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m THE UNI(J>N TIMES m VOL. LXV. NO. 2. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915. *1.00 A YEAR, REDUCE COST s TO CONSUMER B Light Rates Reduced 20 Per Cent on New Year?Service Seven Days in Week and of High Efficiency. <J II During the holidays the Municipal c Electric Light & Water Works sent ? out Christmas cards to all of its cus- b tomers and also an announcement of a a reduction of the electric light rates beginning with the new year! The f1 rate on lights has been reduced from J' twelve to ten cents per killowatt, which will be a big saving to the customers. The rates as now scheduled , are lower than those of such large j towns as Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville and nearly all other towns s in the State. ^ Under the administration of the ^ present commissioners, and the man- ^ agement of the present supcrinten- jj dent the rates on lights have been re- ^ duced from fifteen cents to ten cents ^ within the past "four years. Besides c, reducing the rates as above mention p ed the service has been greatly im proved and instead of shutting the j, plant down at noon every day and all ti day Sunday as used to be the custom s v. the plant is now run all the time, fur- t< nishing continuous service. The plant b is in excellent physical condition and v it would be worth anyone's time to go 1 down and look over same and see h m what the city has in the line of a o lighting plant as the writer has done. 1< The commissioners are W. H. Sartor, chairman, W. S. McLure and L. J. e Hames. R. A. Easterling is superin- s tendent of the electric light and water plant. Under the able and economical ? management of these gentlemen, the ? present high degree of efiiciency, v along with the great reduction in cost to the consumer, have been attained. r Union -has now one of the best equips * ped plants in the State, and the cost S to the consumer is very reasonable. . c TO SELL STOCK TO EMPLOYEES. t The American Telegraph and Tele- ^ phone Co. Offers Stock to its j Employees at $110 per Share c on Easy Terms. e ' y Thp A mpripQ r? TolnnliAnrt on.l Tnlo V? rx... ?... A V4r- 41 graph company announces that arrangements have been made by which employees of the Bell system who have been two -years or more in the . service and who so desire may purchase stock of the company for $110 ? npp elinro nn pncv tprmu nf nuvnwtnf * v" ^ No employee can purchase more than one share for each $.'100 of annual wages he receives nor more than q ten shares whatever his wages. ^ The terms of payment will he $2.0T>-fc per share per month beginning vvith March, 1915, and the quarterly divi- h dends paid on the stock will go to- ] wards paying for it after deducting I interest at 4 per cent per annum or. t the unpaid balances. 1 The American company has paid percent dividends for seven years and ' it is calculated that dividends at thi . h rate and the $2 per share per month c payments by employees will pay foe the stock in full by November, 191'*. f Any employee who so desires can after March 1, 1917, but not before, pay in the balance on his stock and receive his stock certificate. ^ Should an employee leave the sev- ? vice or die before his stock is fully r paid for, the amount be has paid i i v - plus the accumulated dividends (les ; ^ I "?r cent'interest) will be paid back. The Amorican Telephone and Tele- ^ graph company is the parent company f et the Rell telephone systepn which v operates or connects with eight and a half million telephone station's, throughout the United Stat">. % It has about (50,000 stockholders e and 1(50,000 employees. Its issued 1 capital stock is nearly $f5.r?0,000,000 ? and is quoted on the stock exchange t at about $118 per share. The company makes it plain that * no employee is under any obligation f to buy any stock but it is believed that a considerable number of em- ' ployees will take advantage of this ' opportunity to save a little money ' every month and invest it in the bus>nAoo HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. After enjoying the Christmas hoi * days the pupils have returned to tjie school and their hooks with renewed f energy and.bright hopes for the com- I ing year. f Mr. Ikenborry. who visited his re!