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VOLUME LV1II, NUMBER 42. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR
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DEFENDANTS MAKE
RATE CASE EEPL/
FULL DENIAL OF COMPANY'
ALLEGATIONS
Raiuoad Commission and Attorn*
General Deny Rates
Confiscatory
The State.
Charleston, May 23.?Answerir
the original bill of complaint upc
"which Judge H. A. M. Smith issue
an injunction restraning the state ai
thortie-3 from enforcing the telephoi
rates provided for in the Foster a<
passed by the general assembly th
year, the railroad commission, atto
ney general and others, d^fendan
in the proceedings, deny the main a
legations of the plaintiff, the Soi
them Bell Telephone & Telegrap
company, and allege that the rat<
involved are not confiscatory, an
they allege furthermore that in :
relation with ihe American Telepho"
& Telegraph company and throuj?
improper charges and accountin
methods, the plaintiff shows thi
earnings, while the real party in ii
terest, the American Telephone <
Telegraph company, is in fact recer
ing larger earnings from its inves
^ ments in this state, held in the nam
of its subsidiaries, and is thereby ir
creasing constantly and largely pr<
fits and surplus, as well as its div
dends and the value of its stock an
properties.
The following are some of the all<
gat ions made by the defendants i
answering the bill of complaint:
"That the plaintiff is a 'mere ir
strumentality, conduit or adjunct' c
V the American Telephone & Telegrap
W company, and the purpose and effect
of said form of organization is to sf
up a fictitious entity, which perform
the bidding of the parent company, :
fed or bled as the exigencies of cor
ditians may require, but always wit
the intent and purpose that it: stat<
f ment of earnings may show som<
L thing less than a fair return on ii
^ property, so that at will it may sho^
to regulating commissions the nee
for higher rates and support sue
demand by a system of bookkeepin
and accounting, which misleads an
i deceives.
"That the relations between thi
real party in interest and the plair
tiff are such as to carry ou? and ei
feetuate the foregoing purpose, an
to drain the subsidiary company o
its rightful revenue and earnings i
this state especially.",
I The defendants list th.e allege
I methods in which the results ar
f brought about, through purchase o
i supplies and equipment from th
? Western Electric company, anothe
alleged subsidiary; the charge an
collection by the American Telephon
& Telegraph company of 4 1-2 pe
cent of all the gross receipts of th
plaintiii; in its long distance toll cor
tract with' the American Telephone <
Telegraph company; through deplel
ing earnings and income by chargin
I more than a fair snare or proper u
^ average amount for repairs, deprecir
| tion, traffic and commercial expense:
It is alleged by the defendants tha
it is necessary to .a full and adequat
"hearing and understanding by th
court of the matters presented by th
plaintiff in its bill, and to understan
and pass on a proper and fair rat*
that the American Telephone & Tel(
graph company, which is al>=o a co:
-porition engaged in business in th;
state, 'be made a party to the actioi
and be required to appear before thi
court and to submit itself and it
books, as well as the books of th
plaintiff herein, to an inspection an
nv.minofiV.n hv defendants an
th(^r agents and by this court.
The defendants conclude the ar
swer by praying that the bill of con:
nlaint be dismissed. At a hearing hcl
May 6, Judge Smith refused to di=
miF~ the bill of complaint on ground
as th'jn set forth by the plaintiff, an
gave the defendants 30 days in whic
to answer to the original bill of com
Dlaint. The case will in due time b
heard on its merit?, it is thought.
An optimist is a fellow who pul
his aw hat carefully away in th
full, thinking he'll be Satisfied t
wear it next summer.?Syracus
Herald.
[ALLEGED ROBBERY
CAUSE OF CRIME
in. .?
i Ofucers Say Negro Held in Saluda
Admits Killing Man aild Injuring
Wife
Saluda, May 21.?A most revolting ;
'y crime was committed late Friday
night or early Saturday morning in
the Mt. Enon section of Saluda county
when Pickens Satterwhite, negro j
was kilied, and n:s wife, Carrie, so ;
, badiy bruised and hacked about the j
'n j head that it is believed she will die.
