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LXX1U No. 1S69 Oblate S. C, Moai^y AfUartW>gp? y-,?omber 27, 1922 3c Por Copy
10ND ARREST IN
?ER ROUGE CASI
trop, La, Dec. 27.?Justice Em
ent agent* and state represen
i today renewed their activitie
? Morehouse kidnapping caw
fforts to run down persona re
ble for dynamiting the lake, re
l in the fiinding of the bodie
tt Daniels and Thomas Richard
rore kidnapped hy a masked mo1
,ugu??v-idenetL Additional ax
are "Sr^fhred imminent. Detec
reported that they located th
where the dynamite was sole
>me suspects are being watchec
i arrest in Baltimore of Forme
r McKoin of Mer Rouge cause
lerable excitement. The peopl
red in groups to discuss develop
A. Sylvester, of Bastrop, teda;
1 a statement expressing doub
the bodies found were those o
Is nnd Richards. He said th
ea of 500 Klanamen haws beea
td to clear up the mystery.
Bastrop, La., Dec. 26.?The secon
(arrest in connection with the More
'house kidnaping of last August wa
made late today when Dr. B. M. Mc
Koin, until a few months ago mayo
of Mer Rougo, was taken in c us tod
at Baltimore at the request of Go?
eraor Parker, who charged him wit
murder. The physician was taken
postgraduate course at Johns Hop
kins.
The former mayor is expected t
reach here within a few days to joi
a former deputy sheriff, who is not
being held on the -similar charge i
the Bastrop jail.
While the avrest was being raad<
a detachment of National Guard wa
reconnoitering along Lake La Fout
che for evidence to lead to the arres
of dynamiters responsible for th
blasting at a ferry landing last weel
when the bodies of two men, believe<
to have been tortured and murdere
jv masked and robed men, were blowi
from the bottom^ of the lake.
The company also was tb?.act as i
bodyguard for the sheriff who- was t
make arrests in the event his sue
t picions justified than. 1
During the day Adjutant Genera
Toombs, suddenly called bade fror
oi the three companies of state troop
; encamped here and at Her Rouge.'
^ It was persistently reported /Arin;
'the day that all preparations ha3 bee
. ny^de to call out two additional stat
i companies if conditions warranted.
Soldiers are on guard duty at th
(jail here and encamped in the hear
lof Mer Rouge, where the situation i
I such that the governor does not wan
to leave the townspeople to them
selves in the fear there will be blood
rhed because of the friction amon;
hem following the August eveni
Many of the populace are armed.
The military also was at the dis
posal of the civil authorities to tak
in custody any members of the hood
ed mob whose identity are known t
the state authorities, according to de
partment of justice men.
Attorney General Coco stated tha
six or seven arrests will be mad
before the open hearing January 5.
It is reported the number of ai
w/.nfa n.ill kn tnasoaaoJ ma fKo 1/lnnfIf
ICDVO w MV Uivt vaovvt HIC ?uvii v> v
of the dynamiters are establisfcei
Federal agent* declare they have th
name of the ring leader and hia arrea
is imminent.
Attorney General Coco is expecte
to arrive at New Orleans tomorrow
in preparation for the conferanc
?there Thursday, at which time plan
for the hearing will be outlined an
y the reports of the coroner's jury tha
conducted the inquest over the heat
less bodies of Watt Daniels an
Ihomas Richards will be discussed.
Citizens were gathering on th
street corners tonight discussing th
arrest of two of their former law off
vials. The arrest of the man wh
had been their mayor until he r*
signer last August came as a con
plete surprise. Dr. McKoin was box
and grew to manhood at Monroe an
later moved to Mer Rouge where h
was .a practicing physician. H
fxiends induced him to make the rat
for mayor and during his incumbent
he fearlessly upheld the law and a
tempted to rid the community <
moonshiners and other lawbreaker
it was said.
On August 2 he reported assassii
fired two loads of shot into his movir
outomobile as he was answering
sick call. He later received persistei
warning fb leave the community ai
he did so. This event led to the trai
edy of the 24th, is the theory of tl
states.
T. J. Burnett, arrested last Satu
day, is denied visitors except und
military surveillance. Today he gr*
sullen and restless and repeated
gripped the iron hars in which he
inclosed. His battery of attoroe
spent several hours with him.
It Was recalled here tonight th
four murders have been charged
hooded men since last May along t
Arkansas-Louisiana border.
