Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[ > /"" """"1 *'T ' ?vi | f=. Hie Union Daily Times \~=r.\ I' f PRESS " m * : oM* *4 ltariw. | I frl I,!,, 11 ' 1>AILY EXCEPT SUNDAY E.fMUWi Id IMS?CoewU d to.Th* Union O^iW 1. HIT DAILY EXCETT JWroxT] i, jfi,,,,,, M ,,,, if K' Vol. LXXII No. 1476 Union, S. C., Wednesday Afternoon, S?pt?|^Air 6, 10d2 3c Per Copy [g SMITH HAS PLAN TO DEFEAT PEST Washington, Sept. V-.-the proposal for a one year auspehslbn of oot' ton planting in ths United States as ? a means of elhninating the boll weep * vil was suggested in the senate today by Senator Smith (Democrat) , of South Carolina, who predioted I*'- * wholesale abandonment of cotton; farms throughout the South unless governmental action were taken to aid in destruction of the parasite. The South Carolina senator an< nounced he had written to the chief entomologist of the department of agriculture, asking that a study be fL ' made to determine whether a year's layoff in cotton growing would eradicate the weevil. He said the entomologist had expressed in a teler phone conversation today the belief that such action would result in de\ ? stroying the pest. Senator -Smith announced that as Ton as he received the report of V e entomologist he proposed to in troduce a resolution calling for the cooperation as far as constitutionally possible of the federal government in the stopping of planting for one year 'so that there may 1)6 a tomorrow for the cotton industry." "Unless this heroic remedy is applied," continued the speaker, "it will be only a question of a few years L>v*-pre the supply of cotton will be inadequate to meet the domestic needs, much less the world demand," The present loss to the country from the ravages of the weevil amounts to $1,000,000,000 a year, Senator Smith said. He suggested that the federal and state governi ments should join in paying the deficit occasioned by the growers in the one year's layoff, declaring that it L would be cheaper for the country in the end, even if it had to defray the expenses caused by the suspension of cotton growing for one year. Senator Smith suggested that once the weevil was eliminated the federal government could and should resort to zoning the Rio Grande border for a distance of 100 miles, in which ... no cotton could be planted, expressing the bgUef that this practice would effectivs^ttMH^^^tosqcts' migra K> tion. 1 000,000 bales, Senator Smith asked how long the nation could expect to maintain the balance of trade in iti favor if its^pftport of cotton fell away. $he Export demand, he continued, is around 6,000,000 bales, with ' the domestic demand exceeding1 that * ' - . slightly. On the basis of this year's crop, he added, the country would be 2,5500,000 short of the export requirements. German Masses Are Facing Hunger Berlin, Sept. 4.?(By the Associated Press).?The twin ghosts, cold and hunger, are stalking through the German masses on the eve of what promises to be a winter of unpre cedented suffering and discontent for the young republic. The government and municipal authorities throughout the country already ate marshaling their forces for the Herculean task of minimizing the hardships threatened on account of the exhorbitant prices demanded for the diminishing food and fuel sup; ply. Chancellor Wirth himself states tnat tne numDer 01 neeay at present are from four to five million, most of whom are concentrated in the metropolitan centers. Herr Fehr, the minister of food, has called a conference in Hamburg for Monday and Tuesday of all the provincial food ministers to consider the first steps to be taken. The board for providing food supplies, established by the German league of municipalities and which is now meeting in Halle has arrived at the conclusion that the cities are helpless to combat the situation unless the a, central government provides finanJkf cial aid. This organization urges national collaboration against which it terms the "valuta" blockade, with the same co-operation as characterized I the fight once conducted against the war blockade. The board endorses the establishment of feeding centers where people of the middle classes may obtain food at moderate prices. It declares mass feeding of prepared foods gratis has been proved to be impracticable. ^ t j? Urges Senator Borah To Impeach Daugherty Hg* New York, Sept. 5.?Initiation of - j?'v ? proceedings for the impeachment of $-i Attorney General Dougherty and Bp*.,', Federal Judge Wilkeraon, of Chicago, C.'