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V*’>J . THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 27th Year Florence, S. C., Friday Afternoon, March 9,1923. $6.00 a Year THE INGRAM CASE IN JURY’S HANDS AFTER THREE DAYS Judge Smith’s Charge Con sumes One Hour And Forty-Five Minutes attorneys” MAKE FINE ARGUMENTS Hundreds Wait Around! Court Room For Ren- 1 dering Of Verdict The case of Mrs. E. O. Ingram, who ia charged with writing obscene let ters through the mnils to the princi pals and others interested in the Mc- Oregor-Boyle wedding, which took! place in Columbia, October 12th. 1922. went to the Jury at 11.45 o’clock to day. Judge Smith addressed (he jury for one hour and forty-five minutes. His review of the evidence and the vari ous points of law developed in the case was exhaustive. Every person it; the court room hung upon his words und absolute quiet reigned from the beginning to the end of thoj charge. Judge Smith improssec’ upon the! Jury the fact that in this case there! was no personal element; that it wasj not a case of persecution of Mrs. In- { gram by the McGregor family; that all! LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES ; FRENCH CONTINUE ' HARRIS TRIAL FOR 42 CENTS IS LOWEST ENTERTAIN OWSLEY, j EFFORTS TO CLEAR' | MURDER UNDER WAY i FIGURE UPON WHICH NATL. COMMANDER 1 DISTRICT OF POLICE IN FEDERAL COURT CAN GROW COTTON POWERS OF SENATE ATTACKED SAYS DIAL 'addresses meiwers FLORENCE FIR&T CITY IN FIRST ARREST 2i0 AND EXPELL THEM SEAMAN IS CHARGED WITH KILL- VISIT TO STATE OF SOUTH WITH WARNING TO STAY tl\G SHIPMATE ON HIGH CAROLINA f OU T OF CITY ! SEAS SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR AS SAILS RECESS APPOINT MENT J. W. TOLBERT Washington, Mar. 9.—Senator Dial of South Carolina, In a statement through the Democratic National committee today assailed President Harding's second recess appointment of Joseph W. Tolbert as United States Marshal for the western dis trict of South Carolina. Should the president c.ntiuue the practice of appointing men after the senate ha 1 failed to contiim them, he declared, the result would he to nullify the constitutional powers of the senate. personalities had been eliminated and it was purely a case of the govern-1 ment against the defendant. The 1 judge opened his charge to the jury, by telling why the law under which I the defendant was prosecuted had I been passed. The postoffice depart ment he said, was neiiiaps the great est department of its kind in the world for the quick dissemination of mail matter and the protection of its patrons. That as it grew from in fancy to its present proportions evil- minded people had used it to spread their nropaganda and to touen a great many more people than it was possible to do so by word of montn. To prevent, the transmission of such matter and to protect oftentimes in nocent persons from receiving matter that was obscene, defamatory andj iascivious m nature, a stringent sta tute had been passed. The present case was for a violation of this sta- iut» and nothing* more. Judge Smith reviewed the evidence of the case, often expressing his un-f demanding of portions of it. hut stating always that the final conclu- j >ion was left to the Jury. He went i over each letter’in detail, quoting in! a few Instances some of the con-1 tents. The one question, and the onlv question. Judge Smith stated, that concerned the jury was whether the defendant in the cuse was the au thor of the obscene letters In ques tion. In the case there appeared I* •tb positive and negative evidence. Positive proof was that proof where it was undertaken to connect the de fendant with the authorshin of the.; letters. Such was the testimony riven by the handwrltihs exner:. Negative proof was that proof which dealt with circumstances which were calculated to lead to the defendant. Both classes were to be considered., the judge charted. If the Jury believes the testimony ' of the handwriting expert, then the j rase Is ended and the defendant convicted. If the Jury is not suffi-1 dently impressed with this direct! testimony to decide the issue, then' tiie negative evidence is to be con- J sii'ered in connection with the posi-i live nroof and how far this proof cor-) rohorates the other. If the Jury doeii not accept the statement of the, handwriting expert