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I MURDER THREAT
IN GEORGIA OTT
Columbus, Ga., Doe. 28.?lfai?|ii
county grand jury convmsd la special
session today to investigate the alleged
bomb plot unearthed late yes* <
terday. It was reported that aa of* 1
fort would be made to blow ap the 1
homes o{ five city commissioners, pa I
apartment bouse and a large factory. .
The police guarded the buildings last i
night. Hie police- claims to know all \
the plotters. 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27.?This city i
was stirred as it had not been in i
years when announcement by officials ?
was made late today et Mm discovery i
of an alleged oplt to Wow up the .
homes of all five of Mm city commis- i
sioners, an apartment house, and a '
factory. The authorities have taken i
Drecalltinna t** '
Im ? WW ? WMW *MV * jr UJ? I
out of the schedule of murder and <
destruction. 1
The cotmty pand jury will meet I
tomorrow morning to make a full in- t
vestigation of "the affair, it waa an- ]
nounced otnight. The names of sev- j
eral persons believed to have infor- \
mation regarding the plot were i
placed in the hands of the foreman of i
the jury by the city commiasion and
it ia expected they will be subpoenaed <
to appear before the body.
The, active plotters, according to <
the police, are about a do sen men, (
criminals,' anarchists and persons who ,
are believed to be enraged over the i
strict enforcement of the prohibition i
law here. They have in their posses
siou 100 pounds of TNT, enough to j
wreck wholesale destruction, according
to information in the hands of the <
city authorities. \
Tonight the homes of the five city ,
commissioners, the Dimon court ]
apartments, the largest building of i
its kind in the citv. and the facterv
?f the National Show Caao company,
of which Mayor J. Homer Dimon is ,
president, are all under guard, while ,
the city is at high tension. V. ,
While thes a precautions hare been ,
taken, officials do not believe any attempt
will be made tonight to carry |
out the plans of the alleged bomb
plotters because of the publicity given
to their scheme.
emuJlnHwefffdibegi1 ate |iee>r?wwJ|
/ lest night 1b ? local cemetery and <
mapped out the plans for the attack, i
They charge that among IS men at- ]
tending the meeting were members of ,
the police, malcontents, criminals and ,
one or two persons from the Alabama ,
cities across the Chattahoochee river. ]
I Discovery of the plot was an
nounced at a citiseaa' meeting at a i
Joj^l hotel this afternoon, following a
eaPon of the city commissioners, at
which time Judge George P. Monro
and Foreman Frank G. Lumpkin of
the grand 'jury were called into conference.
A verbal resolution was adopted at
the meeting requesting the city comr\
mlssioners as the constituted author/
ities to meet and recommend any
- ' steps t'tey might deem necessary to
forestall violence. The aid of those
present was pledged to the commis
ion in the fight against the lawless
element.
Celebrates 94th Birthday
Dr. T. M. Bailey, long one of Greenville's
most honored and respected
citizens and for many years a secretary
of the Home Mission Board of
the Baptist denomination in South
Carolina, will celebrate his 94th birthday
tomorrow. Dr. Bailey will be "At
Home" to many of his friends who
will visit him at his residence on
Hampton avenue where he has lived
for 37 years, to pay their respects and
wish for him many happy returns of
the day. *
The Rotary club will send a special
committee to pay the respects of the
club to Dr. Bailey on his birthday.
This committee is composed of Dr. D.
M. Ramsay, chairman, Mayor H. C.
Harvley, J. C. Keys, John H. Holmes
and Rev. Furman Moore.
Despite his serious illness of sev
era! months ago. Dr. Bailey is in verf
Igood health, considering his advancod
age.?Greenville News.
Time to Get License Tegs
The time to order automobile 11
cense tags is here again and the high
way department is receiving the tag
in Columbia now. The law require
the plates to be purchased be twee
January 1 and February 1 and th
mailing will begin at once.
Christmas Fmorrises at Sard!
There will N? a Christmas cntei
tainment at Sodk school tonight I
7 &0 o'clock and everybody ia invits
to attend.
Mrs. Carl Cooper and children ai
the gueetq of her sister, Mrs. J. <
Wilifovd In Qromwood this week.
