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CHAUTAUQUA WEEK JUUY 7-13?COME! HI THE UNION TIMES HI ?? VOL. LXIV. NO. 25. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19,1914. Sl.on A vp at* NEGRO MURD THROV The Body of Wm. Thomas \ Found in Lagoon on Tyger River Weighted with Rock?Four Whte Men and a Negro are Held ? Charged With Crime. a ii The body of William Thomas was found in a lagoon on Tyger river Monday. A rock as large as a peck measure was placed in the marts f clothing to act as a weight. The wa- J' ter was shallow, and barely covered the dead body. About eleven o'clock h Monday the negro was ploughing in u the field near the river. Five pistol a shots were heard. A man was heard Sl iaj cry ouv several umes, it is reported. The mule that the negro was ? ploughing came up to the house. A Jj search was begun and the sheriff not- " ified. A search bv the sheriff and ru- . ral police resulted in the discovery of *s tracks where a scuffle had been engaged in. Several empty shells from 2, a 38 calibre pistol were found near ? by. Tracks leading to the water were discovered. Blood could be seen upon .w the ground. It seemed from the tracks J* made that more, than one person had carried some heavy body. Tracks al- 1 so led from the edge of the lagoon to p a nearby hillside where the large rock * had been evidently lifted and carried j! to the water edge. Will all these J pointers it was not difficult to find the , body. Not more than two or three J1, hours did the body remain in the wa- J1 ter. Where the plough stock was left ^ there were found three or four heavy w switches the size of a man's thumb. , The evidence points to a foul murde-*. P The body showed gunshot wounds in the back of the head and in the hin. showing that he was shot in the back, perhaps as he began running. Four Men Arrested. r< Ben, Wallace, Fincher and Deady 01 Lawson, sons of Mr. W. S. Lawson, b were arrested Wednesday afternoon r< upon a warrant charging them with ai the murder of William Thomas, the b negro whose bpdy was found in & ti " TSgoon nPWvTyjger river Monday. M Julian Dawlnns, a negro, was acrested the day before and held as a L suspect and possible witness. All ex- tl cept the first named are married, ti They deny having had any part in the killing of Thomas, and also affirm d; that they do not know who killed him. h They were lodged in jail Wednesday L upon the charge of murder. C Evidence Taken at Inquest. u The following is the testimony at the a inquest: w Dr. D. H. Montgomery being duly rr sworn, says: "I found two gun shot a wounds, 38 calibre, probably, one en- g tered right hip bone and lodged in the upper and back part of back bone; other bullet entered behind right ear about 1 1-2 inch from the ear, and oassed through the head. The wound f< in head killed him. I found man in ei water of river." oi (Signed) D. H. Montgomery. A lc jaKe uregory, sworn, says: "i nave ? been hoeing cotton today. I was just a little ways from where William Thomas was ploughing. I heard shooting. I did not see any one. I heard some one hollowing. I think I hear 1 ai five shots. I was close enough to see qi but bushes were in the way. I did not ti see any one else; did not hear any el talking." si (Signed) Jacob Gregory. a: t\ Bennie Blake, sworn, says: "I have tt been at home, was hoeing cotton in al new ground. Pa was ploughing in T new ground. I was hoeing cotton tl right at Pa. Mr. Ben Lawson come 01 in field where Pa was. I heard Pa tl and Mr. Lawson talking. He asked vi Pa to come and hoe some cotton. He hi said he had work to do himself. Mv. a Lawson told Pa not to talk his big talk to him. Pa told him he did not say "No, sir," and "yes, sir" over and was not going to say it over here. Mr. Lawson told Pa to wait till he h< came back, he would fix him. Pa did j, not say anything. Mr. Lawson went l on home. Pa did not plough long af- p ter that; Pa went over next to river m to plough. I saw three men looked f, like the Lawsons. I was on top of C( hill; they