>ci, Cleo Lindsay, negro, is in the Saluda
J~ jail charged with the murder.
le | Responding to a call Magistrate J.
"} j C. Ruftie and Sheriff B. F. Sample I
15 i
i went to the scene of the crime early
1_i Saturday morning. Dogs were ob^
j tained from Newberry and a trail
I followed from the scene of the killing
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across the river to the house of
,n ! George Farrow on the Newberry side.
*s
" Here Cleo Lindsay was found. His
l( shoes, clothing and manner further
f c I
b| convinced the officers of his being the
ie j right party and after some quesition^
j ing he is alleged to have confessed
s and implicated Robert Farrow as his
^ TTr.rrnw it: infill nt hiTG^e
? tlLv.uiiiyi.s. J. ?.%?. * v ^
| and is described as a black negro
" 1 about 28 years old, five feet 9 inches
k"! high, weighing about 145, with a scar
: on the neck and has been making his
e j home at Asheville, X. C.
!? Judge Duffie held the inquest and
j^he jury returned the verdict that
1_ i Pickens Satterwhite came to his
ic*j death at the hands of Cleo Lindsay
'and recommended that Farrow be
f ;
-- I held for further investigation.
n j According to Lindsay's alleged con
j fesGion, the motive of the killing was
i-; rebbery. they having understood that
if Satterwhite's wife, who taught the
h i Mt. Enon school, had cashed a school.
;s ! claim or claims for about SI00. Sat- !
it t terwhite was called out of the house
lured of? down the road a little
I ? '
Is : way and killed with the axe, Lindsay
i- ! is said to have told the officers. Then j
h | they returned to the house and beat
" * * * - - 11 il. /v r* vv< a 1
i- j his wile into msensioiiy win mc muic
?-1 instrument while three little children
ts , the oldest about six years, screamed I
sv ' and ran around the room. These child
dren remained at the house until j
h found early Saturday morning.
g I The community is much incensed j
d over the crime and the people, both ;
: white and black, gave officers all as- J
;s) sistance possible.
| COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
'j POMARIA HIGH SCHOOL
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I The commencement exercises of j
y) ' I
* j the Pomaria high school will .'begin i
! Friday evening, June 2, with exer- j
d j cises by the primary and intermediate :
e ' grades.
f j The commencement sermon will'
e be preached by Rev. P. E. Monroe, i
r! D. D., president of Summerland cold
lege, Sunday, June 4. at 4:30 p. m.
c' j The graduating exercises will be
r held Tuesday evening, June 6. The
2 address of the occasion will be dclivl_
ered by Rev. H. A. McCullough of
& Columbia. Mr. Geo. D. Brown of j
> Proserity will deliver the diplomas. j
g ; The commencement sermon will be j
r preached at the Lutheran church. All .
i- other exercises will be held at the j
; high school auditorium.
it! The public is cordially invited to i
e attend these exercises.
e: ?
q I White and Black Arrested
a t A white man and a negro were ar- {
I
% ; rested by Deputy Sheriff Taylor near
i., Dead Fall last week and brought to
.. | the county jail. It was a traveling;
[s | pair of apparent hoboes, taken up for j
, ; tramping through the country. The!
s officers thought by that fact that they J
3 ' must be suspicious characters, and ;
e | the suspicion turned out to be well j
^ ' grounded. Sheritf Blease took hold
^ ; of the case of the negro, James Wil-1
j bur, and found that he was wanted 1
i in Washington, Ca., for assault and j
; battery with intent to kill, the assault!
^ having been attempted upon Wilbur's!
( ; own father the last day of December, :
i
' ! Wilbur having loft immediately
j
! thereafter without knowing the fate i
G 1
' of his father and doesn't know as vet
h
1 ; whether the old man is dead or alive. |
The sheriff got in communication!
I with the sheriff at Washington, who !
j came and got his prisoner. The white i
[man, Mat Osaburn. is from Pennsyl-!
