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00 AAAL PO a 'tit VOLUME X"A"Xiii. LAURENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,1917. NEGRO SOLDIERS KILL AND Outbreak .at Houston, Tex., of Colored Troops. 12'WHITES DEAD; MANY WOUNDED Not. Unown ilow 31any Negros ure Dead. Outbreak Ori-innted lin (l iletv Two Necro Soldiers hai with Pollee OfIleers.. 'Neuro 'Troojps later Uilrmed 1111d, l1.emovel to) ('111um. bum, N. M. lloustonl, Te -x., Aum. :2:3--T ev white mlon. ciliviansii, )oilce oflicers and National Gtuardsmeni, were killed and mIor than a score of perons, mni. Women and clibiren were wounded inl vln oilbreak here ton ight of nlei.-ro sol di ers of the Ti wen ty-foui rtl 1n ii Ited States Infnf try. stationed here to net as guards during fli' otroi"uticfionl of the caip where the 11linois troops ,vill t raIn. It Is not hnown i how miainy ie:Jr'eS are dead. Captain .J. W. Alattes \ lWtery. See ontd Illinois Field Artillery, was amlong th dead, belin (illcd wn tried to remnon str withii the n1egro Soldiers. The outbireak Is sitpposed to liave originated in a difliculity which two n egro soltdiers had with Ipolice oilleers who arrested theiml for disthurbing the peace ind] sent them to lie police sta i Ion early in the i afternoon. Little (efinite Information was avail alde in tlie cify tonight from tile seeic of tlie riot, owing to telephone coi iuntileation having been ttit off. Such retorts, however, as lenked throtili from isrihited chlianiels indiented that a State f' talic exIsted near the e 1)Ag. .\ report rent 1hed poll'-t' hieaditr ers late toitl0 that oloe-third of lte ioin noro !toldiirs were undilter re straint, imt that thl e 0,(. maiiilder of thw Infant rymuen had diviulod ito small grous ad w erIe Imidng their wAvy outlYhrn fsvellons. of, the city, sit ilm h caimp. ii'(huh ilarinil Law.. Illar't al law has been deviatd for Ilrtytoni a:1 vicinity becaun' of the 2ith nwen-' infantry rin'ig1 amuck at Cam Ian . All white- wounded ar" IVilian'. one of the dead is a polire man. 'The wotinded are: V. W. White. vivil engineer. lhot In the righ t thi gh. seriously wounded. C. .1. Chainner, streef car motorman. was shot through tle stoma ch and an iidentifled white man was wounded in tle thigh and arn. 01. W. lutcler. shot In left shoulder and In hack. sel:Iorusly wounded. W. A. Thomp son, shot through right hip, seriously. Willie Strong. negro soldier, 2-Ith In fant ry. City DetectIve T. 0. Tenford, shot In the knee. Police Offleer Fuif Daniels. shot !n lie hack, condition critical. Thel in Dryeliart, wlie girl, shot In iitomach. Ulnlent Ified white glirl, condit ion se io us. TIhree Lanre~ns Iui s iini rnce. .At lt'asft three L au rens boys are- alI ready ini France. tahand \loMseley, son of .