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VOLUME XXV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925
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UURENS COUNTY TO STAGE
HISTORIC PAGEANT FRIDAY
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Laurens, April 19.—Laurens county
jn pageantry—from the coming of the
white man in 1760 to this good year
of grace, covering a period of 175
years—will be given in eight episodes
by the Laurens county department of
education next Friday, April 24, at
the loCaL athletic field on South Har
per street.' The pageant event is to
take the place of the annual spring
time school day festival, and extensive
preparations have been made for an
elaborate staging of the 4 county’s prin
cipal historical epoch.
Miss Kate Vixon Wofford, who has
gained distinction as county superin
tendent of educatibn and in other
fields of educational endeavor, con
ceived the pageantry idea and has pro
moted the scheme and organized the
selected school forces of the county,
with the hearty support of the teach
ers and their pupils, to the end that
unit and collective rehearsals for the
event are about finished. The pageant
will be the biggest thing of the kind
ever attempted in Laurens, altogether
unique, in that it purports faithfully
to portray the historical incidents of
outstanding importance — from the
time John Duncan drove two fine bay
horses to a wagon from Pennsylvania
and located on what is now known as
Duncan creek, in the eastern part of
the county, down to the present time,
covering a period of nearly two hun
dred years.
Beginning with the first settlement
of white people as led by John Dun
can the initial episode will open with
a group of white settlers and a band
of Indians coming together, when a
pledge of friendship is made between
the two representative groups^ About
one hundred children from six schools
will present Part 1, using suitable cos
tumes. Duncan brought an African
slave with him and was therefore the
first slave owner in Laurens county.
He erected a cabin on the little creek
and some few years later there was
quite a settlement of whites, mainly
from the other states of the north.
The Indians forgot their peace
promise and in 1766 the first impor
tant battle between the natives and
the new settlers occurred and the
white men, led by the intrepid Jona
than Downs, who was to play an im
portant role in the history of the
county, were victorious. This episode,
the second of the series, will be given
by the Hickory Tavern school, It. P.
Todd, Laurens high school boy and
descendant of the distinguished Jona
than Downs, will play the part of his
ancestor.
The battle of Hayes Station near
Milton during the Revolutionary war
will be depicted as the thir,d part and
will be given by the Belfast and
Wadsworth schools.
The fourth episode will show a cele
bration at the home of Charles Allen
in honor of th£ formation of the new
county, which had been carved out of
the old Ninety-Six district. Allen is
said to have been the first county
judge. The celebration was in the
form of a big picnic and three other
leaders, contemporaries of Allen, as
sist him in the role of host to the
people on this historic occasion. The
three referred to were John Hunter,
Thomas Wadsworth and Jonathan
Downs. Their parts will be given by
boys from the Laurens high school.
After the fourth episode follows an
interlude showing the period in the
history of the county from the Revolu
tionary war to the Confederate war.
In this drama will be shoyen life on
the plantations and the slavery time
customs. Then will corpe Episode 6,
showing the arrest of the patriots in
1872, following the political disturb
ances of 1870, and through the two
years when there were unrest and
carpetbag rule. The patriots arrested
here referred to included: Maj. J. A.
Leland, Dr. Thomas McCoy, Capt. A.
W. Teague, Beverly Foster, Capt.
Alex McCarley, Enoch West, Capt. R.
E. Richardson, B. F. Ballew, W. T.
Finley, Samuel Bolt, Watt Allison,
John Allison, W. E. Black, James M.
Hudgens, Sam Oliver, and John N.
Wright. The men were taken to Co
lumbia and imprisoned. The same
Bible that was presented to the pa
triots by the Rev. J. R. Riley, pastor
of the” Presbyterian church, when the
men were leaving home under guard
of deputy marshals will be used in
the play and the part that the Rev.
Mr. Riley played in the long ago will
be reenacted by Lawrence Kilgo. He
will be supported by the boys and
girls of the Laurens school.
Episode 6 will deal with the stirring
period, known as the “Red Shirts”
time of Laurens county, showing a
meeting of the organization the day
before the election in 1876, when
Wade Hampton was elected governor
and William D. Simpson of Laurens,
lieutenant governor.
Another interlude will be shown
here as the time when the spirits of
discord and reconciliation appear on
the field, the latter winning.
Episode 7 will reenact a scene com
mon during the Wotld war, period of
enlisting and thf leaving of the boys,
and the eighth and closing chapter
will represent the “Land That Is To
Be,” showing the spirit of progress as
she takes a peep into the future.
- Two exhibitions will be given—the
first at 3 p. m. and the second at 8
o'clock in the evening.
3 TO SIX YEARS
JAIL SENTENCE
Rock Hill Policeman Convicted of
Manslaughter and Sentenced By
Judge Memminger.
York, April *18.—An intermediate
sentence of from three to six years on
the public works or in the state peni
tentiary was imposed at 5 o’clock this
afternoon upon Policeman R. Morris
McFadden of Rock Hill, convicted of
manslaughter last evening for the
killing of Dewey Simpson, prominent
young Chester man, when he shot into
an automobile driven by Bonnie Cook
of Chester, in which Simpson was a
passenger in Rock Hill on the evening
of February 27.
Most dramatic was the scene in ses
sions court when Judge Memminger
announced he was about to pass sen
tence. W. Blackburn Wilson, chief
counsel, and John R. Hart, assistant
j counsel, made most earnest pleas that
the court pass the lightest sentence
the law allows upon their client.