-r on the grounds that the strike inJunction granted by the Jatter at the former's request was in eiolatton of % the constitution, is urged on Senator L r. Borah in a telegram dispatched to|?*U<.?Uy hy John J. Dowd, chairman of the general strike committee of the RT . p. Eastern railroad shopmen. NEGRO KILLS LAURENS FARMER Laurei\s, Sept. 5.?Laurens county officers, including: the rural police 1 force, are proseoutlng a vigorous sea < h tonight for Colyar Barksdale, negro farm hand, vho is alleged to have killed his employe.-, Meadors 0>.ner, at the negro's house, about one miles west of Kinardn on the Laurens county side from the Newberry county side. The killing occurred last night, but was unknown to the public until this morning. Sheriff Reid and other officers began a search for Barksdale during the morning and continued it throughout the day. It is said that Barksdale's wife was at home when the shooting occurred and her testimony of the tragedy is about all that is known. It seems that Oxner, who lived near the house of Barksdale, inquired into the absence of Barksdale from his work yesterday and was told by a. ? ' ... re wuuiaii mut ner miSDana was working at a sawmill. Later Oxner 1 returned to the house when, it is said, i Barksdale raised a window and shoot- i ing commenced with Oxner standing i in the yard. Barksdale used a shot- i gun and fired a charge of small shot < into Oxner, striking him in the left 1 breast and left arm. Barksdale was 1 shot in the arm with a pistol ball. 1 Barksdale is said to then carried the i body of Oxner to the barn and placed it in a stall with the stick, where it was found this morning. Oxner was about 60 years of age and a bachelor. . f Coroner Owings held the inquest ] this afternoon. , TODAY'S COTTON MARKET ' Open Close January 21.04 20.69 March 21.10 20.81 . May 21.10 20.66 October 20.90 20.80 December 21.10 20.86 N. Y. Spots .20.85 Local Market .. .. ! 21.50, SO,000 Klux Unite For Cleaning House , ] here Saturday. I Klansmen from practically every state gathered in Birmingham and , resolved to oust Edward Young ( Clarke, acting imperial wizard of the klan, and the alleged clique that is , in control of the klan headquarters ] in Atlanta, it was stated on reliable { authority. , , Klansmen voted not to secede from , the national organization but to dethrone Clarke and his cohorts by , withdrawing outside support, and ( they formed an organization for this ( purpose. Once Clarke is removed from control of the klan, the organi- , zation formed to oust him will dis- | band and join in strengthening the national klan, it was stated. | At the Birmingham meeting it was ( decided to continue forming state or- j ganizations of the klan, despite ( Clarke's orders forbidding such a ( course. , It is said here certain dignitaries ( of the Knoxville Klan, as well as oth- , er klans have been banished from the , national organization for their ac1 tivities against Clarke. This action i it is understood, was ignored by the Knoxville body which claims a membership of more than 1,400. 'Guns of Eight Nations Salute the Marvland ' I Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6.?Guns , boomed from the warships of eight ( nations when the United States ship , Maryland entered the harbor yester- , day carrying the American mission ,to the Brazilian centennial, headed by Secretary of State Hughes. The j Maryland anchored in the midst of ( the international fleet and exchanged salutes in which the harbor forts join- j ed. Although the United States has not recognized Mexico, a gunboat flying the Mexican flag, saluted and the Nevada, which accompanied the Maryland, returned the salute by the order of Hughes. The Hughes party , was driven to Gunabara palace, which ' is their official residence. Fifty Persons Sentenced to Death Moscow, Sept. 6.?Fifty-five persons have been sentenced to death j upon conviction of counter revolutionary activities