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i T. k McLAUlUN PliEADH GUILTY AND IS SEBilLXCED. P?rd ?1 Psychiatrist# May Have-UAm Tituuferred from -Penitentiary .to Asylum or .Hospital. fee L?e Advocate. An idictment against Thos. B. McLaux?i wag given JLo the grand jury Mhd^y afternoon and a .true r bill By previous arrangement Mr. tcLaurin appeared In the court roon, about J.:,30 Tuesday. i...? KufnrP a ;fnr the Hin juat WV1V-- ajuul ? ner hour, an pleaded guilty to the indictment, hich had been drawn bo as to merge y the ca8ea into one, and to cover ev y phase of the defalcations in hot bank and warehouse, an that n(-,uclher indictment .could be brought a5nst him at any future timeMr. Mcl^aurin wa ?Ccompanied Ho the court house by "father, brother and brother-in-law when arraigned he made no 8 m^nt except to answer the forum ies^|0nf; as advised by nm I. Rogi K. Owens. Al. hearinp. the indictment reud^no dj luUtv. he signed h* ?a to the .in Jud?e Bowm?? ttien,ent-enP i him to ten yf* on pu5. Uc works of the coujynr in t Btalc PeMrenMcL'aarin,s attorneys Uor TJ? airidavits fr*i Physician* nd f: who said/they believe^ experts *?J? un/iind. and the* was i?enta^ed ^ judRe to have torne>s m, jj appointed to pa lunacy ^.(y wvl power to remo on his.Qin f-nitentiary to t him asylum A" other hospitj stl^e Bovmun/igned such an orde McLatrin'&'attorneys are to s ?ect two ifcychfitrists and the solit tor two. jo pfss on his sanity, they find tin oinsound, they may r move him o o hospital till he is r 4\ stored to Sntty, and he will then 1 released af .will not have to spn jl the sentent Mr. McLaurin can from Coluhia. Sunday night, a y^companled Dr. J, W. Baboock, i Vifcyhose hosial he has been for sei eAa^al weeks. He left on the .3 o'cloc tra Vn Tuesd- afternoon for the pei itei jMiar3- anmpanied by his fathe Jas. tlr. Babcock, and Ri ral p< lplhjeni iR. M. Jackson. H will rYlemaiiihere pending .the at pointn**jJent- ?tlie lunacy cominissior Web6!.?1111"'dictionary defines ptychia -tristts .one who applies tb healing *arl mental diseases. Below arthe indictment, eertifi cates and |V"jr trt the court. Indie tmeiit. State of Ssfr^th Carolina, County o Marlboro. At a court of general sessions, be gun and holdeh in .and for the eonn ty of Marlboro, state of South Caro lina, at Bexmettsville, in the year o our Lord 1921. The jurore of .and for the countj aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, nn on their oath., present, that Thos B. McLaurin. late of tie county am state aforeetiki, on the 8th day - o; November, A. D. 1920, and on divers others days and dates, doth befon ; and since said day. in tie county anc state aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully unlawfully and knowingfly did re , ceive and appropriate to his own u? with intent to defraud divers and aundry deposits am trust funds deposited in the Mntuai SawinRs bank a banking corporation twjy organ iz ea chartered and existing umor ??<? by virtue of the laws of Che state ol So*th Carolina, and doing business f at Bennettsville, said property bein? the property of J. A. Spears, D. H Stubbs, Jule Hatner, Richard Rowe S. J. Pickens and others of tbe valut to wit. Twenty Thousand Dollars $(20,U00,00) of the good and lawfu monev of the '? ? ...v w uiairr, 11H the statutes in such cases made unci provided and against the peace anci dignity of the state* wilfully and knowinglv, after knowledge of the insolvency of said bank, and while falsely pretending and representing that the said bank was solvent. The jurors aforesaid, upon th?i oath, do further present that Thos B. McLaurin***did wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently make, exeeujk- and deliver to J. A. Spears, D. II. Btubbs, Richard ltowe, S. J. Pickens .and other persons tc fthe grand jui;y unknown, cotton warehouse receipts for cotton which was not then Hi existence and did, by the delivery .of such warehouse receipts, obtain .caedif nrnnopir money of the value of $20,000.00, with intent to defraud the said