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Vpl. LXXIII No. 1505 j Union, S. C., Tuesday Afternoon, October 10, 1922 3c Per Copy
FALLS DOWN
ELEVATOR SHAFT
Mr. James Thomson, who holds n
position with the Eagle Grocery company
here, fell through the elevator
shaft from the second floor to the
basement of the Eagle Grocery Compaq's
% building yesterday afternoon
. at 5:30 and suffered a fracture of the
skulL and a broken ankle, besides severe
bruises. He was carried pa Wallace
Thomson hospital for surgical attention,
and this morning an, operation
to relieve the pressure upop the brrfin
was performed, an X-ray picture hav
ing revealed that the skull was fractured.
That he was not killed is miraculous,
for he struck upon his head,
landing upon a cement floor.
ITO. J- "' -
mi. xiiumsuii is years oi age Slid
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomson
of Pacolet.
The many friends of Mr. Thomson
v hope for his early recovery.
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Fashion Notes
There is no use keeping it a secret ,
any longer, the long, full skirts and
tight bodices of grandmother's day ,
are here and Madame Fashion says ,
they are quite the thing. The long
skirts have not met with any favor
and one sees them only in the shop
windows?the short ones were so pretty,
and so very comfortable that women
have decided to take .things ;n
their own hands and repudiate the
long, sweeping, ugly garments.
Anyway, the new plaited skirtr,
even if they are long, are beautiful
end come in a variety of alluring pat~
terns, and it is so easy to cut them
<-u wie ngm lengin. vTOCK8 ol wool, I
serge and crepe de chine, made in the'
youthful modes are irresistible and
navy hlue is the favorite color with
gay trimmings of beads, buckles and
oriental effects.
In the real of Blousedom, the delighted
shopper can spend a whole
afternoon for the blouses have never
been so Ipvely; the milliners say thai
in mjlliiVery whims and fancies bold
absolute sway;, Ohooee yhat you will
but hav^a-c*be"jiow you put tt on?
for. it's the lines that count. Crushed
down a| the proper angle, there's
the saucy tilt of the little jade turban.
Every hat is a picture to be
adored..
All through the Union stores gorv
geous new apparel for fall and winter
greets the shoppers and- the tjnion
merchants invite you to visit their
displays.
Peace in Near East
Rests With Turks
. London, Oct. 10 (By the Associated
Press).?The question of peace in
the Near East now rests with the
Turkish Nationalist Assembly at Angora,
which has before it the armistice
conditions laid down by the Allied
powers. Meanwhile the Mudania conference
has been adjourned and the
_ Allied generals have returned to headquarters
at Constantinople to await
the Turkish decision. The Allied terms
include the withdrawal of Turkish
troops to neutral zones, the limitation
of the number of Turkish gendarmes
in eastern Thrace and the non occupation
of that province by the Turks
until the peace treaty is signed.
Undesirable Americans
Are Deported
El Paso, Oct. 10.?The deportation
of socalled undesirable American citizens
from Juarez in the campaign
to rid the Mexican border city of vice
is continued as the resorts were raided
under the orders of Governor Chihuahua.
A score of questionable characters
were transported across the international
bridge and arrested by the
American authorities.
Traffic at a Standstill
Wichita Falls, Texas, Oct. 10.?As
a result of condemning 12 locomotive*
of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas branch
line by federal inspectors, traffic Is %t
a standstill. Only three trains are
moving.
#Red Cross Relieving
Suffering in N^ar East
Washington, Oct. 10.?With the entire
power of the American Red Cross
behind the reliA effort in the Near
East, the meeting of the annual oon-|
vention was devoted to plenary sea.
sion, introduced with an address by
Miss Mabel Boardman on volunteer
service.
Outbreat at Mt. Joy Prison
London, Oct. 10 (By the Asiociated
Press).?An outbreak occurred at Mt.
Joy prison, Dublin, this morning. Irregular
prisoners attacked the guard.
One guard and one prisoner are killed.
^ , DY. Rogers, who underwent an operation
at Wallace Thomson hospital,
has recovered sufficiently to return to
his home at Mrs. Preston Bo bo's. Dr.
Rogers holds a position with the Peopie's
Drug Store.
