The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 18, 1917, Image 5
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VOL. i:t, NO. 19, SKM
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VERDICT OF JURY
IN MEANS CASE
Acquitted of Murder of Mrs.
Maude A. King in Most
Notable Trial.
HE FACES OTHER CHARGES
District Attorney Swann of New
York Will Press Indictment
Against Means for Forgery
and Embezzlement.
Concord, Dec. 17.?Gaston B.
Means, acquitted of the charge of
the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King,
for which he had been on trial the
last three weeks, spent Sunday a
free man with Wis family at the home
of his father, and going about the
streets of Concord, his boyhood
home, receivine the erecting* nnri
congratulations of friends. "Not
guilty" was the verdict rendered by
the Jury Sunday morning at 10:22
o'clock before Judge Cllne, members
of counsel, the defendant, his
wife and father and other relatives,
and a considerable number of spectators
who had gathered in the Cabarrus
county court room.
The jury, having hart the case
over night, sent a message by Sher.^^ ifT
Caldwell to Judge Cline at the
hotel at 9:30 o'clock asking him to
come to the court house. The Judge
was eating his breakfast, which he
finished, proceeding to the court
house at 10 o'clock. To the crowd
that, had gathered, Judge (Mine stated
that he did not know whether or
not a verdict had been r ached, but
in the event that such was the case,
regardless of its nature, there must
not be any demonstration upon its
announcement. lie instructed Sheriff
Caldwell to arrest any person
violating this instruction. 11<- gave
positive instruction also that the
jurymen should not be approached
after a verdict was announced before
the jury was dismissed.
Means Faces Charges of
Fraud and Embezzlement
New York, Dec. 17.?Gaston R.
Means, acquitted of the murder of
Mrs. Maude A. King, faces Indictment
In tills county for forgery and
embezzlement. District Attorney
Swann announced last night.
"There la concrete evidence in
our hands tending to show that
Means forged many documents, on
which he obtained large sums of
money from Mrs. King's estate,"
aald Mr. Swann, "and there is evidence
pointing to him as the embezzler
of the major portion of Mrs.
King's wealth.
"Until I hear from Assistant District
Attorney Dooling. who aided in
the prosecution of Means in Concord
and who worked on the case against
him, I shall be unable to say when
we shall take the evidence before the
grand jury. 1 believe, however,
that Mr. Dooling will arrive today
or tomorrow at the latest, and
that before the week is over the
bulk of the evidence will be laid be
fore the grand jury.
"The people of New York can rest
assured thajt all the facta in the
Means-King cane will be brought to
light In this county. Forgery and
embezzlement are extraditable offenses,
and if any person outside thf
jurisdiction of the state is Indicted
for these crimes in this county he
will be brought here for trial."
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SIX MORE DEATHS
AT CAMP JACKSON
Seven Now Canes of Mennlngit's
Also Reported?Total Number
of Deaths Now 22. ?
Six more deaths have occurred at
'Camp Jackson from the epidemic of
cerebro-splnal meningitis and seven
more eases have developed. This Information
was contained in the official
report made Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock, which contained the development
of the previous 24 hours.
The total number of cases thus far
Is 63, with 22 deaths.
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| HALIFAX COUNTS UP ||
ITS MANY DEATHS 1
Totnl Slightly Over One Thousand
I Including Unidentified and
I Missing.
Halifax, Dec. 17.?The toll of ^
death resulting from the explosion
j of the munitions ship Mont Blanc in
Halifax harbor was officially fixed at
| 1,126 including Identified and un1
identified bodies and the missing. ?
1 The figures which were issued by
A. S. llarnelead, chairman of the
mortuarv committee, were: (
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Identified in various morgues,
476; dead who can be identified from
i effects, 225; unrecognizable bodies,
i 125; missing, 400.
With the appointment tonight of
j permanent committees the work of
systematizing relief work for thej
sufferers from the explosion and fire jJ
' was completed.
While a great crowd of Nova Sco-i
i tians sang "The Star Spangled Ban-|
ner" an American flag was hoisted |a
on the flag pole over St. Mary Col-J'1
lege to mark the transfer of thel^
building to the New England rescue ^
workers who will use it as a hospital. v
An inquiry office to which all re- 0
quests for information about refu- c
gees should be addressed has been 1
opened. Absolute accuracy in the u
replies is guaranteed.