as final, then the] question to arrive at Is whether or 1 not the letters were written by a woman. If the jury finds that they were not written by a woman, then that is the end of the case and the defendant stands acquitted. On the other hand, if the jury finds that the letters wore written by a woman., , then they are to decide whether or ] not they were written by the defend- * ant. " ■ On the question of expert tastl-j mony. such as that submitted hv the I handwriting expert, the Judge charg-1 ed that expert testimony is recogniz-i cd hv law as good testimony. Ilow-j ever, the Jury is not bound to accent! ♦his testimony as true, hut thev afei expected to take the letters to their I room with them and examine them themselves. After reviewing the case fully, Judge Smith stated that, the big ques tion In Ms mind was “la It possible for the defendant to have written ruch wholly degraded, obscene, de famatory and otherwise obnoxious! letters as am in evidence.’ 1 This de-' fendant is a married woman, ho. said, with two daughters. Could it;' . he possible' that she could deliher ! ately set about to wholly wreck two lives, as the letters in question had attempted to.->do. < Judge Smith impressed upon the jury that every defendant in court is presumed f n lie innocent, until the jury says they are guilty. In the case of the present defendant she Is to he convicted If the iury finds without a reasonable doubt that she is guilty. B. C. Karrar, the government hand writing expert, who was out examin ing the two letters written by Mrs. Ingram to her father and sister in 1921 when court recessed at 1:30 o’clock yesterday, was the first wit ness on the stand in the afternoon; session. He testified that he found j nothing In them to change his pre-j vlous opinion that the author of the OHIO BANK LOSES NEARLY A MILLION CASHIER PENFIELD MAKES VAIN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUI CIDE IN JAIL Springfield, Ohio. March 9.—A H. Penflcld. cashier of the Springfield Nat'onal bank, from which he con fessed. according to officials, to buy ing taken $800,000 in Liberty bonds, was arraigned last night on a fee eral charge of embezzlement an' pleaded not guilty. The arraignment took place a; Penfield’s home, where he is recov ering after an attemnt to commit su; cide hv slashing his wrist with u penknife. Bond set at $25,000 was not furnisn ed, and he will be given a hearing m* fore a United States commissonei March 20. A policeman was srr. tioned at the Penfield home tonight The bank, wh'ch closed its doors- Tuesday, immediatf|'y after discovery of the shortage. Is “gone,” according to a slfitement today by George c Dial, director and one of the prin cipal stockholders. He declared h- saw no way of saving the institution and that a settlement w'th availahl* assets would have to be made with depositors. Additional examination of thi Hank’s records today showed that the entire shortage was $800,000 ir stead of $500,000 as first announced DR. REED TO PREACH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Montreat, N. C., March 9.—The Rev. R. C. Reed, 1). D., professor of church history of Columbia Theolog leal senv'nary, ColumbV, S. C., mod erator of the last assembly, will preach the opening sermon of tin GOth general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church convention convening here May 17, according t. 0 f entative program made public to day. ..eports from the synods in 17 states on the $500,000 cauvpss f»i equipment authorized last year will be made by members of the steward ship committee, headed by the Rev. D. Clay Lilly of Lexington, Kv.. am> there also Will be reports on fonvgn missions, educational work, ministe rial relief and other branches of tin. church’s work, while ad interim com mittees will report on various mat ters intrusted to them. WILUSTON PLANTERS GAT IER ASPARAGUS Wll'iston, March 9.—W. W. Arm strong, in charge of G. W. Green’s farms near Wiliiston, had the distinc tion of being U’" first sh’ppcr of as paragus from Williston this year. He turned over two hunches of "grass' to the president of the South Caroli na Asnaragus Growers association. M. C. Kitchings, Tuesday. These tw< hunches wore shinned to the New York representat've of the nssoeia tion. Robert T. Cochran company. These two hunches graded fancy. Mr Green shipped a dozen bunches Wed nesdav B. Stringfellow has cut an entire crate fiom his asparagus fields near Rlko. This crate was also shinned to Now York, where It ts uncjerstoo.l asparagus is now selling for nbouf $48 a dozen or $4 a hunch. 