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12 PAGES. PART 1, PAGES 1 10 8 VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAYL20, 1914. NUMBER 43 G[ORG[ W. TIDWELL ON TRIAL FOR LIff Insanity Indicated as Plea of Defense. WOULD HAVE LIFTED THE FALLEN WOMEN Lawyer for State "iliads OY" Plea of Unwrittcn Law in the Ex nm inat ion of TalesniI('. Self Defense Also Linblo to be elled Upon. Greenville, May 19.-Accused of the miurder of R. Emmett Walker on the twelfth day of March, 1914, George W. Tidwell, 'F., was yesterday placed on Irial for his life in he (eneral Sex sions court !in this city. .Iudge T. J. Mauldin is presiding over the case. The defense Is represented by the filri of Townes, Earle and Price, while the State is represented by Solicitor Bon ham, assisted by the tirni of Cothrap Dean & Cothran. The trial moved rapidly yesterday. The.jury who will decide the fate of the accused nan was selected by half past twelve o'clock, and then the tak ing of testimony began. In selecting the jury one venirc of men * ex hausted, and a second drawn. The defense objected to the manner in which the jurors were summoned to court, the sheriff having called several of the venire by mail. Mr. Price con tended that the veniremen should have been summoned by the sheriff in per son, or by aii official working under the sheriff. Nine talesnien of the first venire were absent when the case was called. Considerable discussion was had as to the legality of the summons made to the talesmen. The judge ruled that the inen were properly summoned, and ordered. the .picking of the jury to proceed. The exam ination of the partial venire, twenty seven men was, accordingly, begun. Col. Alvin II. Dean, for the State scored a victory when he "headed if" the unwritten law by a quenion which the judge allowed him to put to tales men. The question is as follows: "If you are chosen as a juror in this case will you try the defendant by the tes timony N% itch you hear on the witness stand ar . Dy the law which the court charges to you, uninfluenced by any other consideration?" The Filan of the Defense. James H1. Price, for the defense, said yesterday afternoon that the defense would rely partly on the pea of tem porary insanity; the state of mind of the defendant being abnormal in view of the disclosures which had been made to him. This may be the chief weapon of the defense, though in view of the testimony of J. P. Cain, wit ness for the State, to the effect that a scuffle took place prior to the shoot Ing, the defense may base a part of its plea on the grounds of self-defense. A Legal Battle.' Time and again yesterday the at torneys for the opposing sides fought out certain qunestions, and time after time there were shrewd quiestions. put to witnesses. There, was no lack (of aler'tnessq on the part of the attorneys. Once or twice it looked had for the State when certain testimony was in troduced, but Solicitor Blonhamn in a masterful manner coped with the sit uation. A tense moment it was when 0. W. Tidweli was on the stand. lie talked impressively of his efforts to lift. thd Wani who had proved false to him, lie said that rescue homes and other Institutions were in exis tence for no other purpose than to ele vate or reclaim fallen wvomen. ie said that no man of honor could faill to try to lift women of his owvn faily. It- was during the cross examination when this statement was made by the defendant. Solicitor hlonhami, who was condlucting a severe cross-examina -tion, looked the defendant in the face a moment, andl then asked him why it was that he, the defendant, had( tried to make one of the offending imeni mar' uy the wife, an'd another the (laughter, If he sought primarily to elevate them'? Why did(1 le first try to hamndl the wo men over to other men, men whom lie accusedl of ruining them, if his desire was to rec'laim them? Another mnom~cnt of tenseness, and this one preceded the former, was when Tidwell wvas telling of the note which brought him to Greenville. The saate was written by a Mrs. Norris, who lives on Mulberry street. The so lilcitor asked if this woman had been shadowing the two Tidwell women. Tle witness replied (tht site had not. Ilad there been iany suspiclon of guilt on the part of the women? The an swer was "no." The defendant. said it %vas ils belief that his wifc and daughter came to (G'reenville Friday afternoon. Tie note reached him at Cheraw early S'atuday mornlng. .'i-ow 'did it reach its destinatam, so soon, and how (dd Mrs. Norris know that Tidwell was it nII Cheraw. asked tie so licitor, if Ihere had beeln no designa tion of her as a spy uiloit pol theo womnent? ite (question caused an ciert expres slon to pass over the faces of those in the rooll. Tie defelidant replied hat ie did not know how Mrs. Not ris knew where he was, and that Ie liad not instructed her to be on the lookout for the women. The solicitor said that tihe note could not Iave reacheid Chteraw at the lile Tidwell said it renehed him, if It ltad been tilled lriday tigh t. 