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i .=. The Union Daily Times ! .m i " n*J . ? PRESS ,. ??-? i ii 11 n ??? ????*mjm X perature same. J DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 18SO?Convert* d to Th* Union Daily Time. Oc tober 1, 1117 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ? 4J. HMl't'WW'W - i ' ^ * i i i : : -t- > -j-nVol. LXXII No. 1407 Union, S. C., Friday Afternoon, jlune 16, 1922 ' """" 3c Per Copy COLUMBIA TRIO PAY FOR CRIMI V ' Columbia, S. C., June 16.?S. J. Kit by, Jesse Gappins and C. O. Fox wev electrocuted in the penitentiary thi morning for the murder of Williai Brazell, the Columbia taxi driver, nea Leesville, last August. The trio wen to their deaths singing and praying; Gappins and Fox made final state ments warning young men agains bad company. Doomed Men Talked Day Before Thei Execution. Gappins, who since his trial ha rtoutly maintained his relative inno cence of active participation in th murder of the 19-year-old taxi drivei has no change to make in his previ ously told story, he said. "I'll mak my say tomorrow," he said. "I hav tnlri thi> truth as T rpmpmhi'rpH it. an % I have said nothing that I intend t J change." He borrowed a cigarette with laugh and the remark, "Well, I sup pose this is the last thing you'll giv me unless it is another write up." The reporter agreed and Gappin ?^ waved au revoir. "I'll see you tomoi aj tow," he said, with a smile and s saying he knew that "tomorrow" th reporter would be there to see him di< "I'm just waiting," Fox said, "jus waiting for the time to come and th quicker it comes the better to get m out of my sorrow and troubles. I ar sorry for what I did and I am read to die " "They've made me out a bad sort c m'^fellow," he skid, and laughed, "an I've gotten a good deal of publicity. Just then Kirby, whose cell is o the other side of the death house, call ed over and Fox yelled back to hin "Keep quiet. You cant speak to m today without permission." And agai he laughed. Kirby appeared eager to talk. "M father," he said, "has just precede me to glory and I'm going there t join him. I've just got the messag ? that he died at his home In Tampi Fla., day before yesterday and I'i going to see him pretty soon. "I am happy," he said, and turnin 4. The guard agreed with him and Kirb * went on: "I'm ready to die and I war you to take this message to the peopl outside that the kingdom of heave is at hand. I'm not talking foolish * nesa." He picked up a colored picture o the ascension of Christ, which he ha with him in the cell, and pointing t it advised, "When-you get to be a rc porter up there you'll be all right an until you do you'll be all wrong. Unt you are ready to meet Him in th clouds as I am you'll be all wrong. "What I've told about the crime i all true. What I said about us a three being guilty is true. And ther wasn't any babies in the crowd. W were all men and we can all die to it." The three men had had their hai clipped in preparation for the deat helmet yesterday morning and Gai pins wore an improvised cap made c a handkerchief tied it each corne Both he and Kirby saw an excuse fo a joke in their shorn heads, appai ently forgetful of the ominous mear ing of it all. Gappins laughed at th mention of it and Kirby expressed r? gret that since it improved his look he had not gone to see the girls wit jt his hair cut in this style. The three men were convicted Sej: tember 14, 1921, of the murder c William Brazell, young Columbi transfer driver, who, according t their own story, they lured out on th Columbia-Augusta road to stab hii to death and take his automobil They were arrested in Richmond cour ty, Georgia, where Kirby confesse< The other two men later also adrnitte their participation in the crime an upon trial they were convicted of mui der and sentenced to be electrocute October 21, 1921. Appeals to the si preme court secured a stay in the ex< cution of their sentences and on Ma 23, 1922, they were again sentenced t die. A petition asking Governor Harve to commute the sentence against Fo in )ifa imntiannmont moo Alo/1 of iV executive offices by T. K. Sturkie c Lexington, it was announced. The p< tion carries the names of five juroi who tried Pox, there being no otht names on the paper. "There are facts and circumstance