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Vol. LXX1II No. 1511 Union, S. C., Tuesday Afterr?oon. October 17, 1922 3c Per Copy
ARREST TO COME 1
IN MURDER CASE
New Brunswick, Oct. 16 (3y the
Associated Press).?Cessation of all F
activities to turn the investigation of F
the double murder of the Rev. Ed- s
ward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor ?
Rhinehart Mills over to state au- 0:
thoritiee, it was learned tonight, has N
followed promises by the Middlesex m
and Somerset county authorities that g
definite action, culminating in an ar- g
rest, will he taken within the next 24 tl
hours. n
Citizens of New Bruuswick, who u
have been most caustic in their criti- e|
cism of the handling of the entire <j(
case, which has resulted in several in
stances of open hostility, have appar- g
ently accepted the promisee in good a
faith and speak optimistically- tonight jH
of early paction, which will go far to- ??<
ward clearing the mystery surround- w
, tng the double slaying. n
A close race, having for its goal an p
arrest which will stand the inveeti- ni
(ration of the grand jury, has developed
between the county authorities w
and the three state troopers who have V(
been working independently on the f(
case, at the direction of Governor Ed- n
wards. 3
The county prosecutors of Middle- ^
sex and Somerset counties declined to n
Intimate the trend of their latest in- j
veatigation or what newly discovered j-,
evidence had led them with surpris- v,
ing swiftness from a point of view cj
that they would welcome any and all
aid which the state could give, around p
to the conviction that the situation
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nao iwwy a^aiu ttau iimt XUU Ugflli ^
on the case was only a matter of .
hours. .
The latest clues brought in to the ^
case, the New Brunswick police said
tonight, were two handkerchiefs
found, on the Phillips farm on the
Sunday following the discovery of the .(
two bodies. The authorities refused to
divulge the identity of the person who .
has turned the handkerchiefs over to >c
the poliee. One of them is said to
be a man's large white linen hand-'
kerchief. It had no identifying *
marks. The second was smaller, lace Cl
trimmed, and bore the initial "S."
Charges of .wire tapping made by
Mrs. Hall, widow of the slain rector, 5
to the county prosecutors and Ralph *'
** * iiii *i 'vi
^Vti^s church who was questioned two ei
weeks ago by the police in their ef- "
forts to establish the time of the donble
shooting, are being investigated p
by the police. p
The ten letters which Charlotte ^
Mills, daughter of the slain woman, 8
announced through her attorney were f'
in her possession and which she said 11
proved that the friendship between B
her mother and the rector was only t(
"Platonic," are dated from Isleford,
Maine, and bear dates of last August, 8
It became known today. K
"The authorities have not seen 11
these letters," said Julius Barun, private
detective retained by Charlotte, el
"and we do not intend to disclose
their contents now. We are holding w
them until the proper time, when we k
expect to produce them to some pur. T
pose." &
The ten letters, it has been learned d
frqm other sources, however, contain "
In detail the plans for a tour of Eu- "
rope and later the Orient by Mr. Hall '
and Mrs. Mills. One of the letters
deals frankly with arrangements, it d
is said, for Mrs. Mills to live in an
Episcopal home while waiting for the
rector to obtain a divorce.
tn Germany, the letters show, the
couple wanted to study art. Then
they planned to devote themselves to t
travel. Most of the letters said to '
have been written by the rector to a
Mrs. Mills bears the salutation: MMy
Dear Gypsy.* This salutation*? C
"Gypsy"?has a direct bearing on one
of the main clues of the case, police
believe. When the rector was murdered
he was wearing a gold tie clasp, c
which it is said was given to him by C
the choir singer. It bore the single f
initial "G* - JJ
The county prosecutors, it was D
leaned tonight, have summoned Hen- c
ry Stevens, a brother of Mrs. Hall, to .
Mew Brunswick for questioning. The
brother mitkes his home in Lavallette.
The Somerset county authorities In
searching the countryside for wit- P
nesses, said tonight they had found J
living on. a little rocky farm across g.
from the Phillips place a peasant wo- n
man who came from the south of Eu- S
rope several years ago and on the _
death of relatives in New Brunswick 1
moved on the farm, which she began
to hag under a heavy mortgage.
