. The defense ? evidence was to the effect that Miss 1 Rappe came to her death as a result jf a sudden crisis in a chronic illness r which led to a rupture. . > Answer to Questionaire t d I To the Women Voters of Union: ^ Since my name has been placed a ridual ideas of much needed reforms, am glad to find others that are on ny platform even before I had made t public. I do heartily endorse the seven questions asked and hope I t nay be able to do something to fur- 1 her the best interests of our city j >hysically, morally and financially. I ' 'eel sure that this is only the begin- ' ling of a better day for our city. P. B. Bobo. * Fine Basket of Lettuce j, I This morning The Times folks had ' 1 fine basket of, lettuce brought them >y W. P. Duckette and it is elegant, dr. Duckette says he has a garden j ull of lettuce and it is nice, fresh and ender and splendid heads. It is a 'rent thine to hnvo 11 r?Ar<h>n iinil 1 iverybody ought toplant one. NEW CANDIDATE _____ c I hereby announce myself a candiiate for the office of Sheriff for Union ^ ;ounty and pledge myself to abide by the rules governing the Democratic primary election. W. Claude Wilburn. Musical Recital at Buffalo f t A musical recital with recitations * ivill be given on Friday, April 14th, at i o'clock in the Buffalo theatre. This entertainment is given under the auspices of the Circle of Buffalo Methedist church and promises to be a s most interesting one as some of the c best talent in Union and Buffalo is ^ being used. A small admission fee will be j charged, the proceeds being used for e the church. The following program will be ren- v lered and the public is most cordially v invited to attend. ? The following is the program: Quartet?led by Mr. Haney. Violin solo?Miss Ethel Hicks. Readinir?Jennie Harris. Vocal solo?Mrs. Harrison. Reading?Miss Thelma Hodge. . Vocal solo?Mrs. Smith. Reading?Mrs. Counts. Instrumental solo?Mrs. Ella Shelton. Vocal solo?Mrs. Frost Walker. Reading?Miss Gladys Miller. ( Violin solo?Miss Ethel Hicks. Reading?Mrs. Counts. Lecture on Woman's Rights?Mrs. W. T. Beaty. Quartet. a Livestock Industry is j Dominant Influence I Chicago, April 13.?The livestock industry has set a pace for the agritultura] readjustment and the indications are it will continue to exert a dominating influence on the return \ of business to normalcy, according t to a quarerly report of the Chicago * live stock exchange. f ^ , Gifts for University of Va. Charlottesville, Va., April 13.? Gifts of $50,000 for the construction of an orthopedic wing of the Univer- t sity of Virginia hospital, and $10,000 i for the University law school as a t memorial to former President White, 1 of Richmond, so the Fredericksburg c and Potomac railway announced at Founder's Day celegration today. WOMAN TO FACE MURDER CHARGE York, April 12.?For the first time n more than 26 years a white woman n York county will next week be ried for her life. She is Mrs. Effie iudgins, aged 30, charged jointly vith Albert Zimmerman, aged 24, of tilling her husband, J. Pink Hudgins, >n the eastern outskirts of York on he night of November 6, last. Mrs. Hudgins is in the York county lome, having been denied admittance o the home of her father, whose wife s the mother of the slain man, when he was released on $60 bond two nonths ago. The state of her health las precluded the following of her occupation, which iB textile work. Zimmerman is in the county jail ind has never made an effort to obain bail. He is a cotton mill operaive and was living in Shelby, N. C., it the time of the killing. The tragedy came to light on the norning of November 7, when the ody of Hudgins, a former textile worker but then the proprietor of a mall store, was found by the roadide near his home, with a bullet hrough the heart and an automatic tistol lying nearby. The coroner's ury charged Zimmerman with the ;illing and he was arrested a day or wo later in Shelby, N. C. Mrs. ludging was arrested at the instance f the coroner. At the inquest it was brought out hat Zimmerman had long been a ource of contention between Hudgngs and his wife and that he had ailed at the Hudgins home the night if the killing. One of Mrs. Hudgins' hree children, a boy of 11 years, gave he most damaging evidence against ier, he stated that his parents freuently quarreled about Zimmerman ind that once they had temporarily eparated