ALLIED MISSION
IN ADRIANOPLE
Adrianople, Oct. 9 (By the Associated
. Press).?An allied military
mission has arrived here and will
spend three days before proceeding
to visit the countryside by automo
bile. The mission consists of three
officers, French, British and Italian
and the chairman is a French colonel,
Dufoulan, by virtue of seniority.
The commfssion's errand as defined
by the allied high commissioners is
to reassure the population, ifivcstigate
alleged excesses, prevent disturbances
and report auy evidence of
incendiarism, pillaging or unreasonable
requisitioning. Similar missions
have arrived in the past week at
Rodosto and Luleburgas.
Adrianople gave the delegates a
rather cool deception as the opinion
is that they were sent at the request
of the Kemalist to gqther evidence
which will be chiefly useful to the
Turks. It was even reported that, the
Athens government had formally re
quested the allies- to withdraw the
mission. Nevertheless, the local officials
granted the delegates every facility.
The populace, while distinctly hostile
to the French and neutral toward
the Italian member, was exceedingly
friendly to the British representative,
a younthful airman who is accompanied
by two red capped stalwarts in
the uniform of the British military
police. Greek soldiers everywhere
salute punctiliously the British captain,
but ignore the French and Italian
officers.
The first act of the mission after
formal calls on the local officials was
to visit the religious leaders of all
sects, and during the evening the
mission conferred with various local
leaders representing different parties
and groups.
The impression gained was that the
mission's arrival was ri&ftst opportune,
as local feeling is tense and trouble
is brewing, which the mere presence
of . the foreign delegates would do
ipuch to restrain. Nearly all classes
aire inclined ;to deplore the plan tot
Tufkish reentry, even many
the old capitai of the Turkish qmpire,
they nevertheless shook their heads
gravel^ over the probable disturbance
of commercial and civil life, which
only recently has been coming back
to normal.
The Greeks and Armenians pointed
out the absolute necessity of large
allied forces for the supervision of
any turnover in order to prevent racial
and religious animosities from
developing into massacres and incendiarism.
The mission is convinced
that no assurances by the allies would
prevent an enormous refugee exodus,
which has already begun across
the frontiers in Bulgaria and Macedonia.
The presence of allied detachments
may hold this exodus to
lesser proportions but can not entirely
reassure the Christian populations.
Moreover, there is a demand that
such allied detachments remain for a
reasonable period after the Turks are
installed. Meanwhile, military preparations
for resistance continue on
all sides, and the mission would not
be surprised at the appearance of a
movement for an autonomous state in
Eastern Thrace.
Sparks' Circus Scores a
Big Hit in Florence, S. C.
"The well arranged and attractive
Btreet parade was merely a good index
of what he Sparks show had to
offer. The I u show was all that had
been said of it and more. Everything
about the show was such a clean,
wholesome and higl\ grade nature that
it kis a pleasure to recommend it."?
Times, Florence, S. C., Oct. 10th.
Foot Ball Game
The Union High eleven will meet
the Spartanburg High eleven Friday,
October 18th, at the City park at
3:30.
Everybody come and support your
home team.
Box Supper
Thete is an ice cream and box supper
to be given at Brown's Creea
church October 14, beginning at 7:30.
The proceeds will go on the repairs
of the church.
KveryDoay is ooraiauy invitea, ana
the ladies are requested to bring wellfilled
boxes. 10-10-18-14-pd
Interstate Commission
\ Rata -Hearing
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 10.?Preparations
resuming the interstate commerce
commissions Southern freight
rate hearing here tomorow Is being
completed. Indications are that the
North Carolina corporation commission
will consume throe days in pre.
sentiAg evidence of alleged discrimination.
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MURDER CHARGES
AGAINST ELEVEN
Florence, Ost. 9.?Six of seven indictments
returned by the grand jury
in the court of sessions for Florence
county, which convened today, were
for murder. John McClam and Morris
Pearce are the only white men
under indictment for murder, the rest
being negroes.
McClam is charged with stabbing
fils nephew, Colon McClaim, to death,
and Pearce is charged with shooting
u negro to death on the streets of
Timmonsville.