'i'Te envelope In which the note was sent was de stroyed, so no postmark could be in troducQd. The signature to thte note was "N". The defendantt sail that he iad never before had tiny correspond ence' witil .irs. Norris, wiomi he de scribed as a "friend of the family." 'I'lTe defendant was onl io stand at the tIme court was adJourned, and this morning lie will take the stand again, and the State will proceed with the Cross-examinlation. Ollie Tidwell on Stand. Tite dauglter of the defendant took the stand prior to her father, but her testimony was short, as the State ob jected to certain testimony, and Judge Mauldin sustained the objection. It was during the argument as to the relaveney of her testimony that At torney Price stated a part of the do fense would be based on temporary in sanity. Tite girl will take the stand again today. Jury to Visit Scene. Solclitor Bonlithi asked that the Jury visit the scene of the killing, and possibly the twelve men. will be tak en to Carolina Mills today In order to see where tie fatal shooting occurred. A Good Witness. A. A. Roddey, the second witness sworn gave his testimony in a straight forward manner. When asked if his sympathites were with \Valker, Ito re plied that his syipathies were "with any man shot down like that." Ile said ie bore no malice toward Tid well, but that it was the action' that caused him to sympathize with Wlilk er, and the manner of it. Dr. J. B. Earle on Stand. Dr. J. It. Earle was thle third wit ness. lie testified that the bullet which entered the left breast of Walk or was, lit his judgment, sufficient to have caused death. Dr. Earle said that iniett Walker was below the aver age man In strength. Totn Adkins, public service driver, told of taking Tidwell to 'Carolina mill. Mrs. Walker on Stand. Mrs. Tandy A. Walker, mother of the dead boy was asked by Col. Dean if site felt able to take thte stand. Site soblbed aloud on the shoulder of hter htsuband fat' a fewv momienits, but was soon qUieted. Several of the jutrymteit had tear's ini their el'es, when Mra, wValker' camne to the stantd. S'he was iompiiosedi as a wittness, but s'obbed atgahii at the conclusion of htei' testi mttaiy. Thle witness testiIed that two year's ago hot' dead son had appeindi citis. &-he said Ite was tweonty years oldl, and weighted 127 pundt~s. Chlmanter Wititess. 'The dlefentse at this juncture' intro andl also witntesses to shiow that Emt miett Walker' had visited the~ TIldwel gir'l at Clinton. R. L. Mcinney, pulblisheor and own er' of the Macon News testifled thtat thte defenudatnt hand wvorked for hmt sov ernl years, andt~ that his reputation for Peace and~ aodt' was g'ood. A questiont as to Tid well's reput atin for' tr'utht and voracity was asked. but the ques tIon wits ruled~ out, its Ito attack had been imiido the~ i chiaracter' of thte defendant. 5. J1. (ar'l itgton, an attorney (If Atu gusta, testitled thazt hle had known id well, andl that htis reputation for' peace andi or'der was goodh. HI. S. Buttler' aitd JT. M. Keck, of the J'acoibs Advertising ageincy, whicht firm Tidw uel Ivn rked it , each test ihed thtat thue dlefendant's chtarancter' was ga d so far i as they knowv. 'llie former testified thtat idwell had beent in the o'llee at day or' t wo preced'ig the k' 11 inte., anid tha htetitC i 1 nnnearn geatly LATE J. M. CANNON LAID TO REST Senrest at (he House and Grave lery I Largely AMended and i Profusion of Pilowers Laid on tle Grie. The finir-al services over the body t of the late John M. Can non, who net V a tragic dath at Cray Court last 'Iues: (lay, were -held in the ceietery lire 1 Wednesday afternoon at flive o'clock. 1. Preceding tile services at the grave, || 1ervices were Conducted alt tle hou so by Itev. L. 11. .\cMe. formerly iastor s of the .lethodist clhurch her!, asSisted 11 by Itev. .1. It. T. .lajor, he 1res(11t I Imstor, and Rev. C. F. ilanin,'of tlie Presbyterian church. Both the ser- t vleos at the house attd the cemnet.