11. J Crouch. H. C. Mitchell. W. E. Pro thro and others have made Hhinments this week. Had the warm weather oonPnucd shipments would have neon large by first of next week NEGRO MURDERER GRANTED RESPITE Raleigh. Mar. 9.—Because of tho critical illness of the wife of Warden S«4n J. Busbee. Governor Morrison to day granted Will Perry, a negro who was to have been eleotrocute<I*Wday a thirty days’ respite. Perry was con victed of killing Roy Aiken at Creed- moor. OF POST’AT SUPPER LEGION HEAD ON WAY TO CO LUMBIA FOR STATEWIDE CONFERENCES National Coinnunder Alvin M. Ows icy of the American Legion, was ac corded full honors hy members of the Fred H. F ext on post, when lie arm ed in Florence /last night on his way lo attend Legion cou.erences in Co-1 iumh a today j This be'ng the first tionul comniaiider to it wjis fitting that lie FOURTEEN PERSONS . HAS NO COUNSEL SENTENCED TO JAIL' WHEN ARRAIGNED CL A METHODIST MEETING REACHES CLIMAX AT LAST NIGHT’S SERVICE FARMER MUST BE PAID A LIVING MORE THAN 200 PERSONS RE PRICE DECLARES J. SKOT- SPOND TO INVITATION TO TOWE WANNAMAKER j COME FORWARD WEEVIL THREATENS i RESPONSIBILITY IS LIFE OF THE SOUTH! TEXT FOR SERMON AIM ANNOYANCE OF OCCUPA- DEFENSE WILL SET UP PLEA OF COTTON ASSOCIATION HEAD RE-! GREAT REVIVAL SERVICE GROWS TION FORCES AND HINDER- | SELF DEFENSE^ WITNESSES FERF TO BREAK WITH DR. j IN INTEREST WITH EVERY ING ALLIES K-.pen. Mar. 9.—French troops have again withdrawn from Dortmund. They occupied the city yesten ay to HEARD The case of the government against John It M. R. HUTCHINSON MEETING ! St. Matthews, March 9.—“The Ame- j The series of sermons on Cornoju- olm Harris, charge d with killing I rlcan cotton industry can only be pre-(nity Responsibility preached by Her. is sh'pmaL*, (2. KjirHon, on the • served and rehabilitated and tne'J. W. Sneake at the ('enti-m w vi. it of the na South Carolina should he gn et first post of the gm l or organized in Sou ill Caro ed hy the <an , " , ition :.nik At iiingeni*>nts had been made to enterta'n Mr. Owsley at supper anu the national commander was escort ed into (he dining room at the s',- Son as soon as the I'orma’itics of the meeting were civ >r. There were numbers of the members if the Florence.post and the Florence* auxiliary to the post present. Th' 1 recept on committee was compose el of Hr. J. D. Smyser, Dr. M. it. Mob eey and Hr. E. M. Hicks. In a brief address to the Leg'on members Mr. Owsley declared that American Legion affairs were prog ic ing very satisfactorily, and tl’iit needed legislation looking to the as sistance of disablcul ex-service men was slowly but surely bedng put through congress. A spmit of unity was fast being woven into the Re gion and the body was now consoli dating for service to the country. For the first time in its existence •nemhersh'p of the* Legion has reach ed loti,000. It is spreading like v/ilel fire in the north and west, and is fast overcoming tho prejudices against it in New England and New York, and in every suction of the country where support la the beg’nuing was not universal. Mr. Owsley urged the* locu\' post to see to it that its membership was built ui> and maintained at lull Jlrcngth. He expressed groat regret dint hs time was so short in Flor ence. He* asked munv questions about tiie* local post and others in his immediate territory. Tiie train hearing Mr. and r.Ms. Owsley to Co lumbia lelt to the* st »iins of the Star Spangled Banner. /iinoiig tiie Florence Legionnaires .vho are attending tho state-wide co* ference :n Columbia today are E. U. Mclver, post commander: Joe Ether edge, post adjutant and S. .1. Royuil, post service ofticer. lorces through . o'clock tin spying, spreading ’ W( . , 1 nropaganda, and otherwise hindoVing' ‘ ' the allies. Dr. Eihonrath, next morn dig 'from ill*, j 'lured here today in a statement dis- to' 1 ! he'La pf W P *° hissing the co'ton situation. The! ( “i h n./m re3pon « ll »*l«ty r-stiu* ‘’ai t. W iliam F. Plummer, ciiptain' 8tate,,,ent Wi| s issued in connection! I tho “I.'' stl'it*- . «» 4.1. •». I With I'Orww'ta n i.