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THE UNION TIMES
VOL. LXIV. NO. 47. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 20 1914.
ROLAND COLEN
IN MA
UNION ATTORNEY INTERVIEWS
HIM AT
HIS HOME.
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Says He Does not Expect
to Return to Union?Inherits
One-Halt oi Robt.
Coleman Estate Valued
at About $10,000.
Roland Coleman Ijas been definitely
located. This goes beyond question.
L. G. Southard, Esq., one of the leading
attorneys of Union, has just returned
from an extended trip throughout
the North and West. He was seven
days in making this search for the
missine man. That the man located
is Roland Coleman is proven beyond
doubt by the statements from Mr.
Southard and the evidence he brings
back with him, and by actual photographs
of the man himself. The work
performed in searching for the missing
man makes reading more interesting
than a detective story.
In consequence of the message
which was received in Union on last
Friday attorney Southard took an automobile
at about 7:30 o'clock and
went through the country to Spartanburg;
there he caught a midnight
train, getting to Roanoke, Va. on Saturday
evening at about 6 o'clock. In
consequence of information which he
received in Roanoke, he then went to
Mansfield, Ohio, but th? man for
whom Southard was searching and
for whom he had traveled the distance
of twelve hundred miles to notify
him that he had several thousand
dollars coming to him as an heir
through his father's estate, had gone.
Mr. Southard was at this time out of
funds to further trace, having left
here on such exceedingly short notice
and not anticipating such u tremendous
journey. He located the probable
direction where Coleman was going;
he then got in communication
with people in a city several hundred
over their boyhood days and school]
days, and then Mr. Southard gave him
in detail the painfully sad and yet
truo story that his own brother, Harry,
had been accused, tried and convicted
of th? murder of their father,
Robert D. Coleman and that Harry
was now in the State penitentiary of
South Carolina, in Columbia, serving
a life sentence. Roland had heard the
story but not in detail. He asked
that his schoolmate friend, Southard,
have all the evidence in the case typewritten
and sent to him. He said
that in consequence of such an awful
tragedy he did not feel that he ever
wanted to see the place again, but
rather would prefer that he live somewhere
where no one knew him, or
knew of such a tragic ending as described
above. He further stated that
his long silence was due to the fact
that one time in 1908 when he was at
home, his brother, Harry, was one
morning cursing his mother; that he
jumped on him and gave him a sound
thrashing, and then his father and
momer lurnea against him, (Koland)
and that day he left home intending
never to return and from that time
until this, he has written only four
letters back home. He wrote to his
father and mother up until November, |
1908, then after he had heard the sad
news of his father's murder, but not
official, he decided he would go to
' Australia. He went to Denver, Colorado,
and from Denver to Salt Lake
City, and from there to San Francisco;
there he waited a few days, but
learned it would be three weeks before
he could catch a boat to Australia;
he turned around and came back.
The last person that Roland Coleman
saw from South Carolina that he
knew was Mr. Samuel Littlejohn of
.Inn twvil 1P urhnm K a omit i ?-*
.> iiv/iii i oart 111 ivuanu J\t",
Va. in 1908. In 1913, while on the
way to San Francisco, he wrote Mr.
Litflejohn that he wanted hivn to have
his cousin John Kendrick take charge
of his part of the estate coming to
him ftirough his father's death.
Mr. Coleman has worked in a number
of the biggest cities of America;
he has taken advantage of the opportunities
afforded him in these cities,
opportunities which he did not have
as a boy. *He has developed into a
well-informed, well-educated man of
the world. He has attended night
schools in these cities, and he says
that when he gets the money from his
facner's estate, he ;nt? nds to go to
school and take a course in higher
mathematics.
He was married in Roanoke, Va. in
December, 1908, and has two bright
children, one a boy of four years and
another, a girl of two. His wife is
a woman of unusual intelligence and
energy. She has been one of the developing
factors in this man's life and
he is happy with his wife and bfcbies.
Roland Coleman has executed to L.
G. Southard, Esq., absolute power of
attorney to act in his behalf in relation
to the inheritance in this county,
his wife joining in with him in this
said written instrument. He ratified
and confirmed every act done by Mr.
Southard and Mr. Sawyer, attorneys
for him, in petting possession of the
property wnicn nas been deeded awayj
IAN FOUND
NSFIELD, OHIO
G. B. BARRON IS SHOT WHILE
AT HIS FARM NEAR CHESTER
Prominent Union Lawyer Slightly
Wounded By Confederate
Veteran.
