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WARRANT FOR TOM WATSON. Charges Sending Obscene Matter 1 Through U. S. Mails. Marnn. Oa.. .Tune 1.?United States Comisioner W. E. Martin this afternoon issued a warrant for the arrest of Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson, editor of Watson's Magazine, charging him with sending obscene matter through the mails, in the May issue of his magazine. District Attorney Alexander Ackerman approved the warrant, which was sworn out on the accusation of Postoffice Inspector A. J. Knight, who has headquarters at Savannah. The warrant was promptly turned over to United States Marshal George F. White, and he in turn sent it to Deputy Marshal Murray, of Augusta, with instructions to serve at once. The arrest of Mr. Watson will probably be made Monday morning, and he will be taken in custody of ; - ? ??1~A rvrVt At*A in? marsucu tu ^uguaia, ?ucic will be arraigned for a preliminary ; hearing before United States Commissioner Godwin. Mr. Watson, ac- . cording to Marshal White, will be ] shown no favors or considerations i,. . and he will be treated just as any ? other person arrested by the United j States. It will be impossible for Mr. ? Watson to give bond at Thomson and , it will be necessary for him to go to Augusta. The warrant says that Mr. Watson "knowingly and feloniously deposited and caused to be deposited for mail- ( ing and delivery to divers persons ] whose names and addresses are unknown by and through the mails of the United States divers popv of a \ certain obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy publication of an indecent ^ character, which said publication was then and there contained and , | printed in a magazine entitled Watson's Magazine, in May, 1912, which publication contained on certain pages an article entitled 'The Roman Catholic Hierarchy; the Deadli^of Monono Our T.ihortips and Our VOL ^UVUUV/V VV V V** wm v.vw VW ?? ? Civilization,' which said publication is so obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy as to be offensive to the court and improper to be set forth herein." * The United States marshal is di- * rected to apprehend Watson and ? bring him forthwith before a United * States commissioner that he may be c dealth with for the offence. District Attorney Ackerman says 1 he will be ready to give Watson a * hearing whenever ht wants one. ? TWO FIRES; $35,000 DAMAGE. c Flames Do Great Damage to Lancas- ? ter Oil Mill. t Lancaster, June 1.?Fire was discovered last night at 10 o'clock in the ( seed house of the Lancaster Cotton Oil Company. The department responded promptly and in a short while had the fire under control. The j fire originated in the tower of the r conveyor shaft, at the extreme top a of the building, and it was only by r the heroic efforts of the department ^ and the fact that the night was per- j fectly calm that a serious conflagra- ^ tinn was nrevented. ? ? Two hours later the alarm was _ i again turned in and this time it was g found that the main mill of the same f company -was a mass of flames. The tired firemen were again on the a scene, but the fire had gained too t much headway. Damage to the r building and machinery amounting j to about 535,000 was inflicted. It is j. said that the loss is covered by in- r v. surance. The management will have the mill ready for the fall business. r The fire department is being praised on all sides for their splendid work. ^ Mouse Starts Stampede. ^ _____ Joilet, 111., May 31.?Just as the ^ hero in a romantic play at the Opera House matinee to-day was telling the n ingeniue how he loved her a mouse ran toward her from the wings. Miss Olney, the actress, screamed in fright and ran from the stage, c breaking up the ecene. The hero ? kicked at the mouse and it ran off the t stage ar.d jumped into the orchestra, j Thereupon five hundred women, on ( seeing the cause of the interruption of the drama, stampeded for the ^ doors. In the rush Mrs. A. Blake was t hurt. The mouse got away. f FOUND DEAD ON STREETS. ! Police Hunting for Slayer of Georgia 1 Convict Guard. < Atlanta, Ga., June 2.?With a deep ' wound over the right eye, the body of Demp A. Smith, aged 25, a stockade guard, was found at Decatur and Hilliard streets early to-day. Exam- < - * - a ?.ul. - ~ T J 1 ination snowea mai ornnu aisu uau j been struck over the head with a 1 heavy