\r. and grt. C. I). Mloseley, heft sev eralI weeks a go as, a mit:ebr of the .ItOOsevelt Ila e Illotpilfal corps andI is nlow "somtewhlere"' in l'rance, fthotugh ttit of the exaict loca ton heling found oI. \nather Laniuteuis lhoy is Seigt. PC-en Vfln ' oin the .ib-xican i and in vardm; ftrso ;ti e 1 n' ,t.tat-A an! ; i a flne -(-ie tf . ndeuhtrwenit Opuerat Ion. . \.. \ A. Hur-ass. who was fr r cut t.a~ Als he ut n ~i l hst i i-ecenl Iy lbeii muanau'tr of a Ia r'e we at C'entr al, undieirweint a serious oera-L (nu at a Spataunhurg hoastital 1: .\,onaya. Il; is many frIends wil bte gj.l i kno'v' that Ilhe operatlitn wva. a sutr-'.sftl e a tuli lhat'h is nitw rap~hl~y rcoverIing. 111 br; iother, \lr C. M1. !ltrgess, andI .\ us. lhuwgess weon ri to Ic pireseint duintg the op~eratioui eni r'otunrnrid home after It was a p -ret thatu the danger poInt had been nasseod. RUN AMUCK; WOUND WHITES D[PUIY KILLED; AN OTHER MN WQUNDED Depuy Slit J. A. Stewarutwa its Shot Four 'ihues iI Grapple. WaHlter Coon Fell by Wayside, Exhausted. Greenville, Aug. 27.--J. Arthur Stew dt, depily sheriff at Woodside Iills, was shot i a lmost Instantly killed ias:t igIt al a house onl iast Sixth -treeto, Woodsbde mills, where dulty haid callcel hinm to iake anl investig".a l'n1. 1i wan shot four]. times and one cf tIe h) ill(t1s, 1assi II"g throutgh 1 t ,-;*.I t. r I l" ,In1 vIII,entered ho I -hevstI -of Walter 'V-00n. who was holding hinm whilie' Toinl Scott, a cottoll nill ope rative, is alleged to have lnipield the iistol which he had stized froin the olli(Ce'.cis ahuh iard. Four womnen anld seven menl were1 1hwod in .iill last n i by 'Sheriff !IItetor to await. tlhe coroik's !in olest whiill will be b'etJiin til nitol1 ing a( 9 o'clock III I h e parlm of in streel. Ill the lu'eiPsnece of Chief "* I'oliee . 1). Noe, Sergeant Alexaniir and a how oth ers SheiffI tector I"st niigh obtained from two of the Woinell a statement which inod;et ed thlat Tom S-cott struck Depuity Stewarlt. and that ithe inter is(,eid Sco! t and Ioried lmI o the Iloor. Walter Cori then cai . hold of tIe, olicer and as tihe three wcre in .irapple, it is stated '1.ha!1 1.cott pulle1id Stwrtsisloi out of his senbhalrd and1" firefd four innes. inl qulick sulccessiOon. "1Aly (od, Tomn, yoei have shot me'" vas the first exclaiiat hi chll tihl, wvonlien witnevsses r-eported thI! hevarId. Tomn Scott walke'd inl thw hlo se and r1.()n, a'1 w miut1 Cooin left. lie was piciked p r onl tle wayside by Ser''nnt .\ie' allder who fonllid 1111 nwar i ' oi ' i l I ni ill', w here hle hail idroippei ntn .exhalstioll. iTom S ot v lI If he 1111se in Il imeali while but ret11irneid an11d u, takenI inl custody. byI Sheriff R~ector. Chief of Itural Police Gosneli, i puty SherlitY (apeIl iand (vor. ' -iln. were also onil Ie seene ilnvelst igat illn. Within the next 11111' an hourit, leveni men and womnen had been landed in .ail, m1ost of theil heing held over nighf as witnessers. They gave their names at the jail as: Walter Coon. Tom Scott, ii. . Shiort, J. W. Cloui. R. W. Sizermore, PIlrnest .1lustice, Oia Branchi, Rest TI'imms, Pearly WVodI land Pula C(nter. :6 TO I8 E ('TOB ,I 1E FOR THlE NEW A1131V 'liose Draffedl From This State Will Itetin 3lobiliu at ('p11 Jickson, Near ('oliilbit, on September 5. Orders have been i'eeelved from the office of W. W. .