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t* >""??!. . __ r?n I" *|~! the Unkmvtj^ily Times lsj Y:| DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY E.t.Mi.hsd in 18M?ConTTt. J to WUfn D.ily Tim.. Oc tob.r 1, ?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY | 11 t : c, j' Vol. LXXII No. 1415 Union, S. C., Monday June 26, 1922 3c Per Copy ?? _ imirnnt ?**< * ? ' ' miNMtt HEAD CONSULTS HARDING | Washington, Juno 2(3. ?John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who arrived in Washington yesterday for a serious conference with government officials, conferred with Secretary of Labor Davis this morning. He will later go to the White House with Mr. Davis to discuss the coal strike matters with -President Harding. Washington, June 25.?A conference with President Hardi^ on the national coal strike was understood to be the purpose of the visit here to day of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Lewis refused to discuss his trip to Washington but th<* impression was gained that he had come in response* to a request from Secretary Davis of lhl> lllhnr ....? aMMVl V*V-|/Cll. tlllir. t. Neither President Harding' nor Secretary Davis were in town when he miners' leader arrived, no arangement was made today for JVIr. Lewis to go to the white house. Mr. Hurtling was not to return from nis week-end visit to the country borne of Edward B. McLean, Washington publisher, at Leesburg, Va , until tomorrow. Although Mr. Lewis would not discuss his expected meeting with the president, in circles generally conversant with the coal strike situation it was believed that th'? conference might be a prelude to a general meeting between the miner leadero and the operators, under White House auspices. Some officials of the miners' unions and some onerators nro to believe the time is ripe for some attempt at a re-approachment. On the other hand the sentiment in the operators' organizations is said to be against any attempt at settlement except through district and local agreement. The miners, it was declared, today would welcome now?as they assert they would have from the first?n general conference with the operates and would participate in one if l^uled by the president. They have . not receded, it was said, from the last Febrduary and are ready to present it at such a conference. Washington, June 25.?Production of soft coal in the United States took a sharp upward turn during the 12th week of the strike, which closed last, Saturday, according to the weekly bulletin just issued by the geological survey. The rate of production for bituminous coal for the first four days of the week indicated, the bulletin stated, that the total for the week will be in excess of 5,000,000 tons and might reach 5,500,000 tons. n- xl. * * ... wii cne ocner nanu, production of anthracite during the week remained *'at practically zero." Verdict of Wilful Murder Returned Against Assassin London, June 20 (Hy the Associated I'ress).?A verdict of wilful murder against James Connolly and James Obrien was returned this afternoon hy the coroner's jury investigating the Shilling of Field Marshal X.r James Wilson. .The accused men didn't attend the hearing on the advice of counsel. Not a Single Arrest In Mine Masscre Herrin, June 20 (By the Associated I'ress).?William county buried its ('end in the latest mine war yesterday and conducted an inquest to determine the cause of their deaths, today faced the responsibility of bringing the guilty to justice. Not a single arrest has been made since the massacre Thursday. Police and Deputy Sheriffs Mobilized to Stop Strikers Fairmont, W. Va.t June 26.?The entire Fairmont police force and all Marion county deputy sheriffs movlj^Pilized here at noon to stop the reported march of the striking miners and sympathize!s from Mononghn, a mining town ten miles south of here. They authorities said they were informed that an attempt would be made to liberate the 91 prisoners from the county jail that were arrested last Friday. Eleven Persons Arrested in Berlin Berlin, June 20 (By the Associated PreHs).?Eleven persons alleged to be members of a Bavarian secret organization known as the "Council ' were "arrested here yesterdny, it was announced today. Misses Pearl and Margaret Pittman! of Carlisle are shopping in the city Jjbday. Dr. and Mrs. H ill and B. Thomas of Wiutraire were the guests of Mr. .an 1 Mrs. L. L. Wagnon yesterday. " WIRTH DENOUNCES PAN-GERMAN ACTS Berlin, Juno 25.?