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68TH YEAR. NO. 59. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. CH TUESDAY, |IAY 20, 1919. ctnwnm?mA?
METHODISTS OPEN
\ CENTENARY DRIVE _,7
^ - Huenro of
Campaign Begun Sunday to * , Manui
Raise $2,000,000 in South ?
Carolina. New Orleans,
cret meeting her
representing 4 0(
MAKE SYSTEMATIC DRIVE ton producing l
Cotton Growers'
_ _ , . ized, designed tc
Sum of $.!;>,000,000 to Be Raised .... . . .? ..
m ne a
By Methodist Episcopal brought to boar
Church, South, in Period of of cotton broker
manufacturers,
Lijfht Days. of the conferenc*
consider the orgt
? . . . ...... 000,000 fexports
The centenary drive of the Meth..
. ,, , , _ A committee >
odist bpiscopal Church. South, , . .
. '. . , . , . . posed of A. Alan
opened Sunday to continue for eight .. ?
. . . " Ala.; George B.
days, closing next Sunday. The ? w *
enormous sum of $35,000,000 Is to " , ? . '
. . . . . ... , , Work. Houston,
be raised by the church for mission- _ .
... Fair, Montgomer
ary purposes. A preliminary cam- . ...
. . . to work out pin
paign extending over a period of , , ... _ .
, " w . . leged "influence.1
several weeks has been waged in
. ..... ... . Announcement
every church of the denomination in . . . .
.. .. . , .. . had organized w
the south and all is in readiness for , ,
.... ... . . the members of
the drive beginning today. - . .,
? . .. _ .. pressed the beli
The allotment for the.Upper South , ? . .
_ . , ... knell of the spec
Carolina conference is approximately .
$1,000,000. The allotment of the Producing world
? o ... ^ .. . . I sounded, by the
bower South Carolina conference is
also approximately $1,000,000. eague.
L. L. Hardin of Columbia is
treasurer for the Upper South Caro- REPUBLIC AN
...... i"N.cinn,T. 1.. I-. mill is or MAKE !
Greenville, is director for the Upper
South Carolina conference and Iceland
Moore of Charleston is director To Probe A dm I
of the Lower South Carolina confer- a|||j |cx,,eiHj|
enee; Rev. J. C. Roper is secretary
for the Upper South Carolina con ginning
ference and Rev. A J. Cauthen is dl- ?
rector for the Lower South Carolina
Washington.
conference.
. , . . . .. . , can members of
\haeh church has been thoroughly
, . .. . . , convening of ct
organized for the movement and in , .
. . . _ . , , institute "such I
each church Sunday morning the , ,
. , . ministration acti
pastors preached on the movement.
_. , ...?. .. tures since the b
The workers will first call upon ... . .
.. .... . .. .. . as will fully infi
the members of their own individual
, . ... . .. serve the publl
church. Thev will then vIrU those , , . .
. . item was added
who aTe members of some other ,
.... ... . ... . lative program ti
Methodist church but who are away ,
, . ^.? ..I Ucans at a con
from home at the time. They will
.... . ... . ., devoid or factio
next solicit subscriptions from those
i .. i . . it. T,u* conferenc
regular attendants at the public ser...
. . . . . " . cord as favoring
vices of the church but who are not
. . . . . . legislation outlir
members of any church whatsoever.!
in i ... i. tary policy; of
In no case will subscriptions be
...... . ... . for early return i
solicited from members of other de...
. . ., .. from overseas; o
nominations although contributions
lands legislation.
to the fund will he gratefully aci
, , , . .. . . promote water p
knowledged from the general public.
~~
In soliciting thts fund from Its THE JEWS (
membership the Methodist church qj," MASS/
feels that it Is hut filling the obligation
which has been cast upon it by
reason of the noble Ideals for the Declare :i(t Ynut
future of the world, which caused so Were Slain t
many heroic men to water the battle
scarred fields of France with Jewish
their life blood.. ?
The great need which the world ... , . , ..
