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-r ' ' . ' M . i ~o\ thf. Union BBly Times y^r"! ? Prfss T ? ZT" H j ?? Times Oc tober 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY j ? ! i 11 ? > <-;-?-? * \ I | ?... v rYfT.PT SUNDAY E,t?bli.h?l in toT^a?p-L- ? ^++*m?4r?1r4??'?'?++thtl*'J" Hf 3c P^f Copy Vol. LXX11I No. 1S60 . ~~~~ Union, S. C., Thur?d?y ? POLICE MAY CLEAR MYSTERY D Richmond, Vi, Dec. 14.?Mrs Thelma H. Richardson was shot bj Thomas Pollard the coroner's jury said in a verdict today. Pollard, the former employer cf the woman, is held in $10,000 bail pending the hearing on December 23. Richmond, Va., Dec. 13.?With the discovery today of several notes and a check signed "Thomas Pollard," the police tonight expressed the beliel they finally had gotten a clue that would result in clearing up the mystery surrounding the death of Mrs, Thelma Richardson, a stenographer, who was shot to death Monday night at the Pollard home, in a fashionable part of the city. Pollard, real estate and insurance man, and prominent, is charged with murder in connection with the killing. The letters, four of them, and the check were found by detectives during a search of the woman's home nine miles from the city. The five bits of Turner it WHO miri will toward establishing the relations between Pollard and the woman, and the authorities believe that therein lies the motive for the killing. The check is dated June 25, 1921, and is signed "Thomas Pollard." It is drawn on a local bank and is made payable to Thelma H. Richardson. No ' amount is written on the face of the draft, that space being left blank. Detectives pointed out tonight that during the hearing of the Richardson divorce case it was developed that Mrs. Richardson went to a local hospital on June 6, 1921, for an operation. Her illnes? at that time and the bubsequent operation figured conspic uously in the divorce proceedings. Two of the four notes found by the detectives today are dated. One apparently was written on Monday, May v 16, 1921, while the other was dated uae J28, 1921. The other two letters are not da tad. In the note of May 16, the writer addresses the recipient as "Dearest little Hamm" and goes on to say, "I certainly have missed you this day by now. I want yon trtatss-gwd ea?e of yourself and hurry and set well, so that you can be with me once more, 'as it doesn't seem the same without yoo.. . . "As you are, as a rule, such sunshine to me and I love to have you around." Another paragraph read: "I want you to know that I think a little of you, so I am writing you this and you can read it after I have left you tonight." The letter concludes with "Loads of love for you," and is signed "Tom." The note of June 23 refers to a visit and promises to "do as I know you wish me" and closes with the injunction: "Have a good time and be a good little girl." This note is also signed "Tom." One of the undated notes expresses deep concern over a severe attack of sore throat and urges the recipient to be careful. It also is addressed to "Dearest Hamm" and the first line carries the salutation: "Good morning, darling." It ends with the expression, "Loads of love and take care of yourself." This note is signed "Thomas." The fourth note was written on Friday but bears no date. It is formal in tone and contains none of the endearing terms employed in the other. It is addressed to "Dear Miss'Hamm" and expresses the writer's pleasure ?- a- a! r?! .1 i that "you are suing to tne mcnaruuon's to stay, as I am sure they will do everything possible for you." The olosing sentence reads: "When you feel well enough to see me a few minutes let me know, and if there is anything that I can do for you, please call of me." It is signed, "Sincerely, Thomas Pollard." The body of Mrs. Richardson left here today on its journey to Atlanta, where it will be buried. Herbert Richardson, former husband of the slain woman, who has manifested a keen interest in the investigation of the case, accompanied the remains to the Ueorgia city. William Pierce Ham, a brother of Mrs. Richardson, also accompanied the body. Richardson, it is said, took the lead in making arrangements for his former wife's funeral, and has steadfastly declined to disctss the case except with police authorities. Thomas Pollard, and J. Moody West, who is charged with being an accessory to the killing of