\oore, ad.I lt ant nona eralI of South C'arolinal, by local ex empt ion bonard relative toi the app ilor tiIonmient I(f nien to lie rceiveil ilntoi thie new inat inal arm Ply Se'pltembe i'r I. IAerording to thei 01 O'-rs the state's iguinta will hre~ nlled Into the' seicei~ S(eptembieri I, aind will hbe ordered to moiiliize' at (Campif .laelkson'. the (Co 'th se ri at that time li is :I li i t. irri' e Septrlember' 1 , andii :ii p.-r eenl October :t. The rem i ei. ! 'o ' po iin lie --alld ii'nt o . 2ve Icti heQ-~ 1.\ . nic'ianjs~f'oi te ilnt ! aud ii Iu m itli neV. bythem TheIi Ir' n'ibt f m1115aeten f ei ' hi-n iii; 1 51 t ln I ow . i:. a 5.l t o c ('0.1. tiiidatlilm tNew Stila l1,l ra nlt.e un bahi' k. PCm Cisu halg. .'!r. I ikns h aa s eTiaer riod fore slness a n~ havinptgmbe, d'utvi the lstok pa r olen ver b 3IDETS SEPi'EMIEIt IST Will Hiold Mleeting InI the Office of Dlr. Hughes to Perfect, Organiizition. W. It. MeCuen, secretary of the Lau rciS county branch of the National Council of Defense, of wh ich Dr. It. 1E. Hlughes is county chairman, has issued a call fort a meeting of township Chair men, speakers and iebillers to be hlvid In tle otlice of Dr. Iughes i) this city next Saturday, Sepit. The object of the ieeting is to liierfet the or ;-%an iz a-4 loll already 1tnt irely made atd to Itap a out a lali of 'arrying oil the wori whi'I' lhe coltlnil propose's to do. The miieeting is to be hlvid at ::'0 o'clolk and a fll attendance is treir.sted. .\nt Invi tion Is also ex teider to tih' public to a tend. If the nieting plave is n larthe eiogh to lintu rot her stahe ' d ll 1rnIInt(ent will be 1 hadl to a i . ar er plac t. rTl 1v fn IleIoN ito :, i Id rs w. e n d1I. 'h1v dirvti ion of the p11nity (o)tili ly ot v. . . F. Jacoi'a , ('linton; Plw. Gewo. Pr r,.lomcville; W. T rGlaN'lwy, Omi: ::nd N. \. I:r. ! 1 . (1rel(, A. ('. Todd, IIie . Fulliiul/ . (; ray, It. V-. itahhi and W. It. KnIightI of' 1.aurens,. The couni il is inxiouls to hi m o ther il assist their. 1i the campll aigil. i r. IIII' 1 h0 l 1mas appollited l r. C. 11. ilopr as chairman of "Pour -\linCun speakers for thie movies. These lienthers, as their titlP ind ens, will tM short. adres.nes InI thie movingt pictiure shows along tie same liney 'hatll t then r s laker wi make al till' oddher gatherings. Othler mlembors of 1his committev are Rev. W. .. Ilol-.1cs, Dr. W%\. II. 1Dial. per-. W ml. A. lairy a d.11t l (it. C. F. hoaukin. .\ls. ..I. .\. 'nlicy, of ('linton, his Lll!?n arlt!1 oted( vninity'. chairman of thle for uslll tt i-f tn e (ou nl andowshi, hreeni at li t i arety Ina e 1i \v +i oov r 00 ' hm: bi the focd ugid by en11vn .1:du! n , onm its InI Ithe fho d. .\r. 