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P r~?~ TPiir T TXTirk1VT wM? v Tnirc |""= "I ji AM^a> JL tllj V/iill.vriil 1l A IIwJLEjS I ' j 111111111111111111: i I PAH.Y EXCEPT StiWPAY h IM>-<.?Wrt.< te U^i. My tlfcii OtHbr 1, WW DAILY KXCfcPT ?UNPAT~] f lt! 1 m 1111 n m m IT Vol. LXXUI Wo. 1503 ^ Union, S. C., Saturday Mltmnova^Uuhm T,i 1M2 , 3c Par Copy REUBEN T. GEE PASSES AWAY Mr. Reuben T. Gee died last night in Wallace Thomson hospital, where he was carried two weeks ago foi treatment. His condition was very unfavorable when carried to the hospital, there being little hope for his * recovery. . Mr. Gee is survived by his wife who, before her marriage was Miss Gertrude Gist, and the following children: Prof. Gist Gee of Peking, China; Miss Minnie Wilson Gee, dean of Converse college, Spartanburg; Robert Gee, of Newberry; Mrs. Gertrude Lesesne, of Spartanburg; Or. Wilson Gee, of the South Carolina university; Paul Gee, of New York; Reuben Gee, Jr., of Carlisle, and Mrs. B. C. Chandler, of Mayesville, S. C. Mr. Gee was 78 years of age, u native of this county, and was a man , of high Christian character. He was a member of the Methodist church, and was held in very high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. Gee went out with the Macbeth Light Artillery in the War Between the States, serving through the war. Mr. Gee was a resident of Union 30 years, and up to the year 1900. He was engaged in the mercantile business here, being one of the largest merchants in this section of ihc state. Throughout his stay in Union he was superintendent of the Sunday school and a steward in Grace Methodist church. The burial will be held Sunday afternoon at Grace M. E. Church at 4:30 o'clock and the services will be conducted by Rev. T. E. Morris of Summerton and Rev. L. L. Wagnon. Mr. Gee was a man of upright character, honest in all his dealings with his fellow men. He lived a worthy life and a long me, and has left to his children a rich heritage. Women's Guild The guild of the Episcopal church held a regular meeting on Monday and many important matters were discussed. As usual, the annual basaar will be held in December, and the chairmen of the various committees were j appointed. Prom now on, meetings for the purpose of sewing and making ' ' p'an's h^^us^<e^ry^dcmda^-!!tter^ noon, and every woman communicant is urged to come and bring her needle and thimble. , A request having come from Mis. Berry for cooperation in organizing an Associated Charities committee, Mrs. W. H. Burris and Mrs. Paul T. McNeel were appointed to look into the matter and report at our next meeting. The following ladies were appointed to cooperate with the prayer committee of the other church for the Gipsy Smith meeting: Mesdames L. W. Blackwelder, F. H. Garner and J. W. Mixson. U. D. C. Pink Tea A Success Despite the inclement (though badly needed) weather of yesterday >. / the U. D. C. "Pink Tea" given at the ^ lovely residence of Mrs. F. M. Farr, president of Wm. Wallace chapter, proved a most enjoyable affair. A program of readings, vocal and instrumental music entertained the guests who assembled in quite a number. At the happy suggestion of a member of the chapter all gathered round the piano, after the program, and sang old-time songs?"Dixie," "Swanee River," "Old ^Black Joe," "Tenting Tonight," etc. Delicious punch and wafers were serv-xi throughout the afternoon. The chapter members were pleased and gratified at the neat sum realized^for the fund to finish the Jefferson Davis monument at his birthplace at Fairview, Ky., which will be the second highest monument in the world. The Washington monument at Washington, D. C., being the highest. The Wm. Wallace chapter has responded generously to every call made by the general organization and has forged ahead the past year in all phases of the work. The chapter now numbers 152 members. It is the second largest chapter in the state, Charleston being first with 275 members. TT?U- t. ?..J .