-y is were very largely attended, at the ii former the house and piazza not being i large cnough to accommodate all who P were present miny having to stand li ( the yard su rrounli( Ing the ho1'. f Friends of the deceased canie from all v over the county to attend the services i and a number 'came from adjoliing i couitties. i An honorary escort of Masons at tended the body from the home to the r cemetery and interment was with Ma- ia sonic honors. Nearly every Mason 1 lodge in the county was represented li in the line of escort. After the im pressive ceremony the grave was filled and floral wreaths gently laid over it. o nunerous were these that the new ly made mound was completely hidden from view by them. Among the e wrieatls were numerous offerings sent E front distant Parts of the state, for v Mr. Cannon had made friends where- t ever lie had gone. 'I 'lie pall bearers were the members f< of thei Laurens bair present in the city Ii Rt the tine. They were Messrs. R. I.. g Babb, I. Y. Simpson, J. W. Ferguson, L W. R. Richey, Sr., W. C. Irby, Jr., W. v It. Knight, F. P. McGowan, .1. H. Sil- H hivan, R. P. Traynham and C. 1). Barks- v dale. Several members of the bar were l absent from the city on various mis- a sions. Out of respect for the deceased the a busniess houses and offices of the city closed during the funeral services. It BAIL IS GRANTED Application for Ball Argued I ternoon and Granted iI Clerk of Court C. A. Power receiv- It nd the following telegram from Chief o Justice Eugene B. Gary yesterday af- ii ternoon: "'.id granted Sullivan in uiim of Five 'thousand Dollars. Not c less than two nor more than flve sure- ti Lies." As : s understood that sure- s: ties in amount many times more than c this has been proffered, little difficulty i will be had in securing bail. In all -1 probability Jos. G. Sullivan, slayer of 0 John M. Cannon at Gray Court lasti f Tuesday, will be liberated today to o uwait trial at an early term of court. 11 Solicitor Cooper, reipresenting the a State, and W. R. Richey, S'r. repre- n1 uenting the deofendannt, went dowvn to d Columbia yesterday to argue the ha- c; bens corptus pr'oceedings before some li iember' of the stuprenme court, pr'oh- jw ubly .Judge Waitte, It is presumed that (1 Solicitor Cooper Comes Out Subject of L-aw Viola Gr'eenwvood, May 14t.-Solicitor R1. A. C Cooper, candidate for governor in the t primairies this summer, will enforce il the law against race track gambhlinig if elected. Answer'ing a letter' from the i editor of T'he Daily Journal, Mr. Coop- a1 er writes as follows: "I have your favor of the ilith Inst a in which yoti ask: "W~.ould you ob ject to tolling me how you stand on the accursedl race track gambling ini wvorr'ied. Mr. Butler hatd advised Trid- 2 Well to rest a while, This tostinmony was taken to shnow 11 the state of mind of the dofendant. < Tidlwell himself, testified that lie could not sleep, "' nor drink after' I lOP rning of the e .luency of his t wife andt daughter, J. A. Jones. of Clinton, testifled '0 led I botel register to show 1 h- l ' '' ker, of Greenville, had E I uf blai hotel on tho .LINTON MAN KILLED SUNDAY d Eublankhs Fatailly Wounded and Lat er Dies at Ilospill fit this CR0y. leollowinlg a dilliculty at the Clini 11 mil village FAun(lay morning. inl hih It appears ChAt he was. not 'holly a party, )d Nlbanlks was fat a shot by .loli Q. Cuningham and iter o'n in tie day (I ed at the hospital 1 tils city. Cunii ninghamii was brought a lie county jail shortly after th booting accoipanl'd by one of Ihis rotlcris anmd Frank Anderson. the lat eir deputized by ilte sheriff. roni the evidenice at the inqutiesi, hie loimielde followed an all-night pre. .\Ioiig about 7 o'clock Sunday toring I Bob Finkler and anotlii utn1 by tihie naelil of Duttoll beenmile ngaged i i persoia diffilelty. John 'iinni1ingh1amii, staiding about fift een net away, for some reason as yet ui xplained, pilled his pistol and tak cig ailm with Ilite pistol resting oil his I't hand. fired. Eunbanks, stanadinug 1'arby but about w;ose exact position t tle tile there was conilleting testi an, crived tll buI let in hlis stoie cl. The light ended at this point and hubanks was rushed to the hospital ere, where be later died. Shocked by Live Wire. Mr. Fletcher Taylor, master me hanic at the Watts Mills, narrowly seaped serious injury about 2 o'clock aturday morning when lie was se erely shocked by a high voltage elec ric wire in the mill substation. Mr. 