The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, June 20, 1922, Image 1

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"SiSAll UKiiUUfW* "M* f '|r - HHH?H4-H4?! 1 M t I = i The Union Daily Times i ?, i I $ DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1880?-Convert* d to The Uifon Dally Times Oc tober 1, 1?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I ? f.+ HM lv? tHWHW 1 1 ?**++**+*~M*++*+++*i ' Vol. LXXII No. 1410 Union, S. C., Tueday Afternoon,Tfune 20, 1922 3c Per Copy . ~ ~~ , ? GEORGIA MAN SLAYS WOMEN Statesboro, Ga., June 19.?Mrs. M. B. Dixon, 38, and her daughter, Mrs. Elliott Padrick, 18, were found shot to death in an automobile near Clyo, Ga., early tonight. The younger woman's husband, from whom she had been separated for several months, was arrested tonight and deputies placed him in an automobile and started towards Savannah to place him in jail for safe keeping. The two women met Padrick today at the railroad station at Clyo and started with him for their home at Dover in an automobile, officers said. 1 Shortly after the machine returned to Clyo, where gasoline was purchased rUid another ?tj?rt. wua mo#lo A* i another automobilist discovered the bodies of the two women in the machine near Clyo. The car was placed so to block the road and the switch key had been removed. Padrick was arrested shortly afterwards near Sylvanla. Padrick said he planned a trip to Dover, with his wife and ihother-inlaw. He was driving their sedan, his wife being seated at his side and his mother-in-law in the rear seat. On i reaching the Ogeechee river bridge, Padrich says, his jealousy over his wife's alleged attentions to other men got the best of him. He stopped the car, pulled out a pistol and shot them i both to death before they had a chance i to move in their seats, he said. PadHolr fit of V?n fknnr?Uf ^ throwing the bodies into the river, but reconsidered this and left their n i the tonneau of the car. The bou js , were discovered in a short while by some ong passing, and the news was quickly carried to Dover. Padrick walked to Dover and requested Doris Carswell to drive him to Statesboro. Before they reached here, however, the crime had been discovered and county police met Pad- | ? rick and carried him directly to the Richmond county jail in Augusta. Padrick's wife tois alive when pas- , sersbgy discovered the car containing the two women. She is said to have ] accused her husband of the shooting before falling back dead. PERSONAL MENTION | Mrs. P. O. Barrett is visiting her mother, Mrs. N. F. Parker, recuperat- j ing from an operation in the Spartanburg hospital. ( Mr. and Mrs. Gwynne Parker of Greenville were the week-end guests , of their mother, Mrs. N. F. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Otts of Spar- j tanburg spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wilburn. Mrs. Roy Willeford has returned from a visit to relatives at High Point, N. C. ( Miss Margaret Greene, of Gaffney, is visiting friends in Union. James McWhirter spent the week- , end at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Going, where Mrs. McWhirter and , Miss Mary McWhirter are visiting. Lieut, and Mrs. Dogan Arthur will arrive this afternoon to spend several days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Arthur. Lieut. Arthur has had 30 days' leave and is to report Saturday to Langley Fields. They are - making the journey through the coun- 1 * try. , j Miss Virginia Briggs, who underwent an operation at the Columbia hospital last week, is improving rapidly. Her mother, Mrs. W. R. Briggs, is with her. Jack Ladd and Joe Carswell passed through Union today on their way to ' the Isle of Palms. These young fellows are enjoying a motor trip and are taking this means of visiting old j friends ntade during the encampment at Camp Wadsworth. H. I. Horton, of Charlotte, N. C., ! spent several days last week at the J home of Mrs. W. W. Sumner, where [ his family is spending the summer. 1 Prof. Emerson Bennett left today for Asheville, N. C., to join a party of friends for a tour of the West. 1 The party will stop six weeks at the University of California and spend 1 the week-ends sight seeing and will probably be away until fall, visiting ' the main points of interest in this ( wonderful country. Mrs. B. R. Humphries and Mrs. ! Grady Bethea, of I,atta, are th?- ' guests of their mother, Mrs. Jesse R. 1 Hix on East Main street. Miaa Belle Crawfoid left today for 1 Rock Hill to attend the summer school 1 for teachers. 