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I r .1 M Iff! I I It+ttH'ttt* ^ . v . mM?^| ?*?? ? ?? ??? l MM j The Union Daily Times Uis= PRESS , , I ? - ' , - 'r .1 jfj-"] ' '* '] 1 ' - licbt frost. : | DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY E.f MUIkJ in 1??0 Cimti.1 to TfcjflH?>c? DmUy H??Q?*?W 1. 1?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I 3 t+'H"{-K"? ' ? . , , 11?1 ~ 1 ' ' " 111 '* i .,.?J ! ? 111 Vol. LXXIII 1517 Union, S. C., Tuesday Aftw^ss, October 54, 1922 3c Per Copy "~ r i?^ mwm? I -? ^ J- --- ?B. ' ' '! i ' Uy I sic minus iu 1 DOUBLE MURDER 'New Brunswick; Oct. 24 (By the Associated Press).?The name of a er woman reputed to have witnessed the da double murder of Rev. Edward Hall er and his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor u Mills, today became known. She is Ui Mrs. June Gibson, widow, who, with Eli her son, conducts a 90-acre farm on Qe !tbe Hamilton road in a sparsely set- da tied section near here. She is said to have told the investigators she saw wi ~ a man and a woman commit the ue crime. f ad New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 23 (By the Associated Press).?The Hall- q, Mills murder investigation halted to- ft], day for a change of pilots, and with ^ Wilbur A. Mott, deputy attorney gen- na era) at the helm, it will start again tomorrow practically from the begin- cjj \ ning. The long heralded change in of \ the personnel of investigators came \ this morning when Attorney General an a# _ ?a n mcvnin it inwwn nounea vjuuiuy ^ Pmiciitfl?i Beekman of Somerset ne and Strieker of Middlesex that he st) had granted their request that they be I as superseded. The request was made' through Supreme Court Justice Park- . er early last week, but was tempo- an rarily withdrawn then the prosecutors I found what they thought was a hot on I doe leading to the murder or murder- ? frj era. When this line of investigation ^ ,.\ failed to provide them with a clear ' cut case, they repeated the request. I The two prosecutors quit work on j the case as soon as news of Mott's * appointment reached them. They will i V step formally out tomorrow after they ] cl 1 have told the deputy attorney gen- j eral all they know about it, taking 01 With them their respective county de- eJ tectives. of Just how Mott will attack the mys- 0 * v tery remains to be disclosed. He said jj* today be expected to "start from the beginning* and that one of his first 08 steps would be a careful analysis of,wr It itirt lnvn Inftoro mnrl fKo /liaripo ' c exchanged by the minister and the lai choir singer. ge . Detective James Mason, with whom Matt used to work when he was Gs| sex county prosecutors, has been as- qu K signed to work with him. Mott also Wf jv , announced be had called in Ellis Park- to * ~ |jy in Charlotte Mills, daughter of the slain fie woman, to take a hand in the case 0 1 but stayed out because her invitation was not backed up by one from the fe< ' prosecutors in charge. tin State police also are expected to eri continue their work, reporting to Pa Mott. . tic Counsel for Mrs. Hall and for Char, sei lotte Mills said members of the two th families affected by the double slaying welcomed the change in invest!-' gators. Vladivostok Paralyzed ' qt Bv General Strike i a' ba Tokio, Oct. 24 (By the Associated Press).?Vladivostok is paralyzed by ar a general strike, involving operators HC and communications but the official wireless dispatches indicate that the " situation otherwise is comparatively tranquil. To Increase Number of Sergeants in Army ?J> d? Washington, Oct. 24.?An amend- ^ ment to the national defense act to increase the number of sergeants in R the army has been asked by Secretary ' Week, it is announced, in order about I 1600 noncommissioned officers are assigned as instructors to the National Guard and organised reserves. The training corps units will not have to be cut in rank and pay bt m cc Service League to _____ sa Don't forget to send the children to* the church service league Wednesday m afternoon at 4 o'clock, as final prep- ^ acsttoos will be made for the Hal- 0(9 kers'sn party. Prizes are to be given for the best costume. g1 Mrs. Ben Barron, Directress. D t ? U I til I\*T. J< Km I1KTIVJ 111 IUt. J. L. Hsrley, one of the best th known members in the Upper Meth- th odist conference is critically ill at his th home in