'aylor had been awakened shortly be :re by the night watchman when the itter (liscovered that something had oit' wrong with the electric current. Ising a wooden stick to separate two 7ires, Mr. Taylor received ia heavy hock when the stick canic in contact rith one of the live wires. The shock nocked iml unconslCious for quite while, but he later recovered, the on y injuries lie received being burns bout the hands and feet where the esh came in contact with the stick nd with the tacks in his shoes. J. G. SULLIVAN n Columbia Yesterday Af. t the Sum of $5,000. i1 hearing was held about three 'clock and the decision announced nmediately afterwards. The next term of criminal court will cnvene .June 15th. It is understood 'iat the attorney for the defense has Aid that h1e sees 110 reasoIn wiy the ase should not go to trial at that me. However, it as been rumored iat relatives favor a change of venue in account of feeling against tle de midant in this county. lin case an rder is secured. the trial would most kely be ield ill a nearby county at in early (late. No definite annoince tent has been mlade as yet as to ad itlonal attorneys retainled inl the ise, but it is said that sever'al prom ient lawyers, r'elated in differ'ent 'ays to the defendant, have offer'ed ieir services in his behalf, 10 STOP G4MUNIG In Emphatic Terms on the lion in Charleston. hlarleston? In reiply, I beg to say int if elected goverinor', with the tw as it stands, I would not permit ie races to go Oil if I iiad to order ut the enltiro militia to prievent it. would enforce tis law as I (link 11 other laws should be enfor'ced. expect to give out a statemlent In few daiys I nl which I will malke his and other' matters, 'lear. "Very truly youlrs, "RI. A. Cooper." 8th of F'ebru'ary, l~m'. I harper of Clinton, testifled that e had seen the Tidwvell girl in lis rug store with a str'ange younig mianI. Mr. Owens, wvho runs a iciture show a ClInton, testifled that lie had seen lie guI thlere wvithl a stran~lge younig OllIe Tid well then took thle stc nd, >ult hier testimony was nlot coludehl~d. flhe ansiwered readily, but in a weak 'oen. A CCID1)EN'TA 1, SH1OO iNi G Negro Child lills Youngerl Brother Few 31ie-s North of City. While two negro children, ages sev en and five, soils of lhin ry Clowney, who lives several ilelIis lorth or the city onl the olI .\ills phe., were play ing with a shlot pul .Kiniday mnorlilig S1shell in it was Ixploli killig tlhei youliger of the t wo (hiIdreni. The old er child haId gott po.ii ssion of tihe gun while his parents were away awl inl attelipting to unb10ro.eh it lkliowe'd It to go off. The coroler 1hld n inl iluest Sininay afternoon iianld the 1'ju'y rIeredi a ve rdt or 1e idetILa h11omi cide(v. It ist hardly probable that any fturl ler stepa will le taIken inl the linat ter. (Mi V I lINEi LE("I'lItE. Itichard CarroOl MTakes Interesting Leeture In Colored Church Last Sunday. Richiard Carroll, the iwell-known col ored preacher and lecturer addressed al audience of white people and col )red people in the St. Paul Baptist churh hl exr last tiiunday. Tie s11b jeL of is lecture was "Our Duib Ani ima!s: Man's lest Friends," and it proved both entertaining ant justrue tive. I e told most con vinci nigly of the great harm that is being done the Amer ican people through the indis-I criminate killing of birds, frogs, snakes and other animals, showing their harmlessness an" their wvork i assisting man. LAUltENS WINS FROM CIINTON. In a Fast uine at. Laurens MIl1 Park Lo(lIS Win by Score of i to 0. li the second game that has been played oil the new Laurenus Mill Ball Park, the hoio team defeated the Clinton Mill team last S'aturday by a score of 6 to 4. Tile local mill team had improved greatly since its first game and took Saturdays battle in first-class style. Both teams put uil good ball and the contest was interest ing broughout. WON TINE ItUIIIIEIL. Boarders IBatile letter and Ileat the Boys Hailing from Church Street. In a five-reel feature picture shown in Garlington's Meadow last Monday the caste of the Gilkerson llouse cast gloom over Church Street when fhey walked away with a baseball mix-up by a score of 8 to 3. The picture was taken at a cost of one new ball and was over 90 minutes in making. Both sides put up some real ball and both sides were guilty of putting up some real base ball-in fact some of it was very base. It was a very fierce strug gle though ending peacefully, and one side will live happy ever afterwards. It was the third onslaught of a series, both teams having won one game of the firs two, and will probably le the last between these two aggregations as at least one side is satisfIed. The star of the game was Johnnie Gilker son who broke his worldl record by not falling but nine times during the whole game. 