-In his speech in the rcichstag today Chancellor Wirth 1 severely denounced the agitations and < vituperations of pan-Germans, which 1 had created nn atmosphere of murder 1 in Germany. "A state of political bestiality pre- ' vails. I need only to mention poor 1 Frau Kr/.berger, whose husband was ' murdered and who is constantly receiving letters, announcing the inten- . turn to defile her h'slmrd s grave. Is 1 it surprising then thai ! al. o received 1 letters yesterday headed. 'On the day 1 of Kathenau's execution,' and dcolar ing: " 'You men of fulfillment mania 1 have not listened to the voices of ' those who have tried to dissuade yon ' from a made policy. I et hard fate therefore take its course, so that the 1 Fatherland may prosper.' ' "That," continued the chancellor, 1 "is a system of nolitienl nuiivlm- o?.i I we must all work against this atmos- 1 phere. "I was a spectator at the Lustgar- 1 den demonstration; its proceedings 1 were orderly, calm and disciplined. Hut, gentlemen of the right, do not ' deceive yourselves. Below this dis- 1 cipline and calm there lies a volcano, ' the eruption of which should it occur would teach you a severe lesson. "The allied governments ciuiing the ' past year have inflicted on the Gcr- ' man government almost continual hu- 1 initiations. I recall Upper Silesia, the suffeffrings of the Saare population 1 and the sorrows of the Rhinelnnd. It 1 is impossible for a nation of (50,000,- * 000 to live under the rule of commissions, and it is impossible to keep * democratic CJprmnmr nlSiro uri/lT. w ! conditions." 1 The chancellor then appealing for unity and collaboration between the ( political parties said that above all ^ it was necessary that the entente J should forego the policy of ultima- J turns and dictatorships. 1 At Saturday evening's session of 1 the reichstag, Chancellor Wirth, read- 1 ng the call to the country from the , imperial government, said the government's recommendation to the * president of th? reichstag was that 1 . stow, ghanlrl, ha Avkpu to insure tha ? safety of llie state' and the lives and representatives of the state. The ( government, he added, expected the German people to back up the govern- 1 inent. A presidential decree issued today ' declares that all meetings, proces- 1 sions or proclamations may be for- 1 bidden, which may be contrary to ( law or incite to the destruction of the republic constitution or any acts of violence against the present or past members of the republican gov- ' eminent or to rouse the country to approve such acts as may bring into contemnt Republican institutions in sucn a way as to disturb the internal peaee of the country. Unions and associations making such efforts may be banned or dissolved. Central authorities are compelled to request the minister of the interior for permission to take such steps. Touring the States Miss Victoria Jeter left last week for Columbia to join the following party for the Elliot tour: Mrs. L. A. Barrow, Miss Pauline Smith and Mary A!oia Matthews of I.eesville. They sailed by boat from Savannath for New York City and will visit among other places, Niagara Falls, Mam moth Cave, Washington and Baltimore. Schedule Changes on Southern The schedules of several trains on the Southern Railroad changed yes- t terday and the numbers of the trains > also changed. Train No. 1 from Co- \ lumbia will pass through Union at i 0.08 p. 111.; Train No. 2 from Ashe 1 hille is due in Union at 11:40 a. m.; Train No. 3 from Columbia passes ? through Union at 3:00 a. m. and Train |, No. 4 from Asheville passes through Union at 12:50 a. m. Nos. 3 and 4 are the night trains that are put on , every summer to accommodate and handle the heavy travel to the moun- f tains and the north. ^ The odd numbers go up and the j even numbers down. The Carolina Specials did not change schedule nor e.id the early morning train due here [ _ A. fl.OA - ai v.?.\) a, in. Golf Players Assemble Kansas City, June 26.?Nearly. 