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The Little River news., 1921-05-21
Lockesburg Commencement

Lockesburg. May 1.-The com- mencement sermon for Locksburg High School will be preached Sunday morning by the Rev. c. E. Raymond or Newport The graduation exer- cises will be held the following. Fri day morning. The class address will be made by A. B. Hill of the State Department of Education. The fol- lowing will graduate: Bernice Harri- son, Mildred Galloway, Irvine William son, Matte Bowen, Novene Biggers, Vertie Albright, Clarence Seaton and Tom Choate.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
TO AID COTTON FACTORS
U. s. Officials Favor Acceptance of
 Their Paper by Banks.

Washington, May 17-Senator Nc Kellar, Democrat of Tennessee, sub mitted to the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency today letters from Secretary Mellon and federal bank officials approving proposed change in banking laws, which would make notes, drafts anc otner com mercial paper issued by cotton factors eligible for rediscount in the Federal Reserve System.
 Members of the committee, Senator McKellar. said generally favor a bill he has introduced for the purpose and he expects that it will be re- ported out for passage next week.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
BRAkEMEN ARE ACCUSED
Two Chaged With Stealing Auto Gas
 ings From Box Car.

Texarkana, May 17.-C. J. Johnson and T. c. HoltZclaw, freight brake men on the Cotton Belt, were jailed yesterday afternoon on warrants charging them with grand larceny. They will be given preliminary hear ings in Municipal Court tomorrow. It is alleged the two brakemen dumped several automobile castings from a box car of their train as it was pulling into the suburbs Sunday night A policeman on College hill said he saw them and, calling another officer, the two laid wait. They say that u short time later Johnson and Holtz- claw appeared and started off with the castings when they were arrested.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
Richmond School Closes.

The Richmond public school, of which Prof I. w. Holmes a well known educator, is principal, closed this week with an all day picnic Fri day, serving dinner to large crowd Prof. L. E. Quinn, county superinten- dent of Sevier county, was in Ashdown Friday morning enroute to that place, where he will make an address. Rev. Brewer of Texarkana will also be a speaker. In the afternoon the Ash down ball team will play the Rich mond team
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
INJURED BY AUTOMOBILE
Ben LOmOnd Woman Seriously Iniur'
 ed in Auto Wreck.

Mineral Springs, May 19.-Mrs. Sid Mize, of Ben Lomond, is criticlly in- jured as the result of an automobile accident at Ben LOmond on last Friday afternoon.
 Mrs. Mize was struck by car driv- en by Miss Eddie Walker, daughter of Penn Walker, formerly of this city. She was knocked down and dragged some distance, suffering injuries which may yet prove fatal.
 The accident was witnessed by Wm. Jones, of this city, who assisted in taking the machine off the injured woman.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
50 AUTOS PLEDGED
Nearly 800 Growers Expected to Take
 Highland Orchard Trip.

Hope, May. 17.-Fifty automobiles were pledged, in canvass Of the business district here this afternoon for Friday, May 27, to take visitors from Hope to the Highland or chard. On that day it is expected that four or five hundred fruit growers from Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas will visit the Johnson orch ard to witness practical demonstration in spraying, etc. The crowd will be entertained with a barbecue at the noon hour by the Chamber of Com merec at Nashville, Arkansas.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
FREE COTTON STORAGE
Hope Compress Will Give Patrons
 Three Months Free Storage.

Hope, May 1S.-The Hope Cotton Compress Company has announced that, effective June 1, free storage of cotton will be given it's patrons during the month of June, July and August. Owing to the present unset- tied conditions this company desires to lend every effort to help the cot ton trade in general.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
TO MAKE OWN CULVERTS
Polk County Road Commissioner Will
 Manufacture CulvertS.

Mena, May 18.-Material and ma chinery have been ordered by the city officials for the home manu- facture of concrete pipe for culverts. Native rock crushed near Mena will be used in the making of the pipes, which will be used principally in re- placing the wooden culverts now used. A mile of the concrete pipes will be made.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
How She Won the Prizes.