'I'ho infielders for the Chiristians weren in tine form and1( play ed an excellent game. ('arpetinig Coulrt, toomi. Supervisor I lumb~ert 1has recently putrchasedl a cork carpet for covern ug the floor ini tile court r'(oom. The' order was ptlaced thirouigh the tirm of M. M. & 10. ii. Wilkes &. Company andl emi Iployees from there have been jiht:ting it down during thte past few days. ThieI floor in the vault room (of the clerk of court's office w;ill be covered wit h the same material. Bletter Passenger (Coacheis. Thle C. N. & 1L. tiailroad hats madice senger encipm tient b.ly thie purchase of vesltibule~d (lay coaches to be utsedi on thme morning ar ni eveniIng t ratin s to and from Colulm bia. The coachleis arev not entirely newv ones, hbult were renovated thlroutghoutt before hieing put into se nr vice. NIcely jiain ted andt 1,10 upholtrd they make a very necat apptnearanclde ijnd are much elener andt~ m1ore comfl ori able I han thIle old coaces. Banse 111a1i i-'ridai. Quol gn Coiaunters~ vs l 'ill Ito! tern et ail, wiltlibe the L'ne-upj lVriday after noon in (Garlington pasturec. TIhe biase bll prowvess of Ithese tawo aggrega tions is welI knownV'l so a heal) hin game mtay lie (expictitl. An t'dshtaoni fee of live trud ten cents wiltl be chiam ('(, time proceieds to go to t'he Ilhiy SCHOOL R[RU8[S B[GIN SATRDAY, Twenty-One Pupiks to Re ceive Diplom.as. CLASS EXERCISES SATLUDAY NIGHT The Schooi Sesxin will % Come to it End Monday Night with Address by R1ev. 11. A. MeUullousgh and Amird lng (Of DipOm'Cas to (rnduating Class. (NbMMEN('E3MENT PRO(CRAM Class Exerrises, Saturday night, - May 23d, 8:30 P1. if. in school aurditorum. Anutial Serimo, Sunday, May '2th. 11 A. M. in Presbyterian (hliurch hy iei. A. It. Ward law, 1). D). Address before the school, Mon day nigt.ht, May 250h, S:30 P. M. by Rey. 11. . \IcCullouagh, itu scthool auditorium. A ndt awarding of diplomas. ''he comminenceient exercises of the !La:rens graded school will begin Sat iulay ight, or this week. and continue through Monday night. Saturday night Ile class exercises of the young graduat-s will bo bol in the graded school aiditoriui, when the class his tory, class poem. etc., will be read. Sunday morning tho annual sermon will be delivered in the Presbyterian church by Rev. A. G. Wardlaw, 1). D., of Grever. londay night Rev. I. A. McCullough %%Ill deliver the annual literary address before the graduating class.- Awarding of diplomas will also be made Monday night. Both of the night exercises will begin at 8:30 o'clock. C(ass Exereises. The following is the progra-m of tho lass exercises Saturday night: 1: Song of the Classes. Pupils of the Hiigh School 2. Welcome Address Loutiso Simmons 3. Class History Elizabeth Moseley 1. 1ustruimental Solo--Airde Ballet Chaminade liattle Gray C. (lass Prophesy ilugh Aiken 3. Vocal Solo-The Rosary Novil Virginia Simpson i. Class Poem Mattie Kate Owings Vocal Solo-Sympathy Rudolf Frime1 lilla Todd ). Class Will Leland Holt 10. ('lass Song Tenth (rade Trhe iaduating ('lass. The: graduatmg class ihm~ year is :ompilosed( of six boys and tifteen girls, this lbeing c ne (if the lair gest classes yet to receive dipllomnas fromu the L au 'ren5 school. Not onlIy in numnbers but. in) its ptersonne does (00 the .19141 class rank high, as t is ('omplosed of an un usually br-ight andh ambitious set of young men and young ladios. T1he Fol. lowinig are the members of tho class: H ugh A iken, be.l and Ilol ., Car isle lia , I au rensa Phil lit, Paul Laike, Hecr l'er't Suill ivan, Mary Hlurton, L ucy Vance lharl ingtoen, Miarigait. D~un'lalp, H attiie Cray, Inaez Iludgens, Robbie TIndgenuis, dMnnie irv ing-. MAary3' ao, M a iile K ate Owlings, Loulso Hiinnonis, Virginia Simpsmon, hla TIodd, Nellie Tlhompn 15, NMary Wilk's, El1iza beth Moseley. nTe children oif the L,:mriens mili kuidergartenm, with Ilir, ~terhersm~ Mise Thameslliii tnd Childr1 e'ss, were) guests or the idle lloir Itatr toiriday art ernoon . The ('hild1ren weore hirou ght over to the lilctuire show limm ('icir homes in~ waigons and '"en. iied ('ut"' at the theuat rc dor, slek anad saa :in thbir- niiday bet. clothe.s antd happy as young hirds on a spitlg mi ninlg. lmTough some o (f the I''e one1s woro) yet too younig to reailly e joy tho stories por'trayed iniIc t h ilreq, :ho (. :a ier' itseolfI w n ent '(ough to (1. liehl t'em so l('v.- oni f thi e ,'tre i' ornem 'ont'it andiappyov.