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Vol. LXXII No. 1403 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon, 3c Per Copy
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FATHER TALKS TO
SON'S MURDERERS
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f "How does it feel to stand here face
f to face with the father of the boy
if you killed?"
Tills question was asked yesterday
morning in the death house at the
state penitentiary of S. J. Kirby, C.
I O. Pox and Jesse Gappins by W. E.
> Brazell, father of William Brazell,
the young taxi driver, for whose mur
der Kirby, Gappins and Fox are to
i; die in the electric chair Friday, and
the only answer the three men could
i. give was the repetition of their stories
as to how the crime took place.
It was Mr. Brazell's first visit to
1 > the three men since their sentencing,
{ although he had sat through the trial
(and hful twice heard Kirby, Gappins
and Fox sentenced to die. The trip
waa made at the request of Kirby,
who asked Mr. Brazell to call at the
death honse to see him before the
electrocution. None of the three men
recoflfiized Mr. Brazell when he confrotf&d
them, separatred from them
onqWy the barred cell doors.
"I'm glad to see you," Kirby told
p. tne murdered boy's father, "but not
' here. I wanted to see you before I
f left this world to tell you that before
God I am sorry for what I did.
I would to God that I could exchange
r with your boy and would gladly lay
down my life if I could bring him
back"
"W?at I never could understand,"
Mr. Brazell interrupted, "is why you
three big strapping men had to kill
1 my little boy to take his car.".
"It's a mystery to me, too," Kirby
said. "I'd never seen him before.
Gappins and Fox were waiting for me
fi at the Seaboard station, and they told
m? first to get Big Bill's car and it
H had been burned up so they told me
K then to get any car and I saw your
a boy's car parked near Main street. It
J; was the first one I came to and that's
* tbe reason that he was killed."
jt "" "Kirby," Mr. Brazell told him, "you
Ir have talked a good deal about your
wife and I am sorry for her, but did
W ybu ever think of my poor boy's mothI
ar, who was an invalid at'the time
the boy's murder and ever since?"
ff rn nil
it happen as it did. But I want some
one to look out for my wife and child
) 1 -when I am dead."
"Well," Mr. Brazell told him in
I parting -as i&r as you are concerned
1 leave it up to you and your God."
Gappins denied any knowledge of
the fact that young Brazell was to
have been killed, claiming that he had
thought that Kirby was to pick up
' car on the street which they could
then drive to Florida and sell. "If I
bad known he was to be killed," Gappins
told Mr. Brazell, "I woud not
have gone. If it had been left to me
he would have been alive today."
"You held his hand while he was
being killed," Mr. Brazell told him.
"You drove the car. It could not have
been carried out if you had left them.
Why didn't you quit? You have had a
lot to say about your mother since
you have been here. Why didn't you
think about her and your mother before
you committed the crime?"
Gapping htrtlg his head. "I know
jhowJiis mother feels," he said. "And
I'm V6rry for her."
- ^(r. Brazell turned to leave. "GapPbw."
he said, "I believe you are the|
worst of the three of you. You have
triad to shield yourself behind 'Fox
and Kirby and you and Kirby lacked
"tfcfccourage to play the part that Fox
did."
"I'm ready to meet my God with
the story I've told," Gappins said, and
Mr. Brazell then turned to Fox, who
is confined in the adjoining cell.
"Fox,' he said, "I feel sorry for
you. I've met your father and I found
1/ j him to be a gentleman and he told me
that he had tried to raise you right.
But, I suppose, you came here away
' from home and got in with the bad
company you did. You, I believe, have
* told the truth."