-J U?1 tv UIUUU AO pi V/UU AUU 1U/A1 IA* MIC Daughters of the Confederacy and is always glad to help on their good work. \ Box Sapper ^ There will be e box supper given by the young ladies Claps No. 4 of the .. Methodist Sunday school of Buffalo S on the lawn in front of Mrs. Strahley's home, in East Buffalo. The proceeds will go on the repairs ' / of the church. All are invited to come and help us ou^ Mrs. Ellas Prloleau spent Friday in Spartanburg with friends. Mrs. E. L. Henry has returned to her home in Asheville, N. C., /after a visit to relatives in Union. Miss Viola Aiken is quite ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W .B. Aiken, on E. Main street. DOUBLE MURDER C REMAINS MYSTERY New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 6.?By > an intensive investigation of several cii ' of the earliest clues discovered in the ar ' double shooting of the Rev. Edward fr Wheeler Hall end Mrs. James Mills, er wife of the church sexton, state and te: county authorities announced tonight m< 1 they had constructed a frame work ed on which they expected the entire ju case to hinge. or This frame work, the authorities cr said, consists of four cardinal ques- be tions to be put to Mrs. Hall and Jan-es Mills when they are summoned for co ^questioning, which probably will be wi tomorrow. ne The first of the questions which wj the authorities say they wish to clear pj, up is the exact number of times Ri which Mills met Mrs. Hall on the day T1 before the discovery of the bodies of an the rector and Mrs. Mills in the Som- cy erset county orchard. Mills had said se] thai he met Mrs. Hall four times on this day, first early in the morning ce] at the church, twice at his own home Uq and once at her home. Mrs. Hall, as detectives said, has told them that ahe po saw Mills but once?and this was at ^ the church. The second question concerns the statement of William Phillips, nignt th( watchman of the New Jersey State College for Women, that the woman te] in the polo coat, who' entere^ the Aj Hall home early on the morning after en the .double shooting, was unaccom- , panied. Mrs. Ha4l, who has admitted she is the woman .to whom Phillips ^ refers, has declared that she was ac- . companled by her brother, William aJ Stevens. 4 The third question is why Mrs. 1 Hall failed to make any declaration of the large sum of money found in f1 Hall's home and the fourth is why neither she nor Mills in their que*- ^ tioning by Somerset county authorities made any statement of the close 801 friendship and interest which the w< rector and Mrs. Mills had shown in a 1 each other. tir The most important new discovery, ^ which was made in the systematic question of members of the church 88 choir and persons living near the *n church today, was the Ending of what by detectives called the "love-fence. "L This was a special chicken and de Mills to build about a shed in the Pi rear of the church. Detectives suid Di they were informed by persons living: Se near the church that on occasions they ke had seen Hall and Mrs. Mills leave wt the church separately by a door re: and go to this shed. The bai!6?l wire tei barrier, the detectives said, prevent- St ed any one from approaching the shed from the rear. pli Col. N. A, Swartzcops, commander ex of the New Jersey state police, for ex the first time today participated in pr the investigation. Besides. Phillips, ini the authorities requestioned Mrs. Ben- <ie< iamin Vogt, one of the women who ea: has reported hearing two automobiles Ui racing along Eastern avenue after the tri shooting is believed to have occurred. fQ1 "We know something about thes.> Cai automobiles," was th? only statement which Prosecutor Sticker would maj.e |n after the questioning of Mrs. Vogt. Aspirations Cooled by Breath of Ghosts New York, Oct. 7 (By the Associa ted Press).?Their aspirations coo!- !n' ed by the frigid breath of ghost from in the baseball's graveyard, Miller Hug- , gins, of the Yankees, stood in the shadows 'of their own tonrvV They ^ must recover from the blight of the 311 phantom of long John Scott, whose ^ rattling tarheelbones gave them their te scare yesterday, the likes of which only one team in the world series of history has recovered, administering ** a 8 to 0 defeat. " , m , w< Agree That Turks ^ Should Occupy Thrace n, ou Paris, Oct. 7 (By the Associated Press).?Great Britain and Prance, as ] represented by the foreign secretary, Curaon, Premier Poincare, have agreed in the principles that the ^ troops of the Turkish Nationalists ar shall be allowed to occupy Eastern i? Thrace only after the conclusion of w the peace treaty. , * he 1 1 ta News Received That w ' Sultan Has Abdicated fli ______ t m London, Oct. 7.?The report that or Sullivan Mohammed of Turkey abdi- ^ cated this morning was received by the Russian delegation here through a wireless dispatch from Moscow. ' < ? Pi Mexican Troops bj Rout Insurgents "J Pi