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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1921. CONVICI[D R P1-1 TP U. Vaughn Robs Electric Chair by Sulie SLASHED THROAT WITH A RAZOR Final Chapter in the Life of T. U. Vaughn is Enacted When Me Suc ceeds In 111s Fourth *.ffort to Coma mit Suleide While in hand. of ier Ida Authorities. Tampa, Fla., April 8.-Thurrtoa U. Vaughn, arrested here while teaching school as T. A. Earl, and held for sentence for assaulting four girls at the Odd Pellows' Orphanage at Green ville, slashed his throat -with a razor In his cell in "murderers' row"' In the county jail here tonight. (He died al most instantly, having almost severed his head from his body with the' stroke. It was his fourth major* at tempt at suicide and he had once tried to open a previous wound in his throat. 1 Vaughn had been kept in a straight jacket in the hospital 'ward after his attempts to kill himself the night of bis arrest, but 'today he iwas moved to murderers' row and placed in a cell I with three mnen changed with murder. I Shetiff Spencer states lie has no knowledge wh esthorized the remov al of the Atraight'jacket or of the man from the hospital, and an Investiga-. lion Is -being made. Meanwhile the presente of the mazor is explained tby the jailor. Jailer Hubbard states that Friday is shaving day at the jail and the razor goes the rounds of the cells. 'When it reached the inurderor's row, Vaughn amparontly bided his tine. After the other 'prisoners in his cell had An- I Jighd, Vaughn, it is said was given the razor by one of his mates. WIalk ing'dWilthe corridor of the cage-ap pareftit to the lavatory, and with not a s4"w of bravado, the man suddenly halted, 'c'or1ding -to one of the ri onbri, Like a flash he raised his right hand the blade flashed In the dim stream of light from a nearby eerridor and with a vigor that tdld of an intat purpose, the man brought its keen edgod -blde against his neck over the loader dust back of the right ear. Vis arm *Am on around with tMe initial swbn .H the way around to beneath bho left ear. Nothing but a Btand(tact nerve and a determination of pierposo a solana sen made poseibie Suck a powest:1 steoke, self-iodicted, Wr I phymAoeane. I 'lTa head swung over to one idle as the body fell to the steeil lor. !ris onors shouted and there was a ecurry throughout the corridors of Vae jail. A brusty carried the word to Jauter 4 Iitbhard vAd a hurry call wa" seat for I coum4y phiysicin, H-. 0. ftnow, who hastened to the jail. )Aeanwhile, the jailer and uttendants at the hospital$ Iwardl reachedl the cell and attemnpited to give some aid1, hut it was hopeless. for lire had flown with the rush of blood from the jalg!av vein and other 2oeed blood vesseQls fcedIing the bra in.1 When Dr. Snow alrrived he uro noun fced( the mani~ dead and en11oid n0 r1 lie' und(er the sun could1 (&V( ha e toght. hack the li fe wihlht lhe ralid m ust have been1 finuffedI out almaost as the body struck the floor'. Meanwhile, chief of detectives, 77 WV. Blossom, mindful of the wifo's "Good bye, dlenr, I'll meet you in iteaven", or two dlays ago, when she tossed him a kiss es she left -the county jail after a visit, tuurned h'is mind tko the woman, as soon as he had started the machinery for amn in-j vestigation of the rele~sing ef the -isoner from the atmight lacket, 41eul of ai possible suicidle pact. Police utOts scored both Tramrpa and Port Tampa, a suburb nine miles froma hors where the couple had live.d, seek ig the 'woman. She was Enally locat ed and1 placed in the detention ward of the city Jail in the city ball for safekeeping. Jailer 'Ilubbard refuses to die cuss reasons if any-for the change of the prisoner, 'but states that Vaugha was unusually rational lagt night and this morning. At dinner he ate the 1heartiest meal since 'he 'was arrested andI shortly afterwardis he -was moved -to what proved his death chamber of~ iron. The 'hndy wna enmov1 aftne thn IMPOItTANT llILLS INTROJDUVE | - AT OPENINi SESSION Eimergency TariffY,' Tax Iteforii, Sol. dier elef aid Other Meiasures Up. Propose 'RePeal of Excess Profits Tax. Washington, April 11.