The six cases noted, with Ave
brought over from a previous term of
court, make eleven murder cases on
the docket for trial at this term. It
is not likely that nearly all of them
will eb reached.
Francis H. Weston, former district
attorney for the Eastern district of
the United States court, is acting as
special judge for the Florence court.
He made a splendid charge to the
grand jury in which he declared that
this state is in the throes of a lawless
period arid said that it was the udty
of every citizen to help remedy these
conditions. Law and order, wi^h
especial reference to murder and the
violation of the prohibition laws, was
the essence of his charge. Most of
the time of the court was taken up
today in organizing. The session will
last a week.
Bond Issue Election
Is Found Defective
October 10. 1922.
To the Citizens of Union:
At the last session of the Legislature
an Act was passed authorizing
an election in the City of Union for
the purpose of determining whether
an issue of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($150,000.00) in
bonds should be floated for the purpose
of improving the streets, and
naming a Commission to have the
work done, etc. In due course, the
election was held, and by a large majority,
it y^as decided to issue the
with the election, but on the day following
the election, the Mayor notified
me that the election had carried.
In due course, the Commission met
and organized bv the election of
Emslie Nicholson, Chairman, and J.
F. Cheek, Secretary, and the Commission
then took steps toward etrf^
ploying an Engineer, advertising
the bonds for sale, and letting the
contract for the work. On the day
advertised for the sale of the bonds,
a satisfactory price was not received,
and all the bids were rejected. Since
that time, the Commission has had a
great deal of correspondence with various
bond dealers, endeavoring to
get a fair price for the bonds, and at
last, having obtained the proposition,
they submitted papers for the approval
of their Attorney. After much
correspondence it develops that there
was a defect in that n signed petition
from the majority of the freeholders
was not presented to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Union, asking for the election. The
Constitution of the State requires
that that should have been done, an 1
it is impossible to correct the defect
except by obtaining such a petition
and having the City Council order another
election.
At a meeting of the City Council,
held on the afternoon of the 0th of
October, these facts were presented,
and by a resolution unanimously carried,
they decided to have prepared
and presented to the freeholders, a
petition for another election, and the
petition being signed by a majority of
the freeholders and presented to the
City Council, that they would order
another election.
The Commission has, in the meantime,
awarded the contract fo the
Southern Paving & Contracting Co.
for the improvement of the streets,
and they are now just about ready
to begin the work. The delay was
caused by the embargoes on the railroads,
and the impossibility of getting
the necessary material and machinery
until very recently.
The Commissions regrets exceedingly
that there should have been any defect
in the previous election, but as
ihAir Via J vt/\f kin M in /l/\ ? 1 fit 14 Ua??Imm
nicjf iioy iiviwiiii^ w uv ivimi iv( iiavnipf
only taken office after the election
they do not feel that they should Lh
blamed by the public for the present
situation. The Commission feels, however,
that this full explanation is d-i*
to the public.
Yours very truly,
Emslie Nicholson.
Agreement Submitted
To Ismet Vashti
Mudania, Oct. 10 (By the Associated
Press).?The Allied general dre**
up the final arlistice conventions here
last night and submitted it to Ismel
Pasha, the Turkish Nationalist representative
of the Angora government
giving him until 6 o'clock today tc
accept or reject.
WILL PRESENT I \
ALLIED DEMANDS
Mudania, Oct. 9 (By the Associated
Press). ? Is met Pasha will lay the 01
allied demands before the Apgora as. P
sembly, and in the meantime the con. h
ference stands adjourned. *
Lieutenant General Hartugton and c<
Generals Charpy and MomMlli ha.e "
returned to Constantinople to await ex
the reply of the Angora government, b;
The conference met at 3 o'clock tKis T
afternoon an the allies |resented P<
their three demands^?withdrawal of bi
the Turkish troops from tie neutral c<
zones, limitation of the Turkish gen- w
darmerie in Thrace and nqp-occupu- 5,
tion of Thrace by the Turk|| until ut'- 2,
ter signature of the pea??' treaty, ai
There was long discussal, on the w
question of evacuation and|khe vari- bi
ous phases of the Tracian problem. r?