Car Stolun Sunday Night ?
| The Ford coupe, 1921 model, be- u
longing to Dr. F. P. Sally, was stolen C
Sunday night from the street here, ?
and when the owner had left it only
a few minutes. Several clues have ,
' been followed, but the car has not yet t
been recovered. The license tag num- t
bar is 18901. The motor number is .
8099796. The car was equipped with ]
four Federal tires, snd carried sn old (
Firsetone extra on the rear, There 4
was also a doctor's satchel In the ear. 1
Any Information concerning the stolen
ear will be thankfully received by
the owner. I
life,,;
FRENCH POLICY 1
PREVENTED WAR
Paris, Oct. 16 (By the Associated
'ress).?It was the pacific policy of tb
'ranee combined with the sincere de- af
ire of Mustapha Kemal Pasha to m
void war, and not the British display wi
( force, which prevented war in the mi
fear East, a war which would have po
oon assumed the proportion of the ta
reat world conflict, M. Franklin- pe
ouillon, the special French envoy at co
le recent Mudania conference, told D<
early a hundred newspaper men of
5 nations, who gathered at the for- m<
ign office tonight to hear the French ta
slegate tell about his mission. toi
"It Has been said in England that Pa
le British fleet and British troops Mi
lone halted the victorious Kemal- R<
its, ' said M. Franklin-Bouillon, is
The truth is that every time force Ci
as used :.nd the British troops were
enforced negotihtions with Muata- to
ha Kemal Pasha became increasing en
lore difficult. bil
"The peaceful efforts of France al- wl
ays intervened just in time to pre- th<
snt open warfare, and had it not been jm
>r France, peace would not have been mi
?alized. In this connection I wish bit
> pay tribute to the consistent strug- th
le the Turkish commander waged to
laintain peaceful relations with the de
Hies. He accomplished this in the
ice of a vigorous army, which was su
ithin but 40 kilometers of their ati
jpital, Constantinople." Up
M. Franklin-Bouillon charged the
ritish general staff at Constanti- na
ople had issued a false communique bh
illing of the breakdown of the Muaniu
conference because of the Turk- be
th demand for immediate occupation be
f Thrace. up
"This was all the news that the as
orld had of the Mudania conference ]jc
>r 48 hours and essentially, war ex- aj
ted during that period," said the pa
rench envoy. "When General Har- 8t)
igton heard of this communique he ]a,
as astonished and said he had aulorized
no such communication. It tb
'as such things as this we had to
intend with in trying to make peaco. pr
"The breakdown of all forms of su
smmunication, including the wire
?88, left the Mudania conference in W)
uspense for nearly three days. Why en
specially at a time when the dancer au
as as great if not greater than in ^
le fateful days of 1914. During that an
eriod 160,000 Turks, perfectly equip- ^
ed and flushed with victory, were
ithin march of a day or two of Con- ce
tantinople, while 160,000 more, ^
qiually and ready, were in the second m
ne of defense. The arrival of the ^
ritish- reinforcements only served ^
> make them more restless.
"In the face of this situation, I ^
ucceeded in inducing Mustapha efl
[emal Pasha to withhold these troops j-(
ntil an armistice could be concluded. ^
I hold General Harington in great
steem, he was a courageous worker
or peace, but the other officials cj;
rould have acted more wisely if they ^
new more of the situation and of WJ
'urkish psychology. It is only by
diking peace, and not war, that a
efinite settloment will be worked out
l the Near East. If the forthcomig
peace conference does not mest
i a spirit of friendliness and concilia- A
ion all our good work will soon be gi
estroyed. ca
>ouble Track For * ^
Atlantic Coast Line
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Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 17.?Con- n<
racts for the double tracking of the
Atlantic Coast Line from Bennett, S. a
5., to Doctortown, Ga., have been
warded. _
reeks and Armenians
Passinsr to West sc
tfi
Adrianapolis, Oct. 17 (By the Asso- ^
iated Press). ? Thirty thousand ^
reeks and Armenians nave passed ?
rom this city to the West since Sat- q
rday and the road between here and
iarftza river is an unbroken line of j*1
sen- women and children, ox carts, j"
attle and camels. tB
m> cc
eorgia Votes Today
For U. 3. Senator
Atlanta, Oct. 17 (By the Associated
'ress).?Under cloudy skies, rate
ailing in several sections, Georgia ai
oters are casting their ballots in the co
pecial Democratic primary to nomi- hi
ate a successor to the late United bi
Itates Senator Watson. <j(
'estimony ontinued on
Rate Classification c|
Asheville, N. C? Oct. 17*?Testi- y
noOf relating to North Carolina-Virinia
freight, rates is continued by
iiroaucing tne miersiaie commerce
Jommissions ofn a hearing on the rate p
f classification in the South.
