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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-04
WEATHER
One MILLION ACRES OF LAND
SUBMERGED BY FLOOD WATERS

Vicksburg, Miss, May 3.-One mil
lion acres-25 per cent under cultiva-
tion-indundated to a depth of from
three to ID feet of water-covering
and rapidly disintegrating farm build
ings, refugees housed in box cars,
tents and railroad stations and here
and there more persistent house
holder sticking to his dwelling despite
the tapping of the water against the
thresholds, viewed from the windows
OF u special train which plowed it's
way through two feet of backwater
for a distance Of 25 miles from Carey
to Vicksburg, gave the congressional
delegation surveying the ravages of
the swollen Mississippi a vivid insight
today into the tragedy of the river
flood.
Today's journey, the third day of
the tour began at Memphis Monday,
was through the back water" spread
ing over the Yazoo basin from Bruins
wick Gap-an uncompleted stretch of
the Mississippi river levee system
north of Vicksburg and through the
Yazoo river.
From Carey, at present the north
ern limits of the inland overflow. to
Nicksburg, it was much the same
sight, abandoned farm houses, here
and there knoll of high ground
crowded with corralled live stock, q
raft moving to the neighboring hills
or Il inht &c 4
up household goods and refugees and
at intervals house built on "stilts'
with the occupants holding thei
ground, making the best of the situ;
ton, and apparently determined
stick it out.
Box cars, top floors of cotton g
railroad stations and loading
forms and tents pitched on the riC
which dot the generally fiat lowl.
now are housing several thousand
ugees, with the number expecte,
appreciably increase as the W.,
rises and spreads further.
Approximately 1000 are being
cared for in box cars, 800 of which
have been distributed on sdingS at
central points along the line of the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad
in the overhower area.
Members of the congressional par
ty left the river commission steamer
Mississippi, aboard which the greater
part Of the tour is being made, at
Greeneville early today, and after an
automobile ride to Leland for a view
of neighboring plantations, curtailed
by a heavy rainstorm, boarded spe-
cial train at the latter town for the
rail trip through the flooded sections
to Vicksburg.
After visit to the National park
here and a luncheon the party re-
boarded the Mississippi for contin-
uation of the southwark journey.
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A Musical Program

A musical program and play will
he given by the members of the Help
ing Hand society Monday evening
May 9Th, at the Buffalo Community
Theatre. The program is as follows
Choir-"Sunny Tennessee"
Vocal solo-Miss Ethel West.
Reading-Miss Miller.
Vocal duet-Miss Louise West, Mr.
Joe West.
Chorus-Peggy O'Neal.
Quartette.
Reading Miller.
Instrumental solo-Mrs. Grady
Cash.
Play-"Mrs. Busby's Pink Tea
Cast of characters: Mrs. Busby, Miss
Inez Wilburn; Mrs. Dashleigh, Mrs
George Cash; Miss Mary Busby, Mis-:
Ethel West; Mrs. Hightone, Miss Lou
ise West; Mrs. Upperten, Mrs. Rober
L. Coleman; Mrs. Wiseacre, Mrs. Johr
D. Jones; Annette (the maid), Lower
Sumner. Eight o'clock p. m. Pubic
is invited. Admission, 15c and 25c.
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Conservation of Gas
49,. zes ). Z s.sss.is thA Sssai

Kansas City, Mo-, May 4.-Conser-
walton of gas will be the keynote of
discussions at the 18th annual conven-
ton of the Natural Gas Association
of America, scheduled to be held here
May 1918, according to the announce
ment of Leslie B. Denning, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, president of the organi-
cation. Delegates are expected from
all parts of the country, including the
middle-western states, the productive
fields of Texas, Wyoming, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, Kansas and as far west as
California and from Eastern fields.
Several prominent men in the gas
industry are on the program for dis
cussion of such subjects as standard
ization," "The Indeterminate Fran
chise," Conservation" What the
Natural Gas Companies Are Doing to
Help the Consumer Get the Greatest
Value From His Natural Gas Serv-
ice," and various phases Of gas pro-
duction and distribution.
Open forum discussions in charge
of chairman for each subject will
be held on the following topics: Pro-
duction, Transmission, Distribution
and Public Relations.
The convention activities are de.
signed for all classes of gas workers
and many employees of the gas COM
panies, as well as company officials
ere expected to attend, President Den
ming announced.
Large exhibits of field equipment
and household appliances will be open
to the public during the convention
with the announced purpose of i'm
pressing the gas men with the
thought that they must work in close
harmony with the patron and appli
ance maker.
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Cedar Hill School Closes