:s;van:a. He is being held on suspicion.
e : awating investigation. If there should,
0 develop no other charges against the !
e j young man he will be tried here for,
j vagrancy. j
[AMERICA CAN AID jr
STRICKEN EUROPE *
Lady Astor Voices Hope in Farewell
Speech That Country May Yet
J A
Enter League j A
I ? . r
| New ^ork, May 22.?Lady Nancy'
j Astor in a farewell speech before returning
to her job in the house of
commons from a visit of six weeks to
! her native land pleaded tonight for ^
America to be the good Samaritan to
surTering Europe and not stand by
unconcerned. She reneated her appeal
for the United States to ente
the league of nations or a league. .
with similar aims for peace.
Nearly 2,000 men and women ''
heard her address, delivered at a dinner
given in her honor by the League v
for Political Education. Lady Astor u
made a short talk after she had finish- ^
ed. Speeches were delivered by John
W. Davis, former ambassador to the
court of St. James' and Miss Alice
Robertson, cor.gresswoman from Ok- u\
lahoma. G"
Selecting "Political Education" as
her topic, Lady Astor said that while C1
America constantly had suffered from co
politicians or political crooks, "we rfi
have managed that no party has ever ^
dared nominate or bring forward any
man out an nonest man for president."
"They haven't all hc-en Sir Gala- e?
had? or George Wasingtons or Abra- e*
ham Lincolns," she added, "but they ^
h:d all been like Caesar's wife? ^
abcve'suspicion. That we may recall *4<
with pride." u'
fUof 111
Xiieu sue iciliajntu uiuv
were so "ant to foci indifferent about to
local politics," "that so loner as the nc
taxes don't go too high and the local
'bosses' don't get too rich we shrug -)r
our shoulders and 2:0 on." m
J
"If we are content only to have 'n
our presidents fine and to have Jess a-1
line local politicians, we are making
it awfully hard for a president to do Pr
fine things," she said.
Ladv Astor t=aid she was not so sure ^c
T1
that Europe needs America's money,
but she was convinced that Europe
nppdi; America's moral hell).
"I'm not concerned to .say whether - ?
the United States should join the
x "To
league of nations, as it exists; this is
a question of comparatively small dcT.
"I
tail; but I am convinced that Amer- OJI
ica can help Europe enormously in ^
ways which will commend themselves nc
to all clear and kind thinking Amer:- ^
cans if they want to do so." i V1]
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES R<
CHAPPELLS SCHOOL ed
\co
The followingxjs the program of
the commencement exercises to be mi
held at Chappells school June 2, be- bl<
ginning at 8 o'clock. ap
Spring Song?High school pupils. ga
Salutatory?Mamie Holloway. ac
Chappc-Ils Advertiser?Acie Wat- gr
kins.
Valedictory?Jessie Fellers. I]ia
Duet, "The Witches' Flight." by (]e
Misses Fore and Simkins. ( jjAddress?Prof.
R. A. Goodman.
Presentation of certificates?Prof.
0. B. Cannon. an
Farewell song?Hig:h school pupils. W(
The membres of the graduating 0fl
class are the following: Jessie Fellers,
Mamie Hollownv, Ludie Long,
vV 1
Marie Dominick, Snowden Dominick
and Acie Watkins. :
The public is cordially invited.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
BEGINS MONDAY EVENING
N<
The deling exercises of the high
school will be begin Monday evening be
with class iLy exercises at the high
school building:. The graduating ex- 00
( reisc-s will bp held at the opera house ^G1
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. d;<
A. J. Bowers will deliver the address
to the graduating class.
The following are members of this 2.
year's graduating class: '
Wright Cannon, Buford Cromer,'
Willie Mae Culbertson, Dorothv DenI
nir.g, Elizabeth Freed, Maude Hamilton.
Margaret Kinard, Ruth McCar- str
ey, Mildred Paysinger, Hubert Setz- &r!
ler, Legare Tarrant, Caroline Weeks,!
