Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SI Wewant ev SHOES, EtC., a~ * * ** * * * SOCIA.* * * * ** * MsE.H. Kibler gave a very de ligh.tful "At Home " on Friday after ioon between 'th'e hours of four and six o 'clock complimentary to her mother Mrs. William Smith, of West 'Virgitiia, Mrs. Clarence Kibler, of Columbia, and Mrs. Frank Swygart, of Irmo. T:he guests were met at the door. by Miss Camile Evans, and in the drawing room Mrs. Kibler re ee.ived with her three guests of hon or. The~ decorations in the hail were red eaniocns, red candles, and ferns. In the parlor were pink carnations, pink eandl:es, and ferns. Mesdames W. K. Sligh, J. Henry Harms, .George Johinstone, E. M. Evans showed the guests into the dining room. T-he de corations 'here were white ear natlions, green candles, and ferns, and the refreshments whieh consisted of ice cream and cake carried cout the color scheme. Four d.ainty little maid e :erved the .refreshments, Misses Pauline Sl,igh. Annie Harms, Marie Summers, an~d Agnes Chapman. Mis ses Jeanne Pelham and Carolyn Cr'omer served puneh i'n the hail. Mrs. T. C. Pool entertained the ]frtnightly club on Wednesday morning. Everytiiing bore on St. Pat rick's Day, the decorations earried out the "emerald green'" idea also. On :r::e.rin~g the hail M-s. Pool pinned a bunch of Shamrock leaves on each guest. Later green post cards were passed .around and each gu.est re quested to write a verse on St. Pat ric.k's day, and .at the close each one rea.d .her own production. A very temptin three eourse lunoh was serv ed. The guests were Mesdames F. T. Rol.brook, 1L. W. Floyd, J. K. Gilder. J. A. Burton, L. W. Jones, J. L. Bow les, T. J. Maves, J. W. M. Simmons, W. H. Carwile, J. B. Fox, Geo. A. Wright. C'. A. Bowrna.n, W. G. Hou sea-*. J. D. P,itts, of Blackv'ille. F. Z. Wilson, R. D. Smith, C. C. Feather store. of Lauren's, S. B.'Jones, A. C. West, J. C. Harper. of Greenwcrd. F. N. Martin. C. D. Weeks, S. J. Wooten. A.'T. Brown, P. M. Bennett. W. F. Ewart, Misses. Fannie Me Ca.ugh:rin, and Grace Jontes, of Ashe ville. Mrs. John K. AulI was the c*harm ing hostess of the Wednesday After noon Chb :3.t her pretty new ho:n is Bo'emto:ry st.reet. The guests were mc t interest.ingly entertained with different guedng contests and at the clote of tUe games delicious ice cream and e--ke were served. The guests 4yere Mines Blanche Davidson. Maud Lar f ord. Carrde Pool, Fann-ie Mae Carwile. Maid Langford, Elizabeth and Casa Dominiek. Sarah Robinson, Ms.rie Tompkins. of Edgefield. Bessie Gilder. Grace Jones, of Asheville. Camile Erans, Mesd.ames W. C. Schenk. Herman Wright. Frank R. .Huner. anid E. H. Aull. "Do von think we'll ever annex Canada ?" "We may have to. Some day Cana da is going to have a boundary dispute ery man, woman this sale FOR Mi. OPPOSED TO COMPULSORY EDU I CATION. State Superintendent Believes Schools Should be Developed Before Compulsory Attendance is 'Required. The Record. J. E. Swearingen, the new State superintendent of education, who is a man of decided views and originality, is not an advocate of compulsory edu cation as it has been urged on the leg islatures of this State by its ablest and most persistent adherents. Mr. Swearingen is a local optionist when it eomes to compulsory e.ducation. "What is the sense,'' said he to day.."of enacting a general comp.ul sory education law in this State when there is no way that can be worked out now of provid:ing the proper selbools for the children after you nra-ke provision for compelling them to -attend school'? The school statis tics of the State show that in some of the counties the average -school term P eleven to twelve wveeks, in spibe of the fact that there are- plenty of chil dren of .school age to attend. Some dis tri.ts in the State are financially and otherwise ready for such a system, but others are not, anid it watild be foolish to force the system on those section's no ed,adwibd o want it. orad,adwibont "Ifavor a local option system.. A lws'hould be passed allowing any sch:ool unit or aggergation of units, aggregati-on of dist riets, or towvnships or even counties, to choose tire system by vote. And each of these units should -have charge of enforcing the law anrd arranging the details of tihe system, providing the finances by lo al taxation. Richland. I should judge, would be ready for such a system, and possibly somel of the upper coun ties.'' "I eertainly do not advocate a compulscrv system for any class,' said he in answer to another ques tion. "It 'has been argued that co pulsory