El Paso, Texas, Oct. 7.?The loyal Mexican troops overtook the rebel col- jj umn in the mountains of Durango* aT and in the battle that followed com- Ul pletely routed the insurgents, killing th Col. Salinas and 22 other rebels, capturing one general and two colonels, according to an announcement by the th federal commander. to -v , . /. . - iL-aufi JIVES DECISION REGARDING BOOZ1 Washington, Oct. 6 (By the Assc ated Press).?All vessels, America id foreign owned, are prohibite om 'laving liquor on board in Air ican territorial waters under an in rpretation of the prohibition amend ent and the enforcement act hand down today by the department o sice. Moreover, the transportatio sale of intoxicants on America: aft, wherever operated, was held t inhibited. American territorial waters wer nstrued to include those not onl; thin the three mile limit of conti ntal United tSates, but also thos thin the same limit of the Philip ties, the Hawaiian Islands, Puert co, the Virgin Islands and Alasks le law would not apply in the Pan ia Canal Zone aB that zone is ape ically exempted by the statute it If. So far as American ships are con rned, the sale or transportation o [uor will cease at once, or as sooi those vessels reach their hom< rts. In the case of foreign ships s decision will become operative a on as the necessary regulation n be prepared and promulgated b; e treasury department. Court action looking to a final de rmination of the application a nerican dry laws to foreign ship tering American ports was forseei both Attorney General Daughert: d Chairman Lasker of the shippin] ard. Mr. Daugherty said he ha< ready been advised that a case wa out to be filed which would brinj e issue to the supreme court. Chairman Lasker was of the opin \ that the first move of foreign tes would be to seek an injunctioi straining the government from en rcing the law. He said it was rea Dable to suppose that the court >uld grant such an injunction witl result that foreign ships would con me .to arrive with liquor on boari til there was a final decision by th ?hest court. The attorney genera id his department would cooperat every effort t o expedite a rulinj the supreme court. Publication^ of the opinion ^>f th' partment of Justice followed hita Honae- .conference tfvwhial mgherty, Secretary Hughes ani cretary Mellon and Chairman Las r. Various phases of the situatioi ?re discussed, including the posslbl suits of enforcement upon the In rnational relations of the Unites ates. High administration officials ex ained there was no course for th ecutive branch of the governmen cept to enforce the law as inter eted by the legal department. Thi :erpretation was based upon recen cisions of the supreme court in i Be involving: the authority of th< rited States to interfere with thi insfer of a liquor cargo from oni reign shff) to another in an Ameri n port. imediate Enforcement Of Prohibition on American Vessel Washington, Oct. 7.?The executive anch of the government is proceed g to the immediate enforcement an< terpretation of the prohibitioi nendments and enforcement act b; e legal branch as prohibiting th asportation and sale of liquor 01 merican vessels, wnerever operated id the presence of liquor on foreigi lips anywhere within the America! rritorial waters. A suggestion was made that con -ess might be asked to take up th 11 introduced over a year ago, whicl :>uld permit the American passenge lips engaged in foreign commerc sell liquor beyond the three, mil nit. The anti-saloon league vigor isly opposed the measure. Fliers Make Record Flight San Diego, Calif., Oct. 7 (By th ssociated Press).?While Lieuten its John Macready and Oakley Kel were catering up some sleep k>a hile flying over this city over Jl >urs to smash all records in a sua ined flight, officers and men of Rock ell Field echoed the praise of th era gave while the powerful Libert; otor which carried them on a reo d breaking flight. - i m ndrew Bonar Law Writoa l#ttei London, Oct. 7 (By the Associate ress).?A sensation has been cause r a letter from Andrew Bonar Lai ^holding the British government' titude in the Near Eastern crisii ronouncement widely held as equiv ent to a direct threat to bring th ritish troops home from Hie Rhin id completely terminate the entente tless France comes into line wit e British policy in the Near East. Mrs. N. M. King of Spartanburg i ie guest of Mr. and Km. B. F. Ala n, Jr., on South street. x \ , U . : > $&X;' -ifeL ALLEN^OYSl E GIVEN UjMRTY ?