J. A. .Spears, D. H. Ktubhs, Jule Hainer, Richard Rowe, S. .J. Pickens and others. The jurors nforesakd ' do further present that Thomas B. McLaurin willfully, feloniously and unlawfully did sell and dispose of cotton, or otherwise dispose of oeUon, -of .the value of ?2,000i00 the property of Barrett & -Co., a corporation under the laws of the state of Georgia, and did appropriate the proceeds ?aid cotton to his own use, with intent ;to defraud Barrett %. Co. The Juror* aforesaid do furtbur present that Thos. B. McLaurin, pursrant to a general scheme to 4*-fraud, and with the purpose and intent of defrauding J. A. Spears, T>. H Stubbs, Jule Hamer, S. J. Pickens and all others doing business with the Mutual Savings bunk and the Bennettaville Cotton Warehouse Co., of which said institutions he was the president, manager, and in control, did wilfully and unlawfully and feloniously receive deposits of money and cotton from the said J. A Snparo r? XT CJ.-.V-V-- -? a v. o. oiuuini, juip tiamer, S. J. Pickens, and other persons unknown to the grand Jury, with the intent at the time to appropriate the said moneys and cotton to big own use, and to defraud the said J. A. Spears, D. H. Stubbs, Jule Hamer, S. ' . J. Pickens and others of their cotton and moneys, to the value of $50,000.00, and by his. said scheme and design to wreck said bank and eqdd warehouse company, defrauded the depositors in the said bank and the pgtrop* Of siitd warehouse of the <0 4 __ - ^ a liwfw THE DILLON H sum of $50w>?t0.ep, and that the receipt of the said money, the misappropriation thereof and the conversion to his Jomn.u&Q and behalf was knowingly false, fraudulent and wicked, with intent to defraud said persons against the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the state J. Monroe Spears, Solicitor. True bill. Chas. Manning, Foreman. The Plea of Guilty. State of .South Carolina, County of Marlboro. And now comes the defendant. j Thomas B. .McLaurin in open court and pleads , guilty to all the counts charged in the indictment and consents for said plea to be entered on record against him. (Signed > Thomas B. McLaurin. i Certificates of Physicians Baltimore, March 11, 1921. This is to certify that T ho mas Breeden McLaurin, of BennettsviUe. ( S. C., was as. my patient at the Henry . Phipps Psychiatric clinic from Jan. . uary 8 to January 21, 1921. He .presented a history of a certain I amount of depression with growing . loss of sexual power during the . summer of 1919; growing suspicion , .ol his associates in business during the fall of 1919; later actual out, bursts of .accusations and claims L that his father was planning to take , control of his bank; development of, [ dreams of people getting after him;] increasing irritability and quarrels J with friends* in the snrimr of 1920. v?uiiprovoked outbrusts of accusations, ho nd insults towards his father, with il hnial of recollection, and growing) >r. u.play of incredible lack of judge~ 11 "it in purchases; in November, :i- an attempt at suicide and If P'11* j^iii his wife and child with e- On examination and under e obseiXfion the patient showed noc-1 je *urnal estlessness, voiceg telling hini to do hings, occasional visions oi ie iniagina., people' in the daylight; j c occasionu difficulty of memory and lt calculatioi very poor judgment and . desire to ^ hack t o business immejj dtately to Up for the losses. j j_ From ni\ observation and from r the additional record of the patient's 1 i I came to vhe conclusion that we e deal with a r-sy-hophatic condition in which the pati?nl has become irre-| t sponsible ana ii.