At Wilmot, Ark., E. L. Gills,
farmer, was lured from his home, si
to death and his body burned. Afl
STRIKES SNAG
El AT CONFERENCE
v Lausanne, Dae. 26 (By the Asaoi*
ciated Praia).?Armenia was Ahe
a storm center of the Near East con
? ference to<jay. The Turks refused to
u attend a meeting of the subcommisi
slon which had. arranged, to hear the
plea of the Armenians for the estab>
lishment of a national home in Turh
key, and )>oth Ismet Pasha and Risa
' Nur Bey sent strongly worded com '
munications to the conferedbe proe
testing against the decision to allow
the \rmenianB to state their case.
I*. They declared that if the Armer
nians who had no official standing and
vovutn <iv unninnufnk gUTCia*
0 ment; were heard by the conference,
h there would be no reason why the
Egyptians or the Irish should not be
f allowed to present their demands.
1 The so-called irregular Egyptian
* delegation has been waiting in Lau6
sanne for more than a month for per*
mission to be heard by the conference
and voice a demand for the independence
of Egypt and complete
withdrawal of the British army.
In consequence the Turkish pro*
test the official meeting of the subcommission
was postponed and the
r representatives of thte inviting powy
era, Great Britain, France and Italy,
" sitting alone, listening to the Armenian
spokesman, who suggested
that a home be established in the
northeast vilayeta of Turkey, which
should include historic Mount Ararat
or a section in Cilicia. It was imposv
Bible, he cedlared, for the proposed
n Armenian home to amalgamate with
the Armenian republic of Erivan,
k which had been taken over by the
' Moscow soviets. The Armenians
would willingly accept the same ret
lationship with Turkey as the do0
minions with England. In conduit
sion he asked for exemption from
j military service for the Armenians
j and urged Maintenance of the orthon
dox patriarch in Constantinople.
Praia* for Bustor Hodge
A party was passing through Union
on their way to spend the Christmas
j holidays with relatives in a distanl
? state and ths boys la the family mi
the football rolled Ott the other aide
g. of the track. Buster Hodge saw the
n predicament and told the hoys be
e would get it for them, but the train
would not wait for that. A couple of
e days later the chief of police got a lett
ter from the father stating the facts
8 and said, "A nice, big, fat policeman
with a kind smile" offered to take
t. care of the prized football and he requested
it mailed to him at the adg
dress enclosed. It turned out that
t the writer of the letter was an old
school mate of editor of The Times
and he gladly packed the ball for ships'
|. Politeness never did coat anything
0 and Buster Hodge is sure to hear
k more about this kind deed in the future.
it
e Much Moving and
Changing of Baaa
y There is a great deal of moving and
i. changing from one place to another in
e this county. Every day wagons and
it trucks loaded with household goods
are seen moving from one part of the
d county to the other. People always
-v will cling to the idea that a little bet
? ter country is just over yonder, a litis
tie better bouse, or orchard or school
d or nearer the church, or nearer town,
it Anyway there is a yast lot of it going
1- on in Union county.
d
Miss Mary Oliphant has returned
ie f rom Gaffney where she spent the hoite
idays with relatives,
i- Mr. and Mrs R. A. Oliphant spent
10 Christmas with their children, Mr,
-- and Mrs. Alec Oliphant, in Chester.
i- ????,
his death tha Louisiana-Arkansas Ian
anl order league was formed to se|e
cure evidence in the case but no arrests
were made. The league was said
:e to have been made up of 5,000 citi:y
sens of the two states and recently
disbanded.
The kidnaping of five prominent
*? Mer Rouge citizens on a highway last
August is believed to have resulted ir
18 the death of Daniels and Richards
Two othere were severely flogged am
* J. L. Daniels, 70 year old father ol
Watt Daniels, was at the point ol
*4 death for several weeks because ol
t" the cruelties inflicted upon him.
* The Smackover invasion, the thin
vant ftf f Via uair in i mi ail last, mnntl
r- and resulted in the death of J. I
er Woods, 25, a Misaiaaippian. He wai
m riddled with shot after he had fira
Jy on a party of several hundred maaket
ia and ?Utt "sheeted" men who march
ya ed into the new oil held of south ^Ar
kansas to clean out the undeairablea
at Cne man was flogged ^ * fambUnj
to house, a two-story frame structure
he torn down. An exodus of mors thai
2,000 people from the region result
a ed. Officials made no effort to lean
tot the identity of the mob aa far as I
ist known.