'ILi l Icy hiat: ha his I Htr i itd Ihousl aI 1d- o if 1 de I t ca 1rds on li fnh the women plede their suppot of thell o rrni nt inl t ieulieft wafo t and xta iiea in I ,l ' home. CEO0. \. RhOWNicNG. JRi,, STiAI ITS F-TND RI S11 0,1 S Nli i ni i\'l I Nug t belilt mbered by thv Hoe 4 i olks. Put me down for a $]( Sibscr'lp :ion I') a fulnd for <mrI Lau'rens Couin ty b~oy : at campil Sievir", :aid (;(!o. A. Blrowniag. .Jr., f Gjoldville,. who was In the city Thu 12 "We ought not to lag lin ouir intr et for our soldiers wh.]o have gone out to fight ourl hattles and We canl show our interest every lnow itd then by a little contribution for odds and eds wich the govern mntl does not auppvl. Of course hle boys get a "ltl minue imy than thy ulsed to hut no amlounlt of mioney from the( government cou~ mae up1 for a1 lacki of apypreciation at homei. I aml for supporting the. boys and showing the th . 11at wI do no 1IIt forgev 1 t them~l CONFEDEIATE WAltituoIS 31ET1 IN ANNUAL lEUNION Addresses Dcivered1 by Ir. eo. 1,. Cronr and it. it. .. ('oope. Co. F, 11th leg., S. C. V., held I heir ananal reunion at bangson hrch on Augtist l7ith. The ieeting was calld to order by Conra(e (. .. I 1Ilna, of Cf Cross 1-ill Thev following memilbers were present: G. .\l. I lanna, .1. \ilson lakely, .1..-it. Anderson. It. \\. Tlaylor. \'!sii ting colnra':des wore It 1. '.dai r. .1. T. ILangston,. J. - 1). Ni.\o k, \\. 1). \\atts, It. .1. Copeland, It. 0., lairSlon, . 1 .1 .\iihl and r')r. C. A. Saxon. S. .1. Todd and Johnl )illard weres evelehd hoorar'ymember:I .lmr.s Ow h eno~ny ivig bt abentwr e .ohni ID lhield', .. . )endly. I.. . - 1. i. !Il e ly . )1. I' . 1 ) .k. 144:1 ~ ~ .1 .1:- ,I). vl41 Da4 .1:444 1 Crisp. .I. I . I lop lil'. I', '. N.\QP 1 mig S1: N11orIS . ,. C '. 'nn 1. 4 ..-N. C-. IV'Iend. .lim Sparvlkja . . C( . T l4 l onli 0 n T-';1pletonl, , --. \\~ rkim.n. .1. [ mOth. lk te, li h llions (0 i do. 1h of o n:,e l T. Todd mdl .1. 1'rrY I1.0icd 4)01 ' aa l 1 mil a( 11:11 ri -,i or love 1141( a )11)w('i I).%. ( I ' 0 41 1' .ui l'i'--' wIr) Illarh. 44in .a0 by ('li lrid 4. . I 11 ;w ( ! \','. F. \' rI e l :,t . \A lj - (I :n * o1 l the)1 ,1hIijc :d ofVIII) W i l 1resen war, byv Dr. C( ). R'. (' 1me Nf.\ow herry ild 1 1. .\. 'o44 r o!, I 'au rjll were gratlIy aprI; la by)4k thv com !mnly and en1joycd by ,h1e1 people. Th'le t i l inO wv il bI at Iangs)t onl Pollowig are tle resolutilolls adopt. vd: "It It m4 s 11r Fad :11l y 11 offer a tribut of love and appr A:tion to olire Iw.ed Conilradtes. .\r. .1. T. Todhd and . ,rry D1hard0. who 144re bee' tak I from Its since XlAst we mot. The ives or these 11,41d m nV ' were 1truy .1 h-idiclionl onl thlose who wer, fortul na:1t : vw l1h to tile w ithll u.Their nloblo Christlianl lives will ,I. n- (oth y r 11 m their lI iwii. e iheir workd ) dt' ollow\ Pat m.1 T o hit itreovd Tha" vwe do hlow inl humb11c lesu 'V 'a the rot'f 14)4.enl V. ''ba Il ( 0 wil' ol, fo I'e teo I Ion 1 Ic h I.'