200 1 golf players from all parts of the country are here today for the opening of the Western amateur golf tour- j nament. Mrs. Len Small Dies E Kankakee, 111., Mrs. I.en Small, the wife of the governor of Illinois, died here this morning. The governor sril ( at her bedside throughout the night and. was present when the end canie. Death resulted from apoplexy with which she was stricken Saturday. JURY'S VERDICT REVEALS NOTHING Herrin, 111., June 25 (By the Associated I'ress).? C. K. McDowell, the ane legged superintendent of the Southern Illinois Coal coinapny's strip mine half way between Herrin and Marion, 111., was the only man charged with murder by the coroner's jury which concluded its investigations tonight. The non-union men, the coroner's jury decided, came to their death "by gunshot wonds at the hands of parlies to this jury unknown" a the result of activities on the part of oflicials of the wrecked Lester mine. The remaining verdicts, 20 in all, stated that each individual "came to bis death hv lrunshol. wound* :i? tO? lands of persons unknown." No additional information concerning the identity of the IG unknown lead was unearthed during the course 1" the inquiry, which took the jury to the local hospital and into the rooms of wounded non-union men. Allen Findley, wounded timekeeper for the Southern Illinois Coal company, now in thP Ilerrin hospital, gave the jury the information on which it >ased the verdict of murder returned against McDowell, the dead superin;endent. "McDowell and I were standing on the edge of thc pit when he asked, as ie pointed to a dark object in the learhy woods, 'Is that a man ?' " quoted Findley. "'No,' I replied," he cotinued, "but ie fired and the man threw his hands n the air and fell. McDowell was a food shot.'' "We recommend that an investigation be conducted for the purpose of ixing the blame personally on individuals responsible." This was the verdict of the coriner's jury held here today. "Georgie" Henderson, one of the union men ilain, was killed by C. K. McDowell, superintendent of the Southern Illinois Coal company, according to the verdict of the jury. This was the only murder verdict returned. The verdict of the jury, according X) thc coroner, "Bill" McGowen, and loe Barringer, the foreman of the coroner's jury, represents the "united WBjiment^.of. MfiUiamson county on :ne massacre' of Tliur scla y~ and ;vents leading up to it." Members of the jury were: Robert Clem, superintendent of the waterVOrks: Ixillis Gibbons nninn minor John Arms, merchant; Philip Nokes, inion miner; Joe Barringer, union miner; Tom Thornton, Herrin, 111., electrician. The first witness heard was William \. Thornton, a Marion, 111., policeman. "You don't know who did the shootng, do you?" asked Coroner William J. McCowan. "No, sir,' l'eplied the witness. "I lon't know anything about it." That was the substance of his tesimony and of those who followed lim. Colonel Hunter was the next witless. He told of being held up by nine guards and taken to Mine"Superntendent McDowell of the strip mine >f the Southern Illinois Coal company ast Sunday night. Colonel Hunter i><tifio?l lh:ir iivwofl Mi.nAivDll </? confine the aretivitios of his guards ;o the mine property and that he also jrpred that these sentries walk their insts without arms. McDowell agreed to carry out these mggestions, Colonel Hunter said in lis testimony. A member of the jury asked Col>nel Hunter: "Is it true, colonel, that hey had machine guns mounted?" i searcnecl in*' mine property three imes and failed to find any," Colonel Hunter replied. J. II. Henderson said he was inside he power plant of the coal belt railvay between the mine and Ilerrin vhen he heai^shots Thursday niornng and later heard that bodies had >eri found in the woods. "Of course,' interjected the coroner, 'as to how they got killed, you don't mow anything about that, do you?" "No, sir," said the witness. Other witnesses made similar statenents. Elzn Cash and Albert Strom, underakers, told of the bringing in of 19 iu * -? ruuu-n aim (.up iiimnin ui mix men in he cemetery, two of whom Inter died. )empsey May Fight Negro Challengers New York, June 26.?Articles for ho contest between Jack Dempsev ind Harry Wills, the negro ehallenrer, may be signed today or tomorow. Dempsey arrived yesterday from ds home in I/>s Angeles. explosion of Powder Barge Causes Death and Injury Oneida, N. Y., June 26.?Mrs. Ellis 3reen is dead, her two children missng, her husband and several other lersons suffering from severe hums oday as the result of an explosion ast night of a powder laden barge. H|RSH IS-'Sft Ilirsh, wealthy fMB^^^Ktriial nro' ducer of a critical j condition at, tfe \NjUff^^B>umy hoshim following' a the close | of a lawn patty glveitf -mJUvI iss Rene ; Davies, an actress, e^^yhis morn(he home of MLTa^teai IKo is a sis-1 ler of Mai ion DaViei, m ||)K picture I ! star. Rene Davies illv?