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. Vol. LXXII No. 1366 Unioni'^L'T^r'seturd^ April 29, 1923 3c Per Copy
THOUSANDS WOKE
IN FLOOD IHSTRICI
Natchez, April 29.?Thousands o
acres in Concordia and Catahoula par
ishes planted in cdtton are flooded
The damage to crops, ruined highway;
and devastation of fertile plantation:
amounted to many- millions of dol
lars. The fight to hold the levee line
is costing thousands of dollars daily
Valuable lumber was washed awa;
and railroad beds are seriously affect
ed. The river here is two feet abov<
previous high records. Eight hundrei
blankets, 600 cots and many arm]
kitchens are expected to arrive fron
New Orleans today.
Natfcez, Miss., April 29.?Over 50,
000 persons will be homeless or suffei
heavy financial losses, the total prop
erty "destruction will mount to man]
million dollars in Central and East
em Louisiana as a result of the receni
* crumbling of levees of the Mississipp
river, so it is reported on good author
ity. Five Mississippi counties art
flooded with backwaters, preparation)
to care for 17,000 refugees there ar<
going on. Approximately 750,00<
acres are under water at Concordia
Catahoula and Tensas inthe Louisiant
parishes.
New Orleans, April 28.?Interest ii
the Mississippi flood situation was
divided between the work of the thou
sands of men, hastily called from al
walks of life to prevent furthei
breaks in the levee and the effort)
of smaller groups to locate refugee)
and remove them to safety.
Rescue work was carried on with
out intermission at Ferriday and a'
Poydras. Persons who had decide<
to take chances with the flood am
remain in their homes changed theii
minds today, when the waters con
tinued to rise, and gladly welcome(
the approach of rescue boats.
Reports from the Ferriday area lat<
today state that the flood water)
flowing through the break there ar<
spreading over larger areas, althougl
the first rush has lost much of iti
force. A depth of nine feet was reported
from Clayton, nine miles nortl
...... of the crevasse. The flood is spread
"^^^%Ss6^T^Tehsas pafidh and* 1i
nearing the towns of Vidalia, As
ucema and Delta Bridge. At Ferri
day, four miles from the break, th?
water is now about six feet deep wit!
a swift current running through the
streets of the town. Plantation homes
more than a century old have beer
swept away and great trees which
have withstood the force of many pre
vious floods have been uprooted. Manj
prosperous plantation have been inundated,
ruining every prospect for t
crop this season. Many homes am
farm buildings have been destroyed
Due to the quick action of the Ke(
Cross and local organizations no rea
suffering has been reported among th<
hundreds of residents of the inun
dated area, who are being concen
trated in well laid out and managet
scamps. They are being housed ii
tents.
Approximately 500 refugees hav<
crossed the river into Mississippi ai
Natchez and the being cared to
there. The Red Cross today tool
charge of the camp established yester
day at Harrisonburg, where it is re
ported 1,500 are being cared for. Ap
poximately 2,000 others are ifi camp;
at Jonesville and Maryinsville.
Large numbers of refugees wer<
taken from Moreau, Frogmore, Chevj
Chase and other villages to Jonesvilb
today, the steamer Howell carrying
many others to that point tonight
The majority of these are women an<
' children picked up along the routi
of the Missouri Pacific.
More than 250 persons, who ha<
previously announced they would re
main in their homes at St. Bemari
surrounded by water from the Poy
dras crevasse, began a general exodui
in boats to Violet late today. St. Ber
nard, seat of the parish by name, i:
expected to go under water tonight oi
early tomorrow.
At Braithwaite, six miles below th<
Poydras crevasse, approximately 451
people were marooned late today, am
plans are now under way to take then
to Violet.
Persistent rumors of a break ii
the levee near Melville were curren
today but later reports were that al
though the situation at Melville wa
very grave, the engineers in chargi
there still had hopes of winning theii
fight.
The continued spread of backwate:
in the lower Yazoo basin, where ap
proximately 1,700 square miles of ter
ritory are inundated, today brough
appeals for aid from many resident
who had become marooned in Is
eaquena county. Rescue parties wer
despatched in power boats, and thes'
people are being taken to Vicksburj
tonight.