Miss Smith ia ****? Hhr
rian at the Carnegie tfbftary this wes
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Nix and Ml
Katharine Nix am tha guests oi 1
and Mrs. J. H. Hope in Columbia.
At f. t
REFUGEES CAN
BE REMOVED
to entar Blrafc BM^rtTfof the emkerfcatisa
ef Christian refugeea from
Ado Miner en condition the s|dpa or?
not apfler the Omk flat ud that
they ho sec gated aid mdar am roilianoo
of American liestioyeia.
Thdo ii a complete immat of policy
oo dm pari of tho Angora |?m?
moot, which only a abort ttmo ago
categorically rofoaod a rogueat for
such porwilaalmi traaamtttod by tho
American naval authorities here. The
new mora comes on the heels of the
Turkish concession restoring to
Christiana foil freedom to leave Anatolia
whenever they desired. Beth
changes of front are believed here
to have resulted from the pressure
brought to bear on the Turkish dele
i.f -S. A-0 W m
ganon at me i^ausanne comerence,
particularly from the American delegation,
and the Turks' realisation
that their previous measures had created
a bad impression throughout the
world.
As soon as the . new decision became
known the American Near East
relief, which from the start has shouldered
the burden of responsibility for
assisting the Christian exiles to leave
Anatolia, began extending its rescue
machinery to inclutfe adults as well
as orphans and wireless messages
were sent to all its Black Sea coastal
and intercoastal stations.
Greek steamers, which had been
waiting at the Golden Horn, were
sOon under way, accompanied by American
destroyers. An American relief
worker is traveling aboard each
hip and all the vessels are well
stocked with foodstuffs provided by
the Near East relief. Bases for the
convoying destroyers have been established
by the American naval authorities
at Samasun, the principal
embarkation point-on the Black Sea;
in the Botphorus, at Constantinople,
and at Piraeus, Greece, from which
port refugee ships are starting.
The new scheme provides free
transportation for the exiles for the
ji i
>bvistas the necessity of transshipment
mm allied vessels to Greek
Doats at Constantinople. It will accelerate
the refugee movement, permitting
the departure of tens of thousands
who remained In the interior
because of thir lack of funds or
(timiivh far of makinsr the long trek
through winter roads to the coastal
towns, only to find no ships awaiting
them.
Smith-Hifhtower
Lock hart, Dec. 28.?Married on
December 24 by Rev. J. E. Meng of
Buffalo at the home of Ernest Hightower
at Monarch Mills, Oscar H.
Hightowcr of Monarch and Mian
Sallie Smith of Lockhart.
Mrs. Hightower is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith and is very
popular in Lockhart.
Come down to common parlance:
If the governor had 'phoned me "to
send him the best girl in Lockhart I
would have gone to her and said,
"Miss Sallie, Uie governor wants to
see you." Homo.
Gipsy Smith, Jr. in Mississippi
Gipsy Smith, Jr., has just closed a
revival of four weeks in Hattiesburg,
Miss., and has captured the city. The
free will offering for him was $5,000
and he was literally showered with
handsome gifts and has s standing invitation
to return once a year and
preach.
The newspaper says: "Mr. Smitl
went to Jackson early Monday morn'
ing well nigh physically exhauste<
and was immediately ordered to be<
by his good wife and will remain then
until the real 'boss' of the househoh
allows him to get up again. Mi
' I Smith will begin his first revival o
' 11923 at Lelend, in the delta, on Jann
I ary 7th."
Sara Barnhardt Improving
i
Paris, Dec. 28 (By the Associate
. Press).?The condition of Sara
- Bernhardt is improved today.
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A Comment on British Misaioi
? London, Dec. 28.?British newspi
pers commenting on mission of Stai
ley Baldwin seeking to fund the Bri
M ish debt to the United States, expre
hope that terms were fixed by co
grass for repayment be modified.
25-year redemp^on period was co
^ donned as too short
Prayer Meeting Friday
[T The business women's prayer me
tag will be held Friday morning a1
o'clock in.the grand Jury room at t
^ court house
t Every business woman Is invited
be present
as ?*
Ir. Aubrey Neland, of Baden, N. GL,
visiting relatives here this week.