... , Stockholm, M
row feels for reconstruction and . . _
, , ish Press bureau
fnr n rpnpwni nf I Inna a'nrfi
the war has stopped, also calls for r"r np a (?
the utmost in service from the e 'roni membe
church and all other organizations ' at 1 !l
which nim for the betterment of '(' * 4 lecent
mankind. youths of P,nsk'
To meet these pressing demands <onnH<,p(' '
it is essential that the activities of mpn*, we,e kill
the church be placed upon a strictly 'f WaB ^ec'ared.
business basis and to do this It Is meol,nK which
necessary that this sum of money be( distribution
secured. supplies, and th
The various uses to which theUs bolsheviks wl
money is to be put have been care-|^k<. oommun'?at
fully apportioned nnd any subscrib- ' inK8 w?re du
er who wishes his money to go to any ,'ml,l?t'' the Je
special hrnnch of the church's work *A dispatch f1
is allowed the privilege of so do- **Ve a?n<>?"
slcnnting. The division made is as ?" 'e of the
follows: wh,ch asse't?d <
received from i
Regular income $10,000,000 re:lu tluit 56 Jew
General work, foreign n program at Pir
department 7,870,000
General work, home de- REIJCAHK RXKI
partment 2,8 50,000 WHEN' TI
Annual conference mission
2.500,000 Chattanooga, '
Hoard of church exten- finite announcer
slon 2,140,000 ceived at Port
Wn^n's work, foreign Washington thai
department 3.000.00? barracks, where
woman b worn, nome uepnrtment
1.290.0001 a,,en8 are ,ntern
War work fund 5,250,000 a"d th? prisoner
w 1 . wise disposed <
Total $25,000,000 peace treaty Is si
?- ^ Among the pi
CRE7W OK NC-I ARItlVKS AT the barracks an
IIORTA HIT PLWK IS M?ST Kunwnld. w
I.ondon. May 19.?Lloyds reports son of their cot
that the steamer Ionia with the crew oal organization*
of the American seaplane NC-1 of Interned (Ser
aboard, arrived at Morta Sunday civilians arreste<
and that the Nf'-l sank 120 miles off j tlons of the con
the Island of Flore* | violation of the
m ykiw SALVATION ARM\
^ Alleged DESERVING SUPP
Brokers and v
torturers. Funds Will Be Used to
On an Elaborate Ho
May 19.?At a se- Service Work.
e of cotton growers _____
),000 acres of cot- _
an,I. the American GREAT WORK IH'lUNG
league was organ
) combat what was ? .. , ,
. ? Organization Kenedered
strong Influence **
by representatives able Aid. (toing I)OWl
? and New England the Trenches and SI
on the proceedings
s assembled here to Every Danger,
inization of a $100,
corporation. Atlanta. Ga.. May 19.?1
vas appointed, com YounR clarke> campaign dire
Breen. Baymlnette. |he 80Ulhern dlvl8lon of the
Haskins, Mobile, (j()n ariny konie service fund,
'lie, Atlanta, W. h. tho f0uOW|nR statement:
Tex., and Justin "Upon our entrance Into th
y, Ala., empowered worjd war> the Salvation arr
,ns to meet the al- army across the seas wl
American soldiers. These
that the growers workprB wpn,
as made bv one of .. . w 7 .
the trenches, sharing every
committee, who ex- . . .. . .
and by their every-day exar
ef that "the death ... . . ..
putting into practice the i
ulator In the cotton . . . . .01 .
taught by our Savior while 01
may ave een rendered a most valuable ai?
organization o t ie a(jnijnjR|PrP(j n,e physical,
as the spiritual, comfort of ou
thev spent the dollars ungru
IS MEAN TO that it had taken vears to co
NVESTIGATION smn" Change, and. upon th
turn to the homeland to c
this work among the dischari
nistrntlon Activities diers and helping ttie help
tu res Since lie- ho",e- thov fmlnd their 1
empty: and. at a glance, saw
of the War. was necessary to come bef<
public and ask for funds to c;
their rescue work. Therefc
May 19.?Republi- , ,, . ,, ,
ginning Monday, May 19, ai
the house upon the , , . .. .
tinuing one week, the Americ
ingrass propose to ... .
. , , pie will be given an opportu
investigation of ad- . . . .. i.