.?. of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGowan, ft
rho were married in Tryon, N C., m
his week, passed through, Union on o)
heir way to Augusta, Ga., where the H
rvoom is engaged in business. Mrs. n
fcGowan was formerly Mile. Henri- ai
tta Vurpillott, of Oourcellee, Prance, m
tad met her husband during the world
nr.
m i q
fThe building of the Sues canal be- h
ran fa 1850 and required tea years. h
PILOT FLIES 248
MILES PER HOUR
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Oct. 18 (By the
Associated Press).?Traveling at a
greater speed than any human being
ever before attained, Lieut. R. L.
Maugban, army pilot, today set a
new world's airplane speed record by
covering a one kilometer course at
the rate of 248.6 miles aa hour.
The record was made during official
government tests of speed planes
that participated hi tike national air
races at Selfridge field last week and
was electrically timed by officers from
McCook field. Aeronautical engineers
and army and nary officers who
witnessed the flight were astounded.
The demonstration, (Ihey declared,
proved that there was no limit to the
speed that might be attained in the
air. j . v
Lieutenant Maughan made the recj.d
breaking flight in the same plane
with which he won thO Pulitzer trophy
race Saturday, The machine is
IcADOO RAPS
ON REPUBLICANS
Denver, Oct. 16.?In an address in
e Denver Municipal auditorium this
ternoon William G. McAdoo, forer
secretary of the treasury and
*r time director of the railroad adInistration,
assailed the Harding
licy of deflation and the Republican
riff bill and concluded with an apal
for the election of a Democratic
ngress and for the election of the <
?mocratic tickets in all states.
"The Republicans have passed the
?st extortionate and indefensible
riff bill ever enacted in our hisry,"
Mr. McAdoo said. "The
lyne-Aldrich bill, which destroyed 1
r. Taft politically and brought the '
>publican party to defeat in 1912, |
outclassed by the Fordney-Mcimber
bill. i
"It is estimated the cost of living
the American people will be ineased
by the Fordney McCumber
11 $4,000,000,000 per annum, of
lich only $400,000,000 will go into i
e American treasury. The remain- i
g $3,600,000,000 will be collected by
onopolies, trusts and greedy com- i
nations for the special profit of
ese favored interests." i
Discussing the Harding policy of I
flation, Mr. McAdoo declared "no i
jre fatuous policy was ever pur- <
ed in American history than this
tack by one great political party i
on prosperity." 1
"It was treated as thougu it was a i
tional evil instead of a national 1
sssing," he said.
At the same time prosperity was 1
ing destroyed, taxation, which is )
aring down with crushing force
on the people, has not been reduced <
solemnly promised in the Repub- i
an platform. The new iirtfemiationrevenue
bill gave no relief to tax- i
yers except to less than 1,000 per- i
ns and those persons enjoy the
rgest incomes in America."
When asked if he is a candidate for
e presidency, Mr. McAdoo said:
"Nothing appeals to me less than a
esidential suit or a -presidential
ite."
During,his speech Mr. McAdoo ;
as asked by some one in the audice
about the soldiers' bonus.
Mr. MeAdoo replied that hm "wwuld .
ggest that the average earnings of
e favored trusts and monopolies
id corporations under the FordneyeCumber
tariff bill be ascertained
r a three or five year period preding
the passage of that law, and
at the earnings of these trusts,
onopolies and corporations after the
tssa^b of the Fordney-McCumber
II be ascertained annually; and that
i per cent of the amounts earned
r them in excess of the average
rnings prior to the passage of the
jrdney-McCumber bill be devoted to
e payment of the soldiers' bonus"
He declared that half of these earners
should he used to nav the iust
aims of those who saved liberty for
merica and the world and in this
as no additional burdens would be
it on the people."