The scholastic year of Cedar Hill
graded school was brought to close
by the commencement exercises OF
the evenings of May l and 2. The
untiring efforts of its two faithful
teachers, Misses Ada Betsill anC
Gertrude Orr were greatly rewarded
On the night of May lst gooc
crowd of the parents and friends
gathered together for the purpose OF
seeing the little folks participate in
recitations, dialogues and songs
Each and every little child deserves
credit for the part each contributed
to make it success.
On the night of May End, the grad
uation exercise was given. Miss Ada
Bestill presided, and it seemed thai
her part on the program was really
a part of her.
There were two graduates, Misses
Ethel and Mary Greer. Their part
of the program was well carried out
rejecting credit upon themselves
their teachers, their school and com
munity.
The first speaker of the evening
was Rev. w. A. Stephenson, of Wes
Springs. His speech was full of ad
vice and instruction, which is ex
cellent to be remembered for man!
years. He laid down the plan for tn,
graduate to follow as did the He
brew carpenter, who went upon thu
mountain and laid down plans where
by we today are successfully achiev
ing success in this world.
Rev. l.. l.. Wagnon, of Union, was
next introduced He carried us bacl
to our childhood days when we, too
sat arrayed in our pomp and splen
dor as we received our certificate!
and diplomas. He also paid a glow
ing tribute to the motherhood Of oul
country, one that will long reign su
preme in the hearts of both old ant
young who were fortunate enough t,
hear him.
The last speaker of the evening
was Mr.. j. Franklin Spears, of Darl
ington, S. C. He chose for his sub
;ect one very appropriate to the oc
casion, and one to be remembered b!
all, "Do Unto Others as ye Woult
Have Them do Unto you:" He tolt
them their ups and downs through
life, of their many encouragement:
and obstacles, advising them that il
their college career it would take per
sistency and stick-to-it-iveness e
win He is an eloquent speaker.
Too much praise and credit canno
be given Misses Betsill and Orr
They have had most successful
year. Their work marks new er;
in the life of Cedar Hill grade
school.
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ATTENTION GIVEN
MUSCLE SHOALS

Washington, May 3.-Investigatior
oy the senate agriculture Committee
of the private offers for devslSpmen,
of the power and nitrate propefties al
Muscle Shoals proceeded today more
expeditiously than at any sprevious
time. At the suggestion of Senate,
Norris, committee chairman, ina patl
was cleared for equally speeaF prog.
ress by the committee until thb inves.
tigation is concluded and a rsbort nm
the oHers prepared for the senate it.
self.
The committee decided to extend it's
session into the afternoon ana work
even while the senate was in.sessior
upon the proposals pending Before II
for study and report. To make the
decision at once effective, Me com.
mittee room in the senate offiSe build.
ing was abandoned and the 1earines
were transferred to roomylin the
capitol. Thus it was made possible fo,
senators to keep in touch with bust.
ness in the senate chamber md con.
tinue committee sessions at the same
time, allowing double the time tc
Muscle Shoals affairs in the future as
has been given previously.
The first result of the double ses-
sion program was to permit two wit.
nesscs to conclude their settlements
today. They were w. B. Mayo, chiet
engineer for Henry Ford, and ]. o
Mammitt, vice president ofsthe All
Nitrate corporation of New York q
subsidiary of the Americana Cynana
mid company. ID Ill
Mr.. Mayo concluded Three da,
analysis of the offer Mr.. Ford made
for purchase and lease of the Muscle
Shoals project by declining the invi
tation of Senator Norris to ;criticist
the other offers, including that made
by the Alabama Power company
Frederick Engstrum, Charles Par
sons and the bill for government con
troll and development of the! proper
ties drawn by Senator Norris.
Mr.. Hammitt declared the govern
ment would violate solemn agree
ment" if it accepted the Ford or an,
other offer involving ownership O
nitrate plant No. 2. E
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NEGRO in AIKEN
GIVEN LIFE TERM

Aiken, May 3.-The court of gen
eral sessions which convened here
Monday morning with Judge H. F.
Rice of Aiken presiding is holding a
very busy session. The court is sched-
uled for two weeks and it is quite like
ly that it will run the full time and
that the docket will not then be clear
ed.
A number of pleas of guilty have
been taken. The first jury case was
that of Platt Moseley, for violation of
the prohibition law. Judge Rice SEN
fenced Moseley to five months on the
chaingang without the alternative of
fine. He was tried by jury.
The case of George Rivers consum-
ed nearly two days. Rivers was
charged with wrec.Sing the A. G. l..
train on the morning of May 20, last
year, when Engineer Joe Temples was
killed short distance from Augusta
on the South Carolina side of the riv-
err, on the Augusta and Sumter line
It will be recalled that the spikes, for
the length of rail were removed
with bar and the rail was pushed
in about 18 inches, causing the train
to roll down an embankment, turning
over couple of times and killing the
engineer. The defense was an alibi
but the jury did not see it that way
and Rivers was found guilty of mur-
der with recommendation to mercy
which means life imprisonment. The
jury in this case stayed in the room
only about ten minutes.
8 The case of H. P. Dyches, charged
with the killing of one of the Craigs
in this county, is scheduled to come
up tomorrow morning. 1t is expected
that this case will consume a couple
of daps. A great deal of interest has
been manifested and the court room
was crowded today in anticipation of
this trial beginning.
The grand jury yesterday found a
true bill against w. R. Demore of Au-
gusta, charged with murder in the
shooting of Mrs. Essie Hays of Au-
gusta. Demore is out on bond and the
trial is expected to come up next
uoalc
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Insanity Legal
Grounds for Divorce :?