in and about the case in behalf of th v defendant, so much so, that we fe< 'iiK 5* that he should not be electrocuted v ? > the jprors say. "Pox and Gappins wei L; *? ? tried together and we were apprehei r alve of their safety if we had renderc ky ?s verdict .with rcommendations Signing the petition were: A. V Craft, J. R. Gunter, Simon Smith, < G. Amick and J. G. Smith. No actio was taken on the petition by the goi ernor's office.?The State. Misses Evelyn Austin, Gertrw Ashmore and Sara Kelly of Greenvil will be the week-end guests of Mil Mabel Alverson at Sedalia. $ k " SENATE BATTLE i EXPECTED SOON Washington, June 15. ? A bitter e fight in the senate next week over is the soldiers' bonus issue was pren dieted in all senate quarters tonight r as a result of numerous informal Reic publican conferences today to which President Harding was a party. ?- A call for a formal party comferit er.ee of Republican senators next Monday morning to discuss procedure with the bonus and pending tariff r bills, together with the proposed majority cloture rule, was issued late s today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican floor leader, after e he had conferred with the president r, and many Republican senators, i- Also next Monday, if the naval ape propriation bill is passed, meanwhile e a motion to lay aside the tariff bill J and proceed with the bonus measure o will be made by Senator McCumber (Republican) of North Dakota, chaira man cf the senate finance committee >- and in charge of both bills, e Senator McCumber said he would make his motion with full knowledge s of President Harding's views that the bonus bill should be delayed until afo ter disposal of the tariff measure and e also regardless of what course the Republican conference should recomit mend. Senator McCumber said he did n nnf aK iaof f a fko rvo ? /?Ar?^/\?*a?*/?a t* i?wv vmjvvv w vi*v pai vjr lwuici cnv.C| e but would not "be bound" by its den cision. y President Harding in his talk with Senator Lodge on the senate legisif lative jam was said to have reiterated d his opinion that the tariff bill should " be pressed. The president was repn resented as holding this view "very 1- strongly" and his statement was i, transmitted to Republican ranks by c Senator Lodge. The president also, it n was said, believed that after disposal of the tariff bill and before considy eratior. of the bonus measure the add ministration ship* subsidy bill should o be given senate right of way. e Senator McCumber's plan to movs i, for consideration of the bonus bill n next Monday was said tonight to insure a battle royal in the senate, g The fight on.the McCumber motion, y debates of the session. Predictions it were mdae that the president would e again intervene actively in the bonus n controversy by bringing more influi ence to bear to hold the tariff bill uexore me senate. .f d Tobacco Growers u Meet in Richmond d Richmond, June 16.?Delegates il from every tobacco producing sectior e of the United States will meet here or June 29 for the annual convention ol is the Tobacco Association of the Unitec U States. Propagation and marketing e problems will be the main topics foi e discussion. r * * Formal Notice to * Be Served Today h }" Cincinnati, June 16 (By the Asso^ ciated Press).?Rail union chiefs arc r* considering today serving formal no'r tice on the railroad labor boards that the overwhelming majority of 1,225,000 shop crafts and maintenance wa> e employes are voting in favor of the strike July 1, and that officers of the s union will abide by the decision oi ^ the workers. ' Negro Electrocuted This Morning a Irwington, Ga., June 16.?Jim Den ^ son, the nggro who made such a sen e national escape from a mob a feu i' weeks ago, was hanged this mornint j for criminal assault on an aged white womn. % British Star Wins l(j Tennis Championship i ?. London, June 16.? Mrs. Molla Bjur y stedt Mallory, the American lawn ten 0 nis woman champion was defeated ir the semi-finals of the women's single: y in the Kent Tennis championship bj x Miss McKane, the British star. ie ' m ?f Leaves Country After Third Flogging rs >r Palatka, Fla., June 16.?S. R. Field of Bunnell, a member of the board ol s commissioners of Flagler county, ha: >e left the county as a result of his thin el flogging at the hands of unidentiftec persons in the last few months, ac e cording to the Flagler county officer! i- who *re here to run down the blue. >d :> ' ' ." ji Mount Vernon Sunday school next Sunday at 3 p m. Preaching at 3:30 p. m. Let us see you there. J. F. Matheson, Pastor. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sawyer attende< le the commencement exercises at th< le University of South Carolina whei is their son, George Sawyer, received hii diploma. OFFICERS KEEP UP HUNT FOR NEGROES Richmond, June 16.?The search ' continued here today for tTie two negroes who late yesterday attempted to attack a 10-year-old white girl and her six-year-old boy companion in the woods on the outskirts of the city. The police say they know the identity of the men. Richmond, Va., June 16.?Later two young negroes were arrested and jailed charged with having attempted the attack. Richmond, June 15.?Frightened by the screams of a ten-year-old girl and Ormond Kelly, her six-year-old companion, two negro men, who had attacked her this afternoon In Kidd's wood near the Boulevard and Hermitage road, made their escape. The little girl and two boys, Ormond and Wallace Kelly, the latter three years old, were playing in the woods when the negroes approached and promised to lead them to a "tree where they could get a lot of nice cherries, and also a peach tree." They led the children into the woods, but were quickly frightened away without doing them any injury. Fearing that all was not well, the girl attempted to return to her home, where her father keeps a grocery 3tore, when the negroes seized her and dragged her deeper into the woods, making for the old battery between the road and the Alco plant. Little Ormond Kelly began to scream and a savage blow in his face knocked out cne tooth and badly bruised his face. The cries of the children, however, had been heard and the negroes becoming frightened left the children alone, fleeing in the directioh of Richmond. The children hurried home and spread the alarm. Police were phoned for and Captain of Detectives Wright | immediately ordered out every available man in an attempt to round up [ the brutes. Two men were captured in the vicinity and brought before the children,^ but the police stated that they .didjsot think they were the right , ones. I ning high and threats hnve been made i that should the guilty men be appre. henjled trouble is likely to follow. Controversy Threatens Washington, June 16.?The BlairDover controversy in the treasury threatened to break out afresh today t when it became known that a petition ,1 had been circulated among the ReII publican members of congress asking the President to uphold the policies of I Dover. The petition, it Is learned, > has received the signatures of aboiu 1 momKniMi Dlnnu hoin/* *v* nrJo iuu iiivniuvioi a. miio otc u^iii^ iiiavu to present it to the President within the next 48 hours. Circulated with the petition was a document giving the names of almost 150 office holders in the treasury and international revenue bureau who de, clared Democrats are holding key positions and many of the Republican house members are circulating petitions that they said were disloyal to r present administration and through t lack of cooperation are holding up the ( work of the government. ' Voters of Southern Ireland go to Polls , Dublin, June 16 (By the Associated Press).?The voters of Southern Ireland went to the polls today to elect the Irish parliament, as provided unf der the terms of the Anglo-Irish r treaty. Incendiary Fires Break Out Belfast, June 16 (By the Associated Press).?Eastside is again the scene ' of incendiary fires this morning when the flames started in the soap factory - and motion picture theatre and butch er shop. Scenes of great disorder fol1 lowed. i ? i Baseball Saturday There will be a game of baseball at Union park Saturday afternoon at t 4 o'clock. Union Mill's reorganized team will play the fast Woodruff team , A large attendance is expected. f 1 , Summer School Notice | All applications for admission to the high school department of the summer school must be in by next Wednesday morning, June 21. Several classes are too small to warrant their being taught and, therefore, it is very important that all of those ' who have not handed their names in, call Mrs. Frierson at 198-J, for the schedule will be decided upon next Wednesday morning, and the classes that are too small will not be taught. 