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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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