Spartanburg and all hope of o\ hir recovery baa been abandoned. Bi Members of the immediate family te have been summoned to his bedside df and the news from, his bedside as we go to press ia that he is sinking rap- M idly. - in efl Football Game Friday, October 27th, at City Park , at J&O sharp, the fast eleven of th Thornwell Orphanage will meet the strong team of the Union high school. *1 Everybody is urged to see this game as H ? going to be one of the best O .of the season. I> Ji Miss A lies Arthur of Converse Col- M lege will go to Columbia tomorrow to1 M spend the week with college friends J\ and attend fair week festivities. L HAAS r ULi 1 lLd WAXING WARM New Orleans, Oct. 23.?Supports of E. B. Peddy lost tfleir fight to.y before a special tribunal of fedal judges to force the use of his tine on the official Texas ballot for tilted States senator instead of trip B. Mayfield, Democratic nomie and reputed Ku Klux Klan candite. The judges held that they wore ithout jurisdiction to grant the retf asked for by the Peddy faction, ding that other questions than that jurisdiction were not considered. The case was transferred to New ieans after an injunction had been .J 1- U.LIU A- 1 iL. 0u mi nuuuc bu uuui^iri mu ry of the state of Texas to put the me of Peddy on the ballots. Judge win of the Mobile federal court dened to hear the case on the grounds no jurisdiction. Attorneys for the fusion candidate nounced they will carry their fight the United States supreme court if cessary and those representing the ite of Texas heralded the decision a victory for state grihts. National politics became involved the case when attorneys for the ti-Ku Klux Klan or fusion fac>n announced that R. B. Creager, e of the complainants had received letter from President Harding in tich the national executive is said have commended Texas Republins for aiding independent Demonts in coalition against all classes tent upon dictation contrary to Amican ideals. In presenting their arguments atrneys for the Peddy faction confided that Mayfield is the candidate the Ku Klux Klan, which they denied has absorbed the Democratic rty in Texas. Therefore they chargMayficld is not the Democratic ndidate. The claimed their client is being "unconstitutionally disiminated against" by the election jvs as construed by the attorney neral. Attorneys for the state argued that e klan issue was not a part of the cation. The issue, they declared, is whether the state has the right regulate its own primaries. AttorId, but was defending the officers fthe state of Texas in the discharge their duties. He insisted that the ieral court had not jurisdiction, as e issue was purely political. Fedsi authorities, he said, can take no rt in the issue until after the elec?n when it becomes a matter for the nate to decide, as the only judge of e qualifications of its members. Football Banquet The Union Hi football team is bantering tonight and the guests aie 1 stags, however the fair ladies are tck home boosting for them and reicing in the victories they hav;. won id hoping they will win the other heduled games. The banquet is to be held at Hotel nion and a great time is anticipated. A Box Supper There will be a box supper and rster supper at Howell's school Frity night. The benefits will go to ie school. The public is invited to tend. uasian Students Will Continue on American Rations Petrograd, Oct. 23.?Russian stu>nts to the number of 10,000 will ) fed by American relief during the iming scholastic year. They are cated in Moscow, Petrograd, Odes\t Kiev. Ekaterinoslav. etc. Thero is a dearth oi professional en throughout Russia at the present me, *nd it is purposed to help remly this deficiency by extending help the classes which eventually will -aduate and fill the vacant posts. acroachuieaU of Desert Threaten Armenian Fields Erivan, Armenia, Oct. 28.?Certain mrishing rfce and cotton fields at ie foot of Mount Ararat are today ireatened with the same destruction at at one time in ancient hittnrv rerwhelmed the hanging radeng of ? by Ion, namely, failure of the gys m of irrigation and the inroads of sert Kands. American engineers are trying to . e the situation. They are going with 600 refugee laborers, and will ideavor to reopen a thirty mile irriition canal from the Zanga river. W. W. Goforth of Greenville spent e week-end in Union with relatives. ODAVS COTTON MARKET Open 2:20 p. m. ctobor 23 80 23.78 ecenfber 28.36 24.00 tnaury .. 