When it became evident Aat Ismot C(
Pasha did not have the jjfeessary b\
power to decide definitely eqn the^e el
demands, the allied reprflantatives
made preparations for thstt* depart- n<
ure. ^
London, Oct. 9.?The govwimfeit is ot
still awaiting news from the* Mudan.a tl
conference and the result jbf ordeis n<
Kemal Pasha is reported to K'v?*:?:?*.
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vii ivi ici^cuiciu UI VM lUTKlStl i3
troops from the neutral acmes '<rr^ to
such ncv; lines in those zones ss may
bo agreed upon. '* .
The cabinet qouncil today^ bad'little .
to do beyond hekring a repoyt-on Lord
Curzon's mission to Pari*, and. "discussing
purely provisional arfc*ngements
for a peace conference, should
the Mudania meetinb provq ^ucpeesf
It is understood that si ftnbot the!
delay at Mudania arose tokdttffb car- 41
tain differences in wordinjjt iut^dthcr
indefiniteness in the instnaljt?&r<$onveyed
to the British and Fterl(& afete. I
gates concerning precise i
ing the new limits of Jw|gal
zones, and it is supposed the
Turks are taking advantage
temporary differences to <m a*>y fc
definite decisional Ftnctharrfna Mv$?r fc
are said to be still some |w I'ditfkr- si
ences of opinion relative^?; je numa)
lowed in Thrace. N?v|j>j IKS ft
remains optimistic. ' '
The national council tgilasenting ci
the whole Labor party nytJtodaV fo
consider the Near East^rf akitufetion n
and passed a resolution I*pressing
lack of confidence in the gollrnment's ci
policy and demanding the Immediate
resignation of the government and the ci
election of a new>psrliameilt.
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Cotton Growers' Association
Sends Out Much* Money ?
Columbia, Oct. 10.?The South Car- c'
olinn Cotton Growers Cooperative
a^ociation has paid out $2,322,379.34
in advances to its members through Ci
last Saturday night, according to figures
made public by the association
today.
Several thousand bales of cotton
have been delivered to the association
since that ime, over 3,000 bales hav- &
ing been delivered at the various receiving
stations and warehouses Sat- Cl
urday.
The money has gone into every sec- a
tion of the state and officials' of the
association express the belief that it 0
is helping general conditions in the
state very materially. The association
is advancing 12 cents a pound to its n
members on short staple cotton and
18 cens a pound on long staple. Among n
the contracts received by the associ.
, ation today was that of S. L. Wat- 11
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loru, 01 Lamar, one 01 uie larger
I farmers of Darlington county.
Mrs. Jas. M. Bennett 111
, n
Mrs. Jas. M. Bennett of near Cross
Anchor was suddenly stricken this n
morning while at the breakfas table.
Later news from her bedside is to the A
effect that she has rallied and hor
, condition is more favorable. This will
, be good news to her wide circle or
' friends. H
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Orangeburg Man
Begins Sentence 0I
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Orangeburg, Oct. 9.?Robert Lee of
Patrick, former cashier of the Peo- T1
pie's Bank of Bowman, surrendered m
, this afternoon, to Sheriff R. Fulton tti
Dukes to commence service of ta three of
| months' term in the Orangeburg coun- d<
. ty jail. During the September term U
| of the court of general sefeiong for p]
Oramreburor countv Patrick nlesded n<
guilty to a charge of violating the u]
banking laws and was sentenced by la
Judge Memminger to serve three al
months in the county jail and was w
given ten days to arrange his busi- r?
ness. It"~-will be recalled that the ui
' "epic's Bank is now in tha hands of d*
a receiver and the cash^ntid a for- ti
mer director, Charles'? r ley Aua>
tin, were indicted an* in the S<
> September court. A\ *>y ;?taa found
; guilty by a Jury ar*?n- kd amended
> to mercy and the pre4 ddidge sen- U
, tenced him to six nrf*11* ,otbut sus- w
> pended the sentence CTBor dtfcood behavior.
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> aetn *
r v $
t v L*.