Miss Edna Owens of the Hicks Com munity has won three prizes on her exhibit of tomotaes, the first at the Jones community fair, the second at the district fair at TeXarkana and the third won the state prize. Her work is under the supervision of Miss Nor wood the county club agent.
 The district prize is a years scholar ship in an agricultural school and the state prize is $5OO0 to help defray her expenses while in school
 Miss Owens's record on her toma- to crop follows:
 This is my second year in club work, and I like it fine. I have never enjoyed any work before as l did club work.
 'I made my hot bed and planted the
The Little River news., 1921-05-21

seed as soon as the plants come up and get big enough to transplant, l transplanted them to the garden and fixed my plot which was one-tenth of an acre and transplanted to the plot.
 q worked and pruned as 1 was in structed by my county agent, Miss Gladys Norwood, and when they began to ripen I kept them picked every morning, and I canned some exhibit; first I took my exhibits ta Jones at the Community Fair. I won first second and third prizes. I then sent them to Texarkana and won first second and third prizes. I won first prize on my jar of tomatoes at Ashdown at the con- test. This makes three prizes I have won on the one jar of tomatoes"
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
VISIT WHITE CLIFFS
Eastern Capitalists Visit White Cliffs
 This Week.

Mineral Springs, May 19.-A party of eastern capitalists, who have be- come interested in the possibilities of the White Cliffs cement deposit thru the efforts of Capt. P. IC. Allen, visited White Cliffs Monday. Capt. Allen has been at work on this proposition for some time, and hopes to have the property developed.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
Prenaring for Harvest.

Highland, May 16.-D. B. Bashor, who will have charge or the packing of peaches at the Bert Johnson fruit farm this season, has started making preparations. The packing houses and machinery are being cleaned up. The first carload of peach baskets reached here today.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
The
Wreckers
BY
FRANCIS
LYNDR
Copyright By Chas. Scribnors Sons

ayes, T know; hur a mans got only
one life 10 live, and I'VE always had
n sncaking sympathy FOR the high pri-
waite In the front rank who didn't want
TO stand up and get himself shot fun
OF holes. I'm running, and il YOU
should ask me why I'd tell You VIM,
the rctreatng soldier told StoaeNali
Jackson; he said he was running only
because he couldn't n.y." once more
the boss grew silently thoughtful. out
Of the digging mental inquiry he
brought this:
elias this sudden notion Of yours
anything to do with Shcila Macrae
UpionW
pledge You my word again. | met
Shcia ON the street today and prom
iscd her that ! wouldn't 50 much
as tip my hat to her while ColIjngWood
Is ON this side of the Missouri river
"But if you quit, youu 90 east your
self, won't YOU
"Mayhc. after q while. For the time
being I'd Ike 10 loaf on You for
week or SO and watch the wheels 20
around without my hag,nE to prod
them. It's running In my mind that
This newest phase Of the c. 5. & w.
business Is goinG Ia stir up a mighty
pretty shindy, and had foolish no
tlon that I'd like to stick around and
look on--as an innocent bystand"r.'
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
Handing In a Thick Bunch Of TeIe.
grams for Transmission.

handing in thick bunch of kilograms
for transmission, and he rather point
eddy turned the sheaf face down upon
the marble slab when we came along,
as much as to say its none Of your
business what I'm doing
1t struck me as sort OF curious that
he should have so much wire CORE
spondencc when h. claimed to be talk
Ing a rest, and why he was 50 careful
not to let us get "A glimpse of what
It was all about. But the whole thing
was now SO horribly muddled that a
little mystery more or less on any
bOdy's part couldn't make much diff
ference; and that was, the thought !
took to bed with me little later after
we reached our rooms in the railroad
club.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16

HAVE YOUR WALL PAPER cleaned
by an expert. Leave orders at
Wheeler & MaIo's, or address STEVE
DOOLAN, 90 West jackson st.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
"Dacoits."