Chester, Nov. 16?"Doctor" Brooks,
a native of North Carolina, and a Confederate
veteran of 75 years, slightly
wounded G. B. Barron, a Union lawyer,
today near this city by shooting, k
him below the left shoulder. It was
at first thought that the bullet had
pierced some of the arteries above the
heart, but an examination made by
Dr. A. M. Wylie Droved that in ail
likelihood, unless the wound became
"infected, it would not prove serious.
Mr. Barron with his brother, P. D.
Barron, owns and operates the Kell
plantation, in the Rossville community,
Chester county. It seems that
Sunday Mr. Barron had experienced
some difficulty with Brooks and told
his superintendent, Thomas Barnes,
that he intended Retting rid of Brooks.
Today he went to the house where
Brooks was staying to make him
leave the farm, and, it is said, they
became involved in an altercation and
some shots ensued.
Mr. Barron was brought to a hospital
here. A report from there tonight
stated that he was resting
easily.
Late advices from the bedside of
the wounded man are to the effect
that he is rapidly recovering, and will
soon be out of danger.
from him by Harry Colemar^, his
brother.
It will be remembered by the readn.,ki;A
TT ^ i ?
UK iiuKut uiui narry ^oieman, Drotner
to the man now located, was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the September term of court,
1913; the crime of which he was convicted
was a most astrocions one, that
of murdering his own father, with
whom he lived at the time. The murder
occurred while the old gentleman
was sitting by the evening fireside
reading a newspaper. The case attracted
a great deal of local attention
and considerable attention abroad.
Mr. Southard in order to make sure
and bringing convincing proof to the
people or Union county that he had
fore one of the most prominent lawyers
in one of the largest cities of
Ohio, wherein said affidavit, amongst
mentioning other people that he knew
around his home, referred to G. Walt
Whitman, who ran for governor of
South Carolina, making the catnpaign
on a bicycle. Your correspondent has
inspected this affidavit and can vouch
for the correctness of the affidavit.
Immediately after the conviction of
Harry Coleman for the murder of his
father, he executed a deed purporting
to convey the entire tract of land of
which R. D. Coleman, deeded, seized
and nossessed. This woo on.o?J
on the records of Union county, immediately
thereafter a mortgage was
Riven over the premises by the grantee
to one of the banks of this city for
$1,0(58. This mortgage was given to
take up mortgages given by Harrv
Coleman to meet the expenses for defending
himself. In consequence of
the fact that Roland Coleman was
alive and had been heard from, the
administrator, John Kendrick, authorized
attorneys L. G. Southard and' .T
A. Sawyer to bring action in the
courts to set aside deed and mortgages
given. The case came on to be
heard after a number of motions had
been made thereon, before His Honor
p r> w:n:?i? " ..
... u. i. iiuauin, rausiur 111 r.quity Ot
Union county. He held that the deed
was null and void and that the mortgage
could be cancelled. From this
decision Messrs Wallace & Barron annealed
the case and came on to be
held before His Honor, Judge Ernest
Moore, September, 1914, and Judge
Moore by his decree handing down
about two weeks ago and sustained
Master Williams in all of his findings.
It was then that a search was instituted
advertising for information
leading to the whereabouts or death
of Roland Coleman. The consequence
of which search Mr. Southard says
that Roland Coleman is alive is located,
is well and is happy.
LAWYERS CHASE MISSING
HEIR TO A FORTUNE
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 9?Tragedy and
romance are strongly in evidence in
the story first broached in a news article
in the World-News last week,
when information was sought of the
whereabouts of Roland Coleman, once
employed by the Roanoke Railway
and Electric company as an electrician.
Coleman has been located in Mansfield,
Ohio and is going back to Union,
S. C., to set up his claim to $15,000
left by his father, who was murdered
and which was about to fall into othor
V*or*rlcs
V> *muuo >'j
Coleman married a Miss Kesler,
who lives near the old rock road a
short distance from Hollins. and Mrs.
Coleman now is visiting her parents,
having come here from the west in
the summer Pnlomon
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not stay long in Roanoke, as he is not
remembered by a half a dozen electricians
and plumbers, of whom inquiry
has been made.?Danville, (Va)
Bee.
And some people count their chickens
before the eggs are laid.