'
WaaMpgteo, JDm. St. ? Fwn
Placket Wltssn mhkrtiil hU Wth
birthday today, quietly at Ma borne
bare. The only achsdalsj event wee
the trhrft of the Wnptbii from the
Woodrew WUeo* FVmndatliin yesterday
afternoon to extend birthday
greetings and inform him of the progress
made in raising $1,000,000 to perpetuate
the ideals pronounced daring
hie presidency.'
Washington, Doc. 27.?Woodrow
Wilson will be 66 years old tqmgtorow.
It will be his happiest birthday Vince
the Republican senate smashed his
dream of a league of nations.
For, at the present time, an effort
on the part of former irreconcilable*,
led by Senator Borah, Is being
made to induce the United States
government to lend a helping hand
to staggering Europe.
Borah, who fought what he termed
"Wilsonism," is now repeating the old
argument of Wilson. Today, he declared
it to be the duty of this strong
government to save the countries of
Europe from Completo collapse. Hlj
argued that such should be done not
only for Europe hut for the United
States which requires a market for
its surplus products.
Borah, according to Senator Oscar
W. Underwood, leader of the Democratic
minority, is seeing today just
what Wilson saw immediately after
the armistice.
While the indications are that the
country is gradually coming to the
"Wilson way of thinking," the Borah
amendment, providing for an economic
conference, will, according to
Senator Underwood, be defeated.
"The Republican leader," said Senator
Underwood, "will make a, point
ft# nrHor tkA Rnraii amnMll
ment. It will be sustained. To su4f
pend the rules requires s two-third*
majority which the Borah amendment
can not command. Democratic
think, will vote with Borah in .favor1
of suspending the rules. V
"It is a highly interesttar, situation
with a man like Boiirf attempting:
to do today what he
mer president feels himself 1
justified. For the troubles of this (
country and the countries of Europe,!
the Republicans, who defeated the
Versailles treaty, are responsible.
At that time, the United States, with
the greatest army in the world, with
the greaest capital in the world could
have sat at the head of the table of
nations and directed the situation.
The economic conditions which prevail
everywhere today, would have
been obviated."*
Democratic members of congress
will remember the former president
tomorrow. They will inform him
that the Republicans ae in roundabout
fashion accepting his theories
which formerly they rejected, and
that gradually the country is begin
ning to smile over the "terrors" of
entangling alliances conjured up in
a former campaigiT by Senator Lodge
and his colleagues.
It is reported today that fhe health
of Mr. Wilson continues to improve
and that he is possessed entirely of
his old time mental vigoh
Lodge Confers
With President
*
N
Washington, Dec., 28.?Chairman
j Lodge of the senate foreign relations
i committee today discussed the Bo rat
! proposal for the new economic and
. disarmament conference with the
I president. He indicated after the conference
that the president would prob
j ably send a letter to the capitol dur.
ing the day outlining his attitude to
j ward the plan. Lodge declined to dis
j cuss his announcement during the sen
t ate debate yesterday that the presi
j dent was negotiating a new worl<
economic conference. In some quar
f ten it is believed, however, that th
. president will reveal his plpn in a let
I i?r sent to the senate leaders. Lodge'
Visit was followed cosely by a confei
ence between the president and Sec
retary Hughes. The opponents of tb
4 Borah measure planned to continv
h the fight today.
Washington, Dec. 28.?Lodge pr
1 sen ted the letter from President Ha
ding at noon after the senate coi
i. vened. The letter said the Borah pr
n_ posal was inadvisable in view of wh
t. the executive branch of the gover
M ment was already doing to help tl
n- economic situation. He said if co
A gross really wanted help it could fr
n- its hands of debt funding the coi
mission which now cannot vary t
time for payment of the foreign w
debts. The president failed to s
exactly what he planned. Lodge si
st- the president told him he, opposed a
; 'j debt cancellation,
he 1 1
Everett# Jeffries of Brevard, N.
to i* spending the holidays with his l
Mi* BapL sal Mrs. Davis Jeffr!
He is principal of a thriving sch
, Is near Brevard, N. C., and says he lil
the gaate of teaching.