TUG BRINGS IN
,$?B0DY OF SAILOR
, //fijWiAV/V^v; _
Erie, Ps., Dec. 29.?The body of
kMUie Paytosh, a member of the crew
of the missing tug Cornell of Cleveland,
wait brought into port her^ late
today by the tug Q. A. Gilmore. The
face was scalded and marine men said
the Cornell went to the bottom carr^infc
tha esy.en other members of the
xri&lclhxim ;a'hbiler explosion.
i' VJr '\y". * a *''*
> Cleveland, Dec. 26 ?With the finding.
today oi ibe life boat and the
^orps|n^^boe of the eight members
ol the^tvw of the tug Cornell, which
disappeared Thursday, the mastery
unvonauzg uie exact iate ol U?e
Cornell remains unsolved. Search
for the veasel and the other members
of. ,tfce< Will be continued tomorcontaining
the body
of Ifknael ' Paytoeh, fireman of the
Cornell, was found on the Canadian
side of Lake Erie by the searching
Qilmore. The body, coverlying
face down and
frosen to the flanks of the life boat's
bottom. Ice coated the rest of the
hull. In order to remove the body it
was necessary to saw off one of the
seats of the yawl. In this miite trace
there was nothting to indicate definitely
whether the tug sank after a
boiler exploded, burned, ran afoul
of heavy -ice floes or foundered in a
mwlmrr
.. Scores of motor boats and tugs and
S niail eirplan which conducted a
American shore ofl
the M^e returned late today without
baring {ound any trace of the craft.
thought a seaman aboard
thty&tafaa had solved the mystery
M th^Vms of Paytosh was badly
marked. ' These scars were at first
believed to have been the result of
scaidifig but ware later said by an
undertaker in Erie to be probable
bruises and the after math of bitter
colli' weather. This added to the mfltery,
Vas . local marine men declared
ifem to determine what
that rumor* m to the upaaawartfcinew
of the Cornell will b thoroughly
investigated.
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Nelle Curlee of Spartanburg
will spend part of the Christmas holidays
with friends in Union.
Luke J. Wilburn, of Jacksonville,
Fla., visited relatives here this week.
Miss Alice Arthur left yesterday
for Columbia and Camden to visit college
friends and enjoy the festivities
planned for her at both cities.
Lieut J. Miller Arthur, U. S. N.,
has returned to Washington after a
holiday visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Arthur.
Mks. F. O. Barrett of Spartanburg
is visiting her mother, Mrs. N. K.
1 ffermton-^ornson of New Orleans,
La., is the guest of his parents, Miv
and Mrs. W. E. Thomson, for the
Christmas vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Prioleau and
Mrs. Janes Munro will return this
week from a holiday visit to relatives
at EutawvflU.
. Mrs. Clarence Johnson and little
daughter*t>?-Oreenaboro. N. C.. Are the
guMtr of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Sexton, on NC Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cureton and
children will return to their home in
AttAMta, Ga., this week after a visit
1 to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDow.
Miss Miriam Jennings of Charlotte,
N. C., is the guest of Mrs. O. H. Oet
zell for the holiday vacation.
Misses Minnie and Sadie Soofield
of Davidson, N. C., Mrs. H. 8. Ad!
ams and children of Chester, S. C.,
? and Charles Clifford of New York
. city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
. Geoge H. Oetsel for the holidays.
I S. Fram of Chester is visiting rel.
atives here this week,
r Mrs. Y. G. Cooksey of Clifton and
Mrs. A. S. Cantrell of Inman, arrived
i yesterday for a visit to their sister,
i Mrs. R. E. White,
i George Sawyer of Atlanta is the
. guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
I A. Sawyer.
1 Mrs. David Elbert, of Millen, N. J.,
f is the guest of relatives in Union this
f week. '
Miss 9stetle Mathis, of Warsaw, N.
a /a i. xu. w.ii s ? > ^
i v., w ?peauin( uw ituuuy TWOOD
i with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. John
. Jt. Mathit.
s Mrs. L. W. Blackwelder and daugh\
tors, Misses .Kathrin and Madeline
1 Blackwelder, left yesterday for Sails
bury, N. C., to visit relatives ftr>
- fpw days. *
Dr. Russell Jeter, of Raleigh, N. C.,
t spent the Christinas holidays with his
i, patents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jeter,
r near Is nine
> ?. Mrs; P. B. Bobo was called to Paeoo
let this morning on account of the
a serious Biases of her sister, Mrs. M.