New Record Established
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Oct. 17 (By the
ssociated Press).?Aeronautical enineers
and army and navy experts
ime here one week ago prepared for
surprise but none were expected to
e a human being plunge through
>ace at a rate of nearly 400 feet a
>cond. Lieutenant R. L. Maughan
aveled one kilometer at a rate of
18.5 miles per hour, establishing a
?w record. _
merican Legion
Hears Samuel Gompers
New Orleans, Oct. 17 (By the Asiciated
Press).?The American Leon
in national convention, heard
imuel Gompers, president of the
merican Federation of Labor, tell
' labor's aspirations and what it be?ves
its rights and duties are. Mr.
ompers and Kenesaw Mountain Laru
s, supreme commissioner of baseill,
received a noisy welcome from
le Buddies when they entered the
invention hall.
htny Dirigible
Destroyed by Fire
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 17.?The
'my dirigible, C-2, which recently
mpleted a transcontinental flight,
id reached San Antonio on its way
ick to Washington, was completely
sstroved by Are, while preparing for
flight over the city. Several mem;rs
of the crew were hurt, one seriisly.
enizelof Will Return
t . To Public Life
London, Oct. 17 (By the Associated
ress).?Former Premier Venizelos,
t Greece, declined to discuss reports
om Athens that the Republican
ovement on foot in Greece with the
ifect of makinsr Venizelos .nresident.
e declared he irrevocably deterdned
to retire to private life as soon
i the Turkish peace treaty was signI.
Miss Viola Aiken, who has been
uite Ml, is improving rapidly and
ar tittle friemk wQl be pleaeed to
ear the good news.
a Curtiss army biplane, powered with
a Curtiss 400 horse power engine.
After setting the neW record, Lieutenant
M&ughan continued his flight
to show that the tremendous pace
could be maintained. On fonr laps
he was timed at the |jate of 232.22
miles an hour, and M# average for
eight laps was 229 miles an hour.
Examination of the machine after
the flight disclosed that it was in perfect
condition and that nothing in the
nature of* a "trick" flight figured in
the performance.
Later Lieutenant Maughan added
to the astonishment of pilots and officers
on the field by dying approximately
one mile with the machine
on its side. The feat in reality was
a flight without the aid of wings.
In other trials during the day the
Bpeed record for monoplanes was
shattered by one navy apod three army
machines. JL
Lieutenant Barksdala covered the
one kilometer course at the rate of
191 miles an hour and lieutenant
Whitehead made 187. Thay droie
Loening-Packard planes. - Captain
Hunter in a Tliomas-Mmrse-wav. ' '?d
at 179 miles an hear anl LieutCK
Calloway, in the mpvjnka* Bee-Lthe
racer made 177 miles : t
throughout most of this week and
will determine to a large extent the
type of machines to be developed for
the army and navy.
Lieutenant Maughan's record was
said to have made it virtually certain
the army would select the Curtiss
army biplane as the standard pursuit
type.
The tests may also have a bearing
on the decision as to whether the government
shall build its own fighting
machines or work as it has in the
past with private aeronautical concerns.
A bill now before congress
proposes that army and navy construction
be done solely by the government.
Twenty Communists
Face Charges
St. Joseph, Mich., Oct. 17 (By \he
Associated Press).?Twenty alleged
Communists charged with plotting to
overthrow the United States gocernment
by force are arraigned for the
first test of Michigan's anti-syndicalism
law, a wartime measure.
Herbert Wilson
Escapes From Jail
Los Angeles, Oct. 17.?Herbert
Wilson, former evengalist, convicted
of the murder of Herbert Cox during
an attempted jail break several
months ago, escaped from the county
jail with two other prisoners today.
Conference to Diacuaa Treaty
Paris, Oct. 17 (By the Associated
Press).?The British government has
suggested to France and Italy the
immediate calling of a preliminary
conference in London at which experts
would prepare economic and
financial clauses in the Turkish peace
treaty. The Italian government has
accepted and will appoint delegates.