-B3ills de- V signed to cover some pf the more im- c portant *problenis before the present a Dongress was' ntroduced today in the f< House. -.They included the emergency I' tarif', repeal pf some war taxes and a proposals for new ones, soldier bonus X and soldier -relief, federal 'budget, ro- fl striction of Immigration and federal A road building. J While the "five way" plan of yet- t orant organizationtj for deferred coin posation to service men because u [ouse :bill No. 1, the tax question was ( oremost 'in the legislative proposals. 11 Representative Longworth of Ohio, h proposed the straight repeal of excess a profits and war iprofits taxation. The A suggestion was -repeated 'by Ropresen- d atives Bachrach of New Jersey. and h Mott of New York, who proposed im- h position of gross sales taxes at 1 ier 4t ,ent rates. The Bachrach measure c Liso suggested reduction of normal in- r .ome 'tax rates to 2 per cent, and ap plication of the sur-tax to incomes b kbove $7,000 with a maximum of 40 b per cent. c Chairman -Fordney of the ways andio nleans committee putting forward the I wervice men's bonna prtposal twhick )rovldes for alternatives 'hetween cash ayment, land settlement, insurance, o rocational education and home build- u ng, left out taxation proposile, but k lepresentative Gallivaa, Demobrat of dassaclhusetts, put in a exact dupli- f ,ate of the -bill as it pftssed the House8 at session. In further aid, te vetor ins 'ReprOsentative Sweet, Republicana if Iowa, introduced a bill be consolit late all boar.ds and bureaa having to 10 with sldier, rehabifitation, and Rop -eseirtative Fes;, Republican of Ohio, uggested exemption fron incomp tax- a ta of all payments to veterano under" t roing vocational training. Immigration. reatriction, decided up in by thg last Cengrea In enacting a Ill limiting annual entrance of iens into the United States to hree Oer cent of tihe total residenta b X each nationality In the nation as ound by tho 1910 censua, was pro osed by Chairman Johnson of the mm Atiratica cvmmittoe. Hie 0ill eacts y duplicated that, whih Presidamb, Nilson gave a peaket veto. Reprencmbative Ulants, Senaoerak t f Texas, whose :be&*las Wit hi G*-O ealatee in Conres have 6aoe4te oe attention, come fuoward with a uggestion t wieee Gorama trom ?6 meubebw 6o ?04. EA ue-sppermonz hem accordlag to fhe 10" eesual. A. itumbr of other Pe-apipartlenanort >ills were prip-oad, .but would pro ride tor holding fto maeaboraWip to to LpQra(t limit. Mr. 'Blanten ala i )roposed th elimination of the pre- * Npt travel allowaoee of 20 #ents a mile or moembers and subatibutin therefor V L payment of actual exrene. a, to be sad. und sworn vouchers. Rlepresentative Young, Republican >f North lokota for the ways and nleans commit toe introduced the emer enetiy ag ricultural ta -itf, oxIaty' as it e'as pased in 'Fbhrry. Its effective Jeriodi was thd sas six inonths after masctmeunt !natead of ten as in tha ye o*- mea ffl rUe of the last nossion. Ch iman IKahn of tho military at-t airs comumittee again prop~osed sep rate# aitr corps und1(er a new o.xecu -r lve butreaa to control mnilitary avia ion, atnd a separate iproposal for fod~ r itral regulationa of civilian aviation to icecompany it. Chairmnan Goo0d of the app~iropria tion comnmitteo, introduced the. Sed- ~ arali budget bill, anothe~r of th mea-t sureit vetoed dur'ni the former adiin letration-. d Col. T.' D. Darlingten eame up froin Dharlestoa last week icr a visit of a few days ia the olty edip'soially to see his Sret giantieon, J. (1. Todd, Jr,, which arrived last wook. county physician's examnination had been made, to a local undertaker's establishment, where ib is being held, pendinig the receipt of word from Il Carolina authoritien, or the arrival of omeiers who are said to have left i Oolumbia yesterday for the man. If1') they don not want 'to take the corpse t back the heart'broken iwidow possi- c bly will 'be allowed to take the bodya for interment 'where she sees fit, prob) nably in a local cemeter'y, as she has( (lrvi~el o mnke this city her home. EORGIA FARMER FOUND GUILTY 1c Sentence for Georgia Farmor in Murder Case. Covington, Ga., Aipril 9.