because of him. A vest button with a small strand f clothing thereto is a link in the tate's chain of evidence to connect Zimmerman with the killing. The lutton was picked up by Sheriff Fred I, Quinn near the dead body and irhpn 7.imtriorman wan mnt.nrpH it in aid that the found button corresponded exactly with the other vest luttons, even to the strand of clothBoth Mrs. Hudgins and Zimmernan will be defended by Thomas F. dcDow of York. Many ofher "bases pf interest' will. >e heard next week, the criminal, locket being congested. I. W. iowman of Orangeburg' will preside, twenty-five prisoner^ are in jail waiting trial and in a number of WmgthQ^tefendgnta are out on bona. Mu^cCluowKeli' ^ On Wednesday afternoon, April 12, he McDowell Music club met at the tome of Mrs. George Perrin on East dain street with Miss Ida Perrin as lostess. Miss Ruth Parham acted is president as the president was not here. After the minutes and the roll all the following program was renlered: Paper, "Life of Litz"?Myrtle Mclugh. Instiumental solo, Idillio?Theo. t<ack?Fannie Lee Sparks. Instrumental duet, Hilarity March ?Nell Haile and Ruth Parham. Instrumental solo, Fifth Nocturne? f. Leybach?Louise Jackson. Instrumental solo?Nell Rasor. Musical Current Events?Elizabeth datheson. Instrumental solo, Adieu to the 3iano?Beethoven?Beryl Brawley. Instrumental solo, Sonata?Beeth>ven?Mrs. C. K. Morgan. Delicious refreshments of ice creanv akes and candy were served. The ifternoon was enjoyed by all. Birth Announcement Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Av,'erinos, Monday, April 10, a daughter, the young lady to be named Katie tfildred. Representative Binson Dead Newbern, N. C., April 13.?Representative S. M. Brinson of the Third songressional district died early tolay. Brinson is survived by his daughter, Mary Steele Brinson. The funeral arrangements are not yet competed. He returned to this city one veek ago from Rochester, Minn., vhere he underwent an operation. He las been ill several months. Austrlian Aviator Killed London, April 13.?Sir Ross Smith, he Australian aviator, who planned i trip around the world with his rother, Lieut. Bennett, an engineer, vas killed in a crash at Brooklands. Cotton Consumed During March Washington, April 13.?Cotton consumed during March amounted to 18,450 bales line and 44,107 linters om pared with 438,218, and 44,467 ast year, so the census announced. lad Weather Prevent* Start of Aviators Lisbon, April 13.?Bad weather presented the start of Captains Sacadura ?nd Coutinho, the Portuguese aviitors on the third stage of the flight 'rom Cape Verde Islands to St. Paul itock, in mid-Atlantic. Card of Thanks We desire to express our thanks to .he many friends who ministered to is during the illness and death of our lear wife, daughter and mother, Mrs. N. A. Parker. We will ever hold each >ne in loving remembrance. Husband, Mother and Children. ltpd COUNCIL'S ACTION BRINGS PROTEST Gaftiiiy, April 12.?The Gaffney city council at its regular meeting passed * number of measures that appear drastic according to the opinion of *omi citizens. The license for bakeriaR in the town was increased from $86 to $200 and a resolution was pafsed denying all requests to issue Menses to firms out of town who ar^ selling bread here. A. Geilfuss of Spartanburg, who has a local agent, las been coming to Gaffney severalJtimes a week to supply the demand : for bread. The agent went to the town clerk yesterday accompanied by his attorney and tendered to thatvbfficial the sum of $200 for a licenseJto deal in bread for a year, but that official informed the agent that he coufg not issue the license for the reason $hat his instructions from the council^Were emphatic on that point. It is reported that Mr. Geilfuss will apply ty the courts for relief and will ask thai the town council of Gaffney be required to issue the license upon paymen of the $200. Mayor Jones is absfet from the town, and could not beakeen, but other members of the ctincil said that the body had decideffi not to issue licenses to out of torift concerns. C. C. Petty, the GeilfuaK" agent here, yesterday sold four {flves of bread and was arrested and rlBiired to put up a bond of $100 for hijr appearance in mayor's court Thursday morning. The council has gone sri record as favoring the enforcement of the laws in regard to selling, >.on