edaeation should be provid ml for the mill people to the exclu sion of ot.her classes of peopl. I think sueh a law would be a discrim ination that would not only be un just. but very unwise. The mill man :vements woul oppose it a-nd the een1cem:ent friction brought aboutI woud result in more harm than grood. The only real difference there is in thiej State between mill people and pe3ple who live on the farms -is that the f:;rmer live toa-ether and the lat ter separited. For practieally all t.be mill neratives in this State come from the farms. ' Mr. Swea rin gen comes much near er being a compulsory eduicatioin ad vocate than his nredecessr. Mr. 0. B. Martin, but it is a far cafi fr'om the~ ideas of Mr.. Swearingen to those- of the compulsory education advocates of the State generally. Mr. Swear i:nen likes the North Carolina and Virginia laws on the subjet. "Well, there's one encouraginz thing about the enormous hats tie 1U dies are wearing." "What's that?" "They will be wearing very small ones next year." )NT and child to k ANY OLD PRIG iTfH COOPERS CONVICTED. Celebrated Case Against Sla.yers of Former Senator Carmack Brought to an End With Surprising Abruptness. Nashville. Tenn., March 20.-G ui ty of murder in the second degree punishment, twenty yegrs' imprison ment-this was the unexpected ver diet rendered by the jury against Col. Duncan B. Cooper -and Robin J. Coop er, when court opened today, The jry yesterday -acquitted John D. Sharp, indicted with the Coopers for the s}aying of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack. Events moved swiftly from the moment the verdiet was rendered to-, day. Im'mediately the defence moved to set it -aside, because of the verdict of disagreement of yesterday, and asked the court to declare it a mis trial. Judge Hart said he would lis ten to argum.ents on t.h-is motion lat er, probably .next week. He then fixed the defendanrt' bonds at $253, 000 each. Although Judge Hart fixed the bond at -$13,000, there -vas a rush t ign it on the pa.rt of the wealthy citizens of Nashville, which fairly swamped the -elerk o'f the criminal court. In v-ian.-he protestdd over and over again 'Fhrat more than enough sureties had signed. but the invariable answer was ''we want to put our name on that bond, too.'' It seemed as though every f rieotehfdnHSR as though every friend of the Coop e's considered it ineumbent upon him to sign the -bond. When -there' was no more room for names at the foot of the doc-ument, the new bondsmen endorse it across the face, until it was difficult to decipher the signatures. When filled the bond totaled nearly a million and a half dollars.. The Coopers returned to thLe jail this afternoon kite and removed their persnal effects. For the present Col. Cooper will make his home with Mrs. Burch-, and Robin will return to his old headquarters with his uncle, Judge J. C. Brad-ford. Tonight the father and son retired to the thome 'of Judge J. C. Bradford and discussed the next move in the case. .Court Room Crowded. ariou-s and interesting rumors that the jury had agreed were respon sible for a crowded court room this morni.:. and for the presence of at tornes on both sidles long before the usual hour for convening. As soon as Judge Hart entered court, and a.fter he remos.ed 'his coat, he ordered the dlefendants and the jury brought into court. "'I understand they have agreed,"' he won;rked to the press table, "and a'n sending -to see." In almost a moment--at 9.2.5 to be ea<et-the twelve men entered the room and took the same seats they iave occupied for nearly nine weeks. "Have you agreed upon a verdict, p.itlemen?"' said Judge Hart. "We have." replied Foreman. E. . Burke, hoarsely. "Advance. Mr. Foreman, and read the verdit.'" "'We, the j'ury,. find the defend an.:- Dncar.n B. oo-per .nn. Pobin . THE now they can i ooper, guilty of murder in :'he sec ond degree, and assess their punish enit at confinement in the State pen tentiary for a period of twenty ears.'' ''So say you all, gentlemen ?'' ''So sayv we all,"' in chorus. "'I thank you, gentlemen,'' said the ourt, "for your patience and devo ion' to the State, .and dismiss vou to our homes and to your personal vocations." Jurors Leave Court Room Quickly. T-he jurors were tired looking and ishevelled, but with the conclusiou f this remark the entire twelve prang from their seats as one man and hurriedly left the court room. The verdict, coming as it did upon he heels of Foreman Burke's declar tion yesterday that "we are hope essly tied up as to the Coopers, '' was a decided