Mrs. Richardsen, will be arraigned in police court tomorrow. The arraignment will follow an inquest which Coronet Whitfield has announced he will hold tomorrow morning. Detectives investigating the killing stated tonight that they have beer unable to establish the exact mannei tn which Mis. Richardson was shot Weat is said to have told the offlcen that the shooting occurred in the ves tibule ef the Pollard home, whil? neighbors say the body was found ii tS area way between the Pollard horn and the house adjoining, several fee tram the front door of the Pollan * 0 I TWO, NEW MOVES IN MURDER CASE Formal notice of intention to apr peal from the refusal of Judge T. J. Mauldin to grant a writ of inquiry in f the Ira Harrison case was served yesi terday morning on Solicitor A. F. Spigner, Clerk of Court Hinnant and 1he supreme court by B. B. Evans, counsel for Harrison. Another im portant step in the cases of Harrison I and Jeffords during the day was the ! filing of a petition by Frank M. Jef fords with Governor Harvey asking that his sentence be commuted. Attorney Evans claims the notice cf intention to appeal from the re> fusnl of Judge Mauldin to have Har rison examined automatically stays I Mip HpfitiVi finnfonno Knf QnHoifA* ncr does not admit his in his accept, ance of service of the notice. Mr. Evans intends to complete the appeal, he says, and says he will argue the ! case at the next session of the supreme court. Considerable discussion was heard yesterday as to whether or not the notice of intention to appeal from the refusal automatically stays the death sentence of Harrison. Solicitor Spigner accepted the notice "without prejudice to the state's rights to insist that service of said notice does act us a stay of execution of the sentence." L. G. Southard, attorney for Frank M. Jeffords, presented the petition for clemency in behalf of his client. The petition was signed by Jeffords himself. Jeffords asks that the sentence he commuted to another form of punishment. He alleges he was rushed to trial, that the officers were afraid he would be lynched and that he was not accorded a fair trial. Jeffords says he feels that if he were permitted to live he would be an example to "all young men who are drifting into wrong paths and ways." Jeffords had also written the governor a personal letter pleading for clemency. Governor Harvey feels very keenly the situation and would like to help Jeffords, but it is known that it f _ i i.L-x i- - ?1*1 l-i. m i& impruuttoie uiat nu wilt invenere. He would, not comment .for, publics? Himek * - ^iV- rrTtiftfty -ir " SoTleftor Sfrigrwr wade the fallowing comments on the back of the notice of intention to appeal for Harrison: "I hereby acknowledge that a copy i.f the within notice was served upon me this 13th day of December, 1922. This acknowledgement of service is made without prejudice to the state's right to insist that the service of said notice does not act as a stay for the execution of the sentence and judgment of the court." Solicitor Spigner wrote on the back of the notice, which is filed with the supreme court. Mr. Evans did not give his exceptions and grounds for appeal, informing the supreme court and others served that these would be made known later. His notice to Mr. Spigner, the clerk of court and the supreme court was as follows: "You and each of you will please take notice that the defendant and appellant above named intends to and hereby does appeal to the supreme court of South Carolina at its next regular term, and will ask for a review and reversal of the judgment, sentence, ruling and findings of his honor, Judge T. J. Mauldin, given and filed or to be filed in the above case on the 9th day of December, 1922, at Columbia, upon the grounds and exceptions to be hereinafter served upon you according to the law therein made and provided."?The State. Eastern Star Chapter E.lecU Officers The Martha Chapter, 0. E. S., met last evening and elected the following officers: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Geo. T. Keller. Worthy Patron, L. C. Wharton. Associate Matron, Mrs. C. B. Count*. Conductress, Mrs. Evans Tinsley. Associate Conductress, Mrs. Virginia Estes. Secretary, Mrs. H. V. Frierson. Treasurer?Mrs. P. B. Barnes. The other officers will be chosen next week. At the close of business meeting a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments served. Buur Saturday Five darling little girls, Misses 1 Frances Keller, Jean and Mary Walli* 1 Arthur, Henrietta Jordan and Sara I Tinalow av* tn /lAndiint m Kaeanw An A IIIVISJ V W VV1IUWVV ? wwawwi VII Saturday in the store room next to f W. D. Arthur Co/s store and make i money for the Santa Claus club. These r little ladies are going to sell doll . clothes, hand made handkerchiefs, i candy, dolls and have a big grab bag - which is joy enough to attract any > child. 