TURKISH FOR
ON CRUISER
Report From Chilos, in A<
Solid Shots Had Been 1
is Confirmed by Hi
to Secretar;
Chios, Aenea1^ Sea, Nov. 17.?The {
American armored crusier Tennessee \
arrived in this port today. It is stat- \
ed that yesterday while the captain of r
the Tennessee was in the ship's launch 1
which was flyinp the American flan v
on his way to pay the customary vis- ?
its on the Turkish officials at Smyrna, i
three solid shots were fired on the
boat by the forts. The American am- f
bassador, Henry Mornenthau, without 5
investigating the incident, it is said, (
immediately ordered the Tennessee \
from Turkish waters at the request of t
Turkish officials. , 1
Chios, at which port the cruisei c
Tennessee has arrived, is the capital t
of the island of the same name lo- r
cated about four miles off the coast 1
of Asia Minor and near the Gulf of c
Smyrna. The island formerly be- 1
longed to Turkey, but as a result of a
the Balkan war was turned over to j
Greece. A great portion of the popu- i
lation of (50,000 are Greeks. s
Dispatches from Athens yesterday r
reported that the Tennessee had ar- 1
rived at the port of Vurla, in the Gulf 1
of Smyrna, and that her appearance I
had put a stop to the ill-treatment
of British, Russian and French resi- i
dents. The authorities of Smyrna, f
the dispatch adds, fearing a bombard- r
ment, had left for the interior. c
Capt. Benton Clark Decker is in i
command of the Tennessee, which left r
New York on August 6 with nearly y
$0,000,000 in gold on board for the \
relief of the American tourists 2
stranded in Eurone. The warship \
first went to England, then to France l
and finally entered the Mediterranean
where she visited several ports in t
pursuance of her relief work. , f
Captain Reports Incident. y
wasningion, wovemoer in.?v^ap- i
tain Decker, of the cruiser Tennessee, 1
reported to Secretary Daniels today j
that while proceeding from Vourlah t
to Smyrna to make an official call, th? i
vessel was fired on. t
An earlier dispatch from Capt,
Decker reporting the Tennessee's a*?
rival at Vourlah at 4 n'clocjc yestcrdatiJ
made no. mention of the incident.-3*;
Mr. Daniels issued a statement say- ?
ing the American consul at Smyrna
had been anxious for the safety of the
consulate.
"The Tennessee," added Mr. Daniels'
statement. " proceded to and left
Vourlah at the request of the ambassador
and is now anchored in the harbor
of Schio (Chios) from which
Capt. Decker's telegram was sent."
Secretary Daniels has called upon
Cant. Decker to forward immediately
a full report of the incident.
Capt. Decker's report, confirming' ]
last night's news dispatches, which
officials hoped and believed were in- '
accurate, threw them today into a i?
state of amazed wonder. Every effortj (
is being made to get more complete (
reports of the incident from the Ten-](
nessee's commander. The report j (
from him does not say whether the!i
Tennessee or her launch, as was re- , 1
ported in news dispatches, had been I
fired upon.
Aside from being considered as a 1 I
hostile act, the firing may be explain- j
ed in various ways. The first report,
said the cruiser's launch had been |
turned by three shots from the forts
as it was entering the harbor or
Smyrna. Officials say the launch may i .
have been entering during prohibited ,
hours or the forts may have taken
that method of warning the ship 1
against mine fields in the harbor.
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i uei e iiiin iiceii tunsiufiaun* uneasi- > ,
ness about the Tennessee, and also
the North Carolina, her sister shin, j
since they went to Turkish waters to
look after the interests of Americans
after their voyage to the European i '
contingent with gold for stranded I
tourists. Reports of mishaps to both |
ships have been frequent, but always!
have been disproved by official despatches.
Ambassador Morgenthau's reports
of internal conditions in Turkey, since
the Ottoman Empire joined the dual
alliance in the war upon the entente
powers, convinced officials here it
would be well to have both ships re
main in x,ne ivieuuerranean Tor the
present. Both cruisers have been going
from port to port in Turkish waters
or those nearby.
So far, Ambassador Morgenthau's
reports concerning the safety of Americans
have been reassuring. An undercurrent
of uneasiness was created,
however, early this month when the
Turkish commander at Beirut addressed
a note to the American consul
general which he intended for the
information of the French and British
government, declaring that for every
Mussulman killed in a bombardment
of any open and unfortified port,
three British or French subjects
would be put to death. The note added
that the Turkish commander could
not take the responsibility for any
uprising against Christians which
might follow such an event.
It was pointed out at tne time that
the bombardment of any open and un- .
icrtwed towns was unlikely ai it is i
prohibited by the Hague convention.