instrument, which fractured i the skull. i The crime is attributed to some ] former stockade prisoner, who held a grievance against the dead man. < One negro was arrested as he was at- 1 tempting to hoard a train near the ] scene of the crime, but the police say i there is little evidence against him. I WILL REQUEST SPECIAL COURT. Odd Fellows Determined to Sift Charges Against Vaughn. Anderson, June 1.?James H. Craig, Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, stated this morning that he had taken steps to have a special term of court called to try the case of T. U. Vaughn, erst T--1 ;_j. 1 4. ? C 4-U ? TTrtl wmie suyermteuueui, ui mc vuu o?lows' Orphanage at Greenville, on the charge of assaulting six little girls, who were inmates of the orphan home while Vaughn was superintendent. The trustees are working in connection with the Grand Master in this matter, and are doing all in their power to protect and preserve the good name of the order, and will leave no stone unturned to get at the bottom of the affair. While they do not wish to convict Vaughn improperly, still, if he deserves it, they wish to see him get the extreme penalty of the law. * It seems that the little girls were afraid to talk while Vaughn was su" ' ?1- - V.,+ perintenaem 01 tne msuiuuuu, uuu so soon as he left they told the alleged horrible affair in detail. Vaughn has been arrested, and issued a statement to-day, saying that he was innocent, and asking the public to suspend judgment until he had an opportunity to prove his innocence. Gives Children Deadly Dose. Anniston, Ala., May 30.?After :aking his two children, Evelyn, aged 5, and Knox, aged 4, to a lonely spot lear his home, at Choccolocco, twelve niles east of here, Whitt Scarborough, a well-to-do planter, adminis:ered to each a dose of carbolic acid end soothing syrup. When he was sure they were dead, he also swallowed a large dose of the mixture. The :hree bodies were found late this ifternoon. Scarborough left a note stating :hat his act was the result of despondency over his wife's death eight nonths ago. Slain Awaiting Bride's Coming. Houston, Texas, June 1.?Lloyd rackson, a wealthy youth, was killed here to-day by D. M. Moody just is the young man and Moody's daughter were about to hurry to a wedling ceremony. Jackson was killed as he waited lear a second-story casement of the tfoodv home, and Moody asserts he ;hot because he thought he had ;aught a prowler about to enter his laughter's room. In a dying declaration, Jackson as;erted that nobody had objected to he match. TRIED IT ONCE TOO OFTEN. Calhoun Man, Shot While in Female Attire, Dies. St. Matthews, June fe.?Paul teese, colored, shot last Saturday Light, while dressed in female attire md out "for fun," died yesterday norning early. When he ran Dave faniker across the cotton field the atter shot him with an old musket oaded with good-sized balls. It dereleoped that this was a peculiar habt of deceased. . He seemed to get jreat pleasure out of this class of un. Coroner J. W. Spigener summoned l jury and held an inquest at noon o-day. Reese's wife and all the witlesses testified that Reese and Vanker, brothers-in-law, were on the >est of terms and that deceased exmerated Vaniker from all blame. The jury, J. Moss Holman, forenan, brought in a verdict in accordmce with the evidence and that Van Ker was witnout Diame. Vaniker is now in jail, but bond rill be sought at once for him. THREE KILLED, TWO RETAKEN. Three Escape, when Convicts Make Dash for Liberty. Baton Rouge, La., June 2.?Three :onvicts were killed, two recaptured tnd three escaped, in a daring atempt for liberty from a Louisiana jenitentiary quarterboat early tolay. The convicts were making their vay across the Mississippi river when ;he guards discovered them leaping :rom the quarterboat, which had just eturned from the Hymelia crevasse, rhe guards opened fire and three nen sank. Their bodies were not ecovered. All were white, except i negro who escaped on the shore fide. Beer Sole Campaign Fund. Sandusky, Ohio, June 2.?Defeated for re-election as a member of the Republican county central commit:ee, Sergt. Chas. C. Campbell, of the Soldiers and Sailors, filed the following statement of his campaign expenses: "To four glasses of beer at 5 cents each, 20 cents. To one glass of beer for a fellow who said he carried the precinct in his pocket, although the returns proved