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V v * FAIRFIELD LOCALS V % \ VVVVVVV^VVV No doubt it has been a long t^me since you have had a letter from this vicinity, and most of you who xead it will wonder who wrote it. It is just one of the old local correspondents starting anew and hope all who read these locals will enjoy them We had a nice shower of rain Mon day afternoon which cooled off the atmosphere but not enough to heip late corn any. fhe meeting will begin at Long J&)ne Friday morning of this week. There will be two sermons Saturday and Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Robinson ?f Due West is to do the preaching. Little Nora Lee Young spent SunAy with her aunt, Mrs. Fannie McCasfan. \i Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowens of Jacksonville, Fla., are here on a visit with home folks, Mr. W. R. Bowens^ Mrs. M. A. Bowens and the Misses GrenrelL and Mrs. D. A. Young and one, Joseph Abner spent the ?nk~end in Bordeaux with friends Ind relatives. i Mr. John Spence called on relatives at Bethia Sunday. His sister, Miss Mary returned with him after spending a week very pleasantly with her aausin, Miss Julia Belle Beauford. Mr. J. A. Young of South Greenvood is here visiting friends and relatives in and near Troy. Messrs. T. F. Langley and Robert Creswell were business visitors to Abbeville one day last week. Mr. Max B. Moore of Abbeville is dawn for a visit with his cousin, Mr. W. R. Bowens. Quite a number of, people from sear here attended the centennial at Lebanon last Wednesday. They all reported a fine time, good speakers, fine music and singing. They had plenty of hash and bread and picnic dinner in abundance. pV Mr- James Brown spent a few iMjs last week with his cousin, Mr. OBn Beauford at Bethia. Misses Grace, Isabelle and Melnse Dansby of Bethia are in Aufuta visiting relatives. Mrs. E. C. Young and children nfled Saturday to see Mrs. S. T. Yoang and daughter, Miss Maggie, who has been sick for quite a while. Mrs. Young has not yet regained her speech. We wish for her a speedy rei>\ aovery. Mrs. J. M. Spence called Monday Xo see her sister, Miss Zellie Langley. Mr. J. A. Brown spent a while Wanisy with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crawford. Messrs. J. W. Long and Thos. F. oj/cu* a lew uuura very jleasantly with Mr. Joe Young Sun# r Mr~ Oliver Reese Young and sister; Miss Lyndell, spent Sunday at &e home of their grandmother, Mrs. H. A. Bowens. CONDON PRINTERS VOTE ; N DOWN WAGE REDUCTION . 4 - London, Aug. 13?London printers voted overwhelmingly against acceptance of the proposed reduction of 10 ritifings a week in their wages. 1/4 " I WANTS * WANTED?The housekeepers to know that the curb market is the place to buy the freshest vegetables, the best eggs and the fattest doekens at the cheapest price. Open is store room next door to Euzeka hotel at 9 o'clock every Tilesday morning. Demonstration Clut Council. 8, 12-3tcol ' 1 1 TRANSFER?299 Fop public ser ice c^r call 299, or I can be founc around Court House. Will mak( Urips to near-by towns. H. 0 Eryant, Phone 299. FOR SALE?One Hughes Electri* .Range, with four discs and oven. Louis J. Bristow. 8, 8-tf.-^ fOR SALE?Six room house oi Cfarrch street. Blectric lights vnAvr and sewerage. Extra larg R * See Dr. Neuffer. 8-3 c JO* SALE?Best quality cream a <0 cents a pint, also fresh eggs Phone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. 4-lt FIVE MILLION NOW OOI OF WORK UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN UNITED STATES? MANUFACTURING AND MECHANICS SHOW HIGHEST NUMBER OF LOAFERS. . Washington, Aug. 16.?Best estimate available at this time show thai 5,735,000 persons are out of employment in the United States, Sec retary of Labor Davis reported tc the senate today in response to e resolution calling for figures. In presenting the report, Mr. Davis said the estimates had been compiled at his direction by Ethelberl Stewart, commissioner of labor statis ^ics but it was impossible to give ar ^stfmate of the number of former service men now out of work. ; It was practically impossible, thf to/iratorr nrrnto +r? tret. AVACt. fitTUreS OtVl&Wttij "*vvv vw ?c The total, as given, he added, related to the difference in the number ol "employees carried on pay