BVBtwnn..
5 * ' lyZlr.
DR. McKOlN DENIES
PART INFILLING
Baltimore, Dec. 27.?The habeas
corpus writ for Dr. B. J3. McKoin, ,
former mayor of Mar RodR? La., who
was a rested here on charge of
murder, was issued today by Chief
Judge Gorter cf the dtjr>boert. Dr
McKoin was arrested on JnsLuctions
of the Louisiana governor. He declared
he was lnnocenl "jpi>d would
fight extradition. The tejfjrarn from
Governor Parker said tteaystradition
papers would be forwarded The police
court is asked fh holdi.fiKoin for
10 days.
Baltimore, Dec. 26.?Dr. ^ M. McKoin,
former mayor of |lrt Rouge,
La., who is wanted then in- connection
with the Morehouse JJarish kidnapings
and the finding Of1 two mutilated
bodies in Lake ra Fourche,
was arrested here today at tie Johns
Fopkins uni versity-Brady institute, j
where he is taking a post graduate t
couise. The arrest followed receipt <
of a telegram from Got. John M. {
Parker of Louisiana re<|gifcUnj? the
local police to arraat Mcjj^pin on a j
charge of murder. After Question- r
ii.g by police officials Dr. KcKoin was .
locked up to await fttrthetvnation by t
Louisiana authorities.
Other than requpesting' the local (
authorities to aN^( MeKoin there
v-'rh nothing contained ^ is Governor
Parker's telegram. It rigrofr-*
"Important. Arrest Dr. J^oKoin for
murder. Hold him for Louisiana (
authorities." ..l?i ]
Dr. McKoin denied knowMdfce of the ,
killing of the two men. "Ap * know," ,
hi declared, "is that both -Jon were ,
killed, were un the bad sida*4lhe side ]
of bootleggers, 'gunmen and kiwi who ]
associated with negro woman" (
The discovery of Dr. MvKbin here ]
and his suhaequsnt arraat dm about ,
purely by accident. Wot ill M TSceiv. ]
ed here several days ago tlmfchfr. McKoin
was a student at Johns Hopkins |
and department of justice j ?g^r\t3 |
sought to qaeagfhn l^a?
university official* denied Mfttth toas
registered M a post ***?&&, end
stated several lettapijp ba4mn re- ,
ceived there for him but |pM>le to
locate him the lettata w*yvji|uped
tt2?2: p?"?a>M **
Early today a policemanw3 [round '
on the water front unconscid s. He
was removed to a hospital. W |en the
hospital report reached polio head|
quarters it was signed by Dr. ] cKoin.
It was then that local news pa; tr men
raahed to the hospital and inU viewed
him. Up to that time the tllegram
from Governor Parker asklnglfor his
airest had not been received. Dr. McKoin
spoke f reely and insisted he was
not a fugitive from justice, and that
he had made no attempt to conceal
hi.i identity.
He stated he has been in Baltimore
since October 1, and had ]efl Mer
Rouge after an attempt had been
made to assassinate him. >
McDnniel-Johnson
Miss Beatrice McDaniel and E. L.
Johnson of Kelton were morried Saturday
evening at 7 oVA>clt"',VL the
bride's home, by Rev. Lewis M. Vice.
The ceremony was witnessed by \fee
immediate relatives but hosts of
friends unite in wishing for the cou
pie a life filled with happiness and
prosperity.
Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of
Mr. Robert McDaniel and for several
years has been a successful teacher in
the county. She is a young woman
of many admirable qualities of mind
and heart.
Mr. Johnson is a progressive farmer
and is being warmly congratulated
upon his good fortune.
Palmer-Whitloclc
Miss Janie Palmer and Victor
Whitlock were united in marriage,
Sunday afternoon, December 24th at
the residence of Rev. L. M. Rice, the
officiating minister.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock have the
good wishes of hundreds of friends
for a long filled with happiness.
Flu is Racing in Union
There are hundreds of cases of flu
in Union and the county and in some
instances nearly the whole family is
in bed. The physicians claim that u
is a milder type than formerly but it
is not expressed so by the ones who
have it The physicians .and drug
stores have been working over time
and working hard with no holiday at
all to relieve the suffering.