J "Yes," Fox answered, "my father's
H a good man and I dont say so because
I he is my father. I've nothing to say
} agMfei my raising. Gappins told me
f . abQfpit first and Jtoen about a week
later Gappins and Kirby and I talked
y it over together and that night Kirby
|, went and got the car while we waited
at tne seaooara station, rnen we got
i in and Kirby told him where to go. [
_ had the black jack which had been
given to Oappins by Kirby and to me
by Gappins. Several times along the
{?~n>ad Gappina and Kirby got out of the
> car and talked together and each time
?- .they would come back and tell me
* *What they had plotted. Finally Kirby
get it the back seat with me and told
?. bm to tell the boy to stop and then
to hit him with the black jack. I did
'' ind the black jack flew to pieces
and Kirby and Gappins got out on the
right side of the car with the boy
while I got out on the left. When I
came around the back of the car they
werfielding him and Kirby was choking
him. I had opened my knife and
Kirby told me to stab him?that
Something had to be done. And I
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VIRGINIA NEGROES
SLAY CONDUCTOR
Richmond, Va., June 11.?H. L. Burleson,
23 years old and unmarried, of
Williamsburg, Va., a conductor in the
employ of the Virginia Railway &
Power company was fatally stabbed
by a crowd of negroes in South Richmond
late this afternoon, bleeding to
death on the running board of an automobile
in which he sought safety.
Burleson's slayers made good their
escape before the arrival of police
and as far as the authorities know
still are at large, although four negro
suspects had been arrested up to a
late hour tonight and are being detained
in Third police station. They
were subjected to a gruelling examination
and are believed by police to be
implicated in the killing, if one or
more are not Burleson's actual slayer.
The trouble arose over a drunken
and obstreperous negro passenger,
who upon being approached by the
conductor and ordered to desist, became
abusive and cursed the street car
man. The latter sought to eject the
unruly black when other blacks rallied
to his aid. Their actions became
So menacing the conductor
jumped from his can and sought escape
in an automobile which was proceeding
alongside the trolley and
whose driver, sensing the danger to
the street car man, signalled him to
leap aboard.
The blacks followed and, dragging
Burleson from the automobile, inflicted
wounds with knives that shortly
afterward resulted in the death on
the running board. When an ambulance
arrived in response to an emergency
call Burleson was dead.
R. L. McNally Returns
Mr. R. L. McNally returned from
the hospital in Baltimore yesterday
after a several weeks' stay for treatment.
He comes back "feeling fine,"
and has gone back to his office in the
Bailey Builders Supply Co.
Eastern Star Meeting
Mrs. George T. Keller,
Mrs. H. V. Frierson, W. M.
Secretary.
Earthquake Recorded
Washington, June 12.?A heavy
earthquake shock was recorded at
Georgetown University observatory
last night and a less severe tremor,
probably more distant, recorded about
G o'clock this morning.
Lenine's Condition Improved
Moscow, June 12 (By the Associated
Press).?Premier Lenine's condition
continues to show improvement
it is stated in official circles and he is
now able to walk in gardens and dictate
letters.
Notice to the Women
Of Union County
You are going to be given the opportunity
and pleasure of hearing
Mrs. Richard Williams, South Carolina
president of the League of Women
Voters, of Greenwood on Saturday
at 10 o'clock, in the court house.
This is indeed a rare pleasure and
since you are now the possessor of
the vote it is your duty to inform
yourself on the subject of citizenship.
Mrs. Williams is a splendid speaker
and one who charms all who hear
her with her graciousness and culture.
On Wednesday Mrs. Williams addresses
the Farm Women's Council at
Winthrop and will spend Thursday in
Chester, where she will address the
women, and we are certainly fortu
nate in being able to get her to come
to Union.
Miss Elizabeth Gainer has returned
from McCall, S. C., where she has
been teaching the past session and
will spend the summer holidays with
her mother, Mrs. M. L. Garner, on
South street.
Claude Bennett attended the SalleyGilliam
marriage in ..Orangeburg Saturday.
ii ? i ?
stuck the knife in him while the other
two held him. Once my conscience revolted
against it and I stepped away,
but they told me to go on and I did.
I'm not denying my part. I am sorry.
I was in with them and had promised
to help them and I did."
"I hope you have found peace," the
boy's father told Fox in leaving. "It
is now between you and your God."