were coming on up road 0( when I saw them; one of them looked hi like Ben Lawson. They were going hi towards where Pa was ploughing. It p] was a good while before I heard the 1?A? i ? niiwuiiK. uuii v midw now many times. I did not hear anybody holler. I went to where Pa was ploughing; mule was not hitched to plow. I yj did not see or hear anybody. I never saw anybody going that way or com- w ing back. I saw some men in the yy road; they were talking; they were r< walking. I did not hear any talking g; at river." C (Signed) Bennie Blake. g, ai John Thomas, sworn, sayss: "I was in new ground hoeing cotton with Mary and Jim. Pa was ploughing down below us. Mr. Ben Lawson come to see Pa to get us to hoe cot- jn ton for him. Pa told hi*n he had lots p, of work to do now. Ben Lawson told Pa not to commence to talk his big ja ia;k over there. Mr. Lawson said, keen on talking your big talk, he y< would fix him when he come ba:k. w (Continued on page 5) ti ERED; 1 VN IN RIVER V. T. TRACY j PASSES AWAY Mr. W. T. Tracy died at his home n South Pinckney street, Monday at 1:30 o'clock. The burial service was eld in the First Presbytterian church, nd was conducted by Rev. Jno. F. [atheson, after which the body was lid to rest in the Presbyterian ceme;ry. Mr. Tracy had been in poor health >r more than a year. Some months go he went to the hospital in Char?ston for treatment. He remained lere for many weeks, and it was oped bv his friends that he would ltimately recover, and for some time fter returning from the hospital it eemed that he was improving. Reently he took to his bed and nothing r?at was done for him seemed to help im. Death came to his relief on Monay. Mr. Tracy was 46 years of age. He a . J u.. u:_ ??L- i ? oui vivcu vy ins wuc, wno WHS DC- ( >re her marriage Miss Fannie Leon- v rd; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. t racy of Lockhart; two sisters, Mrs. t . E. Gault of Sherman. Miss., and 8 [rs. Joseph Porter of Kelton. He g saves four daughters, Misses Lucile, s arah, Myrtle and Frances Belle ? racy. r Mr. Tracy was a member of the t resbyterian church, the Woodmen of ? le World, Knights of Pythias, and unior Order of American Mechanics, j For several years prior to his death f e held the position of bookkeeper for e le Bailey Lumber company, and la- t ;r a like position with the Union s [ardware company. ^ Mr. Tracy was possessed of a kind t eart and was held in high esteem r y those who knew him. \ Reception to Bride^ ^ n Mrs. W. H. Poole cave a beautiful t jception Tuesday afternoon in honor y t ner aaugnter, Mrs. Guy Poole, a 1 ride of a few weeks. The reception * >oms were fragrant with sweet peas nd growing plants; the dining room eing especially artistic. In the cencjt the table on a handsome cluny _ icf? piece was a basket filled with c weet peas and asnaragus ferns, oops of tulle were suspended from ^ ie chandelier to the corners of the t ible and tied in graceful bows. Receiving with Mrs. Poole were her j aughter, Mrs. Guy Poole and her ouse guest, Mrs. S. O. Vau<?hn of amar, and Mrs. W. D. Wakefield of olumbia. The hostess was ably assisted by a evy of handsomely gowned matrons t nd maids. Delicious ices and cake J rere served during the afternoon and f ?ore than a hundred guests called to : ccept Mrs. Poole's hospitality and to reet the charming visitors. g Low Rates. j Elsewhere in this issue will be ji >und an advertisement of the South- ^ rn railway which will appeal to many f our readers. It is an excursion to ^ tlanta and Chattanooga at a very ^ >w rate, and the trip should appeal y > many. - Votes Two Mills Additional. ' a Sedalia school district No. 19 held e n election June 6 to vote upon the s uestion of levying: two mills addi- e onal school tax. The result of the r ection was 42 to 3 iTT favor of the s aerial levy. The Sedalia school will. u J a result of this special levy, add f vo teachers, making: a total of four f jachers in the school. The term will Iso be lengthened to eight months, he public spirit of the