Heavy rains throughout the lowe
Mississippi valley during the last 2<
hours have added to the gravity o
the situation.
Mrs. Marie Miller and daughtei
Miss^Fannie, who have been very sic]
at their home on Thompson street, ari
reported better today.
WOMEN CHEER
F FORMER PRESIDENT
f Washington, April 28.?Several
- thousand women, including numerous <
I. delegates to the Baltimore convention t
? of the National League of Women ]
b Voters and to the convention here of ]
- the League of American Pen Women. ]
9 cheered former President Wilson in <
' a demonstration before his home here <
V late today. The cheering brought <
- Mr. Wilson to the door and upon re- ,
? quests for a speech he declared that ]
1 while he appreciated the compliment i
f very much he felt he was "not Strong \
1 enough to make a speech." j
Mr. Wilson called back by the
cheers again thanked' the women and ,
" added: "I will repeat for you one of ,
r my favorite limericks, which runs as ,
follows: . j
f "For beauty I am no star, j
; My face I doift mind it, (
Because I am behind it." I
The rest of the verse was lost in a ]
burst of laughter and cheering that
3 was heard for blocks. - !
' The Jormer president made his ,
j first appearance, resting heavily on a
cane and assisted by a negro butler. ,
' He was attired in a black frock coat
and top hat and smilingly greeted his ,
visitors. Doffing his hat and hanging ,
^ his cane in the pocket of his coat he
s bowed and said: <
"Thank you very much for the .
I compliment. I appreciate it very <
much. I am sorry I am not strong
4^ ?-1 - 1. "
j euuugia w iuukc a Bptreuu. |
Mr. Wilson then retired to the ,
house and when the cheering throng (
kept up the tumult, calling first for ]
t Mr. Wilson and then Mrs. Wilson, (
I the former president and his wife ap- ,
j peared at an upper window and 4
f smilingly waved to the crowd below, j
It was then that Mr. Wilson repeat- (
] ed his favorite limerick. For several (
minutes he and Mrs. Wilson remain- ,
5 ed at the window while the women ,
, visitors sang songs and applauded in- \
3 termittently until the window was ]
i closed. f
5 The delegation was to have been
. headed by Lady Astor but she did \
i not appeal in the throng. She had ,
. another engagement for the same 1
- SHERIFFS RACE
IN MUDDLE
5 There has arisen a question as to
1 the sheriff's race in Union county this
1 summer. It appears that there are
some serious doubts as to just what
1 the status is. One of three things, it
appears, must hold:
1. That there will be an election for
* the unexpired portion of Sheriff
Fant's term. 1
2. Or, for a full term of four years. I
3. Or, there will be no election un- 1
e til two years from now, and in that i
case Sheriff Vinson will hold over to
" that time.
We will all receive with interest an
1 opinion from the attorney general, if '
he should render one. The whole quesB
tion is now "up in the air," and no^
body seems to know just where we
r stand.
c
Policeman Injured in Riot
Uniontown, Pa., April 29.?Four
s state policemen and half a dozen
strike sympathizers were injured in a
3 riot at Hillban Coal company's plant
f today. Over 60 arrests were made,
s
No Agreement Reached
Dublin, April 29.?The peace cone
ference held another meeting today,
j hut after three hours' discussion dissolved
without an agreement.
1 Admit* He is Father of Child
g
Hoopestown, 111., April 29.?Information
obtained through the grilling
of John Wyman, a farmer, in connection
with the mysterious death oi
Gertrude Hanna, a former school
j teacher, whose body was found in the
j basement of an untenanted church
here, will be placed before the grand
jury May 15th. Wyman insisted that
he was innocent, but admitted he was
t the father of her unborn child.