rolls lasl month as compared with the peak oi employment in 1920. Manufacturing and mechanical industries, including building trades, showed the highesl percentage of unemployment, the es, timate being 3,900,000, the reporl said. Other industries listed were mining, training, trade and clerica workers and domestic and persona service. FIVE STILLS IN ONE DAY JN FORMER DRY COUNT! Officers Made Record Raid iln the Sand Hills of Marlboro County. Bennettsville Advocate. Sheriff Weatherly, Deputy Hyati and Rural Policemen Jackson anc Chavis rounded up five stills in on< day Tuesday, and got three of th< supposed operators, 300 to 400 gal Ions of beer and a gallon or two oi whiskey, in Smithville township. One of the stills was back of th< house of Walter ,Langley. He was arrested. Another still was found in a barr at Mrs. Addie Rainwater's and still another in a ditch near her house and a gallon of liquor in her house She was also placed under arrest. Another still was found at the home of Allison Jacoibs. The officers got Jacobs and the still. The fifth still was found on a farm rented (by Lawrence Quick, at the Everett place. The parties arrested gave bond for their appearance in Magistrate Gibson's court, upon his return from Elleifl>e Springs. BAD DAY FOR HOBOES Eleven Taken From Train and Sent To Jail Eleven hoboes were taken from a Seaboard, freight train last Saturday morning and later in the day were sentenced by Judge Grogan, of the city court of Elberton, to pay a fine of $25 each or work three months on the chaingang. Two of them were negroes and nine were whites, All of them were young. Two stated that they had deserted from tht navy, and the officers wired to U. S authorities to ascertain if the confessions were true. One of the , white boys was a grandson of an El< i bert county citizen. The two negroes . gave their names as Orphus Harris ; and Charlie Snodgrass. The whit< . boys gave their names as M. ?. Lee . W. B. Pendleton, Otis Farrar, J. C . Daley, C. A. Lyons, P. McGinnis, R > E. Harsey, A. P. George, 'H. D. Wil . son.?Elberton Star. ^ . ASKS GOVERNMENT L LOAN FOR FARMERS 5 Washington, Aug. 16.?Govern ment loans to farmers of the Soutl to tide them over until they cai ; market theiij cotton crops was urgei today by Martin Amorous, Mariet e ta, Ga., before the congressiona - committee investigating agricultura l conditions. i, If advances were made to the ex e tent of 25 cents per pound, he said cotton growers now facing bank - ruptcy not only would again be pu t on a sound financial basis but busi u ness conditions generally in th f South would improve. WGRIFFIN TO I , DIE SEPTEMBER 21 m I DR. LAWTON LIPSCOMB'S SLAY- \ ER GETS QUICK SENTENCE ? I MONDAY?JURY OUT TEN MINUTES?JUDGE GARY PRO- J NOUNCES SENTENCE. [ Witih a mirthless smile, Pink Grif- | t fin, convicted of the murder of Dr. | Lawton C. Lipscomb, received at ? - 12:30 today, the sentence to die Iby ? > electrocution between the hours of ? i one a. m. and 12 p. m. on Friday, ? September 2. As soon as Judge F. B. j Gary, presiding over the special term . of court of general sessions, ordered t j oy Hfovernor uooper, naa prnuunceu . the sentence on Griffin, the negro l leaned slightly over the docket r.vil . and muttered to Eural Policeman J. I T. McDowell, standing near him, I > that he had made his peace with God. [ . Taking testimony was concluded at ? [ 11:55 and the jury retired. At 12:05, ? ' exactly ten minutes afterward, they ? t returned a verdict of guilty of mur- j der in the first degree. I r : In the vast throng that jostled and 1 : (pushed for a place to stand inside I t. the Court House this morning, not a C sign of disorder could be seen. When ? I - - * . . . P t j the pnsoner was forougnt into court, ^ J there was not a sound and the sen- j 1 j tence was received with a death1 like silence. Judge 'Gary before adjourning court expressed his appreciation of the good order and decared that the people of Greenwood - county deserved great credit for their forbearance in allowing the law , to take its course. He also paid a tribute to the efficiency of the officers of the law in maintaining order. .The crowd that filled the Court House today was the largest since Greenwood has been a county, at^ torneys who have practiced