28.66 28.76 Arch .. . . 28.38 28.88 ay ..28,66 28.77 Oy 28.68 oeal market 24.00 AKNKTTE CASE BEFORE COURT The appeals of Frank M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison, convicted of murder in Richland county last May in connection with the killing of John C. Arnette, tilling station proprietor, argued before the supreme court yesterday afternoon. The court took the cases under advisement and will render decisions later. L. G. Southard, attormy for Jeffords, made no oral argument, sub. mitting his appeal and argument in printed briefs. B. B. Evans, attorney for Harrison, made a lengthy argument for his client. J. S.i Verner, made the argument for the state against the appeal in the Harigon rase. Solicitor Spigner represented the state in both cases, but only arf'ued the Jeffords case. Solicitor Spigner took up the exceptions made by Jeffords' attorneys and cited authorities in effort to show that Judge Townsend was within his discretion when he denied a severaor^ of the cases as moved for by attorneys at the time of the trial. The supreme court has held in past cases that the trial judge can exercise his own judgment in granting severances, Mr. Spigner declared. No legal right was denied Jeffords when a severance was not granted, the so. licitor added. Another point emphasized by Mr. Southard in his printed brief was that the confessions of Harrison and Treece were against Jeffords and should not have been admitted as evidence or the cases should have been tried separately. Mr. Spigner told the court that Judge Townsend instructed the jury 10 or 12 times that the confessions of Treece and Harrison could only be uBed against themselves. With regard to the admissibility of the evidence offered by Sheriff Hei.<e, S. S. Shorter. J. P. Broom and R- F. Broom, the solicitor pointed out that the defendants themselves went on the stnnd and admitted everything the officers had said. Mr. Southard objected to the charge of Judge Townsend as to conspiracy, but the solicitor told the court that the charge was fully warranted by the facte brought out at the trial. In reply to Mr. Spignet Mr. SouthSiitiOWllI aejsdjS by Harrison and Treetfe had Veen repeated 31 times and that the jury, no matter how many times it had been instructed to disregard the confessions of Harrison and Treece with regard to Jeffords, was bound to take these statement into consideration. He argued that the law was in favor of a severance of cases where the defenses were antagonistic or "hostile." Mr. Southard submitted 13 exceptions, the first three imputing error by the trial judge in not granting a severance of the cases, the next nine co nis recusal to^ sustain tnc appellant's objection to the admissibility of evidence offered by the state and the last charges error by the judge in charging the jury on conspiracy. No conspiracy was alleged in the indictment and the judge erred in charging as to the law of conspiracy, Mr. Southard maintained. Barnard B. Evans, attorney for Ira Harrison, cited four exceptions in his argument. Two were based upon the refusal of the court to grant a severance of the cases and two upon the charge to the jury. Mr. Evans said the judge erred in charging the jury on implied malice and on conspiracy when no conspiracy was alleged in the 'ndictment. Mr. Evans, upon being questioned by Justice Cothran, admitted that Harrison did not move for a severance of the cases, but argued that the judge had already refused such a motion for Jeffords and nothing would have been gained by a repetition of a motion in the Harrison case. At this point Mr. Evans explained to the court that he had not represented the defendant at the original trial, but had been employed by the mother of Harrison "since the first lawyer deserted the case." He told the court that the only evidence the state had sufficient to convict the three men was that of Harrison, and decalred that Harrison had told the truth "and should not the truth be rewarded?" he asked. He maintained that the cases should have been tried separately, that the defenses were not only antagonistic, but "hostile." He charged that no conspiracy was alleged in the indict-?