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McKOlN OBTAINS
HABEAl CORPUS
Baltimore, pMk ! .?Three judgw
presided in dty iy here today In ,
habeas corpus prwtdings brought by ,
Dr. B. M. MeKotoJ former mayor of ,
Mor Rouge. La^ Vho is fighting a ,
return to the state eh a murder charge ,
preferred by ?oeertior Parker. Mr- (
Koin's attorney armouneed that he 4
would fight extrawlon to the last
ditch. i
The judgee refused to order Mc- <
Koin's release on lljhd and demanded ?
of him (haf. ha aUait tha 1 itniaUn.
officials. . ft
I
Bastrop, La., Das.^8.?Chief inter,
est in the Motehoacp kidnaping case
today shifted te Nas/ Orleans whero
Governor Parker, Attorney General
Coco and Special iHbsecutor Adams
scheduled to confanjngarding the policies
to be follou^yrTn open hearings
starting JanuarjV/ UL A warrant for
the arrest of Dr. McKoin, former
mayor of Mer Morgue, was issued
yesterday. This, it was believed,
would make it unnecessary for the
state to show its evidence in an effort
to have the physieigjt brought here.
The masked mob that kidnapped Watt
Daniels and Thomas Richards, who
were found dead hv a lake, consisted
of 75 men, according ip investigators.
It is claimed that practically every
member is known.
Baltimore, Dec. 27^-Capt. George
G. Henry, chief inspector of the Baltimore
police, received^ telegram tonight
from Gov. Johia M. Parker of
Louisiana, askinsr that! ht&riiur in the .
writ of habeas corpi* obtained by ,
counsel for Dr. McK&in be held up i
until officers arrived wth extradition t
papers. ' t
The writ was obtai Ad in an effort j
to obtain bail for DrH McKoin, who (
was arrested here ye^^rday after a ,
telegram was receivedHfora the Louisiana
gtvarnor requeWinK that the ,
former be held on a <^w*rge of mur-11
der in connection with^Jhe Morehouse \
pariah murders and ki^Vapings. Hearing
on the writ is s?H doled for to- ,
borrow. I
Governor Parker's dHttS^a state^K
^^iarr
but charged with mum Jn an affi- a
davit." t h
The writ of requisitnh on the gov- n
ernor of this etate, issued by Governor
barker, is not expected to ar- j\
rive here for a few daysj Dr. McKoin, a
a former mayor of ^Her Rouge. j(
through his counsel, former United d
States District Attorney Robert R. a
Carman, stated he will' fight all at- /
tempts at extradition. IS
Robert F. Leach, Jr., state's attor- h
ney, has telegraphed the Louisiana c
governor and Attorney General Coco
of that state for information to use t
at the habeas corpus proceedings to
T__i: !_ .U. Am.mm M. T Oa?Vl _
morrow. Ciamcr in i>n. uv?Vm j
refused to release Dr. McKoin on bail. j.
It was stated tonight that Dr. Mc- t
Koin telegraphed his father at Mon- ;
roe, La., an alibi explaining in detail \
his actions on August 24, the day j
Thomas Richards and. Watt Daniels ,
are supposed to havetbeen kidnaped
and murdered.
It also was said that the telegram |
contained the names of many wit- \
nesses who would corroborate the
story of Dr. McKoin.
Meanwhile friends of Dr. McKoin
; are rallying to his assistance. Telegrams
were received today from
i many persons pledging their moral
i and financial support. Among them
i was one from two physicians signing
I themselves fellows of the American
> College of Surgeons.
Another telegram from the Central
Savings and Trust company of Mer
Rouge, La., offered to deposit any
- amount of money inw local bank in
an effort to obtain release of Dr. Mc
Koin.
Dr. Hugh Young, head of the Brady
A institute of the Johns Hopkins medi
cat school, with whom Dr. McKoin
e has been associated Oince he arrived
- here last October, made public the
? telegrams received. That from the
' trust company read:,
"The Central Savings and Trust
e comnsnv of Mer Rouge will indeihnify
ie you to any amount you might incur
aa a result of the arrest of Dr. McKoin.
The bank will deposit in any
b- bank in Batimore city sufficient funds
r- to cover any bonds that you might
it- pledge for Dr. McKoin."
