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m ^ ^ ^ , 29. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR I VAUGHN USES RAZOR L TO TAKE OWN LIFE suicide by slashing THROAT ^^ ^^ B/eapon Supplied Prisoners on Day" to End Fight to Escape Electric Chair Fla., April 8.?Thurston. U. arrested here while teaching ^ iol as T. A. Earl, and held for P^F"Soutn uaronna aumorities ior ueaui 1 sentence for assaulting four girls at the Odd Fellows orphanage at Green-' ville, slashed his throat with a razor in his cell in murder row in the county jail here tonight. He died almost instantly, having almost severed his head from his body with the stroke. - It was his fourth major attempt at L suicide and he had once tried to open W a previous wound in his throat. I Vaughn had been kept in a straight j * jacket in the hospital ward after his attempts to kill himself the night of. his arrest but today he was moved to murderers' row and placed in a cell with three men charged with murder, i Sheriff Snencer states he has no, ^ knowledge of who authorized the re-' moval of the straight jacket. - All Taking Shave j Tlie presence of the razor is ex- : plained by the jailer. Jailer Hubbard i I . says that Friday is shfcying day at the; 1, jail and the razor goes the rounds of W the cells. When it reached the murderers' row Vaughn apparently bided his time. After the other prisoners in his ceH had finished, Vaughn, it is said, was given the razor by one of l his mates. Walking down tne comaor ; of the cage, apparently to the lavaI * tory and with not a show of bravado, the man suddenly halted, according to one of the prisoners. Like a flash he raised his right hand, the blade flashed in the dim stream of light from a nearby corridor and with a vigor that told of an intent purpose the man t brought its keen edged blade against /virai? +lio 1o?.-}pr iiist. back of! XII9 li^V^Xl; V? tA 1/uv *VV?V?W*. J the right ear. His arm came on around with the initial -swing all the j way around to beneath the left ear. i Nothing but a steadfast nerve and a ' determination seldom seen made posrj sible such a powerful stroke, self in-; flicted, say physicians. The head v swung over to one side as the bocly, ?.#*11 4-n ofo/al fln/vr P-ri?rvriprs slioivfc- i ACli UU H.C | . ed and there was "a scurry throughout j the. corridors of the^ jail. A trusty j carried the word to Jailer Hubbard; m and a hurry-call was sent for,County J Physician H. 0. Snow, v.ho hastened,' | to the jail." Meanwhile the jailer and ! attendants at the hospital ward reach-j . ed the cell and a;tempted to give some., aid, but it was hopeless, for life hadj flown with "the rush hi blood from the j jugular vein and other severed blood I vessels feeding? the brain. W 'When t>r. Snow arrived he pro-! A ^ nounced the man dead and said no re-, ' lief under the sun could have brought back life which he said must have been snuffed out almost as the body struck the floor. 'f Anxiety for Wife Chief of Detectives E. W. Blossom, mindful of the wife's "goo^-bye dear, I'll meejt you in Heaven" of two days ago when she tossed him a kiss as she 4 left the county jail after a visit, * turned his mind to the woman, as j soon as he had started the machinery for an investigation of the releasing ^ , of the prisoner from the straight jacket, fearful of a possible suicide L pact. Police scouts scoured both Tampa > and Port Tampa, v a suburb ^^nine miles from here where the couHrple had lived, seeking the woman. " m ** n 1 J._ J 3 ? 1 ^ J ( ?>ne was nnany located ana piaceu m the deletion ward of the city jail for ^ safe keeping. i Jailor Hubbard refuses to discuss I reasons if any for the change of the wtk prisoner, but says that Vaughn was unusually rational last night and this morning. At dinner he ate the heartW iest meal s:nee he was arrested and ' snoruy aiierwarus ae was uioveu iu what proved his death chamber. * The body was removed after the ' county physician's examination had be^n made, to a local undertaker's establishment, where it is being held pending: the receipt of word from South Carolina authorities, or the arrival of officers who are said to have ^left Columbia yesterday for the man. If they do not want to take the corpse t ' PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY S. S, Workers at Work?Literary Scrosis Studying Citizenship. Mr. Caldwell Surprises Friends * Prosperity, April 11.?Mrs. L. P. i " rt J 1- - i il2IinC'r OT k^piiriiillUUiJ^ Ctuuicaacu ; Wightman chapel Sunday morning, j her subject being. What Think Ye of i a Little Child? In the afternoon she j talked to Zion congregation on The | Modern Sunday School and Its Work, j Mrs. Hanner is