-a T?I 1IIUJ1W niiu IU1Q VUO fUUH JUU^ iuwnsend erred in charging the Jury on the law of conspiracy. He said the pronoun "him" was used all the way through the indictment and never was "them*' used, he alleged. Mr. Evans brought in the famous Hall-Mills case in illustrating how one may may lie against another, pointing out the Scheider-Hayes incident in this case. He charged that Harrison might have been intimidated by officers on the night of hit arrest ot might have been led to believe thhc he would "get off easy" if he confessed. The attorney declared Judge Townsend would have been equally correct in charging the jury on arson as on conspiracy and told the court that the y V'-Ajf-L > . Ntf. Vf ? * - to?" '5\^ J AIRPLANES MAY ClRCl| GLOBE Washington, Oct. 28.?Tentative plans for an attempted flight of army airplanes around the umVld have been under consideration far some months by air service official^ it was learned today, but the project has net as yet passed the preliminary survey stage. Valuable data on available routes in both directions have 4>em> obtained, however, end ultimately it is hoped to send a considerable Aerial squadron on the voyage. The project will not be laid before Seuswjy Weeks for approval, it was sai? until it takes much more definite f#m. Two of the rotate* Considered are that from the Atlantic coast via Iceland and Ireland and that from the Pacific via Alaska, the Aleutian islands, Siberia and home via Ireland and Iceland. Air service officials said the route offering the most favorable Jlai * tumuMons as to prevailing winds would be selected should the flight be ordered, and it -Would then become necessary to obtain permission of each of the countries to be traversed before the squadron con Id start. The question of air navigation by pilots of one country over the territory of another nation has been considered by the council ef the league of nations in order to establish uniformity of practice. So far as the United States and Canada art concerned, a recent agreement fixed reciprocal rights for the pilots of the two nations. Aymy fliers conceived the world circling flight plan in line with the reason which prompted President Roosevelt to send he fleet around the world in 1908, it was said. It would hav value both as a step in providing aerial defense through training and in giving the world a better understanding of American poet-war developments. Fliers of otter nations have undertaken, up to this time without success, world circling flights but only with a single plane, while the American service project would call for a fleet of aircraft and careful preparations involving considerable expenditure. Possibly a special act of congress to authorise a flight and make necessary preparations would be necessary, should vHeywcretary approve the oUns. . . dl oFr this reason it' isi|/pected that no Hofinitp ifmn will Vi *?- - year or more. Hats for Woman N^^*-ists Patented ift filgland London, Oct. 28.?-A muring hat for women has just beenvdHnted, and patented, which* U claimeato protect women's hair from the effects of wind and rain. It is designed on the lines of n man's flying helmet; is made of silk and fitted with a silk hood over the back, and small pads over the ears. The hood and pads are detachable and it is claimed the wearer can finish n long motor tour looking and feeling perfectly tidy and without a headache. Pacolet Route 2 The Mabry school is now in progress, with Misses Alverson and Broadway as teachers. Mrs. Roy Fowler and daughter of Union spent a few days last week with Mrs. W. T. Hart. F. C. Haines it erecting a new cottage in this community. M. M. Fowler, of Spartanburg, was a recent visitor on the route. Mrs. W. F. Brown, who was recently hurt in an automobile accident, ia improving rapidly. Boyd Blackwell and F. O. Brown, of Ben Avon, were visitors at the home of T. W. McBride Saturday. A. W. Quinn was a visitor on this route Tuesday. ' Misses Nannie and Irene McBride were shopping in Pacolet Wednesdav afternoon. Le Reve. Still Captured 3. It. Gamer and Chief Wilburs of Buffalo captured a 50-gallon still and cap, tubier, three barrels and 50 galI Ions of mash on the Means Beaty [ place near Buffalo, October 23. Notice Those desiring to do so can pur* chase tickets Wednesday, good foi passage on special train leaving Union 7:25 a. ro. Thursray for Columbia This in order to avoid the usual rush. Mrs. J. D. Arthur and ^Irs. L. G. Young: will attend the state fair this week. - * I % charge was net iwonformity with the law. It is a reversible error," Mr. Evans said. Attorney Verner, representing the state, argued that under the circumstances and the facts brought out at the trial Judge Tbwns end's charge on conspiracy and \Emptied malice was proper. No eir&s as alleged in the exceptions were committed, Mr. Verner said.?The State. : 'k k WOMAN FREED AFTER KILLING Kansas City, Oct. 23.?A jury in criminal court hero asquitted Mario < F...