- t atives in Virginia during the Christ- ( mas holidays," has returned and re r QiitrtA<1 Viic /littinc of fKn ImrK o/>1iaa1 1 Misses Jaminin Wilburn, Olive Wil- I liams, Vera Smith, Ellen Hope and j others after spending the holidays at their homes have returned to Union. We are glad to welcome our new scholar, Miss Cecil Hrawley, who lias entered the tenth grade. We are pleased to note that Frank Williams, who had the misfortune of breaking his arm a few weeks ago. is again able to take up his school work, also, we are pleased to have Austin Moore with us again. Estelle Mathis. N. GHOOL ATTENDANCE TO BE COMPULSORY ill Approved as First Choice By Educators is Schemed By Supt. Frank Evans. Spartanburg, Jan. 5.?Superinten ent Frank Evans of the city schools nd chairman of the legislative coniiittee of the State Teachers' us.:oiation gave out here today the text f the compulsory education bill, to e introduced in the legislature soon fter it convenes. The bill is a Statewide measure and was indorsed as rst choice of the educators who met 1 Columbia two weeks ago. The fol)wing are in brief the provisions of he bill: "Section 1. That from and after f n roK 1 1 (11 n 11 rtU!1/J *? * vi? f ?II IIUI inai LiuiMi en etween the ages of eight 'and 14 hall attend the local public school ontinuously for the full term of each ear. Attendance upon some other public school, or upon private or hurcb school, may be attended in eu of the public school of the district in which the child resides, but hese will be required to keep acurate records of attendance of -such upils. "Sec. 2. This act shall not apply i cases where physicians make cerificates that the child's health is not uch as to make it practicable for it o attend school; or in cases where, ecause of poverty, the children are without books and clothing: Provided, 'hat when books and clothing shall ave been provided, through charity f other means, the child shall no >nger be exempt. "Sec. 3. This section dealt with xcuses that may be accepted by the chool authorities. "Sec. 5. Any parent, guardian or ther person violating the provision f this act shall be guilty of a misdeaeanor and upon conviction shall be iable to a fine of not less than $5 lor more than $25 and upon failure o pay shall be imprisoned not to exeed 30 days. The penalty is not efective, however, until the party is onvicted of a second offense." The remaining section deals with he appointment of the attendance oficers and their duties. The appointnent is with the board of trustees lis duties will be to keep a school ensus and 'be allowe^l 3 cents for nUi 1 /1 nf n rvA nn nK o/iVt *C1J vmiu ui oMivui ^uvii stuvui 'ear. For serving attendance notice ? Ua -11a?-J or IV ?? AAA VV (AA1V ?? VU VI# CVlltO. )EATH OF JOHN DAVIS STOKES. Mr. John Davis Stokes of Whitmirc ied at that ph\ce December JO, 1014, ,nd was buried Friday, January 1, a Cane Creek burying ground, two niles below Santuc. Mr. Stokes was born July 23, 1871 icar Santuc. He is a son of VV. T. itokes, now of Burlington, N. C., and Wochiturfnn mau? /IA. eased. Besides his father he leaves two mothers, W. T. Stokes, Jr., of Burinpcton N. C., and R. L. Stokes of Sajjlesville, California, and one siser, Miss Minnie E. Stokes of Burintrton. Mr. Stokes was a wide-a-wake busness man, a loyal friend and was leld in hiprh esteem. His death, ominp: after a two hours illness, was . prreat shock to his loved ones and riends. .Miss Robo Complimented. Miss Cora Wilkins complimented diss Mabel Gaines and her guest diss Fannie Hobo of Union with u ook party Thursday evening that vas one of the pleasant events of u ray week. ~ Lovely decorations of