Boyd Wheeler. str
1-n, ; be
Call Meeting D. A. R. . ass
There will be a call meeting of the w)Jaspepr
chapter, D. A. R., with Mrs. W]
VV. II. Hunt Friday afternoon, May bo
20th, at five o'clock. cat
Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Regent. I Ad
Mrs. F. W. Chapman, Sec. jter
'ARMER MAY GET j
PLACE ON BOARD!
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i
GRARIAN BLOC WOULD NOT
REAPPOINT HARDING
?
ciise Passes Senate Amendment; v
Which Would Eliminate
? Governor
ugh W. Roberts in The State. 11
Washington, May 23.?The agra- t
an bloc of congress congratulates!*
-elf tonight on what it .believes to i
j the elimination of W. P. G. Hard-.
<r, governor of the federal reserve.
r i
>ard.
The house this afternoon passed | (
;o senate amendments to the act, *
hich created the federal reserve r
stem. Une ol them emanating irom j *
. nator E. D. Smith cf South Caro-jc
la. provided that the president shall; c
jpoint to the first vacancy on the,
>ard a "dirt" farmer. The other '
fered by Senator W. J. Harris of *
eorgia provided that before the fed-1 ^
al reserve board can approve the r
instruction of any build nigs costing|C
cro than ?250,000 it must secure,:^
a permission of congress.
The first vacancy to occur in the/
embership of the federal reserve! *
>ard will be when the term of Gov-1 1
nor Harding expires in August. Gov!
nor Harding' is regarded as one of j c
e most expert financiers in the! c
nited States and banking associa-j0
)ns in many-commonwealths of the; 1
Q
lion have recetly indorsed his ad- 1
inistration u<iu urged the president J
give him another term. But he is I L
>t a "dirt" farmer.
It is regarded as certain that the 1
esident will approve the amendpnts
which have passed both houses.
that event he will be compelled to c
ipoint a "djrt" farmer to succeed
jvernor Harding. As to whom the
esident will name is regarded as. vf
iubtful, although Senator Smith of ,
J I
>uth Carolina has been mentioned, j
le president might be deterred in j j"
'pointing Senator Smith, however.!
I Q
cause of his recent appointment of
rmer Gov. R; A. Cooper of the same
r> + /-> I-K-V n wiavmI-VQV <*/-> renvoi
ate IU UTT a , uv xy,K4V4Ui ^
rm loan board. <(
Certain members of the agrarian
oc of the senate have been especialbitter
in their criticism of Gover>r
Harding'. Senator J. Thomas s
eflin of Alabama has been especially
idictive in h:is charges that Govern- ^
Harding was responsible i'or the .
rpubliean panic, -which, he corttend,
"prompted many thousand men to *
mmit suicide."
The president, it is understood, wir
3ved by the charges of the agrarian
dc and about concluded not to reipoint
Governor Harding. It "a re- 0
rded as certain now that he will a
t in response to the demand of coness.
0
?
Numerous banking associations ^
ve recently appealed to the presi-l
nt to reappoint Governor Harding, h
has been contended that h'? admin- j ^
ration of the federal reserve act I J
i f
red the countrv during the nanic
2,
d that, just as prosperity returns it
mid be folly to remove him from
ice.
o
The amendments passed the house ^
thout a dissenting vote. f
EETING OF NEWBERRY "
R. F. D. ASSOCIATION' a
| C(
There will be a meeting of the j
swberry County R. F. D. association j
Id iji the new court house at New-!
vr? on*u 11 i n
rry on .viay ovi.ii tit n u nutn. i v.i
Every carrier and substitute in the J
unty is urged to he present as mat- j v
*s of importance will come up for!si
scussion. fi
T. L. Shealy, J
Pres. e
M. Wicker, 11
Sec. and Treas.