patrons of s lis school is to be commended. It is q ne of the best equipped schools in 0 le county. It has a modern and con- c anient school building and will now j, ave an adequate teaching force, with term of eight months. p ' 1 a Married. c t Carlisle, S. C., June 15.?At the b ame of the bride, Sunday evening, b une 14, Mr. J. V. Wix and Miss Alice t evister were married. Rev. A. McA. e ittman was the officiating minister, f [any good wishes were expressed by t iends and relatives of the happy t intracting parties on the enjoyable t :casion. May this blending of two i! appy hearts and lives into one be ii lessed with temporal and spiritual f rosperity. ' ' c e Baptist Sunday School Picnic. ii e The Sunday school of the First Bap- u st church will have a picnic on July d I at Hendersonville, N. C. The train o ill leave Union at 6:30 o'clock in " le morning for Hendersonville and o 'turning will leave Hendersonville at c :30 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. C. e . Sanders is superintendent of this d unday school and is ably assisted by d i efficient corps of teachers. li i ti Visitors Invited to See Building. n t Postmaster L. G. Young, will, dur- s ig chautauqua week, throw open the tl jstoffice for the inspection of the d sitors to the city. There are many idies and children, to say nothing ?men in the county, who have not y it seen this beautiful building. This o ill give everyone desiring to see it fi te opportunity to do so. . tl BLEASE AND CAME NEA 31ease Opened and Accv ing Sims U. S. Marsha Charge and Said Call Hiir St. Matthews, June 17.?The cam- 1 >aign meeting was called to order < his morning at 11:30 o'clock by Dr. 1 C1. H. Dreher, chairman of the coun- 1 y executive committee. The candi- ' lates were allowed one hour each and 1 Governor Blease opened. The exe- ; :utive opened with an attack on the t ecent state convention, saying that t he requirement of registration works t i hardship on the poor man because \ le cannot leave his home and work > ike the rich man. He said many of he officers and members of the con- j mention are corporation lawyers and i iot friends of the people. He 3aid < hat his opponents cry, "No faction- 1 tlism," yet they attack him on all oc- 1 :asion. Governor Blease^? address t vas principally an attack on the rec- < >rd of Senator Smith. He charac- i erized him as a Haskellite, reading j ihstrnrts fmm nswc articloo n*' 10Ort .. w... W M ? v?V?V?J U1 A IJUVf i riving the name of E. D. Smith, as mother of the Haskell convention. He ittacked the junior senator's labor ecord and claimed he had done little o help the farmer and asserted that Smith's appointees to office are Has:ellites, corporation men or antiabor people. An exciting incident tappened when Governor Blease stat(d that James L. Sims, qf Orange>urg, United Marshal, was a Smith ippointee. This the junior senator lenied and asked the governor to keep he record straight. Governor Blease ead a letter from Senator Tillman to V. J. Sheldon, of Columbia, in which t states that Tillman and Smith have igreed to the apoointment of Sims. The governor said: "Whatever old Jen Tillman may be, I do not believe le will lie." At this juncture Senaor Smith arose to his feet and faced he governor, saying: "I know you rant to be fair and keep the record traight. Mr. Sims was Senator Till-; nan's appointee. I tell you this: nan lmng in the image of God cai\pj all me a liar.7 "Senator Tillman vrote that letter, I didn't," replied he governor. Chairman Dreher then 00k Senator Smith by the arm and ed him back to his seat and what ooked like a stormy incident was losed. Senator Smith followed Govsrnor Blease. Senator Smith, discussing his recird, said in part: Another election year has come. >ix years ago I stood for election to he United States senate upon a platorm whose main plank was in the nterest of the farmers of the state, >articularly the cotton growers. They ta dnot had as everyone knows, a quare deal, and after years of work n farmers' organization, 