(Peggy) Beal tonight of the mur- . der of Frank Anderson here last 1 summer. The jury deliberated two i hours. Prisoners in the county jail I adjoining the court room joined the 1 applause incited by the announce- i ment of the acqulttaL The hoom was ' crowded despite the late hour. The j trial started this morning. Few wit- I nesses were examined and the testi- 1 mony was short. When questioned concerning the \ fatal shooting which occurred June < 8 in a hotel room where Mrs. Beal 1 nanoncu Aiiueison naa mrea ner by t promises of marriages, though he t was already married, Mrs. Beal wept t with her face in her hands. ] "I came here from Springfield, i 111., to marry Warren." she testified, f 'He told me that he could not marry t me so I shot him." Mrs. Beal slew the n ail she loved \ when she realized that she was about 1 to lose him, Anthony Nugent, an as- % siatant county prosecutor, declared in t his closing argument. He held that ( she received inspiration for her crime from a hook named "Thuvia, Maid of c Mars," which was found in her room t after she had fired the fatal shot pnd attempted to take her own life. \ The defense contended that Mrs ( Beal was the victim of r. "professional ( love pirate" and held that she was t temporarily insane. t As Judge Ra'ph S. Lathshuw read x :! v (! rt Beal leaped to her j . i . animation for the first . r..e (i.ti tie trial. She turned to jurymen, thanking them. "Now I am going to stay in Kansas City," she exciaimed, "and make good. I'm going to send for my little boys in Terre Haute, and make them a good home." Mrs Beal, 32 years of age, a di- t vorcee, shot Anderson as he lay on a . bad in the room which they occupied ^ together. She then turned the re- ^ volved upon herself sending a bullet into her breast. Anderson was the manager of a department in a local c department store. His wife ,an in- c valid, lived at Camden, N. J. \ .. . i... r i >?* Mr. J. J. Collins and family, Mr. Jf. H. Wilbum and family and Mr. 1 Arthur Collins were visiting Mr. C. 1 C. Thornton and family in Lockhart Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. Knox Windell, of > Rock Hill, motored to Union and * spent the week-end with relatives. * Mrs. Preston Barnes will leave this ^ week for Roanoke, Va., to attend the marriage of Miss Edith Barnes and Charles Flemming of Laurens. Mrs. J. H. Hope and little daught| ?of Florence are expecting this 1 week to visit Mrs. W. W. Nix near ' Union. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Chambers are visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. N. Russell, at Sharon, this week. Mrs. James McWhirter, who has been quite sick at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Going, is very much improved. This is good news to her many-friends. Miss Gladys Bell, of Charlotte, N. C* ia Jr? T Tr* Jrv-? o /lono' ?o nt \j ? tun ivi a 4vn ua y > ton to college friends. Miss Ruby Fowler in Columbia Miss Ruby Fowler left today for Columbia to enter the state contest 1 for biscuit making. This young lady won the district prize at Greenwood and her friends are confident she will win over the whole state. Ruby is not quite 11 years old and is an expert cook and was chaperoned to Columbia by her father. She is a member of the home demonstration clubs of Union county and they are justly proud of her achievements in the culinary line. Big Game Thursday The football game between the old rivals, Clemson and Carolina, in Columbia, Thursday is creating move than ordinary interest this year, and the reserved seat capacity was sold out loag ago. The talk no matter where it starts will edge around to the big game and both teams have loyal supporters in Union. Thursday will tell the tale and hsree hoping our favorite will win. Order Postponing The Time For Opening Books for the Collection Of Taxes For 1922 Under the provisions of Section 767 Volume I, Code of Laws of Sooth Carolina, I, Walter