~ Discharges Man
e Held For Murder
r
Antonagon, Mich., April 29.?Invesr
tigation into the death of Prances
- Pennin, found in powder house at
- North Lake, smothered in turpentine,
t resulted in finding by coroner's jury
s that she was murdered. Officers or
dered George Stimac detained. He
e was discharged by the girl's father.
e ' 1
5 The Number Registered
r The number of voters in each ward
4 is as follows:
f Women Men Total
Ward 1 182 139 221
Ward 2 .... . 170 181 851
Ward 8 170 1^0 416
It Ward 4 214 299 513
j 092 858 1560
TRIAL OF NURSE
CAUSES CLASH
Montross, Va.t April 28.?Intense
excitement developed at today's session
of the trial of Miss Sarah E.
Knox, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Roger D. Eastlake at Colonial
Beach, when the lie was passed between
Harry M. Smith, Jr., chief
:ounsel for the defense, and A. R.
Crowthers of Ocean City, N. J., one
if the state's chief witnesses. After
the court had ruled on the question
which caused the contention, the matter
was smoothed out and Mr. Smith
apologized for using the term.
The dispute arose when Crowthers,
who, the prosecution contends, sharpened
the hatchet with which the murier
was committed, said that during
a visit to Ocean City January 24,
Smith assured him there would be no
dispute over the hatchet. The attorney
resented this and denied he
had ever made such a statement.
"I have never heard any man call
me a liar in my life," Crowthers
shouted his face flushed.
"Well, you hear one now," the lawyer
retorted.
"I will attend to that remark," the
witness warned, "when me meet out?ide."
Watt T. Mayo, commonwealth at^rney,
sprang to his feet and Judge
Joseph W. Chinn rapped sharply for
srder.
Mr. Smith then addressed the
the courts declaring that in 40 years
af practice he had never been accused
of unethical action. He said
his visit to Ocean City had had no
connection with the Gastlake case
lor with the hatchet. Mr. Mayo asked
that Crowthers be allowed to explain
his testimony. Judge Chinn
jrdered both lawyers to their seats,
declaring Mr. Smith was within his
rights and that, if the prosecution
wished to discuss the defense at;orney's
visit to Ocean City, he would
iear it privately to rule on its admissibility
as evidence. ^
Crowthers, when he resumed his
testimony, said Mr. Smith had conducted
himself in a gentlemanly manner
while at his home and the attorney
apologized for his nunajrks,
The witness identified the hatcnet
found on the premises of the Eastlake
residence the morning of the
death as one, he said, he had sharpened
for Miss Knox September 7,
1921. He related many conversations
he said he had had with the
nurse and identified her handwriting
in several letters. He said she had
asked him several times how one
:ould dispose of a person without being
detected and how one could deal
a "knockout" blow "that wouldn't
kill." He also testified that she told
him Roger D. Eastlake, the victim's
husband, who was indicted with her
and had been acquitted, had given
her the hatchet at Sewell's Point, N.
J., in 1919. He was unable to identify
the tool as a navy hatchet when
questioned by Mr. Smith.
Crowther's testimony was similar
to that of his wife, who preceded him
on the stand, telling of the hatchet
sharpening incident and detailing various
conversations with Miss Knox
as to money she declared the nurse
said Eastlake owed her.
Missing Pastor's Body Found
Peora, 111., April 29.?The body of
Rev. W. J. Leach, missing pastor of
Averyville Presbyterian church, former
newspaperman, was found
wedced between willows on the Illi
nois river.
Count De La Rocca
To Succeed Justerand
Paris, April 29.?Count de La Rocca,
political director of foreign office,
is likely to succeed Jean Jules Jusserand
as ambassador to the United
States, it was stated today.
Auxiliary To Have Birthday
The Woman's Auxiliary of the First
Presbyterian church will observe , its
birthday Monday, May 1st, at the
Sunday school parlor at 4 o'clock.
An attractive program has been arranged
and every woman and girl in
the church is invited and asked to
bring a penny for each year they have
lived.
You are invited to come.
Mrs. B. B. James,
Secretary.
A Correction
Union, S. C., April 29, 1922.
Some people are under the impression
that I resigned as light and water
commissioner two years ago. This
is a mistake; I did not resign. My
term of office expired and I did not
offer for reelection. L. J. Hames.
