The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 22, 1918, Page Page Eight, Image 8
"Chpt. Uimwh" Again.
Iw Dm Advocate:
Greenville. Aug. 8? stranger
came in to Greenville last night,,
which in itself Is a daily occurence,!
hat this stranger caused much cornMeat.
His face was wan though refined
and he wore his hair long over,
his neck and shoulders.
Little groups of men gathered
about him at the fire department on j
McBee avenue and this is the story
he tells: He is H. M. Laurene, born'
in Monroe county, Mississippi, September
28, 1870. His mother was
Miss Sarah E. Pope, of Laurens, S. C.,
a second cousin of Postmaster Pope,
of this city. His father was a French
man. uapi. uavia Laurene, aia 10
the French ambassador at Washington,
in 1859, and fought with the
south throughout the War of the
Sections. Oapt. David Laurene married
in 1868 and returned to France
with his wife and son in 1876. His
son?the Greenville visitor?was educated
at Christ college. Cambridge
and Brein, France, graduating from
the latter place as civil enginee^. In
1890 he went with the French army
to the French Congo country in Central
West Africa. There he met and
married Miss Lois Hilton, born in
Columbus. Ga., but whose father,
Labarre Hilton, was of an adventurous
spirit, and went as a prospector
to the French Congo.
A baby girl was born to the cou
pie. The young husband was ordered
to Join the forces sent to put down
the uprising of the Kurd in Asiatic
Turkey by the French government.
In a fight, during which many were
killed, he was taken a prisoner by
Murad Achmet Bey, a Turkish tribesman
and thrown into prison at Ambole.
Turkey. Here Laurene was
subjected to the most inhuman treatment,
being forced to work?stemming
tobacco, shearing sheep, emptying
slops, etc., twelve and fourteen
hours a day, and for seven days in
the week. Half of his sleeping hours
were spent in a dungeon with a piece
of sheep hide as his mattress. In
this place ho was kept for eighteen
years during which time he learned
the Turkish language and the different
dialects of Arabian tribesmen
On Decomber 3, 1915, Captaii:
Laurene was releused by order oi
Gen. P. Lenair. The prisoner hac
forgotten how to speak English bul
when he heard it spoken, word bj
word it came back to his memory
He had loft his wife and child at
oauziH, uttuiarun, Ainca. upon mc
release he found Bhe had remained
at that place for sixteen years and
then left for America, landing at
Baltimore September 7, 191. He
has spent nearly 16,000 in the search
for his wife and daughter and besides
has received" fully $16,000
worth of sympathetic advertising.
He is a Royal Arch Mason, and
with the very highest letters of recommendation.
His daughter, if
alive, is now twenty years old, and
his wife thirty-eight. Have you seen
them?
The above is from the Charleston
American of Aug. 10. In this, Capt.
Laurene changes his statements in
some details from those given here.
He told the editor of the Advocate
here that his father was H. M. Laurene,
Sr. Instead of leaving his
wife and baby in France, he now
leaves them in Africa. He sticks to
the statement, however, that his
mother was Miss Sarah E. Pope, of
Laurens, who, he said here, was a
neice of the late Chief Justice Y. J.
Pope. On this question, the follow
lag letters are of interest:
Laurens, South Carolina, Apr. 10,
1918.
Mr. R. L. Freeman, Bennettsville,
S. C.
My dear Mr. Freeman:?I have
your favor of the 4th enclosing a
clipping from a recent issue of the
Advocate in reference to Capt. Laurene,
who claims that his father married
Sara E. Pope of Laurens, S. C.
about 1860.
1 have made inquiry of the older
citizens here and they have no recollection
of any such marriage nor do
they remember anything c* Mise
Pope having lived in Laurens. 1
would suggest that you communicate
with Mr J. F. Caldwell of Newberry,
who can give you more information
about the Popes than any one I know
who is now living.
With personal regards and bcsl
wishes, 1 am,
Very truly yours,
R. A. Cooper.
R. A. C. (W.)
Newberry, S. C., May 10th, 1918
Dear Sir:?I received yesterday afternoon,
on my return home, after
several days absence, your letter ol
4th instant. I felt pretty sure that
there has not been a Miss Sarah E.
Pope in Laurens county within the
last sixty years or longer. But I
have consulted Mrs. Paul H. Anderson
(nee Sarah Strother Pope), niece
of the late Chief Justice Pope and
daughter of the late Dr. Sampson
P??pe; and she agrees with me. So
we think "Capt. H. M. Laurene"
must have had for a mother some
one other than Miss Sarah E. Pope,
of Laurens.
But in order to do the claimant
all the justice In my power, I am
about to write to Dr. D. S. Pope, of
Columbia, brother of chief Justice
Pope, concerning the matter; and I
shall request him to write you his
Knowledge or opinion of the matter.
Fraternally yorus,
J. F. J. CALDWELL,
Mr. R. L. Freeman, Bennettsville,
S. C.
We have not heard from Dr. Pope.