1 believed hat if the prgper legislation could >e had to supplement the organizaions that relief could be given. The cotton exchanges of the counry, under the domination and conrol of Europe, were dictating to American producers what American otton was worth. These exchanges aade such contracts that they were t liberty to put the price up or down ,s they saw fit. It made no differnce whether the crop was large or mall; that is, practically no differnce, because these exchanges could nanipulate the market to suit themelves. Therefore, it is encumbent ipon me to show what I have done in urtherence of my promise to the armers of the state. Is a Farmer Himself. I am a farmer myself, pure and imple. It is the only means I have f making a living, and cotton is the nly crop of which we can get ready ash. Now, as I suggested, what iave I done? In the first place, during the re>ublican administration I introduced , bill to regulate the cotton ex- c 1 A- * Al * * uanges, <a? lorce inem 10 Rive a con- i ract which would be fair and just to b >oth the buyer and the seller. It must o e borrje in mind that in the senate t hen, as now, there were about sev- p nty-eight lawyers, thirteen manuacturers or other professional men. hree farmers with other business and t wo farmers pure and simple of which r wo I am one. Therefore, it can read- it ly be understood what an uphill bus- c tiess it was to Ret this mass of pro- b essional men to understand the-real e ondition that confronted the farm- t rs. I recall one incident. After hav- c nR labored with a number of south- t rn senators on my bill, and havinR t sed the words "middlinR," "low mid- n linR," "strict low middlinR," "Rood b rdinary," "strict Rood ordinary," a strict middlinR" and "Rood middlinR" t ne of these, cominR from one of the e otton RrowinR states, asked me to y xplain just what I meant by "midling." This serves to illustrate the ifficulty in RettinR the proper leRisition for the farmers of this counry. Only five, socalled, out of the c inety-six senators, farmers, three of 0 hem having other business which ? eems to be more their real business han farming, and only two directly ependent upon farming. Passed First Bill. After laboring for two or three c eahs, I finally passed in the senate a f the United tSates the first bill, so ti ar as I have been able to ascertain, v hat was ever passed through i.hat n SMITH Jt "MIXING" ised Smith of Appoint1?Smith Denied the No Man Could l a Lie. v>dy to so regulate the cotton exchanges as to make them deal fairly vith the cotton producers. I passed bis bill without a dissenting vote. The public can understand that in a jody of lawyers, manufacturers and rofessional men, it would takj time :?.? demonstrate to them, to educate J n??m to understand, the injustice done hose who were producing that upon .vhich the whole world depended. This vas the task before me. As I said before, I passed this bill. ; \gain, it seemed to me that if one ! a in on cotton, staining it, could hange its grade and make it worth :rom $1.25 to $5.00 per bale less, then four or five rains would make it prac- ' ;ically worthless. In other words, I lid not believe that the ordinary nethods of grading cotton were fair | ind just. In 1912, I introduced an , imenameni to tne agricultural appropriation bill, carrying some $12,)00 to test the tensile strength of the . /arns made from the different grades. ( !n 1913, a manufacturer told me that ;he tensile strength of the different ' rrades was about equal, but that you ould not bleach the lower grades as ( veil as you could the higher. So in , 1913, I secured an appropriation suf- ^ icient to enable the agricultural department to spin a certain number of pales of each grade, in order to deternine the strength of the yarn of each | rrade, whether or not it could be pleached, and what was the relative :ost of bleaching each grade, and the mount of loss or waste in converting | i bale of each grade. This test was :ompleted this year, and it is a starting revalation. I have sent an illus- , ration of this work throughout the tate, which proves that the difference ( n price between the various grades, is fixed by the trade, is not only un- j varranted but unreal. lApg this work was completed, I j Produced an amendment to the pres.nf 1 .