, ,, contribute to the home servl<
Ivities and expendi- . ...
and express their appreciatl
eginning of the war , ,
. , the work of the Salvation a
orm the people and ....... ... ..
behalf of the nations saib
ic interest. This ... . ..
. . soldiers in the great war am
to the party s legis- ... .
. . them to prosecute their war
iv the house Repub- .
America against sorrow, pove
ference apparently ^
nal differences '
I have no question but t
e also went on re- . . , ...
. American people will give mo
early passage of ,
. ? , ... the amount asked for by thr
ling a definite mill- .. . .
tion army, and I am sure t
measures providing ...
south will measure up to
of American soldiers . , ... ? .
..... , share of this fund,
f public oil and coal
and of measures to "In ,akinK tho d?rectlon
lower development.' Salvation army campaign
south. I was compelled t
Vfl most Important business-pla
1.jA1IN lINlf personally sacrifice several
tCRE AT PINSK sand dollars. But, for man]
I have known the Salvation
and to know them is to lovi
lis, Not llolsbcv Hts, amj {n j)0 to serve th<
o Intimidate the an honor that I could not re
Population. "For 40 years ,he Salratlo
has been fighting battles aga
and poverty in the big cltl
ay 19.?The Jew- they have worked so humt
announces that ac- quietly that the people had n
mmunication recelv- aware of its magnitude an
rs of the inquiry ciency. Unfortunately man
ask. who investlgat- looked upon the Salvatloi
program there. 36 simply as a street preaching
who were in no way izatlon, when, as a matter i
he bolshevist move- the smallest part of Its wr
ed. The massacre, been Its meetings on the stn
occurred during a "The Salvation army has
was organizing for turned down a call for hel
of American food any human being anywhere,
e youths were shot time, and to know of the rei
thout court martial, of the army It Is only neces
Ion added that the inquire at the big city hospit
e to a desire to in- at police stations, to have th
wish population. you of the vast number of n
rom London May 1, women that are rescued eac
ent from the central many of whom come from th
Zionist association towns and country and fln?]
hat word had been selves unequal to the strug
ts Copenhagen bu- existence in the big cities,
s had been killed In "The Salvation army will
18k.) the fund to whlrh von enntrl
this campaign to save thmm
VIY AlilKXH Just such people who have fa
IKATY IS SICiXHD to the paths of sorrow, pove
renn.. Muy 19.?De vice They .will place them
. v...? road that leads to hope and ri
nent has been rehllitv
to which every human I
Oglethorpe from entitlft(1
If you should coi
t the war prison (o th,? fu
nd, many a shlverlr
about 3,000 enemy and poorly clad mother, this
ed. is to be closed, winter, will have Are. fo
s released or other- "othing. I am sure there Is
American citizen or a loyal hi
af as soon as the pRtr|ot who wjn n(jf n
Ikned. when he is asked to subscri
risoners confined at Thp Salvation army home
? Professors Much ttas the heartv appr
Idely known by rea President Wilson. When ap
mection with inusi- i onresentatlves of 'he
others are crew* t?,,p nrniv iin?l askofl for ,1
man steamers ana nmnt of commendation, lie
I In various see- ,,ft(,rt hu hat an(j 8nj(,. < T
ntry on charges of
espionage act. (Continued on rage 4
ill only throe days. Thursday altere
great noon Mrs. Thaoker found him unny
sent conscious in his study and his con- r*li,rt
Ith our dltion at once was not considered soearnest
rious. He failed, however, to im
vn Into prove and a day later began to grow *PV a
danger, worse and this continued until the
nple of end came Sunday morning. He was Hm'
religion about 55 years old. His body was ,raini
1 earth, shipped Sunday afternoon to St. c
I. They Mathews where the funeral services
as well were held yesterday. 0,10 '
r boys; Thaoker came to Lancaster in ,
1 r* 1 tn? 81
agtngiy December, this being his first year
lleot in Its pastor of the church here. His pQ|f
icir re- general health was not good and a
ontinue month ftg() his daughter. Miss Jimmy '
:ed sol-, Thaoker, died in a hospital in
less at Columbia. The loss of this daughter p,.,,],,
reasury js thought to have weakened his
that it physical resistance to disease and
jre the pftrhaps hastened his death.