ihe conference su-; perintendent of the elementary de- j partment of the Upper South Caroli- j na conference, and is here conducting a school for Sunday school workers. The class meets at Wightman chapel i' at 4:30 and 7:45 p. m. each day, ( ending on Friday evening. The en- j, rollment is good and a great deal of j interest is being shown. The text j used is "Life in the Making." The seventh meeting on "Citizenship" which is being studied by the Literary Sorosis was held Friday with Miss Blanche Kibler. Courts, State and Federal, was the , topic handled by Miss Josie Griffin, j System 'of State Courts was discussed by Mrs. J. S. Wheeler. System of Federal Courts was exnlained fullv bv Mrs. C. T. Wyche. |, During the social hour an ice', course was served by the hostess, as- , sisted by Mrs. James D. Quattlebaum. ; The many friends of Raymond Caldwell will be surprised to hear of , his marriage to Miss Long of Char- , lotte which ;took place Thursday. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. i Caldwell will come here to make their home with Mr. Caldwell'5 mother, Mrs. Rosa Caldwell. Mr. Cald- ] well is a traveling salesman with a leather firm in Atlanta, and his;; _ . I friends will be glad to welcome his j bride to the town. ! i Miss Lizzie Livingston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Livingston of the ; Mt. Pilgrim section, ' was married 1; Thursday afternoon to Thomas Stone ! of the St. Phillips section. Rev. J. B.\ i Harman, pastor of the brule, ofticiat-1 ??A ' j ! Belton R. Long died Wednesday i] afternoon at his home near here and was .buried Thursday at Mt. Bethel j ( Baptist church yard. Mr. Long was '; stricken with paralysis about a month , ago, so his death was expected, but'j brought grief to his many relatives'* and friends. He was 61 years of age j and was a prosperous and progressive farmer. He was an active member of Bethel church. .Surviving are his wife, and five little daughters knd ; < - n# m tic T\f;n, one son, two sisiers, ivirs. i. iu. :?iuis of Prosperity and Mrt. Cameron of:< Newberry. two bi others, W. H. and!; B. L. Long of Prosperity. An interesting ball game was played on the Prosperity diamond Saturday afternoon between Prosperity and ! Nefrberry. Prosperity was victori-: 1 ous, the score being 4 to 6. ! < Messrs. Horace Dominick and Lew-1 is Bedenbaugh attended a reception < a: Summerland college Monday even-; ing. Earl Fellers left Saturday for Wilmington, N. C., where he has accept- j; ed a position. 11 Miss Ethel Cook spent the week in | Newberry with Mrs. Wingard Mer-j chant. I . 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Bates-!; burg visited at the home of A. G.: Wise on Friday. ; i ? ! back, the widow will probably be al- j lowed to take the body for interment j j where she sees fit, probably in a local \ < cemetery, as she is said to have de- j cided to make this city her home. i i 11 i1 After hearing* of the suicide of i, Vaughn last night, Chief of rural j Police Dunnaway and Harry C. Allison, pathologist at the State hospi- j tal, abandoned their trip to Tampa j to assist Sheriff T. E. Heise in bring-1 ing the prisoner back to Columbia. : Sheriff Heise wired Chief Dunna- \ way yesterday afternoon that the re-!; quisition papers had been honored; and the chief was expecting to leave \ nt 12:30 o'clock last nififfrt to join the ! Richland sheriff at Jacksonville today. J Just what will be done with the | body is not known, but it is believed it will be brought back here by Sheriff Heise. Dr. Williams will get in touch with Sheriff Heise at Jacksonville this morning and whatever action is to be taken will then be deter-1 mined upon. i r .Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Grant have re- a iurned from Greenwood; ' } Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Tompkins or ( : Xi-wberry were week-end irues:? of j c Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hunt. i ;> Mr. and Mrs. Otis Boozer, Mr. and J ? Mrs. J. A. Pricf, Mrs. L. A. Black, j v ^ ^ 1 -n r oi 7.. A4-4/i??/] : i . 