Reviewing McFadden’s record as a
soldier, Attbrney Hart declared that
Morris McFadden was the first ser
geant of the 118th infantry of the
i Thirtieth division to lead a platoon
i against the Germans in France. He
, said McFadden, who rose to sergeant
ifrom the ranks, had been selected for
! that honor because of his moral char
acter, his courage and his coolness.
; He stated that after the soldier had
! been wounded he faced the front time
, after time again, and that the mis
take he made in shooting into the
automobile in which the ill-fated
Dewey Simpson was a passenger, was
,a mistake of the head and not of the
heart.
Both attorneys pleaded that the
court take into consideration the un
protected wife and child of the de
fendant. The Rev. Dr. R. S. Trues-
dale, pastor of St. John’s Methodist
church, of which McFadden is a mem
ber, made a plea for leniency for the
young policeman, speaking of his
beautiful home* life and his clean
Christian charactej\ The Rev. Nat E.
Smith, pastor of the York A. R. P.
church, made a similar plea. *
In passing sentence Judge Memmin
ger told McF4adden he was convinced
that the killing of young Simpson was
not intentional, but that the officer
had shot believing that he had a right
to shoot in view of the fact that he
held a commission as special constable
from the"gT)vernor. The trouble was,
he said, that McFadden, like many
other officers, had a mistaken idea
of the import of his authority and
must accordingly suffer because of his
ignorance of his legal powers. He
questioned the wisdom of granting
such special commissions to police of
ficers indiscriminately, citing as a
reason for his question the tragedy
that had come to the young Rock Hill
officer. .
Counsel for the state'had no word
to say.
McFadde^ was as erect as a soldier
while the judge talked to him and
while sentence was being passed; but
there was a moist gleam in his eye
and the muscles of his throat twitched
convulsively.
Supervisor Darby Smith said to
night that McFadden would go to the
penitentiary and not to the county
chain gang. John R. Hart, of defense
counsel, said this afternoon there
would be no appeal.
Released on Bail
Rock Hill, April 18.—R. Morris Mc
Fadden, . motorcycle officer of the
Rock Hill police department, convict
ed last night of manslaughter in con
nection with the fatal shooting in
February of Dewey Simpson of Ches
ter, and late this afternoon sentenced
by Circuit Judge R. W. Memminger
to serve from three to six years, was
released on bond in the sum of $5,000,
arranged here at 6:30 o’clock, pending
the outcome of his appeal to the su
preme court.
McFadden was smiling bravely and
expressed hope of securing a new
trial when he arrived here in custody
of a deputy sheriff. He was visibly
disappointed over the outcome of his
trial, however.
“I don’t mind for myself,” he said.
“If the court says so, I can easily
serve my time and come back among
my friends without shame. I didn’t
do anything dishonest. It’s my wife
and babies that worry me now.”
His wife has been practically an
invalid for some time and he has sev
eral children.
135,367 Methodists in
South Carolina Now
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According to the latest figures there
are in South Carolina 12 districts, 297
pastorial charges, 865 congregations,
and 135,367 members in the two
Methodist conferences.
There were baptized last year 3,103
adults and 2,638 infants. There are
771 Sunday schools with 8,262 offi
cers and teachers, and 104,221 schol
ars enrolled.
There are 370 Epworth Leagues
with 11,821 members enrolled. There
are 477 Women’s'Missionary societies
with 14,967 members. The church
raised last year for all purposes $1,-
815,044. The church owns property
in the state valued at $9,113,302.
There are 1,114 students enrolled in
the three colleges of the denomina
tion in the state.
J. Roy Crawford
SURVEYOR
CLINTON, S. C.
. Telephone 2604
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but it destroys disease germs
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Germicida^Soap is three
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Germicidal Soap is a good
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bath purposes. It frees the
skin from perspiration odors,
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as well as the tiny parasites
that cause skin eruptions.
Get a cake of Germicidal
Soap today, f rice 25 cents.
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PHARMACY
AT UNION STATION
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CLINTON, S. C.
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Gift Offer—Next Week Only
With your Hoosier
you get all these
Hoosier Mount Vernon Dinner Set
During this sale you receive with your Hoosier this beautiful
Mount Vernon Dinner Set. It is attractive enough to grace
any table. It is a set you will be proud to own.
10-Piece Cutlery Set 14-Piece Glassware Set
Fourteen useful glass contain
ers for coffee, spices, etc.
They come as regular equip
ment with your Hoosier High
boy at no extra cost.
This is Hoosier’s high-grade
domestic science cutlery set
which regularly sells for $6.
You can get it with your Hoo
sier Highboy.
ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER-
Y0U MUST HURRY
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' Remember, we have only a limited number of
these Hoosier Cabinets for this special dollar-
down sale. Don't wait. You may be disap
pointed. Come in Monday and select your
Hoosier white these liberal terms and these
. special inducement prevail.
WHAT THIS GREAT OFFER
MEANS TO YOU
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If you ever intend to buy a kitchen
cabinet this is your big opportunity.
With» every Highboy and Beauty
Cabinet bought next week we are giv
ing—at no extra cost—a wonderful
set of dishes and the sets of glassware
and cutlery shown here. Come in and
see the Hoosier for yourself. See
these fine sets that are being given
with it. Then—if you desire—just
pay a dollar down. Your Hoosier will
be delivered to your home with the
three gift sets.
Sale Starts Monday, April 27th
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