Sunday and the chief of polic?wras instructed to see that this law be strictly observed. Banlc of England Reduces Discount Rate London, April 13.?The Bank of England reduced its discount rate to 4 per cent and it is welcomed as a step to the restoration of more normal conditions. " Auisians at Genoa / * v. jr London, April 13.?The Russians at Genqa will give all financial guarantees'demanded in the Allied program, but flatly refused to accept the clause providing for mixed tribunals to fix the gdsponsibilities, according to the Exfjfrftge Telegraph. Continued Gains in Non-Union Fields IndArtspolis, April -13.? Continued gains the non-union fields arc declaring "that (TO! ticipating in the coal strike. Mysterious Throat Malady Among Delegates Genoa, April 13.?So keen are the delegates to get a basis worked out for Europe's financial reconstruction that sessions will be held on Good Friday, possibly Easter Sunday. Chilly night winds are coming to top the warm afternoons causing a mysterious throat malady among the delegates. Peace Conference Hopes for Agreement Dublin, April 13.?An agreement whereby the Irish people at a free election can decide to dispute between tne iree staters and the republicans are hoped for the peace conference to be called today. Merchants to Close At 6 O'clock We, the undersigned merchants, agree to close our respective places of business at 6 o'clock p. m. excepting Saturday, on which day we will close at 10:30 o'clock p. m., beginning Monday, April 17th, and ending October 15th, 1922: J. F. McLure D. G. Co., J. W. Gilbert, Flynn-Vincent Shoe Co., McLellan Stores Co., J. Cohen Co., Union Clothing Co., The Wonder, R. Sinkoe, The Battery, J. M. Jeter, Jr., Austell's Shoe Store, Blue Cross Elec. Co., The Peoples Supply Co., Bradley-Estes Co., Beaty & Thomson, Norman-Murphy Co., N. Shapiro, I. From, M. E. Tinsley. _? Notice A stated convocation of Poinsett Chapter, No. 16, R. A. M., X will be held in the Masonic Temple Friday, April 14th, UxCliw/ *922, at 8 o'clock p. m. All visiting Companions iiw welcome. wnaJM By order of Geo. T. Keller, Wm. C. Lake, W. M. Secretary 1352-2t Bank of Union Gets Bid The Bank of Union will lend Union countv 295.000 at 3'/(,. The loan was let this morning and the bids by the banks were as follows: Bank of Union 3.75% Farmers Bank & Trust Co. . . 3.80 Citizens National Bank . . . 3.88 Nicholson Bank & Trust Co. . 4.25 Chita Forces Driven Out of Neutral Zone Tokio, April 13.?-The Japanese troops have driven the Chita government forces out of the neutral zone between them and Vladivostok government'troops according to Vladivostok dispatch. Break in the Levee Helena, April 13.?Fifty men were dispatched to Old Town, Ark., to throw up embankments behind the 60-foot hole discovered in the Mississippi levee last night. BATTLE FOLLOWS RAID IN SWAMP Sumter, April 12.?As a result of J pistol battle at Baltimore island be tween Sumter county officers and Sumter county moonshiners, Tuesday, two white men and a negro have been brought to town by the officers and lodged in jail while another negro was so seriously wounded that he had to be placed in Tuomey hospital. A raiding party consisting of Sheriff C. M. Hurst, Deputy Sheriff H. G. McKagen, Rural Officers Alex Norris and Hamilton Boy kin and Police Officer Henry Minis of Pinewood was entering a swamp near a place called Baltimore island, some 15 miles from Sumter, when they were fired on from ambush without warning. The bullets barely missed the officers, who immediately returned the fire and soon saw two men running olf into the thick swamps. The officers were undaunted by their reception in the swamp and pursued their way, coming soon upon a still in operation with four men sitting aroud it. The men were called upon to surrender by Deputy Sheriff McKagen, but instead of throwing up their hands drew their guns and began to run. Officer Boykin covered Joe Andrews, a whitd man, and "Boy" Ludd, a negro, George Smith, a negro, jumped behind a tree and was aiming at Officer Boykin when he was fired upon by Deputy Sheriff McKagen and was wounded. The negro ran carrying his gun, was fired upon again and fell wounded. Meanwhile Jesse Geddings, a white man, is alleged to have levelled his ribe at Officer Boykin and was fired upon by Officer Minis and the deputy sheriff and was hit by one of these shots. He