Christmas creens were used with charming efect and vases filled with red and vhite hyacinths were placed on manle and cabinet. Three tables of rook were played ind the score cards were handpaintd wreaths of holly. After the gapje.ight refreshments were served b> diss Lorene Wilkins, Miss Bess Poter and Little Miss Eloise Jones. Among the young people invited tc neet the honor mipsts were- \fiu?te? Oloise Potted, Alice Gaines, Mabel laines, Bess Potter, Mary Nesbitt iUrline Darwin, Agnes Walker and dessrs Charles Jones, Lorimer Gagiey, Robert Darwin, Ray Campbell, fames Nesbitt, Boyce GafTney, Will taines and Charles Sam Copeland.? Jaffney Ledger. Five O'Clock Tea Party. A number of the young set wen ntertained Thursday afternoon by drs. B. S. Bayley at her home or >outh Pinckney street at a five o'clock ea. The home was decorated ir Christmas preens and bells, bowls ol larcissus. Among those present were Hisses Mary, Marguerite and Juliji Mynn, Mary Spears, Mary Rice and \nnie Tinsiey. Sher bert - Fow le r. Mr. Sam Sherbert of Union, an< Vliss Alone Fowler of Jonesville, wen inited in the bonds of holy matrimony )y Rev. L. L. Wagnon at bis residence >n South Church street Sunday even ng, .January 3. Quito a bevy ol Yionds and well wishers of thesr /oun*r people were present at th< :eremony. "MISSOURI CHA IS HE Yeggman Wanted by Federal A ginia Postoffice?"West PI of His Career as Expe Soap?Pal of "Por Others High in ^ ? (Wednesdays State) 1 Charles O'Day, alias Charles Cross, alias Charles Blaekburn, alias "Missouri Charlie," was held yesterday for 1 trial in the federal court of the eastern district of Virginia at Richmond i on the charge of having broken into i and entered the postofiice at Gordons- \ ville, Va., on March 28, 1904. The chief witness for the United States at ' the preliminary hearing before Com- i missioner Sloan at noon was John F. ? McCarthy, alias "West Philadelphia ' Johnnie," once a yeggman, but now a ' lecturer, using a moving picture film, "Sentenced for Life," as his text. j O'Day was parolled from the State > nonitentinrv wlinm Vie> w:ia cnrvinir n 15 year term for robbing a bank at ^ eath Springs,and was turned over to < the United States authorities. After 1 his preliminary hearing yesterday r> O'Dey will be held in Columbia until an order comes for his removal to the ' jurisdiction of the UnitedStates court of eastern Virginia. The appearance of John F. McCarthy, who confessed in 1005 to H. ' T.Cregory,United States postofliee in- 1 spector, a witness at O'Day's prelimk- ( nary examination yesterday, was a ' distinct surprise. McCarthy is a man J hated by yeggman. He presented yes- ' terday a very daper figure well dressed in a suit of recent cut, neat tan J shoes, white socks and an immaculate * collar, all of which were in distinct ' contrast to O'Day's clothes He wore ! a wrinkled serge suit, a soft collared ' shirt, fiat prison shoes and cheap cotton socks of the 10 cent variety. O'Day, too, is heavy with prison fat ! and a prison pallor covers his face. McCarthy has an outdoor complexion and has preserved his figure. There was a touch of the theatrical ( in the way in which McCarthy told how he and O'Day and "Irish Jimmy" , robbed the postofhce at Gordonsville. He used good English, his correctness in enunciation and pronounciation y proving that he was well educated or | 1 that at some time in his life he had ] associated for a long time with peopie who were. O'Day had nothing to | say at the preliminary, except a few '.ispered conferences with his attor- . ney. j Through counsel O'Day pleaded not j guilty to the indictment charging him . with robbing the postoffiee at Gor- , donsville, Va., on March 28, 1904. The United States put up John F. , McCarthy, alias "West Philadelphia , Johnny," as its first witness. Mc- ( i Carthy said he had known O'Day ! for 11 or 12 years, meeting him in ! , ' Norfolk at Jim DeLay's place, a fa- i | mous hangout for yeggs. McCarthy , testified