The word "dacoit' refers to bands
or robbers in India. They are ma
llchaI type Of bandits resembling the
hrisandS Of Sicily ana Greece. They
were driven ont ot IIindustan by the
BRUSH government. but are now nc
tive in Burma. In British-Indian law
the term implies the conspiracy Of
fNe or more men to engage in any
form OF theft.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
CHAPTER XVII

The Beginning CT the End
However much the Hatch people
may have wanted to avoid publicity
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
tiII::L-P WANTED

WANTED Girl In the country. In
quirc at This Office.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
LOS T

LOST-Bunch of keys between Mers
Hall and his home. Finder please
notify this office.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-16
AU1OmOBILE9
FOR RENT /

FOR RENT Clean, pleasant rooms,
by day or week. Gates Hotel, La
Sale and Mill St..
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
WILL NOT DISMISS
PROHIBITION AGENT

Washington, Dec. 4.-Formal an
nouncement of the exoneration of
. General Prohibition Agent Henson of
Savannah of the charge of making a
raid on home in that city without a
warrant was made tonight by Com
missioner Haynes. A full report f
the Henson case was said to have been
made to President Harding and to
Secretary Mellon by Mr.. Haynes be-
fore final decision on the matter was
reached by prohibition headquarters.
Agent Henson was charged with en-
tering the home of Miss Bessie Gar
den of Savannah about two weeks ago
without warrant while searching for
illegal liquor. Protest against Agent
Henson's condust was lodged with
President Harding by Mayor Stewart
of Savannah. Agent Henson in his
report of the affair declared he had
warrant to ses rch a building in the
rear Of Miss Gardens home and only
passed through her house to reach
the object of his search. ~,
: After very thorough invesiga-
tion," Mr.. Haynes said, "and consid-
Grafton of all evidence in hand, the
facts disclosed do not warrant the dis
missal of General Prohibition Agent
Henson of Savannah, Ca"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
Today's Cotton Market
Shriners' Banquet
Tomorrow Night

The Union Shrine club will hold
their second annual banquet in the
Armory of Company "E" tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock.
An appetizing menu has been pre-
pared by the ladies of Martha Chap
ter, No. 70, Order Eastern Star, for
the Nobility of Union County and
their lady friends.
Every Shriner is cordially invited to
attend and requested to appear in full
dress, with red bow tie. and tine official
head-dress of the Shrine, the red red
fez. The ladies are requested to wear
a white fez barring the name of the
Temple of their friend.
The First South Carolina Regi-
mental Band will furnish the music
for this occasion. This is a splendid
band of 26 pieces played by real mu-
sicians under the leadership of Noble
William w. Goforth.
This function promises to be the
best feast not only in the history of
Union Shrinedom but the best ever
held in this section of the Piedmont.
Noble o. Frank Hart, Past Poten-
tate of Omar Temple, will be among
the Out-of-town guests.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
MANY TO QUIT
PACKING PLANT

Chicago. Dec. 4.--Forty- thou
sand union workers employed in pack
ing plants throughout the country will
strike tomorrow in protest against
wage reductions, averaging 10 per
cent, authorized by plant assemblies
under the shop representation plan in
the packing industry, according to Of
ficials of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen of North
America, which authorized the strike.
Spokesman for the packers tonight
expressed the belief that 95 per cent
of the workers will be on the Job
tomorrow and asserted that the walk
out will not seriously affect the opera
ton of the plants. Representatives of
the five large packers said that only
small percentage of the workers
were organized and that positions
made vacant by strikers will be filled
Immediately.
Two hundred policemen, including
mounted police, motorcycle squadron,
patrolmcn and plain clothes men, have
been assigned to strike duty and were
ordered TO appear at the Chicago stock
yards tomorrow morning at $40
O'Clock. 20 minutes before the official
strike call goes into effect and union
picEets take up their posts.
Four largely attended meetings of
packing employees were held here to-
day. At principal gathering Cor
neiius Hayes, international president
of the Butcher Workmcn's union, rcit-
Grated previous statements in which
he condemned the plant representation
plan, asserting that the socalled en-
ployces' representatives were in real
ity designated by the packers and that
If they advocated the interests of the
workers in the plant conferences they
would love their positions.
"If the workers agree to accept the
recent wage cut it will be only mat
ter of a short time before the packers
announce another slash in pay" he de-
clared
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
FRANK AMMONS
DIED SATURDAY