Those Turkish officials who remain
at the Embassy here were confident
that if the Tennessee bad been fired
upon it was the act of some local official
which would quickly be taken
up by the Constantinople government.
Further than calling for inquiries
4
ITS FIRE
. TENNESSEE
egean Sea, That Three
Fired at Capt. Decker
is Official Report
y Daniels.
rom other American officials in the
'icinity, it apeared that Washington
vas awaiting details from the Tenlessee
before proceeding. It became
mown also that England and France
vere asking their commanders in the
'Iediterranean for information on the
ncident.
The theory of olTicials here is that
aptain Decker had been ashore at
Smyrna to pay his respects to Consul
leneral Horton and that the consul
vho had returned the visit, was being
aken back to Smyrna when the
aunch was fired upon. It was pointed j
>ut that in making a visit to Smyrna
he ordinary procedure for the Tenicssee
would be to anchor outside the
larbor and send a launch ashore. Another
view is that the firing may not
lave been intended as an unfriendly
ict but merely as a warning that the
>ort was closed. That is said to Vie a
isual form of notifying a foreign vesel
that a port is closed when other
lotification has not been made. Vourah
is about 10 miles from Smyrna.
The cruiser North Carolina is at
Veirut, on the coast of Asia Minor.
Secretary Daniels immediately notfied
Acting Secretary Lansing of the
mng upon the Tennessee, and that
>fficial at once called upon Ambassalor
Morgenthau at Constantinople to
nake a complete investigation. Comnunication,
however, between Covitantinople
and the United States is
ery slow. The latest message from
dr. Morgenthau. received yesterday,
vas dated November 12. It made no
nention of any disturbance.
As Capt. Decker's report mentioned
he fact that anxiety had been felt
'or the safety of the American consulate
at Smyrna, the opinion was
xpressed in some quarters that the
aunch might have been taking a
*uard from ]the Tennessee to protect
he consulate and such Americans and
)ther foreigners who naturally would
seek asylums in that quarter.
Union High School.
Friday aftornoo.., November 1.1, J
Jhe Senior Literary class of The Union
ligh school presented in fine dramatc
style the first scene from Shakes>ear's
Mj^summer Nights Dream. As
he entire class is composed of the
'air sex, the male characters were im)ersonated
by the young ladies and I
heir splendid acting and costuming
>ore evidence of the fact that the 20th
entury woman is not to be handicap)ed
in any part which she wishes to
day.
Duke Thesius in the person of Julia
Flynn and his lovelv nueen Uinnnlvt..
Vlary Spears, graced their throne in
egal manner, while Agnes Townsend
is the stern Egeus; Mary Rice as his
harming daughter Hermia; Ruth
lault as her handsome lover Lysanler,
and Carrie Young as her unwelcome
suitor, Demetrius, all played
ind looked their characters in a manler
that would have done credit to
professionals.
The next performances is looked
forward to with eagerness.
Thanksgiving Services.
As has been the custom for years
the Methodist, Presbyterian and BapList
congregations will unite on
Thanksgiving day for a union service.
This year the services will be held in
the First Baptist church and the sermon
will be preached by Rev. Jno. F.
Matheson, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. A collection will be
taken and divided among the three or_1
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[manages ana music will be furnished
i>y a combined choir from the three
churches. Everybody is cordially incited
to attend this service.
Girls' Auxiliary Reorganized.
A number of girls met at the parsonage
of the First Baptist church
last Friday and reorganized the Girls'
Auxiliary society. The followinir officers
were elected: President, Edith
White; vice president, Elizabeth
Smith; secretary, Cornelia Palmer;
11 uaaurcr, /\gnes sanders; organist,
Kuby O'Shields; program committee,
Bessie Kay Howell, Myrtle Parks,
Grace Montgomery, Annie Estes.
There was a good deal of enthusiasm
manifested by the girls and they
ar,. working to enlarge their circle
both in numbers and influence.
Staff Captain McBee to Preach.
Staff Captain McBee of New York
City will preach in Union Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church. Capt. Satterlield
of Spartanburg will accompany
Capt. McBee. Everybody is invited to
attend the service. Captain McBee is
considered a very fine speaker and
singer, and is also a journalist of
note.
The Salvation Armv hnc K?<>n
great service to the wounded soldiers
in the stricken countries and the work
along this line has brought them into
greater prominence than ever before.
l<esH Cotton (tinned lip to Nov. 1.
The ginners report for Nov. 1, 1914
shows that Union county ginned 10,344
bales, counting round as half
bales, while for a corresponding period
last year the number of bales
was 11,441.
