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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