Frank Ammons died in Wallace
Thomson hospital at $3.50 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon and was buried in the
Gallman graveyard near Bethlehem
church.
Mr.. Ammons was stricken with ap-
pendicitis, and brought last week to
the hospital. The operation was per-
formed, but from the first the odds
were against him, the disease having
progressed too far.
He was 80 years of age, and was
born in Marshall, N. C. He was a
resident of Union county for the past
16 years. He married Miss Belle
Gallman in 1912, and is survived by
his wife ard three children, and by
his father, w. E. Ammons, and one
sister, Miss Julia Ammons and three
brothers, j. c., Fred and George Am
mons.
The funeral was conducted at the
home by Rev. J. B. Chick and after
wards the Improved Order of Red
Men took charge of the burial ser
vices.
The death of Mr.. Ammons is great
ly regretted, and his loved ones have
many friends who sympathize with
them in their bereavement.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
Permanent Choral
Club For Union

The Spartanburg Festival Associa-
tion with Prof. Bennett, head of the
voice department of Converse College
and director of the festival, has. asked
Union and the lis
radius of % miles Of Spartanburg %
join the festival choral club forces.
Prof. Bennett desires to organize q
permanent club Of over 800 members.
He believes that he can get good re-
suits by using permanent residents of
the community. The training received
now will lap over into future years
and will finally create a chorus of un-
usual size and beauty.
With Miss Kathrin Layton as or
ganiZer and Miss Nell Curlee as
coach the Union branch of the organi-
zatior is well under way.
There is ali opinion prevalent that
fine voice is necessary to member
ship: this is not true 1t is the ear
nest desire Of Prof. Bennett and the
local people most interested that it be
strictly democratic music organiza-
ton. With no strings attached to
membership except love for music
and desire for broader musical
education and a capacity for work
Those intcreStcd are requested to
meet at the First Baptist church Tues
day evening at 6 o'clock to go to Con-
verse college for the initial rehearsal.
1t is absolutely necessary and impor-
tant that all who intend to become
members this year, to go to this re-
hearsal or if there is any reason why
you cannot go, please notify Miss
Kathrin Layton phone 270-W, so your
seat and score can be reserved. This
is the last chance to become a men,
Der Of the chorus this year.
The local club will meet at home
once week, the time and place to be
determined az the first rehearsal. This
rehearsal is to be held Thursday, De-
cembcr 8, at the Piano Studio at the
Central School building, at which time
permanent officers will be chosen.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
NIGHT RIDERS
FLOG AGED MAN

Columbus, Ga, Dec. 4.-With a
shotgun wound in his right lung, the
body of Stanley Greene was found to-
day short distance from Girad, Ala.
Almost simultaneously, it was learned
here that party of night riders last
night severely fiogged M. C. White,
65, 13 miles from this city, and that
Emery Wilkinson, his 14-year-old
grandson, had been shot twice in de-
Tending him and had in turn shot one
of the attackers.
When Greene's body was found by
a small negro, an empty pistol holster
was strapped around his waist and
he was bareheaded. His wife made
the statement that he had left her last
night to attend to "some business"
and was supposed to have returned
within two hours, but failed to appear
Girard citizens, visiting the scene
where Greene's body was found, ex-
pressed the opinion that theman had
been killed elsewhere and his corpse
thrown by the roadside. A coroner's
jury is making an investigation of
ttkilling.
Young Wilkinson is said to have
pleaded with the night riders not to
injure his grandfather and was shot
in both legs while speaking. He threw
the shotgun he held in his hand to
his shoulder and fired twice at one of
his assailants, he told Columbus ply
sicians who attended him, and was
certain at least one of the charges
had taken effect.
Both he and his grandfather are in
serious condition, physicians assert
ed. The aged man stated that he
could give no reason for the attack
made upon him by the night riders,
most of whom are said to have been
masked. Greene was a car Inspector
in the Central of Georgia railroad
yards here.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
MISTRIAL I'm
ARBUCKLE CASE