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1EAVY HARVEST S
FOR MOST CROPS
Washington, Oct. 9.?Crops gen-j
L*ally suffered losses in prospective w
roduction during September, but the of
arvests will be larger than they H
ore last year, except in the case of H
>rn, buckwheat and peanuts, accord- w]
ig to preliminary estimates and fore- cc
ists of production announced today WJ
y the department of agriculture. )j,
hese showed a reduction as com?red
with a month ago of 25,000,000 fc,
jshels of oats, 21,000,000 bushels of ru
?rn, 8,000,000 bushels of spring ar
heat, 16,000,000 bushels of peanuts, ar
000,000 bushels .>f white potatoes, f0
800,000 bushels of sweet potatoes K,,
id 2,500,000 bushels of apples. There K(
as increase in the increases of toicco,
barley, rice and beans. The pc
xluction in Illinois was about 12,- ^
10,000 bushels, in Missouri 7,000,000
.ishels and in Kansas 1,000,000 bush- ^
* pc
Crop production this year was an- m
>unced today by the department of
jriculture in preliminary estimates pc
r some crops and forecasts, based
i rvinHifinn inKn?? 1 f/?i? nflnnra *
~ ~ V? he
tousands of bushels, except where! ,
>ted) as follows:
Spring wheat (preliminary), 2(18.- j
14. te
All -wheat (preliminary), 810,123. j r?
Corn (forecast), 2,853,399.
Oets (preliminary), 1,229,774.
Barley (preliminary), 196,431. ; *'
Buckwheat (forecast), 14,051.
White potatoes (forecast), 433,015 , ^
Sweet potatoes (forecast), 105,490. e
Flaxseed (forecast), 11,725. j m
Rico (forecast), 39,159.
Tobacco (pounds, forecast), 1,355.-1 10
>6. Iev
Peaches (forecast). 56,125. , re
Apples (forecast), 203,667. , Ul
Sugar beets (tons, forecast), 5.070. *K
Grain sorghums (forecast), 95,840.|?r
Peanuts (forecast), 675,478. | v<
Beans (preliminary), 13,013. I ni
The condition on October 1 and the jte
recast of production (in thousands) i m
r principal producing Southern)111
ates follow: I
Corn. jsu
Virginia: Condition, 89, and forelit,
54,789.
North Carolina: Condition, 80, ar.d Pe
(ieorgia: Condition, 68, and foKist,
55,588. m
1 n Hi' - ou a r rn
Reniucny; wjiiuiuun, m, ana iore1st,
89,578. |
Tennessee: Condition, 75, and foreist,
75,214. PC
Alabama: Condition. 67, and foia-|W
ist, 48,749. ; br
Mississippi: Condition, 73, andus
jrecast, 49,186. I lis
Louisiana: Condition, 70, and fore-!
ist, 29,488. , "1
Arkansas: Condition, , and foreist.
46,850.
Tobacco.
Virginia: Condition, 92, and forcist,
173,052. h?
North Carolina: Condition, 75, and
jrecast, 308,610, , '
South Carolina: Condition, 68, and .
)recast, 57,523. ^
Florida: Condition, 89, and fo?-e- ',
ist, 2,937. i
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Kentucky: Condition, 79, and fore-.
ast, 454,045. , W
Tennessee: Condition, 76, and fore-.
ast, 99,286.
The condition of various crops on
'ctober 1 was announced as follows: j m
Corn, 78.4 per cent of normal.
BUCKwneat, oa.n per cent, 01 nurtaL
j
White potatoes, 77.3 per cent of i
ormal. 11(1
Sweet potatoes, 79.0 per cent of nor- j 0,1
laU |w
Flaxseed, 82.6 per cent of norma).
Rice, 86.3 per cent of normal; "
Tobacco, 78.9 per cent of normal. In
Sugar beets, 85.1 per cent of norlal.
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Grain sorghums, 64.9 per cent of ei
ormal.
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iska Showing of t
Union Magistrate <?,
m
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 9.?Governor h(
arvey this morning gave Magis- of
ate Leslie B. /lodshall, of Union,
ntil October 16 to make a showing IV
have his commission revoked, betuse
of failure to co-operate with
ficers' in the enforcement of law. p
he governor wrote a letter to the ^
agistrate, in which he told him of A
te reports that had been made and
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wit* iuiuiiik? ui me special Biait ^
;tectjve who had been sent to n
nion to investigate. Various comlaints
have reachfed the governor
' the failure ofi the magistrate to ^
ahold the enforcement arm of the w
w, and apparent neglect of duty ^
ong other lines. The governor f,
rote the magistrate that he would ^
voke the commission on the 16th, ^
aless Mr. Godshall shows by that. h,
ite that the revocation is not jus- ^
fled. u
chool Children to See Parade
? g
The school children will be allowed w
> see the, street parade Thursday
hen Sparks circus comes to the city.
