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* *. I,,.. A he ~Lr~er?ra~er, 0> VOLUME XXXII. LAUR~NS, SOUTlI CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917. NUMBER 24 VERY DEPLORABI LANFORD S Father Mistakes Son For Burglar. OSCAR LANFORD MEETS DEATH Capt. J. W. Lanford Mistakes Son for Burglar and Shoots film With lIe. peating Rifle.. Son Ieturns Fire Under Misapprehension, Wounding his Father. Early yesterday morning the news was spread around the city that bur glars had made a raid at Ora and Lan ford Station in this county and that in the confusion following' an attempt to catch him at. lan ford Station, (apt. .T. W. LTaford had shot and mortally wounded his son, Oscar Lanford, and him self had reed ied a hullet woun d from tie pistol of his son. The burglar escaped during the fusillade, but if the ofilcers are eonirmed in their be lef, he was later apprehended at Woodruff and yesterday about noon was placed in the county jail here. Jewelry and iother things found on the person of the man arrested convince the officers that they have secured the right man. The burglar made his first visit to Ora, a small station on the C. & W. C. railroad between here and Spartan burg. He ransacked the office of Dr. R. H. Bryson, but secured nothing that appealed to him. From there he was next heard of at the home of Mr. W. T. Blakely. Mr. Blakeley saw him standing in his room and thinking per haps that it was his son, George, hailed him, saying "Is that you, George?" Tpe man replied "Yes',' but backed th'ough the bath-room and sleeping poreh, Mr. Blakely saw that he was going toward Lanford Station so he telephoned Mr. Scott Higgins, giving the warning. Mr. Higgins notified Mr. Oscar Lanford and Mr., Jim Fleming, but remained at home himself on account of his wife who was afraid to stay alone. Mr. Os car Lanford and 11r. Fleming awoke Capt. John W. Lanford and they await ed the burglar at the depot. About 4:30 o'clock a man was seen to come down the road toward Mr. Drummond's store, which was in the direction of Ora but on the opposite side of the street from the depot, the railroad being on the east side of both. The man was seen to circle the store building, using a flashlight to light his way. For some reason, lie decided not to enter this store and started toward the depot behind which the watchers hero shielding themselies. Mr. Flem ing thought it best not to halt him here, so advised the Messrs Lanford to remain still while he went around to the other end of the depot. where he could halt the burglar with more safe ty. Fleming started around, but before he reached the end of the depot he heard Capt. Lanfordl cry "Hlalt" andi the shootinug begani. (Caplt. I anford, who surivivedi thei 1ragedy, wvas uincr tain exactly. as to what Io(curred, lutl In thle conifusion It appejiaris t hat Osca r .Enfor 10(uiishedi in frontI of his fa thier anid betweecn him11 and tihe b~urglair and recive a((i biillet froii C'apIt. Lan11ford's son evideintly miistook his fat her ior aniothlier memiiber~ of the gan ig andii shot at hmim while falling thle bullet woundii iiw Ca pt. 1Laniford sl ighltly on t he iinside of th le ,iiighI. .. l-'l(ming, who cai edi a lhot g ' loaded withi bhck-siiot, shotl one ti me. Whet heri thle huregiarm shot at all is not1 known. lie made hIs eseaiie towardl Enioree andl W~oodruit. A imn - answvering hiIs decr i ption and1( carr ying a flashlight and~ al few. Himplle 1ools waUs arrested by Cief of P'olilce Keliet t at Woodruoff yesterday mlornlin andI i hand1( ed over to thle otlicer's froum this coun tg. Sheriff Wittis is ocinfbdent that lie has time right man. hn add ititon to the things men tioned above, thle su pposed burglar had on hIs person a scarf pin and heavy goldI bandl rinig, thought to ho the propierty