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* REPORT VAUGHAtfS
- MENTAL CONDITION
1 HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR !
WRITES TO GOVERNOR.
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Judgment Is Defective
Chief Executive to Refer Case to Solicitor
Martin So That
/ ' Court May Act.'
Columbia, May 17.?That T. U.
Vaughan, former superintendent of
the.Odd Fellows Orphan Home, at
> Greenville, S. C., who was confined
at the State Hospital for the Insane^
tfavA'h 9Q 1 Q1 fi frvr nhsp.rvation. aD
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patently is? suffering from dementia
praecox is the opinion of Dr^J. F.
Munnerlyn, medical director of the
hospital, in a written report to Governor
Cooper on Vaughan's mental
condition, which was made public by
thfe governor tonight. While there
n has been some improvement since
Vaugban was placed in the asylum,
said the report, yet he now is subject
to hallucinations which are man/
oifested in, his continual announce:>
ment that he hears spirit voices talking
to him. He also ^hows defective
judgment and has absolutely no insight
into his condition, continued
the report. Governor Cooper stated
7 tonight that he intends to send all the
papers in the case to J. Henry Mar-V.
tin; of Greenville, solicitor of the
Thirteenth judicial circuit, so that
the court may take action in the case
. if it desires.
That Governor Cooper cannot
transfer T. U. Vaughan, former su.
\ perintendent of the Qdd Fellows Orphan
Home at Greenville, from the
'* State Hospital of the Insane to the
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SffttA nftnitentiarv should VauKhan be
declared sane developed here today
upon examination of the court records
on which he was committed to the
? asylum. - '
% Last Wednesday the grand lodge
?sQ|: of Odd Fellows, meeting here, adopt>
ed resolutions calling upon the govpernor
to have the Cental/condition
/' V of Vaughan investigated, and, if he
proved to be sane, see that the mandate
of the court is carried out: This
petition was filed with Governor
Cooper Friday afternoon-.
. Yanghan was convicted in the
/ Greenville county court in 1912 of
j having been guilty of statutory criminal
assault on the person of one of
the young girl inmates, while he was
.superintendent of the orphanage. He
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to
- x be electrocuted and remanded to the
Gtate penitentiary to await the execution
of his sentence. Following the
refusal of the State supreme court
and that of the United States to interfere
in the verdict, he was ordered
to be brought to Greenville to be re**
sentenced by Judge George E. Prince,
gander date of August 30, 1915.
+ When he was produced for re-sen.
tence, Vaughan's attorneys made a
motion that the alleged insanity of
.* Vaughan be inquired into~ by the
court. Upon motion of Solicitor
Proctor A. Bonham, with the consent
of the defendant's at^rneys, he was
transferred from the penitentiary to
the asylum for observation.
The following is the order remanding
Vaughan for resentence:
"State of South Carolina, County of
Greenville?Court of General Sessions.
The State vs. T. U. Vaughan,
Defendant.
"It appearing unto the court that
* the judgment of this court in the
above entitled matter has been affirmed
by the supreme court of South
Carolina, and the supreme court of
the United States, and the day set
for the execution having passed, and
it appearing that the defendant is
confined in the State penitentiary at
Columbia for safe keeping;
"Now, Therefore, it is ordered:
c, That the defendant, T. U. Vaughan,
^ be removed from the State penitents
" tiary and brought into this court at
Greenville, S. C., by the sheriff of
Greenville county, there to receive
the judgment and sentence. of the
law.
(Signed.) "GEO. E. PRINCE,
z "Presiding Judge."
"August 30, 1915."
The following is the o'der committing
Vaughan to the State Hospital
for the Insane:
"State of South Carolina, County of j
Greenville?Court of General Sessions.
The State vs. T. U. Vaughan,
Defendant. Order:
"The judgment of this court in the
above entitled matter having been
. confirmed by the supreme court of
South Carolina, and a writ of error
20.2 PER CENT. i
COTTON REDUCTION:
ESTIMATE MADE IX REPORT BY i
ACREAGE COMMITTEE.
26.1 in South Carolina
Report Says Never Will South Raise
as Big Cotton Crop as
in the Past.