Prominent Citizens
Of Cork Killed
Dublin, April 29.?The slaying ol
several prominent citizens of Cork
yesterday has caused a sensation here
PAUL DESOMNEL
PASSES M FRANCE
Paris, April 28, W y the Associateft
Press).?Paul Ddlchanel, former
president of Franqjk died today after
an illness of lost than a week.
The passing: of Deschanel, who
for many years had been prominent
in the political life fcf France, caused
widespread sorrofpfe ; His friends had
hoped for his rec^ery until this
morning when the physicians in attendance
announced^ that he could not
survive. Madame Peschanel was al
the bedside when MB* husband died.
The former president's eagerness
to be up and doin^f notwithstanding
his long weakenedjbondition, played
an important part' In the hastening
of his death. He to isisted last week
on leaving his residence before he
had completely recovered from a cold
There was a relapse Sunday and
double pneumonia developed on Monday.
Premier Poilitare was among
the first persons to. call at the Des
chanel residence after the deatli of
the statesman to express the sympathy
of the French government.
The plans for the .funeral have not
yet been made.
Paul EUgene 1 ouis Deschanel,
tenth president of France, entered
upon a seven year t irm in that office
on February 18, If JO, after having
been chosen by the'i ational assembly
the preceding Janua y by the biggest
majority since the ?lection of Thiers,
the first president the present republic.
Statesman: and author and
one of the most brHliant public speak
ers in France, M. Desehanel's po'.iti
cal triumph marked the retirement
from public of [former Premie*
Georges ClemencenU.
The campaign ks0 been most sensational
and bitter. M. Clemenceau
then at the height cjf his power as the
French war prem!^ and one of the
negotiators of the t treaty with Ger
many, was, up until a few days bs
fore the election, believed to be the
only candidate who; had a chance fo.
the office. Cetfcoli t and Socialis'.
votes in the French parliament, how
ever, combined with those of the political
enemies 3 and
forced by illness to resign, the
"Tiger" was asked if he would again
permit his name to be used as a candidate
for the presidency.
"I was too old to be elected last
January," he replied ironically, "and
I feel too young to accept now, in
case I was chosen. I am going into
India's jungles to hunt tigers, which
is much less dangerous than French
politics."
% rt A 1 AOA ? o
un may ?. *, a *cw iuuuuio
after taking up his residence at the
Elysee palace as the successor of
Poincare, President Deschanel, when
on his way at night from Paris tc
Monbrison to dedicate a monument
fell from a moving train while attempting
to raise a window in hi?
sleeping compartment. He was supposed
to have been only slightly injured.
Thereafter, however, the press
of France expressed almost daily
solicitude for his health. After passing
weeks of convalescence in Normandy,
he returned to Paris in June
to preside at the council of ministers
Later it was announced that he hac
suffered a complete breakdown anc
that his resignation was inevitable
The following September the presi
dent sent a letter of resignation tr
Premier Millerand together with *
message to the senate and chambci
of deputies which were soon follower
by the election of his successor.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKE7
Open Closi
January 17.85 17.8<
May 18.23 18.2
July 17.79 17.7:
October 17.86 17.8
December 17.90 17.8
N. Y. Spots 18.3
Local market 17.0*
Escaped Convict
Brought Bacl
i "i i
Sheriff Vinson and Thos. McDanit
returned from New York yesterda
afternoon with Will Hames who e?
caped from the county chaingang al
most three years ago.
Document Framed to
Harmonize Difference
Genoa, April 29.?In line with Pre
mier Lfoyd George's declaration th
new Allied proposals to Russia mus
be considered as a whole. The spec in
drafting committee is endeavoring t
' frame a document today which woul
harmonize the differences in the de
1 mands submitted by the British an
French.
Mrs. J. E. ConifTee, of St. Matthew
?pent several days last week with he
sister, Mrs. J. A. Humphries, on J
Church street. _
Miss Hallie Matthews of Spartar
burg is spending the week-end wit
> Mrs. Macbeth Young on East Mai
street.
. M
MANY PRISONERS
ARE SENTENCED
New York, April 28.?Ninety-four
persons appeared for sentence today
in the criminal court of Manhattan,
the largest number that ever went up
to the bar in a single day to take their
medicine in the history of the city.