15. Young ana i. i?. oneaiy cittcjiu-j j ed the funeral of Dr. Nicholson in f r Leesville on Wednesday. ! t Miss Alice Dominick of Columbia j a was home for the week-end. i r Mr. A. H. Kohn and A. Hart Kohn, ] i: en route to their home In Columbia | s from Klondike were guests Friday of j" Mr. and Mrs. A .G* Wise. ! r Miss Josie Griffin spent the week- c end in Greenwood. a Little Miss Mary Wyche has-re^ y turned to her home in Greenville, ac- a Kir VlQV ffVOUrt nOrOTlt? Df. dJUipaill^U kJ>/ ilWl gilti.u v,w?, ? - - t and Mrs. C. T. Wyche. o Prof. E. T. McSwain spent the week-end in Colmubia. e Mrs. Lucile McLendon- is visiting ? in Charleston, and while there will j visit Magnolia gardens. s Mrs. Pearl Rikard of Atlanta spent > the week-end with her parents, Mr. . and Mrs. A. M. Counts. ^ L. G. Fellers attended federal ^ court in Greenville during the past week. Mr. Eric Barnes has severed his p connection with Pitts Drug store of, Saluda, and he and Mrs. Barnes have, come to make their home, with Mrs. Barnes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.' J. s Kohn. Mr. Barnes will have charge f of "Maple Dale," the large plantation e of S. J. Kohn. p Mrs. E. R. Rohr of Los Angeles, t Calif., is the guest of Mrs. Virgil Kohn. Mrs. Olin Bobb is visiting in Co-! lumbia. ' ; jn Mrs. J. D. Hunt spent Tuesday in' Newberry with relatives. Mrs. J. B. Simpson a*nd Master Os- j e car Barr spent Wednesday in New-j w berry. h air. and Mrs. J. B. Stockman have ? returned from Columbia. Mrs. H. P. Wicker has gone to the E Columbia hospital for treatment. Malcolm Wittierspoon of Washing- C ton spent the past week-end with his mother, Mrs. Alice Witherspoon. i: Mrs. W. L. Epting and W. L., Jr., af Reidsville are geusts of Mr. and E Mrs. W. T. Gibson. v y Dr. G. Y. Hunter spent Wednesday E in Columbia. Mrs. J. C. Brooks returned Friday to her home in Eutawville. , n Mrs. Mary Siiz is spending a while in Columbia. cl Ira B. Nates of Columbia is home on a short visit. Prof. Carroll Mills of Pejulloton spent the week-enl with his parents, g \Tr and Mrs. T. M. Mills. Rev. E. P. Taylor of Walhalla visited friends here on Friday. Mrs. G. W. Harmon, Mrs. R. T. / Pujrh and Mrs. G. L. Robinson attended the W. M. U. of the Baptist . hurch at Newberry on Thursday. L. C. Merchant of Batesburg visited friends here on Thursday. H Hines McWaters of Columbia is visiting Mrs. Horace Counts. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bedenbaugh, B Mi' vrir] Mv5 J M. Bedenbauarh mo ;ored to Gary's I.ane Sunday and were guests of Mrs. S. Miller. Ray Gibson of Columbia spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and f< Mrs. W. T. Gibson. b C .S. Schumpert has returned to e: Columbia after visiting his mother, B Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. t< S. J. Cromer of Newberry spent a Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cros- w son. tl Rev. J. R. Fizer of Columbia ** preached at the Baptist church on J Sunday. While here he was the guest n of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baker. P Henry L. Quattlebaum of Colum- P bia was home for the week-end. The following from the Columbia 0 Record will be read with interest by the many friends of G. D. Brown, Jr. e W A MsSwain. who recently re- P signed as insurance commissioner of C South Carolina and George D. Brown. F formerly mill school superintendent c under the department vof the State s board of educators have formed a P partnership to be known as McSwain v and Brown which will handle the dis- * trict agency for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company of Newark, t N. J. They will have their head- ii quarters in Columbia. M. M. Matti- n son of Anderson is general agent of f this company. * Both Messrs. McSwain and Brown c well known throughout the state. 1 Jr. McSwain is a native of Laurens ounty and was engaged in the merantile business for a number of rears. He was also a resident of . dewberry for abuut 1 "> years during f which time he was successful in the : nsurance bufines^ He was al?o aji nember of the board of trustees at i t he Newberry city schools at one time 'J md also served on the city govern-1 - nent there. He was for three years nsurance commissioner, recently re- t igrni ng. k J Mr. Brown is a native of Newber- 1 y and was raised there. He was ed- 2 ated in the schools at Prosperity and 1 t Erskine college. He was for two * ears superintendent of education ^ nd'from that office he was called to t he supervisorship of the mill schools 1 f the state. During his term of of- v :ce many new school buildings were c rected in the mill communities of ^ he state and the terms lengthened. a Recently he has been writing business j r uccessfully for the Mutual Life of; * lewark. jc The new office will open in a few jv ays in Columbia, the exact place to j r e announced later. 