New Orleans. May 1 6.?Pointing
out that the South never again will
raise as large a cotton crop as in the j
past because of what were termed j
"successful'efforts towards an acre-j
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age reuuniun me ic^un tum-,
mittee of the newly formed American
Cotton association made public its
findings at a meeting here today of j
members.
Lack of potash, the detrimental
effect of certain domestic fertilizers,
bad weather conditions and the prospects
of a heavy toll to be taken by
the boll weevil, are chief points commented
on by the report, the reduction
percentage for the entire Southern
belt being placed at 20.2 per
cent.
Stating that the report was originally
prepared for the Southern Cotton
association, a temporary organi-.
zation, and that the estimates on reductions
were obtained through the
work of "an army of agents employed
in every State of the cotton belt,"
it is shown that planting has been
four weeks late throughout the entire
cotton belt. The report concludes
oy saying:
"It is the unanimous opinion of
experts after careful, .painstaking
study and investigation, that the cotton
belt has seen its maximum crop.
The war will affect conditions in the
South to a greater extent than' in any
section of the nation."
The following table of reduction
percentages'by States is contained in
the report: v . '
State. * Acreage. P.C..
Virginia 34,000 33.3
N. Carolina 1,287,000 20.1
S. Carolina 2,213,305 26.1
Georgia 4,318,440 20.5
Florida 126,000 24.5
Mississippi 2,774,400 15.0
Louisiana .. 1,194,257 23.1
Texas 9,528,000 20.0
Arkansas 2,537,600 20.0
Tennessee 759,220 18.0
Missouri 96,625 37.5
Oklahoma 2,370,850 25.0
California 155,200 20.0
Arizona 69,000 25.0
Alabama* 2,753,100 5.0
Totals 30,216,097 18.4
Alabama deducted 2,753,100
Total 27,462,997 2?2
Alabama's acreage is an approximate
estimate showing an increased
acreage of 5 per cent.
to the United States supreme court j
having been dismissed, and it appearing
from the records of this court
that when the defendant was produced
to be resentenced, according to
law, the attorneys for the defendant
made a motion that the alleged insanity,
or mental condition of defendant
be inquired into by the court
before resentence, and it appearing
that the defendant is now in the custody
of the State penitentiary, at
Columbia, S. C.,
"Now, on motion of Proctor A.
Bonham, solicitor, and upon the consent
of attorneys for defendant, it is
ordered, that the defendant, T. IT.
Vaughan, be transferred from the
State penitentiary by the authorities
thereof and be delivered into the custody
of the authorities of the State
Hospital for the Insane at Columbia,
S. C.. and that the said authorities
of said hospital for insane do receive
the body of said T. U. Vaughan, and
safely keep the same in custody, and
do furnish suitable and proper medical
treatment unto the said T. U.
Vaughan, and permit such physicians
as the authorities of the State and
attorneys for the defendant may designate,
to have suitable opportunity
from time to time to examine and to
study the said T. U. Vaughan with
reference to his mental condition,
and that the said authorities of the
said hospital for insane do keep in
Safe custody the body of the said T.
U. Vaughan until the further order
of this court, and that certified copies
of this order be duly delivered unto
the authorities of that State penitentiary
and of said hospital for the insane,
as their warrant and commitment
in the premises.
(Signed.) "FRANK B. GARY,
REPUBLICANS HOLD
CONGRESS CONTROL
ORGANIZE ROTH HOUSE AND
SENATE.
Berger is Not Seated
Socialist, Convicted of Violation of
Espionage Law, Not Allowed
to Take Seat.
Washington, May 19.?The Sixtysixth.
or "Reconstruction," congress,
called into extraordinary session by
President Wilson from Paris, convened
at noon today and Republican
majorities in senate and house organized
both sides.
; Representative Gillette of Massachusetts
was elected speaker of the
house over Representative Champ
Clark of Missouri, Democratic candidate
and former speaker, by a vote
of 225 to 172.
Senator Cuipmins of Iowa, the Republican
candidate, wks chosen president
pro tempore of the senate over
Senator Pittman of Nevada, Democrat,
47 to 42. Several Democrats
were absent but all Republicans were
in their seats, two withholding their
votes.
The Republicans of both sides also
elected full slates of other offices and
thus, for the first time since 1911,
returned to control of the American
national legislature.