„* ' lj11 ■ *. iurviuujii i in■ . ueigian | . muuiui^ court martial sentenced fourteen iier- 1 ' l;uns came to him and raid: “Cap lam. | have killi d my sh pmate. They nave hecn p i king on me the whole tri l) -'Hid I couldn’t stand it any long- “i'," rind when Hie captain asked him how in* killed him', lie said he did it with an ax. 1 C.ipt. Plummer test'fled that he hail taken on the two mm, Harris .*11111 Karlson at New York in Janu ary, and knew nothing of them pr’oi to that time. The two men had the same watch on hoard the ship und , w c*re known as “shipmates.” Cap Sumter, March 9.—A roadster bear- tl11 - 1 - Plummor s " U ’ (l that ,le contin sons, including six newspaper editors, to terms of three to six months in jail. Railroad and telegraph sabotage iias continued. Several cai*s were de railed n*uir Coblenz last night as a result or tearing out of rails. Rocks wi n* piled on the tracks near Neid- rich. FIRST TO CR0SS~~ WATEREE BRIDGE ing a North Carolina license tag and ned his course to Char.Vstor. and there reported the matter to the aii carrying two passengers was the first tiiorit.os who went t0 , , " ear to come over the Wateroe bridge • invest ic ithm 1 ' JIU nia,,< ’ between Sumter and Richland eoun- j Jr ■ T ‘..j lt , . ... . ! “t* f- Hiett, who trade an exam- MULLINS HOSPITAL .BURNED LAST NIGHT 3RIGIN OF FIRE NOT KNOWN- FURNITURE AND X-RAY EQUIP MENT ALSO LOST Mullins, March 9.- Flaim*« com pletely dost roved the Mullins h%»s- pitnji early last night. Eleven pa tients were in the institution at tin* time, but these were all removed to places of safety. The X-ray equipment with jtractl caliv all furniture was lost, with the building. Tho origin of the lire is not known. The names were discovered on tin* econd floor about 9:45 o’clock. Fire men fought heroically and prevented • he spreading of the fire to other buildings. Hr. L. M. McMiL’an. wiio owns tne hospital,, was away at a fishfry on tho Pee Dee river, and the total valua tion of tire plant and the amount. insurance carried could not In* defi nitely ascertained. Tiie loss, roughly estimated, is between $40,000 and $50.- 000 The hospital was the pride of the community and was generally patron ized, Dr. McMillan had been remark ably successful with it lir. F. Martin, who ow:.: d the X-D’.y machines and who ■ vacticed much at the hospital, iouu ciiarge of the pa tients as thev were removed and la bored diligently to minister to them and to prevent any serious conse quences from the shock. Many homes were thrown open in the town to accommodate the hospital patients and torees. fade an exam- inat'on of the dead man’s wounds, statefi that lie found three wounds on tho man’s head, either of which might have caused his death. Coroner Jno. G. Mansfield of Carles ton was testifying when court took a recess for dinner. Harris was without counsel when arraigned today. Judge Smith tailed for volunteers to defend the man. A. L. King of Florence, Christ'e Bene! of Columbia and J. Want s Waring of Charleston responded and are actuis; as Harris’ counsel. GERMANS SEND CHILDREN FROM OCCUPIED ZONE Bochum. Mar. The Germans have negun transferring several hun dred thousand childreiyfrom the oc cupied zone. FAMOUS ACTRESS A VISITOR HERE iiol on lo Sumter over the new causeway, according to reports ro ceived hero. The car made Hie trip Sunday afternoon and got rhrougn safely, although tho occupants lino a run in with a guard at the Sumter end of the causeway;, placed there to prevent people using the new road. The car, according to Information it ceived, was directgd from Columbia to Sumter by the new route and when it reached the bridge the driver didn't core to turn around and go nil the way back to Columbia, so lie drove on. removing obstacles at the bridge and us'ng hoards as tempo- iarv run wav for ills car to mount other obstacles along tiie way. The trij- was made succe s ully. although it is probable that it will he several weeks before tiie road is completed and ready to he opened for traffic. TOM M'HAMEFHS CASQUE’S SECRETARY i # HenucttsviUe, March 9.