of Mirs. Bilakoly. i~e 3efulses lve any information as to -bimself. When arrested lie was lpar 5tially intoxicatedl. YnrdStation was thrown Into a great confusion by the tragedy and a pale of gloom was east over thie little town on account of the tragedy andl its peculiarly sadl circumstances. Capt. hanford, though slightly wounded, is prostrate on account of the death of his son. Oscar Lanford was a man .E TRAGEDY AT TATION TUESDAY THE McDANIEL GINNERY DESTROYED BY FIItE Total Loss of (innery Built near Lau. rens Cotton Mills Three Years Ago. The McDaniel Ginnery, located on East Main street near the depot and owned and operated by Mr. S. 9. Mc Daniel, was totally destroyed by a fire of unknown origin betw,.en 2 and 3 o'clock Saturday morning. When discovered the blaze had already made such headway that the fire department was unable to save any part of it. By effective work, however, the seed house on one side of the gin and a large barn on the other side were saved. . The ginnery was erected and sup plied with machinery three years ago at an approximate cost of $5,200. Feed and other things in the building brought the total value to nearly $6,000. lr. Mclianiel carried Insur ance policy of $2,800. On account of the advanced stage at which the fire was discovered ir. Acl)aniel said it. was (litlcult to Judge of the cause of it, although he ex pressed the opinion that it was caught by a lighted match or cigarette care lessly thrown among inflammable ma terial by trespassers. Mr. McDaniel spoke very highly of the work of the fire department and expressed his appisciatlon of xtheir services and the services of friends who assisted. Because of the low pressure in the water mains, the pumping apparatus on the fire truck was especially valuable in saving the seed house and barn. SALES WERE FE W. Only Four Sales held on the First Salesday of the Year. Monday, though the first salesday of the year, was a very quiet one, due to the unusually bad weather and the fact that there were only four small tracts of land put up for sale. All of these were through the Cork of Court's office and were as follows: J. C. Smith et al, vs Mrs. J. A. Mc Chesney. 34 acres n.ear the town of Waterloo, sold to E. P. Walker for $1.020.00. Commercial Bank of Rutherfordton, N. C., vs Nora Mills et al, 4 1-2 acres known as the Dr. Poole honmeplace, sold to R. A. Cooper, attorney, for $1,900.00. Andrew Garrett vs F. W. Williams et al, one acre near Watts Mills, sold to R. E. Babb, attorney for $20.00. T. E. Jones as administrator, 56 acres near Fountain Inn to C. C. .ones for $1775.00. Mrs. Henrietta Parkins. Mrs. Ilenrietta Parkins, wife of the late (apt. Charles Parkins, one of Greenvillk's oldest and best known women, dIled early3 t his imor'ninig at he'r home, 128 Ilowe street; a fter a Ii ngering ill ness. She was In her' Mlst ye'ar. irs. Pa rkinxs was botrn .1ltily Ii. lMi;, in lsaixremns 'ounty, the eldest (diu ghtr ofI'(i .1 effeirson SuixIIvan. She iuarie'd (aptain (Charles Pa:rkins in I1Nii. ii e piecedled her to thle grav~e seven ye'ars. She' Is siri'v ed by one brother, I. two) sister and i seven (I hiil In the dethI of -Mrs. Pa 'akinsx, G;reen 'ille has lost onie of her'i lovlest chaxr ae(ters. She was a good~ ne'ihbor and1( 1kind( andl loving mxother. lFromi her' early girlhood0( she was a membi er of thIe Met hodi1st Epidscopal clhurachi, Fon th. F~or' the past six yearis she had been a anufferer', but biore the a Illiet ion withI great fort itudie.--Gr'eenxvll News. MIr. W. 11. lBlakely, who lIves on Rt. 3, ename ix .