Fox showed the most genuine emotion
of the three while Gappins ap
pears to be in an argumentative, almost
defiant mood.
"If ever three men went to hell,"
Mr. Brazell said as he left the death
house, "I believe these three will go.''
?The State.
UNION BOY WEDS !
IN ORANGEBURG
A marriage of widespread interest
throughout this section was celebrated a
at Orangeburg Saturday, June 10th, ?
when Miss Imogene Salley became the r,
bride of Louis Gilliam of this city. (]
The ceremony was performed at the a
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and t]
Mrs. F. Eugene Salley, and was wit- t,
nessed by the immediate family and a jj
few chosen friends. p
Mrs. Gilliam is a charming young
woman with many admirable qualities j,
of mind and heart, for the past year 0
she has held a position with the Buf- S(
falo graded schools and has hundreds 3.
of friends who rejoice that she is to j,
make her home here. n
Mr. Gilliam is the eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Fant Gilliam of this
city and is associated with the Peo- 3<
pies Supply company and the Gilliam
Light and Motor company. He is a a]
young man of unusual ability and in- ^
tegrity and is being warmly congratu- ^
lated upon winning so charming a .
bride. J
Immediatolv nftpr t.Vio rorBmrmv
Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam left for a motor
trip to the mountains of North Caro-,
lina, after which they will be at home
to their friends in Union.
m , ai
American Federation T
Of L^b<*r Discusses "
Many Difficulties fc
Cincinnati, June 12 (By the Assoei- 0i
oted Press).?"Open shop," unemploy- s<
ment, wage reductions recognition of fj
Soviet Russia, one billion court de- sl
cision and injunctions affecting labor c,
formed the main issues that confront- s,
ed the American Federation of Labor cj
which opened its two weeks' conven- ja
tion here today. No debate on thi
program at the opening session.
Serious Feud in Virginia f<
Y
Richmond, June 12.?Herbert Buck- V)
ley, a lumber worker, is in jail and jj
warrants are out tot a number of ^
named Glenn, who is said by the au- ^
thorities to represent the faction of ^
opposing Buckley and his.friends. ^
Statement on Irelutf Dsfsrred ?
t?
London, June 12 (By the Associated
Press).?Colonial Secretary Churchill j
announced at the commons this afternoon
that it will be more convenient
and more in general with the public s
interest if he deferred the statement c
on Ireland expected today, until Tues- j
day or possibly Thursday.
1 ? ' # e
Six Points Amicably Adjusted g
n
London, June 12 (By the Associated J
Press).?Articles of the new Irish
constitution have been revised so satisfactorily,
the Evening Star asserts X
today that Arthur Griffith returned to Y
Dublin with them tonight. The whole j>
six points raised by the,British signa- X
tories to the Anglo-Irish treaty has
been adjusted, the newspaper says.
Virginia Crops are Excellent
Richmond, June 12.?Prospects for
all Virginia crops rre excellent, according
to the june report of the Vir
ginia crop reporting service, made
public today. The fruit crop, the re- \
port says, was diminished greatly by
the freeze last April.
Chester Creamery
R. A. Oliphant was in Union Satur- \
day in the interest of the Chester '
Creamery and received orders with
several grocery firms here to handle J
the product?Cash Grocery Co., Har- }
ris-Woodward company and Sanders- 3
Fowler company. j
O. K. Gilmer, a graduate of Clem- 1
con college, and manager of the Clem- 3
son Creamery for more than a year, \
is in charge of the Community Cream
ery. The present output is over .
2,000 lbs.; a shipment was sent to
Philadelphia and graded 92, the high- *
est grade of any butter in that market .
in several days. \
The Community Cremery is receiv
ing some cream from Union county
farmers and urges them to ship more,
full instructions will be sent to any |
one on how to prepare cream for ship
ping, etc. !