1 * ) The spirit of Christmas has seised e the young ladies and they are eagei t to make somebody happy and will ac< 1 complish their aim. Visit their basaar on Saturday. WOODROW WILSON 1 IGNORES RUMORS Hugh W. Roberto. Washington, Dec. 13. ? Woodrow ^ Wilson, It is reported by those uqder- < stood to be most intimate with him, < will not dignify by a denial the point. \ cd reports; regarded by some' as in- ! spired, which are presently making the political rounds. I The most insistent of these reports ] is that on January 3 or whereabouts i when the Democrats throughout the i country aro celebrating the anniver scry of the birth of Andrew Jackson, s Mr. Wilson will issue a statement 1 which will be tantamount to a challenge to those who would question I his leadership or directorship of the ] iiemocratiL- party, in tnat statement < it is said that Mr. Wilson will insist : that the league of nations be made the issue of the presidential campaign ( two years thereafter. It is claimed ( that this would indicate his determi- 1 nation to try for the nomination, or : obtain it for Senator Carter Glass of i V irginia. The reports are known by Demo- ] ciats here to be wild. They have become so insistent, however, that an i effort was made to secure a statement i from the former president. It was , leurned as a result that Mr. Wilson . will continue to ignore all reports. It i was said, however, that the former 1 president is not desirous of creating i discord in the party ranks, but that 1 he is anxious to lend aid for the main. ! lenance of harmony. He is reported .is having indicated the keenest desire ( that Republicans be defeated two I years hence. * i Mr. Wilson is sharply disinclined to ' ; correct unofficial gossip. It is recall- t I ed that it was reported that he had : ' snubbed General Foch when that com| mander called at his S street resi- i aence. As a matter of truth, Mr. Wil- i i son was suffering with indigestion i ! when Foch called and did not even . know of the visit until afterwards. He I had made arrangements to receive i Foch in his bed room. 1 But Mr. Wilson would not deny the < reported snubbing. Likewise, it is said < ^^jg^Uta^^^t^wports presMore Cotton Manufacturers*! Since October, 1917 { Washington, Dec. 14.?More cotton was manufactured during November than in any month since October 1917, so the Census Bureau announced today. The spinning industry has shown increased activity for several months. The November consumption: i Lint, 577,561 bales; linters, 55,122. < Total spindles active in November, 31,604,630, of which 15,859,962 were < in the cotton states. The cotton states plants consumed 363,813 bales. Thousands Pay Homage To Wannamaker 1 ______ Philadelphia, Dec. 14.?Thousands 1 from all walks of life did homage to ohn Wanamaker today. The body of the noted merchant lay in state this morning in Bethany Presbyterian church, where he worshipped and long lines marched by the casket. Turkey Will Accept I .AM DIIA SlinAMrStiAM HitMi Christians in Turkar Lausanne, Dec. 14 (By the Associated Press).?Turkey will know the league of nations as soon as peace is signed, Ismet Pasha announced at the Near East conference today. As the league exercises general supervision over the minority populations the an. nouncement was taken to mean that Turkey will accept the league's super. ' vision over the Christians in Turkey. Ismet said that Turkey was ready to according the same treatment to minorities ar- provided in the treaties between the European countries and accepted the granting of general amnesty to political priaoneds but declined to establish a national home for the Armenians. . i Says Company Has Abided By Supreme Court Decision Washington, Dec.