Most of them received unusually severe
punishment, the judges holding
that severity was needed to check the
frequency of crime.
Eugene Diaset and Moise Bagnoli
confessed participants in the recent
$75,000 midday holdup and robbery
of the Washington square home of Albert
R. Shattuck, retired banker, were
both sentenced by Judge Rosalsky to
confinement of 40 to 60 years in Sing
Sing. They were two of the gang of
five which locked the Shattucks and
their servants in the wine vault, where
they almost suffocated while the home
was boldly plundered. Their counsel
asked for light punishment, as both
had good war records in the service.
"A sub.-tantial sentence must be
imposed," said the judge, "such a
sentence as will strike terror to the
hearts of bandits of this kind."
Thre> of the four men who tried to
hold up Charles M. Brady, construction
company cashier, on March 31,
near the Grand Central terminal, were
given 18 year second offenders, and
the foi rth man got eight years as a
first offender. AH had pleaded guilty.
Theirs was a daylight holdup, frustrated
by detectives, tipped off in advance.
Charles Jpl. Tampa, 22, thrice convicted
of carrying a pistol, got seven
years.
U ?.. O A - 'in
nutty xtnia, wan ^ivcil U OU
year sentence for holding up the own;r
of a delicatessen store and forcing
^.im to turn over the $.r>9 in the cash
register.
Philip Spelieti, 18, received a ten
year sentence for a similar crime.
A warning against undue optimism
that crime had been checked was given
ty Judge Rosalsky in dismissing
the regular and additional grand juries.
He reminded them that penal institutions
were daily discharging
large numbers, "who have been convicted
of crime and who will return to
"The real crooks are seldom
caught," he added. "When you read
in the papers of a burglary or robbery
ycu seldom read of the capture.
The authorities of this city who combat
crime are satisfied that there is a
band of master crooks who direct
crime in the city and it is these we
must get."
Miss Curtis to Sing in
Spartanburg Music Festival
Spartanburg;. Apjril 27.? Miss Vera
i Curtis, soprana, of the Metropolitan
, Opera ccmpi.ny, has been engaged hy
Director Louis Beniieit to .-.ing in the
Spartanburg Musical Festival, instead
of Miss Ottillie Schillin, who, because
. of illness, has had to cancel her
dates for thL? next few weeks. Miss
i Schillig was to hd\?.% >ung the evening
, of May 3rd. The festival dates are
May 3, 4 and 5.
The array of artists this year is
, larger and better than ever before,
and indications now, judging from the
I sale of tickets principally, point to
I the largest attendance in the history
of the Spartanburg festival. The list
. of artists include Marie Sundelius, Cej
cil Arden, Ellen Rumsey, Giovanni
( Vlartinelli, Orville Harold, James
Price, William Simmons, Fred Patton
I Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Raoul Vidas and
the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
Window Seen Only
e From the Street
D
1 Toledo, O., April 29.?A church
2 windo\# which is said to have th<
5 distinction of being the first one ir
5 this country installed exclusively foi
5 display to the stret t has been in
6 stalled in the First Westminister
church of this city.
The church has provided a specia
c lighting system to illuminate the win
dow from within. A few church win
,| dows elsewhere are thus illuminated
y it is said, but these show from with
in, whereas this window is seen onl>
|. from the street.
The window which shows Christ
preaching to the multitude contains
many figures and will carry its mes
sage visually seven nights in ths
week to passersby.
The window is hand painted
whereas the background in nios
t church windows is worked out wit!
I small pieces 01 siaineci glass.
? Among the legal frtaernity in Eng
^ land it is an unwritten law that i
man promoted to the rank of King*
^ Counsel shall provide his clerk wit I
o new frock suit and an immaeulat
silk hat.
Socialization of industry is includ
,r cd among the objectives of the Aus
tralian Labor Party as set forth ii
the revised platform and constitutin
i- recently adopted by the party,
h The first labor union in Hankov
n China, has been organized by the rick
shaw coolies.