1 Miss Virginia Owens, who has been 1 the guest of Mrs. T. L. Estes, left this 1 morning for her home in Winnsboro. < Julian Calhoun' of Spartanburg, 1 was a business visitor in Union today. 1 A. D. Cooper is very critically dl 1 and his family has been summoned to 1 his bedside at Big,?s Sanitarium in 1 Ashoville, N. C. Mr. Cooper's condi- 1 tion has been critical for several days ( and grave concern is felt for his re- ' covery. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper, ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cooper and Mrs. W. D. Harris left immediately upon receipt of the news for Asheville. Mrs. J. B. Estes spent the weekend with Miss Emma Sparks on Route 2. . .. VETS CAPTURE VIRGINIA CAPITA! Richmond, June 20, (By the Assoc! ated Press).?Surrounded by the tre ditions of the old South, the veteran :? n vr*. VIM? VUIUCUCIUIC ttl IIIICS UIIK KIII opened their annual reunion here tc day. The convention was called t cider by Gen. William B. Freemai commander of the Virginia divisioi and Gen. Julian Carry, commander-ir clfief, who later took charge. Th session was given over to speech making. Richmond, Va., June 10.?Confed erate reunions will be held so loni as there are two Confederate veteran left to attend, was the assurance o Gen. Julian Carr, commander in chiel United Confederate Veterans, in re ply to the hope of Gov. E. Le Trinkle that this would not be th last reunion, speaking at the open ing session of the Confederate South orn noa/\/ii?h!/\w - v?ii itaviuvi ia* aoowiubiuu vuuay XI the Jefferson hotel. "Governor Trinkle may be assure that his wish will be granted an that many more Confederate reunion will be held," General Carr said ami the applause of a distinguished audi enee of Southerners. 'The people w honor, and are descendants of, rep resented the finest civilization tha ever lived under any flag. We cai always point with pride to this fac and be at ease in any company dis tinguished for heroism and fortitude England has no such heroes as hav< we. There is not one in Westmins ter Abbey so great as was Lee am Jackson. The Confederacy holds Le< as contributing the greatest heroisr to the world ever known. The Soutl venerates his memory with a Mov< that passeth all understanding.' " "No band of men ever met in thi state as welcome as the Confederat veterans and their families," Gover noi Trinkle declared. "We hope tha Confederate reunions will be held s long as there are two Confederat 3oldiers to attend and trust that a the years pass Richmond may h honored again with their presence." "God did more for Virginia tha any other state or country," is th opinion of Gen. Julian Carr, com mander in chief of the Southern Cor federate veterans. "He gave her pec pie the courage of a lion and a beau tiful country; a righteous cause t fight for, and as a crown, the glor of the woman of the Southland, i man that could not fight for thes things is not a man." "The South can not be robbed o her memory and the history of al most unbelievable bravery," declure Mayor George Anslie in his welcom ing address. "If the South is not the home o democracy, then we have none," Mrs Livingston Rowe Schuyler, presiden of the United Daughters of the Cor federacy, said. "In this age man tongues are spoken, but we of th South speak but one?the speech o human liberty and freedom." The world does not willingly ma lign the South and the world will ac cept the truth if a history is writte in a spirit of fairness, Fitzgeral Flournoy, Rhodes scholar from Vii ginia, and the United Daughters c the Confederacy scholarship holde at Washington and Lee university declared. "Injustices to the South lie mor in what is omitted than in what i actually written. The most insidiou false history is that which tells n actual falsehood but which tells onl half the truth. The part taken b the South in the sectional controvei sy has been even more maligned tha her civilization. "By. painstaking research, by dee philosophic understanding and inter pretation, the history of the ol Southern civilization, its acts, it ideals, and its atmosphere must b placed before - the world. It must b written so that the world will rea it and conceive in such a spirit o fairness that none can take oflfflfensi hut it must be written." All the affection and sentimen that an unforgetting communit ould express today was bestowed b Richmond people upon the gray