\ionday and as he said, arited off the now year rIghtI by renewing his subscr'ipt Ion to 'The Ad v'eirtser. about middle agedl, married and wvithI sever'al chxildrnen. The capture or thme fugitive was due largely to the prompt efforts of the local officils in getting thxe news or thme tragedy circulated and asking of fleers In nearby towns to be on thme look-out. Policeman KollettI, who caught theo man, ia from iSullivan township, thxis county, and is widely known in theo county, having been a candidato foxr shxerlif last summer. ('O1U11A WINS FIGIIT FOR FAt1 LOA N BANk Carolina Capital Gets One of Twelve. Georgia, Florida and Two Carolinas Comprise the District. Washington, Dec. 27.-Two days later than the prescribed time for re ceiving Christmas presents, but prob ably none the less appreciated for this slight delay Columbia this morning was given one of the farm loan banks by William G. McAdoo, secretary of the 'treasury, and the members of the farm loan board after one of the most interesting and exciting contests with 150 other cities throughout the country. Columbia did not win the fight for the bank without effort. It got into the game when, months ago, it was prac tically certain that there would be a farm loan bank in the near future. Following Initial efforts made at thaf time, it kept on fighting and wlo'i about three weeks ago, it was stated that it might los'' the hank, in send of sulking its business mien took hold of the situation with renewed ef fort, the result being the presentation of the bank this morning. That ('o ltumbia has won the tight in coilipe tition with such cities as irmt inglha f, Nashville, .lacksonville and others, 1.50 of thein altogether, speaks well for the concertl business activity of the capi tal city. Ilad its citizens failed to keep up their fight, especially when it look ed as if they were whipped, Colum bia would have lost, instead of win ning a magnificent victory. MRS. CELISTA ROBERTSON. Widow of the Late Lewis Itobertsoh Died at her Home In This City Sat urday. Mrs. Celista Robertson, widow of the late Lewis Robertson, died at her home, the old Robertson Hotel, in this city Saturday morning after an illness of a few hours. Death was due to a collapse- tiidont upon advanced age, Mrs. Robertson was in the 87th year of her age, her husband having pre ceded her to the grave about eight years ago. Before marriage she was a Miss Owings, she and her husband having been residents of the Gray Court section of the county. She is survived by two sons, Messrs W. C. P. Robertson and Watt T. Robertson, and one daughter, Miss Mary Robertson, all of this city. The funeral services were held at the Robertson burying ground near Gray Court Sunday, being conducted by Rev. W. A. Fai , pastor of the First Methodist church of this city. Mrs. Robertson was a gentle, kindly womain, beloved by all those who knew her. She was greatly attached to the old home and seldom daring recent years left its walls. Postal Receipts Increase. Assistant. Postmaster 1). M. Nor wood states that the postal receipts for the fiscal year just closing, in eluding re(ceipts5 from stainps, postal cards, box rents and second ('lass miteIr, amonItedl toi $18,i57.P99. Thme year's business shows a gaini over 1915 when the receipts were $11.8*: 1.0)0. liy reaching the $13m marouiok thmis ot lice ean n. anm incWrease of $100e per yeai' for its lpostmnaster. thle sala y lbe lng increasedl firii $:2.:.'I0 to $2,800. None' of the oither (empjle es ot thi. oilie profit. by the incre'(as(e. AntiuatL .i ssociamtlonnij Conferenlce, rThe above meeting wvill hi' held with the Flirst Ita ptist clhurch1 omn J1manary 121th. 10very churchc ini the associa lion is ex Peced to send ithleiri loas tor and3( at least two -lay mieminbcrs. Trhe following is the prIogram:l Thie morning service willl begin with the devotional meeting at teni o'clock, 'onducitted by R1ev. W. H. Collins. 10:30 to It :00--El'very imeme ean vass. Samutel It. Tlemiplemian. 