i ^ v ." :T ' •••'*. & y - . i *.•’•' THE CHRONICLE w*, ■■4,. ■ Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. II You Don’t Rend The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The * i t. NEWS ’ £l VOLUME XIX CLINTON, S. C, THURSDAT, JULY lOtfc, 1919 NUMBER 28 PKSIDENT WILSON BLCK LRON FUNCE Snys Just Peaice ^Will Save World Unnecessary Blood shed II Safeguarded. New York, July 8.—Escorted by fleet of warships the transport George Washington, bringing President Wll son home from France, passed quar antine and moved on to New York har bor at 1:30 p. m. today. Arthe transport-passed Fort -Hao=, k H. BOYD HEADS COMMERCIAL CLUB r it t I Y* cock the guns boomed a Presldentia salute, echoed ten minutes later by Fort Wadsworth. The shrill whistles of harbor craft took up the din. The President and Mrs. Wilson stood on the bridge of the George Washington as the vessel steamed up the harbor to her pier at Hoboken convoyed by destroyers and welcom ing craft of all descriptions. The rails of the transport were lined v/ith re turning soldiers cheering and wav ing their caps The battleship Pennsylvania, bear ing five members of the President’s cabinet—Daniel« Baker, I*»ne, Glass and Wilson—led the way, followed by the Oklahonyt with the George Wash ington at her stern The George Washington had a clear way up the harbor. Police and navy patrol boats preceded the transport and her escort, sending out of their path excursion craft, ferries anc barges. v v The George Washington turned in to her pier at 2:50 p. m., while the warships in her escort fired a presl dential salute. The George Washington docked at 3:10 p. m. The George Washington was report ed eight miles southeast of Ambrose lightship at 0:55 a. m. She was be ing led by two destroyers and one bat tleship and followed by two destroy ers. ' ’' • V” Tl . •phe George Washington and her ^onvoy passed Ambrose lightship at • noon, led by the battleship Pennsyl vania with Secretary Daniels and a party of other government officials As the George liashlngton and the escorting fleet of destroyers passed Sandy Hook the President’s salute was fired by the guns on shore. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of I#bor, head ed a delegation of twenty-five promi nent labor leaders from Central and South American countries who went down the bay on a city ferry boat to aid in welcoming the President The South American labor leaders are in this city attending a conference of the Pan-American Federation of Labor which opened yesterday. Another ferry boat carried 1,000 residents of Staten Island and a large number of relatives and friends of the soldiers returning on the George Washington. New Vork. July 8.—Four dread- naughts and 36 destroyers from the Atlantic fleet fonped the escort that met the United States naval transport George Washington, with President Wilson aboard, 30 miles east of Sandy Hook early today. The Presidential salute from those vessels was the first of the many welcoming ceremonies awaiting the President on his arrival here this afternoon. In the harbor were 45 warships, headed by the flagship Pennsylvania with Admiral B. Wilson aboard, as signed to join the out-harbor escort Vice President Marshal and members of the cabinet were assigned to the *.'* Pennsylvania, while the city’s offlcial welcoming party, headed by Mayor Hylan and Governor Smith, were pas sengers aboard the municipal steam ers Patrol and Correction. To Speak Thursday. On board the U. S. S. George Wash ington, July *<2,—The president’s mes sage, to be delivered to congress on’ Thursday, is complete. The message will take about 2t) minutes to read and contains 5,000 words dev.oted to the peace treaty and protocols and the work of the peace conference. It is understood these peace con ference subjects are dealt with on board general lines without taking up the large questions of the treaty in detail, as this probably will come later when the foreign relations commit tee of congress examines the details. The president also ’will have an op portunity to go over these matters witlr members of the committee. In this examination of the terms he will At the monthly meeting and luncheon of the Commercial Club held Tuesday evening, the resigna- tio nof President Geo. M. Wright was accepted and Vice-Presideht B. H. Boyd was elected as his suc cessor. Mir. J. F. Jacobs was elect ed Vice-President succeeding Mr. Boyd, and Mr. R. H. Hatton was elected a member of the board of directors to fill the vacancy made by ’Mr. Wright’s resignation. The resignation of President "Wright, due to his having recently formed business connections which necessitated his moving to Laurens, was accepted with extreme regret by the. members of the club. As he goes elsewhere the best wish^p of the entire membership, as wqll as the community in general, will fol low him. As an evidence of the high esteem in which Mr. Wright is held, President R H. Boyd pre sented him with a beautiful silver pitcher in behalf of the club. SHERIFF RECTOR SLAIN LAST FRIDAY Homicide Result of Long-Standing Grudge. Gognell Shot Four Times. Greenville, July G.