\ 14.?Walter C. Toagle, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, told the sen. ate manfuacturing committee today that his company had abided by the decision of the supreme court ordering dissolution. The committee resumed an inquiry into gasdline and oil prices. CoonersiivA Association Convenes Washington, Dec. 14.?Th$ first i National Council of the Farmers Coi operative Marketing Associations I convened here today. It represents , associations from every part of the ; country and lasts for three days. ' President Harding, in a letter read at the opening of the cooperatives' I meeting, aaid he knew ef no single r movement promising more help to ward the betterment of agricultural conditi one than the cooperative marketing organisations. DAVIS STAT?| WILL BE jyCED Washington, Dec. It. ^Wi^iBsippi svill evenually put a JefTer. *on Davis, president oMB^.Conu'djracy, in the Hall of Fajaftor statuary hall in the capitol, lapwing to Senator Pat Harrison of Khsippi. He is not certain, howeiSPthat the present is the most oppOmHe time. Furthermire, an act of islaturc f Mississippi would be A? vary, it s pointed out. The pbt^jw of the tatue in the capitol by^louthern states, acting as the Sknttt, would jc impossible, it is believiiffSare. The United Daughters <|@the Confederacy, at their recent iifsting in Birmingham, resolved to incite and 'ontinue an effort so to hsfy.r Jefferon Davis. Once upon a time, beibi^ a state :culd put a statue of its S$?b in the -apitol, the consent of the Itfiatc was eauired. And Vireinia. flnfily. came o the senate asking permisgbn to put t? favorite sons in statuary'pall. The sons" were George WasMigton and Robert E. Lee. The senate did not hesitaM respectng Washington, but raised |t? hands n horror at the suggestion of Lee. \nd Virginia, through its Wjpresentaives, declared that unless tli} government accepted Lee it could apt accept Washington. The senate camb to reside that a hall of fame withpot Wash, ngton would be ridiculous, s?d so was iorced to accept Lee. It wag then reolved that a state could tiptor any ne of its sons that it selected. And .hus Mississippi, where Davp resided uid died, or Kentuckfiy, whCfe he was orn, may put a monument to the hieftnin of the Confederaicyyi statu ry hall. While the debate regarding lee was raging in the senate, it waajfcjiechoed in the house. Finally Repressitative (now senator) Carter Gtinii/ declared hat if Virginia was denied ihi right o erect a monument to Leg in Washington, nothing would be aidlisas the federal government and hpd already rected a monument to Lee/ir.ore enduring than brass. Christmas Offering For Orphanage U The Sunday school of the First Baptist church made a Christmas offering for Connie ft'ax we 11 orphanage Sunday morninp. and 5210 was aised. This is a splendid Christmas gift and will make many little children happy. Mr. Guy H. Wilburr. is superintendent of the Sunday school. Circle Meeting Circle No. 1 cf the First Baptist church will meet tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 3:35 instead of next week. The members are urged to note .he change of date. . ? Important Meeting Tonight. Dont forget the membership meeting of the Young Men's Business League tonight at 8 o'clock. Election of officers and directors for the ensuing year. Teachers' Meeting Postponed The officers and teachers of the Union County Teachers association deem it wise to postpone the date of the meeting until the first Saturday in January, and the teachers will please note the change. Store and Residence Burned Lait Night The store ?nd residence of H. W. Rramlett, at Monarch, were destroyed by fire last night at 11:30 o'clock. The s^ore, in which Mr. Bramlett operated a market, was joined to'the residence, and both were completely destroyed. It is understood that no inurance was carried on either, and the loss falls heavily upon Mr. Bramlett. His wife is very ill, also, and thus his misfortune is aggravated. Today's Cotton Market Open ?20 p. m December 25.42 j 25.68 January 25.43 25.62 March 25.63 ?f88 May 26.Yl 7 *** July 25.54 25.68 1 -ocal market ? 