Prayer Meeting at
Baptist Church
The prayer service at tho First Bap.
tlat church will be held on Wednesday
evening of this week at 7 o'clock
bo that those who deeire to hear the
governor at the court house at f
o'clock may do so. Come promptly
and the service will be oyer in time
for you to go to the court house foi
the exercises there. The public is in
vited to attend this service of prayej
Edw. a Reaves, Pastor.
Married
Miss Nellie Howell and Wesley
Ward were married Moafey evening
October 10th, at the home of th<
bride's mother on Mill street. Th
ceremony was performed by Rev. J
B. Chick and the young couple begii
life's journey together with the goo
wishes of hosts of friends.
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BRITISH TO REJECT
PROPOSED TREATY
Washington, Oct. 16.?British rejection
of the American proposal for <
a treaty to extend the right of search i
of vessels up to 12 miles off shore i
was contained in a note handed to |
Secretary Hughes today by Ambas. (
sador Geddes. The communication was I
in reply to Mr. Hughes' note of June 4
26, setting out difficulties encountered t
by American prohibition enforcement t
officers in checking the' illicit flow of |
intoxicants into the United States.
Secretary Hughes made public his t
correspondence with the ambassador ,
without comment. Thore was nothing (
to indicate that any further step to t
extend the right of search for Ameri- (
can prohibition officers beyond the {
three mile limit was in prospect. Ac- |
tion of the cabinet recently in approving
the abandonment of such search j
presumably because of possible in- |
ternational difficulties, coupled with ,
the British reply of today, appeared j
to indicate that operations would con- j
tinue to be confined within recognized .
territorial waters.
The American note dealt partic- i
ularly with smuggling operations
from Bi-tiish possessions in waters adjacent
to the American coast and suggested
"methods by which the existing
extremely unfortunate conditions
might be remedied."
Among these was a proposal for
(areful supervision of registry and
clearance papers granted to suspected
vessels and "an international arrangement
between the United States and
(Ireat Britain under which the authorities
of each nation would be authorized
to exercise beyond the three
mile limit of territorial waters a
measure of control over vessels belonging
to the other."
There was appended an inquiry as
to whether the British government
was disposed to agree to the recipro<
al right of search un to 15 miles
from shore which, it was pointed out,
would imply no inconvenience to the 1
legitimate trade between Nassau and
Halifax, passing at no point within 1
lour leagues of American shores.
In reply Ambassador Geddes point- '
cd out that his government had al- '
) eady taken steps before Mr. Hughes'
ance papers to which attention had '
been drawn. These st^.*s had been 1
supplemented since thet. he added,
and the British government, he said,
ihat measure taken will prove successful
in vreventing any breaches in
i he local law." With relation to the
proposed treaty, however, he said:
"His majesty's government have
consistently opposed any extension of
the limit of territorial waters such as
iliat now suggested. They feel that!
the outbreak of smuggling which has]
led to the proposal can not be regard-,
cd as u permanent condition, but ?sj
..ne which will no douut be suppressed
by the United States authorities with-j
in tne not distant future.
' While, therefore, they are desirous
of assisting the United States gov-J
emment to the best of their ability in!
t.ha suppression of the traffic and in'
t he prevention of the abuse of the
British flag by those engaged in it,
they do not feci that they can properly
acquiesce, in order to meet a temporary
emergency, in the abandonment
of a principle to which they attach
great importance."
Everybody Wanted
At the Court House
Wednesday Night
It is hoped that everybody in the
1 city and county will avail themselves
of the opportunity of hearing Gover
nor Harvey speak at the court house
Wednesday night (tomorrow) at 8
o'clock. Arrangements are being
made to have the band present and a
royal welcome will be given the govI
ernor and Mrs. Harvey. Come everyi
body, men, women and children, and
s let's show him that we appreciate his
r visit to us.
i Attention K. of P. and Young
Mei's Business League
\
Every member of the K. of P. lodge,
I 1 a.
Willi l/Ilf lUUIl^ Biril a A1UDI11OS0
League is urged to be at the court
i house Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
to hear Governor Harvey. Seats will
be reserved for you, and it is hoped
. that you will come.
j Miss Hazel Harrison has returned
I to her home in Spartanburg, after
r spending several weeks with her aunt,
, Mrs. W B. Aiken on E. Main street.
r Mr. and Mrs. A. H. (Nottingham are
spending sometime hi New York and
surrounding points of interest.?