the newspaper 1 Pravda announces Lafollette Leading By Two to One Milwaukee,v Sept. 6.?The returns from over half of the precincts of the state in yesterday's primary show that Lafollette is leading, for the sen- , atorial nomination by more than two to one. v ; / * \ 1. ' MAY POSTPONE SCHOOL OPENING i Spartanburg, Sept. Q.?A. Mason ( DuPre, president of the State Teach?ra' association, has addressed a communication to the school trustees of South Carolina, suggesting that the opening of school next Tuesday, September 12, be postponed, so that the teachers of the state might have an opportunity to cast their bafiots at their home precinots. "You may not have noticed that many of the schools of the state are set to open September 12, the very lay of the second primary. This will necessarily take a large number of teachers from their voting pre:incts and will prevent their voting. Our teachers, both by precept and example, have a very responsible iuty of teaching patriotism to our children of the state. They should not, therefore, be prevented from exercising this most sacred right and duty of casting their ballots next Tuesday. As president of the State Teachers' association, I, therefore, appeal to you as trustees to take steps at once to postpone the opening of schools to a time that will en able all teachers to exercise their iuti'es as citizens and cast their votes j next Tuesday. As so many are in- ( solved I am sure that South Carolina < will consider this as both a gracious ] ind a patriotic act on your part." Dublin Swept by Violence; Many Are Dead 1 Dublin, Sept. 2.?Many persons * have been killed and wounded in an ) outbreak of fighting in the last 24 I hours. This city was thrown into i panic. Irregulars were dispersed with machine guns after violent street fighting. A hospital was bombed and a woman wounded. Irregulars suffered severe losses in i battle at Barnshill. , Two men were killed in an ambush { '.ttack at Fermoy. ] Two Irregulars were killed and two ] wounded in a raid at Stillogan. \ Fifteen Irregulars were arrested ( here during the day and a number of bombs seized in raids - on houses. t A number of Republican Irregulars were reported killed in a 15-houv battle with Free State troops at Ban,ry4 The Free State losses were put ^ tacked a Nationalist parade at Cork. Several hundred irregulars were said to have participated in the night fighting at Dublin. There was heavy firing in Dublin < at intervals for 36 hours. The fusi- { lades were especially heavy in the re- < ?ion of the City Hall and the Four t Courts Hotel. Free State troops em- 1 ployed machine guns to disperse tho 1 Irregulars. Traffic was suspended in ? many streets. One woman was among the prisoners captured by Free Statsrs. Irregulars were defeated in battle with the Free Staters at Rathfambam. It is considered probable that the j provisional government will invite , the Southern Unionists to co-operate , in restoring peace. Also it is report- jr that the anti-treaty members of j ( the Dail Eireann who have been arrested for their activities on the side ( i>f the Irregulars, will be released from prison to attend the Dail session | ( summoned for next Saturday. Concentrating Attention On Coal Distribution j Washington, Sept. 6.?With the injunction apparently representing def- , initely the settlement of policy in regard to the rail situation, the govern- ( mtMit in luriner concentrating alien-i( tion today on the problem of coal! distribution, particularly in light of1; a virtual settlement of the anthracite'| tie-'up. Confidence that the conven-l, tion of the anthracite miners at , Wilkesbarre today would quickly rat- J ify the Philadelphia agreement was , generally expressed in official circles. Strikers and Executives , Both Deny Report < i Chicago, Sept. 6.?Leaders of the I shopmen's strike and rail executives are in accord today in denials of pub- 1 lished reports that there is a new i move on foot to settle the strike. In- ' ference that Bert M. Jewell, strike leader, has been in conference in Bal- ] timore with Daniel Wllliard. dmiI. i dent of the Baltimore St Ohio railroad, was contradicted by Williard. < Union leaders also declare untrue re* I ports