FARMERS
CENTS FOR
HOME TALENT SHOW TO BE ,
GIVEN HERE THIS WEEK
Under Direction of Mrs. Devereux
Turner To Be Given At High
School Friday Night.
There will be given a "home talent 1
show" in the auditorium of the Union
'high school building Friday night,
November 20. The entertainment is
to be given under the management of
Mrs. Devereux Turner, and will bo
a production made up of light comedy,
costumes, songs, monologues and
music. The admission will be 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
The proceeds will go to the
benefit of Clifford Seminary scholarship.
Mrs. Turner is a cultured and gift!
ed woman. She has had wide experience
in giving such entertainments. ,
j and the public will be well repaid for
'the time and small admission, fee !
charged. Mrs. Turner is instructor in
voice at Clifford Seminary. She is 1
originally from New York. She is an
accomplished musician.
The programme of the heme talent '
show at the high school auditorium 1
will consist of "Fun In a Photograph '
Gallery." '
Cast of characters:
Photographer Schmidt?Mr. S. liar- '
ris. .
jMmo. De Blow?Mrs. W. T. Beaty.
Mrs. Skinflint?Miss Ida Clements. (j
Mr. Skinflint?Dr. Deureux Turner. .
Baby Skinflint ? Little Dorothy
Bennett.
Giggling Girls?Miss Annie Davis.
Miss Lunette Worthy, Miss Myra
Garner.
Japanese Girl?Mrs. M. B. Summer. 1
Genevieve?Miss Ludie .Jordan.
Widow Muleahey?Lucile Tracy.
Mickey?Ned Wilson.
Lizzie?Trixie Mabry.
Katie?Virginia Montgomery.
Mammy's caller.
Mandy?Lucile Tracy.
Marfy?Ruth Crawford.
Sleepy Head Song?Miss Louisa 1
Duncan and 30 children. '
Costume songs by Misses Layton,
Oetzel, Garner. McDow, Woi-thy, McCants,
Ladd, Heintz, Jordan and Mes- \
I dames Jones and Summer.
Spanish Gyoay Dance?Misses DunI
can and.~W.ooii* ' xJ,*
| Piano solo by Miss vman Sarratt.
Violin obligate by Miss Grace Du- (
Pre of Spartanburg. j
Good night song by Clifford Choral t
club.
Rdisonia Theatre.
The Edisonia theatro which was J
leased by Mr. and Mrs. Rankin of
Chester for one month, has returned j
to the old management, Mr. and Mrs j
J. E. Storm, and they are putting on ,
some fine pictures. The public ap- .
i?i <_vi??n ?<-i> iiiiiiii iin* s;uuu service
the management is giving them. The \
Pathe current events are educational
and very entertaining and draw al- |
most as large a crowd as the "Perils (
of Pauline" or the "Trey of Hearts."
A pleasant way to spend the evening
and an inexpensive way.
Envoy McBee Recovers.
Envoy McBee of the Salvation
Army has recovered from a recent severe
case of tonsilitis and is able to
resume his duties. Envoy McBee is
located in the rear of The Times office
and will very much appreciate '
any help the people of Union and)
throughout the county are willing to j
I give him. The winter is going to be i
a hard one and many people need help i
and the Salvation Army purposes to
look after them as far as possible.
A Grusome .Mistake.
Recently there was a burial arranged
for in the Presbyterian cemetery
here. The grave had been dug and
the funeral procession arrived at the
cemetery when it was discovered l>v a
bystander that the new grave had
a,... .... ~i.i i
.,w^i> in <?> "in unu. noii(!S and
fragments of clothing, shoes and
pieces of the casket had i>een unearthed
by the grave digger. The discovery
led to the grave being closed up
and a new one made in Rosemont
where the burial was conducted the
following day.
The officers of the First Presbyterian
church, and who have charge of
the Presbyterian cemetery have advertised
warning all parties against
burying in that cemetery without a
permit from them.
Police Raid Blind Tigers.
The places run by Cordo/.a Hampton,
near the ice factory, were raided
Sunday afternoon by the Union police
and Rural Policeman W. F. Sumner.
Members of the police force participating
in the raid were: Sergeant
J. E. Hicks, policemen Eller. Lawson
and Gilbert. Considerable whiskey
was seized. Hum Thomas and Cordo/.a
Hampton were arrested and they
have been released upon bond to appear
for trial November 24.
Notice!
All members of Poplar Camp W.