1 ? m ... ? "Reports of Lenin's Critical Illness n Confirmed." But the confirmed illness a of Russia is even more critical.?Philadelphia Record. FIRE DESTROYS MANY BUBjllNfiS New York, June l&.-^nre swepi through the seashore bungalow col ony at Arvene, betweejIAftockawaj and Far Rockaway, toniglt and de stroyed between 600 and/STOO build ings. More than a score dTcolonists overcome by smoke while fighting t: save their effects, were Ifeecued bj firemen and policemen, at Arvene lies in a narrw part o! the Rockaway peninsula al| stretches across from Jamaica bayjk the sea The blaze, believed to havfstarted ir the Hotel Nantiluo, sprftid to th< light wooden bungalows mi the baj side and destroyed severA boardint houses. Fire boats, sentfVom Nev York, fought the fire frortfche bay. Every structure in a ftvmsluck arej was destroyed. In Beach 59, 60 and 61 fcreets, th< private residential sectioKf80 resi deuces, valued at from $15j8k) to $25,' 000 each; 75 bungalows.Sfalued a $5,000 each, and 15 hotelsKid board ing houses valued at $40Ati to $50, 000 each, were destroyed. Sk Seven engine companio??ent fron New York, aided the voflthteer fin fighting companies from bKch resort: and five lines were streti*d aroum the fire area. After thrlfihours th< blaze was reported undenKmtrol. The blaze presented a sflHtacle thy attracted thousands an^Emany o these assisted the firen9| and lh< residents in removin^Rhouseholi goods. An entire section of smal bungalows was dynamiuBin an at tempt to arrest the flam! and sev eral firemen were hurt ii^Rris opera Tents and improvised I^Bters wer pitched on the beach andBeupied fo the night by the huyQLds whosi homes were burned. One hundred and fiftyHiildren ii the Israel Orphan aBprn wer marched from the buildt^R&s flame: licked its walls. They housed i: a hotel outside the fire aiflf, The or phanage was destroyed. PERSONAL MEHON a ua 'X, ' d^Mra^ W. f visit to Asheville, N. C. They went t see A. D. Cooper, who is ill in Bigg Sanitarium and report his condition a very critical and alarming. George C. Sawyer, who recentl graduated at the University of Sout Carolina in civil engineering has re turned to Union for a fortnight's visi to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer has accepted very flattering offer with a big con cern in Atlanta, Ga., and will leave fo that city the first of July. He stoo well at the top of his cass and hi friends are congratulating him upo the honors won. Rev. C. D. Boyd and Rev. H. K Ezell of Cross Anchor, passed throug Union today on their way to Jones ville, where they were going to se the Baptist church building there wit a view to getting p?ints <>n a nei church building at Cross Anchor. Miss Ruby Johns, of Spartanburg is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr: Johns, on Route 1. Mrs. C. M. McWhirter and M Allan Nicholson left Thursday morr ing for Montreat, N. C., their summe home, to be away until fall. Miss Katrina Jacobs, of Selmi Ala., will arrive today to spend a fe1 days with friends. Mrs. Mary Sartor, of Union Rout 1, has been quite sick at her home fo a week or more, but her hundreds c friends throughout the county ar gratified that she is much improve today. Miss Sadie Wilson of Camden is th guest of Miss Alice Arthur. Harry Arthur attended the con mencement exercises at his alma mt ter, the South Carolina Military Aca< emy, in Charleston. Mrs. Hunter Gilliam and sons lei this morning for Hendersonville, C., to spend the summer months. Th.. RaoIt (Till Hnrnlil I'ttrriaa tfc folowing news item interesting t many Union people: "Miss Anni Speake has returned to her home fc the summer holidays after studyin Bible in Richmond, Va." Today's Cotton Market Open Clos July 21.66 21.8 October 21.48 21.8 December 21.82 21. C January 21.17 21.4 March 21.05 21.3 N. Y. Spots 22.4 Local market 21.5 Negro Hanged Today Talladega, Ala., June 16.?Teagi Cunningham, negro, was hanged hei today for the murder of Policema Hobbs. Love is blind, and with people ma rying in times like these we suspect is also wholly ignorant of arithnv tic.?Birmingham News. YOUNG NEGRO i NOW IN PRISON t Bradford Boyd breathed