11:00 to II :45-Systematic (Givia. R1ev. R1. J. Williams, llev. 1H. C. Ize, 11:45 to 12 :30-Atlanta ihitist Lay men's Conivenit ion (a) What is it? ('. 14. Iloboa. b) W~ho should go? W. ('. Ic) WillI it hlp thle laurenis As sociatiin? '. iI. Itoperi. I12:3:0---Sermnon by E. M. Light Ifoot. Amternioon. . Appm oriments for 1917 considered andi apprioved by the messengers from the various churches, GERMAN PROPOS8[S R[J[CT[D BY ALLI[S Declared War Maneuver by Allies. JOINT NOTE IS SENT FROM PARIS Entente Riefuses to Consider 'T'eutonie Note whleh it. Considers Empijt.y and Insincere. litesnonsillility for the 111r ('harged to G(erman Ic Ailles. Paris, Dec. 30.-In reply to the of fer of Germany and her allies for a peace conference, the Inteite Allies, in a collective note, declare, that Ihey "refuse to coisider a proposal which is in pty and insincere." T'he note was handed to the A inerican Amb1 hassado r, \'nI. Graves Sharp, today by I'rem)ier I3riandi, a1(1 was iade li c i simutil tunieoulsly in i-ondon amti in Paris. Thel i":niente -\Ilied }{overnmlengs insist that no peace is possible so long as they have not. secured repara-. tion for violated rights and liherties and the free e'xsten'e of small states an have not brought about. a settle ment for the future security of the world. The note declares that. the proposal of the Central Powers is not an offer of peace, but a "war maneu ver". It is declaC -ed to be founded on "calculated misinterpretation of the character of the struggle in the Past, the present and the future." The note does not specifically out line the definite war aims of any of 'ae Entente governments, except Bel gium. Before the war, it is pointed out, Belgium asked for nothing but to live in harmony with her neigh bors. Assailed in spite of the treaties guaranteeing her violatibility, Belgium the note says, has taken up arms to 'defend her independence and "her n'eutrality 'violated by Germany." Belgium's airn which is declared to be the only aim of her king and gov ernment, is described as "the reestab lishment of peace and Justice. But they only desire peace which would assure to their country legitimate re paration, guarantees and safeguards for the future." The note, which is the joint act of the Entente Powers, declares that the present strife was desired, provoked, and declared by Germany and Aus tria-llungary, and that Germany made no effort to bring about a pacif ic solitio."of the trouble between lit tle Serbia and Austria-IHungary, as did Great Britain, France and Russia. A peace concluded upon the Ger man idea would he only to the advan tage of the Central Powers says the note, while disasters caused by the war demand penalties, reparation and guarantees. The German overtures are deserih ed as a calculated at tempt to intlu en(e the future course of Ihe war and to end it by3 Iimpiosing a~ ernmn iieace. The overtuires also are salid to have the effect of intiidlating nut ral Pub-4 lic opinion as well as to stifi'en opin ion ini the4 (Cnt ral i'o 'is --worn Out byV econoie( pressur1e an P 'ruiished by posed1 i uo in 'thir inh aiants.'' lOune 01114'ued ni Wals .4 ills. Wuitts .\l ills (compiiany, oc'up1ied by~ .\r .Ji'lim Toas, was heavily I: damaiged by tire Fiday njight abouti4 7 4'clock. Tliu. hiz~'e oriigin~ated in on' of tie (losctg andi spiread very raidly, almost rin.ii ing bothi the blbilling anid thle furini ltur'e. Tlhe (liPty ire 1'1) ieatmen44t wvent to the assistance ofi the4 mill departli Thom0i4as carried ino intsurian(ce oii hiis fuitre i, but t.the comtipa ny had thle building inisured'( ui 1to a reasonable amoun111t. To Take Mr. hiliton's Place1. S. F. M\iller, of Vaughinville, llaimp (in coun ty, has aecepted thle Josi t Ion madi~e vacan t at the graded school by lie resiginat ion of' M.