^|B)ru>er wife if G joi jre Rede* t h in t- I manager. The eause of Ate' qUArtfli which led up to the shooting Uti^Bot known I .......I, Wiivj Wilis Hio cheek, tlu* bullet itutgn^wlownwaro ] and apparently near iSj^kenrl. said ! the shooting had foltotofiflRhrcuts of violence by his wife, acceiHiig to Beri l ard J. Douras, a N<jw?Kork City magistrate and father qjBtoie Misses | Magistratt Douras, ran to Hirsh's side immediateljKftfti'r the | shooting, told Assistant District Attorney Edwards the woundA man had gasped: "She did it. She got me. She said she would get mi, and now I she did it." Mrs. Hirsh, rushing from- the scene of the shooting, was- heardfto say, according to witnesses: "Oh^I shot my I daddy." Later at the poljtee stat ?< n Mi*s Ilene Davies told the puth >ri.-.-j that the accused woman declared that her husband had kept her p prisoner , in their home here for 'our days "with little food and drink and when he picked on me, I didn't l^now what i did." The Ilirshs. who had b?n miosis - " of the party, left shortly fcftor midnight. A shox*t time later, Jhe guests, including several well knowji men and women of the stage and Mreen, and Magistrate Douras heard W shot in front of Miss Davies' hoife$ Magistrate Douras and George Vifc Cleve, a writer, ran to the place re llirsh had fallen, and say they^saw Mrs. Hirsh running down the stf jet. Magistrate Douras notlffe d the authorities and Mr. Edwards flurried to the Hirsh home, where h'e'^deelared he learned Mrs. Hirsh hftjh gone to Bed.^'vWien ' sher'5oTn<??l' turn/ H^'said: she had a large cut over her eye and I that it was bleeding profusely. "She told me," Mr. Edwards said, i "that 'it was all a dream?I do not j know how it happened.'" A charge of assault with intent to | kill was lodged against her. After spending the day in the county jail at Mineola, L. I., Mrs. Hirsh was re' leased on $25,000 bail. Magistrate : Douras, in a sworn statement to the | authorities, later told of a conversaI tion he had had with the accused ; wnmn n It was reported that Mrs. Ilirsh did not wish to accompany her husband to the party at the Davies home, but that she did so on his insistence. The Hirshs recently returned from Europe. I Marion Davies, in whose honor the lawn party was said to have been given tonight, denied that she was present at her sister's heme last night. Miss Davies, who also has just returned from Europe, denied all knowledge of the shooting. 1 ' | Holding American For Ransom I Mexico City, June 2(J (By the Asso 1 eiated Press).?A. Bruce Bielasko, j chief of the bureau of investigation of ' the United States Department of Justice durine- the war. is beiner held for j ransom by seven bandits who held up 1 his automobile seven miles west of i Curnavaca, in the state of Morelos ! yesterday. Bielaski, with his wife and friends were on their way to view the Aztec ruins near the town. The Mexican federal troops have been sent after the bandits. Kaiser Trying to Slip Out of Holland London, June 20.?Apprehension e xists in Holland lest the former German kaiser may attempt to slip away from Doom and reenter Germany in the event of the Royalist rising resulting from the assassination of Rathenau, according to the correspondent to the Daily Mail at the Hague. Approaching Marriage Darlington, June 24.?Mrs. Martha Mary Rawls has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Call!e Itawls, to James Hoyle Charles of Union, the wedding to take place in I July. The above announcement is received with unusual interest here where the bridegroom is so well and favorably known. He Is a prominent business man with many commendable qualities and is held in high esteem. His bride will receive