. Routine affairs of organization
comprised the opening . day's proceedings,
both bodies adjourning until
tomorrow when President Wilson's
cabled message will be read in
the senate and house by the clerks.
The senate today concluded its session
in 50 minutes and the house in
two hours and 20 minutes.
Much Work Ahead.
Although keenly realized by all
members, there was no outward evidence
in the initial proceedings of
I the enormous amotint of work ahead.
The peace treaty with Germany, inj
eluding the league of nations covenant,
the Austrian treaty and the
proposed convention for the protection
of Prance, are not expected before
next month. All hold promise
of dramatic debate.
Appropriation bills which failed
in the filibuster last March will be
rushed .immediately in the house.
Chairman Good of the house appropriations
committee tonight called a
meeting for tomorrow to begin work
on the general deficiency measure.
Legislation dealing with railroads,
telegraph and telephones, woman
suffrage, prohibition, repeal of the
luxury taxes and other pressing subjects
are^romised in the -van of important
economic and Reconstruction
questions. This legislation is expected
by leaders to hold congress
in session almost continuously until
the presidential conventions of 1920.
j Investigation planned by the Repub|
licans of numerous administration
acts also are expected to begin in
| the near , future with inauguration
| of work probable in the house in
connection with appropriation bills.
The flood of bills which is expected
to make the new congress momentous
began in the house today
and the senate's initial measures will
be presented tomorrow. House resolution
No. 1 was the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment
measure, introduced by former Republican
Leader Mann of Illinois.'
Despite the formality of today's
proceedings and the absence of the
president?the first time congress has
opened with a president on foreign
soil?overflow crowds ih both the
senate and house galleries witnessed
the birth of the new congress. Many
cabinet officers and other high officials
were spectators in the house,
where cheering and speech making
lent a tone of popular interest. When
house members were sworn in, RepI
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resentauve victor merger 01 Wisconsin,
the lone Socialist member, who
was convicted of violating the espionage
law, was prevented from taking
the oath, on objection of Representative
Ballinger of Massachusetts,
chairman of the elections committee;
He was ordered by Speaker Gillette
to stand aside and was not allowed
to address the house, which adopted
unanimously a resolution to investigate
his right to membership.
Ford Renews Contest.
No objection was raised on the
senate floor to the seating of Senator
Truman H. Newberry of Michigan,
Republican, whose election is
being contested by Henry Ford, Democrat.
Formal notice of renewal of
CHLOROFORM LADY
IN MAKING HAUL
BURGLARS RANSACK COMBINATION
HOUSE ANI) STORE.
Get Cash and Goods
Enter Through Kitchen Window
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Employ Drug and Then Search
Dresser?Secure Shirts.
Columbia, May 16.?Forcing up
the kitchen window of the combination
residence and store owned by
Mrs. Ellen Martin, 830 Huger street,
burglars entered the place Wednesday
night, crept up the stairs to the
room occupied by Mrs. Martin as a
sleeping apartment, applied chloroform
liberally, and then ransacked
the establishment thoroughly.
Early yesterday morning Mrs. Martin,
who had tried to arouse herself
about 4:30 o'clock but who had fallpn
into a stimor before eettine to her
feet, was called by a neighbor who
told her that a mimber of shirts were
in her back yard and that she
thought Mrs. Martin's store l^ust
have been robbed. Mrs. Martin then
went downstairs and found the door
connecting the residence and the
store open. She did not then realize
that she had been chloroformed. On
going back to her room after having
been downstairs, she found the air
heavy with the suffocating odor of
the drug. No handkerchief or cotton
was found in the room, and it has
not yet been ascertained what was
used in applying the drug.
Practically all of the drawers to
the dressers in the residence had
been pulled open and their contents
examined with apparent leisure. The
clothing was thrown about, and an
exhaustive search for valuable' had
been made. From the residence the
robbers secured one ladies' gold
watch, with a slide containing two
pearls and one ruby; and one pocket
.book containing $30 in cash.
From thfe store the robbers secured
one lot of underwear, one lot
of hosiery, one lot of shirts, trade
mark "surprise;" one lot of shirts,
trade mark "Elberon;" one lot of
shirts, trade mark "Club;" $3 in pennies;
one black ribbon fob with gold
pendant attached.
The police were notified of the robbery
yesterday morning and are
working on the case. No arrests had
been made last night.