! MOSCOW LEADERS
HELD TO BLAMI
Paris, April 28 (By the Associat
ed Press).?Responsibility for th<
murder and burning: of former Em
peror Nicholas of Russia and al
members of his family is placed bj
Nicholas Sokololf on the "leaders ol
the Bolshevik government in Moscow
He makes his statement after a thre<
years' inquiry officially ordered by th?
Kolchak government.
M. Sokololf was for many years in
vestigating .magistrate under the inv
perial regime in Russia and is gen
erally described as the best living au
thority on the circumstances sur
rounding the death of the Russian inr
perial family.
In support of his accusation Soko
loff has gathered more than 3,00<
pages of testimony and a gruesonu
collection of photographs, bones am
clothes. Among the evidence is i
code telegram, represented as an offi
cial report of the murders to th<
Moscow government by the Soviet of
ficials at Ekaterinburg, where th?
crime is said to have occurred. 11
reads: "Inform Sverdoloff that th<
entire family has endured the same
fate as the head. Officially the fam
ily will perish during the evacuation.'
The question of the Moscov
Soviet's responsibility for the deatl
of Nicholas and his family was re
vived this week by M. Chicherin'i
statement at Genoa that responsibil
ity rested with the local Soviet am
that Moscow did not know of the ex
ecutions until after they had hap
pened because communication be
tween Moscow and Ekaterinburg wa:
nnt r?fV t Vt rnii rrV? a/'
cupation. This statement has beet
the subject of agitated comment ant
denial among Russian exiles in Pari:
and SokolofT issued his report wit!
the intention of furnishing final ant
definite proof that full responsibility
not only for the murder of the for
mer emperor but for the murder o1
his wife and four daughters is upor
the Moscow government.
A Message to Voters
Now that women have the privilege
of voting, hit us not take the respon
sibility lightly, but let all who a~f<
qualified to vote arrange their affair:
so that they can appear at the polls
even though it entails a personal sac
rifice to leave home on that day.
In studying the list of candidates
let us honestly try to select those wh<
are of the highest types of character
and who are best qualified to fill th<
offices which they seek. Do not voti
for a man just because his cousin':
brother-in-law once lent your great
uncle a lawn mower! Do not feel ob
ligated to vote for any one because h
or some member of his family ha
shown you kindnesses. No matte
how grateful you may be, remembe
that your vote should not he narrow
ly personal, hut that it should be ens
for those who will fulfill their dutie
most admirably. Let our women mi
selfishly vote for the good of th
town, regardless of any adverse crit
icisms that may result from it.
Personally, I would unhesitatingl
vote against my brother or my hu.or
niv son if their onnonent
were better fitted to fill the offici
they desired. I would consider m\
self a very unworthy, unpatriotic cit
zen if 1 were so selfish as to vol
otherwise.
Mary Steele Hamhlin.
1 Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Graham c
West Springs announce the birth r
r daughter, to be culled Franc*
Vivian.
> Orin Graham Wins Medal
Orin Graham won the declumatic
medal given by the principal of tl
' West Springs High school at the cm
test held last week.
I This young man is the son of tl
late Charles Graham and has mar
friends throughout the county to coi
, gratulate upon the victory he hs
rchieved.
PERSONAL MENTION
t
*?? ..?? ,.,j
* m rs. I* <tiiv luiunicu i
from Greenville where she has be<
? for treatment for her eyes. She
much improved by the treatment.
, Miss Annie Tinsley is entertainii
t the following young people for tl
i week-end: Misses Molivia Taylc
Charlotte Jones, Mary Ingram and A
fred Dorn, of Ware Shoals.
Miss Etha Palmer has been qui
a sick for a week or more, but is ii
s proving today. Her many friends w
11 be pleased to hear that she will so<
L> be out again.
W. D. Arthur has returned from
I" visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Wa
" nsmaker, Jr., in Orangeburg. Mi
n Arthur will remain for several da
n longer, returning Monday afternoon
r, X-rayed eggs are thy latest wrini
introduced by one of the largest gr
eery organizations in New York.
[to open clinic
: for veterans
The United States government will
3 establish in Columbia a clinic for vet
eians according to advices received
1 yesterday from Atlanta and also acr
cording to a statement made by Sidf
noy C. Groeschel, supervisor of the
federal board of vocational education.