-John S. iilliams, accused of the murder of leven of his negro farni hands td halt federal investigation of peonaige, was )und guilty of murder by a jury i ewton county superior court today ud sentenced to life imprisonment, lotion for new trial wnas immediately led and hearing on the motion set for pril 80, at Decatur, Ga., before Judge ohn B. d-lutcheson, who presided at ie trial. The verdict of .murder .with recoin tendation for mercy which under eorgia law automatically carries a fe sentence, was read exactly -18 ours after the case want to the jury ad was calmly received by Williams. moment later, as hig wife and chil ren began to sob almost Inaudibly o seemed .to be struggling to restrain is own emotions. Just after court ad >urned, the man's two daughters be anie hysterical and were led from the )om by friends. Williams appeared more affected y his family's suffering than he had eon by the verdict. He was on trial aarged specifically with the murder I one of the nogrdes found, drowned L Newton county. Clyde Manning, a egro farm boss for Williams, and >intly indicted with him, testified that a Williams' order he and another ogro, afterwards killed had done the ilings. Williams kad maintained a cheer il attitude during .the trial and had outly maintained his innocence, al tough having - admitted he migh6 be chnically guilty of peonage, as he kid he had paid fines for negroes and 't them work out the dobt. Sentence was formally ipassed with t a few moments after the verdict was anounced.. Judge llutchosoff restated ie verdict as read by T. R. Starr, a krmer and foreman of the jury, and ided: "And the verdiot Is the seatenee of ke court." The Verdict iwas not in evact form, at in open aourt both aides agreed tat it was legal by Suipreme Court scisiena and no exception would be -ken. The aiotion tor a new triel was ade en the grounds that the verdlet as "contrary to the evidence; eon ary be the law "ad w$~het evi4Mee support It." rTe Jary waS deMposed Of seven iraes, the tier* blhag merekaxts, erka and a barbp. Moot 0 the irere -were yoag sea af e theua wving as a 93Irv t" Ihe ;rra time. The easO want 60 *iel hut 'Tae., Ly, one dav betag fakea up with ar amentke for postponement and sele en of a Jury. The stabe took little ore than a day to present Its evidence kile the dtense relied solely On the aswera statermena of Williaims. The jury went out at 2:51 P. M. yes irday and was said to have taken more than five or sir 'ballots, much of te time being devoted to discussion of ie case. The flest ballot stood six for verdict of murder with no recomn tendations, thus carrying a death sen meec, and the other six voting to ac oit Williams, according to jurors. Xave for a 'brief recesm for supper, la J jrors5 considiered .the caso uint il bort ly before imidnight, when the )usted the judi~e and opptosing coun '3l out of bedl and had the entire charge Teated. Forernan Starr said the jury 'as not certain as to the exact point f law in douabt' Williams will be takes 'back to At inta pending the hearing on his me ion for a now trial. Solicitor Btrand has announaced Man ing will be tried on 'the murder in lctment agasb hims but no date he et bieen set. ANNU7AL VNWDANS' MWM 3. B.Ieaehaw C'hapter to 0Ive Annagl lianee- at 14eebyterIan Charsh sat urday. The J. B. Kershaw Chapter, U. D. C., Smaking -preparations for the annual inner given at this season to the etem'ans of the Confederate armien. 