Mrs. Martin said yesterday that
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she was alone in the house Wednesday
night, her bfother, who usually
stays with her, being at another
place. Her father was out of the city
and the brother was at his place of
business. She said that she had lost
practically all of the money on the
place together with the goods from
the store. She said she had tried to
arouse herself at about 4:30 o'clock
in the morning but was, as she
thought, in the grip of a nightmare.
She dozed off to sleep again, and was
later called by the neighbor. She was
suffering considerably yesterday from
the effects of the chloroform admin
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isterea, ana naa not euureij uuunu
off the effects late in the afternoon.
The robbery was carried out in
systematic fashion and the burglars
apparently took their time in ransacking
the place.
the Ford contest, with a request for
a committee investigation, was filed.
In addition to electing officers the
senate adopted the usual resolutions
of procedure with a departure in that
for notifying the president, because
of his absence in Paris, of the convening.
The senate committee of
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iiUliiiV/atiuii, xvcpu unv/uu i^vuuvA
Lodge and Democratic Leader Martin,
met late today with the house
committee, Republican Leader Mondell,
Representative Mann and former
Speaker Clark, and decided upon
a different course. The senate lead/
ers sent a cable merely advising the
president of the senate's formal action
today, while the house committee
sent a letter of notification to the
White House.
Major committees of the house
were organized today but senate committee
arrangements went over. Senator
Lodge appointed the Republican
conference committee on committees
to make assignments, selecting
two leaders of the Progressive
group, Senators Borah of Idaho and
Johnson of California. Both advised
Mr. Lodge that they did not wish to
serve, but will be urged to accept.
The committee will begin work tomorrow.
COTTON MEN FOR
"AMERICA FIRST"
NO COTTON FOR GERMANY TILL
TREATY IS SIGNED.
Export Corporation Plan
J. Skottowe Wanamaker Chosen
President of Newly Formed
American Cotton Association.
New Orleans, May 16.?Cotton
growers in conference here today
went on record as being for "America
first," against any sectional claims,
when they declared it would be better
to "sacrifice every bale of cotton
rather than to sell one pound to Germany
before the peace treaty is
signed."
The action was in opposition to a
resolution asking that export restrictions
for cotton be removed, which
was tabled amid cheers of the delegates.
A number of delegates expressed
fears that such a resolution
might hamper fhe negotiations of the
American peace envoys in Paris.
"If we never sell another bale of
cotton I am against Germany receivj
ing one pound of cotton until she
I signs the peace treaty," L. D. Jen!
nings, of South Carolina, declared.
Export Corporation,
The committee engaged in working
out plans for perfecting the formation
of the $100,000,000 cotton ex
port financing corporation reported
a sub-committee would be appointed,
to meet at an early date to organize.
The sum of $11,750 was raised on
the floor of the convention for the
preliminary financing of the export
commission and to insure its complete
working operation. The subscriptions
followed an appeal made
by C. J. Haase, of Memphis. The
subscriptions were made by States,
Texas leading off with $3,000, the
largest sum subscribed.
The headquarters city and the
State in which the new concern will
be incorporated will be decided by
the substitute committee, it was announced.
According to a large number
of delegates, the contention for
the headquarters city has narrowed
down to Memphis and New Orleans.
It was thought likely that the incorporation
will be in some other State
' than Louisiana.
1 J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews,
S. C., was chosen president of
the newly formed American cotton
association at a convention of the
momhpre tnriflv Othpr nffiCPrs plppt
ed were:
John T. Scott, Houston, Tex., first
vice president, and W. C. Barrick!
man, of Dallas, secretary. The treas,
urer will be chosen later, it was an(
nounced.
An executive committee to work
out details connected with the functions
of the association was appointed
as follows:
Arkansas, George L. Sands; Alabama,
M. C. Algood; Georgia, J. J.
Brown; Mississippi, J. J. Garner;
Missouri, S. S. Barnes; North Carolina,
L. S. Tomlinson; South Carolina,
R. M. Mixon; Tennessee, J. P.
Matthews; Texas, J. A. Thompson;
Oklahoma, Dr. J. A. Whitehead;
Louisiana, J. B. Ardis.
In his inauguration speech Mr.