1 ! ' jo ROGRAM MAY FESTIVAL jo BETHEL GARMANY SCHOOL j s : A May Day Festival will be pre- v ented in the auditorium of the Mt. a letnel Garmany school on Monday a vening, April the eighteenth at half e ast eight. Admission, fifteen and i' wenty-five cents. o Welcome, Elder. a Song by children. a "When Polly Wa? Queen of the fc lay," a May day play in three acts, a Cast of Characters f Children?Misses Oxner, Margar- d t; Lominick, Rothrock; Sease; Ale- ^ 'ine; Ringer; Messrs. Alewine; Buz- a . t t C arai, r.; lNorns; rum,, uuuihuva, v. luzhardt, B. e Polly,- Queen of the May?Miss t Uiby Oxner. * t Tran bearers?Masters Moore and r romer. il Pages?Masters Rothrock and Lornlick. Fairies?Misses Cromer, Edna; 3 linger; Lominick; Ruff. Daisy; Ruff, t fyrtie; Ellore; Bouknight; Cromer, o Elizabeth. e Queen?Miss Julia K. Ruff. ' g Maid of honor?Miss Parnell Ox- c er. ' -Act I. Scene, a woodland. Fairies, I * hildren and Polly. ' " Act-1 II. Scene, the same. Robin Hood drill by boys. Blossoming Parasol drill by eight ^ iris. Act III. Scene, the same. Crowning of the May Queen. The May Pole dance. Homeward march. a XT Time?8:30. v Admission?25 and 15 cents. s iUNDRED MISSIONARIES I WILL SAIL IN SUMMER b aptist Board Charters Large Space v for Vessel Leaving for Orient ti Next August fi ????? c As m result of the enlarged receipts or foreign missions, made possible v y the 75 Million Campaign, the For- S :gn Mission Board of the Southern baptist convention has been enabled v 3 charter space for the 100 mission- v ries on the S. S. Wenatchie, that r ill sail from Seattle, August 20, for ie Orient. The new missionaries b ill be assigned to duty in China and P apan. The Wenatchie* is one of the C e\v vessels built by the U. S. Ship- e ing Board and is operated by the 'acific Steamship company. 1< Last year the first large delegation !: f missionaries to go out at a single I ime under the auspices of the For- > ign Mission board, sailed on The Em ress of Japan, from Vancouver, B. I !., for points in China and Japan, a 'lans of the Foreign Mission board n all for a minimum of 50Q new misionaries during the life of the camaign. A total of 104 new workers 1 fas sent out during the first year of he campaign. 2 At the same time this big delega- 2 ion sails from Seattle for the Orient v n August, another large number of 11 nissionaries will be leaving New York 1 or the various countries in South v America, and possibly some for Afri- r a, it is announced. ' / r.HE MEETING OF THE NEWBERRY CONFERENCE Thursday, March :51 and Friday, Ipril 1 the Xew berry Lutheran C'onerence of the South Carolina Synod net with historic St. Pauls church, <cv. S. P. Koon, pastor. The weahei' was ideal and the hospitality of lastor an<! congregation unbounded. \\\ the ordained ministers of the nc. wpvp ni'pcpnt at. least one ay, and with one or two exceptions, ioth days. Another pleasant feature >f the conference was the presence of nany lay delegates. The Rev. H. J. 'lack, president of the synod, and 5rof. S. J. Derrick, president of New>erry college, were present Friday, >eing standing advisory members of he conference, and both were heard vith great interest by the conference n their respective works. The Rev. \ E. Shealy, a native of the county, l member of the synod, at present a nember of the Southern conference, >ut once a member of the Newberry onference, delighted the conference nth his presence on Friday an^ was! nade an advisory member of the con erence. The Rev. J. B. Harman, president if the conference, and 'all the other j fficers were reelected to their repective offices. All the topics of the programme yere very practical and timely, and 11 ably opened and discussed by the ppointed members of the confernce. The sermons, one by the presdent, Rev. J. B. Harman, and the ither by the Rev. H. A. Kistler, were ble presentations of the Scriptures, ,nd interesting and edifying. In factj ioth sermons and their topics, as well'i s the very atmosphere of the conerence reminded us that we are [rifting away from God and His Vord; and hence, an age of crime nd forgetfulness of God and the Christ, an age destitute, to a great xtent, of the Holy Ghost, and hence j here is great need of repentance and ^ "? i _ 1.1 _ I urning to v:no is on:y aDic iv| edeem and save the world, and make j t fit for man's habitation, and a !n:e preparatory for eternity. The conference will next meet with la.