cried out and fled into the swamp and then it was discovered that the wounded man, Smith, also had crawled away. The still was destroyed. It was of 75 gallon capacity, complete steam outfit and was in operation. Ten gallons of whiskey, just from the still, was thrown away together with 19 gallons of mash. Andrews with the neerro Ludd was brought to the county jail. Andrews had on him two pistols when arrested. This morning a return trip was made to the scene of action which resulted in the arrest of the two wounded men, Smith was in such a serious condition he was placed in the hospital as soon as he was brought into town. Geddings was taken to the jail, but later in the day he and Andrews were released on bail. Joe Andrews, who is in his early '20s, is a Sumter man and well known as a contractor. Jesse Geddings, th? other white man, has an extensive family connection in the Pinewooc section of the county. . No news of the shooting affray was givep out by the officers until th? two wounded Tpen had been captured WedtremAa.yAfterpoon. Union Route 2 I was present Saturday at the club meeting. Wish more of the writers could come. All try to be there ir May. Mr. and Mrs. E. Vaughan of Spartanburg were the guests of Mr. am Mrs. George Inman of this route. Mrs. Helen Vaughan has returnee home after a week's stay in Union. J. C. Greer and son, Ernest, ol Greenville spent the week-end witl Bob and Lester Greer. Miss Nellie Inman spent Sundaj with Misses Jettie and Annie Greer. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Burgess ol Union spent Sunday with Mr. ant Mrs. Nim Trammell. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McNease o! Santuc were the guests of Mrs. Mat tit Greer Sunday. Miss Jettie Greer spent Saturday with Miss Julia Young. Mrs. Sallie Greer is very sick al this writing and Miss Lena Greer is sick with the "flu." I heard Rev. 11. W. Stone Sundaj night and I liked his good talk. Rev. Williams, who is in the Wal lace Thomson hospital, is improving. Vegetable Notes Tomato plants may now be trans planted in Eastern District in oper ground. In the Pee Dee and Piedmoni Districts and similar latitudes we fine April 10th to 15th as early as ad vis able. Tomato seed may also be pi an tec in open ground either in a bed or di rectly in the field where plants are in tended to grow. Snap Beans?Plant "1000 to One' and the Stringless Green Pod because of their superior eating qualities Drill in the seed instead of dropping in hills as this gives more room t< individual plant. Where you mus cultivate largely with a hoe there ii some advantage in dropping in hill; about a foot apart or wide enough t< let the hoe go between. Be sure tc fertilize these early beans well if yen want a good crop. Butter Beans?Plant these as sooi asthe ground is warm and danger o frost is past?about the same tinu you plant cotton. Cabbage?Try a patch of cabbagi at this time, planting the seed in th< field right where you intend them t< grow. The All-Season and Successioi varieties are the best. These cab bages will head in July, after the ear ly crop is ofT. The main trouble yen may nave with them is the greei worm, but if you keep them growinj rapidly, you can keep ahead of th worms, by dusting with lime and ar senate of lead 8 to 1. Tomato Blight or Wilt?This fun gus disease is very common inow in* only real remedy or preventative i to plant your tomatoes on land that i not affected with the fungus. Do no plant tomatoes on land that has hai either tomatoes, Irish potatoes o watermelons grown on it, for at leas four years. Use lime liberally, broad cast on the land either before or afte setting the plants. Also be sure th lnnd ;s well drained. Today's Cotton Market Open 2:20 pr January 17.00 10.9 May 17.05 17.6 , July 17.29 17.2 October 17.12 17.1 December 17.10 17.0 Local market 17.0 SAYS SEMENOFF Tl I CAUSED CRIMES | i J Washington, April 12.?Charges of j human "butchery" made by Senator R I Borah (Republican) of Idaho against n ?! General Semenoir, Russian anti-Bol- r' 1 shevik leader, were testified to today '' ' before the senate labor committee by v ; two leaders of the American Expedi- j* ' tionary forces in Siberia, Brig. Gen. y W. S. Graves, commander, and Lieut. S( Col. Charles H. Morrow, his chief j, , aide, who gave instance after in |. stance of murder, assault and bandit- j| ry which occurred