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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=,
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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,
an<j Bi so far frs Is known, was nnle. of.
MAN CONFESSES HE .
* MURDERED FIANCEE
Harry S. New Walks Into Police
Headquarters and Says He Killed
Young Woman. Mother Says He is.
Son of Senator New.
Los Angeles, July 5.—Harry S. New,
of Blendale, C& 1 if., walked into police
he adquarters early today, informed
detectives that iV>e .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
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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
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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-
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