cla soldiers who, from every section o the South, once more have ghthere within the historic city's borders. As if sensing, in some measure, th possibility that this may be the las time when the- fast* thinning band o men who fought for the Confederac will meet together in the city tha was once the heart of their belove :ause, Richmond people in counties ways are showing these aged vet erans that they are not forgotter find that the South still cherishe with abiding pride the deeds tha gave the gray armies undying fam 50 years ago. Semi-Political Organization Format Raleigh, June 20.?Representative of shop crafts and railroad unions mc here today to perfect the semi-polii ical organization which is to gathc information regarding the records c candidates for office. SUDDEN DEATH OF L EDWARD MTVER I- Darlington, June 19.?Judge Edi ward Mclver of the Fourth judicial s circuit died at the Hotel McFalh here y at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon. >- Judge Mclver had come to Darling? ton for the summer term of court l? which he opened this morning. He '? had not been well, but his condition was such that he opened the court and e continued business until 12 o'clock l" when he was forced to adjourn because of his illness. lie was accompanied to the hotel by J. P. Kilgo, court stenographer. ^ Dr. J. B. Edwards was summoned, s and after an examination Dr! Edf , wards called Dr. S. H. Barnwell from ' Florence for a consultation. Judge Mclver showed signs of improvement and the ill man advised against calle ing his family. Hft had suffered siml" ilar attacks previously, and he thought it unnecessary to alarm his 1 family. Within a short time he became worse and died at 3:45 o'clock ^ The body will be taken to Cheraw tonight for interment tomorrow. The news of the death of Judge Mc1 Iver caused much sorrow in Darlington, where he had many warm e friends. Solicitor J. Monroe Spears has asked Governor Harvev to aDDoint E. C. Dennis special judge to continue the term of court. members of the Darlington bar will attend the funeral in Cheraw toe morrow. ^ Cheraw, June 19.?Cheraw was 0 saddened today by the death of Judge k Edward Mclver in Darlington, the news of his death coming as a shock to the entire community. Judge McIver left Cheraw for Darlington this morning apparently in good* health. Judge Mclver was the son of the late Chief Justice Henry Mclver and would have been 64 years old next October. He was born in Cheraw s and had lived here practically his en' tire life, his early education being received in Cheraw schools. He len ceived the degree of bachelor of laws from the University of Maryland and in 1878 was admitted to the pructice of law. Mr. Mclver served as seorep, tary ,t9 Representative Hemphill in Washington and then returning to Cheraw took up the practice of his y profession. For years he was a ^ leader of the Cheraw bar, his knowe ledge of the law being given official recognition in 1918 when he was ^ named judge of the Fourth judicial 1 circuit. His first term expired in (l 1922 and at the last session of the general assembly he was again elected to the bench, f As an attorney Judge Mclver had . handled some of the luMiest cases in t the county. Before his election to _ the bench he had represented both the Seaboard Air Line railway and the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. He f was vice president and a director of the First National Bank of Cheraw _ and was also a director of the Bank of Cheraw. Judge Mclver had also n played an important role in the so^ eial and religious life of Cheraw and was an active member of St. David's Episcopal church. - A public spirited r citizen he was content, however, to render what service he had to offer his state in the capacity of a private ,e citizen and jurist, never having offer1S ed for any political office. is He was the last of the immediate 0 family of Chief Justice Henry Mc^ Iver and is survived only by the folv lowing nephews and nieces: Edward Mclver of Charleston, Mrs. W. Gist n Duncan of I^eesville, Mrs. William H. Wannamaker of Cheraw, Miss Mabel _ Mclver of Cheraw, Miss Susie Mc.. iver of Cheraw and Henry Mclver of Cheraw. 