-apable of Judging ^ the nature ant character of his e ti ansactions and,conduct. Adolf Meyer, "Professor of Psy_ chiatry in Johns 'Hopkins University and Psychiat rist-tn-chief to the Johns Hopkins Hospital. f Beirnettsvillfc, v c., March 5, 1921 This is to certify that been and taTked with Mr. T. B. McL.aiui.,.1 1 came to the conclusion that he was " mentally and morally irresponsible and advised his father to have expert opinion in regard to his con1 dition. This he difl and the three j me n who saw him came to the same I : conclusion through expert investiga-j tion with facilities that were not in * my possession. I believe his mental * capacity to he that of ? Child, and I ~ thin* a trial in court would be thrown out as burlesque if it tleperpV ed on his knowledge of th? tried. i w.j. Crosland, M. D. I ' Bennettsville, S. C.. March 6th, 19 21. I h'roh' certify that I am the fani jiv pnysician or Mr. T. Tl. M cT.au rin. 1 and have noticed a great change in r his mental condition since his un-j 3 balanced and childish actions of: ' about Nov. 10th, 1020. On two different occasions he lias - talked to me in a confused and ex-! i cited manner and asked that 1 give I J | nim poison to end it all, also lo give I him enough to lake his wife and t daughter with him. ' I fully acree with the expert spe' cialists, who have had him under ob' serration, and have studied and car > fully investigated his case, that there) 5 is an abnormal mental state, and it) > is my opinion that he would not he J mentally competent to undergo a trial understandinglv and intelli gently. Respectfully submitted, Chas. R. May. M. D. J. J. Watson, a physician practic-j 1 ing medicine in the state of South ; 1 Carolina, being duly deposed states 1 that after carefully reviewing the) > medical facts In the history of; ' Thomas B. McLaurln, and from my | L personal observation of him, I am certain that he is desperate and has reached a stage of degeneracy which greatly modifies his responsibility. J. J. Watson, M. D. |' Sworn to and signed before nie.l this 8th day of March, 1921. W.J.Clark. | Notary Public. S. C. , Order for Lunncy Commission. | The State vs. Thomas B. McLaurln, i Breach of Trust, etc. I The defendant, Thomas B. Mc- I Laurin, having been arraigned upon 1 indictment charging breach of trust, | etc., and having upon the advice of , his counsel, pleaded guilty to said | indictment, and having been duly i sentenced by this court, and his said I counsel, Messrs. T. I. Rogers and J. I K. Owens, having raised the ques- 1 tlon of the defendant's sanity and I legal responsibility by testimony sufficient to satisfy this court that the question of the defendant's sanity should be fully and thoroughly investigated and inquired into, on mo- | tion of the defendant** council, the , solicitor consenting, it is hereby or- I dered, decreed and adjudged that * commission consisting of not less I than four expert, reputable paychia- I trists, two of whom shall be designated by the defendant's attorneys | and two by the solicitor of this cir- , cult er by the attorney general of | the state, and in case they fail to i agree, then a fifth shall be chosen I by the four, is hereby created, ap- I pointed and directed to enquire into 1 the mental condition of the said de- I fendant and as to whether or not , he be legally responsible for his acts; | and if said commission, or a majority ?IM>, DOiX>N, SOUTH OA ROLL thereof, shall find that the said defendant be legally irresponsible, that upon the filing of their report with the clerk of this court and the Bervice of a certified copy thereof upon the superintendent of the penitentiary of the state and upon the superintendent of the state hospital for the insane, respectively, or other prorper authorities of said institutions. that the said defendant be transferred to the state hospital for :the insane or some other institution selected by said psychiatrists, us hereinafter provided, and there be confined and treated until such ?