25.6( Germany Near CaUopae London, Dec. 14.?Gera*ny is nea a complete collapse, ao Preniar Bona Law told the house of connons todaj He said thia waa the only teformatioi ---I s I '?? wum flTV, Pray* MullW The prayer service of South Moon tain street will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at *? bom# e Mrs. C. C. Sanden. ) % :! J CANNOT AVOID NAVAL PROGRAM Washington, Dec. 13 (By the Assc ciateil Tress).?Blunt notice that th United States can not avoid a ne\ naval program in swift cruisers an fleet submarines unless treaty limita tions are extended to such craft wa served by the house appropriation committee today in reporting th $21)3,806,538 naval appropriation bil A six line provision placed in th bill by the committee requested Pre; ident Harding to negotiate wit! Great Britain, France, Japan an Italy for such an extension of th treaty, limitations of aircraft to b included. The committee report said larg< cruiser and submarine programs wer planned abroad, ending: "In othei words, competition is on again in th single direction to which the unra.i tied agreement (the Washington na val treaty) does not extend, and if i be allowed to go unchecked, the purs strings again must be relaxed an< thi, government, like all others, wil be constrained to launch a new pro <.rram to the extent necessary to keej up at least abreast of any of th other powers. "President Harding was not con suited by the committee with relatioi to its limitation conference requesl The project for negotiations ap parently came as a surprise even t naval officials. It was originated b; Chairman Kelly of the naval appro priations subcommittee. The chie eason prompting Mr. Kelly to pro pose a new naval conference was un ilerstood to have been the light cruis er prog i am recommended by the nav general board. No mention of thi is included in the published copies o committee hearings on the bill. Th program urged, however, as neces sary to keep the United States nav cn a parity with other navies i cruisers, 16 new light cruisers, withi the 10,000 ton size limitation of th Washington treaty, and to cost $168 000,000. program of cooitrucBoa- abroi Presumably it wab this informatii and the recommendations as to ne construction made by the gener board, which prompted the attem to check post-treaty competitr building through diplomatic negoti tions. Administration officials wl were closest to the Washington arn conference deliberations express* .he view tonight that there appearc little likelihood of success for ne negotiations to limit in accordanc with the "5-5-3," or some other ri tion, the size of cruiser and subm; rine fleets. The conference, it w; pointed out, in prolonged discussioi had found no basis of agreement po sible on these points or as to fightin aircraft. The French position at tl conference in opposition to limitir submarine fleets, it was adde brought a specific reservation I British delegates of the right to bul anti-submanne craft, such as ligl cruisers and destroyers, without r strictions save as to the maximu size of cruisers 10,000 tons and lim tation of the maximum size of gui they could carry to eight in< weapons. In addition to the new cruiser pr gram, the committee is known ' have been informed of general board recommendation that a start be mai on modernizing the pre-Jutland ba tleships of the navy, the point beii made that Great Britain has alrea< remodeled to a large extent to i crease gun range and deck prote tion her capital ships to be rated u ; der the treaty. The American mo emization project would cost in tl neighborhood of ffiO,000,000, it h been estimated. Lacking such r i modeling work, American 14 ini gun ships would remain outranged 1 otherwise similar but modernize British ships by five miles, navy c ficers have declared. I Faced with the double prospect heavy naval expenditures in the ne future, Chairman Kelly turned the precedent of the accepted capit ship treaty ratio in search of a wi to avoid such outlays. Seven Persona Scalded to Death When Engines Crai Houston, Texas, Dec. 14.?The cte in the railroad wreck at Humble nur ) bers 14, so the railroad investigate announced at noon. Pour were whil Houston, Texas, Dec. 14.?Sev r persons were scalded to (death r steam when the Houston East a West Texas Railway passenger tre a sideswiped a switch engine at Huml Night. Thirty-five people were i jured. The switch engine, unatter cd, "drifted" down th? sidetrack, t cylinder heads of the two loco moth i- hitting squarely. A two inch stM IT pipe crashed through the window f the negro coach. Two whites a among the dead. I SAYS DAUGHERTY 1 WILL WIN CASI ?. Washington, Dec. 14. ? Chargini e that congressmen who opposed At v torney General Daugherty had beei d shadowed by the justice departmem detectives, Jackson