3 The funeral will be held at St e ?David's Episcopal church at 5 o'clock e tomorrow afternoon, the funeral j services being conducted by the Rev. f A. S. Thomas, rector of St. Michael's ? Episcopal church, Charleston, and a former rector of St. David's church, lt Cheraw. Interment will be in the y churchyard. ^ Withdraws From Race (I We are requested to announce that Ben L. Eller has withdrawn from the ? sheriff's race as he has been chosen e ^ policeman for the city of Union. ^ This is for the information of his many friends throughout the county t who were loyally supporting him. d / 8 Blackberrier Are Safe The boll weevil has baen accused of V many mean, despicable things besides 3 eating up our cotton, but the authori* ties say there is one thing he will not e do, and that is eat blackberries. Many people have been alarmed over a feu# that attacked the blackberries and were afraid to eat them, ' but the "bug doctor" states that this 's is not a boil weevil, but the same lit>t tie bug that has always been here and i<- is not harmful. '< It is great to know that our black>f berries will not be eaten up by bu^s ?bll weevils or what-nots. CHIEF JUSTIC} GIVEN WgCOME Ixmdon, June 19 (By^^B Associated Press).?Britain's statesmen, jurists and lawyer^Hfcd a greal body of American joined in an impressive receptUnflfto William Howard Taft, chief juj^M of the United States, upon hij^Hfe^publit appearance in England^Kiight. Hi was the guest of hdhonH? the Pilgrim's banquet at whid^Bve formei members of the cabufeflnuany former "cabinet ministeiHj awhe greatest legal minds in thei^Httifry lent their presence. Rarely before has a.-Vijflpog American received such a spoqBheous welcome. The king, the PH^^p of Walef and lJuke of Connaugt^B^nt mensages of greeting and Me Earl ol Balfour and the Very j^p.Williarr Ralph Inge, dean of St.^^Bul's, testified to the affection anjRadmiratior in which Mr. Taft is feeHMBy the Eng lish people. Those who sat at the -jvihcipal tables with Lord Desbortabh, Chiel Justice Taft and AmbaesfXor Harvey included the Archbishoftlhf Canter bury, the Earl of Balfourymte Earl ol Derby, the Earl Devonahttl, Viscounl Cave, Lord Lee of Fafiham, Loit Carson, Lord Buckmastei?|Lord Eum ner and James M. Beck, sAlicitor gen eral of the United Stateetf The other guests incluAti Viscounl Astor, the American c<nMu1 general Robert P. Skinner, and Ble staffff ol the American embassy. i Mr. Taft proceeded bljefly to re view the history of the Ablations between Great Britain angJXmerica, ir the course of which heSjsaid: "Nc trouble arises between tni two coun tries that we of Americjrdo not lool forward to its settlement either bj negotiation or by arbrafgtion. Anj other event is not coMjuered for t moment. This America^ state ol mind is a constant in our re lations; it sometimes prepuces an ap parent indifference or Mck of excitement on the part 08 our peoph over irritating issues tpat 4b mis leading to the British omeryer." Mr. Taft said he unable ti loucn upon me question 01 wny Am erica did not enter the fljMgre of na tions but could only jn?{"r bad over the controversy tnHf'A.ffretlctii membership in the league would haw had to overcome a deep seated popu lar conviction confirmed by a centur; and a quarter's experience of th< wisdom of America keeping out o European entaglements. "Of course, the World war itsel shook this conviction," he said, "bu the reaction from that supreme effor restored most of its strength." "As a citizen with no official man date I beg those Britons I am ad dressing not to be misled by tern porary ebullitions of one faction o another, but to count on the funda mental public opinion of the Unit'M States in respect to our foreign rela j tions which will always prevail in , real exigency and which regards tli maintenance of friendship with Grea Britain as a most necessary securit; for the peace of the world." At Buffalo Methodist Church Sunda] unimren's aay win ue opstrvi-a a the Buffalo Methodist ehurch Sundaj June 25. Beginning promptly at 1 o'clock. Immediately after the ren dering of the children's progran there will be an address to the ch'l dren by a visiting pastor. Also in the afternoon, beginning a 2 p. m., there will be singing by th several choirs of the surroundin community, and the church is givin out this notice as an invitation to al who will like to come and worshi with us. We especially urge all thos who have been members of this chimin the past to spend the day with u at Buffalo. Entertainment will b provided for all who will come. Th public is most cordially invited. Com and find out something about the hos pitality of the good people of Buffalc The Committee. Youth Goes Free Jacksonville, Fla., June It).?Her man Rawls, 