-edonia church in July, embracing he last Friday, Saturday and Sunday f the month?a time and place lookd forward to and anticipated with reat delight by every member of the onference. L. P. Boland, Sec. 1EH0DISTS WIN IN TRIANGULAR DEBATE Vofford Gets Decision Over Nevyberry and Presbyterian College. ^ Both Wofford teams won in the tringular debate Friday night between Vofford, Newberry and the Presbyteian College of South Carolina. The question debated was, "Reolved, that immigration into the Jnited States should be prohibited y law for the next five years." Wofford, debating the negative,* /on from Newberry in Clinton; and he Methodist team, debating the afrmative, won from the Presbyterian ollege team in Newberry. Newberry, sustaining the negative, /on from the Presbyterian colliege in Spartanburg. Debaters for Wofford in Clinton -'ere C. B. Smith and C. F. Nesbitt, /ith G. E. Parrott and B. L. Williams epresenting: Wofford in Newberry. Debaters for Newberry in Spartanurg were E. L. Setzler and K. W. [inard, with L. E. Blackwelder and 'arl L. Epting representing the Luthrans in Clinton. i Debaters for the Presbyterian col?ge in Spartanburg were J. B. Hickin and L. A. LaMotte, with A. W. )icks and S. C. Brown speaking in dewberry for the Presbyterian. The judges at the debate here were )r. Geo. B. Cromer, Rev. E. V. Babb A/Tv T VT SpjiwpII. Dppision an lounced by Mr. Babb. Liquor on Train. 'he State, 9th. T. A. Berley, state constable, picked up a valise on a Seaboard passen:er train containing several quarts of whiskey and arrested John Hampton, legro on a charge of transporting. ?he officer said the negro "bucked" then placed under arrest. The arest and seizure were made nearj -uray. ! ) 'TWO SEEK PLACE | , ON COMMITTEE i FIGHT AMONG DEMOCRATS NARROWS DOWN ! I \ # J ' Minority Party Membej^ in House to Hold Caucus. Forces Divided j Hugh W. Roberts in The State. ! Washington, April 8.?On the eve j of the Democratic caucus, it is indi' cated that Representative Peter ; Teague of Massachusetts will be , elected tomorrow to membership on j the ways and means committee or Representative Carl Hayden of Oklaj homa. j On account of the fact that all Democratic members of that committee are Southerners, it has been determined that no Southerner shall offer for the vacancy. Thus exeunt as candidates Representative Henry B. Steagall of Alabama and Representative Fred Dominick of South Caroli na. The fight will not only oe between Easterner and Westerner but between the supporters of the socalled peanut tariff bill and its opponents. The former are grouped behind Hayden and the latter behind Teague. The margin of difference between the two factions is small. The bitterness which has long existed amotig Democrats because of the split on the , emergency tariff measure, will find expression in the foregoing scrap exclusively. The peanut tariff men have withdrawn their opposition to the reelection of Representative Kitchin as ranking Democratic member and minority leader, and the opponents of the peanut tariff scheme have withdrawn their opposition to the rejection of members of the committee who Would have protected peanuts, thus Representatives Crisp of Georigia, Garner of Texas and a few others are safe. The peanut tariff bill, incidentally, is ready for reintroduction Monday, and the Democrats may be asked tomorrow to pledge themselves as a party against its enactment. If a twothirds majority is required for such pledge, the movement will fail, it is indicated. \ The indications are that Reprcj^n tative Dommick, whose name will not be presented as a candidate for the ways and means committee, wilt be elected to the committee on interstate / and foreighn commerce, which, because of the prominent place 'that transportation will have in the ensuing session, is one of the very important committees -of the house. The South Carolina delegation, with ail members present, caucused today and agreed to support Mr. Dominick. Representative Byrnes will be reelected a member of the appropriations committee. BAPTIST GIRLS PUT BAN ON THE DANCE ' Anti-Ballrcom Fraternity Organized by Co-eds of University of Richmond In the hope of organizing the young women of the country who are opjc/c-d to dancing into an organization that will provide wholesome social existence for them,, Miss Virginia Hamilton of Atlanta, Ga., has launched the Alpha Delta" Sigma, an antidancing: society. As soon as her duties art Westhampton college, UniverD w.Uw->/\w J \T ? % novmit dlLJ Ul J.CJL JUUUliU. ? ?., mil (itiiniH Miss Hamilton hopes to give considerable time to pushing'the organization of the society among: the young women of the South. The society had its inception in the determination of Miss Hamilton and two of her girl friends not to dunce and in giving each other their pledge. It then occurred to tham that there might be other young women who I entertained the same view a." they jdid and approximately 1,100 have [joined the society already without any particular solicitation. Where the number of young women is sufficient a chapter of the society is organized and monthly socials, hikes, and other forms of amusements and culture are provided. The aim b to provide entertainment that shall be thoroughly enjoyable and at the same time avoid some of the dangers which the promoters believe attend the dance.