here * since the county was organized, deJ clared. A seething mass of human5 ix__ j ?j i?i ny snvveu anu pusueu iur awmuuig room in the sweltering heat of the sj ^ court room, from which every ves- S tige of Ibreeze was excluded iby'the a J men-^filled windows. Seats were 3 5 made for women inside the railing 4 and standing men almost blocked the " 1 judge's view of the grand jury. Men ' crouched around the judge's de9k, s : sat on edge of tables, improvised bottoms for broken chairs, sat in the witness stand until that was cleared ! by the sheriff, and occupied every 1 inch of standing room in the build- 7 ing. Only a handful of toegroes was ^ 1 present, sitting far back in the rear ! of the court room. The figures of men could dimly be outlined in the ^ ' cavelike ibalcony on the sotfth side ^ ! of the building. So great was the 1 heat that one was almost overcome . and had to be led through the throng ^ by the sheriff to the open air out- .. u. side. fi After the order for the court sign: ed by Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary, ? had been read, and grand and petit v l jurors polled, the accused man was u r led into the court room. His appear- j( ance was greeted with silence. Noth- j( ing 'but the whirr of the electric fan r on the judge's desk broke the stilli ness for a moment and then a sup- e t pressed whisper passing over the j, . curious crowd caused the sheriff to rap for order. The indictment was h handed over to the grand jury and , . in a few minutes they returned after finding a true Ml. On arraignment * i the prisoner pleaded guilty but his plea was over ruled by Judge Gary, J who told the clerk that a plea of J guilty could not be accepted to a .. J capital offense and that a plea of ^ , not guilty'must re recorded. When admitting his guilt, -Griffin smiled. . Throughout the trial, the only emo- 11 - tion he displayed was an occasional ^ smile and a nervoue snapping of his * iinger nails. At other times he mere ly looked at the witness with a r } slight scowl. a I The evidence brought out in the v - trial this morning differed only in * i minor details from that at the coroH ner's inquest. Lloyd B. Harrison was * i appointed by the judge to represent c >. Griffin. When the negro was asked I ,1 whether he had an attorney, he ans- c il wered, "No, sir," in a clear, firm a voice.. When he was asked if he was ready for trial, the scowl on his face * I iV>y./vVq o V>-r/Yad orrin no Vip nrn. I wered, "Yes sir." "* t The jury was composed of John i i- M. Burriss, J. H. Smith, J. C. Tim- s e (merman, E. K. Snead, Sr., R. S. Cothran, J. P. Stockman, J. F. A9I1- f I > 1 NEW AR1 In So Many B< i That Yo i i I These Cheney Ties d 1 most Ties, and the n I where. j NOTHING OVEF j The Shirts that are j { color imaginable. ] did new Shirts at fr j The very latest style j (full fashioned), all 3 Trousers, in fact j EVERYTHi j WE SOLICIT YOU] 1 1 I? i Tl n lother of the threat she replied, you need pay no attention to what ie says." Barfield this rooming denied havng ibeen at the Cook home a/bout the linner hour Friday, but says he was here later in the day, Ibut Cook was ying dead on the bed when he arived. He says he was there for only , few minutes, that Mrs. Cook adrised him to slip back to Batesburg hrough the woods. Barfield said today that he would iot apply for bail and has not se:ured counsel yet. The case will >robably be tried at the next term kf court which convenes here the lecond Monday in September. riore, A. 0. Johnson, F. B. Hipp, W. *. Anderson, J. G. Outzs, G. C. Stallvorth. Neither the state nor the defense objected to any of the jurors is-they were drawn. Grier, Park and Nicholson assist;d the state.?Index-Journal. t N ine nose | Four Stores iBiEigiaiHraiiLnifafiirafafi! ON OF DEAD MAN HELD FOR MURDER (Continued from page one.) uns Cook had ordered Barfield to save the Cook home for the alleged eason that Barfield had been too inornate with dook's wife. Mrs. Cook ra Cook, Mamie Cook and Henry \Theeler gave substantially the same estimony at the hearing, all agreeng that Barfield came to the Cook ome .Friday afternoon just after hey had finished dinner, and Bareld was invited to eat but declined, nd that shortly after dinner the o.ur witnesses went to tne