16 year old boy n' Co lumbus, Ga., slayer of George C Smith, member of the city fire de partment, was ordered released fron custody by Circuit Judge D. A. Siin mons, who heard habeas corpus pro ceedings in behalf of the boy this af ternoon. Judge Simmons, after hearing ar guments and t/BBtimonjf, declared n jury would convict the youngster. Smith's bullet torn body was foun in the railroad yards here last Wed nesday morning. Rawla, a visito here from Columbus, where he is em ployed by the Central of Georgia rail road, surrendered Saturday and sai< he shot Smith with his own gun Tues day night when the latter attempte to hold him up. j m H. L. Kennedy is spending severs days in the city with hia family. BIGHAM SAYS : HE IS INNOCENT Edmund D. Bigham, under death sentence for the murder of his broth; er, L. Smiley Bigham, said he would i like to see a representative of The i State and when the reporter called > to see him at the death house, Bighorn said he wanted to make a "plea to : the people of Florence county and of the entire state to do what they can ' to, tell the truth and not let an in nocent man suffer death for something he didn't do." t Bigham told the reporter that he asked for the interview because this was his only way to put his case before the people. As he went i over the story of the killing of his - brother, his mother, his sister and P his sister's two adopted children the i condemned man broke down, crying bitterly and protesting his innocence, i "They accuse me of murdering my - dear mother, who brought me into this world,' he said in a broken voice, "when she died in my arms with me F doing all I could for her." lie de, clared that his mother's last words were: "Smiley did it." i ine conuenuieu man iookcu mrougn t the prison bars in the death house I and again broke into tears. "If my conviction stands," he said, "I will shed innocent blood for a crime that I did not commit." Bigham accused t his brother of the horrible crime, de? !aring Smiley was insane. "I re^ gret to say that about my broth r. but he was accustomed to have sp i s of temporary insanity," Oigham de clared. 1 Bighum appeared to be breaking in > spirit and whenever he mentioned his mother he would cry and was un( able to pi'oceed with his story. His I plea to the people of Florence county f r.nd of the state was made in an 1 earnest tone. "I want the truth to 1 be known. If the people who know " will tell the truth about the insanity of Smiley, who had always been af" tiicted with spells, I can be exoner ated. I am where I can not speak. " to the public but it ask the law abiding people to express themselves and 3 do so at once if they would assist me by seeing that I have justice. I hope they will do what they can before it too late. "No on& knows how it feels to be e accused of anything falsely as I was " ?taking the life of my dear mothy er, my brother and my sister," he e said. "My mother died in my arms f with me doing all I could for her. The last words she said were that f 'Smiley did it.'" 1 Bigham showed the reporter a copy 1 of a letter signed "Citizen," which ~ \\t. w.i.i,. was pnuit'u in nit' r iui fiitc *? itm v * News Review, and also a handwiitten " statement which, he said, was the one " he wanted to make at the time of his r resentencing. 'Citizen" asks a num" t>er of questio s al.ou* .he case, in^ eluding ones regarding allege I clis" crepancies between testimony at the a incjuest ami the trial, and about e Smiley's alleged insanity, t Transferred to Charlotte Mr. Hen I,. Berry has been transferred to the Charlotte office of the ^ Southern Bell Telephone company and has gone to Charlotte to take uj. ' the duties of his new position. Fo: several years Mr. Beiiy has been with 1 the company here, and he has, by h if unfailing courtesy, won the friendship ? of all. Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry havt .1-1.1. 