^MLuiiumi appropriation Dill, artyinp $100,000 to put a set of j standard samples and a sample of t rarn?, bleached and unbleached made 'rom each prade, on evefy market in ( he South. This will enable farmers lot only to pet a square deal from j he exchanpes, under the law repuatinp the exchanpes, but will pive hem the true information as to the , ralue of each prade of cotton as that ; ralue is determined by the depart- | nent, and the samples beinp upon the , ilatform, he will not be at the niercy >f the prader who buys his cotton, j >ut by comparinp a sample of his >wn cotton with the sample standard- ] zed by the povernment, he can corectly prade his own cotton. ] His Work Helped State. , Therefore, my work in the senate, ] n my unceasinp fipht for cotton, torether with the work of the Farmers' ] Jnion and the Southern Cotton asso- j iation has resulted in pivinp South ] Carolina alone in ten years $l!)0,i/00, 00 of ready cash. These are the lip- ; ires of the department of aprieulture < vhich can be verified by any one send np for them. In conjunction with the lepislation , have passed a bill which is pendinp, j nstructed by me to have refunded to he cotton prowinp states the money ( or the cotton confiscated by the Un?n army durinp the war. \ I have introduced a bill lookinp toward the seprepation of the races in nterstate travel and one lookinp to he repeal of that part of the 14th and 5th amendments which took away rom the states the ripht to discrimiiate in suffrape on account of race, olor and previous conditions of seritude. I have introduced, in conjunction vith Chairman Burnett of the house ommittee on immipration, a bill rep- i ilatinp the Dossible restriction should i >e enacted in order that the purity 1 f the American life, and the oppor- < unity of American citizens may be t ruaranteed. < Stands for Right of I^abor. i I have stood for and championed he right of labor to organize and de- i nand its just proportion of the wealth 1 t produces. I believe that the agrl- i ulturists of this country and the la- i >orers of this country should be trust- 1 d with the same consideration under t he law as any other profession, vo- t ation of avocation, and my record in s he United States senate will attest t his fact. My platform, therefore, t iow is the same that it always has een: that those who produce the r ctual wealth of the country are en- > itled to first consideration of the gov- c rnment that they feed, clothe, shoe nd support. _ New Organ For Church. .1 The handsome new pipe organ, re- t ently purchased bv the concrci'Mtinn 11 f the First Presbyterian church has j rrived and will, at an early day, be ^ ^stalled. c A Prize Offered. * The city council recently decided to r hange the name of the City cemetery s nd have offered a prize of $2.00 to a he young lady under 16 years of age ? /ho furnishes the most appropriate \ ame for the city burying place. f WILL BOOST 1 CHAUTA FIRE LADDIES LEAVE MONDAY The fire laddies will leave Monday for Florence where the tournament takes place. They will leave on the "Carolina Special" and are Cant. P. E. Wilburn, brakeman; R. H. Harris, buttman; J. Walter Sanders, driver; L. C. Wharton, hydrant; Jim Faucett, turn on water; O. E. Smith, ring catcher; Graham Poole, slackman; J. *! E. Kirby, nozzleman. Others going ^ with the team are R. R. Humphries, d Sims Lybrand, L. E. Morrow, J. M. P O'Shields and Berry O'Shields. The b horse "Redfern" will be shipped Fri- f day in care of M. H. Spillers and R. J N. Stroud. The laddies have been J practicing faithfully for some time tl and it is hoped they will come home C laden with honors. tl The following is the official pro- b gramme: f( Tuesday, June 23. Morning session, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. 