-^That Sheriff Rector was shot three times by Jake Gosnell in Briscoe’s garage on West Court street shortly after neoa Fri day following an exchange of words In which Rector cursed Gbenell was the statement made by W. Bunyan Keller, former deputy sheriff and jailor, at the inquest held yesterday morning in the county courthouse to ascertain the manner in which Sheriff Rector came to his death. Mr. Keller was the only witness examined at the inquest, ane .was tt r,t ad wo man in his automobile and be desired to give himself up as a murderer. He (hen led the cffkers to a car outside the station, where the body of Frieda J. Lesser. 21 years old, was found. New, according to a statement of the police, said he had quarreled with the young woman at Topagana Can yon, several miles from the city, WEOT iffierdruseff to raanr htm, ^antr had shot her. “We didn't understand each other,” said New, according to Detective Sgt D. A. (Davidson, “and so I shot her, and here i cm. There she is too,” he added, as he glanced at the dead girl. ' New, SO years of age, tol(J the offi cers, according to their st^cment of his story, that he was engaged to Miss Lesser. He said he urged her to marry him, and when she refused he shot hnW . ; . He said he had borrowed the auto mobile from his mother, Mrs. Lulu M. Burger, of Glendale, and had driven with the girl to Venice, then through Hollywood, and finally up the Topango Canyon road, where their quarrel, cul minated in the shooting. He told the officers, they said, that for three hours afterwards he drove around town, trying to mhke up his mind to surren der. New is of slight build. He showed no evidence of excitement and officers "said he had not been drinking. two eyewitnesses to the shooting, the other being Mrs. Jake Gosnell, wife of the man who is held for the death of the Greenville county sheriff. After hearing the evidence of Mr. Keller, the Jury of inquest lost no time in rendering the following ver dict: “We, the jury, find that Hendrix Rector" came to his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of Jake Gos nell.” The member^ of the jury were Let Cosby, W. P. Vaughn, Avery Vaughn, J. L. Ivester, W. O. Carnes and Sam M. Snow. Th§y had been drawn as jurors Friday afternoon and had viewed the body of Sheriff Rector at the undertaking establishment of Ramseur, McAfee & Co., then so that it could be removed to the Rector home on the outskirts of the city. The courtroom was packed to the doors with standing room not avail- fo^ a part of the crowd that 'irieij to gain entrance. The inquest had been set for 11 o’clock and thq arrival of that hour found a large and eager throng awaiting the open ing of the courthouse, which bed been closed for the day out of re spect for the dead sheriff, but which was opened long enough to hold the Inquest, because another place any- think like large enough could not be secured. When the front door was QJflnti thq crowi YOUNG MAN’S LIFE COST OF BLUNDER Kelste^ Hair Fatally Wounded at Prosperity.. Shot (pr Burglar. Prosperity, July 7.—Keister Hair, son of B» B. Hair, was shot and fatally wounded here last night by G. W. kinard, who mistakenly took him for a burglar a party of which Klnard was a member was trying to Cap ture. Hair and several young people were at the home of a friend opposite the store of Mr. Klnard when they noticed three men go behind Mr. Kln- ard’s establishment and later heard them break into the store. Several men, including Mr. Klnard, who had been notified, surrounded the bqil(j- haVe the cooperation of a number of specialists now returning with the presidential party, who have dealt with the detailed branches such as those concerning reparations, terri torial readjlstments and economic questions. The weather Is hot and humid, the sea is smooth and the sky cloudy. The president will talk this afternoon ov er the wireless telephone with offic ials at Washington. The wireless tel ephone has been working during the night and this morning with the naval radio station of New Brunswick, N. J. Despite unfavorable static condi- ions, the voices of those ashore were heard distinctly here and conversa tions were carried on successfully. By means of mechanical relay at New Brunswick, connection will be establ ished between the president’s study on board ship and the White House. President Wilson’s speech, to be de- ivered at Carnegie Hall in New York, city tomorrow