Managing Director
Shot to Death 1
Belfast, June 12 (By the Associated '
Press).?Edward Devine, managing ?
director of a bakery concern in Bel- ,
fast, was shot to death today in his '
hv thrpp m?n whn An f>n- ?
trance to his place, and shouted
"Hands up" and then fired.
Frank Peake, Jr., left today for '
Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to spend the ;
summer with relative*. ^
AIRMEN HURT
1} ftttANE CRASH
) -i 'J- -V ,i y
' Augusta, Ga., June 11.?-Maj. E.<C.
Brainard, United States marTne corns,
!;'Arid Lieut. R. T< Alldworth, United
States air service, both of Sllinjjlqit
| Field, Texas, Were injured here this
[ afternoon wheftitfce Airplane in which
?they, wera traveling crashed to the
' ground at landing field at the
Camp Handbook site. Lieutenant
i Alldworth is the mwg seriously 1n.s
juretl. The extent of '^is injuries
' have not been determined, although
1 .physician* fear that his skull is frac1
Wo 1<0_ i-_J .k^.U
ITORM REAPS 1
HEAVY TOO
New York, June 12 (By the Ass^i^
ted Press).?At daybreak this
lg hundreds of parents, childrenjgn?j
elatives were still standing vijgjjmft
tie docks of Citl Island, awaitinflltie
rrival of police boats which dufpjj
tie early hours had searched the
prs of Long Island Sound for idM
ional victims yesterday more thajgflPfi
ersons are thought to have lo$t tawir
ves and upwards of a hundred/Tnared
in the tempest, which roaredt4Sfi
f the hills of New Jersey, beaidbc
i*a into foam, capped breakers M
wept across New York City.
roperty damage estimated* froqkraj
lillion to three times that much. * r
New York, June 11.?A violwpt
:orm accompanied by shifting wiaflb
lat reached a velocity of 88 UMN
n hour took the lives of more Ah
3 persons, injured more than a bjB
red and caused enormous propfMB
amage in the metropolitan sectfM
ite today.
Forty persons were reported : ifo
ave lost their lives while. boaflmBli
ong Island sound, and many* perscCa
ere killed by falling trees, lightWM
id accidents caused by the .
en bodies of the drowned have Wpi
^covered and the waters about mTV
ork are are being searched tosjQwt
>r 30 missing. > ^3|r
The storm came at the close^Tlil
ae of the most torrid days ofwjpe
?ason. The wind, coming $40#?
om the south and southwest shifted
iddenly into the northwest and> jCtt eased
,in velocity to 88 miles, '3|nd
veeping through New Jersey,
lester county, across the Cit7'4g|>'
ind, the Bronx and Manhattan' Jmt
L>ath and destruction in its waKaLTorrential
rains, then light&fl|K|
illowed the rain.
Hundreds of thousands of Wjn*
orkers were on the beach ana (M
srious outlying resorts seekiiiig*'!^
ef from the heat when the Jnl
roke and it was frofi- thesethalLtbe
:orm took its death tofl.' .
The tax book
o?*^?f W'lil^aiiljEBB^IvTi^^
nd Issuing eX?wlISr^^eWn(
rst day of July, the tax hook witi
e opened again for the collection o{
axes, and will remain open until th?
rst day of September, at which time
he executions will be turned ovei
o the sheriff to finish up.
if, H. Bartles,
403-2t County Treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Oliphant anc
mall son, of Chester, spent the week
nd with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
I. a. unpnam, on isouin street.
Among the list of graduates in civi
ngineering from the University 01
iouth Carolina this year appears th<
iames of George Clark Sawyer arm
esse David Humphries, of Union.
OUR OPENING D
On Wednesday, June
> ing day. We will serve a
' an account of our stewan
; held at noon, in the buildii
; Pinckney street.
; We invite and urge i
; the canning factory to be
; men.
I We invite every farrm
! for the cannery to be pre
! We invite every corrc
! present, man, woman and
! The subcribers to sto
^ and the correspondents o:
* We urge every one of the
invitation will be sent ther
In addition to the ab
I without any further notic<
* to 250 additional men and
* have prepared for that m
* the building and serve the
* no long-winded speeches,
j) The dinner will be
I o'clock.