7 11 a. m., convention called to order 8 by president, L. Behrens of Charles- a ton; invocation, the Rev. R. T. Gilles- ? pie; address of welcome, W. R. Bar- c ringer, mayor; response, by L. Beh- 3 rens, president State association, and S r? it i -ii *? *" i\. i<uuui|uu oi marion; address, r las. D. McNeill, president North Car- ii ilina State Firemen's association. Afternoon session, 2:30 to 4 p. ip., T convention business; 4:30 p. m., mo- w torcycle races; auto races (not less ii than five cars.) V Evening session, 7:30 to 9:16 p. m., C convention business; 9:30 p. m., re- 2 ception by citizens at Dixie warelouse. h Wednesday, June 24. t 10:30 a. m., grand parade. Imme- n iiately after parade all delegates to i1 ie given automobile ride over city. t< Afternoon Programme. v 2:30 p. m., State hose wagon con- ii :est; State hand reel race. 7:30 p. m., refreshments served del- if ;gates at engine house. w 8:30 p. m., on west Palmetto street, d nasquerade carnival. 9:30 p. m., grand ball, Dixie ware- c; louse. t Thursday, June 25. o 10 a. m., races begin; hose wagon w ace for teams that have never here- n ;ofore won any money. 2:30 p. m., grab hand reel race; >pen to all State teams. Foot race, open to all members of ire departments. si The committees are: r c.xecuuve committee, tj. l\. Com- w mander, chairman; J. I). Evans, H. A. C1 Smith, Frank Godfrey, W. J. Wil- n tins, E. C. Pendergast, Luther Elli- q son, general secretary. S Finance committee, W. R. Barrin- s zer, chairman; Dr. F. P. Covington, n I. W. McCown, M. D. Lucas, C. W. b Muldrow. 1, Ways and mean committee, E. J. j Pendergrass, chairman, J. L. Bar- n finger, T. J. Kuker, A. H. Gasque, v L. B. Harper. n Publicity committee, James D. p Evans, chairman; H. M. Tyer, E. 1). p Sallenger, Henry H. Husbands, M. C. p Brunson. b Entertainment committee, E. C. .a Pendergast, chairman; W. J. Wilkins, n 3. F. Gilchrist, J. W. Ivey, Otto s Tischer. a Grounds committee, W. J. Wilkins, ^ chairman; Frank Brand, B. W. Cov- s ngton, B. A. Earley, A. H. Gasque. ti Reception committee, H. A. Smith, b chairman. a Decoration committee, Frank God- q "rey, chairman.?The State. a CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. ti Young White Man Arrested Upon " Ugly Accusation?Said to Have a Wife in North Carolina and s Also One in Union. n Tom McCloud, a young white man a ibout 30 years of age, was arrested c ?nd brought before Magistrate W. G. ? Puckett Thursday morning upon the iharge of bigamy. McCloud waived f ;he preliminary hearing, and request- ? id that the case be carried to a higher . :ourt. It is alleged that McCloud was marked to a young woman in Lincolnton, M. C.. in 1902, the record of the mar iage being duly recorded in that city. , Some three weeks ago he was mar- .. ied to a young woman at Monarch, ind this license is duly recorded in Ij he probate judge's office here. It is jaid that his first wife appeared in 0 he magistrate's court Thursday to estify against the prisoner. The young man came to Monarch nills recently, and after a brief stay, vas married to one of the young la- ? lies there. Marriage in Jonesville. Miss Cullie Weber and Mr. W. E. *' fenkins were united in marriage at he home of the bride's brother, Mr. t. A. Black, Jonesville, Sunday mornng at 10 o'clock. The bride is a n laughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Weber f >f Jonesville, and is a young lady of n nany charms. She has a wide circle f( >f friends who wish her great happi- n less. The groom is a young man of terling qualities, and is in business it Blairs. The young couple left on Southern train No. Id for Blairs, vhere they are at home to their c< riends. ll UNION'S UQUA WEEK 7or Two Days Large Automobile Party Will Journey Throughout County and Points Contiguous Advertising Chautauqua Week. A two days "booster trip" is the atest thinp: on deck. The purpose is o advertise Union's chautauqua week irectly and Union indirectly. It is lanned to have twenty