_ ? u _ i? a i.. .1 a u.. viiiit; ttg *it* iiiav ui* aujuu^m uy iiiv said psychiatrists to bo restored to rrorrniality. It is ordered further, that the said commission bo and is hereby authorized and empowered to take tbe-Baid defendant to such places at such times as they deem advisable, for observation, in order to reach their conclusion in the premises, to inquire into his mental condition at the present and to give their opinion of his mental condition at the time of the commission of the various offenses charged in the indictment, during the year 19 20; that upon the filing of the findings of said commission, or a majority thereof, if the said commission should find that the said defendant, Thomas 11. McLaurin, was legally irresponsible for his acts as charged in the indictment, the sentence imposed in this case shall bo suspended and set aside and the findings of tins commission shall operate to suspend and nullify the sentcnee and judgment of this court, anil the defendant shall thereupon he confined in some institution for the treatment of his maladies until, in the judgment of the said psy chiartrists herein appointed, lie shall restored to permanent normalcv I. W. Bowman, Presiding Judge. UihKIht Died 125 Years A?o. Brussels, March 12.?When a mar aged eighty-three, applie d to th< court of relief the magistrate asket i him whether he had no friends 01 | relations who could help him. Tin j old man said he had none for hi: only brother died 125 years ago. j After the usual warning that th I court was not to be turned into : i theater, the old man explained tha I hie lather was married in 1792 am had a son who died three years la ter. The father married a secon< time in 1836, at the age of sixty-twc and the applicant was born the yea after. 50good cigarettes for 10c from one sack of GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM /-gx TOBACCO \Ve have ope:k<l an Optical Office at Dillon, S. C. the present time we will be at the Hotel Wheeler every .second and Fourth .Mondays' and the following Tuesday in each month. We examine and fit glasses. Call and We examine eyes and fit glasses. Call and see us. Ii. A. WOODIU FF. D-Opt. ! ' l'?*M i <T V? # CnaeUlio* mr^rxir^mrxirxirs-irzirxir B jj The First Ni i of d: S 0 " < * Invites your accounts \ savings. 4 Info roc f ' XllbVyl^Ot ^UillJJUUUU' ^ ings Accounts. * The First N g National Bank Pr< 0 Protec 9 9 l2u izj ib eejjb ib ib ib lb lb i: NA, fWRSPAf WOUMM MARCH final i?i9otaf':e notice. i Not ls herAy given lli * Nora Williams, administratrix of estate ol H. W. Williams. dece; cd. has mude application unto nn> or final discharge administrati and that Thursday, April 7th. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon has be- 1 appoin ed for the hearing of the said petiti< n. All persons holding claims tgn nst ? V... ? ~ < '? me raiu ai p rrquroicu IU u?; i them wit!, the administratrix on or! b? for^ 11 o clO' k in the forenoon of I Thursday, April 7th, or this notice, will "be plead iu bar of their reeovet . | JOE C A BELT. DAVIS Judge of Probate, 3 17 41. Dillon County \ Money buck v ithout question \\ If HUNTS Snlve fails in the x \l trestmrnt ol ITCH, KC/EMA, yflTy %>)) RINGWORM. TETTER or / Jl K/ other itehinit skin diseases Try ? 75 ocat box at our risk. Sold by Evans 1 armacv l j WANT COLUMN j IV ANTED ? I'resit Country l'ims.? A. B. Jordan ?J 17. FOH SAL!-' ? NelecU'il Rhode Islaml Ited eggs; .* i. per setting. oiing hens $ 1.7a; oung chicks at ! 2 '? cents. Mrs. J. It Reaves, Lat a.3 24 lip. [ MADAME POST \\ISHI> To \\.1 nounce that be has opened an up. to-date beauty parlor in Miss Jul[I ia Douglass' millinery stort 278 I Durgan street, Florence, S. c The ladies of Dillon and vicinity are cordially invited to visit her est.it> 1 lishment and consult tier when in Florence. She carries a complete line of hairgoods and combs and 1 any shade of hair may 1 ?? matched without the annoyance of waiting j to have it ordered. Her charges ar" r very moderate and it is her inte*? tion to uive the best of service 51,111 s through this to earn your patronage.?3 3 3t. TVI'KWItllKK rihRONs ? Stat \ ford's stiperfine ribbons for Smith 1 and Underwood typewriters, lhrald PubWpbinK Co.?3 24 XOTK B?I AM AGEXT FOR THE r Florence Steam Laundry and will receive and deliver all laundries ppromptly as possible. Palace "ar" ket. TYPEWRITER PT-'*?VS,? St?tf, ford's super-e r.bbons for Smith and iTr. -'wood typewriters. Her a,rr-ublishing Co.?3 24 1 VI AXTEI>?Everybody to know that 1 now have a full line of machinery and that I am in a better position to give quick service than I have ever been. All work guaranteed. Electric Sho** Shop over liillon , Hotel, W. P. Summerall, Prop.? 1 20 tf. I CROP AND CHATTEL MORTGAGES titles to real estate, mortgages real estate, hills of sale, planters con tracts, rent liens, claim and delivi ery papers for sale at Th, Herald i office.?3 24. WANTED ?COUNTRY PEOPLE TO TRY OCR r>Oc. MEALS. I'ALMET| TO CAFE. NEXT TO HI RAM) OFFICE?.tf. | CROP \X!