'he dinner is to 'be given this year in he parlors, of the First Presbyterian hurch and all veterans of the county ra invited 'to be present. The veter .s are expeOcted to gather at the ~ourt House and march from there o the church. SENTIMENT DIVIDED ON BOND ISSUES Owings Project Carried iII Lnst Week's Election While Musgrovo Project Falled. - Final and oilleial returns on the two bond issues voted on last week by tax payers of the county showed that sen timent was divided on the two projects. The election went in favor of the Ow ings project and against the Mus grove (project as the tabulated vote be low will show. While the result of. the Musgrave bond issue was appar ent after a part of the returns were in, the outcome of the Owings issue was in doubt until 'Princeton, the very last box, was in. It was thought prob able ,hat t'ho Princeton voters might follow in the stops of their neighbors, the Hickory Tavern voters, who iwere also on on* of the improved roads, and vote against the .projects but they voted the other way Instead, going 1-2 to 3 for the Owings project and 12 to 2 for the Mlusgrovo project, removing the last lingering doubt as to the Ow ings project. Very little interost was taken in the '"ton outside of those communities which would have materially benefit ed by the roads and thoso communi ties which showed a distinct aversion to the issues. The IAurens city bx)0 polled hardly a third of its strength while 'the county as a whole polled about half the normal vote. No elee. tin twas held at the Goldyille and Gray's Store boxes. Women were con spicuous by their absence, only three women oanting their ballots at the lo eal box. The. following in the ilnal result of the election as conmplied by De)puty Clerk of Court who acted as clerk to the conmiIssiners: Owiug. Project Yes No Laurens ..............132 49 Laurens Mill .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 r Watts Mills.......... ., 29 7 Ora .. .. ..' ...........'.5 24 Lanford .............0 42 You.i.. ......10 18 Pleasant Mount ............6 19 Stewart's Store ..........15 1 Cook's Rtoro .. ..0..... ...... 26 Thompson's Store .. .. .. .. 25 20 Owinzm ..............72 6 Gray Court ............1d5 10 Dials ................10 6 Shilok .. .............. Woodville .. ..o......... 1 6 Hiekory Tavera ..6......... 17 Prinosten.... ..... ..... . 6 Poplar Sprial . w.b.... . TDaniel's Store .. .. .. 0 44 Moun Fla t .,. Tip Top.........' . V Ekom ... .s..... J. O 'Waterloo ...... .... . Ut i Cree ill 9....0. ........., o Mount'vill .. .. ..... 4 IS Hopewall ............. 4 Clintoa ..............17D 64 Clinton M11i.... .... ....14 0 Lydia ...................15 1 oenno .. .............1 langston ...............10 17 Total.. ...... .........731 (g4 IIUngrTCv Project Tes No Laurens .. .... .. 55 123 Laurens Mill ..............19 8 Watts MIlls.. ..........27 9 Ora .......... ..........1 28 Lianfordl.....................0 42 TottnOs .. .............6 17 Plie'sa'nt Mlound.............. 0 2f Stte'wart'us tore .........12 2 Cook's Riore .................0 28 Trhom pson's Store .. .. .. ...24 21 Owing .. ..............50 17 Oray Court ........ .....102 i5 Dials'.... ........ ........4 1~1 Shiloh .. . ........ 0 8 Woodvillo.. ............. 87 Hliekory Tavern .... .......5 18 'Printo'n .... ..........12 2 Poplar Apres .... .......0 64 Danilel's Mtore .. .........0 44 Mount Pleasant ..............0 15 'Tip Top........... ........ i 8 lMkon. ......................0 58 Waterloe .. ...... ........6 82 C'ro'ss ?ill...................88 10 Mdountville .. ...........8 17 'opewell .. .... ...... .. Clinton .. .............177 92 Clinton Mill...... ......14 0 Lydia .. ................181 Renno.. .......... .... ..1 31 JAngston ....................9 18 Total .... ........ .....584 825 Mr'. John F.' Bolt left yesterday for Dunbarton, ini Barnweli county, to visit his dlaughter, Mrs. B. F. Owons. BUil'lD IN GRAY COURT Egeige P'den, Non of ILife J. Thos. Peden, Burlied Lasit, ''liirsday. Funeral exercises were held in .Gray Court last Thursday over the body or Eugene Peden, whose body was brought home last week fromi France where the young soldier tgave up his life for his country during the World War. Young Peden was the son of the late J. Thos. Peden and was among the ftcat_-to go over from this country, he having volunteered in a regular regi ment soon. after the outbreak of the war, and iwas the first man from this county to 'be killed In battle. H-is body was brought home at the re quest of hin father, who did not live to see his son's remains. On the same day the body of Miss Lizzie Owings, who died at Conway Tuesday night, was buried at Dials church. Miss Owings was a steno grapher by -profession and iwas so engaged In Conway when sickness overtook her. She was the daughter of Mr. Tom Owings, who survives her with two sisters, Mrs. A. If. Owings and Miss Anna Owings. COOPER FAVORS CANELLINO IlD'RT nerifleing of Dollars lNo. as Great as Already Made by Saertieing of Lives. Spartanburg, April 7.--Gov. Robert A. Cooper advocated America's can ceiling every cent of Europe' war debt In his address to the farmers here today. Ue said that at first he thought the countries should be made to pay every cent, but now he reall.es that they can not even (pay the Interest, let alone the ptincipal. So the best thing to do Is to cancel It and begin over. Then *Europe will begin to buy ATnerican produce, will begin to buy Amerienn cotton, and prosperity will return in earnest. This .would be %oth ing more than America's contributlon to the cause. In speaking of the farmers, he urged a marked reduction in acreage, saying that if the farmer made the mistake he made last year that he will but retard the approach to "nor malcy." Whether the farmers make a big crop or a small crop normal oenditions will return, but a big orop will delay that return. Confidenco in ones self and a will ingness to sacriftce axother dollar for the good of the massee Io what I needed. Every one should be as will ing to sacrifnce a dollar to hAaten nor mat conditione as he was U. give hit ",A ter te peace of the world. We said that he euld aot uaderstand wh' bhe ioruer soldiers, thee. 'Who made suoh a acriftce in the world war did not rise uxp In their maight and demand that this country sign the peace treaty and take her position beside the other natioras of the world. Imatead the country -has drifted until now it :ilIl be several years before this oountry can take her stand where she belongs. Europo has lost confidence in Amerloa and It wIll take time to reestablish that confidence. Apil Term of ('ourt. of Common Pleas to ('envene April 25th with Judge The A prilI term of the ('ourt of' Comn mon Pleas will convene Monday morn lng. April 2i'th, with .1ludge W. Hi. Townsend, of C'oluminha, preoiding. T[he following jurors havye been drawn for' the term: W. Rt. (Garner, J. 0. Str'ibling, D. Rt. Chapman, J1. F'. Aber'crombie, J. M. D~onna.n, .1. RI. Fiuller, 0. F. Ropp, .M. S. Bheeks, Andy E. Jones, U. M. Stewart, C. H. Rims, Tlhos. A. Nickels, J1. Pl. Car lisle, L. lE. Martin. B'. L. K(ing, Gary C. Spearman,. C. M4. Blabh, J. M. Won dorson, Henry B. Gossett, RI. L. Whit lock, L. T1. Curry, Geo. D. Ba~bb, JT. P. Watts, S. L. Moore, A. C. Whittle, II. C. Turner. Rusel F]. Poole, B3. M. Sorgee, J1. U. Mritszer, P. L. Abramau U. (4. Ful ler, 3. H. Ga~rrett, Ti. C. Aramsrong. New 8tero Opens Announcement is mnade in another column of 'this paper today of the op ening of a "Gash and Carry" grocery store in this city. Mr. .' B. Kilgo will 'be the sproprietor of the store, whieh will he located in one ot the store rooms on the west side of the square now occupied 'by Blenchoff's 5~ and 10 Cents store. The opening ,wtil b)e held Saturday. Mr. Blenchoff will continue to nocunv one of the stores. L[AGI[ Of NATION8 Approves Peace by Reso lution of Congress SEPARATE PEACE WITH ENEMIES Prefldent In Inaugural Address Gives i.s Endorsemuent to Separate Peace with Central Powers Without En dangerlng the Position of This Country's Alles. Washingtow, April 12.