We ktv* other reliable information
that Capt. Laurene has been
Investigated by the United States
department of Justice, oa the suspicion
that Cspt. Laurene was a German
spy. The department found
thai his real name is not Laurene
and that he has never been to France
or Turkey. His story is made up
from his own imagination. Since,
however, he is not doing anything
| against the government, he is not
moles ed.
u
From a Co-Worker In the House.
As erery man who works conscientiously
for his constituents should not
I be ashamed to give an account of his
s to war ship, and in view of the fact
that m ny people in the county have
not ha? an opportunity to know how
I have worked for their interests in
the gei eral assembly, the following
letter a hich came voluntarily from
'a co-wo-ker in the House is published
for tie information of the public:
theater, S. C., June 7, 1918
Hon. Janes W. Hamer,
Lit le Rock, S. C..
Dear Hamer: ?
I receded your letter several days
ago and have been intending to answer
moe promptly but a numbei
of things have come up to interrupt
me. I do not know when I have had
anything to give me more pleasure
than resting your letter. j^hile s
member <f the House it was certainly
my sole ibject and desire to repre]
sent my people to the best of m>
j ability. I therefore prize most highly
what you have been kind enough tc
say abou me and about my work
down theie. Like yourself I feel thai
the past too years in the House hat
been work a great deal to me and
i that I hare made friends whom ]
shall r.ev<r forget.
I have been giving quite a good
deal of tlought here of late to the
i question tf returning to the House
i j for another two years. I really en?!
joyed being there bo much and as
ilsociating rith you and other of mj
i friends thit from a question of peri
sonal desie I wanted very much tc
I return. I aso wanted to go back ar.<]
continue sane of the work which yon
. and 1 had started. On the othei
l hand I hac to face the certainty oi
T being out o my office and away froir
I my persona business for forty days
I during the very busiest time of the
r year. Herebfore 1 could leave the
. office in chtrge of my brother whe
t is in partnership with me. Now
i however, he is trying to get into the
L army in soue capacity and will ir
L all probabiliy not be here next Jan;
uary. Consequently I have had tc
i: definitely mike up my mind not tc
!offer for reelection. I am verj
I glad, indeed, to learn from your letiter
that you ire thinking of offering
for re-election I do not know of an}
member of tie House who worked
harder than y>u did during the last
two years in tie interest of the tax
payers of the State and whenevei
any question of spending money recklessly
would cune up I always felt
I that there were at least two of ue
I there to fight it. Especially will 1
(never forget hov hard we worked together
on the btl to abolish the tax
commission. You had the bill drawn
and the rest of U; signed it for introduction,
but 1 ha e always felt that
! you were due the credit Wesucceeded
'so well in the Hcuse that it has airways
been a regnt to me that the
Senate could not ta "brought arose."
While I regret exceedingly that mi
personal affairs ke?p me from runJning
for re-electioi I am certainly
'glad to know that :ou intended tc
* to go back to the Legislature. 1
I have not the slighter doubt but thai
| the people of your ounty will send
jyou beck because ! kiow of no mem'
ber who has a better rtcord. it maket
| me feel good to know that you stand
j ready and willing to %o back anc
| keep up the fight whici we meinben
I started for lower taxes. I trust thai
sometimes in the near luture condl
. tions will make it possible for us t<
. meet in the Legislature again. B<
{that it may I feel that . can carrj
|' always the most pleasant r*collecttoni
( of our friendship and association to
gether. If you are ever tp in tbii
/ part of the country be sur t? look m<
'1 up.
' | With kindest personal regards fo
, yourself and family, I am.
Yours most trul/,
J. M. HEMPHILL.
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NOTICE.
The Act of 1017 requires ever;
person to secure a new rcgistratioi
J certificate and no person will be ul
' lowed to vote in the general electioi
wunout such certificate, even thougl
; they are otherwise qualified. Tb<
Act provides further that for thi
! purpose of such enrollment and reg
istration the supervisors shall keej
the books of registration open at th<
county seat every day between th<
tiours of 9 a. m. and 6 p. in, durinj
th* months of July and August 1918
and in addition thereto they shall at
tend during the month of Septeinbei
1018 at least one day in each town
ship for the purpose of registering
such persons as are entitled to regis
tratiou.
Therefore, pursuant to the provis
ions of said Act notice is given that
the board will visit the following
places on the dates named: Fork
Sept. 2; Latta, Sept. 3; Little Rock
Sept. 4; Hamer, Sept. 5; Lake View
Sept, 6; Dillon, Sept. 30.
F. M. PAGE,
E. A. BETHEA,
j H. McRAE,
8-22-2t Commissioners.
to dM M Mini af Vm.
| Tha niatoka of Bngland at Um be'sloaiii
of the war and of tk|p country
lever sinoe hag been the failure to
i comprehend the magnitude of the
BtruRle. Lord Kitchener told Bngjland
that it would be a three year
wur, and later on he was quoted as
saying that it would last five years
but England did not believe either
I prediction. Shortly after the begin!
jiug of the war, using the Civil war in
/this country as an illustration, the
i Manufacturers Record took the
{ground that the war would certainly
last throe to four years. We cannot
see any reason for believing that
1 i it will not last lust as long again, un
less the United States backs down
1; and accepts peace terms which would I
| practically mean a German victory.