Baseball P
The West End club will play the' a
ong Union team on West End 1 ti
:,iund Saturday, May 27th. 11)
The West P3nd team ha? been' p
'engthened and other changes will j
made this week, so a good game isj C
ured. Halbrook, the left handerjc;
10 pitched a nice game against jtl
tiitmire last Saturday, will be in the ^ Ii
x with either Cromer or Oliver jg:
Lehing. Game called at 4 p. m. j tr
[mission 20c and 30c. Band in at-1 S
idance. p:
WITNESSES ADMIT
FICTITIOUS SALES j
Drders for Cotton Executed Without
Ally Cctton Changing Hands
New York, May 22.?Witnesses
ailed today in the prosecution of the
American Cotton Exchange, on trial
in a charge of maintaining a bucket I
hop, testified that many of the sales
ecorded on the exchange were ficti;icu3
and said that the organization !
iepended largely on figures from the |1
Liverpool and New York and cotton j
exchanges for its own quotations.
With the placing of Charles G. J
riealy, secretary of the clearing house j
f the exchange, on the witness stand ;
\?st. District Attorney Witner told t
he Court that he would seek to prove j1
it the exchange had been maKing a i
onstant practice since January, 1921 ;
?f executing cotton orders without
iny cotton exchanging hands. ;
Mr. Healy, under examination by
Av. Witner, averted that there were 11
members of the clearing house, alii'
>f whom were members of the ex- J
hange itself. These men, he slid, 1
r!rtually made up the group^ of active
raders on the exchange floor. All '
ither traders were in the South or so
'ar away, he said, that they never
raded. 1
Through Mr. Healy's testimony the
iLsistant district attorney brought}'
>ut that brokers of the American ex- :
hange were invariably paired in :
heir deals on the floor. Alleged in- '
stances were entered in the records,
rhe clearing house, it was pointed
?ut, got its pay in these transactions,
vhile the client in the South paid $5
nargin on each contract. Mr. Healy
dmitted that he had seen the trading
heeti of the New York cotton ex- I
:hange and had never found its trans,ct:ons
conducted in such a maner. 1
When Samaeu.Lnnifcr.-kerr a pact* J
ler in the cotton brokerage firm of
)rmsbee & Landecker, took the stand i
le was asked by the prosecuting at- <
orney: "Suppose in these socalled fic- i
itious sales your customers had ask- j
d for a delivery of the cotton what i
I'ould you have done?" i
"I would not know where to start \
o look for it," admitted the witness. <
'Fortunately my customers didn't I
,sk for it." )
Landeckc-r will be recalled to the :
tand when the trial is resumed to- i
sorrow. i
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> NEWBERRY'S CLUB WOMEN <$> ,
><$*><?><?> (
By Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson
.1
Mrs. Alan Johnstone I
A club that is not usually spoken <
f, although it accomplishes a great ,]
mount of good, is the American Nee- (
lework Guild. TIr>i club i? preside ! <
ver by Mrs! Alan Johnstone (LiPah :
[cnnerfy). She :s ihj daughter of j
): . Thomas B. Kanr.erly, who for i
lany years was a practicing physi- i
ian ;n Newberry. There is no /am- ((
m "* 1 - I >% . v-? *-V?cn i
[y 111 -\ewoerry more p'-unii-urm, man | i
hut of her husband whose ancestors s
re among the earliest settlers of the (
our.ty. i
Mrs. Johnstone is a member of all ,1
f the patriotic'*organ!zations of the c
own, serving on committers in the .
). A. R. and others, but she gives e
nrtinting time to the Needlework (
iuild. She is an interesting talkei !'
nd is well up on the record of the i
ounty families. t
2
Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin I
Mv>3. J. N. McCaughrin (Margaret a
libson) was the daughter of Al'bert 1
libson) is the daughter of Albert J. r
rhose father was Joseph Caldwell, a ?
gner of the Ordinance of Secession t
rem Newberry county. Hie father r
ames J. Caldwell was one of the old t
quity court judges and a man of re- t
own in the state.