during the period al [ of American occupation of the region. VI i Called before the committee in an ll i investigation which Chairman Borah t; hopes may lead to deportation of Gen- p i eral Semenoff, now under arrest in a el civil case in New York, the two army officers gave accounts of crime, described as "unbelievable unless wit- 11 nessed," excerpts from official army P records and other evidence covering '* the period between September 1918 'J and April 1920 of a nature selfom if j. ; ever laid before a congressional committee. At the conclusion, Mr. Bo, rah turned to Colonel Morrow, the p witness, and said: o: "You were there. Now, tell us tl who, in your opinion was responsible." si "Semenoff," Colonel Morrow shot ir ? back. "Anybody who was in that n : part of the world at that time knows c< 1 that he was responsible." a The committee plans to continue C ' tomorrow when other army officers ^ ' will be heard. General Semenoff was represented '' at the hearing by his attorney, Joh.i ? Kirkland Clark of New York, who announced that he would attempt to w have the Russian officer come here to testify. lt General Graves branded the Rus- r sian general as "a brutal murderer" fj and declared he had not regretted one d; of the crimes with which he was charged. Mr. Clark inquired if it Ii were not probable that General Sem enoff knew nothing of them or if it might not be that Admiral Kolehack, the "supreme" anti-bolshevik comjmander, had ordered the acts commit- o ted. General Graves however, declar- o ed it was not possible for the situa- d , tion to have escaped General Semen- ' off's notice. tj Colonel Morrow said before he left h r Siberia in January 1920, his command " , had disarmed 4,500 of Semenoff'3 0 . soldiers, adding that had he remained . longer, all of them would have been 0 1 disarmed. "Outside influence," how- . ever, he said, was exerted, prifrent1 ing the Americans and the Czechs, n t who yyeve cooperating with them, I from ctfrrying out their purpose. ^ " What ^out^le ^nfluence do you p "I do not care to go into tha?/' re- a I eplied Colonel Morrow, "but I assure ir ;jyou, there was the outside influence." II Discussing the "butchery" charges, .* General Giaves recited how at hall" a dozen points in the interior of Si- k 1 beria, Russians were hauled by train P loads to the 'slaughter ground" ami 11 ' shot without trial. The only reason ' . given for the executions, he said, was 1 that they were Bolshevistic sympa1 thizers. He told of how at one , "grand festival" more than 1,000 per- ^ sons were murdered'. j Egg Hunt Saturday Morning ' The Eastern Star chapter will have '' an egg hunt Saturday morning at 10 jl o'clock at the city park and the small admission of 10 cents will be charged, p Ice cream and home-made candies " ' will also be on sale and you are in * vited to come. Rural Police Active l: Thos. McDaniel, V. E. I.awson, .J. C\ ; Greer and .1. L. Youmans destroyed a small still and 20 gallons Gf beer neai u Henry Lawson's house on the place of J. D. Jones, known as the l>r. Nor- a ' man place, on April 12th. u Salvation Army ' To the Public: We have a lady with two small chil" dren and no husband under our car* ' , on Union hill by Mr. Johnson's stun who is in need of some furniture i ; make a little home for herself and children and any one having an\ pieces of furniture not in use that can be given to this lady 1 will appreciate it very much, it bed, small stove and any other articles can be used. " 'Phone me at orce if you have any of these articles. Ensign J. Davis. First Presbyterian Church' Program of Easter service at First Presbyterian church. P Orirjin nreludp. e Doxoiogy. 5 "Man of Sorrows"?Choir. 1 Hymn. Scripture reading. > Prayer. J Hymn. :| n "I Know That My Redeemer l,iv? eth"?Choir. p Sermon. "Christ the Lord is Risen Today"? f Choir. Offertory. e Hymn. R Benediction. s Organ postlude. French May Quit Conference J t ? < Paris, April. 13.?If the question of r reparations is brought before the Ge e noa gathering the high French officials said, the French would quit the j lonference. Premier Poincare opposed the holding of a meeting of all 1 the supreme council of Genoa to con n sider Germany's reply to reparations 8 commissions rulling the question of 2 partial moratorium. 