afternoon will not be prepared in advance. He will speak extemporaneously anDconfine himself to an acknowledgement of the greet- ng given him and hifc satisfaction at being home again. Questions relating to the peace treaty and the work of the peace conference will be reserved 'or the discussion until the president first makes his report to congress. P. M. Pitta, Jr., David-Copeland aftd Wm. McMillan of Renno left Monday for Arkansas to accept positions packing peaches.. courtroom was filled to overflowing and a considerable number congre gated in the lobby outside. Imme diately after the inquest the crowd left the building and It was again closed and remained so the balance of the day. Mr. Keller, upon being sworn, was questioned first by Solicitor Martin and went forward without hesitation with the story of the shooting aa he saw it. Only the few people who were near the witness chair could hear what he said, as the solicitor sat but a few feet away, and because of hoarsness asked questions in a subdued voice. The people in the mid dle of the courtroom, near the door and in the gallery caught but little of whdt wa? said. The witness began by saying he knew Sheriff Rector and saw the shooting at Briscoe’s garage Friday. He said he, Jake Gosnell, Gosnell’s wife and two mechanics were In the garage when Rector came in from the street through the door used by automobiles in coming in and going out; that Rector spoke to Gosnell, saying “Good morning, Jake;’’ that Gosnell did not speak, but that he (Keller) said “Good morning, sheriff,” whereupon Rector replied, “Fine Bunyan,. how are you,” He said Gos nell failed to return Rector’s greet- nig and Rector said: “G— d— you, I don’t care whether you speak or not. I thought I would show you I would speak to ydu.” Then, said the witness, Gosnell got up from a kneeling posi tion beside his car, which was being repaired, and said: “I don’t want to speak to you or have anything to do with you.” Then, the witness testi fied, Gosnell started to kneel back down, and Rector walked a short dis- tafrice past him and said: “You dirty , I don’t care whether you, speak or not,’’ stopping and turning his body slightly toward Gosnell as he spoke. At this point, said the wit ness, Gosnell drew his pistol and fired four times, Rector agoing down at the first report. All the shots, he declared, were fired in rapid succession and Rector’s head seemed to drop to the floor faster than the rest of the body, with the result that he fell, the side of his face being first to hit ihe floor. Keller testified that when Gosnell shot Rector had his right hand on his body, in front, and he thought either in his belt or hitched ih his suspenders. He «aid also that Rec tor had a cigarette or cigar in his left hand when he entered the ga rage, and thoufcjxt he had\jlt still when he was shod. He estimated that Rec tor and Gosnell were about eight feet apart when the shooting occurred. ihg to capture the burglars and whin Mr. Hair came around the corner Mr Kinard shot him with a shotgun, think ing him one of the burglars The load took effect in the abdomen, puncturing the intestines over 100 times. Young Hair was given flrkt aid by local physicians and fa ter rushed to a Columbia hospital for an operation. After stitching 93 punc tures in the abdomen doctors at the Columbia Hospital saw there was no chance for the wounded man and gave >p hope. He died about 10 o’clock this lorning, a message to relatives stated. All efforts to save his life were made, but the intestines and stomach were literally torn to pieces, making it im- *ossible to save him. Mr. Hair was one of the most popu lar young men of the community and has many friends who are grieved at the accident. He was a member of the Eighty-first division and served in France. He only returned from foreign soil last week and had been at home Just a few days. Mr. Kinard is a well known merchant here and is grief stricken over the accident. Young Hair is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hair, and a brother, at the University of Chicago. The remains were brought here this afternoon from Columbia and will be interred at Prosperity Cemetery tomorrow. Two of the robbers, who were the TT (fr nitf iHEWtlflg, ’MffiLDeA hut the third was captured after a scuffle. Sheriff Blease arrived on the scene shortly after the fatal affair and is searching for the other two men. PERMANENT ARMY _ POLICY BE USED *- Bakei's Order Reducing Army to 2SS.OOO Men by September to Cause Action. Army Re-Organization Bill Very Necessary. •' Washington, July 5.'