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NEGRO LYNCHED BY LAURENS MOB Joe Stewart Hanged From River Bridge Inquiry to be Made. The State. Laurens, April 2.?After an inter, val of nearly seven years, a Laurens negro has been executed without due process of law. Joe Steward, aged 25, who had been empoyed for a year by a local coal dealer, was last night about midnight, as near as can be ascertained, taken from a station house cell, carried to the foot of Cemetery hill and hanged from the North Harper bridge over Little k i.ser. The rain soaked body was cut r down and taken to an undertaker this ' morning. Upon the arrival ox the coroner, inquest proceedings were started with ^ Solicitor Blackwel! representing the f state in the examination of witnesses. After four or five men had testified, including Chief of Police Blakely and Sheriff Reid, on motion of the solicitor, adjournment was taken until a "*?* J ?A? iriaitr nf JSPPI*. I mure uctte wuu uic ? _ taining, if possible, additional evidence in th3 case. Dr. W. D. Ferguson, who examined Stewart's body, testified that five stab wounds were on the body and v his neck had been broken. Death was due to hanf "*ig and the wounds were not serious m his opinion. The lynching of Steward was the result of a fight earlier in the night with a party of young white men, three of whom were more or less painfully cut with a knife wielded by Steward. The fight occurred on a back street near Harrison Hunter's . shop. The negro received five stab r wounds from which he bled freely until medical attention was given him. It is said that the fight came v. t by Steward taking up for another negro, who, it is alleged, offended a ^ young white boy by crushing against m him as the negro was leaving the ' ' opera house about 7 o'clock. The boys, it is said, started to get the offending negro when they encountered Steward, who challenged the boys and used abusive language w \ich led to an immediate fight. All wounded parties had to have the attention of doctors. Up until Hoc. k every1 rvaAnl?1 thing appeared quiei aim must went home. Chief Blakely and an^r.r policeman were on duty. The ?*cers*left the station house for a v/4<hort time and when the chief rey turned the negro was gone. He had been removed from the cell, the door of which was forced open, and taken out through the rear of the building. So quietly was the work done that no one has been found who heard any unusual noises about the station at i CO We still have sor is right, call or w {Prosperity, S. C., ly reserve what 3 Farmers Co-oper Faris Seed GREENW r Retail Price List On Test* Burt Oats ! Cleveland Cotton Seed Sawyers Cotton Seed Lightsey's Two Ear Corn.. Golden Dent Corn Compton's Select Choice Velvet Beans Amber Cane Seed Orange Cane Seed Sudan Grass Seed Golden Millet * German Millet Alfalfa Rape T jLitrspcucZiO. Pasture Grass Lawn Grass Bermuda Grass Red Top Grass Orchard Grass White Spanish Peanuts.... Garden Seed in bulk ai the alleged time of Steward's removal from his cell. It was riot thought j , necessary by the officers to place the ; ' negro in jail as everything was; - apparently quiet and there was no. j apprehension of further trouble. j ; ! REDUCTION IS MADE IN NATIONAL DEBT: Washington, April 2.?A reduction , nf STO.VfirtO.OOO in the national uebtj ?more than double the amount by j which the debt was lowered during; any previous month?was accomplish- j ed during: March, the treasury report-1 ed tonight. The national debt now i stands at $24,698,000,000. Officials said this record could not be used as a basis for increasing fur- j ther monthly reductions. They re-; garded it, however, as "sound evi- j dence" of the success of the treasury j I program for financing the post-war j period when government expenditures I still continue to run high. Began in August. March payment on the public debt j was confined almost wholly to re- f tirement of certificates of indebted- f , ness issued in anticipation of income f and profit taxes. Reductions by [ month since August, when the retire-1 ments began, were: I October, $15,533,000; November f $94,478,000; December, $278,973,-? 000; January, $168,689,000 and j" ' February, $264,057,000. Heavy pay- j. ment on the debt in December ana* February both were traceable to the {; retirement of certificates of indebted- j, ness, but the amount of obligations \ retired each month, although fluetua-ji ting, has been on the increase. f Hinges on Tax Legislation. Future monthly reductions willj; hinge largely on new appropriations j! | and tax legislation, officials said. ' ! They expected, however, that opera- I 'L" ' * -1-1? -fim^ mniiH rP llOHS Ol tilC aillAlllg XUIIU fleet more and more on the gross national debt each month hereafter. ' None would venture a prediction as to the net reduction for the calendar ! year. j ! As the public debt now stands it is ji made up of $15,616,800,000 com-j j prising the four issues of liberty f I bonds; $4,422,700,000 of Victory j | short-term notes, $2,367,220,000 in j i treasury certificates; and approxi [ ! mately $1,000,000,000 in Bonds is-j sued prior to the world war. j The greatest single item among | ' these old bonds is the issue of consols f; I of 1930 which aggregate $600,000,-,' 000. "What do vou think will be the [ \ ? effects of prohibition?"^^;* "For one thing, it wifl save a lot i of women the trouble of marrying | men to reform them."?Detroit Free | Press. >RN I i ne left. The price rite L. M. Wise, j and he will glad- j ron need. i i | 1 mmam? alive Association i I I Company ! | i OOD, S. C. ed Farm and Garden Seed. $1.50 bu. ?3.00 bu. ...$2.75 bu. $4.00 bu. $4.00 bu. $5.00 bu. 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