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at Jurors for Federal Court
n- _
The grand and petit jurors for th<
term of federal court in Greenwoo<
** February 6th has been drawn and th
*" Union county people to serve are:
F. A. Mabry, Jonesville; J. Moble;
?r Jeter, Jr., on the grand jury. W. A
Walker, Union; P. H. Jeter, Carlisle
,id M. E. Abrams, Whitmire; J. C. Seta
ny ler, Whitmire; L. J. Browning, Union
J. E. Hughes, Union, on the pet!
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[> - Mrs. Ida Baker i^tbe guest of h<
les. daughter, Mrs. D. SEPope, in Colun
ool bia for the holiday paeon, and is b
tea ing honored with mfcgy delightful a
' tentions.
UNEASINESS AT I
CONFERENCE
Uumok, Dee. 28 (By the-Associated
Press).?The Near East conference
conodhission on capitulations today
reached a deadlock pending receipt
of new instructions by Turkish
delegates, some of the Allied delegates
said after the meeting adjourn?d.
1 I^ausana^vDec.
27 (By the Assorted
PnH|- Great uneasiness is
ipreadinf jPHbghout Near East conference
as the time ap5roach
wHtn there must be a final
eckoning An all important questions,
vhieh har# been passed by with only
>artial agreement or no agreement
it all bedftreen the Turks and the
tilled powsgs.
Lord , Cursons's positive statement
oday that Great Britain will not cede
doBUl to Turkey and does not protone
to discuss that question further
ras the forerunner of less positive .
itatements -from the other delegations
?n various questions, which indicates
he conference is reaching a climax ,
ind that preparations are under way
or a final showing of strength.
The subtommissions are making
ittle progress. Risa Nur Bey was
enn truculent today in the subcomnission
on minorities, bnt the Christ- 1
nas rest apparently did not improve
he temper of the Turks materially
ind the allied delegations are clearly
>ecoming less tractable in preparation
'or a final and complete statement of
he maximum they will yield.
The indications are that this final
-ouna up wui come early next week
?nd the contending: parties are so
par part on capitulations, control of
:he straits and the rights of minori- 1
-ies that the outcome is uncertain,
[t is clear that further meetings of '
'he commissions and subcommisaions
will be of little use. x 1
Seemingly every one is talked out
ind every foot of ground between Mt.
Vrarat and the Garden of Eden has
>een traversed.
Old Testament history has been redewed
from Genesis to Malachi,
jpets, historians, soothsayers, who
viae their ancestry dirr-tlv back to
Ktesmen "*of man, . . .H . WI
nd religions have been heard- The
opper is filled to overflowing and ?
ow the mill is starting to grind.
Kurds, Arabs, Assyro-Chaldeans,
, rmenians, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians
nd Russians are watching with tense
iterest as the allied leaders meet
aily in private conferences,, which <re
really deciding What the map of J
isia Minor shall be. Lord Curxon,
farquis di Garroni and M. Barrere ^
ad a long discussion today on v
apitulations, which after Mosul oil
? probably the most stubborn ques- '
ion for settlement. (
The three leaders made no an- '
louncement as to what decision had
1 J -lit. ?U sL?.. Ua?>A ?*A 1
>een reacnea, minuugu mry nave ?*.>eatedly
made it clear that the in- I
riting powers can not consent to have
foreigners in Turkey tried by Turksh
courts without some sort of foreign
supervision.
The Turks are insistent upon this
point aiyd will not even consent to
have a probationary period fixed so
that their courts may be brought up
U? western standards. Meantime, Constantinople
is becoming more unsettled
every day and Greece and Bulgaria
are floundering along under the
burden of the miserable refugees, who
dread a resumption of hostilities between
Greece and Turkey.
Crawford-Johnson '
Miss Fannie Odell Crawford of Gatfncy
and Edwin Howell Johnson, of
Union, were married at the bride's
home in Gaffney, December 24th by
I Rev. J. B. Bozeman.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have the good
wishes of hundreds of friends for a
long life filled with happiness.
Mr. Allen's Father Better
B. F. Alston received a letter from
Charles F. Allen, choir director foi
Gipsy Smith, Jr., stating that his
father was better.
It will be remembered that Mr. A1
len was called to the bedside of hii
father at Cedar Brook, N. J., while h<
i was in Hattiesburg, Miss., and was
; much concerned over the outcome o
the illness as his father was over 81
years of age.