E. Duncan, comptroller general, with the approval of the governor, do hereby postpone the time for opening the books for the collection of state, county and school taxes from the 16th day of November, 1022. Walter E. Duncan, Comptroller. Approved: Wilson O. Harvey, Governor. It MANY TO FACE I MURDER CHARGE Marion, III., Oct. 23 (By the Associated Press).?The special grand t< jury, which today resumed its inves- a Ligation of the Herrin mine killings D after a month's recess, late this af- o1 ternoon returned an indictment for >r murder, naming 48 persons and an- t? lounced it had completed its work, tc This makes 414 persons the grand N jury has indicted in connection with C .he rioting in which 23 men were tilled. Circuit Judge Hartwell, before Si whom the indictment was returned, G repressed the opinion that the true Si >ill is illegal because it was returned >P it the Semptember term of court by i grand jury impaneled by the July di enrt of court. State's Attorney De w Duty expressed an opposite opin- "> on and stated he would appeal to the ** itate supreme court if the indictncnts were declared illegal. Those indicted today were charged ,n vith the death of Ignace Kubinis, the ^ aHt victim of the rioting to expire, ?* vho died since the grand jury took a w emporary adjournment 30 days ago. )nly a few witnesses were heard to- in lur nnr) flipu a rt> utiir) tn Kqvp trill) i >f wounds inflicted on Kubinis, which Wi ire said to have resulted in his death. m In the total of 434 indictments, 77 *r ndividual persons are named, some ct" >f the men having as high as nine in- j,: iictments charging murder, rioting in ind assault facing them. Twenty-one aT the individuals are charged only to vith rioting and assault, leaving 56 fu ndicted for murder. Of the total 10 lumber of indictments 215 are for P' nurder, 103 for assault and 116 for 111 ioting. ul The legality of final 48 indictment) tv eturned today muy not be decided intil next year. It was stated to light, because it was said there probibly would not be an opportunity to est the jury's proceedings until the ndictments voted today are called or trial, which is not expected be- j? ore 1923. * All except a half dozen of the in- * licted men either have been arrested 'r( >r surrendered voluntarily. The nissing men are said to be unidentiied or to have fled the country. Bond Iflfc-beftP. apvepted for all but eight wlfr are *hat^-with-the ~ nore serious offenses and arc lodged n Jail. th Of The first trial in connection with ^ he riots is scheduled to begin No ^ rember 8 when 48 men charged with ^ he murder of one non-union worker ire to be tried. Circle Meetings of First Baptist Church The circles of the First Baptist church will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock instead of Friday as heretofore. This is done so as not to con- ht flict w'th the prayer meetings held Fi on Friday afternoon in the interest of sc the Gypsy Smith meetings. e? Circle No. 1?Mrs. J. Mobley Jeter, or Circle No. 2?Mrs. W. F. Whitaker. m Circle No. 3?Mrs. Alma Hawkins. v? Circle No. 4?Mrs. E. L. Spears. i0 Circle No. 1?Mrs. J. T. Sexton. nf The Fall Flowers d? So many people have beautiful flower gardens this fall and the dah- cl lias, chrysanthemums and roses arc the loveliest things imaginable. The E dahlias are here in all colors and sizes and chrysanthemums are running true to form and are gorgeous, and give a world of satisfaction, and the late roses are lovelier than either one. Union is going to be the "City Beautiful" and now is the time to plan for , next spring, as so many flowers can be planted this fall. Put in some rose bushes, and a row of sweet peas and a lew snapdragons ana largspurs and sweet williams. Let's try it. Women in Leading Murder Roles ir Chicago, Oct. 24.?Nine tragedies stand out as dramatic spectacles in the news of America today and all n of them present women in leading roles. They have a setting in six different sections of the country, six sensational murder cases in the various stages of trial. Another woman, ' Peggy" Beal, won her freedom from a jury in Kansas City last night; the seventh, Madeline Obenchair, awaits her third trial in Los Angeles. Other cases include Los Angeles, where Arthur Buch faces his third trial for g murder. A Los Angeles jury to try Mrs. Clara Phillips for murder is virtually completed and in