Pntnnol T on' ~9 ----- ' '
WV/" , uiuuagui U1 ICtUlI-J *
struction work, announced that a
scale of wageB has been agreed upon a
for workers in various trades. The n
highest will be 50 cents an hour. |T
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(hitting Down Alcohol. a
Washington. Dec. 17.?At the re- 1
quest of Food Administrator Iloo- j"
ver, President Wilson will issue ^
within the next few days a proclama- ^
tinn reducing the alcoholic contents ?
of beer to two and three-quarter per s
cent. The use of grain for brewing '
thus will be cut about 30 per cent. '
COLUMBIA-AUGUST A
MOTOR ROUTE STARTS J
ill
Government to Mstahlisli Service
e
Between Cities at. Instance of (
Representative Hyrnes. e
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Washington, Dec. 17.?At the re- r
quest of Representative ltyrnes the,?
postoflice department has agreed to j
establish motor route service be- ''
tween Augusta and Columbia. The K
department is establishing this ex- 1
perintental service between cities and '
they have promised Mr. Hyrnes to n
I immediately advertise for bids and:*'
I g|
I will start service some tluie in JanI
uary. The route will go by Aiken, n
Monetta, Ratesburg and Lexington.
Mr. Ryrnes also requested the de-!
pnrtment to establish similar service (
c
between Augusta as. . Charleston
and the department is now endeavor-j
ing to work out a plan whereby this a
II r
service can be established.
GafTney Without Kerosene.
C.affney, Dec. 17.?In addition to
the coal and sugar famine in GafTnoy
the town Is suffering for the lack of R
kerosene. None of the dealers had ''
i any kerosene yesterday and the sup-In
ply of gasoline ia again getting low. ?
There la much pressure being
brought to bear upon the city council
to get that body to take steps to
establish a municipal woodyard. ?
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OWN LIFE DESTROYED ?
BY OLIVER E. GRIST ?
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Well Known York Citizen* Suffering
II
From Melancholia, Hhoots Self
in Head.
York, Dec. 17.?Oliver E. Grist, ^
aged 47, well known citizen of York,
committed suicide In his home at 11
o'clock Friday morning by shooting
: himself In the head with a pistol.
Death was instantaneous. .Mr. Grist |
had been In ill health for several j a
months and for the last six weeks, I
had been suffering from nervous; n
' prostration. Melancholia, caused by s
his physical condition, is thought to n
have been the cause of the deed. Mr. I r
Grist was a printer by trade and was l
one of the publishers of the York-(
vIMe Enquirer. He was a son of tho|n
late L. M. Grist, was a deacon in the f
York Associate Reformed Presbyte- ^
rian church and was an upright, d
honest citizen. Surviving are his t
wife and three children. j
ENCASH
IE LANCASTER NKWSTITKSDAY. DEC. IE
HAJ. CEN SCOTT EXEMPTION B
WANTS A CHANCE IN FULTON CI
IN STAFF POLICY RELIEVED C
VIso Recommends Adoption of "Unwarranted Exem
Universal Military Service Discharges" (iiv
By Nation. Reason.
^EEI) OF MORE OFFICERS SUCCESSORS API
>hief of Staff Savs More Men Out of 818 White 1
Would Have Hastened Prep- on First Draft 52(
arations for Entrance Into empted?Only Si:
the War. Discharged Out of
Washington, Dec. 17.?Keorgan- Atlanta. Dec. 17.
sation ot' the war department on a membership h ultc
. _. . . emption board has' bee
ound general staff basis and adop- , , ,
dismissed by the provi
ion of universal military service as generai by orders froi
national policy are recommended Wilson on charges inv
p. the last annual report of MaJ. warranted exemptions
ien. Hugh L. Scott, as chief of stafT. charges " according to
'he document, made public, is do- made public here by Ma
oted almost wholly to a discussion lete, in charge of the
f the staff question. General Scott the selective service law
xplalnlng that his long absenct In The order was made pu
tussia and his "impending depart- other order appointing
re for France" gave him little time Judge R. F. Thompsoi
o prepare an adequate account of s. J. Mitchelll and Dr. <
he army's preparation for the war. the dismissed members.