a sight or - relief yesterday morning at 11 o'clock j when the big iron doors closed on - him at the Richland county jail. The . young negro had seen and heard of , nothing but guns, pistols and a mob ? for nearly 24 hours and his frame 1 shook and he talked between gasps at the thought of being lynched or shot f to death. Five armed men from Cam5 den brought Boyd to the prison after . making a detour of the country to l avoid bodies of men who were supi posed to be on the lookout for the r negro. C Boyd was arrested at Camden Wed> nesday afternoon as he was in the act of indorsing a check at a bank i counter. The negro had escaped the fury of a large body of men and ap; peared to feel secure at the home of - his sister at Camden. Boyd walked, - ran and rode a motor car between the t point where it is alleged that he at tempted criminal assault upon the - person of a 13-year-old white girl to Camden. Behind him were officers on l foot and in cars. The negro reached s Camden in safety. He was captured j by Mayor Carrison when *he signed 1 his name to a check, a When seen at the county prison Boyd showed the effects of a terrible t strain. The negro shook from head to f foot when he was asked to tell his a story. Boyd said two words and i started to walk away when he was 1 told that no one would harm him. II - returned to the cell door where h ?I - grasped the bars with both hands - trembling like a leaf shaken by the wind. e Boyd said he was 17 years old and r declared he was innocent of the b charges. He said there was another negro on the farm where he was emit ployed, who has been trying to get e him away from the place, and it was 8 he who was responsible for his runit iiing away. Boyd said he was mend ing a plow early Wednesday morning when the other negro told him to get some bolts. The prisoner said the little 13-year-old girl was playing m the roadway with bolts and he went r. to her to get them. He said he asked V the girl for the bolts and that she filled to let him have them. Boyd 0 said he started to take the material "8 and the girl ran toward her home a ? short distance away. The negro said at this juncture the other came V up and said, "You better leave this h place now." Boyd said he became frightened and left on a run. He said it he walked and ran until he met some one in a car who let him ride to Cama den. i- Boyd was asked where he spent r Wednesday night and he replied, "In d a place like this." He could not tell "8 the name of the town. He said his n sister gave him a check to be cashed and that it was made payable to him. The negro said he had worked h on the farm he left for nearly seven years and had never been in trouble f of any kind. The boy spoke with difh ficulty and seemed glad to get away w from the sunlight and sight of strangers. Boyd is being held on a charge of s. attempted criminal assault. The 13year-old daughter of a planter in the upper part of the county charged the i- young negro with the crime. Soliciir tor Spigner will prepare the indictment to be turned over to the grand 3, jury next week.?The State. w ? Ladies Aid Society \ The ladies of Green street Meth>e odist church will serve refreshments in the park Saturday evening, the 17th, for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid e Society. The public is invited. ii_ Mrs. Williams to Speak Here 1 Mrs. Annie Gaines Williams, of ft Greenwood, state president of the J. League of Women Voters will address | the women of Union county Saturday te morning at 10 o'clock at the court ,o house. Every woman in Union is inie vited to be present and hear this gift?r ed speaker. er. Fine Onions B. F. Peigler brought The Times ie people a basket of fine onions this IK morning, grown in his own garden. IS This shows what can be done by gar-| \\ deners in this wonderful country of i9 ours. ,0 1 1 Green Street 16 >0 Sunday evening, June 18th, at 8 o'clock Mr. E. E. Childs, president of the Whitmire Manufacturing company, with ten or twelve of his organ1 e izers will be at Green Street to orrC ganize the men of the church and of in the community into a laymen's brotherhood. Song service at 7:45. r- Mr. Childs will take charge at 8 it o'clock. A very unusual and intereste ing service. The public is cordially invited. J. B. Chick. NO ADVANCE IN