that he was mistaken, 5 cents. Total, 25 cents. That's all." WARRANT OUT FOR VAUGHN. Greenville Man Charged With Capi- C tal Offense. Greenville, May 30.?In consecuenece of a meeting of the board of ^ trustees of the South Carolina Odd 0 tl Fellows' Orphanage, held in this city t( Wednesday night, a warrant was this morning issued for the arrest of T. ^ U. Vaughn, erstwhile superintendent of the orphanage home, charging him g with rape, the alleged victim being one of the little orphan girls under his charge. The warrant has been placed in the bands of Sheriff J. Perry ^ Poole for service, but as yet he has j been unable to apprehend the ac- y cused. ^ The affair has created a sensation S( in church circles, for Vaughn was C( prominent in church work, often jr prayed in public and was looked upon b as a devout Christian, gentleman. The g few who have learned of accusations n a.gainst the young man express tnem- u: selves as "thunderstruck" and in the i? next breath the bitterest indignation. Concerning the matter, a member ji of the board of trustees, who took si the lead in the investigation, leading up to the swearing out of the warrant against Vaughn, dictated the f( following statement to The News and a Courier correspondent: * ^ Trustee's Statement b "About two weeks ago the board 01 of trustees learned that former Sup- b erintendent T. U. Vaughn was impli- t( cated in some very serious conduct. A full investigation was made and u Mr. Vaughn was summoned before a the board. He came and denied the d charges and we dispersed. w ''A subsequent meeting of the board was called and Mr. Vaughn was sought to be served with a notice v' to attend the meeting, by mail and otherwise, but could not be reached. s* si His family have not been at home in the city for two weeks. His brother, h is said to occupy the house at night, and told the messenger of the board b of trustees that T. U. Vaughn had gone North. k la "A meeting of the trustees having been set for May 29, and having been unable to reach Mr. Vaughn, a war- b. rant was sworn out for his arrest, o] charging an unmentionable offence ^ with one of the inmates of the Orphan Home. This warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff J. Perry Poole, but up to the present he has not apprehended Vaughn. w Lodges to be Informed. p: "The board did not care to make any public announcement, but rumors si having been published already, the f? salient facts are now given out. si Grand Master James H. Craig, of An- e: derson, will immediately address per- h: sonai letters to all lodges of the State, t? so that any uncertainty in the mindb h< of the members may be set at rest. This letter will be read in all the hi lodges, and will not be published in the newspapers. It will be an official tt statement concerning the entire mat- tt ter. hi "The purpose of Vaughn's trip ti North, if he has gone, is not known. w It is known that hs offered before leaving Greenville to sell his beauti- a) ful new residence, in which he has been living since leaving the orphanage the first of the year. So far as known, no conveyance of the w property has been made. ei "It is reported that his family is sl in the neighborhood of Tigerville, a] with Mrs. Vaughn's people. Num- ^ erous persons who have known him e( favorably and esteemed him highly are shocked by the report. Suffice it to say, the board of trustees have p] made every effort possible to find out sg the truth, and having become con- p] vii'.ced that it is true, and that it is ^ their duty to prosecute at law, no jj. effort will be spared to fix the blame and vindicate the truth." p] Failed to Find Vaughn. ft w^dnp.adav nieht. it is said, three hi men, a committee from the board of cc trustees, went to Vaughn's house, ci having reason to believe that fc Vaughn was in hiding there. One of eg the committee approached the house ? from the front, while another approached from the rear. The house was in darkness. Shortly after the party knocked at the front the light was turned on in the interior and' si Vaughn's brother answered the door, and was armed with a gun. Being as- ^ sured that the committee's mission TT was a peaceable one, the young man y opened the door and gave the infer- B< mation that his brother had gone p3 North. n At the time the alleged offense is I said to have been committed the girl was under fourteen years of