Z. Ralston, attor 3 ney for Representative Keller in th< 3 in.peaehment hearing against Daugh 0 erty, asked the committee to obtaii 1, the names and reports of the depart : ment operatives. The defense deniet .lie charga. h d Washington, Dec. 13.?Chairmai e Volstead declared tonight during e hearings before the house judiciarj committee on impeachment charge* e against Attorney General Daugherty e that, judged by the character of tes r timony thus far offered, he did not e aelieve it possible "to make anything >ut of the case." The statement was made during t the taking of testimony on a seconc e if the impeachment specification? d iled by Representative Keller (Re || publican) of Minnesota, that charg , .ng a failure by the attorney genera p to force compliance by the railroads 2 with the safety appliance acts. Pre viously the committtee had completed the taking of evidence on tht n first of the 14 specifications?thai /?Korn?in cr \f v DoiirrUo?4i? L" ^ mai i^uu^uvi vjr uuu iviiu v* ngly appealed to office men who wer? _ 'untrustworthy, corrupt and danger y ous to the liberties of the people o! the United States." f Most of the evidence relating t< this specification had to do witl _ charges against William J. Bums , director of the bureau of investiga y tion of the department of justice, ant a defense of Mr. Burns against thosi a charges. Witnesses included Mr Bums, Senator Johnson of Califor ,* nia, former Attorney General Wick v ersham and Samuel Gompers, pres *n ident of the American Federation o n labor. te Personal Mention >d Miss Elizabeth Askew, of Lime ^ stone college, will arrive tomorro' xew, on South Mountain stre't. :w Miss Bessie Jones Smith, of A al lanta, Ga., will spend the Christma pt holidays with relatives in Union. /e Capt. Miller Arthur, of Washing a" ' n. D. C., will arrive Sunday to spen 10 he Christinas holidays with his ps 18 rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Arthur. Mrs. N'ed Arthur and daughter will leave next week for Salleys t w >pend the holidays with her mothei :e Mrs. Salley. B Mrs. Ella D. Rodger and Miss An l" nie Rodger of Chicago will arrive i: 1S January to spend sometime with rel 1:1 atives. s Mrs. John K. Hamblin and littl son, Merriman, who have been in At ie lanta, Ga., for some time, will prob ably return to Union Friday. Friends in Union will be pleased t >y ljear that little John Belue, who is ii I" an Atlanta hospital for treatment, i ht improving. lie is the son of Mr. ani Mrs. O. T. Belue of Bonham. m * ? Bald Rock We are having some cold and we weather these days, although it is fin ^ weather for killing porkers. Ther |.^ were seven killed in this communit; yesterday. There were some larg ^ ones among them, so old Pea Ridge i; v going to live well. Mrs. Thomas Gregory and childrei y : pent Sunday with Miss Lura Sprouse n" Misses Maid and Vera Scales spen C Saturday with Misses Myrtle am " I.ois Sanders near Bald Rock. " Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Alnian of Kel \ ton, Route 1, spent Saturday with Mi a3 and Mrs. Thomas Gregory in thi C" community. L .John O'Shields' string band gave ai entertainment at Kelly's school hous lest Friday night. There was a larg ' " crowd present and everyone enjoye tnc music. The sum of $22 was rais 0* ed. ar Shuler Gregory of Lockhart spen Friday night with his parents, Mi and Mrs. Thomas Gregory of Bal ?y Bock. Miss Lois Sarders has returned t her home near Bald Rock from th Wallace Thomson hospital, where sh went to have her tonsils removec Miss Sanders has many friends wh ih wish for her a speedy recovery. Rev. Duckworth of Lockhart fille ad l is regular appointment at Foster' n- Chapel Sunday morning. There was rs small crowd but he preached a goo te. sermon. I wish there could have bee more there to hear him. He is en new preacher and the members ai by proud of him. Rev. H. W. Stone als nd Piled his regular appointment at M iin joy Sunday afternoon and preached >le strong and forceful sermon to a rati in- ar large attencance. ,d- * ha The modern racing airplane of t 'as day moves faster than did the canrx im Lnll used in the Civil War. The ca: of non ball of that time averaged hi ire 200 feet a second and the airplai does 860 feat a second. HOPE OF REPUBLIC RESTS WITH SOUTH ; By Hugh W. Roberts. Washington, Dec. 13. ? That the n South is the hope of the survival of