a cordial wel1 come and will be quite an addition to i the young social set. NAMELESS DEAD I BURIED YESTERDAY i I Herrin, 111., Juno 2f> (By the Arso-j ciuted Press).?The unknown dead of: Herrin's labor war went to their graves today. Sixteen of them were buried in the "Potters field" while union men who had dug the graves leaned on their spades and held their shapeless hats in work gnarled hands. The summer sun beat down on the long grass of the Ilerrin cemetery, the daisies and red elover and the sfnging of meadow larks mingled with the words of the four pastors who conducted the brief service. Perhaps 7f> person were present, most of them miners who had dug the 10 graves since dawn today. Senator William J. Sneed, in khaki overalls?he had been digging too? was there; the mayor of Herrin, George Pace and Col. Samuel Hunter of the adjutant general's stairiT. The caskets of the unknown dead bore stamped plates of aluminum, "At Rest." No more is recorded on the marker of the graves' head than that each died June 22, 1922. The preachers spoke and prayed. The miners shifted sometimes, for they were tired from digging in the sun, but there were no signs of disrespect. The 10 dead were home down the road to the cemetery in ambulances and hearses. This afternoon several hundred thousands turned out to honor a young union man shot Weds sday near the ill fated mine. Hi:-, death was unprovoked, his friends declared. Union Wins Another The Union Mill ball team defeated the Oakland Mill team of Newberry here Saturday, 7 to 0. The score indicates a good game but at the same time it was a very loosely played game, both teams erroring numerously. Counting the victory of the Athletic girls here last Wednesday this is the fourth victory out of four games for Union since her team has been reorganized. Seven hits off of Sullivan coupled with four errors netted the visitors six runs in the first and third. Fowler relieved Sullivan here and held them hitless and scoreless for the remainder of the game. Arthur and Cheek each secured two hits out of four tries while Bodie was the onlyvisitor to get the second safety. The fielding of Sanders in right for the visitors was a feature. Although Union won, poor base running cut her out of four earned runs. Oakland . . . 204 UUO 000?G 7 G Union . - 9iv> mi oon?n o Longshore and Stephens; Sullivan, H., Fowler and Sullivan, J. Flood Texas Town When Levee Breaks Brownsvill, Texas, June 25.?Rio Grande flood waters from two l? three feet deep tonight covered most of the town of Mercedes, 5ft miles up stream from here in Hidalgo county. No loss of life has been reported. Two thousand men working in re lays for 72 hours fought a losing battle when early today water poured over the levee protecting towns on the south bank and covered a large resi dentin I section of Mercedes. Other levees soon overflowed and the flood area was extended to the business section. Merchandise, however, had been previously moved. No serious) property damage is expected. There are no means of transportation into' or out of town except by boat. The! waters are expected to subside within! 24 hours. A small army of men are tight inu | valiantly tonight to keep ahead of ris-, ing waters at a levee five miles north) of Harlcning, where 15,000 to 20,000 acres of irrigated cotton are ready to pick. Today's Cotton Market Open Close July 21.20 20.97 October 21.21 21.16 December 21.07 20.72 January 20.90 20.79 March 20.90 20.66 N. Y. Spots 21.50 Is Willing to Admit German London, June 2G.?Replying to a < question in the house of commons Lloyd George declared that Great Britain would he willing to support the proposal for admission of Germany to the League of Nations. Secretary Gives out Statement London, Juno 2d.