?rr> on Surviving him ate wife and the
>re. be- ... . ...
ioiiowing cntldron: Carlisle
1C ">t1 Thacker, Coke Thaeker, Miss Annie YVu
an peo Tharker, Mrs. Stackhouse, Mrs. tatlve
nIty Rayaer. the U
Re fun(i izatio
?n f?r HALF DO/iRN K<i<iS COST THIS partn
Y()Wi<) LADY JUST $2.50 KACH have
l' R88ist Qoldsboro, N. C. May lft.-A
fare In P?Pu'ar young woman of this city
rtv ati'i arrived home last night from a *mne
ri> an.i . # .u
pleasure trip to Washington, L). C.,
>1111 " i c count
hat the am* included among a ntynher of
re than aouvenira which slie secured while 'n< s
, SalVa- there 's a dozen eggs. These epps ors'
hnt the the voting woman $2.50 a piece,
hi" speak
its full 80 sh? says, and were secured from *
tli" "eeg man" of the Capital City.' nia< e
of the vvh" she learned later, only plyed h's "M a'
,? trade during heavy traffic davs The 1 ' ' '
in the i?p t
. . voting woman says she boarded a
o delay l > as w
. crowded street car and had itist sems
and garv
., cuied a seat when a man approach
thou-| ... ?n?
oil Her and asked if she would hold v""
r years, iilont
a dozen eggs for him tiy the ear
i army.
made the next stop. Placing her
e them. short
purse in her lap she reached for the
pra was f-eed
hap: of eggs, but when the ear
stopped both the man and her purse '
n army |ia(j disappeared.
inst sin * m "bur
es. hut nAKR|{ PKMKS AKMY MKAT to "
rly and Is SOIJ> To MAKK PRICES llltai
ot been ? ? Th
Wash in ut on. Mav 19.?Secretary ...
id otti- a d' I
. Raker denied there was anv relation
iy have _ exbci
between ar.v attempt to support the
n army * ... due:
prices of meat supplies in this conn
organ- v ^ Atnet
, . . try and the tentative arrangement
of fact. J m'y
. . reached by representatives of the ,
>rk has ... path*
;e<8 war department and the packing in- } ^
dustry for the disposal abroad ot
Tipvpr f cr^u
250.ono.ooo pounds of canned1 .
n from State
v meats. The department announc
at anv the r
ed a few days ago that this sto< k.
l 1 nr I* If
amounting to the normal output of Rvpi
s n r v (11 '
American packing companies for T
als and ^ wo vears would not he placed on ,,
iPill t pi' INP
' the American market. ,. ,
len and the f
h vear ? seinb
n year. \ M | K|(' \ \ CAST\l,TIES lURINC , ..
p mi\nil . | in Ih
e sinnn XVAH rkaCII TOTAL OF UM?l.04-t.'
I them- south
gle for Washington. May 19.?Revised whlc|
figures made public by the. war de a ro,
partment showed that the total eas cjimii,
I snend simin
ualties of the American expedition- sr,mi)
but< in af.y forros during the war was 286.- xTnite
finds of Rattle deaths numbered 4 8.- #hr. ,
lien tn- 1
909, and the total of wounded was wAlicl
rty nnd placed at 237.135, with the explana- ,,on
?n lion that this represented a dupll- th
Fstiecta- cat|on 0f at,out 7,00ft l?y reason of ^erst
being Is fact ty,a( many men were wound- f4>,i~r
itribute . ..
, ,. . ed more than once. ?p m
ig child r
coming " 9
od and UIi'?' <CHARTER FOR j,|ir8.