age. C1 This being under the age of consent, the offense, should it be proved, is it punishable by death. ^ For a number of years Vaughn was superintendent of the Odd Fellows' cj Orphanage, situated four miles west of Greenville, on the Easley Bridge 11] road. Last January he resigned and later became connected with an insurance company of this city. He built an elegant home in the city, purchased an automobile, went to ^ church regularly. M v A PITIABLE STORY. hild Taken from Parents and Given to Grandmother. A domestic tragedy came before udge Ernest Gary in Richland court f general sessions yesterday. And on le completion of the hearing, which ^uched the hearts of those in the ourt room, a wife parted from her usband, their child was taken from iem hnth and enven tn its naternal randmother. "Neither of the parents is tit to aise children," the court decided. It appeared that Mrs. William Le rand had left her husband and, tuklg the child, a little boy about three ears old, sent it to an orphanage m [orth Carolina. LeGrand wanted his on, however, and brought habeas erpus proceedings against his wife 1 order to obtain the custody of the aby boy. The South Carolina law ives a father precedence over a lother in the possession of a child, Qless it can be proved that the father > not fit to care for his offspring. "I'll hear both sides," said the ldge. "Mrs. LeGrand will take the iand." Sent to Orphanage. The mother placed the boy, about jur years of age, in his father's lap nd walked up to tell her story. She ad sent the child to the orphanage ecause she wanted it to get a good ducation and be taught about the ible. She did not want her husband ) have the boy. "My husband left me," she contined,i"and I had no clothes to wear, nd little to eat. He is no good; he rinks; and he abused me, and recked my health." Mrs. LeGrand stated these things larply, but with little emotion in her oice. Her father, ,Mr. Eleazer, on the ;and afterwards corroborated her :atements. Members of both the usband's and the wife's families tesfied in turn. Both his mother and is father took LeGrand's part in tes- , fying. When called to tell his story, e placed the child in the mother's ip before taking the stand. LeGrand denied his wife's charges gainst him. He had not left her, ut she had left him. She had plenty f clothes and an abundance to eat. e had never been drunk. Both Declared Unfit. And after hearing all the witnesses, Lidge Gary rendered his decision. He lid neither the mother nor father as capable of caring for the child roperly. "The paternal grandmother, there; le's got a good face, a motherly ice. I'll give the boy to her. Both le and the boy's grandfather have . ^pressed their willingness to take im," said Judge Gary. "You will ike good care of him, won't you?" 5 asked the grandmother. "I certainly will," she answered, sr face radiant with motherliness. tiisix seiuea it. uuwu iu num ui le court house a few minutes later le mother kissed her child and put im in his father's arms; who, with ie members of his family, went one ay, while she went the other. The baby boy was silent through it .1.?Columbia State. Hard Metals. In one respect the diamond has alays stood pre-eminent in the min al world?that of hardness. ^ Other ibstances have rivaled it in beauty, id at least one, the ruby, outranks in cost, but none in the whole list luals it in hardness. Since the invention of the electric I irnace, however, which is capable of roducing a heat equal to seven thoumd degress Fahrenheit, at least two roducts have been prepared which Lve supplanted the diamond even in ardness. Experimenters have succeeded in roducing titanium in the electric irnace. In its pure form it is much arder than steel or quartz, and when imbined with silicon, to form a siliA~. titanium r?r irith hftrnn to UC Ul titauiuui) v* ?? Aw** w?, - irm a boride of titanium, it surpassi the diamond itself in this quality. BRONCHITIS To Whom It May Concern Bluevale, Ont., May 4, 1910?"I was ck for two years with chronic bronlitis and a consequent run-down con[tion. I received no benefit from doc- : >rs or from a trip which I took for iy health, and I had to give up work, inol wan recommended, and from the jcond bottle I commenced to imrove. I gained in weight and strength, ty bronchial trouble disappeared, and am at work again. 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