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* GRAY COURT NEWS * * *' e* *~. es* * * * oe e e o e We are glad to report thVt the sick are slowly improving. Mr. and 'Mrs. Grady Holland moved to their home In North Carfolina last week. .ir. Wells, of Greenwood, spent the week-end with his son, J. W. Wells. Mr. Jeff Willis, of Greenville, spent Friday and Sattirday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. wells. , liss Cora Holland, of Spartanburg, and Mr. Joel Babb and family, of Dials, visited 'Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hol land Sunday. Mrs. Smith Martin and children, and Mrs. Dick Owings spent Wednesday with Mrs. Florence 'League. Mr. Gus Owings and family spent Punday with Mr. John Owings qd family. M"r. Dennis Owens, Mr. T. 'F. -Babb and 'Miss Alice iBabb spent Sunday )vith "Mr, 1191uaton1 13 ably and! fgniii Mr. Archie Owings and daughtersJ visited in Laurens Friday. Rev. Gypsy Smith, the(' evangelist, and Mr. Allen, his choir leader, dined with Mlr. and irs. Bob Gray Sunday after conducting service here. Mr. an Mrs. Fcrti's Curry visited Mr. an(d Mrs. Collier Curry Sunday. Mrs. Dick OwingA hd Mlss Iiima Dial visited Mi:. Dbck Henderson of 'Barksdale Saturday. Miss Sue Gray, of Eden section spent S'unday with Nirs. Helton Owens. Mr. Towns Willis and wife attended commencement at Spartanburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Stoddard, of Owings, spent Saturday night avith Mr. and Mrs. .)ick Owings. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * RIDDLE'S 0LD1) FIELD NI-8 * * *5* ** * * *5* ** * 5** ** * * * -Riddles Old Field, June 14.-Wed nesday morning dit 5 o'clock the sweet spirit of 'M.\rs. W. L. Garrett was car ried home to rest. She had been hi declining health for several months, but endured her illness without a murmur. i'1er body was laid to rest in the Warrior Creek cemetery on the following day. We thank her pastor, Mr. Sexton, for those gentle, kind words he gave for comfort at her funeral. Mrs. W. C. llolcombe, of Easley, and 'Mrs. J. 1). Williams, of Gray 'Court, were at the bedside of their mother, ii's. Garrett, last week. Mrs. Matt Howard, of Fountain Inn, visited Mrs. lidle IHoward and child Ien recently. Mis. T. Mack Wilson and sister, of 'Lake Clity, spent the week end at the home of Mr. .1. IR. Rhodes. Several from this community went to Gray Court Sunday morning to hear Gypsy Smith. The Service 10lag was lifted Sunday morning at Wurrior Creek. All the soldiiers were present and answeredl to the roll call exceplt two. M\rs. Fl'dgar .\Martin, of Lau rens, has been at the bedside of her aunt, .\rs. Garrett, recenltly. 10. 11. (;arrett and family visitedl Miss IEunie .\hay i)onnan Snunday. WVe are sorry to hear of Miss D~onnan's ill ness. *' * S ** * * A mnmber or tpeople of thiis comm un 4 ty attended seivices at Gray Cou rt *Sundany. Mr*. .1. C. Cleek and faiiy3 visited Mr. a'ud Mrs. S. W. Cook Saturday night. 'WV. Tr. Putnam andl family. Mr . and M~lrs. Ralph)1 Copehand, of Cl inton;, aind \M r. J1. W. Rliddle of Woodru ff visited MXr. and Mrs. S. 10. Riddle Sunday. Miss Pearly .Johnson and sister, of Cross Anchor, are visiting Mrs. W. T.X Grumbles. Mr. and Mrs. awvrence C'ookc visited Mirs. Cook's mnot her Sunday., Mrs. G. .L~ Woollen of Charlotte, N. C., vislied relatives in this com munity Iast week. Little Mildred Grunmbles spent Sat urday with aKthleen Riddle. Miss Leona (Grumubles, wvho was a studlent at WInthrop ollege 'this year. returned hiomne several (lays ago. H-enry Riddle, who has been sick, is * much improvedl at this wvriting. C'ard of Taniks We wish to expreFss our thanks to our relatives, friends, and neighbors, for their kindness and sympathy at *the death of our (lear' wife and mother, 'Mrs. Susie Nabors, and for the manly beautiful ilowers. May the 'Lord bless each and every one. eGorge M. Nabors and Children. Clinton, S. C., June 14, 1920. Special sale snB yard wide Sea Is land (worth 25c.) -Sale price, 19c. . C 'Bnrns Co., at both stores. DEATH MYSTERY IN NENi YORK CITY Did Joseplh Bowno Elwell Commit ult cide or Was le Murdered? Baff. ding Case. Now York, June 11.-Mystery deep ened tonight in the death of Joseph .Bowno Eiwoll, internationally known as an authority on .whist, and owner of a racing stable, 'ifbO was foudid un conscious in his'West, Seventieth street home early today with a bullet wounid in his head., Hedied four hours later in a hospital The policd dmitted tonight it was one of the Inbst baffling nysteries with iwhich they have had to deaf' In, a long time. 4n an effort to determitie whether 'Mr. Dlwell twas muidered or committed suicide his associates in the social and club life of the city were. closely questlonej.y the police,- wiho declined to reveal t'he reult. of their investigation. The mystery was in tensifled by failure of the police to jid !.e we-gn with whilei Mi jiWl j had been het, % : -J' It became ti)R)wu Ltnightt..4hat Mr. Elwvell dined on the Ritz Cdrlton roof Thursday night with a party of friends %vho included Nil. and M1rs. Kraus, irs. 