' I COTTON EXPORT CORPORATION
not an i
r>uthern Now Orleans, May 1!?.?Following KM I
te limit an address iiy Governor W. F. G.
he." Harding, of the federal reserve Fa
service hoard, in which he urged cotton in- ures
oval of t?re?ts in the southern helt to "get tion i
proach- together" and support the forma*lor. | fuse
Rnlva- ?f ft $ 1 urt.nnn.ooo cotton exports co | indict
i state- poratioo, delegates : ssembled h"r? Marsl
s'ntply '> consider plans for such an or" in I lthini
'he love if-atlon, were told that a proposi 11 such
charter for the concern, would be! wy
) submitted to them. | not s
??? i ,
' IS REV.XH. THACKER "1
CRT DIED HERE MONDAY
\
Carry Pastor of Lancaster Methodist
me Church Was 111 Only
)
Three Days. Toi
\ the h
WAR \FUNERAL AT ST. MATHEWS ilojp
away.
Valu- Mr. Thacker Was Taken Sud- 7
of th<
i Into denly III Thursday After- side s
tiaring noon Beinp Found Uncon- 01
peotal
scions. R(1 t0
^ Mond
Edward Rev. J. H. Thaeker, pastor of the 's lin
ctor of Lancaster Methodist church, died at n
Salva- "the parsonage on Gay street Sunday r,u')
issued morninir at six n'rlncw' tin
>nger. Half a dozen prospe
spots wpvp inspect pel, but tl
particularly favored is locat?
[in u m oc bay a limit a tnile fro
to of the a^cna.
EIGN HORN RESENT
CONTEMPT OF NATIVE
res America Has Much I
[ arn in Making Citizens of
Aliens.
isnington. May 19.- Ueprese
is of foreign born residents
nlted States told the America
n conference of the interior d
lent that native Americai
much to learn in attempting
citizens of aliens. Sharp crii
of the contempt exhibited I
persons toward foreigners ai
e general ignorance in th
ry of European racial diff<
was expressed by the spea
irning was given by sever
;ers that no attempt should
to force American citizensh
\ alien, for that would lead hi
lieve this country was atteinr
o submerge minor national ti
as attempted in Austria-llu
and other despotic countrh
t Matnaty, of Pittsburgh, prr
of the Slovak League of Ann
salil those who come to the
's of tlrt-ir own choice, seeki:
oin from oppression. east
made citizens, but not if th
rero grouped disdainfully
kies" or "dagoes" or relegat
tferiority collectively as pla
igners."
e same belief was expressed
terent way by Nathan Pevs<
itive director of the New Yo
itional alliance, who sa
Ionization could lie advanc
f tiiere was a sound and syi
ti" ui do standing of the ps
gv of the various nat'on
>s which come to the Pnit
s. their ideals, religions at
eason they sought a new hon
>KT ON ruriW'H IN ION
HF IXTEKKSTIN(J FF.ATll
w Orleans, May 19 -One
eatures of the 59th general a
ly of the Presbyterian chur
e United States known as tl
lern Presbyterian churo
1 is in session, is the report
mmlttee of conference with
?r committee of the general r
ly of the Presbyterian churc
d States of America, known
northern Presbyterian churo
l considered plans for feder
and union of the two branch
ie church. This report is u
ood to recommend a plan
al union, but the plan will n
ade known until published 1
fated clerks of the two asset
I SF.NT TO IIK ICKAOV FOIt
TION IF HI'NS DON'T Sl<
ris. May 19. Immediate m?
tending to the further subjup
of Germany if its delegates r
to sign the peace treaty we
ited by the announcement th
tial Fo h had been sent to t
[> by the council of four to t i
action as may become nec<
in the event that the treaty
igned.
junv Iiirnv;i> ?Z.lfU A I EAH
j AARON WISEMAN IS
SENTENCED TO DIE
Convicted at Shelby of Murder
of Dr. Hennessee in Jan:h
uary, 1918.
t- J
DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
_____
Climax to Feud Existing for
?> Years Hetween Hennessees
,(x and Pittses in Western North
rs Carolina.
ts
Shelby, N. ('., May 19.?Guilty of
1C
.. murder in the first degree was the
?u
verdict of> the jury in the case of
eAaron
Wiseman, of Avery county,
tried here for the murder of I)r. E.