Greenville News.
Infanticide is common in India, but
girls are the chief victims. In one
f community of 30,000 people some
, years ago there was - not a single
e girl.
B
I. The home of the Atlanta, Ga., Wo.
n man's Club Is valued at a quarter of
A a milloin dollars and is said to be one
of the finest in the United States.
ARMY ESTIMATES
GIVEN BY WEEKS
Washington, Oct. 16 (By the Associated
Press).?The unshaken opinion
of Secretary Weeks and military
advisers that the nation's military
policy can not be adequately sustain id
with a regular army of less than
13,000 officers and 160,000 men was
igain laid before President Harding
;oday by the war secretary, who was
iccompanied on a visit to the White
House by General Pershing.
The conference had to do with ea,i
mates submitted by the war departiient
for the coming year calling for
,otal appropriations of $329,287,580
is compared with current appropria,ions
of $240,884,122. The army budget,
however, still must be approved
>y the director of the budget.
The war secretary made it plain
,hat he had not changed in his be
ief that the present army of 12,000
jfficers and 120,000 men could not
'ullill all of the missions -escribed
ay the rational defense k ' The
lew estimates do not provide for an
ncrease in the regular above figures,
rnt Mr. Weeks has officially expressed
the judgment of the war departnent
that only the most urgent rea10ns
for national economy would warrant
continuing the army at reduced
tize.
The principal item in the estimates
iubmitted comes under "support of
;he regular army" at $212,707,379, as
compared with $223,411,512 for the
current year. Included in that item,
lowever, is the pay, subsistence and
clothing for all branches of the army,
including the National Guard, or
eanized reserves, reserve officers'
training corps and other arms of the
service, and the overhead expense oi'
ill posts, camps, schools, hospitals,
and other portions of the military
! nut iihm! ioint.lv. hv reirulars.
iruardsmen and reservists.
The estimates provided for maintenance
of the National Guard and
various training corps at the expense
if the regular establishment in order
with the budget figures. For the
guard, a total of $33,910,022 is proposed
against $25,815,000 this year;
for the organized reserves, $2,628,109
with as exact comparable figure; for
fche reserve n?oe*eV.i*aaai*?k.'0?rpa,
(-1,401,000 as compared to $3,100,100
this year; for civilian military training
camps, $2,972,150 as compared
with $1,800,000.
These figures with the smaller
items make up a military budget for
next year of $259,428,175 as compared
to $257,356,681 this year. This
non-military items, including river
and harbor work, reaches a total of
$65,890,375 as compared to $79,736.406
in current appropriations.
The National Guard appropriation
estimate is based on the computation
that the guard will have an average
strength of 238,000 during the next
fiscal year. This would have required
expenditures of $-17,592,990 and it was
thus found necessary to cut the provision
so that allowances were made
for an average force of 215,000 men
The estimates submitted for the
organized reserves provides three
months training for 150 officers and
15 days training for 15,000 officer with
no provision for enlisted personnel
of the reserves. For the re
serve officers' training corps, composed
of 225 institutions wiht an enrollment
of 96,000 students, increased
funds were necessary owing to increased
enrollment but no provision
was made for additional educational
institutions to be added to the lists.
Civilian military training camps
would receive funds sufficient to train
3-S.000 men next summer, funds not
being available to provide for the
50,000 men the department had planned
to train next year.
Governor on Trip
Governor Harvey leaves Columbia
tomorrow afternoon for a three day
trip into the Piedmont section.
Wednesday night he will speak in
Union at a joint session of the
Knights of Pythias and the Young
Men's Business League.
Thursday morning he will deliver
the opening address at the textile convention
in Greenville at 10 o'clock.
Friday the chief executive will re?i
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will return Friday night, stopping en
route at a number of places to meet
friends.
Mrs. Harvey may accompany the
chief executive, but this was not definitely
known yesterday.?The State.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Open 2:20 p. m,
October 22.22 22.41
December 22.60 22.8C
January 22.42 22.6E
March 22.50 22.7S
May 22.43 22.72
Local market 22.7G
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Nicholson hac
as their week-end guests, Mr. anc
Mrs. Henry D. Lorick, Dr. P. E. Payn<
and Miss Mary Hyatt of Columbia.