Philadelphia killing her huebanin.l cmfwypshrcm Mrs. Catherine Rosier is accused of hilling her husband. In New Brunswick the Hall-Mills murder case, Hackensack, N. J., George Cline and others on trial for the murder of John Bargsci, actor. Notice D. A. R. ? The medicine chest which the Fair a Forest Chapter, D. A. K., Is tilling lor Tamsssee, is slowly getting along, h Please send your contribution to Mrs. r J. D. Arthur this week. c \ \ . / IATIONS TO MEET IN CONFERENCE Washington, Oct. 24.?Invitations 3 appoint plenipotentiaries to the >nference in Washington, beginning eoember 4 to consider a negotiati > [ a treaty for the regulation of their uituil interests and relations haveen extended by the United Steles i the governments of Guatemala, icaraga, Honduras, Salvador and osta Rica. Washington, Oct. 23.?The United tates has invited the governments of uatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, nlvnHni' ?n<l Pnit* Di<-? ? - ^.^v. Wiivw ivivn W DCI1Q |?CH? otentiaries to a conference in Washigton, beginning December 4, for n scussion of measures looking to th?* ell being of Central America, the esuls thereof to be embodied in n eaty for the permanent regulation r their mutual interests and relaons." The state department in mak. g this announcement tonight said le American legations at the capials ' the Central American republics ere instructed October 21 to extend ?f'v ' Af' > the presidents of those countries ^ v. vitations to the conference. The conference, it was explained, as expected to negotiate treaties aking effective provisions of the eatie? signed at Washington, Dcmber 20, 1907, "which experience is shown to be effective in maintaing friendly relations and cooperation nong the Central American states," i consider measures for the limitaan of armaments in Central Amera; to attempt the working out of a an for setting up tribunals of in- / liry for the adjustment of disputes ider certain circumstances between /o or more of the countries; and to ,ke up any other questions which it ay be desired unanimously to con der. ** < 'All for the conference was issued i a result of the meeting on August 1, last, of the presidents of Nicu igua, Honduras and Salvador on >ard the U. S. Tacoma in Fonseca ly, at the request of the Nicaraguan >vernmcnt, looking to xhe establish, ent of more peaceful relations bereen the three countries and rwilting in the signing of an agree- . ent acknowledging the general i eatyjrf peace.and friendahip a??^wd \ . ; Washington December 26, iS'.r*. y ie ve republics of Central America i being in force between them. It as stipulated in the agreement that ie Guatemalan and Costa Rican gov nment would be asked to adhere to and that a preliminary conference ill be called in December to discuss irther measures looking to the well >ing of Central America. Bogansville Fair Bogansville Township Fair will be 'Id at West Springs school house riday, October 27. There are five hool districts in this township and ich will have an exhibit. Every ie is interested in making his com unity show up to the very best ndintage. They have adopted the folwing slogan: "Be a Booster and >t a Knocker." The following program will be rensred during the day: 9:30 to 11:00?Judging of exhibits. 10:00?Cooking demonstration by hK rrirlo MW 8"ID10:30?Poultry demonstration. Mr. . M. Wilson. 11:00?Assemble in auditorium. Song?America, audience. Devotional exercises, Rev. Black man. Song?"To The 'ag," Wesi Springs School. Dialogue--"Hen Club," Poultry Club members. Chorus?High school pupils of West Springs. Address?Prof. Jas. H. Hope. Chorus. Orchard demonstration?W. D. Wood, county agent. The local string band will play at itervals throughout the program. 1:00?Picnic lunch. 2:00- -Athletics md other amuselents: 100 yard dash?boys over 12 years. 50-7ard dash?boys under 12 years. High jump?Large boys. Broad jump?Large boys. Sack race?Qoleraina and Putnam (boys). Three legged race?Knot Hill and Parham (boys), iuit case race?West Springs (girls and boys) Base ball throw?Ladies. Base ball throw?Men. Harnessing and hitching horse to buggy?Mesdames Smith, Lancaster, J. P. Mayes. Move to Goth en Hill Mr. and Mrs. Will McLure have novcd to Goshen Hill community ,nd arc keeping house. Mr. McLure is the engineer of the tighway work and Mrs. McLure has noved out to stay until the work is ompleted. * .v- \ itiftAili'^