neia xo rork and did not return to the house mtil albout 6 o'clock. When they sft the house for the field Cook was aft sitting on a bed, and on their eturn his ibody was found on the ame bed with the head almost sevred from it, a razor in the right and and the razor case in the left. Ira 'Cook testified that Barfield ad tlod him Friday noon that "I am ired of the ? ? old rascal lying round here not working and I am oing to put him out of the way, irhen you all go to the field to woiik,'1 nd that when Ira Cook told his RIVALS IN SHIRTS I eautiful Colors a u Will Be Sure Vhat You Want lo not wrinkle and draw arrow widths are greatlj I $1.00, SOME BEAU! ust crowding our Shirt ( lothing in the store over om $1.00 to $3.00. s in Barker Collars, Nev kinds of Underwear. JNG NEW IN FU1 R PATRONAGE EVER" YEAR. i nberg Merc Me mrnjiinmjHmariiraraj?j THREE SHOT TO DEATH Negro Chauffeur 'Runs Amuck On Augusta Street J Augusta, Aug. 16.?Three persons are dead and eight wounded as the result of a shooting affray here this afternoon. The dead are: Ben Tillman Hightower, Policeman W. W. Moore, Walter Smalley, negro. The wounded are: Policeman Wil liam F. Britt; Policeman C. W Hardeman; Chief of Detectives W. U. Redd; Alf Stewart; Grover C. Reid, J. H. Stanton, A. Evans, L. N. Blackstone. . . Two negroes also are reported to have been wounded. An unidentified white woman is reported to have been shot as she passed in an automobile. The known wounded are those who sought hospital treatment. SPARTANBURG HAS A NEW POSTMASTER Spartanburg, Aug. 15.?iH. E. T. Nueberger will take charge of the Spartnaburg postoffire as acting postmaster, having received a telegraphic appointment late Saturday *1 ?? TT ?. Jn P/\n n rrf A? aivernouu. xie sucteeus x vsmuasKt P. H. Fikej whose second four-year] term expired on August 6. Mr. NueIberger's appointment came as a surprise to the public, and especially to local Republicans, since he has lived here but a year and a half and has not yet acquired citizenship. He is a native of New Jersey and served as lieutenant in the quartermaster corps during the world war, during j part of which time he was stationed at Camp Wadsworth here. WILL STAGE PICNIC Anderson, Aug. 16.?District Deputy Grand Master George W. Evans announces today that plans are on foot for the biggest picnic of the season, a Masonic picnic for the Eleventh district, to be held with Furman Lodge No. 170. The picnic j will be staged at McGee's school ^ house and it is expected that gvery^ one of the 11 lodges in the district will be well represented. i The date set for the picnic is I "I iNDJBr j! ind Materials jj To Find I i . i up in a knot like {1 r in demand every- j { IES AT 75c. i | Cabinet are in every \ I $5.00. Some splen- ! ] Ji v Armour Plftfo Sav l?* ! Splendid Extra [l RNISHINGS \i T" DAY IN THE !] antile Co. ij I iny Departments j j gljSieiHfBIBIHIlllHIEiaiHfiUi Thurusday, August 25, and it is the desire of District Deputy Evans that every Mason in the district attend. "Every Mason," says Mr. Evans, "is invited and also urged to bring his family and a well filled basket,, as we want to make this the greatest Masonic day in the history of the district." x x # LANGDON CHEVES Known as Herculea of United Slates Bank. In Frederic Haskin's questions and answers, run in a number of daily newspapers, occurred the following Sunday: Q. Who was the "Hercules of * the United States Bank?" a. Langaon tineves, a lawyer of Abbeville, S. C., won the title through his restoration of the credit of the United States Bank. Chosen president of the bank (1819) when it was in a deplorable condition, Cheves enforced rigid collections of all balances due * from local banks, ' curtailed note issues and secured a foreign loan of $2,000,000 within a period of 3 years. According to a nation-wide survey made by insurance companies, newspaper reporters and life insurance agents are seldom run down by motor cars, the statistics for those oc? cupations being lower than for any other. NOTICE! WE WILL HAVE A Special Matinee Friday Afternoon ...AT... 3:00 O'clock. ...SHOWING... "THE WOMAN nnnrHANr,Fn" NOTE: Matinee arranged for Benefit of those who wish to see this Picture before going to the Ball Friday Night. 15c. Admission 35c THE OPERA HOUSE P I ?