that he had not seen O'Day ; since 1905 until yesterday. > , After he met O'Dav in Norfolk in f the spring of 1904. McCarthy said j | Irish Jimmy, O'Day and himself co- * j i operated in robberies at Louisa and i [ Gordonsville, Va. At Gordonsville ' they got from the postoflice only $1100 1 or $400. Also money out of a regis- j tered letter. There was no safe in j , the office. They took no stamps, al' though there were $2 or $2 worth of > them. 1 McCarthy told the United States - commissioner that he "found the Gor1 donsville job"and forcibly entered the postoflice himself, while O'Day wach1 ed outside. The witness said that he appeared , ' before the grand jury in the United j States court at Norfolk in 1905 and , testified about the Gordonsville rob- | bery. The jury handed down a bill of i indictment against O'Day. Counsel for O'Day examined Mcr?irt hv nulf incr him nlmnf liio as a yeggman.McCarthy answered the questions without reserve,although he ' told of his fall from grace in New ' York in 1912 with visible emotion. 1 "My 'monakei*' was 'West I'hila j Johnny,' " said McCarthy, in describing his life as a yegg nan. "1 'was convicted in Kalcigh and served ii the ' j 'pen' there until 1!)00. After F got '' out I started traveling the samq/ road ' as before, was caught by officer; and ' convicted again. They sent mC hack ' to Raleigh, but 1 escaped from the 1 'pen' in 1!K)2 and went to Vermont.' McCarthy said that when lie first 1 met O'Day at Jim DeLay's place in M....Cr.11* ;? inni ... . I--- 1 iiui i\*m in li/vi \/ won rwjiuwii um 1 Charlie Cross. As far as the' witness knew, O'l lay's or Cross' criminal rec\ ord then was not extensive. O'Day J was slim and well built and much under his present weight. J * I McCarthy said that he I id made a confession to Mr. Gregory In the Ver- j mont prison. After his release he held various positions of trust for a j number of years with express com- , i panies and other concerns. j "Detectives, the I'inkertons and ? r others caused me to lose or forced i ? me to jrive up position after position," < . declared McCarthy."For some months i f 1 was confidential man for the super- ] ? intendent of the Adams Express com- ( ? pany at Philadelphia. I could have < RLIE" LD FOR TRIAL LUthority for Robbery of Vir liladelphia Johnnie" Tells rt With "Soup" and tland Ned" and i Profession. the time I held the position." McCarthy's voice broke noticeably "The I'inkertons told the superintendent of my past. 1 was dropped.' McCarthy in answer to a questioi said that he was the "mechanic." th< nan who did the actual blowing ol [he safes, when he operated with Irish Johnny" and O'Day; that, o.he Gordonsville job he broke tin lo'or ol the postoffice and O'Day was i "watcher." During his recitai ol he details of the Gordonsville "job." McCarthy said that he blew the safe "You told the court a moment age hat there was no safe in the oflice,' Serrupted counsel for O'Day. 'Oh, 1 thought you meant on the uisa job," replied McCarthy, exeating himself from the position it: lich the slip of memory had placet: n. , H. T. Gregory, postoftiec inspector Vas the second and last witness the United States put up at the prelimnaru haarinir \1 ? (- ' ^ wi v aaiu tiicii ie saw O'Day lirst in Wadesboro, N J., after he had been arrested foi :he Heath Springs bank robbery. Tin iefendant was known as Char lei TDay, alias Charles lilackburn, aliai Charlie Cross, alias "Missouri Charie." Then Mr. Gregory went into details il^out the career of John F. McCarthy, alias "West Philadelphia Johnnie," explaining his presence a.i witness against O'Day in the proceedings under way. Mr. Gregory told of his part in securing a pardot for McCarthy after the latter hai pieaded guilty to his escapades ii New York early in 1913. Mr. Gregory said that McCarthy was in nc sense a "stool pigeon." The defense offered no witnesses at the preliminary. Commissioner Sloan announced that he would hold O'Day for trial on tlu