Opposition to the
Borah Ampndmont
Washington. Dec. 27.?Over a score
'of Republican senators in informal
conference today decided to oppose
the Borah amendment to the naval
appropriation bill asking the president
to call an international, economic
and disarmament conference.
James Wood, of Charlotte, N. C.,
is visitinir relatives in j Union this
week.
? i
VICTOR ARNOLD
FACES CHARGE!
Bayside, N. Y., Dec. 26.?Victor H
Arnold of Madison, Wis., forme
president of the MadiBon Bond com
pany, was arrested tonight on a fed
sral indictment for using the mail:
!o defraud. The indictment, returnee
it Madison, December 20, aocordini
,o the authorities, contained 31
roants.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 26.?Victor H
Arnold, former president of th?
>anlcrupt Madison Bond company
*ho one year ago posed as a beneft
rent Santa Claus to Madisoa's need;
;o the amount of $30,000, was ar
osted today in Bayside, N. Y.
:barged with using the mails to de
fraud hundreds of small investors
fie was indicted by a federal granc
iury Wednesday.
Thirty-one counts alleging thre<
frmw)n1?tnf trKomnD fnf snllinir cnnnri
;ies are included in the charges. Or
>ne of these schemes the indictment
iayts $618,000 was realized.
Arnold began to attract attentior
ocally some years ago when Norms
ralmadge, moving picture actress
>aid visits to two of his daughters
hen dancing students in New York
iis home here was the center of several
pretentious social functions.
Of Interest Here
*
Miss Lucile Abemethy, pianist al
:hc Gipsy Smith, Jr., meeting, wil!
cave Thursday evening after th<
: or vice for Lenoir, N. C., to spenc
:ite Christmas holidays with her pa ciits,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Abernethy
Miss Rose Miller, stenographer foi
Mr. Smith, will also leave Thursday
FToing to Savannah, Ga., to be with
her grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Owens
md her sister and brother, Miss Fay?
iller and Mr. George Miller.
Both are charming young girls anc
have made many friends in Hatties
burg during their stay here. Misi
abernethy is a gifted pianist and t
most sympathetic accompanist. He:
playing has added much to the pleas
ore of the meeting.?Hattiesburj
(Miss.) American. ^
_ _ V. 1 _ ? ? -11. TT.tiC?
picttciuiiK tor uiic xiiuuvu ui
burg, Miss., will begin a series o
meetings at Leland, near Greenwood
Miss., on Jonuary 7th. In Februar;
he will go to Biloxi where prepare
tions for his services already are un
der way.
Gipsy Smith is spending the Christ
ma* holidays with his family at Jack
son, where they are spending the win
tcr.
Recommends Change
In Tax Systen
Moscow, Decv. 27 (By the Associat
ec! Press).?Acting Commissar of Fi
nance Sokolnikoff yesterday recom
mended to all the Russian soviet con
gross that the tax system be changed
He said he thought it best to chang<
to a monetary basis from the presen
system whereby the peasonts pay ii
farm products. He said he couldn'
present the annual budget because o
the instability of the ruble.
Mosul Oil Fields Will
Not be Abandonee
Lausanne, Dec. 27 (By the Associ
ated Press) ? The British, througl
a letter from Lord Curzon to Isme
Pasha, today informed Turkey tha
the British are never to abandon th
Mosul oil fields as the Turks ask. The;
declare the prolongation of the Nea
East conference would fail to indue
the British to recede from their posi
tion. The letter declares the Britisl
expelled the Turks from the are
promising the Arabs freedom fror
the Turkish rule. They have given
solemn promise to bar the fo*eig
powers from the area and intends t
keep their word.
Cotton Exports
During Novembe
Washington, Dec. 27.?Cotton ej
ports during November, includin
linters, are 858,387 bales, ;?o the Conr
merce Department announced todaj
It is valued at $109,387,713.
Johnson-Wilburn
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1
Johnson, of this county, was the seer
of a very quiet but beautiful cer<
mony, when their daughter, Miss^Be
tis Johnson, became the bride of M
Manly Wilbum of Cedar Hill sectic
of Union county.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbum are amot
the finest young people of the counl
and deserve the great happine
promised in their marriage, ai
scores of friends will join in wishii
them Christmas joys and life lot
happiness. Rev. L. L. Wagrton,
Union, S. C., spoke the words whi
made this happy couple husband ai
wife.