San Francisco. Dec, 4.-After 4,
hours of deliberation the mrv. com.
posed of seen men and five women
which tried Roscoe {. Arbuckle On :,
charge of manslaughter in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappc. was
discharged today when it was unable
to agree upon a verdict.
The jury was brought into court at
its own request at noon. reported =
disagreement and asked that it be dis
missed.
August Fritzc. foreman of the
Arbuckle jury, issued a signed state
ment tonight saying that one of the
women jurors, who was in the mi
nority,' refused to consider the cvi-
dcnce from the beginning and declared
that "she would cast her ballot and
would not change it until hell frozn
over"
There were two Jurors who votod
for conviction according to Fritzc. III.
statement follows:
81 make this statement as a dutv f.,
the public.
"There was a tacit undcrstond;ru
that the members of the iurv wouId
not make individual statements 7
have learned since that n number Of
them have, however, done so. and 7
believe, as foreman, that it is well for
those interested in the administration
of justice that the citizens of San
Francisco should have tbo fact.
"The ten members of the iurv who
voted on the last ballot for acouittal
felt that they voted on the evidence.
fully considering it all. One of thr
two minority refused to consider tbo
evidence from the beginning and said
at the opening of the proceedings
that she would cast her ballot and
would not change it until hell fro.
over. The other was fluctuatng. some
times casting a blank ballot. some
times voting for the defense and some
times voting for the prosecution.
Considering all the evidence. it
seemed to US that the prosecution,s
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
Big Pumpkin

NJ. M. Martin had pumpkin on ex-
hibition last week that weighed SO
pounds, and it was plenty big to make
coach for Cinderella.
"Uncle Nose" has been planting
this variety of pumpkin for several
years but has never grown one quite
so huge before. He says if pumpkins
will grow so fine with very little work
then other vegetables, if coaxed along,
will feed the family and some to
spare.
Let's all try next year and have a
vegetable garden.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
Eof the COM
.ossibility of
.olidation Of

organization in departments and in
stitutions, through the central pur-
chasig Of supplies, through improve
ments in the states fiscal system, and
through better operating procedure.
After carefully considering condi-
tions as found in each separate de-
partment, commission, board, and in
stitution, the committee concluded
that the appropriations for 1922 might
be decreased by another half million
in this manner. In this case the COM
mittee points out the savings will not
be for 1922 only but will continue
year after year indefinitely. Members
expressed the further opinion that
closer financial control according to a
plan which will be presented to the
legislature may be expected to pre-
vent any rapid and unreasonable in
crease in the cost of state government
during the prosperous years which the
committee believes will in the course
of time be experienced again in South
Carolina.-The State.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-05
MORSE PREPARES
TO RETURN HOME

Havre, Dec. 4.-"Well, that settles
it; will sail tomorrow for home"
Thus spoke Charles w. Morse today
when shown a dispatch printed in a
newspaper stating that United States
Attorney General Daugherty desired
the shipbuilder to take passage on the
first boat out of Havre.
Mr.. Morse said he had received no
reply to his request to the attorney
general for permission to remain in
France until January 5, either from
Mr.. Daugherty himself or from the
American embassy in Paris. He add
ed that he had requested Police Com
missioner-in-Chief Fabiani to call at
the Continental hotel tomorrow at
$50 o'clock and accompany him to
the French line offices and book his
passage, as he desired to board the
liner before luncheon and prior to the
arrival of the boat trains at Havre
from Paris.
81 should go back on that boat to-
morrow even if I were indicted for
murder" said Mr.. Morse to the cor
respondent. GAS matters stand now I
don't even know whether I am indict-
ed at ALL"
The shipbuilder added that as soon
as matters were settled satisfactorily
in Washington he would return to Eu-
rope, as he must see Professor Ma
chiafava, 3he Italian specialist, re-
garding his illness.
The notoriety given him by deten-
ton and the presence of the swarm
of French newspaper men and belated
American correspondents arriving in
Havre today made him more irritable
than usual. He declared he would
decline to see anyone from now on.
In giving his reason for desiring to
maintain privacy Mr.. Morse said to
the correspondent: ~ was afraid, my
health would brea down completely
under the strain. 1t would be a most
unfortunate thing for me should suf7
ferta collapse at this stage of the pros
.ceedings hwich would prevent me
from returning to the United States