charge of robbing the postoffice al Hjfcdonsville, Va. His bond was fixer *5,000. liai: kinj; the delicate touch and klick ears that would have enabled Aim to detect the fall of the "turnA?rg"in the locks of safes and wantriff: the mechanical skill necessary tc 'bpow" safes, O'Day did not attain tin lijghest rank in the yegg profession In1, most instances, he acted as : 'watcher" while partners with vnort ethnical knowledge did the actua ;afe cracking. He stood outside o! he buildings ready to shoot any one .vho interferred with the "job" goinj; )n inside. Notwithstanding his lack of ski! u:~ i x- ? ji ms lauure 10 use it, u uay 1 tnown to have been implicated ii many robberies as accomplice or ii i more active capacity. Of course >nly a part of his record is known With John Fischer, who escapei last winter from the South Caroline penitentiary, O'Day was arrested at Lilesville, N. C., in the spring of 1SK)."> lioth men were wounded, O'Day des perately so, in a battle with ofl'uvr: who undertook the dangerous task ol capturing them. They were tried al Lancaster on the charge of havim robbed the bank at Heath Springs ii Lancaster county. Fischer and O'Daj were sentenced to lf? years. O'Daj was paroled just after Christmas o condition that he be turned over i the United States authorities. In 1000 O'Day was sentenced c four years' imprisonment In tnc Moandsville, (VV. Va.) prison for rob I'inp a postoflice at Cape Charles, Va He operated then under the name o, Charlie Blackburn. On the Oap? Charles job "Irish Jimmy" an "Swede Whitey"operated with O'Da.v Some time after their release fron Mound.sville prison, O'Day and "Irisl Jimmy" joined McCarthy, who an peared as a witness aprainst the form i-r at the preliminary yesterday. Tin Irio robbed the postoflice at Gordons ville and Louisa, Va., in March, 1001 In April of the same year, McCarthy I'Day and "Irish Jimmy" broke int< n saloon at Alexandria, Va.. and bleu >pen the safe in a store at Fredericks inirp:, Va. At Laural, Md., the threi Tacksman with " I?'n . <><"hi-<>l: n inti Lhe depot of the Baltimore & ()hi< railroad and into the oflice of a lloui mill. While the three were at Alexandria they had been joined by "Faces," ; yeggman whose "monaker" reform to some peculiarity of his facial ex pression. At Ellicott City, Md. 4Faces," O'Day, McCarthy and "Irisl limmy" blew open a safe in a cotoi mill, obtainiifjT $-Fr>0. "Faces left the party, which wa> joined by "Portland Ned," a mastei ycggman who has been paroled fron he South Carolina penitentiary, es aped from the gavernor's oflice am s now in jail in North Carolina, am 'Pennsylvania Mickey." The yegg men went to Dover, Del., the capita >f the State and a larger town thai they usually operated in. There, ii May, 1904, they broke into the post >ffice and attempted to blow open th< *afe. The three explosions necessarj to force the door aroused citizens % MEMBERSHIP MEETING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . Annual Membership Meeting to be Held Thursday Jan. 14?Supper Served Alter Meeting. The Union chamber of commerce will hold the annual membership meeting on the evening of January 14, and at this meeting important business will be transacted. After the busi?iess session there will be " served a dollar dinner to the members of the organization. Every 1 member is urged to be present, both ; at the business session and at the ' dining thereafter. Reports from the 1 various committees, plans for another 1 year's work and the election of ofli: cers are among the matters to come 5 before the business meeting. Speechmaking will be a feature of the banquet. I.et^ everyone in the organiza tion come. DEATH OF A GOOD M AN. F. M. hit lock Died at His Home Santuc, Monday Afternoon._ Huriai Here Wednesday in Kose' mont Cemetery. [ Mr. F.M.Whitlock died at his home in Santuc, Monday alternoon and his body was brougnt to Union Wednes ' day afternoon tor burial in Kosemont ' cemetery. Tne funeral was held