- Richmond, Va., Oct. 6.?friel Alton n and Sidna Edwards, youthful man- tj d bers of the Allen clan that on March si i- 144,4 1912, shot up the court house th i- at Hillsville, were en route to their a I- mountain homes tonight ''reformed gi I- young men and worthy of a new trial si f in life." The ten years they spent to n in the Virginia penitentiary fulfilled n the purpose of the law, declared Gov. s> o E. Lee Trinkle today in grafting them th conditional pardons and thm are cap- It] s able and will in the future^lead law- th y abiding Kves. ' et i- Sidna Allen and Wesley' Edwards, wi e two other members of the felan, serv- si >- ing 3b years and 27 years\ imprison- tu o ment, respectively, for th*r part in I n? u the affair in which the presiding be - judge, Thornton L. Maselef Common- ca - wealth Attorney W. M Fewer, Sher- oi ;- iff L F. Webb, Auguatue HPowler, a he juror, and Miss Betty a, spec- ot i- tator, were killed and Dfigter Goad, he f court clerk, and several jtfranen were w< n wounded were denied elal|eacy be- nc ft cause "they have served ito short a ne ?, time for their punishm^*." yhe I s two other members of tbe clan were th s electrocuted at the ^Jtlf BOPison for mi y their part in the shoothtfL f *r The executive review;* she prison It record of Sidna Edwardffcnd Friel th f Allen, which, he said, "hanloen with- gt s out a mark against thenf*<furing the ki a entire period of their 4?jtttoement.'' fo y That both are reformed^fiaplt men i and will in the future MMjjWpw abid- th d ing lives and, in addttiseypi'was led 0u s to believe Sidna EdwarflHs be of "a th i rather weak mentality.'V^R T1 Friel Allen was ver^^HBig when wl - he was convicted. i n The pardons were two at a men shortly before QOMHp as soon ed - as they could take of their th - 'companions for ten jflHsy start- wi * ed on their journey*?^Hl. s Their ar h movements were wsq^^BMsd by in - prison officials who offl^^fflate hour av 4 tonight refused kny IflHttiAn oth- 0'< e er than that the twojfl^^irere hur- w) 4 rying to their loved oas|HBbe south- p? ft western section of the in X The shooting in ths^Hft'house at A Hilslville followed g*HMction of ft Floyd Allen ofba Bjjsoonshin- ar 4 ordered the sheriff to "^ak^&e pria- be - oner in charge." At this point Allen wi * leaped to his feet and scouted: he e "No man shall ever take me to the wi - penitentiary!" I - 4 re 4 The shooting followW Judge wj Massie was among the^rst to fall, - and when the firing ceased the bodies ft of the commonwealth's attorney, the t sheriff and Juror Fosffer yrere found M - near where the men had stood. Miss u a Ayers was found among the spectat tors' seats so seriously wounded that he a she died next day. The prisoner, n, e Floyd Allen, also was seriously B wounded, but he recovered only to ex- sa B piate his crime six months later. p, * ' H Property Loss by Forest Fires 50 be North Bay, Ont., Oct. 7.?Property T) loss by forest fires which-swept many fo towns in Northern Ontario will probably aggregate seven or eight million fit e dollars. The loas of life is expected to . to reach 40. The towns of North Coj bait, Thornloe, Heaslip, Charlton and [t Unopark were destroyed. so N, e Serious Dynamiting in w " Coke Strike Region ^ r? ?? ar Q Uniontown, Penn., Oct. 7.?A most ^ serious -dynamiting in the Connells- ^ > ville coke strike region for several ^ months occurred when three heavy ^ blasts closed the pit mouth of the O Provant mine, destroyed the tipple and demolished the fan house. Plans have been made to open the mine Monday with nonunion labor. o'< . C< Young Man Dies ^ x Of Knife Wound ? ___ e Florence. S. C., Oct. 6,?Colon Mc- . Clam died at his home in the New ftC [. Second section today from wounds w t received when he was stabbed by his 5 uncle, John McClam in a dispute the u two men had over business matters ,n > yesterday. John McClam is in jail . e here. It is understood that he walked y to Florence, arriving here laat night &r I* to give himself up. He told the sher- E iff he had stabbed his nephew and pj was afraid he might be handled se- jQ verely by the friends of the young w f man unless he had protection. Mc(j .Clam claims that he used his lcnife fr when his nephew knocked him down w with a club. He did not know uyntU AVI- -At tV.l VI- V V? A . I wuio WMjnioun umv iius u?pu?;w uau ^ u died. He has engaged counsel qpd at p. will apply for bond. I Fin* Treat ? h The editor is in clover today, thanks w to his good friends. to Mrs. W, T. Beaty brought us a basket of "greens" and Barnard Pant . of 8sntuc large potatoes. A -fine din- i? nor we had today. n r ' . ' .? ? k 5 \ . {x rgRft yy ir - . ' it li i.? Jdiwi*^ r . 