Paris, May 3.-The bill introduced
in The Chamber of Deputies by Andre
Tardieu and George Almond making
insanity legal ground for divorce
has met with considerable opposition.
The bill provides that husband or
wife should be entitled to bring an
action for divorce after the person to
whom he or she was married had been
detained for three years in recog-
niZed lunatic asylum and if compe.
tent medical authorities declared the
patient was mentally deficient beyono
hope of recovery.
The measure is opposed on the
ground that no physician is sufficient
ly infallible to be able to state that
case is hopeless beyond recovery.
Confirmed opponents of all changes
in the French divorce laws are draw
ing distressing pictures of the "in-
durable patient recovering and re-
turing to the bosom of his family to
find his wife married again.
Andre Tardieu, one Of the authors
of the bill, was a member of the last
cabinet of Premier Clemenceau and
was French High Commissioner in
America during the world war.
Insanity was a ground for divorce
in France 100 years ago. In Ger
many, Switzerland and other coun-
tries it is considered legitimate
grounds FOR divorce although the
laws vary in important particulars
in each country.
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Bishop Atkinson
Addresses Conference

Hot Springs, Ark, May 4.-The
nineteenth conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, got
down to business today with the views
Of the bishops before the delegates as
presented in the quadrennium Episco-
pal address of Bishop James Atkinson
of Nashville. The message dealt with
divorce, condemned lynching and ad-
vocated stronger state laws to curb
it. He declared that Christian edu
cation was secondary to Christian
character and upheld the prohibition
act and declared too much ragtime
and too little sacred music was en-
couraged in the homes.
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Auxiliary to Meet

There will be meeting of the
auxiliary of the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock at the church parlors.
Every member is urged to be pres
ent as business of great Importance is
to be transacted.
The hour has been changed for
meeting and the members are urged
to note the change.
Mrs. B. B. James,
Secretary.
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Dinner For Old Soldiers

The dinner for the old soldiers to
be given Saturday is the finest ever.
The William Wallace chapter has used
every effort to make the day joyous
one and looking for sunshine.
The parade forms at the high school
at 1920 o'clock and cars will convey
the boys of the COS to the Rialto the
atre where Col. ]. Rion McKissick
will address them and then to the ban
quet hall for the feast.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the exercises both Saturday
and Memorial Day.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-04

w. C.. Ikenberry will not return to
Columbia high school next year, ac-
cording to the published list of teach
ers who will return for the session
1922-'23. A. C. Flora returns to Co
lumba as principal of the high school
Both of these teachers are well known
in Union where they taught for sew
eral years and have hosts of friends
here who are interested in their wei
fare.
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Burris Furniture Co.'s
Stock Sold

Paul E. Wilburn, Trig Tinsley and
J. T. Bradley bought the stock of w.
II. Burris Furniture Co. at the sale
yesterday, the purchase price being
$4,000, that being the highest bid at
the sale.
The purchasers will, on Friday
night, open up an auction sale that
will continue until everything in the
building is sold. They will have to va
cate the building in very short
while. Trig Tinsley will be the auc-
toner, and he says he is going to
make the sale interesting.
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Mitcheil-Harris

Miss Della Mitchell of Monarch and
Mr.. J. H. Harris of Lockhart were
united in the bonds of holy matrimony
on Wednesday evening, May Sd, 1922
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. L. L. Wagnon, at his home, "a
South Church street, in the city of
Union.
Accompanying the happy young
people were quite bevy of friends
and relatives who are joined by their
scores of friends and acquaintance in
good wishes for happiness as they en-
bark on the journey of life together.
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Babe Ruth in Hospital

New York, May 3.-Babe Ruth, the
home-run king, had his tonsils re-
moved. The nurses said he was doing
nicely. Mrs. Ruth is expected to be
operated on later in the day at the
same hospital. The doctors decline to
name her malady.
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Premier Lenine Might Accept

Genoa, May 4.-Soviet representa-
tives announced the terms of the AL
lied note of Russian telegraph to Mos
cow says the Exchange Telegraph,
adding Premier Lenine might accept,
demanding simultaneously full recog-
milton.
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w. H. Wilburn of Cross Keys, who
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis at Wallace Thomson hospital last
week, is steadily improving and will
soon be able to return home.
Mrs. j. Frost Walker has as her
house guest, Mrs. C. j. Milling, of
Darlington, president Of the State U.
d. C. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Farr are
entertaining at brilliant reception
in her honor at the latter's home.
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Night Shirt to be
Stylish Again