I We have ordered tv
! beef. There will be plen
! Rain or shine, we t
' will be served inside the
will not interfere.
M. S. Gallman, fam
; barbecue. He knows ho
; how.
; This is our one bit of
; It is the only money we
; of the enterprise. We f
I should kill the fatted cal
! feast.
: THE UNION CANNI
LEWIS . M.
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< * * 4' ? 4-M-M'! V
AiO T?ap I?U1/ UKOIOMIU nuvuv
' the head and body. Major. Brainard
I .ilustained- a lJrbken left arm and cuts I
.and bruises about the face,
c The two officers, flying from Wash
frngtofi-to San Antonio, landed here
r Ffriday to "replenish their oil supply.
^ tp attempting a landing the machine
[ hashed into a ditch near the landing
' fiel<^and was damaged. Niether of
; the delators was. hurt. A machine
i' 'with parts for the wrecked ship arrived
bare from Montgomery Satur1
>day and the. broken parts were put in
< this morning.
i Presented With Silver Cup
" Wf,Mr. T.>" L. ->?stes, retiring water.Commissioner,
was presented I
a handsome silver cup by his
t Associated in office. The presentation
Will ttiadq Saturday afternoon. On
' the rc Up OB marked: "For your efficient
.spryijrfe, idlfl-1922."
' 'Si was well deserved, i- c
r Mr. has made a most faithful
I -servtf^Jnfcthe respective position of
P during the six years of
! 'HISCjincpmHency. To him is due much
:'<sf thd splendid success that has ati
'tended this department of the city
. '^government. He was "on the job" day
t and'.night,- and often at great incon
' venience to himself. He did not stand
' for reelection this time.
Earthquakes Recorded
t Chicago, June 12 (By the Associat^
ed ' Press)*-?Two .. earthquake shocks
-were recorded by the University of
Chicago, seismograph last night.
| Week-end Cruise
\ " " on Mayflower
ESm'anover-Sunday cruise in the
'["Mayflower with Daugherty, Mellon
M and Senator and Mrs. Newberry as
rl
1 oday's Cotton Market
Open Close
July 22.15 21.66
October 21.89 21.49
December 21.68 21.25
January 21.50 21.00
March 21.40 20.92
Local market 21.50
Mrs. T. A. Berley and daughter,
Miss Dorothy Berley, are visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schoppaul
on Douglass Heights.
lAY, A BARBECUE |
14, "Vve will have our openbarbecue
dinner, and render ?
iship. The meeting will be $
lg we have erected on North %
every subscriber to stock in f
present, uom men anu wo- ;
er who has planted tomatoes ;;
sent, both men and women. \1
ipondent of The Times to be II
child. II
ck, the planters of tomatoes II
f The Times aggregate 250. II
above to attend; no further II
n. If!
ove, who are asked to come 4;
b, we are sending invitations J
i women. We want 500. We f
T
lany. We will seat them in *
m at tables. There are to be
t
served promptly at 12:??.0 &
/o fine porkers and one fat X
ty for every one of the 500 Ij.
vill have the barbecue. It X
building, hence the weather If
ious cook, will prepare the %
w, and you know he knows J
extravagance in organizing. ?
have spent in the promotion |
eel that it is right that we v
If, and celebrate in a merry 1
NG & PRODUCTS CO. j
RICE, President
'H 'I* 'I' 'M* 'I' 4' *'
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PANTHER CHASES
STRANDED AVUXOR
s "Arcadia, Fie., June 1J.?Treed by a
paulhe^askj compelled to sp*hd tfee
greater port of the night In the
branches-of a TftcgO cypress tree in
'the wtlda of the Big Cypfess country;
tbadly bitten- by . mosquitoes; his
clothes torh to <"tiitters by the cruel
teeth ofHlte giant saw grass of the
south Florida swamps; without food
for ?nearty 40 hours?these;, were
among the experiences of Qadet Ray->
mond White, Carlstrom Field aviator,
whose plane crashed in the wilds of
southeastern Lee county last Thursday-about
noon, and who returned to
the flying field this afternoon in one
of the planes that had searched for
him since Inst Thursday.