'j R > rt* I' yv^?or;,'" ' > * a SUN BATTLE IN MOONSHINE RAID State, federal and Lexington coun' officers were fired upon by moonliners in Lexington county early is week as they were approaching still and in returning the fire a ner? in thought to have been seriously tot, according to reports brought i Columbia yesterday by the officers. The officers were nearing a still id those in charge evidently knew e booze sleuths were in the vicinV as they had removed the still from e furnace and assumed a belligerit attitude. One negro opened fire ith a shotgun, but one shot went itray. The negro's fire was rerned, buckshot being used. The tgro's fire was returned, buckshot ting used. The negro made his espe and was never found, but the Seers were advised yesterday that i was ijft a critical condition. One her negro was seen and others may ive been at the still, but if they ere, they escaped. The officers did it know the name of the wounded igro As the officers were approaching e still they ran across a rattlelake that objected to their progress id guns were necessary to quell it. is probable, the officers say, that e men operating the still heard the in shots as the rattler was being lied and were therefore prepared r the visit of the raiders. In addition to the still captured at e scene of the shooting three other itfits were taken by the officers. All e raids were in the Pelion section, iree of the stills were large ones, bile the other was not so big. In Aiken county Thursday, federal, ate and Aiken county officers locat1 a big outfit about 20 miles from e town of Aiken. When the plant as first found no one was around id wishing to see who was conductg the thriving business the officers waited developments. About 11 :lock in the .morning Henry Boyd, bite, and Lee Winters, negro, apsared upon the scene. They were lmediately arrested, the officers said, one horcfe wagon vftas aoised. While in Aiken county 'the state id federal officers cooperated with Seers of the town of Aiken in raidgfhe place of Kldtod Blakeley, kraoterti^ as -a notorious negro otlegger and nuisance." Blakeley's ife poured out a bucketful of whisiy, the officers reported . Blakeley as arrested, it being the third time cently that he had been charged ith dealing in liquor. Holding Union Man New Orleans, La., Oct. 6.?John B. cCollum, said to be wanted in nion, S. C., on the charge of discing of cotton under lien, is being ild. Sheriff T. J. Vinson was im.tilioiolir lwttifioil ??WV IJf IIVVI1IVU. McCollum itt wanted in Union, it is id, on the charge of defrauding the irmers' Bank and Trust company, e is alleged to have disposed of 2,10 pounds of cotton on which the ink had a lien, the hank losing $800. lere is said to be a reward of $25 r McCollum. Police will hold the man until of:ers get here from South Carolina return McCollum there for trial. Union, C., Oct. 6.?Sheriff Vinn has been advised of the arrest in 6w Orleans of John B. McCollum, ho lives near Whitmire, and who is leged to have disposed of certain tton on which the Farmers' Bank id Trust company of this place held lien. The amount involved is about 100. Sheriff Vinson will send after e prisoner at once. verturned Auto Kills Young Man I ' Anderson, Oct. 6.?Today about 1 clock Tubor Cooley of New Britain, jnn, was killed when the car which ? was driving turned over at Mar's Mill, about nine miles from Ansrson, between this city and Hart.11 TO. ? ....... ?... ... ?11, X lie yuuug moil rvaa picncu up r the Hartwell bus soon after the cident happened and taken to Hartell, but he died when in three miles Hartwell. Miss 'tJaisy Holcomb, St. Petersburg, Fla., who was ridg with Mr. Cooley, was only slight' injured. The parents of Mr. Cooley, Mr. id Mrs. Harry L. Cooley, and Mrs. , B. Holcomb, of St. Petersburg, la., were riding in another car folwing the car which the young man as driving Mr. Cooley was just I years of age, and was graduated om the high school in New Britain lis year. This is a very dangerous irve on the Bankhead highway, and fo other young men have been killed this same point. The body of the young man will be iken to his home from Hartwell. he car was completely wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley and their son ere on their way to St. Petersburg > spend the winter. Miss Carrie Young of Spartanburg i spending the week-end with her pewits, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Young. jm* AVIATORS MAKE NEW AIR RECORD i San Diego, Cal., Oct. 6.?Lieuta. John A. Mac Ready and Oakley Kelly, who had been flying over San Diego since 6:56 yesterday in the monoplane T-2, landed at Rockwell field at 5:11:30 today, having broken all records for sustained flight in a heavier than air flying machine. They were in the air 35 hours, 18 minutes, 30 seconds. The aviators were well tired out but willing, they said, to have continued their flight except for their desire to reach the ground before darkness should make landing more difficult. 'The landing of the big plane was the signal for a mighty chorus of whistles from the vessels in the harbor. When ?he airmen circled (own to the field a small army of spectators was waiting to greet them. Capt R G Erwin, commandant of Rockwell field, soon after the flight ended gave out the time the aviators had been aloft as 35 hours, 18 minutes, 30 seconds. The official time of ,) * -i ?? ?4. J ucjmitutc jrcoiCi uojr vrun act uuwu ill the Rockwell field record as 5:63 a. m. in stead of 5:56 a. m., as unofficially given out, and the time of the landing today was given officially as 5:11:30 p. m. The aviators were begrimed with oil and grease when they stepped from the big machine in which they had remained aloft, circling over the city for virtually two days and a night. That did not stop Mrs. Benjamin MacReady, mother of the aviator, from rushing to greet her son. She kissed him full on his grimy cheek and when she turned around, smiling gladly, her lips were black with grease and oil. Lieuts. MacReady and Killy joined in making the following statement: "It was the wonderful Liberty moto which kept ur up. There is no question that this flight proved the motor to be the best and most efficient in the world. It is due to the development of army aviation. The primary purpose of the test, it should be eaid was to test the motor in the United States army transport T-2, and the result was all that could be expected. "We are going to make the flight ffwvm San Diego to New J?oiic in. November and we are confident that we shall be successful." Come to the High I School Monday Night t ine nrst concert 01 tne lyceum course will be given in the high school Monday night nt 8:15. This is the Lewis Concert company and a delightful program is in store for those who attend. There will be six numbers in this course and arrangements have been made so that none will be in Union during the Gipsy Smith meeting. Madam Bnschi and company is another number, and this alone is worth the season's ticket. Madam Baschi is a Roumanian artist and has sung in grand opera in all the European capitals. Union is indeed fortunate in including this number in their course and it was just because she was to go to a number of other places in this part of the state, that we were able to get this in. Buy your ticket now and help tne committee put this over in Union, and don't wait for each number and thedoby save several dollars on the course. Y. P. M. S. of Green Street The Y. P. M. S. of Green Street made a call at the county home Sunday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock and l ad a devotional service. Through the kindness of the superintendent, Mr. and Mrs. Willard, everything was in readiness for us and the inmates were eager to see the young people arrive. Many of them had their choice songs selected and the young people sang for them with a heart full of love the oia time songs 01 tneir youtniui aays. It was a blessing and inspiration, too, to bring these young and the old together for worship. To the young it made them realize that they, too, are journeying past the milestones of life and it won't be long. To the old it made their hearts glad to know that these young people think of them. Union Defeats Newberry The Union Hi eleven played the Newberry Hi eleven at Newberry yesterday, and defeated them by the score of 7 to 0. There was heavy rain falling dur. ing the entire gam^und the new field made the game mbre difficult, mud and water being about six Inches deep. However, the heavy 'back-field of Union ably supported by an impenetrable line made heavy gains time and again through the strong Newberry line. This school has an all round good team, but