Friends in Union will be pleased t
hear that he has improved.
j M&arriage Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis announc
the marriage of their daughte
7 Rosin* Davis, to Edgar C. Ernest, <
I.* Easton, Pa., December 23rd.
The young couple will make the
home in Easton, Pa.
Mrs. Poster Howell has charge <
the Western Union office during Mi
u. Pierce's absence.
i- Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cureton m
ft- children will return to their home
t- Atlanta this week after a visit
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. MeDow.
GIRL'S DEATH
NOT EXPLAINED
New York, Dec. 27.?More than 86
hours after they began their investigation
the police tonight confessed
themselves baffled in their search for
a solution of circumstances surrounding
the death of Theresa McCarthy,
ten year old schoolgirl, whose body
with a 22 caliber bullet through the
heart was found in a toy littered
room of her Brookland home yeseterday.
The investigation, after the police
had laboriously dissipated a half dozen
nebulous clues, sifted down to two
theories.
The first, the one considered most
credible by the police, that the
child was accidentally sh? W a playmate
who had been giveri \ gun of
Bmall caliber as a ChristrrcaVresent.
The second theory, whichwV police
say they had little faith in,^*? that
the child was shot down by a sailor of
whom Theresa and several of her girl
friends had complained several weeks
ago, declaring that he had annoyed
them.
An autopsy today by Medical Examiner
Norris provdied the principal
grounds for the theory of accidental
death. The medical examiner
declared the girl had not been attacked.
The 22 caliber soft nosed bullet had
passed through the heart, he found,
and went straight through the body,
indicating that the gun muzzle was
on a level with the chilj'a breast at
the time of the explosion. Powder
marks on the clothing indicated that
the shot had been fired at close range.
More than 100 boys lhdng in the
neighborhood of the McCarthy home
were questioned by detectives in a
search for one who might have rereived
a 22 caliber pistol or rifle as
a Christmas gift.
The police also reexamined the
girl's father, Edward McCarthy, a
painter and war veteran, who has
been separated from the girl's mother,
Mrs. Pauline McCarthy, for arteral
years. They declared he lull
successfully accounted for| hai actions
yesterday. f \ V ^
Mr^ Perrin/^ ,
inderson, are visiting their mothc/,
Irs. Ida Perrin.
M. and Mrs. Lester Davis, of
Jreenville, visited relatives in Union
luring the holidays.
Miss Mamie Bates, of Winthrop
College, is spending the holidays with
ilrs. George T. Keller.
Mr. and Mrs. James Vincent are
risiting relatives in Barnwell this
veek.
Sarratt Hames, of West Point Miltary
Academy, is spending the
Christmas holidays with his parents,
Vfr. and Mrs. L. J. Hames.
Miss Nancy Goudelock, of Greenville,
spent part of the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. Belle Goudelock,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Coggshall, of
Darlington, and Mr. and Mrs. Gist
Duncan, of Leesville, were holiday
guests of Mr. and" Mrs. R. P. Harry.
Miss Clara Jolly, of Columbia, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. James, on
Hart St.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Strange, of
Marion, N. C? spent the holidays
with relatives in South Union.
Miss Fanny Clark, of Lancaster,
is visiting her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. E. L. Clark. They also have as
their guests Mr. and Mrs. R. N.
I Clark, of Milwaukee, Wis., the former
a brother of Capt. Clark.
Harry Sanders, of Asheville, N.
C., spent part of the holidays witht
his mother, Mrs. Hattie Sanders.
Miss Lois Townsend has gone to
Macdonald, N. C., to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Townsend
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Gault and family
are the holiday guests of theii
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Colson.
Mrs. S. H. McLean of Columbia wai
called to Union this week on accoun'
of the critical illness of her brother
Dr. M. D. Huiet.
Miss Viola Aiken is spendini
sometime with Miss Wiiiie Lewis i;
1 Columbia.
Mrs. Felix Goudelock and littl
daughter are visiting relatives in Der
mark.
5 Mrs. George Goudelock of Darlinf
3 ton is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mil<
f Smith.
? Mrs. R, E. Lawson of Jonesvllle
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. '
0 Moseley, on West Main street.
Griffin-Broome
On December 25th Mr. Tom Broc
? arid Mrs. Louise Griffin were united
r? the bonds of holy matrimony at t
home of her brother, Mr. John Loc
man. They were married at 1 o'clo
*r by Rev. W. A. Duckworth, pastor
the Methodist church, and Rev. J.