111 IlCI'II , 11 fir leaving Union, t -? ' Hails Military Schools As Good Sign I) P Lexington, June 20. ? Secretary L. Weeks, in speaking to the graduath ing class of the Virginia Military Ins stitute hailed as a "good sign" the ( increasing number of military schools (. in the country. The increase, lie said e must be "great satisfaction to thus, i- believing in adequate military pre >. paredness." Nip and Tu<jk Contest St. Paul, June 20 (By the Asso?i_ ated Press).?With the outcome ol the major Republican contests appa"" tin rliitm-minpil the interest, in th? Minnesota primary turned today t< the race of Mrs. Anna Dickey Olesei made for the Democratic senatoria nomination. The available report: showed her in a nip and tuck contesl with Thomas J. Meighen. <} Elected to Irish Parliament i! Dublin, June 20, (by the Associate! I- Press). ? Forty-four coalition pro r treaty members and the coalition He - publicans have been elected to th 1- Irish parliament from the conteste< (1 and uncontested constituencies, ac i- cording to returns so far received. (1 Herbert Gamer of Buffalo, Route 1 is spending his vacation of one wee! d in Wilkinsville and a tow days in Kei ton. CLERKS TO TAKE STRIKE BALLOT Cincinnati, June 19 (By the Associated Press).?Railway clerks in various parts of the country today were seeking otlicial sanction to take a strike ballot against recent wage reductions of the railroad labor board, according to the statement tonight of b. 11. Fitzgerald, president of the ' Brotherhood of Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees. Mr. Fitzgerald stated the matter of taking a general strike vote is up to ihe committee of the roads and that officials of the union can sanction no strike until the men by ballot have asked for such action. He suit! thai general committee on four large roads today asked the brotherhood officials for sanction to send out a strike ballot. He declined to give the names of the roads. On a number of roads where the ' union has contracts agreeing to abide by the decisions of the lal>or board in the matter of wages, Mr. Fitzgerald explained that these contracts have a clause providing that if 30 days' notice is given at the end of that time the general committee may take a strike vote. He asserted that on many of these roads such notice has been given the railroad executives. In his statement Mr. Fitzgerald said that the clerks will be called out on strike if they vote to give their officials authority for such action. He said it was impossible to say when a decision on a strike will be reached by members of his organization but added that "it can bo definitely announced that the officials are propared to issue a strike call if the membership vote for such action." - All agenda for the conference tomorrow between miners and railway workers looking to cooperative action was discussed today at a meet ing of John L. Lewis, president of ti c miners, and B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employees department of the federation. No statement of what is proposed was forthcoming. Cleveland, June 13.?A strike \ot of railway clerks and freight handle) s employed by the New York Central railroad has been authorized, it was earned here tonight. Strike ballots will be sent out tomorrow morning, it was announced. ? Henry Ford's Offer Being Dissected Washington, June 20. ? Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals was attacked today in the report of the house prepared by Representative Kearns, the Republican, and signed lust veral other Republican members of the committee. The report declan >! d'ssntisfaction with the opinions :i r. adv presented by the other members of the committee and announced thai the signers were determined to tell tb "people the real facts about Muscle Fhoa's and socalled Ford offer." SATURDAY IS PENALTY DAY In order to avoid penalty, you should pay your City , Taxes and Licenses prior to Friday evening, June 23rd. This will be my last public ,-?ll ) sufficient." W. D. ARTHUR. City Clerk and Treas. Babe Ruth Suspended Chicago, June 20.?Babe Ruth was suspended again today foi three day; by President Johnson foi an alto; - cation in yesterday's Cleveland W\. York game. Today's Cotton Market i Open Close . July 22.90 22.SI October 22.95 22 M December 22.70 22.01 January 22.54 22.19 March *. . . . 22.38 22.35 N. Y. Spots 23.3o Local market 22c j. Little Miss Margaret Grainger from Greenvile is spending this wed; villi her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. (| iv. Kj. msnop, near jor.esviue. ( Miss Louise Bishop left Faturd v I for Charleston, where she will visit friends for two weeks. Miss Mason Blankenship left today for a visit to relatives at Fort Mill and Hock Hill and attend the marriages of Miss Frances Blankenship and Warren B. Ferguson, and Brice Windell and Miss John Crook on the 1 21st and 27th. Laurens Betsill is at Camp TVIeClel. Ian training camp for some weeks. Miss Susan Stewart of Ridgeland is 1 visiting in Union county this week. Misses Theo Young ami Leni Brosius are the guests of Mrs. S. M. McNeel, in York. Mrs. E. M. Wilson left yesterday - for a visit to Richmond, Va., and other points of interest. I TARIFF ACTION COMES FIRST Washington, .June lib '1 hi- comproinise program of Republican leaders to defer action on the soldiers' bonus bill until after the tariff measure has been disposed of was approved today at a conference of majority senators. The vote was 27 to 11. At the same time the confeioneo went record as favoring final action on the bonus before any recess or adjournment of congress. Before adopting a resolution on this program the conference rejected. 