After referring to what has been According to statistic
ccomplished in the way of prepar- ?c out of 818 white n
tion, General Scott deplores the the county on the flrf
laucity of general staff officers "for ? ...
nnc t-At'UipiCU. VH in<
rork of such unparalleled Import- ber of white men caUe
nee" and ascribes this shortage to board the announcem,
he act of congress In 1916 which per ront Wfiro oxempted
Imited the total number of such of- Rrounds It ia also allo
cers to 55. only half of whom could neKroi.s wer(, SUmmone?
o held on duty in Washington any bf|aj.d an(, that ()Ut {)f
ne time. The staff did not reach a only R,x woro exempted
trength of 4 7 otTirers until congress
i .t . ? . i _ It was pointed out tl
ncreased that bodv in May 1917.
. . . ...... Jus the county s quota ui
he report says, and adds that had ... ,
. . . , ?. , .. draft had already neen f
his number of officers been avails
. , . ... ami in view of th>> f ict
le in lebruarv. and the months fol.
.. draft regulations now a
awing preparations Tor our en- , ,
.. , , . . the provost marshal ge?
ranee into the war would have been ,, ,
. . , reeled that it will be ui
mproved and hastened. .
'reexamine any ol the r<
General Scott asks that congress' mp(ed or di8C,mrgcd.
xamine the question of staff con,
. . . The case oT the boa ft
rol of armv in a spirit freed from
. f .I* nounced. had been turne
very touch of personal interest or
..... , .*!**, department of justice,
rejudice, and recommends that the
hief of staff be made the secretary's trnn-vxT
nt and only organ for control of the ? ROHIKI TION LAN*
rmy In all that pertains to discip- ALMOST PA
ne, recruiting, instruction, intelli-j
ence. training, arming, equipping,'
nobilizing, transportation, educa- Socnllod Soft I>ri
ion, moving of troops the appoint- Alcohol to a
lent, promotion, detail and selec- _
Percentage.
Ion of officers, "with authority to
ecure co-operation of the entire
illltary establishment." Creation Columbia. Dec. 17.f
chiefs of cavalry, infantry ano, 8eizures of liquors by !
eld artillery under the chief of staff; bletJ and the nuniher 0
nd stafT sections to deal with f?*; aua<] by judges of proba
ruiting. movement of t-ooj -- rt a ,nonth law are ,
eld artillery under the ohie' of stah ) ters of the amount of ii(
nd stafT sections to deal with th?Ld in South Carolina.
ecruiting, movement of troops and Carload shipments of
romotlon and detailing of officersi a,coho?c beverages arr
Iso is recommended. , jn (>v,.ry section of tin
The annual reports of the adju-, practically nullify the fi
int general and inspector general t Hon laws, thus convert!
Iso were made public, but Ihey add 1 Qf fruit stands, drug st(
ttle information as to the present drink counters, both in
lilitary situation or the condition jn the rural district. 1
f the army. dramshops.
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PUERTO RICO EDI1
Bamberg, Dec. 17.?The five-year- ao??i
Id daughter of Fred Watson, a ne- DECLARE]
ro living on the plantation of H. J. ?
irabham near Midway in this coun- Convictcd on Four Cot
f. was so frightfully burned Friday
tornlng that she died several hours loyal Utterances in
iter. Publication.
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*ANY ALLEGED I. W. W.
PLEAD "NOT GUILTY" *
1 de Dan Antilles, was foi
ne Hundred and Three Answer to a Jur7 ln United H
court on four out of
Conspiracy Charges in Chicago made under the act cc
Court. plonage and trading wli
for articles which app'
I newspaper.
Chicago, Dec. 17.?One hundredi Sentence will be pass*
nd three alleged members of the The indictments aga
nd 11strial Workers of the World as-were found on articles
embled to answer to charges of con-' af,8erted that Puerto Ri<
piracy against the federal govern-1 refU80(| American citin:
lent, pleaded "not guilty" when ar-j ?ot sut>joot to militarj
aigned before Judge Uandls In the' th,H ,an(, was COmpolle
'nlted States district court. ^ a larger quota of mer,
Council for the defense asked ately for military serv
lore time to confer with their vartous states and Ha*
llonts. The pleas were entered with charged that he there
he understanding that if counsel tempting to cause dlslc
etermined to argue on demurrers ordination, mutiny an<
he pleas might be withdrawn on duty by military and na
anuary S. the United States In tit
1R NEW;
3, 1917.
Ajnn UNCLE SAM IS AFTER Pi
UAl\U the taxable incomes 31
3UNTY Will Senii Kvperls to Pueli Count y 1
F DUTY Seat in State to Help
? v w Kilt* Returns.