that a call has been issued from headquarters for a meeting of the union's policy committee here tomorrow. League Electa Six Vies Presidents Geneva, Sept. 6.?The League of 1 Nations, which assembled here today, < elected six vice presidents. They rep- 1 resented England, Prance, Portugal, < Sweden, Spain, and Jugoslavia. , . ? ? RECORD FLIGHT ifS FOR DOOLITTtJE San Diego, Sept. 6.?LietuMdhlk James H. Doolittla, army ainufe, o who late yesterday completed a flint t here from Jacksonville, Fla., In f >rd time, is basy today with plana r 'or his next flying task. He has wq C nstructed to report to McCook fli|d, t Dayton, Ohio., and will leave Frlflp/ a making the trip- in easy stages! iF r San Diego, Calif., Sept. 5.-^8 ?. r James H. Doolittle, army avirfglt, 2 vho began a one stop flight acAn a ;he continent at 10:08 p. m. Ems h ;ime, in a specially built De HS?& o land airplane, arrived at Rockwfth ield, the army aviation headquamara n lore, at 5:34 p. m. Pacific timesjp.- h The actual diqj&nce traveled {my 's Lieutenant Doolittle to San D||go "rom Pablo Beach, near Jacksoatftit, n Fla., was roughly computed by wMy h ifficers here as 2,275 miles. "n,, 7 Lieutenant Doolittle f^ew y9wr iight states. Airmen here saiej^iis n light over the Florida swamps tjfas a me of the finest achievements idr*s- c :ent years by military airmen. 3 The daring aviator was pace *Lvin j from El Centro, Imperial Vallegmtby r Captain Wm. M. Randolph and I4tot. 1 2. L. Webber, each piloting tfrtDe e laviland. Doolittle required only 22 hatfcrs g ind 31 minutes to complete the RBTB c nile trip, and with an hour ?M IB j, ninutes taken out at San Anjfcoiio q for fueling his actual flying 21 hours and 18 minutes, or j -ate of approximately 100 mi? an f lour, or a mile and two-thirds 4*ery t ninute L\:.f i, Stevens Leading Vardamlnk ^ By Over Tep Thousand j Jackson, Miss., Sept. 6.?RjflflsM ^ inofficial returns today from "W ,to r i2 counties in the state shtfgiflnait ii Hubert D. Stephens is leadin^vgmes s K. Vardaman by over 10,00&?feton . for the nomination to the sen?t?ha*- 1 id on in yesterday's run-off pitwfey. 6 \ugusta Man Takes Owp HI i New Hospital v For Service Men j Washington, Sept. 0.?The erection s )f a new hospital costing $760,000 for c service men of the fourth district, in- n duding Virginia, will be begun when ^ m available site is obtained, Director ^ Forbes announced today on his return j, from inspection of sites at Goshen Ifa., and Pence Springs, W. Va. Of Local Interest The following is from the Atlanta I Journal of Sunday: ,1 The Atlanta School of Oratory and c Expression will give a song, piano f ind expression recital in the expres-; sion studio, Baptist Tabernacle, I rhursday, September 7th, at 8, r /clock p. m. Lovers of music and t expression will find a real treat in ( .he recital. ! t Pupils of grand opera coach, Sig- J lor E. Volpi, will sing with Signor r E. Volpi playing the accompani- 1 nents. Among these will be Mr3. i Lillie Dupis, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 1 Mrs. Dupfs has a voice of remarkable j sower and quality. Also Miss Annie Glenn, of Atlanta, j 1 will sing a happy song, with Mrs. | Mildred Harrison French, piano jl eacher at the school, playing the ac-J eompaniment. 11 Mrs. Charles B. Counts of Union, 3. C., will r*. ad a poem portraying ar. deal home, vhile Miss Claire Lath-; i ?m will entertain with evening ato- ? ries. Mr. Sam Russell will represent the! foung business men in a humorous, monologue entitled "Hullo." A short oration of the "New Age", | will be delivered by Prof. R. G. Rob- j ] ?rtson of Lawrenceville, and the Bib- | j ical story of Naaman will be retold < by Rev. J. T. Deidner; while Rev. L. j P. Peek will jive vocal interpreta- ( tions to the temptations of Jesus and read Kipling's picture of heaven , 'L'Envoi." 