in Urace Church, Rev. J. L. Daniei and Rev. VV. ii. Duncan. Jr. eoniinrtnnr ? >.. service. Mr. YVhitlock had been in declining health for some time, but was taken unexpectedly worse Monday afternoon and died suddenly. Mr. YVhitlock was a native of Un1 ion county and is survived by his wife who was, before her marriage, Miss 'r Kate Chapped, and nine children: Rev. F. G. YVhitlock of ; YV. G. ! YVhitlock, of Kidgeway; F. M. YVhitlock, of Daytona,r la.; L. C. YVhitlock, of Lincolnton, C.; and Mrs. E. S. McGlashan, of Lakeland, Fla.;Mrs. ' l'ollard anil Mrs. O. E. Smith, of Union; Mrs. C. G. Miller, of Martinsville, Va., and Miss Flosie YVhitlock, of . Santuc. I Mr. YVhitlock was a member of the ^ Methodist church; he was a sincere j christian and a citizen of sterling character, lie had a war ml 'llace ii, I the hearts of those who kr'rew him. ivir. 11. n,. ivennedy ol Spartanburg was a visitor in the city last week. , and the yeggmen escaped. McCarthy took part in all of the t robberies narrated above, and it was from his confession while in the pris1 on at Vermont that olticials gained r much of their knowledge about the . personnel of the yegg gangs that were , implicated in them. .-\nuougn no sam yesterday that he < was the "mechanic" when he was . working at the gentle art of safe, blowing with (J'i)ay and "Irish Jimx my," McCarthy was not more than passably proficient in the actual blowing of safes, lie was most successI l'ul when he was working under the t direction of "Portland .Ned" or Cius t Del'oid, both of whom were leaders in the business and expert "mo. chanics." < McCarthy was arrested with James r Johnson, alias "Portland Ned," and t Charles Howard, alias"Texas Dutch," . in Norfolk in August. ISO*. Howard i paroled a few days ago, is waiting a | preliminary hearing for robbing a i postoffice. i After their arrest in ^Norfolk, Haw, aid and Johnson were convicted at Charleston, W. Va., in March, 1801), of robbing a postollice at lira nweli, VV. Va. The jury disagreed about McCarthy. He was brought to Kal. eigh, placed on trial for robbing a i postollice at Plymouth, X. C., for i ...i.! 1- 1- . . . . which no was jointly indicted with i I Johnson and convicted on June 1, 1NS)1). McCarthy served two years in j ! the prison at Raleigh. , I In January, 1UU5, while serving a ! seven-year sentence for bank burglary - j in the Vermont prison, McCarthy | made a voluntary confession to In ! spector Gregory of his entire crim. inal career and subsequently rende ed valuable assistance to th United ? States government and to the authorities of different States in the arrest - and prosecution of safeblowers and ? ! burglars. President Roosevelt gave i McCarthy a pardon to restore his civil rights in the Plymouth case. He was pardoned by the governor of Vermont after serving nearly two years of his , ! sentence and by the governor ofNorth i | Carolina for a prior conviction in I ! t hat State. | After leaving the Vermont peni, i tentiary, McCarthy put into his effect i j determination to abandon a criminal i 1 life and eniratred in honest nursnits [ for several years. He was harassed ; j from time to time by the officials of a certain detective agency and a few l policemen, using his record to cans him to lose different jobs. This unI fair treatment finally made him des1 perate while out of employment and caused a brief relapse into a criminal I life in the early part of 1913 at New i fork. McCarthy thoroughly repented his - deviation from the straight and nars row path. He pleaded guilty to his 1 offenses in 1913 and was pardoned in , January, 1914. ri?