\. C. 1111lion, whot( has nccepted a piosition)4 in thle war dhepa rtment at. Wachiingtoni. .\lr4. Aliller' is a graduate of The (Citadel and~ has hadl several years Cepeienlce as a teacher'. in addit ion to his duiities In the class roomis, lie will have charge of the military training of the boys. .\ir. Illilton,''who lhad made a v'erv efileieint teahcer, has miany frIends here who regretted1 to see him1) leaven. ilANNIN(PS ANNUAL 31ESSAGE WILL BE 11RIEF Heal With Broad PrIblems. yelt('al Message for Partlciilar Subects. The Insurance Mudle. Columbia, Dec. 29f.-Governor .\an ling retturne(d this morning from a hunt with Mr. It. .\l.Iaruch on his es ate in Georgetown County, and at lce began work on his annual mes age to the general assembly. lie is athering material for the message Indl will begin dictating it to his stenographer at the fi rst opportunity. The governor has intimated that his Innual message will be comtiparatively )rief and that. it will deal only with he broad problems facing the a(illnil sratlionl. lie expects to deal tirough Ipceial Iilessages with particular sub ects. important matlers whic'h the gv rnor iS expected to touh(o1 (I' 'ommunhittIlienation to Ile lawillak(rs inl lii(de, inlsurlance,, le iltilon, tit en1 nig tupl oil ihe, prohibition latw, the Iighlway commllissionl act, amlenldmlents o str(igtlheil the state warehouse sy, (in, finances and ediient ion. Oil the quest ion of finances the Loven'Ior IS expected to scud a special mlessage anlli he will probably do this after conferences witi Chairman ihristensen of the senate finance coml mnittee, Chairman Liles of the house Mays and means committee, State 't'reasurer Carter, Comptroller Gener al sawyer and Chairman A. W. .Jones of the state tax commission. It is prob able additional sources of revenue will be recommended by the governor. Of all the subjects to be dealt. with by the chief executive, what he will have to say of insurance legislation will probably be of the greatest hi terest. The special commission's re port is now before him and he has not as yet given any indication of whether he agrees with the findings of that commission or . will make changes. He has an open mind on the sribject, it is known and is gathering all of tho available information and discarding that which does not answer the situa tion and taking the best. ideas from everything and everywhere. What Governor 'Manning will have to say about the National Guard of the state will attract attention. At the re cent. conference of governors in Wash ington, lie was (luoted as saying that he believed the National guard was doomed and whether lie will repeat this statement in his message and sug gest some other form of citizen sol diery is not known. The governor, like all other patriotic citizens in South Carolina is known to be proud of the record which the guard has made but he feels that. the sacrifices entailed are too great for the men to lay aside their business and be sent away for monthIs to patrol a boundary. The governor will undoubtedly eulogize the National guard for it. has won merited praise. The governor has not male any statement. but it. is believedl that he hioldls the opliionii whlichi a great mlanly othier welli in fo rmed mien do, that uni til the( caste system is discardid fr''an the regular arimy, there is piog t lbe trioiubtle ini gettinlg it recrulited ii st rengthI. lie limy\ halve' somihin g to' say3 ahligg this linei ini his annmutal mes-" Sage foir lhe has t wo sonsi in the Na other a 5(erge'ant inl thle ''avalt: 7 roop theiif tiharl(s'l 15( iightl lDra oil now dot\tin border' aericte ntiing 0h enoisea frofirt and i nform uIwacaieon Goernor \l'tankn o expect.tlto de vuot ievergh inue fois sjiarer( s I~tilnte th legsil t ure i to ritin t hlis tme toaye. .\l. ad .