Davis Jeffries, f<
' Supt. City Schools. V
EARCH FOR GRAVE
IS ABANDONED
Hope has been abandoned by the
ar department of locating the grave
First Lieut. William Augustus
udgens, battalion adjutant, One
undred and Eighteenth infantry,
ho died on the field of wounds re;ived
when the Thirtieth division
as in action against the Hindenburg
ie near Montbehain.
Representative Dominick. who ha 1
town Lieutenant Hudgens as a comde
in Spanish-American war days
id in whose district Mrs. Hudgens
id children reside, at Anderson, has
Uowed closely the efforts of the
aves registration service and other
tvernmental agencies concerned and
r tnree years nas insisted tnat no
issibility be overlooked of locating
e officer's grave.
Comrades in the service have also
?ne all that they could by corres
indenee and otherwise, but from the
oment when a chaplain, locating
e body and going back for translation
to move it to a burial place,
und on returning that the body had
>en taken away. 110 trace has been
itained.
Gen. W. H. Hart, the quartermasr
general, has finally written Repsentative
Dominick:
"The conclusion has been reluctantreached
that the location of the
nve of this officer or identification
his remains, can not be accomished.
All clues have been followI
up and all possible investigations
ade without result.
"The latest is a report from Eupe
that search has been made of
ery foot of ground indicated by map
ferences given. This land is now
ider cultivation and the owner re>rts
that there were no graves therei
when he took possession in Nouiiber,
1918. Searches also were
ade in two British military cemo
lies at Montbrehain and in the comunal
cemetery, as well as inquiries
ade of British caretakers of five
her military cemeteries, without re\t.
"Please convey to the widow of this
te officer the sympathy of the detriment
in her double bereavement.
ust be entirely lost and some heroes
st in unknown graves."
The Anderson post of the American
ipion is named William A. Hudgens
>st in memory of the gallant officer,
ho was not only popular among
other officers, but also had in unlual
measure the affection of the united
personnel.
Mysterious Woman"
Sought by Officers
Thoenix, Ariz., Oct. 9.?A "mysrious
woman," who is supposed to
ive attended the funeral here of
uy Dernier, clubman of Ix>s Andes,
Chicago and this city, today
being sought by the police and
leriff's deputies in connection with
e murder of Dernier September 12,
h -n his body, clad in undedwcar.
as found in the Arizona canal, eight
iles north of Phoenix.
Information concerning this woman
meager but it is known that her
ir.ie is 'Thelma," that she had been
familiar figure around the principal
>tels of Ix)S Angeles and that she is
it rikingly beautiful."
"Thelma," Sheriff Montgomery said
day, is supposed to have been frelently
in the company of Dernier
hile he was living in Los Angele?.
A f Homior'a fnnorn 1 Knrp WAS
woman, dressed in black, and wearg
a black veil that completely hii
;r features, whom nobody seemed to
low. Immediately after the fun al
this woman vanished. Where
le went remains as much of a my--ry
as who she was.
In Los Angeles, according to Depu
' Sheriff Prank Bell, who returned
iturday from the coast city, "Thela"
no longer is to be seen around
sr old haunts. What has become
' her no one seems to know.
Irs. DeBouchel
Makes Statement
Atlanta, Oct. 10 (By the Associated
ress).?Mrs. Onezima DpBouchel, of
ew Orleans, whose engagement to
sa G. Candler, was announced scvral
weeks ago, made the statement
ere that Candler broke the engagolent
because oft a report brought him
?flccting upon her character.