surprise. The defendants ook it coolly-almost withocut emo ion. In a second aiter 3ndge lart eeas d dismissing the jurors, Judge An erson, of the defence, was on his eet. exclaiming: "Your Honor, we move that the a.e be declared a mistrial beeause of the verdict yesterday. We contend hat yesterday's verdict was the onfly n and th'at it acquitted John Sharp, ut declared a disagreemen; on the other defendants. We also ask that the defendants be admitted to bond at free.'' The verdict of the jury makes it a ailable ease,'' was the court's re tort. "Hence I will fix the bond of each defenda.t at $25,000, unless there be some objection. In that ev n? I will hear arguments.'' "It is satisfactory to ns,'' said Attorney General McCarn. "And to us,'' retorted Jidge An derson. "There seems to be not.hing left but for the court to pass sent;ence,'' ad ded Judge Hart. Sentence Delayed. "I do not 'tiinK that necessary,'' 'aid Judge Anderson. "We move tbhat judgment be suspended and that e be given a new frial. We wvill be prepared to arue the motion later probably next week.'' "All right Judge,'' remarked the curt. I knowv you will not delay un eessariy, and I will take it up at your own convenience.'' "Brine in t-he bond book,'' said udge Xn:derson. It was done and he defendants signed the bond and vturned for a few minutes with their relatives and friends to the room they ave oceupied in the jail building. As the verdie,t was announced Mrs. urch and Mrs. Wilson, the young dauhters of Col. Cooper were brave ind aside from tearful eyes. restramn ed their emotions gainly. Mrs. Burclh sat with her arm around her brother, Robin 's, shoulder, and Mrs. Wilson was at her fa.ther's right. The sus pense for the two young women has been heartrending and any verdict.' however unfavorable, was a relief. Mrs. Burch, however, as she reaehed he narrow corridor leading to the jail collapsed and had to he support ed by her hiusban d. Mrs. Wilson 's eves were streaming with tears. Both young women have counted confiden amlI eon cutrta alThough even PUBL >UY DRESS GOO Mrs. Hair wil Marechal H From the No: With a Corn MILLI LADIES' FOU We invite the buying pui We show ALL the L COLORS of the Seas Mary Garden, Mushroc Old Rose, Nile Green, -White in Colors. Your Full line of Toilet Articl ured by Franco-Arneric Toilet Article can be ha( Mrs.EN Lower Main Street, t.heir counse-l advised against build ing too many hopes on the result. How the Jurors Stood. The jurors were not inclined to talk, but one of them said: "On the first ballot we acquitted John Sharp tan'd disregarded the cou spiracy theory. On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating cir eumstances, five for murder iir the second degree wikh twenty years the maximum penalty and one for acquit tal. The ballots all day Wednesday and Thiursday showed the same re sut. Yesterday t:he ma.n who voted for acquittal came over to murder in the second degree, but demanded that only .ten years be assessed. The rest of us; did not deem ten years as any thing like adequate, so we disagreed again. Of course, all this refers to the Coopers, not Sharp, whom we had acquitted. "Early this morning the man who was biolding out for ten years agreed to twenty years and the six who were voting for a first degree verdict agreed to This verdiet." DS, CLOTHING, nery! :h Miss Bessie as Returned rthern Market plete Line of N ERY' ND RN ISHINGS >lic to inspect our stock. EADlNG STYLES and on's Best, including the m and Flats in Shapes Purple and Black and dollars are elastic here. es for Ladles, manufact :an Hygienic Co. Any here. Ask to see them. A HAIR lNEBERRY, S. C. While the jurors would not say who the man was who held out for acquit tal, it is known from remarks over heard by the deputies that he was S. J. Hyde. John Sharp hurried to the court house when he heard of the verdict, and was soon closeted with the da-. fendants and their counsel. Mrs. Sharp was in court when the jury reported and comforted the two daughters of Col. Cooper with her presence with sympa.thy. Several other faithful girl friends were with them during the ordeal and accom panied them to tihe room of the de fendants, where th:ey awaited the ar rival of bondsmen. The first to ar rive was John J. Greener, who signed for $10,000 on each bond. Several others had been sent for and tele phoned that they would come as quickly as automobiles would bring them. In ia few mome ats WalIte: 0. Parmer, arrived and sig .I for the balance. ''I wili sign for a milhar' for these men," the remarked. 0: a-a ige