> CHATTEL MORTGAGES i titles to real estate, morte; ms i il i estate, bills >>f sale, planter cor. tracts, r? nt liens, claim am' delivery papers for sale at The Herald office..? 2, 24. >IOM MllXTS?We air l.nilders :ii< I erictois of 1 iph ::r do m numrnU I All work of the he. ' material ind 'i fully guaranteed. T'rices '-..as, nable. See before placing yn r order. L> tuberton Marbl,, Worl J. H. Flovd. Prop., Lumbfvton, . C.? 2 24 5?t. I ____ _ _ ______ __ chop a\i> ( ii \TTrEi. moutc. \<;i: titles to r<al t state, mortpngcs rea | estate, bills of sale, plant, rs con tra*'s, rent liens, claim a >1 dolh ery i ipers for sale at The Herald office.?3 24. SI SI r*? ra ?, m Kl ix 0 I itional Bank g ILLON 0 0 i 0 0 >, both checking and ^ 0 ! ed quarterly on Sav- 0 i 0 0 _ 0 0 I 3! ational Bonk ? itection For i our ?] tion 3 3 3 24, 1921. \CmCE OF SAFE. 'i I "nit ?*?i Stater District Court, for the J E.intern District of South Carolina. I In the Mail* r of: 1 Samaha and Satnaha. ! i Bankrupt. I will sell at eleven o'clock' in tin 1 forenoon, on March 28th, 1021. the store formerly occupied the , sa?d bankrupt, all of the ;r<.p??t> of the said bankrupt est- , the satin ! ronsistinp of a stock fancy procer ifl?>V>?fcVab'Vir ." M : M | ji w^g M mm ftm 1 "UXt -Wit 'w\> - - .' n j lite qml, In iasl, When your money Is in our yincs and yoni own exinn; WANT it. Men of financial -lability. < nown integritj conduct i" No acco-"! '-15 loo SMALL L Mir'' for us to handle The Bank SAFETY, SERVICE TN >11 ? Ui on, Sou CARC MILL C Dillon, 1. Wt wish . very come t< iur mill !< ii o chinery. Our spec alt;. Oats. \V< can grade \o,r v; >1 waits. Our a rue have high grade W. graded in even \v? ight 1< per bushi i. We have a bt gai< i i - it lasts. We v ill exc a 100 !bs. corn. We wil- exchange 1 ar y mill products we mal corn, oats, peas or any ot 11. Now is the time to L>i s rghi m seed for hay croj ^ ou can and should grow : ml a small surplus to sel 5. We will again begin flour mill on April first. V vices of Mr. F. D. Rigby, i lap, Tenn. lie has been a Wc hope to build up a floi friends to try our flour i (>. We make high grad< mules, horses, cows, pigs ing ^'oi< maximum return ing, try a few hags of our quality and prices correci 7. Try a 100 lb. bag of tankage, t rice $4.75. At tl cal addition to any feed gi Yours tc Caroline Com * * * JH es, fixtures, book accounts, autonu 5il. truck, delivery wagons, one bort ^ inu any omit properly tnai may i found that belongs to the said ? late. Every th^ng will he s?r<f it tlon, for rash. A copy of the invent' ry nntf ?j :>rai*euient may he n by cowjJtiu he undersigned. *JNO C. BETHKA, . 3 17 J t TtusUnr. , S t. eribe to The He?alr? ' ' ' >?* | ^ : J mui> fcWrd-r ? : t*r4eWe u.</ . f o i 1 -si ntiliiy. judj. <-.,. I 1"1 .!> to v. Icome; n,.n" too f ~ ~ I : of Dillon AND 4 PER CENT ' th Carolina )L/NA I JNG f JANY ! South Carolina I i .er in P 11 Cvii 11 < our s( cleaning r.a;ottoi ed Fill}ihum cof seed \vh your is k: ' - maker-(' and s I lb. bags ? . sale at 75c. n c. . feed meal is. a a; ngt. ' J lbs feed 1 : al tVr o corn a market * pi ice <e. Wc will buy f< r c; sh I her grain. in velvet beans, peas and I ). We are booking orders, p all the hay you can feed m I. the operation of our I I e have engaged the see- I in expert miller, of Dm miller for fifteen years, ir trade and request our I ifter his arrival, e molasses feeds. If your I or chickens are not givs for feeds you are givfeeds. You will find both our GO per cent, digester I lis price a very economi- * iven hogs or poultry. > Please, | r Milliner I party j