~t 44 14 11-v 41 .1 :11(1 (4444' d Co Ftl, I T t many har ill oilr. camw p nd 100: her1 w refilled wilh grief hnit 'van known! that1 vhs om 4 i tdcl arted thi life, ) i k 4'1Y 11(j)" 111 V lgI P 10t , 0or .1;s I h !'n o lonl,% to help its by th ir inn 1 o i encowe :iixample. l'. That we oxteii orll (tenderes, : ('rps 11, smimhy to the breaved I and comenld w)t 0 fihe lovin4e 1are of a ki d lilvelily ather 4 fimereilh for u. \. That a copy of telns resolui('lonMs he ::entl to Ohe families and ourl countly !111s an111a .0 spread o'lo1r mill Iit's Lit. Hea)rden Now. .\nother Lautrens couinty physicianl, making three so far inl 1l, has receiv ed a commission for service wihi wt N rmiy. .\onday i1orning DI'. J. l\ l. lede rveeivedj a commission as first lieultenant inl thle olliver's reser've medl val corps and is now awaiting order)s to report at one of the tr-aining camp-iS, prba l '' ort44?'. O 1eh re The oth Oe~ethrpe an . . .l.444'4.k, 1of. Samuel .eat 44n 1he 4i4l) on o l ll rws1 rushed44 to 1 the 1 ity llispital Sunly ftro andi'I ope4rted o frl') n'.!1'4)41!fore 1. nnMru ri'o ndst wial :l'Ohl lied I b81 rn t'(ha0 t h41 la ryst ine 1a n na..h1blwi - I ,.a s4 r AUSTRIAN ARMII WEIGHT OF ] NIGRO SOLDIERS RIOT [ND[D AT HOUSTON Inldignatfin Over Outbre-ak 'riclr ly Expressed liecaulse oif savlageness of Negxroes . ill illatel 14odie4 of Neg-ro1 \VoIntan by l'olivllman, I I lou (ion, Tv:;., .\ifg-. 2 1. - .\A n probl1111y nuIli(ite in] (the annals of thek I'niiipd States ar-Iy was en.ac1d :i Campl 'L-oganl durinlg the ;feI " alo : whenl 6110 sohiirs of, "he hi ai the 21t1 neg 1'ro in (atry were d ar= P-'lnked by a full bpatll ln o th 1!111 infa ntry u1n\ der Olonv el' 1 I .la F. Waitz. :lp! 11hrc comania' 414( :1 4 twl:stl w-'-illcryv from P-ort C'rockt it h, l nvgro 4 olders ere mre(1 .\14 ( I abroas;t to the( para"de gtromn'whr the"ir armls wor, statcked. :\niy v Iul Ithen4 loa1ld tiht, I ll s i14l a44mn nil ioll and colveyed t1111 lo 1114 ca' sl or1 - heavy gntard. Scir1ounlded bIy 11is m it v iih Iodi(Iedi 4i m, oln \\'atltz Ilhon adre4114ssed Ith l..rocs, telli g- them 14 hey wouli hec refluireda to "lay in campil and If thec sp il(.,- time they wouid he provente.! fromt committing fitrther(t violenICes. '' ight (i n r'al I1141n1 1111OVed 4'r tiln of, tihe restrii' llms of 1110il try liw governn I I 4It;-, Ihv city a d(1 cei lu ,ty 1-4,g ard ing the pas1sa441e5 1 )f en 1 i1ia t h rough certainl distrielts. statmens ndinl an -ad:Vi arit r 1in k day b I%' in ,I, p o: 1 '111u 4an1y 4. 2 I 1th infantry .4: J kn': l iivinsl . :nti or1i' :141mh< 4 ''4 i4 'I%- 44( 11 14114c ' 144-2 ' .11,11r W4!5' II (,W 1114. 11(4 it 44Ll en a.:.y e :y a llwha ail. '4t i 1l ,. v 'r 4 y .:' d H 'it ! l .ij: . . 'ii r 1by theIa r ;1u 11111 !! r r - i-t e rolrlow himr1. :'r(! lu t(11l144t to 4 i s the a1 ta 8 r1( 1 : Of 411e (41'e)se an l 1i4 i 4a 114n111 i . "t(e 4'm ' th 114 .' ;mi n of t ihe i S r' ... "kd tab priok to pr 'thrdnili' d to t . (4 n her Ilwy hilled tlfie'Cnl 44e1'sm11s. woo oded I wet yt%-one( and 1olot twom 111i. nnumber hi .