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
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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
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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
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\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.
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\ savings.
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^ ings Accounts.
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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
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\ 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.
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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.
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\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
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"UXt -Wit 'w\>
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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
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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
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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
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AND 4 PER CENT '
th Carolina
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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