1 The intermediate and children's departments will render a number of , interesting and humorous selections. , Ihese departments will be represent- 1 ed by Misses Ringer Homsby, Geor- , gine Coppage. Estell Minsk, Florence Parcas and Susie Sudderth. The public is cordially invited. Baseball at City Park Thursday Sept. 1, the Crostf Keys j Sluggers will cross bats with the \ Union city team. Tfeis promises to be an suiting game and the lovers of good sport will miss some fun if they fall to see this game. Game called promptly at 4 o'clock. Admission 26c, ladies Dree. . * v ' OFFICIAL COUNT 1 OF FIRST PRIMARY i<ui. _ state Democratic executive ommittee meeting here yesterday at v koon canvassed the i^aulte of the ii Irst primary and ordered a second o ace hetween Thomas G. McLeod and b 3. L. Bleefte for governor for Sep- b ember 22. The committee announc- 1 d official vote in the governor's i ace on August 20 to be as follows: s Bleaae, 77,798; Cantey, 1,200; Coleoan, 3,797; Duncan, 1,780; Laney, i 8,164; McLeod, 65,768. Mr. Bleaae 1 nd Mr. McLeod having received the s igheat number of votes cast, a secnd race was ordered. a E. B. Jackson was declared nomi- t lated for lieutenant governor over r lis two opponents. The vote was n eclared to be Adams, 39,457; Jack- ii on, 78,603; and Owens, 35,527. n W. Banks Dove was declared tht j ominee for secretary of state, h<< h aving received 100,954 votes ag?'~.it fi 8,356 for James C. Dozier. Samuel M. Wolfe was declared e lominated to succeed himself as the v ttorney general, the committee an- j] louncfng the vote to be Eubanks, j, 6,228; Winter, 45,454; Wolfe, 90,091. Samuel T. Carter, state treasurer, unning without opposition, received 67,301 and was declared renominatd. b Walter E. Duncan, the comptroller a ;eneral, led the entire field of state a andidates who were opposed, receiv- v tig 10\),390 votes against 56,627 for \ Hagood Gooding, his opponent. A second race was ordered between ohn E. Swearingen and J. H. Hope or' state superintendent of educaion. The vote was declared as fol- q owfe: Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, 5vl80; J, H. Hope, 37,699; O. D. / leay, 8,663; Cecil H. Siegler, 9,112; bhn E. Swearingen, 45,000; MrB. 3. B. Wallace, 22,126. Robert E. Craig was declared the t tominee for adjutant general, he hav ng received 91,278 votes as compared j /ith 80,893 for T B. Marshall. y the official vote gave '?. Harris 07,852 and George W. Wight man Q 0,722 for comrhissioner of agriculure, commerce and industries. Mr. I arris was declared ^nominated. Appeal to Club Workers : ^ each tree sprayeu Dy directions 01 4r. Wood on each farm, I am sure, ^ would more than pay that farm's ( hare of taxes for him. And Miss >mith, just think how much she is | teeded to teach us cooks how to can teans, roasting ears and so many rood things to eat. Get busy and lets :eep our helpers. A Backwoods Cook. D. A. R. Meeting Members of Fair Forest chapter ). A. R., who motored out to the lome of Mrs. J. E. Minter, of Selalia, for their first meeting of the 'all yesterday afternoon were afforded quite a treat upon arrival at this ovely country home. They were efreshed with delicious punch, which he hostess served from a beautifully iecoratcd punch bowl in the hall. In he absence of the regent, Mrs. L. c f. Hames, the meeting was presided c >ver by a former regent, Mrs. D. M. Saves. After the reading of the j itual, roll call and minutes the fol- ^ owing literary program was enoyed: Southern Literature?By Mrs. Ida 1 t Perrin. Reading, The Colonel's Clothes? ' Mrs. J. W. Mixson. * Vocal Solo?Miss Catherine Lay;on, accompanied by Miss Mary 1 F/vmna ( t UIICO, Mrs. Minter then invited her guests 5 nto the dining room, where she serv- ' id delicious cream and cake. ( Returns From Paris 1 i Miss Lucile Godbold will arrive at 1 lome in Estill on Thursday from ' Prance, where she has been to attend the Women's International ' Olympic games in Paris. Miss God- ' >old broke the world's shot-put rec>rd. 1 She will assume her duties as director of athletics at Columbia col- < lege on September 18th. 1 Mis Godbold left Winthrop, where she received her training, in the sarly summer for Paris and her Friends are delighted over her signal success. Election Notice TVta aa^onfl nrimamr mill Ka V? al rl A llv QCVUIIU pi llliai J W 111 UC UV1U Tuesday, September 12. The same voting precincts and the same managers will hold in the second primary as in-, the first primary. J. A. Sawyer, 1476-St. County Chairman. Miss Alice Arthur will leave for Converse to resume her studies there next -Tuesday. C'. <' <? \v