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ptions and T,u' government will s"iul out ex- Pol
t ports to help citizens make'up tneir ?,
en As : . ?,v ' ti
income tax returns. The failure to,
see these experts will not ie!?eve
those liable for Income tax from
bOIXTPn i pouaities for not making the proper
! returns. Hut the experts will visit
jevery county seat am! their services
Men Called vv" ,M* : of those who |>rc
reed tlieni.
i Were E\"i t
I t'ostmasters, bankers and newapaNejjroes
pers wll". he able to tell when the
2Q9 government's income tax man will e
be around, and where to find him. I
He will answer questions, swear the
-Tlte entin maker as to the return, and save the T
m county ex- citizen a great deal of time and an-'beir
n summarily noyance. Returns of income for | peo]
ost marshal 1917 must be made between Janu- bad
11 President ary 1 and March 1, 1918. ing
olving "un*! "The government recognizes," 1
and dls-1 Collector of Internal Revenue I). C. *'?n
a statement Hey ward, of Columbia, said "that: ^art
ij. J. H. Mai-1, many persons experience a good evei
operation of i deal of difficulty in filling out in-j?'ty
r in Georgia. | come tax forms. It recognizes too,Cear
blic with an- that tnvnnvora mcia? ~? ?1_?.. i * nr
v. o i uoiuuut al pvnuis |
successors to where collector's ofllces are not easl-i111'11
i, chairman; ly accessible find it hard to get prop- A
C. M. Curtis, er instruction in the law. Next has
year, when every married person tain
s made pub- living with wife or husband and! am
len called in , having a net income of $2,000, and and
it draft 526 | every unmarried person not the head cast
9 total num-l of a family and having a net income beei
d before the of $1,000 for the year 1917 must as I
jnt said, 4 I make return of income on the form tice
on physical prescribed, there will be hundreds t:m<
god that 20'_' in every community seeking liirht on | will
:1 before the the law. and help in executing th?'ir "ha
this number returns. My own and even other y
collection districts in the nation will Rap
lat inasmuch 1,0 ?1 i\lclecl into districts, with the ^raj
uler the lirst f'<>unty as the unit, and a govern;ont
to camp niPn' officer informed in the income' . ,
that the now ,:,x assigned to each district. lie (.jpn
re operative. w,? sPon<1 hardly less than a week m;)>
ieral had <11- 'n oa,'h county, and in some conn- ( ,
inecresary to !i"s n l'?'iger time, very likely in the c|pp
'gistrants ex- rnurt house at the eonty seat. In ,
cities whe-e there are collectors'
The
, , branch offices, he will ho there, and
1, it was an- , , \
in other cities possiblv at the citv
<1 over to the . Mr.
hall. My office will in due time ml -1
vise postmasters and bankers and
send out notices to the newspapers 'ar
' stating when the officer will ho in
RALYZED each county. It will he unnecessary S'M(
for prospective taxpayers to ask my,' ani
ofllce for forms on which to make ro-;!aVf
Inks < ontain turns tj10 officer who visits their '?'u
<irc?t county will have them.
or i
"It may be stated as a matter of .
dooi
general information that 'net in- ^
come' is the remainder after sub- .
H6
?Records of trading expenses from gross income.
State consta- Personal, family, or living expenses A
f permits is- it not expenses in the meaning of the
te under the law, the exemption being allowed to ,hU!
poor baronib cover such expenses.
pior consum- "The new exemption of $1,000 oon
and $2,000 will add tens of thou-',irof
alleged non-j sands to the number of income tax5
distributed payers in this district, inasmuch as mnf
p State and practically every farmer, merchant, ^
itnte prohlbl- tradesman, professional man and *?
ng hundreds salary worker and a great many B*1?