—Announce ment has unen made of the appoint ment of Tom M. Hamer of this city to he private secretary to Represen tative Allard H. Gasque of Florence of the sixth congressional district. Mr. Hamer is now itt Washington to I assume the dut'es of his position. Mr. Hamer is a native of Marlboro and a graduate of Wofford college. For ten years he was engaged in teaching in this state, eight years of this period be ; ng as superintendent of the St. Matthews school. For the iast five years he has been engaged in business in this city as a member ot Hie firm of Hamer, Hamer and Dar-,. by Auction and Realty company. Ho 1 7 •»'«™,bie to se o the play. Miss is al'so a member of Hie firm of Caro-! ll 0 " 0 ** returning with them for a few a Motor company. hours vis t w th her slater. Miss I Dowel! *as made a wonderful success on the stage un<i her services are sought hy the leading producers of the dramatic centers. As leading wo man In Iho spectacular production of ‘'Ben Hur” which had a, marvelous run in the big cities and later toured the country playing always to crowd ed iiquses. Miss Howell scored her most brilliant success. She has re cently consented to join tiie Margaret Anglin company on tour and is play tion. “The American cotton industry is threatened due to the failure In the past of the farmer to receive a suffi cient price for his product and due to the fact that, for the last several years our crops have been sold at fahulom losses.’* ho said, “as shown by the 1921 year hook of the United States Department of Agriculture. As a r* suit, the greatest movement of white farmers and negro laborers from farms to Industrial centers that has occurred since the war is under way Last year there was a reduction of 22 per cfnt in the amount of farm ht-hor compared with the prevous year. Thousands of farms w'll i: idle, if w« do not pov farmers enough for their crop to enable them to kce* .nehr ,'abor. and it has been estimated that the lowest price at which the farmer can break even and plant an other vear is forty-*wo cents a pound."' Tiie statement regarding preserva tion of the price of cotton was made In connection with the break with Dr Hutchinson and statements credited to the. scientist tliht he was interes*. MISS VIRGINIA HOWELL SPENDS NIGHT WITH HER SISTER. MRS. AGNES KING M : ss Virginia Howell, known to her old friends hereabouts as Miss So phie Kuker, spent the night in Flor ence with her sister. Mrs. Agnes King, leaving this morning on the ten o'clock train for Savannah, Ga. Miss 1 Howell is with the Margaret Anglin Company, now playing “A Woman in Bronze.” which was presented in Samter last night and will be pie- sented tonight in Savannah. A party of Florence folk went over to Sumter lip. TWELVE HORSES FOR GEORGETOWN BATTERY Georgetown. March 9.—Twelve of the 24 horses expected here for the dield artillery battery have arrived. The rest are expected any ditty. Tie* horses on Hand are large draft ani mals. seldom seen in three parts, but. being heavy and powerful, are well i ing a prominent part In the east of suited for drawing Hie guns and cais-1 “A Won an i» Bronze” In which the sons. Tho officers expect soon to j famous actress, Miss Anglin, is star- give tliose animals some exercise in i r ng. di'Mlfand tiie men as well, in propane | tion for inspection by the stale and i * p | TAKFQ HMF federal officers at an early date * A4f\uO Ulsu HOLD FINAL MUSIC CONTEST APRIL 23 FROM THE BANKERS LARGE POWER PLANT FOR NORTH CAROLINA THE WEATHER Spartanburg March 0.- A new $1. 000,000 hydro-electric development along Green river in western North Carolina was announced today by the Blue Ridge Dower company, which now has a plant on the same stream in Henderson eaunty at Tuxedo, which develops 8,000 horsepower and supplies power to cotton m'Us and several municipalifes in North Caro lina and in Spartanburg county. The loiation of tho new development lias not been made public hut will prop ably bo below the present plant, pos sibly In Folk county. Tiie music memory contest commit tee of Community Service met yes terday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock and decided that the final contest will he held on April 2o. The place has .. iuitmiuucisuii not us^yct been selected. Great in-; Lnili^rans were not ready terest fs being taken in the contest | game between them and the South (by the school children, and a number ern Motor Car Co, was not played. | of special prizes have been offered Tonight Hie Baptists play the Meth- jto tho school making the highest per- ndists, •tml the Bankers will take on cent age in the (Inal contest based up- the Palmetto Power & Light Co’s, on Hu* nuinher from the schools cn- linesmen tering Hie contest. The A. C. L. won over the Bankers in a very Mile esting volley ball game played on the local Community Serv ice court yesterday evening. Tiie railroai i ts won two straight, elimi nating Die necessity for the third game Through a mtsimdcrslnmling the and the foitli thus far. Mr. Speake hag never left IDs one vita,I theme: Community Responsibility, the. right of every child in the community to ha well •»mn as Mary’s Son was horn, to grow up as He grew up, to increase in mind and body and in favor with God and with man. To many who have been attending the services, these sermons mark a new departure in revival messages Last night proved their value. Slowly hut surely they have been building a nughty conviction in the hearts or men and women who are respogs bie lo God for the atmosphere, the exam- Pie. the influences, tho teachings that sliai) mould the lives of the children horn into their homes and communi ty: that shall make them good or bad, saints or devils and that nhall destine them for heaven or hell. Kisi'ig to the height of his argu- nunt last night and moving toward a mighty climax, the preacher said. ’‘God did not trust the care anti training of His Son to a Godless wo man. There were plenty of women j in the world at that time of high | station in life and who bad evory -d in finding a way to control the a ‘ , '‘"» a :^ of ™»* r th. culture and re- noil.weevil and not in the price of cotton. Referring to Dr. Hutchinson directly. In connection with the teas- ms for breaking with him. Mr. Wan- namaker continued: “Yet, Dr. Hutch inson says lie is not concerned with the price. Tills shows that ho is nol concerned with the progress and pros perity of the people of the South. “The boll weevil threatens tiie life of the South—it now covers ninety •even and one-half per cent of the en tire cotton belt. Control of this p*m! cannot be accomplished except by concerted nct'on. The American Got ton association has put into practica' •meration for the first time 1.500 farms distributed throughout tiie cot ton states, all of which are under the supervision of practical,, experi enced farmers. In tills work it has the approval of the farmers and theP organizations and all other lines of Inaustry and business with the coop oration of scientists and experts ot all kinds. It is pushing forward in its work in this and other lines in which It has* been engaged for year*- amt for which it was organized. Tliose sclent fts cooperating ,w1Vh us an sincerely and unselfishly interested in the solution of the boll weevil prqb lem. “The problem cannot be solved by propaganda and hy unfilled pronu-e- —it Can only he solved b V the sin cere and concentrated efforts of a’ o us. “AW insects have a parasite and 1 fee sure the boll weev'i will prove no exception." CARS DETOURED FOR DARLINGTON TRAVEL On account of the paving operat'ons North Coit street is closed tto auto- mobile travel, and ears hound for Darlington are being detoured by way of Darlington street and Chase nve nue. It will be several days before this street is in shape for convenient travel. The paving is being laid all the way to the city limits, which run to within about a hundred yards of the Pee Dee Fair Grounds gates. De tour signs have been placed at the corner of North Coit and Darlington streets and other points to indicate the direction autolsts should take l ut with all of this several have at tempted to negotiate the route now being worked with more or less dis astrous results to both streets and ears. The detour lo Darlington is west on Darlington street four blocks from Coit, ‘/.*ii turn north on ('base avenue. (£pnij9Ufd ou page six) For South Onrollnn: Fair and slight ly warmer tonight. Saturday Increas ing cloudiness and warmer. Moder ate northeast, shifting i» east and southeast wings. _ , AGED MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING CHILD Greenwood, Mich., Mar. 9.—W. T. Saxon, aged 55, was jailed here today charged with attacking an eleven year old girt. Her father swore out the warrant. TEEGERSTR0M GOES ON STAND TODAY DR. AND MRS. GRAHAM MOVE TO LANCASTER Dr. It. M. Graham, formerly of this city hut latoiy of Hemingway, has Bastrop. La.. Mar. 9.