LIQUOR BATTLE
BEGINS IN COURT
New York, Oct. 16.?The legal bat
I tie to determine the right of foreign
owned ships to enter ports in thvUnited
States with liquor aboard wa^
opened tonight with the issuing by
United States District Attorney Hay
ward of a reply to the bills in equity
brought by five foreign steamship
companies to restrain enforcement or
the recent ruling preventing the carrying
of liquor on vessels entering
American ports.
The reply make in the main four
contentions that the district court,
before which many cases are to be
heard tomorrow, has no jurisdiction
ii< the matter, that suits are really
u'^ainst the United States government;
that they do not show that the
government has consented to be sued
and that* they do not disclose any
basis for an action in equity.
Upon these grounds the defense of
Secretary Mellon, Henry C. Stuart, V.
acting collector of the customs for
the port of New York, and Ralph A.
Pay, federal prohibition director for
the state < f New York, who are made
defendants in the suits brought by
the companies, will be built in court
tomorrow.
Mr. Hayward, who is acting for
Secretary Mellon in the reply,
answers specifically the ground upon
which the requests for injunctions me
based.
As to the difficulty which the foreign
steamship companies state they
would suffer by reason of laws com
polling them to furnish wines to members
of the crew, District Attorney
liayward says the payment of highsi
' aires would recompense crews for
i.ic lack of such stimulants.
Regarding the loss of the profit
h ade by the foreign ships in the sale
of liquor, Mr. Hayward claims that
this loss is the only one which the
companies will suffer under a strict
adherence to the new ruling.
To the charge of the complaining
s earn.ship companies that the attorney
general's ruling is a misinterpretation
of the Volstead act, the reply
states:
"If the complainants are correct in .
their construction of the national prohibition
*ct, the implications involved
are exceedingly serious and the claim
of the complainants, if allowed would
c-irry with it as a necessary corrollary,
the right of a^v ship to transI
ort lienor within the territorial
waters of the United States."
Ottaray Clinic (
An interesting piece of work is being
carried on at Ottaray Community
Douse this week under the auspices
of the homo demonstration agent co<
perating with the Ottaray plant.
The Community House has been turned
into a regular hospital.
As a result of a nutrition class held
: t Ottaray school from September
through May of last year a throe day
linie for the removal of tonsils and
: denoids is being conducted. Mrs. C.
R. Robertson and Miss Mahala Smith
1 eel repaid for their efforts in making
the clinie a success and getting the
parents to realize the necessity of
I aving these operations. The motherhave
been constantly on the " job" do
ing whatever was neeessar\ for tinwelfare
of the children.
Dr. Berry, assisted by Mrs. J. T. A.
ltalleu both say, considering the seri<
usness of the cases, that the children
; re doing remarkably well.
The diet kitchen is in charge of
liss l^?la M- Snider, food specialist,
Winthrop College.
Several other clinics will probably
l e held this year throughout the county.
I Pm.li, CivAn
1 UVCiy A UI kj * <waa
By Mrs. Thomas Eskes
One ?;I" (hi- loveliest social affairs
of the early autumn was the bridge
party given Saturday afternoon byMrs.
Thomas L. Estes at her home on
Douglass Heights to a large number
of her friends. The color scheme of
gold and crimson was carried out in
decorations, score cards and refreshments
and autumn flowers were used
lavishly; from garden walks crimson
salvia had strayed in sunny clusters
indoors, and from woodland ways
golden rod added its wealth of golden
blooms to the vista of fair flowers.
Myriads of shaded lights created u
setting of beauty over the whole
scene. Eleven tables for bridge were
placed in the spacious parlors and
halls and the score cards were
hunches of golden rod, tied to the
cards with crimson ribbons. The
hostess served an elegant salad course
, (onsisting of chicken salad, tomatoes,
1 crackers, pickles, hot biscuits, black
> coflfee and yellow sherbert. Prizes for
i top scores and consolation were pre>
sented and Mrs. Estes was a charmj
ing an<l gracious hostess.
I Samuel Littlejohn of Clemson College
is in Union today on business.
1 After a delightful visit to Mrs. W.
1 B. Aiken on East Main street, Mrs. J.
? F. Goins has returned to her homo
in Columbia.
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