~nr^y 1 J*n 16 ? APP W. .h>nns 'H. yonn'HI I kl/ I U FILL VACANCY Jas. H. Hope IVill be County Supt. of Education to Fill Unexpired Term ol H. C. Little, Deceased. Mr. Jas. II. Hope has been selected by the State Hoard of Education to fill the vacancy caused by the death of II. C. Little. The appointment was made Monday at a meeting of the State hoard in Columbia. There were a number of aspirants to the position, men worthy of the trust. The selection of Mr. Hope will jrive general satisfaction. He is a thoroughly trained man, has had several years of experience as a teacher and is in every way worthy of the honor that has been conferred upon him. Mr. Hope has been superintendent of the Huffalo school for several years. He was for several years pripeipal of the Central school here. He has for a number of years been r member of the county board of education. BROUGHT HERE TO SERVE TIME L. M. Charles Was Convicted in 191J in Greenville?Hrou^ht Here i-rom Atlanta, t?a., From the Federal Prison to Serve Sentence 2 Years Standing (Anderson Daily Mail.) 1,. Marvin -Charles, who was convicted in Greenville in 1913 for fraudulent use of the mails, and who has served a sentence of 2 years, less 72 days for good behavior was brought to Anderson last night to serve another sentence of (> months in the Anderson county jail. Charles is an old locker club man, and very frely admits that in his time he had a mighty good system to defrand the lienor nonr?lo und that he worked the pa me with some success. When the final issue came, he refused to pay the hills, and the liquor people put the case in the hands of federal povernment. The outcome of the trial was that he was found puilty of usinp the mails to defraud and wfcs sentenced to serve ? years in the federal prison at Atlanta. - ? Charles is a native of Union county and when he was sentenced for usinp the mails fraudulently, he was I also convicted of another eharpe, that | of intimidatinp a witness. One of j the witnesses, he declared, swore to i a lie, and that he himself told about ; it in court. He said that before the : man purped himself, that he cautioned him not to swear a lie and that after the witness had made the . tate! ment, that he told him, he had sworn i lie. This broupht on the second case iit* was a pa 111 tried lor intrni<iati lp a ! witness, and received another sentence of > months in jail. He was ! assigned to the Anderson jail. He I made the request of the pre idinp [ judpe to let him serve the sentence I at home, hut his honor refused this ! request saying that lie had loo many : friends around Union. Marvin Charles is a younp man, : not over ."?( years of ape. and hardly j that. He is a fine physique and is i very pood lookinp. | lie says that he spent the early part of his life in Union county and that ;.ll of his people live there. He I was in the cluh and liquor business ' in Spartanlmrp for several years, and \ he has spent some time in tJrecnI ville. His sentence of t> months will l>> served in the jain at Anderson. Death of Mrs. Dora (iault. | Mrs. Dora (iault, mother of Kev. W. K. (iault, pastor of (Jreen St.roft. Methodist church, died Tuesday afternoon and the fun? ral was hchi at the Methodist church at (Jlendale Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock and the interment was at the city cometes-'' i i i Spartanhurjr. The services were < inducted hy Rev. 15. I'. Carter, Dr. It. ' !. Stackhouse and Rev. L. I.. Wacrnon. ?irs. Cault was a woman of o - tionally fine character and wi'I c greatly missed in the community in which sh<> lived. She was unusually charitable and was always ready to lend a helping hand. Mr. Gault has the deep sympathy of the community in this dark hour of trial. Garner-Gregory. Mr. S. Camillas Garner of Helton, and Miss Eunice Gregory of Union, were united in marriage by Rev. I,. I.. Wagnor of this city at his residence on South Church street Sunday evening, January ">. Only a few relatives and intimate friends of the contrac c;ni; putties were present. Law Firm Formed. Mr. J. Rion McKissick, one of Union's sons, liut now of Greenville, has entered upon a eo-partnership with William (J. Sirrine, the name of the firm being Sirrine <?.- MeKissick, for l the practice of law. Mr. W. E. I'oole of the Elbethel community in Cherokee county spent Thursday in Union.