-?In a promised statement on Irish affairs in the house of commons this afternoon Secretary of Colonies Churchill said he didn't hesitate to say that ull horrors that occurred at Belfast were due to the organization in the northern territory of two divisions of the Irish Republican army and continuous efforts to break down the Ulster government. WILL REOPEN COTTON CAMPAIGN With approximately 440,000 bales of cotton already signed up, a vigorous campaign to sign up 100,000 additional bales will shortly be launched by the South Carolina Cotton Grow ers' Cooperative association, official, announced yesterday. The campaign will be conducted during the months of July and August and every effort will be made to secure the signatures of several thousand more farmers tt> tbe contract. The report of the auditing committee of the association shows that up to May 15, a total of 435,524 bales had been signed. Since that date approxi mutely 7,(100 bales have been signed. The number of bales signed by counties up to May 15 follows: Abbeville, 0,139; Aiken. 9,046; Allendale, 1,9985; Anderson, 18,019; llamberg. 4,570; Barnwell, 4,017; Calhoun, 24.136; Cherokee, 14; Chester, 9.242; Chesterfield, 10,901; Clarendon, 8,212: i o4o. v/vuikum, i/.ii ungton, Dillon, 17,243; Dorchester, T .T 4 <>; KdgefieId, 4,985; airfield, 7,592; Florence, 9,588; Greenville, 12,719; Greenwood, 10,41(5; Hampton, 210; Horry, 25; Kershaw, 10,523; Lancaster, <5.977; Laurens, 17,44(5; Lee, 18,983; Lexington, 5,891; MeGovmick, 4,297; Marion, 7,010; Marlboro, 3(5,890; Newberry, 9,070; Oconee, 4,500; Orangeburg, 87,900; Pickens, G,07O; Richland, 12,194; Saluda, 2,404; Spart mburg, 14,197; Sumter, 25,580; Union, 3,077; Williamsburg, 3,347; York, 11,020; State Farm, 575. South Carolina now has the second largest sign-up of any state in the belt. The sign-up of an additional 150,000 bale; would make this association the largest in the belt, 11. C. Booker, secretary of the association, said yesterday. Plans for handling the 1922 crop are being perfected now, Mr. Booker said. The board of directors Is weighing carefully each step taken realizing the importance of the board's duties. In announcing the campaign to sign up more cotton, it was said that quite a number of farmeis over the state had indicated a desire to join the as been named and that the board had rteriderf-to- pirr 4heWlFHh?r opportunity. The more cotton sold through the association, tht. more effective will be the results obtained by the association, it was said. Man Tarred and Feathered Thomasville, Ga., June 2G.?County authorities are investigating tin* kidnapping k'st night of O. liasel Grove, a cigar manufacturer, who was taken into custody, bound to a tree, whipped, tarred and feathered. He was then brought back to the court house and warned to leave town. The men said 1 e w s accused of personal m seonluct. PERSONAL MENTION Al A c i ? .. : n^nus i wi in , in ijciucii^UT, i> Lho guest of Miss Ruby Cunningham. Mrs. James W. Mixson has returned from Richmond, Va , where she went as sponsor to Camp Giles during the Confederate reunion. Judge J. M. Greer has returned! from the Confederate reunion in Rich i mond, Va., and says it was a endidl gathering and Richmond dispensed] wonderful hospitality The oily was] turned over to the old soldier and' every one of them enjoyed the reunion j as nev er before. Mrs. M. W. Watson has been quite sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Mixson, but is much improved today. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Longshore of N'ewbeiry spent Sunday with Mr. and M I l\ IJ. .uia. *J. i-'. uuufi w. Mrs. J. I). Roberts unci Mrs. J. C Norman are the guests 0f Mis. K. Longshore in Newberry this week. Miss Ioline Glenn of Saluda is tinguest of friends in Union this week. Prof. Davis Jeffries left today foi Winthrop college to attend the gathering of the State Superintendents. Mrs. Stephen Crosby spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Crosby on Route 1. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Maddox and family left Saturday for Brevard, N. C\, to spend the summer. Great Increase in Money Sent to England Washington, June 21.?The postoffice department announced today 'hot there has been a great increase ?r. >Inlast two months in the anion-,,j money sent to England by postal n oney orders. During May, the total was 110,000 pounds, of $405,000, at the rate of exchange then in effect. The amount going to England daily now was said to be about 5,000 pounds, or $23,000 at present rates of exchange. While much of the money sent abroad is directed to relatives, the buk of it, the departments stated, was in exchange for exports to this1 country. TROOPS OF CHENG CONTROL CANTON Peking, June 2.r> (By the Associated Press).