COAL PRICES Washington, June 15.?Agreement with representatives of the National Coal association and the National Retail Coal Merchants' association upon a plan for preventing advance of bituminous coal prices during the strike was announced tonight by Secretary Hoover after a conference at the commission commerce department. Anthracite coal operators, Mr. Hoover stated, have agreed not to advance prices of stock now held above ground above the levels of thj past week, which he added, were lower than at the beginning fo the strike. Bituminous operators in fields where a price basis has not yet been established, Mr. Hoover said, will be "earnestly requested" to reduce selling expenses for spot coal to the Garfield price including the standard selling expense, plus "such additions for increased costs as were justified in each individual case." 'The complexity of local conditions," he said, "due to the strike and the entrance of many 'snow-bird' mines^ make the estimate of maximum prices very difficult in many districts. This plan, if adhered to, should result in a reduction of prices in several districts of Pennsylvania and west Kentucky. I have some assurances that this basis will be accepted for Pennsylvania, and 1 hope west Kentucky will also fall into line." Persistent misstatement or misunderstanding of elements inside and outside the coal industry, Mr. Hoover asserted, has given rise to the impression in some quarters that the maximum of .$3.50 a ton for spot coal, established with operators of 80 per cent of the producing fields, constituted minimum prices and offered opportunity for occasional advantage be'ng taken. There have been few violations of the spirit of this agreement in Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, Mr. Hoover said, where prices for spot coal averaged about $3 a ton, varying from $2.50 to $3.25 with an occasional sale at the maximum. More than half the tonnage, he add ed^i$ nipving as contract coal at averages "below WW while Alabama" coal is being offered at from $1.82 to $2.10. At present, he declared, there is a surplus of unsold coal at Virginia tidewater and in Alabama, which it would be fo advantage of larger consumers to obtain as publicdemands will enlarge later in the season. Permanent settlement of the coa strike, Mr. Hoover said, discussing the mine controversy, will rest upon some solution of the problem of in termittency of employment in tincoal industry. Part of those employed in coal mining, he explained, receive less than an annual living wage while on the othe. extreme there are the high annual wages where there is permanent employment. There have been from 10 to 15 dif ferent proposals for solving the prob lem of intermittency of employment in the coal idustry, Mr. Hoover said some of which would not require leg islation. He declined to discuss thest suggestions further at this time, how ever. Buffalo Baseball Team Record The Buffalo baseball team has played a total of nine games this season winning seven out of the nine. The high percentage of games won is dinto the extra good batting averav. made by the team. rseiow is trie individual batting a\ erage of each player: Times up Hits Av Malone 37 13 .313 Gil la in 32 13 4_'> Liner 3.3 11 333 Sullivan .... 26 0 33. Allen 34 11 323 Moseley .... 10 3 300 Smith, P 34 7 250 Smith, A 36 7 105 lnmnn 37 1 180 Cash 7 1 143 The fast Lockhart team will play the Buffalo team at the Buffalo park Saturday, .Tune 17th. This promises to be a very good game. Lockhart woi three games from Buffalo last season, and the Buffalo team is determined t have the game Saturday. Rev. J. R. Moore has resigned th? pastorate of Fort I^awn, Hopewell and Orr's Baptist churches to accept the pastorate of the Padgett's Creek Bap. tist church at Cross Keys in Union county. Kev. Mr. Moore, who is a native of Yanccyville, N. C., has been in Chester county nine years, and has done most excellent work in all departments. His departure will be the cause of general regret.?Chester News. Mrs. Preston B. Barnes has been quite indisposed at her home on S. Church street for several days hut her friends are pleased to know that she j is improving today. LIQUOR ON SHIPS WILL BRING FIGHT Washington, Juno lf>.?Indications multiplied rapidly tuduy that prohibition proponents