7 2 Mrs. A. T. Charles leaves today ( 7 for Spartanburg to spend some ( 0 time. I JAINS CAUSING DELAY IN Cfo Washington, April 12.?Seedi* pring grains has been delayed a tueh behind the average season esult of frequent rainfall for i inn a month in most of the intd alley states, according to the we< reather and crop review issued to^ y the department of agricultU cry little spring wheat or oats w?*^. eeded during the week although seedig made good progress in the upper ike region and the light rainfall in le Atlantic coast states was favorble to field work. Warm weather and wet soil caused apid growth of winter wheat iroughout the interior of the counry and satisfactory condit:l?n and rogress were reproted in the Southrn and Atlantic coast states. Germination and growth of corn ras efavored by high temperatures in ie southern district but much relanting will be necessary on low land i Texas because of boods. Corn lanting made satisfactory progress > most of the Southeast but was delyed by wet soil in the lower Misssippi valley. The week was favorable for the reparation of soil and the planting f cotton in most eastern districts of ie belt, the weather and crop review tated. Seeding made good progress \ Southeastern sections, exte:.^ing ortlnvard during the week o\fiet the entral counties of South Cairdlina nd to southeastern North Cpvolinar \ .. ' y onditions were somewhat -T^?.,favrable for field work m _ r ,x V.?J lississippi but tly* we I V* ig mostly at c. stands*!! Tir A'.li westrn part of ?.ne belt, where dry weathr and sunshine are much needed Seeding Is being delayed in Texas, here little has been accomplished utside the Rio Grande valley and the wer coast counties. The condition f the cotton planted, however, is lirly satisfactory except for some ,/ amage by high winds. ? m mportant Records , .* Y In Poultry Work?V - \ ** Every business requires some form \ f records to be kept. This gives the ' . f wner himself a clear grasp of thd' etails of his business. Poultry rais* ' lg is a matter of attention to delil, therefore, some simple records t elp in making the business more effluent. The reasons for keeping ree- / rds have been outlined as follows:. ? ( 1st. It lessens the strain on ihem- /\^l ry. i 2nd. It is the only accurate w<|y /T /. eep track of work previously do?eJp>/ 3rd. It furnishes data that may^filf/ fferred to at any future time. 4th. Comparisons of reeords of v*J . ious times may make improver?ew^^' ?5th. AlmTTSi nd to It ?ve "spedkin?*Ttgarei^T one-?" mst keep records. ,1 Gth. Records create a love for and greater interest in the work. t Begin your record keeping new by eeping a daily record of your "egg ' roduetion." At the end of each lonth total this daily record and find ut the average yield per hen for hat month. From month to month immure these records and note the hanges. Other simple records that you may eep are: Feeding- records, setting records, inubation records, blooding records, laor records. For further information concerning hose records any one interested may pply to Miss Mahala Smith, county onio demonstration agent. laptist Institute to Be Held April 18th Institute of the Northern Division j to he held with the First Baptist hureh, I'nion. S. C., April 18th, at 0 o'clock. Kaeh society m the association is rgeii to send a lull delegation and hose interested in the W. M. U. work re cordially invited to come. A hearty .-?-l<- ine awaits you. Mrs. Davis Jeffries, I'res. W. M. S. First Church. u t I Tin- following is tht- progome^ Song, "Tin- .1 of ?i * " ' ? War." Va' Devotional, "Power W I iss Ada Bell. Repeat 'hil. 4:1S in unison. .v ("reelings and response Division review by Mrs ice president. Roil call of superinten ninute response. Greetings from state c nt. j Hymn. Address Miss Emmi ield worker. Home Missic Song nie -age. ' ; . Address Dr. C. E. Bui / Vrayer. Adjournment. / Afternoon. * Hymn and prayer. l' Roll call of associate nts Y. W. A., R. A. and S Chairman of Mission ! V ninute response. \ Address?Miss Ada HT \ _I> ^ iry to Teng Chow, China Round table discussion! Repeat watchword in I Closing message fron "\>urage-- Miss Leachma Notice to WI I The women voters j riir rapidly and this nj heir attention to the f? lot enroll, they cannf oming election" _ f Box Sua There will be a box/ Rock school house I \pril 16, for the benI The public is cordI Teachers Bl? Before the war I practically unknowi he sales amount Ui ars a year. I J