\lr(. bIe. si. Tulin. loitra whor. liitMrle i infntrt a Iei medl Newses etalnk the rinds thoughtfu ftt them(i' i l thit i ber. iet. hes'la hid wa utatree mothe old ( a haben six ks a ort io .e li.lan .rfrs, le mbert flerl a ftd.t gandfa.\ors. I aI. t1. 1 .rt' luifant (on Pthec ol sobeniamdate t MEXICAN SIT ATION B[COMING_1NC[RTAIN Carranza Will Probably Re ject Protocol. VILLA IS NOW GAINING STRENGTH .1 r"1, Officers are Urging l'ershinid's Withdrawal as a Military Step. Stip.. pression of lhaudit Forces by (ar. ranza's A riny Now iceis loubtful. Was hington, il-.30.-Incereasing 'Vidence that. (en. I arranza's govern luent. is being inenaceld by the hands .f insurgents, conilled with Ile pros .(e(ts (hat. the first chief will not ae c'ept the AlIlantic C'ity porto! il, unless the conlditionls it attae~lu's to the( with drawal of the Alericai troops is elii innte~d, hats brought. Ilhe .\lexic"an sitti ation to a stag' of ulcertaiiinl. that is causing growing (ollEferin here. WVhile ollicials admnit that the condli. Irons they confront are efbarrassing, and sonme high army otlicers are urg ing that l'ershing's Ien be witlidawin as a inilitary step and rega rdless of the conditions it. is insisted that so fre' there has been no change in the ad ministration policy. The Arnerican mminbers of the joint. conunission, which drew the Atlantic City portocot will meet here Tuesday to go over. Gen. Carranza's request for noditica tion and to consider whether any bas is is offered for further conferences with the Mexican commission. Chas. A. Douglas, an attorney for Carranza, governnent, saw Counsel lot. Polk of tote State 'Department today and is updprstood to have made a fur ther plea fpr withdrawal of the troops. Several army officers of high rank are no longer attermpting to conceal their impatience over 'the joint con mission's failure to secure ratification of an agreement and openly are urg ing that the altered conditions in Mexico make it imperative to bring the 12,000 men now in Mexico to po sitions on the border where they could be handled to better advantage if it became necessary. Reports to the State and War l)e. partruents, supported unofllcial ad vices indicating that. Villa is rapidly, gaining strength in Northern \exico, liat. makes his suppression by the Carranza army appear doubtful. At the sarne tine followers of helix Diaz are said to be iakitig trouble in tlho SouthIi, while Manuel Palaez and other rebel leaders are gaining ground in the Central portions of the iepublic. The ollilal advices indicnted that ('arranza forces in alStillho, It o days a19g0 were anticipating in attack by \illa forces. The governor of the Stato had dired t Ihat the goveron 1-aiii ar chieves he prepared foi- reim-al ad promlinent c'ivilianls and oilkinisl had set tIheil' fatllillies to the I relr. Sue. '(.ses(o the \i' ilta foiirs ai-iti Tor letin, we-re tonlilt-u ned by he :al di es. I lhts opertations inl t hie ;as-t few weeksl( ha~ve conv~iin-cd armyil len-a lO~ tha I to anld othlerI le-adeis it lii re alciinary1 inotvlien t aleli.eu aa pini of tampaj~iigtn havinefeIl- in aind ae l i l t tit he- reiii fit n ni t tiblr t hanI t- (Wellu at ionu tory-. It is poillted t t Iha h i eliter ed lon n' .it if im.tela i NorthertiI n .\ 4tio eit t titV I u Ilt ati l( i s ig htWIng I Ia 'i a andlillit le1ad w aii loiu~t his IIffe-tlion in ils alrm~y hav 'iii hedf goivernmenit' a'gents en tihe huder-i. it is ('xpelctedt thant V-illa will mlak'- everlv efttort to (diisos oft the l f.\ liui foreo haa tt take ('ommandi(. In a ('tnsidb~t Itli aIlen ofi Tapafrli \Ibindiel P'alat-z, whoti has bteen in con.. ('tly3 exttede hIs oterst ins to., ward( till Sfult h withoullt opllft- ionil. -t 1- t'- Stone h-ft las Thiurstday lor At Ian ta to tied ttsomlle I lit withi Ils son11 \tei I .. IS Se.