Chicago, May 4.-Fathers' night
shirts, perhaps even fuzzy one with
pink stripes and a split on each side
is coming back, along with suspenders,
sleeveholders, solid square toed rub
bers, according to the mems fashion
forecast of the United National Cloth
iclrs convention.
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MACHINE GUNS BEING USED
BY CHINESE in BATTLES

Peking, May 4.-The troops of Gen
WI Pei Flu, the central Chinese lead
er, have surrounded Peking. Gen
Changes army has scattered. Railroad
traffic is suspended owing to hostili-
ties. Almost all the plans regarding
China made at Washington conference
have been suspended.
Peking, May (By the Associated
Press).-Gen. WI Pei Flu was report
ed this evening to have arrived near
Machang, and the railroad south of
Tientsin, to take personal command
of the operations against the troops
of Chang Tsao-lin on that section of
the battle front. Late reports are to
the effect that Chang Tsao-lin is
heavily reinforcing his troops in that
region with men of all arms and the
indications are that Machang will be
the center of intense fighting. Artil-
lery duels already have commenced
over wide front. General WI, if he
actually takes command there, will
have facing him the 25-year-old son of
Chang Tsao-lin.
Foreign military observers with the
Chi Ii forces report that WI Pei Flu
recently has been directing the opera
tions at Changsintien in an endeavor
to get good results out of General
Tso Kun's poor troops, pending the
arrival of Gen. Fen Yut Siang's
forces, which began to reach Paoting-
Flu on the railway south of Peking
Tuesday. The reports are to the eff
feet that WI Pei Fu's own troops have
not participated in the fighting at
Changsintien.
The heavy bombardment that has
been in progress at various points has
depleted the stores of big ammunition
and the fighting is now mainly with
machine guns and rifles. At some
places there has been lull in the
battle.
On the middle of the front the
troops of Chang Tsao-lin have re-
captured Kuan. Wounded from that
region say the fighting was heavy
during the past few days, often at
close quarters. The tide of battle
was continuously changing until the
/. arrival of Changes reinforcement
turned the, scale.
A dispatch received here from Tien-
: tsin says reinforeements fors Chang's
army near Machang detrained midway
between Peking and Machang and
marched southwark toward the Hun
river, where fighting took place on the
western bank of the stream. The cab
met here announces that it has receiv-
ed message from the governor of
Shantung, saying that 10000 Man
churian soldiers had landed in Shan
tung, having been transported from
Manchuria by sea.
Admiral Joseph Strauss, command
er of the American Asiatic fleet, ac-
companied by the naval attaches, Wis
tied the front in the foothills west of
Peking today. The artillery fire was
observable few miles to the south
ward. Columns of smoke were rising
from the town of Changsintien in con-
sequence of an airplane bombardment
there this morning.
Trains of camels were seen carry
ing munitions across the river. Evi-
dence observed Of the five days OF
fighting were the carrying off the field
Of wounded and the burying of the
dead. The observers noted the car
casses of camels, with cannon strap
ped to their sides, having been killed
while conveying the guns to the front
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Republicans Victorious

Indianapolis, May 3.-Additional
precincts received from Tuesday,
primary in the senatorial race only
served to increase the lead of Albert
J. Beveridge over Senator Harry S.
New. Beveridge's majority is $4,000
All republican congressional incum-
bents contcnding for denomination arc
victorious. In the Democratic con-
gressional campaign II of the 13 d.5-
tricts are decided.
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TODAY'S COTTON MARKET

From the summit of mountain in
Glacier National Park, one can toss a
pebble into waters which fiow into
Hudson Bay to the north, the Pacific
Ocean to the west and the Gulf of
Mexico to the south. The United
States Geographical Board has christ
ened the three small creeks original
ing at that point, Pacific, Atlantic and
Hudson Bay creeks.
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Castles-Hill

Miss Edith Castles of Smyrna, S. c.,
and Mr.. w. E. Hill of Cross Keys
were united in marriage at the home
of the officiating minister, Rev. Lewis
M. Rice, Union, S. c., May 3, 1922.
The bride is one of the popular
teachers in the Sedalia high school
The good wishes of large circle of
friends will follow them through life
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Fine Roses

William Mcdaniel brought The
Times bunch of gorgeous roses this
morning-the largest ones we ever
saw.
Mr.. Mcdaniel is a great gardener
and has wonderful luck making things
grow.
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Picnic and Barbecue

There will be a school picnic and
free barbecue dinner at Gault's school
house Saturday, May 9Th.
All patrons of school and friends
and relatives of patrons come and
bring picnic basket and enjoy some
splendid hash