—The question of a permanent military policy prob ably will be forced before the present session of congress by Secretary Baker’s order reducing the army to 223,000 officers and men by September 30, Military experts here believe only speedy passage of the army re-organ- ization bill will prevent demoraliza tion of the military establishment. Officers and men must be drawn from the line and from the regular staff personnel to provide the neces sary overhead of thes branches. “A return to the status of 1908 was the prediction of one officer con cerning therVlTects. In that year com panies could muster only 35 men and regiments were frequently under the charge of one major and one captain. The general staff is already ak ^ork on some program which will come within' authorized expenditures. Plans for the organization of the air service and tank corps making to further press will have to go by the board, it was conceded. Services will be kept active through a headquar ters organization with repairmen and guards at the various depots. Primary troop requirements, which must be met include: Garrisons for the Phillipincs, Ha waii and the Pacific conservatively figured at 50,000 men; a guard for the southern border, now maintained at 30,000, a force of 8,000 on the Rhine, and, for the time being at least 8,000 men for Siberia. These total 96,000 officers and men and do not take into onsideration the hundreds of small garrisons needed. BOY SCOUTS ON CAMP. Clinton Troop of Boy Scouts left Tuesday morning for Yar borough’s Mill on their annual outing. v Friday, July 11, is “Home Folks’ Day” at the camp. The families of the Scouts, the Troop Committee and fnvited friends are requested to go out for the Scout picnic. About that time the boys will be in a position to relish some of those good dishes the mothers are accustomed to prepare on birthday and other big days in a . boy sure to come-and- -of the-<^ncB~«*-aatioiHrt-fiefeMe? bring well filled baskets. Our cook # • will have plenty of hot coffee and iced tea to go with the picnic din ner. ...... A word to parents: It may be that you will not find it altogether convenient to go to the Scout picnic. But ar£ there not good reasons why you should go? It will give you a fine opportun ity to cultivate companionship with your boy. The value of this cannot he estimated. Secondly, it will prove to him that you are glad to do anything, even at the sacrifice of time and comfort, to provide him innocent, helpful and liplighting amusement. Thirdly, you will he giving your endorsement to an organization that.has won a place in the ma chinery of the United States Gov ernment, both in time of peace and war. Lastly, your presence will be an encouragement to the local Scout officials in an unselfish service they are trying to render your boy. Henry Stokes, Scout Master, R. W. Johnson, Assistant, A. C. Daniel, Assistalat. SAYS SEVEN MEN GOYERNED NATION * “Secret Government” Formed Wat Laws Long Before War, Graham Charges. “Defease Connell Formed Violation Law.” vr J Washington, July 7,—Seven men formed a "secret government of the United States,” which, working “be hind closed doors,” determined all of the so-caled war legislation “week* and even months” before war was de clared against Germany, Chairman Graham, of the house pommittee in vestigating war department expendi tures, charged today after reading in to the record a digest of the, minut Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, B. H. Boyd, W. W. Harris, Troop Committee. He did not think Rector had his right hand on his hip pocket when Gos nell fired, and had often seen him with that hand In his clothes. Upon being cross-examined by At torney Dean, Keller said he saw a pistol in Rector’s hip pocket as he fell; that in the fall the corner of his coat flew up, revealing the weapon. He would not say positively just where Rector’s right hand was when the shooting by Gosnell began. As a result of the verdict by the jury of inquest. Gosnell will be '*ied for murder. . Cooaty Begias Road Work Laurens, S. C., July 9 (Special)— In the presence of supervisor, sev eral of the highway: commission and a number of citizens, ground was broken near the city limits yesterday morning for Ihe top-soil road from Laurens to Princeton. The work on this road has been let to Gremory & Thomas, contractors, and representa tives of the firm were on hand to see that the work was properly undertak en. The firm has at present only one of three sections of its road work ing force, but the other two sections are expected at an early date. The power wbrk in grading is furn ished by mules and horses, the fore man stating yesterday that motor power is not satisfactory for this par ticular kind of work. The stock is in good condition and the equipment of the best. Traffic is not being inter fered with by the work going on, but drivers are expected to use care in passing teams. Cross Hill Road Launched. After witnessing the beginning