jV."a WcLEOD BEGINS TOUR PIEDMON1 Spartanburg. Sept. 6.?"The max vhose Democracy is under suspicioi b not (it to be governor of South Car lina. If I am elected governor th. ootleggers and the moonshiners wil lave no friend m the executive office "he governor of the state should b< n full sympathy with the laws he ii worn to enforce." These were some of the outstand ng statements made tonight by "homas G. McLeod in a 30 minufc peech from the court house steps. Mr. McLeod reached here tonigh' nd tomorrow morning will begin i our of the city. He is scheduled t< peak at 12 points in this county to norrow and eight on Thursday, go ng to Greenville Thursday after oon in time for a speech that night le was enthusiastic upon his arriva ere tonight and professed to be con ident of success next Thursday. He was greeted tonight by a crowt ctimnfnH of- TrAm 1 f% AA fo O AAA w??at?wu nv X1V1II JL jl/VV VV ?fVUV QI1V /as Riven hearty applause. He wa: ntroduced by Dr. H. N. Snyder, pres [lent of Wofford college. Grace Methodist Church The regular prayer meeting wil ie held in the church this evening a o'clock. The members of the churcl re expected to attend and all other: t'ill be given a cordial welcome. Jas. W. Kilgo, Pastor. Students to G. W. C. Misses May Frances Gilliam, Zem Jilliarr and Marie Reaves. American Court in China Resumes Work Shanghai, Sept. 5.?Machinery oi he United States Court for China die for nearly a year through whicl udge C. S. Lobingier of the cour /as absent in the United States, wa: et in motion the latter part of Jul> in the return of the judge. Returns From Hospital 1 r. Mrs. L, M. Rice, who has been ii he Wallace. Thompson hospital foi he last five weeks,, will return t< ler home on Church ,street tomorrow There will be preaching in the Pres lyterian church at Sedalia next Sun lay afternoon, Sept. 10, at 8:3( t'clock. The community is cordially nvited. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Colson, o Vadesboro, who were visiting Mr ind Mrs. ?T. J. Colson, of Union, re urned home Sunday, diss Margaret Lake, of Laurens, whi las been visiting Miss Mary Locki Sarron has returned to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevens, o }ross Keys, carried their little bo; ,o Greenville last Friday to have hi onsils removed. The operation wa luccessful and the little fellow is do ng nicely. Mrs. Lizzie Hollis and her mother >f Cross Keys, were shopping in th ity yesterday. Mrs. Thomas Stevens, of Cros <eys, was shopping in the city yes erday. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Parks, o lonesville Route 1, have moved int he home formerly occupied by Mi 1. A. Chambers, one and three-quar :er miles from Union. Mrs. A. B. Tarrant and Miss Thel na Bates, of Batesburg, Mrs. F. I. Cartledge and Fred, Jr., of Rock Hil spent a few days last week with Mrs M. D. Huiet. Mrs. Richard Ferguson and chil Iren, Ruth, Cecil and David, of Spat tanburg; Mrs. Tet Adair and Mi Clyde Lankford, of Clinton, wer guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Whit mire Monday. Mr. Clyde H. Willard will arriv tomorrow from Los Angeles, Cal., t visit his mother, Mrs. Mary L. Wil lard, on Academy street, who ha: been sick for some time. Mr. Wil lard has been general advertisini agent for the Ringling-Bamum cir cus for a number of years and i well known in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williford ai rived home yesterday after a tw weeks motor trip to Norfolk, Vi They were accompanied on the tou by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooper an children, of Union.?Greenwood Ir dex-Joumal. Mrs. Charles B. Counts, of Unioi S. C.? a member of Martha chapte of that city, is in Atlanta taking special course in expression at tti Atlanta School of Expression. 1 will, perhaps, be of interest to th Eastern Star to know that she is d< ing this for the specific purpose c giving benents for the u b. a. ove the state of South Carolina.?Atlant Constitution. / . . 4 # COAL LEGISLATION GETS ATTENTION i Washington, Sept. 6 (By the Assoi ciated Prose).?The senate tt>earned - consideration of the administration t anti-profiteering coal bill today and 1 approved without a roll null an i. amendment which would limit the e life of the measure to six months. 