- I litest advices from Canton report l)r. Sun Vat-sen, defeated southern leader, detained aboard a gunboat there with his navy and the Kwangtung provincial assembly deti nitely aliened against him and Gen. Chen)? Chiung Ming's troops in full control of the city. Sun's forces in Kiangsi province, on which he pinned his flickering hopes for restoration, are said to be disorganized and looting the territory over which they are scatteied. Amony, June 24 (By the Associated Press).? The Kiangsi army of Sun Vat sen, deposed president of south China, is answering its fallen leader's I < .all and has launched a pincer drive against Cheng Chiung-Ming and his United China troops, according to advices received here from Canton under date of June 2.'1. Sun's army from the province of Kiangsi at whose head he marched out of Canton a few weeks ago to | conquer the north and unite all China under his own banner, has turned in its track, and split into two sections is bearing down on Chen's headquarters at Weichow in what is believed here to be a forlorn hope to save the wreck of the south China republic. At the head of the Kiangsi levies is Gen. Hsu Sung: Chi, known as the "Trouble Maker of kwangtung," an avowed enemy of Chen Chiung-Meng, and the man whose plots are said to have done much to bring about the final break between Chen and Sun. The vanguard of Hsu's forces and the pickets of Chen's army encamped around Weichow already are reported to have clashed in preliminary skirmishes. . Hsu with little to anticipate if victory perches on Chen's banners is rushing: his divided army against Weichow. One wing is traveling overland from Shiukwan while the other is taking the railroad from Ciukwan to a point between Canton and Weichow, the two advances constituting a pincer movement in which Hsu and Sun hope to crush Chen at Weichow. General opinion here is the Hsu is Sun's last stand in the game for south China and that it cannot"wirTT In the meantime the city of Canton is reported to have become thoroughly consolidated against Sun Yat-sen and in favor of the Peking government's united China program. Tm> cA.,ti.Drn .... * ?iv ovuvuvi ii n? ? > , \u .Tjmr OUII o a^sertions to the contrary, is declared to have disowned its former chief. Lockhart Miss May McCulloutrh is on an extended visit to friends and relatives in North Carolina. Mrs. Anna Cranford and her son John, of Chester, are with its on a. count of the serious illness of Mrs. Martha Jamison. Rev. W. II. Milev. M. it . a noted evangelist of the 1'reshyterian ehutvlt is conducting a meeting at the Presbyterian church this week pieuehitu. twice each day. Rev. T. J. H>oker is conductintr the sinning. Miss Katie McCttlh uifh it i . relatives in York eottnty Vernon Cranford and i' tn \ of Spartanburg were in t v. n <m aecount of the eriotts i!: ? Iheir aunt Mrs. J a imam. Mrs. Martha Jam* Jamison .1 morning at the hom ot h< i .. ' .Mr:- .Maggie Davis SI > wn ' old. She was the widow f ' h;,C .Jamison, who preceded hoi ; grave by several years. She )> " vived by one sister, Mr.-. Nanc> M. Collum, of Wilkesburg, Ms., tb. tV. lowing children: James Jam s,,i, ?M Chester county, Keifer Jam.;. . of Aiken, John Jamison and Mrs. V,.- gio 1 lav is of Lockhart and Mrs. Salim Crocker of Whitmiro. Also 24 gran.' children and 9 great-grandchildi > i Tho l'uncrnl services were h.-ld ai Bullock's Creek church Sunday and interna nt was in the cemetery of that church She was a good woman and many will be sad on account of her death. Homo. Mayor and Treasurer's Office The office of mayor and treasurer of the city of Union is now located m the building next to the W. D. Arthur Co.'s store and neat signs have been bung out pointing the way. Shot Rv Policeman ?J ? Danville, Va., .June 25.? R. A. Benton, a prominent business man of Danille, was severely wounded early today by Police Officer O. T. Cook when mistaken by the lntter for a highwayman who has been operating recently in this locality. Cook reported he had been on the watch for the man who had been stopping late travels who was said to use a car of the same make and model as Benton. He I opened fire, he said, only after Benton had ignored commands to halt. Benton declared he did not hear the offl1 cer. k .... .