t the American republic was declared . by former Vice President Thomas B. e Marshall in an informal address to . the Mississippi society tonight, i Hardly had the applause that . greeted his first reference to the 1 South subsided before he renewed the demonstration with another ringing sentence: i "The destiny of this nation is in j the hands of the pure Americanism of / the South and not with the babel of , tongues that is confounding the cities , of the East. You people of the South . or.ee tried to dissever the union. But I I say now that the hope of the sur, vival of the republic is the South." Mr. Marshall then explained that , Ihe purest English speaking and Eng. 1 ':sh thinking strain which for cen , urtcs has stood for the greatest . measure of freedom and liberty was preserved in the South as in no other I section of the United States and that } the day was not far away when these descendants of the traditional preservers and defenders of Democratic , ideals and believers of conservatism ^ in government and social order would ftind as a stone wall to turn back the , tide of "wild eyed" radicalism now threatening in the "hideous" form of Bolshc\ism. Mr. Marshal! was given another vntion when he "spoke his heart and mind" about Mississippi's senior senitor, John Sharp Williams. "I know ' something of the men now occupying * seats in the United States senate." he '. .id, "and I know something about he men who have in days gone by ' .?erved in that eminent body and what lam going to say is not in disparagement of any senator living or dead. It " 's my deliberate judgment and carefully formed opinion that for comprehensive knowledge of the political histor yof the world, of the origin of races and nationalities and the science of government, John Sharp Wil5 liams has never had a superior in the w senate. I will say also that for sus h tained eloquence, sustained logic and ? sustained sitenfctb lit debate h?'ta without an equal in any 'legislative t- body in the world. And a remarkable IS fact in this connection is that he is always ready." P I Another pleasing reference by Mr. | IVT fi VqVinil WttQ fn Qnnnlnr TTarrionn'? t_ speeches in Indiana during: the reecnt campaign. He said that the junior ,. ."Mississippi senator struck blows in ' :hat state which staggered the enemy f and contributed effectively to the vic' lory won by Governor Ralston in his race against Beveridge for the senate. n Navy Bill Items e Washington, Dec. 13.?The navy hill as reported today in the house, carried the following items: 0 Naval operating base, Hampton n Roads, Va., to continue dredging, s $250,000. ^ Norfolk, Va., navy yaH, <"! ? 000 for '.re protection for oil and gasoline tank at St. Helena. Charleston, S. C.. navy yatd t<> con. ' ue dredging, $20,000. The bill also provides for the stat lion at Hampton Roads, $260.0110 the e same general provision hererofoie e i ,ade for that base. y The amount for naval aviation as e carried in the bill is $14,647,174. or s $36,776 under last year. w ?i r ?_ i man c.ariy t Do not wait until the last minute J to mail Christmas letters and paeka?"s. Some people ave thoughtful - nough to mail their Christmas letters unci packages in time for delivery bes fore Christmas; many others, just as generous, but less thoughtful, wait n nn'il the last minute and then pour o their Christmas mail into the poste office in a perfect deluge, with the d result that thousands of little folks, - ;.nd grown-ups too, are disappointed and perhaps their Christmas spoiled t I.e. ause a letter or package is delayed *. j.nd not delivered until after Christd n as. Please mail packages for out of o 'own delivery early in the week bee ginning December 11th, and for city ? delivery during the week ending 1- ,December 18th. Such letters and o packages may be endorsed "Do Not Open Until Christmas." d - 's Prayer Service a _____ d The prayer service on Church uxi ? tu uc ucau wiiiuiiuw muriiilig a at, 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. e p. B. Bobo. 10 t. Death of Mr*. D. L. Gault a a- Mrs. D. L. Gault died at her home near Flat Rock church yesterday and her body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Flat Rock church today. >n ?? n- Future employment of married wont r.ien in the Cincinnati Public Library a* and its branches has been barred by auction of the board of trustees.