Graham, pastor of the Baptist chur
Mr. and Mrs. Broom have the b
wishes of their many friends.
ad In the last 26 years only six oun
In of radium have been produced,
is Gray and black Aggripina mo
| are IS inches from wing to wing
FRENCH MAY TAKE
GERMAN FORESTS
Paris, Dec. 27 (By the Associated
Press).?Premier Poincare plans to
follow up the reparations commission's
decision declaring Germany in
default of her wood deliveries by presenting
to the allied premiers' meeting
next week a scheme of taking over
the German state forests as a guarantee.
If the other premiers will not
agree to this step it is understood
Prance is prepared to act alone.
It now is feared that the British
and French attitudes will be as far
apart when the premiers reconvene as
*u? ?' -*
urey were wnen tne recent London
conference adjourned and the latest
reparations development is taken to
support this view. Sir John Bradbury
went to London today to confer with
Prime Minister Bonar Law and other
members of the government on the effect
of the reparations commission's
action and on the question of the general
British policy toward the premiers'
meeting.
Sir John's reasons for refusing to
suppot the default vote which reasons,
it is thought, may be taken as
a reflection of the position of Bonar
Law, were that certain extenuating
circumstances entitled Germany to
more lenient consideration and that
furthermore the allies had previously
agreed on a course less radical in the
event of Germany's failure to make
the deliveries.
France's victory in the reparations
commission vote is ascribed to the
personal efforts of Premier Poincare
who is said to have carefully planned
the coup. The action was so quietly
and swiftly executed that none of the
American unofficial observers had the
opportunity of being present.
Although the United States has no
vote in the commission the views of
its obseervers have always had much
weight, especially when a vital issu-'.
was before the commission, as was the
case yesterday. It is declared in reparations
circles that the position "Of
the American ober9erg has approximated
that of the British. /
The commission's su^-n decision '
took not only tbr^^-sicane but v ... ^
French poUticoL_5ir< "
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* WITH THE SICK W
**********
Ben Crawford, our Main street He
livery boy, is sick with flu at his ^
home on S. Church street. ^
Dr. Morgan, druggist at the Palmetto
Drug Store, is sick with the flu,
as are the clerks and the store has
been closed for several days.
Mr. Arthur Lawson has been quite
sick at the Wallace Thomson hospital
for several days and his condition does
rot improve.
Dr. M. D. Huiet continues quite sick
at the Wallace Thomson hospital and
his condition causes his friends grave
concern.
Davis Jeffries, Jr., has been sick
with flu for several days, but is some
better today, although not yet out of
danger.
Mrs. J. Frost Walker and little
daughter are very much improved today.
Misses Neeley and Effte Sartor have
heen sick for several days at their
home on S. Mountain street.
M*r. and Mrs. J. T. Moseley and Miss
Lilian Moseley have been quite sick
with flu, but all are improving today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gilbert arc
confined to their home with an attack
of flu.
Eugene Gregory, J. T. Clark and A.
F. Clark are recovering from a siege
with the flu.
J. H. Hnlford has been quite sick
with flu, but is very much better now.
r Mrs. G. H. Rector has been quite
sick with flu at her home in South
j Union..
' Harris Resolution Adopted
? Washington, Dec. 28.?The senate
u adopted the resolution by Senator
Harris, Democrat, of Georgia, exe
pressing joy and pleasure at Former
, President Wilson's recovery to health.
Most of the Republicans were silent.
No Violence During Night
New York, Dec. 28.?The Irish free
ls state and the Republican representatives
are still in join possession of the
Irish consular offices here after an all.
I nicht viiril. The nieht was spent in
peaceful debates and violence was absent.
The court action is likely today.
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in TODAY'S COTTO^ MARKET
k- Open 2:00 p. m.
<*k January 26.62 26.39
of March 26.72 26.69
S. May 26.80 26.78
ch. July 26.64 26.46
eat October .; 24.68 24.60
Local markot .. 26JW
In flight the wings of a sparrow
makes 18 strokes per second,
ths In Iceland whistling is fostrfdden as
tip. a breach of the divine law.
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