Mrs. McCaughrin is president of
le Mothers' club and also cf t' ~*
arent-Teacfcers association. She is h
charming woman of great intellec- r
.iai endowment and is developing t
iese two clubs along the best lines f
ossible. o
During, the World war Mrs. Mc- g
aughrin served in the Liberty loan g
ampaigns, as publicity chairman of 1,
le Council of Defense, sending out h
terature all over the county. Her
reatest work in the Red Cross was
le great amount of knitting she did. v
he was reporter of the retail food d
rices under the food commission. k
ELECTRIC SHOCK | |UI
KILLS YORK MAN
Fellow Employee Turns on Current
by Mistake?Misunderstood . m
Call J1M
York, May 22.?Robert Quinn, 34 :
years old, and yard, superintendent of j
the York Cotton Oil company, met a
sudden death here this afternoon J
when an employee misunderstood ?1
command of his and turned the elec-,
trict current on a wire he was adjust-,cne;
in#. Five hundred and fifty volt3;
passed through his body causing kee;
rlcath within a few moments. The ac-. m,n
cident occurred at .the ice making mo*
plant where two employees had just j
run a ground wire. Noticing that the
wire was only loosely wrapped er (
around the stake. Mr. Quinn step- by
ped outside to tighten it. He called roui
for those inside to draw in a tape he m^
was using, it is said, and in the noise caPl
made by the machinery his words
.vere misunderstood by Will Dixon an esC?
18 year old employee, who turned on and
the current. The fact that Mr. Quinn day
was standing: on ucl ground made T
the charge all the more deadly. rec<
Mr- Quinn was a veteran of the is b
World war and was widely and favor- awa
ably known. Surviving are his wife, who
Mrs. Lucia Reid Ewart Quinn, to to
whom he was married ten months resc
ago, his father, Felix Quinn, a sister D
and six brothers, two of the latter ing
being Sheriff Fred E. Quinn and in c
Deputy Sheriff D. T. Quinn. , He
i to 1
ADJUTANT BOOZER ! in c
AND THE REUNION "mc
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Mr. L. A. Boozer, the active adju- e(* *
tant of the Jno. M. Kinard camp, jee*
Sons of Confederate Veterans, has ^ar
landed us a copy of the special re- e,
union daily edition of News and Press arr'
which was issued during the recent
state reunion of the United Confed- -DOn
rrate Veterans at Darlington. When
irate Veterans at Darlington. When
Adjutant Boozer returned from the ^rst
meeting and gave us the paper he had
l glow on his face which told how he to. ,
um
iad enjoyed mingling with tho old
/ets and sons. He had a good time or'
isrn
making in pleasures of the occasion.
He said the Darlington people would
lot let "the boys" pay for cigars, ^ (
soft drinks, etc., and that when he
vent into a store and tried to pay u.
ie was told that he did not come '
;here to trade; wouldn't take his monjv.
Mr. Boozer is high in his praise
>i me peopie ox isarimgivu*
The paper he has handed us is
full of interesting matter of the re- ( ers
anion, telling of the inspiring parade ^
Df old veterans bringing round after 'ne
round of applause, of the concert of s^er
)ld familiar songs, of the annual vet- a^v<
srans' ball at Dixie headqua'rters ^ev(
Drilli^nt and beautiful, of the dump- ^arr
;U0U'3 dinner spread with 800 guests IS ^
n Reunion hall, of the old battle flag P
liter lor.g absence seen by veterans, as 1;
)f Darlington decorated "visibly and son
nvisibly,'' and so on. The paper was
ipeaks of "the superb parade of the '
)ld soldiers," of how "proudly the old OF*
;urvivors stepped with broken ranks,<
)ut with undivided hearts, with un- i
iaunted spirits," of how "they march-! F
id under arches wrapped in red ros-' elec
is, again the rebel yell split the air,"; ciat:
[ jet Boozer helped split the air), of, D
io\v "reunion hall was brilliant with T,
miforms, the red, white and red of; C.
he Confederacy, the smriles and, E:
:races of about 100 pretty waitresses , 0.
oh you Boozer, were yoa there?),1 D:
md of how "beautiful little Confed-; J.
rate flags were pinned upon the la- j C
?el of the coat of each veteran; flow-, W
;rs and smiles were theirs wherever, J.
hey looked?and the veterans did, W
est, eat and enjoy themselves." We 0.
hank the still smiling adjutant for( Di
he paper. > A
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Victory fcr Oakland J.