>res and soft wage workers will ho required to f,f r
the city and make return and pay tax. ( sho
literally into "The law makes it the duty of
the taxpayer to seek out the roller- to 1
tor. Many people assume that if an pro
roR income tax form is not sent, or a, ^
D GUIl TY K?vernmPnt officer does not call. ron
; they are relieved from making re- 1 rr
i ports. This is decidedly in error. It
ints for DLh- Is the other way round. The tax- 000
payer has to go to the government
and if he doesn't within the time pap
prescribed, he is a vlolater of the mo1
law, and the government will go to *
him with its penalties." *tat
t. 17.?Vln- art'
the Re^ta N0RWAY HAS LOST *n?
ind guilty by beli
tates district FIVE THOUSAND MEN hlB
five charges,' new
incoming es-1 ? . ^ con
. ,. Dispatch From Chrtstlnnn Tells of
:h the enemy
eared in his Total Casualties of Kallors
During War. DO
ed later. f ,
ilnst lialhas London, Dec. 17.?It is stated of-j
In which he flrjauy tj,a( Norway has lost .1.000
;ans who had aauora during the war, a Central Dim
Eenship werej^jowa tnapatch from Christiana re-j
' that p0r(e(]. The sinking of two steam-'
d to furnish ^ips jR 101 c 1 of in the dispatch,
i proportion- gteamship whose loss Is reIco
than the portC(i hy the Norweiglan foreign C
iraii, it being (aro the Strathorne and the San ivei
by was at-j Croix. The strathorne was was tor-!acci
?yalty, pecloo?l in the Mediterranean and 18 bee
1 refusal of; j,or cn.w Wf.r(. saved. The San the
ival forces ofjcrox waa torpedoed in the English fac1
ne of war." channel. Two men were lost. | cas<
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$2.00 A YKAK
EWART CIRCULAR
BRINGS THE NEWS
INTO DISCUSSION
icv of Paper is Not Con
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rolled By Mis Opponent for
Office of Mayor.
STRINGS TIED TO IT
sent Editor Was Employed
o "Run the Paper" and Is
Not Hampered By Interfernce
From Anyone."
he editor of The Lancaster News
iK practically a stranger to the
pie of the city and community
no desire to enter the fight bewaged
in the mayoralty race and
reason if his ignorance of eondiq
did nn? u -
? ?... ,.v/?. lmui ue snniiui taKO
: in the discussion. I did, how\
talk to many citizens of the
and in consequence of what I
ned, I took occasion to say a
d in behalf of the present adistration.
. circular signed by R. S. Stewart
been handed to me which cons
the veiled insinuation that I
a "tool" of Mayor C. D. Jones
that Mr. Jones uses The leaner
News to suit himself. Had I
a a citizen of Lancaster as long
dr. Stewart. I would take no noof
such insinuations, for by that
e Mr. Stewart and other citizens
have learned that I cannot be
ndled" by anybody.
Ir. Stewart's first reference to the
caster News is in the first paraph
of his letter, as follows:
During Die dark hours of the
it preceding last Tuesday's inunil
e'ection, my* opponent for
or. Mr. C. D. Jones, distributed
r the town of Lancaster a certain
ular, which was later reproduced
favorably commented upon in
Lancaster News."
Ir. Stewart ought to know that
Jones paid for his circular being
produced" in this paper at reguadvertising
rates, and that Mr.
vart. or anyone else, can buy
e in The Lancaster News at the
e rate. The "favorable" or "unirable"
comment in the editorial
imns of the paper cannot be
ght by Mr. Jones or Mr. Stewart
anyone. Mr. Stewart perhaps
s not know this, but he ought to
w it, and he would sleep better If
knew it.
gain Mr. Stewart "hurls a broad>"
at the editor of The News
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'"nlike my opponent, I own and
trol no newspaper and printing
is to extol my talents and praise
virtues, oven should a proper
lesty permit."
irero I not a comparative stranger
the people of the community, I
uld overlook that sneer, but unthe
circumstances, I feel that I
uld not permit my character and
reputation as a newspaper man
?e assailed in such a way without
test.
'irst, Mr. C. D. Jones does not
trol The Lancaster News. When
ime to I^ancaster, I came to run
Nowb as a newspaper under a
tract with the owners under
ch the editorial policy of the
er is to be absolutely untramed.
am not interested In the other
ements contained in Mr. Stew*
s circular, and when he haa
wn me for a few years I don't
eve he will be willing to sign
name to a statement that the
pspaper of which I am editor is
trolled by someone else.
GEO. B. CRAVEN.
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CLOSER BY MEASLES
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eovery of Several Cases Causes
Baptist Institution at Greenville
to Suspend.
Ireenville, Doc. 17.?Purman Un sity
closed Friday afternoon on
aunt of measles. One case had
n Isolated and physicians thought
situation was in every way satistory
until yesterday, when ten
bs were dereloped.