I
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SIX GO TO CHAIR
5 IN PRESENT YEAR
Four white men and two negroes
r have been electrocuted during the i
- present year, this number of whites i
- esiaDiisntng a new record for South I
9 Carolina death penalty figures. It '
i it> the first time since the establish- 1
f merit of the electric chair in 1912 t
L that more white men have been elec- i
trocuted in one year than negroes. }
Although the year is not yet out, n?
. further electrocutions will take place ?
i as the only one scheduled between I
, now and 1923 has been stayed by an <
- appeal to the supreme court. Wil- 1
r liam C. Farles, the convicted York i
- county murderer, was originally sen- 1
, fenced to die December 29, but he 1
has appealed to the supreme court t
. and this automatically stays the senI
tence. r
Of the six men electrocuted, four t
? were convicted of murder. These 1
were all white. The four were S. J. t
i Kirby, JeBse Gappins, C. O. Fox and t
t Frank M. Jeffords. s
The list of six and their crimes is 1
i as follows: Curtis Franklin, negro, 1
i criminal assault, convicted in Aiken t
, and electrocuted February 3; Will 1
, Hood, negro, convicted in Greenville
. of murder, electrocuted April 7; C.
' O. Fox, S. J. Kirby and Jesse Gappins,
all convicted in Lexington of
murder, electrocuted June 16.; Frank <
M. Jeffords, convicted of murder in 1
Richland county, electrocuted Decern- ?
^ ber 22. 1
' Frank M. Jeffords was the 61st
5 man to pay the death penalty by elec- 1
' trocution. The electric chair was es- 1
lablished in 1912 and' since then 61 *
men, 54 negroes and seven whites, I
r have been electrocuted. 1
? William Reed. nr><rm i-nnvi^faH in
1 Anderson in 1912 of criminal assault, '
was the first man to pay the penalty
5 of death by electrocution. He was
electrocuted August 6, 1912. Samuel
N. Hyde, also of Anderson, was the
first whitfe man to be put to death in 1
1 the shair. He was electrocuted Oc- 1
1 tober 1, 1912. 1
r Following Hyde the next white 1
man was C. P. Hushing of Chester- '
5 field Auguset 18, 1918, and Ihaneit
was M. L. Garrett of Lee; ^evitty
L?ly 14?
'' year.. Jeffords was the last to date.
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[ WITH THE SICK *
** ********
Miss Gilmer Blankenship has been ,
- confined to her home on Route 2 with
- fiu, but is improving today.
Master Charles Alston has been
quite sick with flu, but is very much
improved today.
Mrs. J. T. Spears and Miss De*
ni&rys Spears are confined to their ]
home with a slight uttack of flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Eller und Miss Fulton ;
Liter are improving from severe i
- cases of flu. (
Miss Lizzie Gregory is very much ,
improved from n recent attack of flu. ,
?
^ Mrs. Manning Jeter has been quite ]
sicl: at her home at Santuc with flu, <
t hut is better today. i
f William McDanie) is very ill at the
home of his daughter on Greene
street. He had an attack of flu last
week and is not recovering as rapidly
I as his loved ones and friends wish.
Mrs. J. Frost Walker and little ]
daughter, Cornelia Greer, have been l
k quite sick for a week or more but
^ both are improving.
Wesley Greer continues quite sick 1
at his home on S. Church street.
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Master Richard Morgan has been
^ seriously ill for several days with
pneumonia.
Irwin Brennicke, who had a severe
^ attack of flu is improving.
Miss Evelyn Wix is sick at her
home on S. Church street with flu.
n Mrs. N. H. Pierce of the Western
a Union office is confined to her home
n with flu. a
? Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Cureton ar*
sick with flu at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. McDow.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Gregory of
* Route 3 have been quite sick with flu,
but are improving rapidly,
t- Mrs. Gordon Bishop of Route 2 is
ft quite sick at her home.
' Mrs. J. M. Salley, who has been
7- quite sick with flu, is improving.
R. W. McDow is suffering from an
attack of flu.
Mrs. Spencer Perrin is confined to
her home with an attack of flu.
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|e Donnelly-Stephens
e- Miss Naomi Donnelly and Mr. Joe
r- Stephens of Cross Keys were quietly
r- and happily married, Sunday evening,
n December 25th.