-Ilarold Tee-, ,novo ! , ,0 ff n ™*tcr where he will gerstrom, regarded as an important' Practice medicine In future. Mrs. state witness in the investigation of Graham and little daughters, Betsv masked hand activities was before) Wemnle, Katherine and Martha Joe. the grand Jury hero today. Tho Iury ur< ‘ present visiting Mrs. Graham's is hearing evidence in cases leading! ■eother, Mrs. Julia Thomas, on South up io the deaths of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richards. Tcegerstrom disap- peared dur ng the o|*on hearing In December und could not be found at that time. Coit street, hut will leave next ween for Lancaster to join Dr. Graham. The word “Jehovah" times in the Bible, occurs 6862 NEARLY A THOUSAND . HAVE BEEN DEPORTED Coblenz, Mar. 9.—The allies have deported 250 persons from the Rhine land in the last two days, bringing the total to 935. rnstor more in love with his people and the people mare in love with then- own pastor than when lie came. „ “For these reasons I urge upon the ; Methodist church and In atid for membership of Central church and | Florence, will he in and for Florenc* upon the Christian people of Florence | and not for himself. Whan he leavos, to come and he the recipients of the i he will leave the church strengthen blessings of his ministry which shall | ed, vitalized in Us natural, normal flow from God to uh through him dur ! organizations, and invigorated . for Ing these days. Come one, come all.” Merger conquests. He Will leave fiiieinent such as the world might give. These He passed bv and with omnipotent wings outstretched brood ed over the little hillside town of Nazareth, where lived Mary, a Q.tdly woman, who from chMdhood had kept nviolate in her heart and lip the consciousness of the God of Israel, tiie great will of God expressed In those commandments given through Moses, and who surrendered her beau-' tiful body, her dife, influence, exam ple and everything that she was and had as the instrument by which and through which God's Son, Jesus Christ, should he bom, loved and lra:ed for the great task set before him. "Any man or woman who does not know God. who does not reverence and love God. who does not know and obey God's commandments, who does not accept the responsibility of fatherhood and motherhood as Mary and Josenh did. and who doe^ not teach his of her children to :know. 'ove, honor and ohqy God. is not fit to ho a father or a mother!” Here the preacher reached his pow erful climax, had driving home’Wlt'* irr'sistible logic the fearful truth, a mighty conviction fqiitened: .,Use<| upon his hearers, who listeqed In |t)- niost breathless silence as he reief the command of Almighty God to fa thers -and mothers: “Harken d'ligent- ly unto my commandments which f command in this day, to Jove the Lord your God, and to serve h'm with all your heart nnd with all your soul, And hind them for a sign upon vout hand, that they may he as frontlets between your eyes. And ye a hall i teach them diligently to your chil dren. speaking of them when thou sit- test in ttr'ne house, and when thou wajkest by the way. and when thou Best down, and when* thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door l ost s of thine house «nd upon thy gates. Behold. I set before- you tU's day a blessing and a curse. A lilcss tig if ye obey the command ments of the Lord your God, and a curse if ye wil) not obey the eoin ; mandinentg of the Lord your God.” Here the preacher closed the great Book of Books, laid it upon the altar, called till who were convinced and convicted of its truth and of their re sponsibility to coma forward, lav their hand upon 't in token of the r surren der and consecration to God. and pledge themselves to do what Hu commanded therein. Between two •ind three hundred people responded to the invitation The meeting has reached a stage where tiie foundation has been laid tor h great revival of Oodlinesk th :ne church and community. Rev. G. T. Harmon, pastor of Central Metho dist church says: "I had a purpose in bringing Rev. J. W. Speake to Florence. I have known him from boyhood. He and I have been on the firing line for God ft'i* years. I know his heart, his work. He Is a great evangelistic, pastor. He has built up his churches .wharever he has been sent. His work is constructive and ah'ding. What he does ifi Central