in congress would move through the pending merchant marine bill to stop the sale of liquor on American ships. The first definite step to end the conditions complained of by Anheuser Busch, Inc., of St. Ixiuis, came through presentation by Representative Bankhead (Democrat) of Alabama to the house merchant marine committee of an amendment to the merchant marine bill which would deny government aid to any American ship on which liquor is stored, sold or otherwise disposed of. The committee did not act on the amendment at today's session and later Republican committee members, hastily called together, received another proposal framed by Representative Edmunds (Republican) of Pennsylvania and designed as a substitute for the Ba n k head a mend ment. The Edmunffls amendment would have the effect of putting American ships on a parity with those of nations which do not have prohibition. It would provide a fine of $1U,U00 on any ship of whatever registry on which liquor is sold during a voyage -tailing or ending at an American port and after a second offense would prohibit the entrance of the ship to American ports. The proposal was taken under consideration by the majority committee members with the belief being advanced in some quarters that it ran directly counter to many of the nation's commercial treaties. Action during the day was not entirelv rnnfinoil to nnticrrusc fur n?s vp? tonlay, executive officials discussed the matter and it was indicated at the treasury that Attorney General Daugherty might he asked soon for a ruling on the legality of liquor selling on American ships. Mr. Dougherty, when asked about the possibility of a new ruling or rather a review of the ruling made by the department of justice during the Wilson administration to the effect that j prohibition follows the flag, said that although no such request had been nVsTdfe' ft" woOlcl be acted"*- upon as speedily as possible tf made. Representative Upshaw (Democrat) of Georgia declared in the house today that the position of the shipping board on the matter is "utterly indefensible." Senator Caraway i Democrat) of Arkansas in the senate characterized the policy of the board as "childish, foolish and dishonest." Chairman I^asker of the board meanwhile maintained silence on the whole matter. Adamsburg William Fowler was visiting friends at Jonesville Sunday. Misses Fanny and Ora Adams and this writer spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Seth Garner near Kelton Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Adams and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. .T. B. Adams. Miss Viola Scales and Annie Belle Bentley were visiting MLs Theima Lawson Sunday. Misses Lily Palmer and Mane Vaughn of Route 5 are attending tin State Short Course at Winthrop college this week. Miss Ora Adams spent Tuesd y with the writer. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Garnet Mi ^ Or:< Adams. Kidney Yaughan Joe A.Ian Vernon I.awson, Hoke S.. * . Adams and this writer sen Vw pleasant hours with Miss ! .?.. \ > ams Sunday aftermn r. Mr. and Mrs. Seth tiai i tained ii number of trend- at a*i . cream supper Saturday nigh: K\? one enjoyed themselves greatly. Four Million Draw Living From Government Moscow, June 14.?(Ivor foe** million and a half people, exclusiv< It Red army and navy, draw their liv.nc direct from governmental sour- e Russia, and this in spite of the recent dismissal of .1,000,000 such employes Nor do these figures cover the Ukraine, with it- .'{0,000,000 people the Far Eastern Republic, with perhaps 10,000,000 and the governments nf T rnnc.rntipnctK RnLLu rn ??? 1 Turkestan. These statistics mean, says the newspaper "Economic I.ifthat one out of every 20 persons >n Russia has a government, job. not counting soldiers and sailors. 1 he new budget will reduce the number of governmental employes still further to 3,1100,000. Of the 4,571,000 still employed, the Supreme Economic Council, which operates a number of factories, pays 1.630,000. Railroads come next with 960,000, and the department ot education has 420,000. In the State Political Police there are 105,000, and in the uniformed police 160,000. The 3,000,000 recently discharged, deprived of government rations, have had to turn to the open markets to secure their sustenance.