They motored to Union, S. C., where'
if* the ceremony was performed by Rev.
ty L L. Wagnon at his residence, 64
South Church street.
They have the good wishes of hoste
of friends for happy and useful lives.
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of Mrs. Frances Douglass Depass has
eh returned from a visit to Asheville and
ad is the guest of Capt. and Mrs. F. M.
Farr. y
BOTH HOUSES TO
CONVENE SOON
Considerable interest is already being
manifested throughout the state
in the approaching session of the
general assembly. The 1923 session
will be fraught with a number of familiar
battles, the one big issue of
luxation fofi several years past being
n line for aplenty of argument next
/cor.
The session will begin on the second
Tuesday in January, which will
ae the 9th. However, little work
>ther than reorganising will take
ilace until after the inaugural ceremonies
Januarv 16 Thnm?. n
Leod will become governor on the
16th and all other states officials will
issume rffice on that day.
The two houses will convene at
loon on the 9th with the reorgsnizaion
work for immediate attention,
'n the house one of the tirat matters
0 be attended to will be the selection
>f a speaker to Buoceed J. B. Atkinlon
of Spartanburg, who dM not of*
er for reelection aR a member of the
egislature from Spartanburg couny.
Two candidates are known to
>o in the race for the speakership.
Begins Erection of Store
Mr. John K. Hamblin has moved his
iffice over the Wonder Store, and has
vgun the building of a handsome new
itore with offices located above on the
ot upon which his offices have been
ocated. The property will be quite
lundsome when completed. There will
>? two stores on the ground floor and
1 number of offices on the second floor,
dr. Hamblin will occupy some of
hese upstairs offices and has rented
he others to desirable renters. Work
s already beginning.
Death of Miss Bessie Nelson
Miss Bessie Nelson died at her
1-ime in Jonesville December 17 and
vas buried the following day at New
Hope cemetery. She had been in declining
health for three years and
leaves to mourn her death, her moth
it. Mm. Dora Nelson, two brothers,
1. H. Nelson, W. N. Nelson, and one
bisWr, Mrs. Kate Tucker, besides a
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On Sunday next Bishop Pinlmy will
visit the Episcopal church at 7:80 p.
in., preach and administer the rite of
confirmation. *
A cordial welcome is extended the
general public.
m f
Bobo-Clark
Miss Pauline Bobo and Mr. Earl
Clark, two of the popular Cross Keys
young people, were quietly married
Sunday afternoon, December 24th,
1922.
They, with friends, motored to Union,
S. C., and were married by Rev.
L. L. Wagnon at his home, 64 South
Church street, this city. The good
wishes and hopes of scores of friends
will follow these young people for a
life of happiness, and they are the recipients
of warm congratulations and
iloubly happy on this Christmas tide.
Two Burned to Death
In Boarding House Fire
Gastonia, N. C., Dec. 27.?John D.
Hough and Mack Hopper were burned ?
to death at Bessemer City, near here,
last night in a fire that destroyed the
hr*Q rdinor hmiQn nnd uotroml nthar
buildings. J. D. Eddings is missing.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Open 2:20 p. m.
January 26.70 26.63
March * 26.95 26.89
May 26.99 26.95
July 26.72 26.67
October 24.84 24.86
Local market 26.75
Four Held in Connection
With Robbery of Messengers
New Orleans, Dec. 27.?Two men
ana two women are being held here
in connection with the robbery of five
messengers and drovers of the National
Bank of Kansas City, in which
the highwaymen obtained $97,000. The
men gave their names as George
Wilson and Jim Coverty, and said the
women were their wives. Eighty-three
hundred dolla.-s was found in a handbag.
S. C. Crosby and little son are visiting
Ellis Crosby, of Jacksonville,
Fia.
P. B. Bobo spent the holidays with
relatives in Clinton.
Miss Isabella Depass of Columbia
will spend the week-end with Capt.
and Mr3. F. M. Farr.
M. 1 O UJ AfUnU.ll .*
mi. IIIU mm. o. f? . mnA.ucii VJI
Charlotte, N. C., are visitors In Union
today.
Miss Sara Leake BlacK of New t?.
Yrrk city is the truest of colleti'
fri-ndi in Union this weekk.
In Holland more than 10,000 acres
an devoted to the cultivation of bulbs,
can be traced back 1300 year*.
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