))( A. Hennessee, at Glen Alpine on th8
night of January 31, 1918. Wiseman
received the verdict with slight
emotion. The jury was out an hour
and 10 minutes, and it is reported
that on the first ballot nine were for
^ acquittal and three for conviction,
on tlu' second. 11 to one. Two
cfriends
of Dr. Hennessee went to the
j box and shook hands with the jurors.
j With no sign of flinching. Aaron
Wiseman heard his death sentence
pronounced at 3:30 Saturday afternoon
by Judge It. P. Long. Notice
^ of appeal was given by defendant's
counsel. When Solicitor Huffman
v a? notified by telephone at Morgantoti
that a verdict of guilty had
been rendered, he asked tho court
to await his arrival at J o'clock.
The solicitor had cone home on account
of sickness and the court
n- waited half an hour after 3 o'clock,
of but he was delayed on account of
n- heavy rain until after adjournment,
e- June 20 is the date for the electrons
cution.
to A singular thing in connection
ti- with the Ilennessee and Pitts affair
by is that when I>r. ilennessee was
id tried six years ago for killing a Pitts
lis one of his children died. When the
r- Pitts boys were being tried their
k- grandmother died, and the day
| Wiseman was arrested his father
ui died.
l>e Killing of l?r. Ilennessee.
ip The killing of Dr. Ilennessee octn
curred on the evening of January
it- 31. 1??18. as the doctor stepped from
es train No. 21 at CJlen Alpine. Dr.
n- Ilennessee had been to Greensboro
's. on professional business, leaving
is- that city for bis home on the mid?r
day train When the train reached
se Glen Alpine Dr Ilennessee alighted.
ni no nan gone hut a few stops from
lly the train when there was a fusilade
ey of shots and ho fell mortally woundas
ed An examination of the body
?d showed that some 10 or 12 shots
ir. had taken effect. This led to the
assumption that two men did the
in shooting. The following day Gar*r.
field and Aaron Pitts were arrested
rk charged with the murder. They
iid were tried for the crime and acquited
ted At the trial of the Pitts boys
Tt there was evidence that a man weariy
jng a long coat did the shooting,
a! Aaron Wiseman was arrested for the
ed crime and at a nreliminarv lunrimr
ad h?dd for the grand jury. A true bili
ip was returned against him and the
case for trial at Morganton. When
it catne on for trial a motion to remove
to some other county was
of made and the prcs'ding judg orderis
ed that the case he tried in Clevech
land county.
he In the trial hero the state relied
h. principally on the testimony of Fred
of Amos and Mr Ramsey, of Statesa
vllle. Amos and Ramsey were both
is- passengers on the train They
h. swore that when the shooting startas
ed they looked through the coach
h, windows and saw one man with a
a- revolver in each hand shoot Dr.
es Hennessee They identified Wisen
j man as the man who did the shootof
ing. Amos, who didn't testify at.
ot the trial of the Pitts hoys, said that
by the reason he failed to make it
tn- known that Wiseman was responsible
for the death of Hennessee was
because he was going to Chicago and
did not want to be held as a witness.
Kilting Created K\cltement.
,a" The killing of Dr. Hennessee
more than a year ago created a
e- great deal of excitement in Purke
rp county. Suspicion was directed at
ftl I once to the P tts boys by reason o!
hp' the buttle between the Pittses and
k* ' Dr. Hennessee some six or seven
years ago when a Pitts was killed by
is . ?.
(Continued on Page Four.)
I
"UALLY ALL OF THE
*60 TICKETS ARE SOLI
er of *?o, or Choice King^c!
at*. Limited (o 2,r><M??One
Order For 500 Seats.
edo, Ohio, May 19.?Althouj;
icavyweight championship ha
Jtween Joss Willard and Jac
s??y is nearly seven werl
Tex Rickard. promoter of tt
ct. announced that virtually a
p $ ?0 tickets, the choice rim
eats, had been sold. The numl
f these reservations exceeded ?
(ions. The tickets will be mat
i the prospective purchase
ay. The number of ?60 sea
lited to 2,50ft
rials of the Detroit Atlet
places an order for 500
while the Elks of Detroit r
s 5,000 seats of various price
Detroit lodge has arranged
pr a special boat to bring 3.01
>ers to the contest,
th a party of friends, Dem
nd Manager Jack Kearns m
along the shores of Lake Er
Maumee hay in search of
ng camp for the heavvweigl