Cadet White, whose home is at
Pritchett, Texas, was making a practice
flight from Carlstrom field to
Okeechobee City and return Thursday.
The fi- t part of the flight was
completed without incident and Cadet
White, flying alone, started to return
but lost his bearing and sense of direction
completely almost as soon as
he started.
Instead of flying northwestwardly
White headed his plane almost due
south.
When at a point about 40 miles
southwest of Immokalee, Lee county,
his fuel tank ran dry and his plane
crashed. The plane fas completely
wrecked, but White escaped injury.
He stayed with the wrecked plane
intil the sun had sunk far enough to
give h'm his direction. Then White
started to walk toward the northwest,
looking for signs of human habitation
but finding none.
With his clothing torn to tatter?
and bitten almost beyond endurance
by the swarms of mosquitoes in the
swampy saw grass, night overtook the
aviator in the edge of the big cypress
swamp and he prepared to spend the
night under a tree.
During the night one of the panthers
that infest the section chased
White into the branches of a. tree,
and there he remained until daylight.
Continuing his tramp, foodless and
with only the swarpp water to quench
his thirst, young White was picked up
Friday evening about 5 o'clock by a
Seminole Indian and was taken to the
proceeding Saturday to another camp
several miles distant. On the way two
of the searching planes from Carlstrom
field were sighted, but signals
from the young aviator and his Seminole
guide were not seen and the
planes passed on.
Saturday afternoon the aviator and
his guide reached Kennedy Carson's
ranch, whore the night was passed at.d
White had the first meal he had eaten
sincb Thursday. Early this morn in*:
Carson started with White in a buckboard
for Immokalee. On the wav
anotho? of the searching planes was
sigh' 1 and Carson and White, signaling
with a sheet, attracted the attention
of the flyers and the plane made
a landing.
White was taken aboard an 1 the
plane made the return flight to Carl
strom field, reaching there shortly b
fore dark tonight. White suffered r.o
ill effects ot his experience beyond the
mosquito bites, fright caused by the
panther and the exhaustion of bis
walk, in which he covered at least :"(>
miles in the worst country in south
Florida.
Four big de Haviland pianos, re
quested by Commandant Royse of
Carlstrom field from Montgomery
Ala., arrived at the field about
o'clock this evening. The planes left
Montgomery at daylight this morning
and made the trip of approximately
(iOO without difficulty.
Honor For Mrs. Mixson
The News and Courier of yesterday
carried a splendid historical and char
acter sketch of Gen. Micah Jenkins
written by Mrs. J. W. Mixson of thk
city.
A paragraph which is of especial
interest reads as follows:
"Many of the Palmetto sharpshooters
and fifth South Carolina wert
men from Union county, among other?
the late Capt. A. H. Foster. Capt
i\: l. duia,.
un h juiiinuuf ui iiic uwinnuii rvnitr^
which company was a part of thPalmetto
Sharpshooters, said Jenhin
was the best fighter he ever saw."
This sketch written by Mrs. Mix
son sometime ago for the Wm. Wa!
lace chapter, 11. D. C., is one of th<
series of articles published by th<
News and Courier for the historica
department of the South Carolina di
vision, U. D. C., of which Mrs. J. II
West of Newberry is historian. Tlv
papers are sent in as a part of tlv
1J. D. C. publicity work conducted b;
Mrs. J. Frost Walker, of this city
chaiiman of publicity, South Carolini
division, U. D. C.
This honor comes as a pleasant sur
prise to Mrs. Mixson and our Wm
Wallace chaptetr.
Mr. and Mrs. Boinet and Miss Mar;
Ellison Page of Chester spent th
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J.. II
Schoppaul on Douglass Heights.