20 to 1?, at motion by Senator McCumber (Republican) of North Dakota to lay aside the tariff for action on the bonus. Mr. McCuinber, who has charge of both pieces of legislation, then offered the compromise resolution. Desnite the conference t will be an open fight in the senate to get the bonus bill up before the senate returns to consideration of the tariff measure, laid aside last week for the naval appropriation bill. Several senators on both the Republican and Democratic sides were prepared to offer a motion tomorrow that the bonus be taken up immediately but Republican leaders appeared confident that such a motion would be defeated. Should the majority's compromise program be put through, final senate action on the bonus probably would not come before September. Kstimates today were that the tariff bill could not be brought to a vote before August 1 at the earliest, and more likely not before August 15. With senators on both sides prepared to make a determined fight on the bonus, it is figured that it will take from a month to six weeks to put that measure through. Some senators favorable to the bonus fear a lilibus'? r if the bill goes until after action on the tariff. This is understood to be one of the elements in their determination to put the senate on record now on the question of whether there is to be further delay. Under the resolution adopted by the majority conference the bonus would he made the unfinished business of the senate immediately after final action on the tariff and it would be kept continuously before the body "excepj when temporarily laid aside for matters of immediate exigency." The resolution also declared that both the tariff and the bonus should be pressed to their final disposition "as expeditiously as possible" and that there should be "no final adjournment of this congress or any recess over until both these proposed measures are finally disposed of." There was a sharp controversy in the conference over the language of the resolution which a number of senators construed as bir.din*' them to vote for the bonus. Senator I.odge <<i Massachusetts was said to have assured senators that this was not the case. Thoe voting againt the reso anion arc counted as opponents of the bonus. A number of opponents absented themselves from file rotifer er.ee as did several proponents who -|<?sitv immediate action on the bill. B. F. Alston on Governor's Staff (iovernor Harvey y? st< : t\ an noun, -d i in appointment ?f . i.Ptional iiiembi rs of his militar y >*'a!v ..ti l It K. Alston, dr.. is amour tit 1 v a. . ehoieo. Tile other- art \ l-Vrt Mill; H. W. ('. i'oik. Hru ('. Wise, Prosperity; t liarlf Ibu-k Hill; dohn P. Coop,-. V i A. 1>. l.annley. Poluieh a; S i Rid^eland; M ('. Btun-en, l-nt-.. Robert Stewart, Hat'ts\dl<'. d. W. Ilamel. of the Kershaw I- '.. was offered an appointment but tie t lined with regrets. Swearingen Withdraws From Race The most interesting announcemen* in connection w ith the political sr. j ntion in recent rays was timt of Sat urday. that State Superintendent of Fducat n John F Swearingen wouid not continue in the race for governor. Air. Swearingen withdrew from the governor's race and tiled his pledge for re-election to the office of superintendent of education. Blackwood Decides Not to Enter Race Solicitor Ibra C. Blackwood, of the seventh judicial circuit, announced jesterday that he will not be a candidate for governor. For some time friends of Mr. Blackwood have been urging him to become a candidate, and Mr Black wood had been considering the matter seriously. Saturday he went to Columbia, friends said, for the purpose of deciding definitely whether he would make the race. Yesterday he decided in the negative.?Spartanburg Journal. Judge J. M. Greer is attending the Confederate reunion in Richmond, Va., this week.