Wannamaker charged that mills of
New England have reaped "enormous
dividends'' from their cotton products,
while the South was "left to
* starve on the crumbs it might pick
up from the industry."
"The South has a vision and will
never perish," he asserted. "This
section is going to be the salvation
of the nation. Are you going to be
for the dollar or the man? By this
I do not mean that we should attack j
legitimate enterprise and capital, and
I know we have no sympathy for the
wave of unrest and anarchy fostered
by foreigners from foreign lands."
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TO GET NEW TRIAL.
Reverses Lower Court in Telephone
Case.
The supreme court Saturday hafcded
down an opinion reversing the
verdict of the lower court in the case
of Mrs. Cora Brooker, respondent,
vs. A. E. Silverthorne, appellant.
Mrs. Brooker was a telephone operator
at Barnwell and brought suit
against the defendant Silverthorne,
whom she accused of cursing her over
the telephone when she was unable
to make a certain connection for him.
The lower court gave her a verdict
for $2,000.
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BAPTISTS ATTACK
WAR DEPARTMENT
ALLEGE GAVE CATHOLICS UNPAIR
ADVANTAGE.
Dr. M. A. Jones Says Not
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Question of Church Union Also
Conies Up for Spirited
Discussion.
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Atlanta Ga., May 17.?Reiterated
charges that the war department
sought to break down denominational
lines during the war were made late
today at the Southern Baptist convention
by President J. B. Grambreli
of Fort Worth. He also voiced disapproval
of any proposal for church,
union.
"What is wrong about the Methodists,
Baptists and Presbyterians going
about attending to their own
business?" he said.
Dr. Grambrell also 'charged that
the "government entered into an
agreement with the V. M. C. A. not
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to encourage anything denominational
in army camps," and said he had
seen proof of this on the minutes of
the "Y" in New York.
The convention already has appointed
a committee to lay before
President Wilson charges that the
war department sought to break
down denominational lines among
Protestant churches, and the matter
came up again today at the reading
of a report by a committee appointed
to make recommendations on the
president's annual address. The re|
port which endorsed the address was
overwhelmingly adopted.
The Rev. Dr. M. Ashby Jones of
Atlanta made" a spirited defense of
the Y. M. C. A., saying the report
"misrepresented" the association and
telling of its work in France. He *
also said the war department ordered
that Baptists might conduct their
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and at this there were cries from the
floor of "proof, produce the proof."
He said he would at the next session.
Dr. Jones said he was against any
inter-church movement that would,
break down denominational lines but
asserted the convention had no right
to say whom any "individual Baptist
or independent Baptist church might
or m^lit not cooperate with." ?
The greater part of the day was
given over to foreign missions and
numbers of missionaries spoke. Members
of the Laymen's Missionary
movement also spoke and more than .
100 laymen pledged themselves to
give one-tenth of their earnings to
church work, and to will at least onetenth
of their estates to such work.
Among those who said they already
had done this was H. M. Wolfe, millionaire
cotton merchant and banker
of Dallas, Texas. , '
Prayer for "our remarkable president
who in the great period of
change has been given the duty of
leading" was made by President GamI
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| Dren. nc ciisu cioacu j-/it iuv 5u?uw?*w
for Premier Lloyd George and Clemenceau,
for other leaders and for the
"misled" peoples of the Central pow- - ,
ers.
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-WILL
INVITE PREMIER.
Southern Baptists to Ask Lloyd
George to Address Convention.
Atlanta, May 18.?Delegates to the
sixty-fourth annual session of the
Southern Baptist convention which
came to a close here tonight, occupied
pulpits in many Protestant
churches today.
In the afternoon memorial services
were held for members of the convention
who have died during the ,
last year.
The convention will meet next year
I in Washington, and Premier Lloyd
George of Great Britain, a member of
the Baptist faith, will be invited to
make an address.
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German War Losses.
Paris, Saturday, May 17.?German
war losses up to April 30, last, were
2,050,460 dead, 4,207,028 wounded
and 615,922 prisoners, a total of 6,873,410,
according to figures published
in Berlin.
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Pity the Poor Kings.
"Things seem crowded here in
Switzerland."
"Yes, sir," said the landlord,
"they are."
"All sorts of people about."
"Quite sOj sir. Do you mind rooming
with an ex-king?"?Judge.
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