3 The bill was before the senate moat of the day and leaders expect to get a vote on it tomorrow. The coal situation was also tgkan 3 up by the cabinet at its regular sweating todfty from the standpoint of supt ply, consideration being given to the t coal commission now contemplated i as an organization to deal with'.the - aftermath of the bituminous strike - and the anthracite tie-up. Oonserra - non in coai use wmcn may De orougnt . about, it vtas indicated, would be 1 brought to the committee officially. The anthracite settlement and questions flowing from it were dis- i cussed during the day by adminia- ' i trntion officials. Senator Eeed of s Pennsylvania, who was active in the - settlement negotiations, discussed its implications with President Harding and later conferred with Secretary Hoover. Senator Reed expressed confidence that the agreement reached ' at Philadelphia last Saturday night t would be ratified by the anthracite i miners' convention in Wilges-Barre 3 tomorrow and both he and Mr. Hoover predicted that anthracite production would get under way qu|ekly. The time limitation adopted to the anti-profiteering bill approved by the senate was offered by Senator Suth3 erland (Republican) of West Virginia, who also proposed another change under which the interstate commerce commission could not deny i car service to any person or corporation because of any prices fixed in f 'contracts entered into before Septem, ber 1. This amendment was under i discussion when the senate adjourned.1 * 3 Have Returned Home n 1 *4 T \ If ACv. anu iui a. u . vy . opcanc icvuuied to the city last evening after an absence of some time. Mr. Speake has been in Nashville, Tenn., and ; Ijouisville, Ky., in the Interest of the^, r new Methodist church here, and both > he and Mrs. Speake have spent the . imst week visiting relatives in Kin^ asdjs^Md jst Li% JunaJuska.?Roek ) On Monday afternoon Lucy Msj haffey entertained a number of her little friends at a birthday party Games were played and refreshments served and all had a nice time. f Harding Will Take Scottish Rite Way Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1.?Prvsi,, dent Harding will be admitted to p membership in the thirty-third degree, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, j. at 110th annual meeting of the su preme council for the northern juris ^ diction of the United States, to b? s held in Cleveland, September 16, it ,has been announced. The president will be one of many notables who will gather here for the '? meeting, state governors, senators, e congressmen, statesmen and men of affairs of several foreign countries, 8 having signified their intention of - nttending. Sir John M. Gibson, former nromipr nf Canada and Thomas f R. Marshall, former vice-president of r> the United States, have written that \ they expect to be here for the coun - cil meeting. President Harding is expected to _ arrive here Sept. 19. Details of his t visit have not been completed. He I is the candidate of the Columbus Vali ley of the supreme council. The first meeting of the officers I will be held Saturday, September It? Sunday the council will attend church f in a body. Monday will be devoted p to committee meeting. The supreme council will go into session Tuesday and will continue until Thursday. Plans for the building of a new e Scottish Rites temple at New York 0 to take the palce of the one in Boston and for the awarding of schol8 arships to young men and women of exceptional ability, irrespective of * their Masonic affiliations, for which a fund of $8,000,000 has been creats ed, will be discussed. Among other prominent men who will be candidates for the highest Ma0 sonic degree are: Governor Alex J. i. c.i-a?k?oV r?f Michigan: former Gov * emor C. 'S. Dineen, of Illinois, and fi Benson W. Hough, justice of the Ohio supreme court. More thhn 160 candidates fof the degree vrill be honored r>, at the meeting. r. a Prayer Meeting ie ft Prayer meeting in Presbyterian >e church this afternoon at 5 o'clock and tonight at eight. ' J. F. Matheson, Pastor. >r - m Miss May Schoppaul, of Inman, is spending her vacation in Union. V % X-, a. . XBHHmB '