\1 i 'ita ia I('(1 ) (110, sta Itvve v (n 'federl. re wa nig o1dis us t he iing i ihe ('-s4 he tion), 14n 1('id he ('(is - Siet illy t oI ( i ie d r.1 himself. I oI I e c(118Ilty i r they illd of the worsn as woelI 1'l used, weli-n. m1l1n three rat (dl di b ie d iile of oai s. Aftni liatfiein inthe '1amp, e added,'11( ('ut4 he1 d11id4( noti en sider41W any bullets were dir(et1ed at1((41W "14 st4'as not(1' 8'nliny in11 Ih lsense of44 the word41 (as Ien raly used,"4 he' said. 41 Thle 4 noncoi nissione~1f d I lic41 rs with1 th'e4' shoot4r weeSreatle and 41p rls Wr'lH'w,?od rss .\loreandTila~a. Ter ar' n YI ' 1 -'1 ' j4 1 4' ii .' ;'l -1 -4 -4 - i 11' 144 2 S FEELING ITALIAN ATTACKS Cordona's Men Make Very Stroig Headway. MARC1HIING ON TO VICTORY Auti 41Eots too in 11hBack Lost 'sition are fI)elnted. Sitiuttito inl Norh IHuI;inl e14na3ins Obsenre'3'. h n . .it . 2'. - Tll, Iv talian , toops ,n !Ie i ! Iz .ront i re mawi ng to 31 !)!v i . 'i I'3 r ila \ ivil 'l l t, .v the . tr i te it r oc q3 Ilwd Cup d y ihe li l.lian a:iy in - c1. t i Ini h n -1 ilI; . i I Ire d I I I1. w r is Ih I hIng Ie o trY Z! l( 3.1 t he ar1.111yv a id( tIIhe civIiians . t It resu3l1 311, two years' sIb'. I'ring 3I <T3 3m3n3i3 har h1- .1 T11 I N ory 'E e NN 3 ~ , 3ini h.3l a)Hi3 in33g 1'n n g in g 1 -ii t ns of the 1 1.. for -- th.I It i4 ('en I Ivra I '.Ilorn 'o 3Itle aInI Ih.t his It 3' froops 1r(, ablI t hold now pos:Itionls. Tlh ba:l I13 along I t3' Isonzo has de veloped llnore brillianit succes.,es:- forIl 1he ! 'nl 3ians. who .tre m l ak ing ov. of thir3 gr e fst 3for'i of th3 w a'. ('e -. oral C d r asmenl. who in 'ltl. uin.. nim (11 the off11sive i3 t 1133 a ww W3 33! 3 11 3'14. V3 (m11(1 o'f 13 3 at3 :3 1oint wher e the Aun3triians i1 li3\ '(I -'n31h a f at was impossi3 ., 1a '.. 3111 1 31 .II v 3'3 ''. 1 110h 1- N j,'.'; )y ealing Mlontile 3 Into, 2.2;:, 3' ,(h1 1i111 t p, 1:33( (a' I oW Ith' , ity, and tI lit A n for -- (13'ill '33 .t M it 1!.31!~ hi-a l'e n 1b3 to Lob '3 Ie 11a1:013 ad3 m3. The \n tri e i' (.t, (lefense:4 \%.,s broken- at !eve( ! oini a-nd the :Ian rv Jllrs inll . 1, . 1 l33I3ler soulb'l . oil ih' (; em i es vilen-tly and ire S-,Iknuy. AistIn efor tstiwnink, New. t.ains have be-en vnd - ho l''re3ch 1 the \ 't d1 l 133331 3 '.' s i . or the viclory won inl 1he otfinI:.-ive \e"un 3 n .lo3 nd33 y. Thle F.3 r33 -! :'3 vanect ]aart of 1111 ;:ll., i a . nounCS. a11d laptured 1t1ree. :orilled works "3 ne. lethine ttrt. Th... official. :3rinian3 s3a33 enw1 nt1 , howev, .., say-. French attacks hewenil .ialan:3o3url: anl lieIhin1onr, as well as (ast of' the Mense, were repiised. Oin the Br3itis front 13 harp3131 loal 13 1 3 g1gennIs 'are inl progiess. The ollicial Gwriman staicnie nt con 'ed s a smIall ' 1 rilish dvan13 near 'h Ypre's-\lenii roa3d, h3t :a' s t ha at ritish poit1n1 Bast -' 83. .Iliek i. Ollicial 1H13ian3 r2ports (1a3'e' 3n 3113 week3s. me it31 app3 ar (' hat33 '3 Er' an f-. '.umab'y, as i its (bj133 iv3 ' na ' 3ier 13' 3M 3e 331 d33 n ('333 r333hi 3333y i. er I o3 .w13'Ij iI .y ' i ~ th n I .I' illin 313 333b1.'en 1n. I 3'.3 333 -) I ' h <33. 131. Ia a lam33 '' . ,,,,1..