I B. FANT DIES
VERY SUDDENLY
The community was shocked yesterday
morning \then news was received
that D. B. Fant had died suddenly at
his home near Santuc.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon and the interment will
be in the Presbyterian cemetery at 5
o'clock.
Mr, Fant is the last member of his
f Jimilv nn/1 nroo v- ? C ? TT -
Miivt T??O iu ^raia u 1 I1C
is survived by his wife, who, before
her marriage, was Miss Mary Rodger,
and the following children: Mrs.
George Jolly, Mrs. McFall, Mrs. William
Fant', of Anderson; Mrs. Berly,
of Clemson Colege, Miss Annie Ruth
Fant, and Lewis, David and Bgthwell
Fant of this county. Two sons, Rodged
and J. Hay Fant, preceded him to
the grave.
Mr. Fant has been prominent in
the affairs of the county, serving for
several terms as superintendent of education.
He was a man of rare intelligence
and of irreproachable character.
His friends knew that the trust
they reposed in him would not be betrayed.
Mr. Fant was for many years an eldor
in the Presbyterian church and
was loyal and faithful to the church.
Union county has lost a worthy cit- ,?V
izen in tiTo death of I). B. Fant. _ '. j
Beulah Baptist Church
Will Improve Building
At a conference of Beulah Baptist
cnurcn neid yesterday it was decided
to renovate and enlarge the present
church building. The vote was unanimous
in favor of making the improvements.
The work will begin as soon
as crops are "laid by," and the members
propose to do much of the work
themselves. It is estimated that $800
supplementing the labor contributed,
will be sufficient to carry out the plans
adopted. The present building will be
enlarged by the addition of 10 feet in
length to the present building, and the
entrance will face the new highway ?
which now passes in the rear of the
building. The building now standing
will not be moved, but will be repaired
inside and out and painted. The pulpit
and choib platform will be in what
is now the rear of the building.
and will give supervision of the work
without charge. The rough lumber
will be sawed by Mr. Maxcy Crosby
without charge. The hauling and
much of the work on the building will
be done by the members of the con
gregation without charge. More than
half of the $800 cash needed was subscribed
at the meeting yesterday, and
e. committee of three men and three
ladies was appointed to continue securing
subscriptions.
Dr. Hope Returns
Dr. W. H. Hope has returned from
a vacation and recreation trip to Georgia,
and. while away spent a portion
of the time in perfecting himself in
X-ray woik. Dr. Hope has resumed
his practice in Union.
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A. D. Cooper Worse
News from Mr. A. 1>. Cooper, who
is in the Biggs sanitorium at A do*
ville, is to the etFect that lie is a very
ill man. His friends are alarmed over
his condition
Mrs. Retsv Ann Hnlrnmli
In Hospital
Mrs. Betsy Ann Holcomb, aged 77,
is in the Wallace Thomson hospital,
where she went for an operation last
Friday a week ago. Her friends fear
that her condition does not improve.
Notice
The Laymen's Brotherhood of Whitmire,
S. C., will be at Padgett's Creek
1 church on the third S onlay afternoon,
June 18, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Everybody is invited to attend. 6-llMG
Dr. Theodore Maddox has returned
. to Union after a post graduate course
. at the hospital in Chicago.
The Senior Christian Endeavor will
have a picnic this afternoon at the
. Forest and will meet at the Sunday
. scnooi pariors. /\ii v.nrisiian r/iuifsv[
ors are invited.
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' One of Amen, a s lorciiiOft1 cotton
experts is Miss E. If. Galkin of New
* York, whose chief business is to de(>
terinine tlie quality and color of cloth
p to lie made from the differ, nt lots of
^ cotton.
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European royalty as a rule has always
shunned May weddings. The
L one notable exception in recent years
was that of the king of Spain and
Princess Ena of Battenberg, and the
y royal bride and bridegroom narrowly
e escaped being blown to pieces by a
[. bomb while returning from the ceremony?
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