'Lewlsohn's sister. There were four others in this party. Leav ing the hotel the party went to a midnight theatrical performance and about 2, o'clock this morning MNr. REl well bade good-bye to the Lewisohns at Broadway and Forty-second street. They drove to their Fifth avenue home and EIlwell strolled in the direc tion of Eighth avenue. Nothing more is known of his movements until his housekeeper, Mirs. Alarie Larson, found him in the living room of his home at 8:30 tils morning, seated In an arm chair facing the street win (low. A postman delivered mail at 7:30 a. in., which the police say >was taken by Mr. Elwell. The circum stances indicate the shooting took l)lace in the period that elal)sed be tween the mail delivery and the arr val of his houskeeper. The police are convinced robbery was not the motive for the crime, as Mir. .lciwell's money and Jewelry were found undisturbed. There were no signs of a struggle. The housekeep er said the doors were locked and the windows bore no signs of having been forced. Mir. Eilwell Iwas alone in the four teen-room house. llis bed had not been touched and his evening dress clothes had been folded and placed on the back of a chair after he had taken them off. Ai empty cartridge was found on the floor. The hullet, after passing thriough his head, im bedded itself In the wall. There were no )owder marks on his face. . E'ward Rhodes, who had been AIr. Elwell's chaffeur for years, told ilie Police lmany womeni had keys to hi Is employer's home. lie said Air. ElI well returned from Palin Deach two weeks ago. GiIrs. Lewisohn amnd Alliss Krauis w'ett to the 10iwell home aboiut noon1, whien inlformed of the tragedy. 'Mir. Lewis Ohn itrr'ivedc sooni afteirward. With the housekeeper and1( William flaines, thie dead man's valet and ste'w ard of the studio clubi. all were que(s.. tionedl by thle pol1ice foi' iin-eee hoi 's The L~ewlisohn tSwere' accomptI aied by. thielir a ttorneCy, Lyttlet1on Fox, w ho made knowna their identities. Al r. Fox said they knew nothing Of' Air. Ilwel's moS vemenctIs arteri t hey partteedl ini front or the I heater. 'lThe valet salid1 h aul never kniown i'. IElwell to have a r'-. vol veir itn his possessioni. T'( IIEP[lLI(0A NS lleeluaring A rrignment' Futis liairmn .Measure, IW'ash ingtonl, Junime 13.---P ost mast er General fliurleson Issued a sta temtlt' today, declaring that "'In the l Ight or the t'rutIh" the '"ar'raignmenit of the postal autiihorities'' by3 thle Repubilicant ptarty platform adopted at Chictago "falls harmtsless at t hei r feet.'' lieplying to the declaratiomn in the pliatformtl that the presetnt admIn istran tion (lest royed "the etieleney of the telephone anid telegr'aph seric''le w~hecn 'ontrtoiled b~y tihe gover'nment,"' Alt'. ihuriileson quiotesq fromi statements of the late Thieodlore N. V'all, p'resient of the Americatn Telephone anid Te'le graph 'em pany, P'residient Carlton,. or Itle Western Vinlon Telegraph Com pany andl ether's to show that the wire priolperi'les were suiccessfullhy adminls teredl by the government. and~ r'etur'ned~ in good conditIon. i. LBurleson says the Rep~ubli('an oI'ganlzation In a tentative draft of its (Platformn mnade a "sInister insinuta tlon" that dluring government control the wires were used for' purposes of "political patr'onagc" and "po1lItieal espilonage." ie declared that of the four new -places cr'eated for' the wvi'e administratlon three were filled with Repubncans,. an d challenges the Re i)ublican organization to prove there 'was "even an attempt at political es pionage." This charge is not made without a purpose, he declared, adding: "Watch the amount of a certain contribution to the Republican cam paign fund and it will be disclosed that a certain Interest, which having failed to control or even influence a Republican congress by slimy false hoods, because both sides could be heard, temporarily got in its work on where the truth could not be heard and appaheutly was not desired." '~alqng up the platform's declara tL,,ooninmending the Republican con 8i9ss ior tcreasig the pay of -postal omployes, Mr. 'urileson says that in stead of ad'Pttng his plan "which Would hao 'orenitedo in an increase of balaires of postoflice clerks and city lettdt Corr opyriVto a maximum basis of $2,062 yearly, And like Iigene to those in the otI'r i(nes ot' postal ae tivty' congreis granted "a horizontal ierbase, which gives some an in crease not deserved and denies tq thousands of faithful anld tldent employes inct'dases eOtmensurate with their work and to which they are faIthfully entitled." Referring' to the statement In the proposed first platform plank made public at Chicago that the Republi can congress reduced postage costs Mr. OIurleson says the congress not only did not make any such redue Jun( TX out, w4 this se per C suit. J. The Hous, tions, but failed to take favorable ac tion on his recommendation that the l)ostage on drop, or city letters be made 010 cent instead of tuwo "after an acknowledgement that it should r( done." Execut ive Cominnt tee Ieetiig A meeting of the County Executivo committee of the Democratic party of ,Laurens County has been called by C. A. Power, County Chairman, to meet at the Court House, on Friday evening at 3 oclock. At this meeting the itinerary for the.County Campaign, the assessment of candidates as well as other business will be considered. It is important that a full attendance be had at this meeting as practically all arrangements will be made for carrying out the 'rules as prescribed for the election to be held in August. I-lected Director 3ir. 1. I. Ilanna, local manager of the Davis Realty Company, was elect ed a (irector of the comnpany at the annual meeting held at tie home of flee in Greenwood last week. 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