The clinic, which will be the only
one in this state, will employ a staff
of 20 men, ten of whom will be full
time physicians. The equipment will
bo complete for the treatment of medical
and dental cases and there will
also be X-ray equipment. The clinic
will be opened about July 1.
According to the advices from Atlanta,
Dr. Robert Durham will be in
. charge of the clinic and Dr. C. T
) brooks will be chief dental officer. All
? disabled veterans in the state who
1 need treatment will pass through the
i clinic. The exact location of the clinic
. has not yet been definitely decided
? upon it was said yesterday but a lo.
cation is under consideration.
; Mr. Groeschel said that at the prest
ent time there were 700 veterans in
> the state taking vocational training;
? there are 2,500 who are eligible for
. training, he said, and between 50 and
' 00 salaried employees in the work in
r addition to the men employed on a
j fee basis.
Training centers have been estab,
lished at North Augusta Pine Heights
sanatorium, at Veterans' Bureau Hosj
pital 'No. 20 at Greenville and there
is now being estabished at Chick
Springs a school which will start off
with a minimum of 200 men early in
5 May.
Mr. Groeschel said also that medical
^ units have been established in the
I cities of Greenville, Spurtanbutg,
? Chester, Sumter, Florence and Colum1
bia. He said the bureau was prej
pared to handle claims of various
kinds. Five field men are employed
in traveling over the state.?The
^ State.
1 "The Stone That
The Builders Rejected"
Editor The Union Times:
2 Your Monarch correspondent usual
ly represents the opinion of our Mone
arch p?feple pretty well, but in his *
s article on the hospital bond issue, he
, has failed to take into consideration
- the fact of?who pays?
Of a county population of around
30,000 people, approximately 7 OOo
:> of til em work in ou>- mills?1.400 fam,
ilies, who return for taxation on an
e average of around $100.00 p r family,
p on 40 per cent of which or $40.00
s per family?taxes are assessed. If n >
- income were received for rent from
- ( the hospital, the average tax per year
e on our mill families would be 3c
sj each?or $42,000 from 1.400 families,
r Who pays?
i-! The mills of this county and '
- hart Power company, were the ful'
it tax assessed, would he called upo<
si to pay approximately $2300.00 of ' u>
i-! full tax of $45000.00, leaving the h..'
e unce of the tax?$2158.00 to be col
lected from the other 23.000 people |
or an average tax per person of O'.-c
v 1 per year.
Who pays?
s The mill family not over 3c per
s year.
! The other people rot o\ :". i <
i-1 vear.
? The tuiil $2300.00 pet . .
If then, the mill- can he m.an '
pay at least one-half, an ! i'" the pe
pie with money and property ?an in
made to pay practically al! ?? re
; of any tax assessment; ami
If it is worth anything !< > >
have a hospital where you can pit
"s it in case of accident or -erious illness
?if the other fellow pays for it ant!
you can get the benefits. i?n't it the
poor man's friend?
Ha* it been worth anything to our
>n .Monarch people who have been there?
if Ask them if they would rather have
i- cone to Spartanburg. Would it be
worth anything to you? You hardl>
le; ever need fire insurance but once, but
iv you need it badly then,
a- The hospital is offered to the counrs
ty for $>0,000.00?the other $2f>,000.00
heing for the purpose of doubling its
capacity. It is crowded now, and
i.eeds additional room to meet the demand.
It rents now for $3000.00 per
iy year, and with additional capacity
?n should rent for more than enough to
is pay the interest on the bonds, and
build up a sinking fund,
tg The chances are that there will be
tie no additional taxes and if there are
>r, the poor people won't have to pay
,1- them, so I say?Patrick Henry please
note, "(live me the hospital and save
te us from death." W. P. Turner.
,11 Unidentified Man
an Killed by Po?*e
n Beardstown, 111., April 29.?An unn
identified Greek was shot and killed
rs. by a posse seeking the arrest of four
ys or five men wanted in connection with
the killing of Edward I^shbrook by
the sheriff of Schuyler county and two
tie deputies for which 28 Greek mainten*
o- ance way workers are held in the
city jail here.