five automoiles carry Union boosters on a trip or two days, the first on Tuesday, une 23, and the second on Thursday, oc aii ? ? unt i.tj. mi (jcraons wining to join he party are requested to notify J. !ohen or A. G. Kennedy. The Union concert band is to go in he party and will furnish music. The and furnishes the music free. The allowing schedule has been arranged: Leave Union at 7:00 a. m.,; Kelly :30 a. m.; Kelton 7:45 a. m., Kirby :30 a. m.; Wilkinsville 9:15 a. m.; rriving at Gaffney 11:00 a. m. While i Gaffney the party will have lunheon and then leave Gaffney at 12:0 p .m.; Cowpens 1:30; Clifton 2:00; partanburg 3:30, Whitestone 4:00; 'acolet 4:30; Jonesville 5:30; arriving 1 Union about 6:00 or 6:30 o'clock. The second day's trip will be on 'hursday, June 25th, when the party rill leave Union at 7:00 a. m., arrivig at Santuc 7:30; Carlisle 8:30; /hitmire 10:30; Sedalia 12:00 noon. !ross Keys 1:00 p. m.; Cross Anchor :00 p. m., thence back to Union. A special committee consisting of Ir. J. Cohen, chairman, Mr. L. J. lames and Mr. C. W. Goforth, have lanned out thf> hvn Hou'c tn ; will be noted that there is a day inermission in order that business m< n rill have time to look after their bu.sless affairs while away the next day. It will be noted that the hours specled is th^ time at which the party dll leave instead of arriving at the ifferent points. It is also' requested that all motorycle riders here and throughout tne ounty join with the 25 automobiles n this trip. All motorcycle riders rilling to join this party will please otify the committee. Stith-Poole. Lamar, June 13.?Beautiful in its implicity was the wedding of W. Guy oole to Miss Clara Christman Stith rhich toook place in the Presbyterian hurch at Lamar, June 10, at 9:30 a. l. Miss Annie Graham Anderson of 'immonsville sang "The Sweetest tory Ever Told," and after this the trains of Mendelssohn's wedding larch announced the approach of the riday party, which entered in the fol>wing order: Miss Julia Gardner of efferson with Harris DuBose of I.alar; Miss May Ellen of Bishopvilie rith Frank Joys of Lamar; Miss Ella Stith, maid of honor, with Mrs. R. >. Stith, matron of honor; then the room with his best man, W. E. pears of Union, and the bride with er brother, Dr. R. B. Stith, of Lamar, fter these the Rev. J. P. Anderson, linister of the bride, completed the emi-circle formed by the attendants nd performed the ceremony. Lohenrin's march was used as the recesional and as the party left the church hey entered waiting automobiles and urried to Cartersville, but the brid nd groom eluded them and went to 'immonsville to take the train foi isheville and other points in North Carolina. The bride wore a lovely coat suit c f tan arnno rtl/v+U ??-?J ? : -J 1 * * ... uuiii aiiu uurrifu oritlvJ S oses and ferns. Mrs. Poole is a Lamar girl and hero nd elsewhere over the State, where he has taught, she has won manv riends by her charm and thoughtfuless. Mr. Poole came here two year., go from Union and has been in barge of the hardware department f McSween Mercantile company, luring that time he has risen to an nviabie position in church and sociey. Mr. and Mrs. Poole will be at ome on Darlington street after June 8. Will Preach to Children Sunday. Rev. George P. White, pastor of the 'irst Baptist church will preach to lie children of the congregation on ext Sunday morning at 11 o'cloci:. he parents are especially invited to ome and bring the children. Opens Campaign at Buffalo. Col. T. C. Duncan made the opening peech of his campaign in the race or congress at Buffalo Monday of his week. Col. Duncan emphasized he imnortflnr-p notiAnoi !??" ncourage and promote manufaeturig interests. Hurt By Fall. Mr. Daniel Barnett, Union's oldest lan, suffered a fall last week and raetured his leg. Mr. Barnett >s earing 100 years in age, and his missrtune i3 greatly regretted by his lany friends. First Cotton Bloom. Mr. J. H. Willard sent us the first otton bloom of the season. Mr. Wilird lives in Pinckney township.