of work upon the Princeton road the highway commission held a regular meeting in the office of the supervisor and took up other matters pertaining to the new roads. After a thorough discussion of plans for the future, the commission decided to launch its fourth project, the road from Spring Grove, by 'Cross Hill and Mart Teague place to the Shaw r place to connect with thg prospective road from Lau rens through Waterloo to the Green wood county line. Work upon this road will be started just as soon as top-soil and rights-of-way are grant ed. On account of the many details which have to be followed In getting the use of the' federal aid, it is likely that the Cross Hill road, like the Princeton road, tyoth of which are to be built without federal aid, will be well under way before the Enoree to Waterloo and Kinards to Fountain Inn roads are begun. BIG YERDICT GIVEN. New York, July 2.—A verdict of $80,- 000 damages against the Florida East Coast Hotel Company was awarded to Miss Elizabeth Hoffman in supreme court here today for injuries she suf fered when she fell down an elevator shaft at the Hotel Breakers, ‘Paint Beach/ ' . These seven men were named by Mr. Graham as Hollis Godfred. How ard E. Coffin, Bernard M. Baruch, Samuel Gompers, Franklin H. Mar tin, Julius Rosenwald and Daniel Willard, members of the advisory committee of the council. This com mission, he added, was designed by law to aCt purely in an advisory ca pacity to the council, composed of six cabinet members, but the Presi dent, he asserted, made them the real executives. After Mr. Graham had read to the Investigating committee a digest de signed to show that the military draft, food control and press censor ship had been discussed by the com mission several weeks before war was declared, Representative Reavls (re publican), of Nebraska, interrupting, asked if “all this wa* prior to the President’s speech on armed neutral ity, in which he said he was not con templating war.” The chairman answered affirma tively. Later In the recital of the digest, Mr. Graham said that censure of the council and commission, uttered In senate and house, led Mr. Coffin to urge that “a definite channel of con tact” he established between the council and congress. “In other words,” commented the chairman, "congress ought to be educated.” In (brief, Mr. Graham’* “digest ~ ebarged the President organixed the council in violation of the law, and that in addition to framing legisla tion, dictated policies the country was to pursue, and befriended .“big business.” Included in the report read into the record was' a letter by Judge Gary advising the commission it was disregarding the laws "sup posed to regulate business.” Categorical denial of Chairman Graham’s charges was made by Gros- verner B. Clarkson, director of the council. In a statement issued to day. “My examination the other day be fore Mr. Graham’s committee,” Mr. Clarkson said, “showed at the outset a tendency on the part of a majority of the committee to disclose that the administration had taken no prepared ness steps before - entering the war. Whereas the truth was that owing to the almost providential presence of the council of national defense, cre ated by congress itself eight months before a gr#at many far sighted plans ml been initiated by the council act ing alone as well as on the advice of Its advisory commission. “The advisory commission of seven men was throughout the war compos ed o| at least three and probably four Republicans as was the huge majori ty of the council’s committees. The council’s minutes which I furnished to Mr. Graham's committee, with the hearty consent of Secretary Baker, chairman of the council,- and volun tarily supplemented with those of the adivaory commission, disclosed be yond any question that the ocuncil had in the most constructive way looked far ahead into the immediate future to the -encl of the preparation of the country for war.. “The council's minutes have dis closed these facts to Mr. Graham. Hp addressed himself to the council’s sys tem of procuring supplies for th* war department. That matter was thresh ed out long ago before the senate mil itary affairs committee and the inti mation against members of the coun cil’s committee on supplies died of their own weight at the end of the hearings more than a year ago. Coun cil committee members under the stress of an unprecedented emergency were unddubttdly in some cases plac-, ed in the apparent position ot ttoiiig business with themselves, wr.erea* that iever was actually the fact and not a scintilla of wrong doing, was ev- et disclosed and it is believed that toe law was complied with taroneh- out” ' - v' \ ____________ • Mr*. E. W. Fergwsou Mon day in Greenville. Mmwmmmmsm V > ■ /«k x. . mm — /'