that of Union was too much for It. A. A. A. Mrs. L. B. Jeter, Jr., and Miss Vera Trotter, of Santuc, were the guests of Mrs. Richard W. McDow, on 8. Church street, yesterday NOTHING DEFINITE FROM MUDANIA Constantinople, Oct. 6 (By the Associated Press).?Although no definite news has yet been received from Muuania, where the allied representatives have gone again to renew their conference with the envoys of the Turkish Nationalist government, at midnight -tonight there was u distinct current of optimism among the allien diplomats here regarding a possib:-> successful outcome of the negotiations. This feeling prevailed, notwithstanding that the Kemalists today issued an ultimatum to the allies, demanding their consetat to Turkish occupation of Thrace and the previous rejection by the Kemalists of the proposals for the sending of allied troops and the establishment of an allied control commission in the province. The ultimatum regarding the evacuation of Thrace at frst demanued a reply by 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Later the time was extended to 6:3f> o'clock this evening, and still later to 8 o'clock. Meantime the idlied generals had sailed f<L* Mudania. Dispatches received during the day from London and Paris seemed to indicate that th.> French and British governments still were seeking ground for an agreement upon which they could again face the Turkish delegates with a united front. The feeling among the British here was summarized by a staff officer this evening as follows: "We showed a willingness to go to any honorable length to avoid a rupture. If our pacific advances are no' acceptable or are not reciprocated, we are ready for eventualities." French opinion here was inclined to criticise M. Franklin-Bouillon for injecting himself into the conferen .< at Mudania, on the ground that the conference was no place for a civilian and a. politician. "Military men can get along together," said a French colonel, "but one politician makes a muddle of a whole roomful of mere soldiers." Moat of the Italians here expressed ! regret over orders received from Borne directing General Mombelli, the Italian representative at Mudania, to Support the Turkish claims. General Mombellis sturdy attitude at Thuicdayls wasting at Mudania won for ; h\m admiration in many quarters and was the basis for a sudden springing up of a friendship between the Italians and English in Constantinople. An announcement received from London that former Premier Veni>eyos is willing to have the Greek troops evacuate eastern Thrace, thus permitting the early establishment rf a Turkish civil administration there, was considered as offering a way out of the present crisis, but the belief prevailed that the Kemalists would adhere to their expressed intention not to permit the presence in Thrace of allied control commissions. Meeting of Circles of Presbyterian Church The circles of the Presbyteriai church will meet Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the folowing places: Circle 1?Mrs. Martin. Circle 2?Mrs. T. E. Bailey Circle 3?Mrs. Edgar. Christmas Bazaar The ladies of the Episcopal church t re busy these days getting ready f jv the Christmas bazaar which they hold every year the first of December. Tl.i-year, they are planning to have me \ery best bazaar ever, and the ' ?>. I. autumn days find them stitching, em broidering and fashioning: deligh,ru' nrticles for Christmas gifts. House Party This Week Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Whisenant .ir-entertaining a merry house party the. week and the guests include Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allison (Osceola Whisenant), who are returning from then* honeymoon journey; Mrs. Cathcart (Lilian Whisenant) and little daugh tor, Miriam, and Mrs. J. E. Whisenan, and small son. Ed, .Jr., of Spartanburg. Cooking Nemonstration Next Week Miss Bunnell, the famous dietician lepresenting the Southern Cotton Oil Trade company, will give a series of cooking: lessons in Union next week at the Young Men's Business League, beginning at 10 o'clockMiss Bunnell will use Wesson's oil and Snowdrift lard and every woman in Union is invited to attend the lessons. She will give a demonstratio 1 at Ottaray community house at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open Close October .. 21.30 21.30 Decembed . / 21.55 21.64 January 21.49 21.49 March . 21.56 21.60 May 21.55 21.50 Local maret 21 Vic N. Y. Spota 21.55