Germany can continue the tight for
': some years to come, bo far as all the
11 facta which we can gather indicate,
'Iand this is the view of German ofj
ficers.
A correspondent of the New York
'Herald, reporting an interview with
three German officers who were reicently
captured, quotes them as say|ing
"a great surprise is in store for
the Americans pretty soon," and to
this they added:
"Hindenburg is going to win this
summer, probably, but if he doesn't
' he will next year, and if not then the
inext year, and in ten years if he has
| to fight that long."
"Will the people of Germany stand
the war so long as that?"
j "The German people want to win
j the war and they know they will,
America, or no America."
| Two officers were bing questioned
by American intelligence officers
:when one of the Americans, in a per.
fectlv oolite ?tv. said:
| "You know, don't you, that the
' Americans are fighting a political
' war?that they are fighting the Ger5
man governu?cnt, not the German peo"ple?"
,
j The three officers jumped to their
' feet like automatons, and in unison
' said:
"Das ist eins." (They are one.")
'[ These officers were not boasting
I merely, und we have no doubt were
expressing what they and the army
' and most of the people in Germany
' absolutely believe.
1! Considering the situation in Russia
' and the tremendous danger through
- our long and unjustified delay in
'.urging Japan to enter that country,
there is a possibility that within the
' next 12 months Germany will by its
1. domination of Russia und the enor'
j moui man power of that country be'.
come very much stronger than it was
' at the beginning of the war, four
years ago. The situation is one of
'jtremendous Import and of a danger
|. beyond estimate.
I With Germany in control of RusII
sia's vast population and its bound ;
less resources, the world's civilisation
would be in greater danger than
,at any hour since Germany invaded
'j Belgium. To ignore this danger
' | would cause us to live in a fool's
''paradise, as we did for the first two
(or three years of the war.
I it is good to see secretary Baker,
: even at this late hour, waking up to
1 the need of an army of 6,000,000 men
': but Mr. Baker must broaden his
vision and double the size of the army
needed if we are to prevent this war
dragging on through the 10 years in
| which the Oerman officers said Ger1
many would continue to make war.
r! The meaning of this situation is an
enormous increase in the production
of iron and steel and ships and traus'
portatlon and foodstuffs,
j Against this the cry is raised of a
' labor shortage. It is true that there
is a scarcity of labor. This is partly
due to the unwise exaggerated prices
' paid for labor without compelling laJ
bor to give an adequate return. Nc
one would begrudge him wages if
9 those who get these wages would
work with the tireless energy and the
honesty of purpose of the men in the
i trenches.
' Many laboring men are proving
' themselves slackers by loafing much
5 of the time, or at least not driving
their work with enthusiastic and tire9
less energy. The potentiality of labor
e is equal to our needs, but it cannot
under present conditions be fully der
| veloped. We should look, therefore,
1 to China and to Japan for more la
borers to help to produce the enlarged
food supply needed and to increase
the entire output of the country. It
would be a fatal blunder not to recognize
the seriousness of the task
y ahead of us and to plan for an enorI
nious increase in the production ol
munitions of war, in the creation ol
aian army of 10,000,000 fighting men
x and in the expansion of iron and steel
e?and steel making commensurate with
vn?tnoua of
ft I vu? V4 HIV *nui IV a v aiidUItf.
_ j Le us not for one moment anticipate
any early ending of the war.
BlThe fight is still a long and desperate
' and bloody one, and we must steel
T;our hearts to the task.
It is not a question of our willingl
! ness to do so, but merely a question
rjof our doing it or else being destroy_
I ed.
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Par Sanitary Bakers.
A waxed paper baring r?oard, a sheet
t of which can be discarded when soiled
and Immediately replaced with anoth,
er tinder It, and also a waxed paper
rolling pin, with a cardboard core, so
that the covering mdy be thrown away
In the Interest of sanitary baking
have been invented by a Connecticut
woman.
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literature aad Una became a person
age of great later eat to hie deeceodante,"
obesrroa a writer la Leadoa
Tit-Bite. Two and a half centuries
later the 0x110*0 bones were claimed
by bla family from the authorities of
Venice, and brought to England, but
the tombstone was left behind, and
only a few years ago was discovered
doing doty at a paving atone 1
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ment to send enormous food *1
Out* savings in cereals out of
skipped to Europe. We increi
America's "box from home" b
Allied nations.
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snoot istlBf been perfects* sithti fee
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brand highly pleasing to (to ays fa*
palate, as Compared with tbs cosrsa
brown bread of our ancestors, bat
there is a growing tendency on tbe
part of dietetic students and physicians
to denounce white bread as das Iran
tire of health and rigor..
"I should prefer to be deft
be elected by them."
That la the statement made fron
paign by OCTAVUS COHEN, the Al
Governor. Mr. Cohen is an Attorney
and Monde's Corner.
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ased our meat and fat shipment
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