-President Harding addressing an extra-ordinary session of the sixty-seyenth congress today declared againts the existing League of Nations and favored a sep arate )eace with the central powers. "in the existing League of Nations world governing with its super pow ers," said the Presideut, "this repub lie will have no part. There can be no hetrayal of the deliberate oxipres sion of the American ,people in the re cent election; and, settled In our de cision for ourselves, it Is only fair to say to the world in general and to our associates in war in particular that the league covenant can hiave no sanctron by u9. . . . Manifestly the highest pur pose of the League of Nations -was de feated in linking it with the iFeaty of )eace and making it the enforcing kgency of the victors of the war. . . . There can be no prosperity for the fundamental purposes sought to be achieved by any such assciation so long as it Is an organ or any plarticu lar treaty, or committed to the attain ment of the .i;>ecial aims of any nation or group of nations. . . -. In rejecting the league covenant and uttering that rejection to our own ',eople and to the world, we mako no surrender of our hope and aim for an association to promote .peace in) which we would most heartily join. . . . In the national referendum (the last election) we pledged our efforts toward such asso ciation and thd pledge will be fatai fully kept. In the plight of policy and perform ance we told the American people wt meant to seek an early establishment of peace. The United States alone among tihe allied and associated pow era continues in a technical state of war against the eentral lpowers of Burops. This analogous condition ought not to .bo 'permitted to oontinue. To establish the state of technical peace without delay, I should approve a deelaratory' resolution by oongroea tO that efeot ritk the qualioationE essential to protoot all our rights, Suck action would be the simplest keeping of faith wi oarselyva and could in no aense be onmstrued as a desertion of those with whom we shared our saeriloes In war, for theso powers are already at poace. "Such a resolution should undlor take to do no more than thus to de clar'e the state of peace which all Ame1Iscans crave. It must add no dif fleultiy in eff'ecting, w Iith ju.t repaa Iions., the re'storat Ion fo)r wi chL all i urope 3earnal ~, and up~onI whlichi the v, orld 's recovecry must he fou ndehd. Ne'it her formeu r enem fy nloP ally can our attiud as1155 to respons~ibi!ly for the war uad thes necessity ior ut re iparations al ready has had formauil andfi 'very earnest expr'esslon. "Ii. would be unwiue to tudetake to make r.ueh a statemuent of future policy with respect, to lu ropeuan aifiairs in such a declaratIon of a state of peace. inl correcting the failure of the exe(cutive in negotIating the muost unplortant treaty in the history of the natIon, to recognizeo the constituted powers of the senate wre swould go to the othier extreme. equally objectIon abile, if congress or the senate ahould assume the function of the oxecutive. Our higheat duty is the preservation of tihe constituted powers of oach and the ipromotion of the spirit of' co Operation, so essential to our common welfar'e "It .would be idle to declare for sep arate treaties of peace with the cecn tral lpowers1 on the assumpnltlon t~hat these alone would be adequate, be cause the situation is so involvedl that our peace engagements can not Ig nore to old world relationship and tihe settlements al readly affected nor' is it dlesirable to (10 so in preserving our' (Continued on Page Four.)