Oakland mjll defeated the heavy D<
.itting Mollohon team, one of best tion
nill teams in the state, Saturday af- B.
ernoon by the score of 3 to 1. The T.
eature of the game was the pitching .T.
f P. Bodie, who pitched a no hit C.
ame. II. Williams pitched a good H.
fame for Mollohon. Batteries: Oak- Jc
and, P. Bodie and Stephens; Mollo- A
on, H. Williams and Swygert. R.
? E.
Mellon says the next fiscal year, J.
.-ill show a deficit of a half million ' T.
ollarc, but maybe congress does not i A.
now what a fiscal year or a deficit is. | C.
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GRO ELUDES
MOB IN GEORGIA
! DENJSON ESCAPES FROM
ANGRY MEN
ieved That Fugitive is Surrounded
in Swamp and Will Be
Recaptured
rwinton, Ga., May 23.?An auto)ile
accident early this morning
ited a Wilkinson county mob of
Denson, 20, a negro, who had
n dragged from a local jail a few
utes before to be put t;> death by
) violence for a crime h} is alleged
have committed three years ago.
dusk this afternoon Sheriff Play)f
Wilkinson and his poase, aided
dogs, reported the negro surided
near Sandy Creek, four
is south of this place and his re;ure
is expected during the night,
cers are satisfied that the negro
iped the mc|), h& having been seen
identified four times during the
he negro's escape shatters ail mob
>rds in Georgia. Never before, it
lelieved has a man staged a get
,y from a group of angry men
were en route to a scene selected
reap revenge. Many have been
ued by sheriffs and other officers.
>enson is believed to be attemptto
elude the sheriff and his posse
>rder that he may get to Macon,
is sa^d to have expressed a desire
-each Macon and surrender there
irder that he may be lodged in a
>b proof jail."
he negro has been twice sentenc0
death, the last sentence having
1 imposed * by Judge James
k here yesterday ^ the court setting
date of June 16. Two oarpenters
ved here this morning to 'build a
ows but their job has been posted
indefinitely.
'
Hlledgeville, Ga., May 28.-?The
information that Jim Denaon had
;en away from the mob was taken
Twinton today by a farmer of
kinson county, according to inflation
brought here tonight. The
ner was in the field with several
ro hands when he observed a bareled
negro approach. The negro,
ever, ran whet he discovered the
k n "To >*m qv ma
^ xai iuti .
What was the matter with that
ro?" the farmer asked one of his
That's Jim Denson," came the re"He
says he escaped from lynchand
that they are hunting him."
enson was then out of sight, but
farmer carried the news to the
iff and then the hunt for Denson
5 was begun. The sheriff had be?d
Denson dead until then. The
ner's story was later confirmed, it
;ated, from other sources.
eople who left Wilkinson county
ate as 9 o'clock tonight said Denhad
not been captured. The mob
still pursuing, however.
ICERS ELECTED COTTON
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
ollowing is the list of officers
ted by the Cotton Growers assoion
at the court house May 23:
r. W. C. Brown, county chairman.
. M. Mills, vice county chairman.
L. Lester, secretary.
irnni'f ilfA pArwmi'ff AA
r.c^un>c wiuiuittcu t %
. H. Lane.
r. W. 0. Brown.
W. Caldwell.
M. Folk.
'. M. Long.
E. Senn.
. R. Smith.
W. Long.
r. J. J. Dominick.
L. Aull.
XJ T7~ll, I
. n. r ui&.
C. Epting, Jr.
legates to the district convenat
Spartanburg May 30th:
C. Matthews.
M. Mills.
A. Burton
M. Folk.
. 0. Long.
>3. L. Keitt. <
Iternates:
C. Neel.
B. Setzler.
R. Spearman, Jr. v 1
M. Neel.
. L. Aull. ~ v
L. Lester. '