O. W. are notified to meet at Cross
Keys Friday nifyht, November 27, instead
of our regular meeting time
which conflicts with the Masons.
Flection of officers for 1915 will be
part of the business at this meeting.
By order of C. C.
W. N. Bobo, Clerk. P. B. Bobo.
RED NINE
THEIR COTTON
IN MERCHANDISE BY
MERCHANTS OF
UNION.
Merchants Agree to Take
Coupons Which Farmers
Get For Their Cotton?Is
Limited to Two Bales
Only From Each Farmer.
The Union chamber of commerce,
through its secretary. A. CI. Kennedy,
will issue to any Union county farmer
a coupon book for cotton, allowing
him 9 cents a pound for his cotton,
the limit to each farmer beinp two
bales of cotton. This coupon^book is
tfood as pold at M2 business houses in
Union. The coupons are pood in payment
of accounts as well as for the
lurchase of new poods. The new
roods are to be sold at cash prices.
In fact, the merchant, when the cusomer
comes in, does not know wheth r
the said customer has cash or coupons,
and the customer asks for cash
>rices, payinp in coupons which were
issued to him for his cotton at <? rente
i pound.
The full information may be had
joni A. (1. Kennedy, secretary of the
hamber of commerce. The coupon
tooks are already prepared and in the
lands of Mr. Kennedy. Farmers who
ire willing to turn cotton at 1) cents
i pound into goods at cash prices,
ire invited to call on Mr. Kennedy.
1'here are no strings tied to the proposition.
There must be no lien or
Mortgage or bill of sale over the bale
if cotton. The cotton is olaced by
the farmer in warehouse and a receipt
taken. This warehouse receiot
is carried to Mr. Kennedy and he issues
a coupon book, valuing the coton
at 9 cents. The coupons are accepted
by the .'12 firms at face value.
LESS COTTON USED BY
MILLS; EXPORTS LESS
Figures on Use of Staple From the
Census Bureau?Great Keduction
iq ShHHH?g^ f
Washington, Nov. 14.?American
cotton spinners used less cotton durng
the first three months of the coton
year than they did in the same
leriod last year; exports during Occober
were less than one-third of what
hey were a year ago and almost a
Million bales more were in the hands
if manufacturers and in warehouses
it the end of October than there were
last year at that time. This summarized
briefly the effect of the European
war on the American cotton industry
as disclosed today by the census bureau's
October consumption and distribution
report.
The United Kingdom during October
increased its takings of American
cotton, 232,065 bales having been ex
i>ui<,v-w lvf ii. viiTiiuuiy ruuuivud no
American cotton, while France took
2:1,!502 hales, the first it had received
since the beginning of the war.
Cotton consumed during October
was 451,841 hales, exclusive of linters.
compared with 511,923 in October last
year.
Consumption for the three months
ending October .'51 was 1,250,715 hales
against 1,380,'708 last year.
Cotton on hand October 31 in manufacturing
establishments was 713,407
bales compared with 1,023,015 a
year ago, and in independent warehouses
3,780,030 compared with 2,500,058
a year ago.
F\ports were 407,180 bales against
last year, and for the three
months 044,10s against 2,705,322 a
year apo.
Imports were 12,152 hales apainst
5,5(51) last year and foi the three
months 54,554 apainst 20,803 a year
apo.
Cotton spindles active numbered
30,(551,940 apainst 30,855,300 a year
apo. _
Death of Miss Emmae Rlaiook.
Miss Emma Hlalock died at her
home at Ottaray last Saturday after
a lonp illness and the remains were
interred at Rosemont Monday afternoon.
The services were conducted
by Rev. J. II. Danner and Rev. I). W.
Garvin.
Miss Blalock was a member of the
Methodist church and a bripht and
earnest Christian. Her death is deeply
deplored by numerous friends and
relatives. They have the sympathy
of the community in this dark hour of
sorrow.
Comer-Hawkins.
A marriapre which came as quite a
surprise to their friends in Union was
that which occurred Monday, November
l(i when Miss Minnie Lee Comer
became the bride of Mr. It. P. Hawkins.
The ceremony was read by the
bride's pastor, Kev. J. H. Machen at
the residence of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Comer in Yorkville. Immediately
after the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Hawkins left for this city where
they are at home to their friends.
These younpr peoplpe are well
known here and both have a host of
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much happiness.
Mr. and Mrs. ('has. H. Milhous returned
Saturday from a few days visit
to relatives in Augusta and Dennark.