September 15, five days before thci
ate for the wedding, Mr. Candler
Tote Mrs. DeBouchel, according to
er statement, saying it would not be
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iir XX) marry ner ana urniK ??* w'
tlanta where she would be slighted
ecause of reports circulated against
er. "These reports, according to rim,
'ere that during the Confederate venion
in Atlanta," Mrs. PeBouchel'ii
tatement continues, "when I had the
upreme honor of being chaperone
eneral, I solicited two men to visit
ie at my hotel at night."
Mrs. Boyee Carter is spending a
rw days in Union, the guest of Mrs.
(Till Walker.?Chester Reporter.
LLOYD GEORGE
OUTLINES POSITION
Ix>ndon, Oct. 9 (By the Assoc in it d
Press).?The government tonight issued
a deport on the conference which
the labor deputations had with Premier
Lloyd George on September 21,
hitherto kept secret. The prime minister,
in replying to the deputation's
"stop the war" protests, the report
indicates, devoted his speech niain.y
to proving that he government policy
had been identical with that long auvocated
by the Labor party, namely,
maintenance of the freedom of the
straits under control of the league of
nations, and that the subject populations
in Anatolia could not be left under
control of the Turks. But he regretted
that this policy became impossible
because the United States,
France and Italy had declined to undertake
the necessary mandates in
these rejrions.
The prime minister argued that under
the Angora pact the position of
the straits would be the same as it
was in 1914, when the Turks closed
the straits; therefore even control by
the league of nations would be useless
unless an adequate force was planted
there by the league to see that the
straits were kept free.
He said the Kemalists had given no
undertaking to do anything more than
prafler a verbal guarantee of the
freedom of the straits and "you . an
not defend the straits by launching a
covenant, in the face of those trving
to force them.'
Lloyd George points out that
refusal to refer the matter to the
league of nations came front others,
not England. Asked whether freedom
of the straits meant fortifications in
the hands of some international body,
the premier replied that, would be for
the league to decide. He also admitted
that there should not be interference
with the straits either by Great Britain
or any other nation. "Otherwise, '
he added, "that is not internationalization."
On the general question the prime
minister reiterated that the government
policy was to prevent the war
from spreading into Europe and ?e
contended that the strong measures
the government had already taken and
inUmdfMl to Continue tn to Wo moro tbo
nMNMis-of-inevBiition. -w . ?.
IJoyd George denied that the
British government had ever gi.en
either money or arms to the Greeks;
on the contrary it had warned them
that if they went to Smyrna that they
were going "entirely on their own responsibility
and at their own expense.''
They were told also?"we can
not suport you or take the responsibility."
The premier said all he was now
doing was to treat the Turks and
Greeks alike in regard to the neutral
/ones which the British were holding
for the allies and it was imperative
until a peace conference was held to
prevent war from spreading to Cu
rope.
His final remark to the deputation
was: "The one chance of stopping the
war is for Kemal to know that we are
ret going to be turned out of the
straits. If he knows that he won't v?
there. If he believes that our nation
is divided and that he is getting encouragement
to go on he will be veiy
'ikely to pursue a warlike policy."
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Lancaster, of
thn Riilnlitiv* Rnrintrc ( nnininnit.v sir**
among the visitors in Union today.
Mrs. Stephen Crosby returned from
a visit to her children at Meadors.
The handsome bungalow being
erected by Dr. R. R. Pope on South
Church street, is nearing complete i
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
Miss Mabel MofTatt, of Orlund >,
Fla., is visiting friends here thi
week. Miss MofTatt is returning lit
her home in Florida after spending
the summer in the CatskilT mountains
with her grandparents. Col. and Mrs.
Aaron John (Jranby.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Arthur have received
the news that their son, Cap)
J. Miller Arthur would pass through
Spartanburg this week on his way t.i
the American Legion convention.
Claude Bennett was calledd to his
home at Cross Keys today on account
of the serious illness of his mother,
Mrs. Jas. M. Bennett.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Open 2:40 p. 11
October 21.58 21.Si)
December 21.86 21.87
January 21.67 21.'i6
March 21.80 21.87
May 21.72 21.85
Local market 21.50
"Bonus" is "fcood" in Latin; but
it has a bad time in America.
Years and years ajco men bought
homes before autos.
A bald barber can't sell hair restorer
because he has no head for
business.
Lord Robert Cecil says he hopes
to lecture in America. It sounds,
more like a threat. A