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VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH to, 1915 NUMBER 33 BE FEDERAL JUDG[ To Preside Over Sessions of New District INTEREST AROUSED OVERSUCCESSOR UpIon t1lo Passage of the Bill Provid Ing for Western District of South Carolina Johnson is Recommended for the Judgship. Appointment Al most Certain. B 0ADUS KNIGHT FAVORED ONE. It 18 understood that J. Broadus Knight, who has been secretary to Senator I. . Till. man, wil be appoltited cderk of the federal court of the western district. This is a splendid o sition and there were quite a number who had lines out for it. It is reported, howeter, that. the position wIll be givel to 31r. Knight. Latest reports from Washington de clare that Congressman Johnson has not been appointed to the judgship of the newly prbvided western district of South Carolina, but that it is a fore gone conclusion that his nomination by- the South Carolina delegation will be confirmed. hlow long before the afppointment will be made and when he will actually begin his duties isas yet uncertain. He has not yet resign ed his seat in Congress, so the mat ter of the election to fill the vacancy has not been settled upon. The question of the sitecessor to Mr. Johnson is attracting much atten tion as is also that of the appoint ment of a clerk of court. The Clerk will have to be appointed by the judge himself. Prominently mentioned as probable candidates to succeed Mr. Johnson are 13. A. Morgan, of Green VIle, 1. C. Blackwood, I. M. Phil for and S. .1. Nicholls, of 'Spartahburg, T. 'C. Duncan, of Uniioin, and W. C. Irby, of this city. 'Mr. Irby stated yesterday that lie had nothing.to give out on the matter. Mr. R. A. Cooper, who has been mentioned as a probable oanndi date, will not be in the race. A local applicant for the clerkship is Mr. 10. 0. Anderson, now employed in the Peo ple's loan & 'xchange Bank. The following dispatelics from Washington deal at length with the new district: Washington, March 2.-The house bill dividing South Carolina into east ern and western federal judicial dis trict anIid providing for the appoint ment of an additional distriet judge passed the senate tonight. It n.)w goes to file president. Thei bill I re (iires the pidenH~iiit to nui~ke pub1 ! i the names of spon sor's for any a ppli.. cant for ap~pointmnent. Thei present. (district jiudge~ resident in easterni Southi Carolina is to beocom-, jud~ge of t hat district, but will reta In jifsdictioni ini the westerni district ini cases which already have come bef'or" As lpassed by thme house today tGie bill iprovidies that the eonurt shall toe held at regular perids at GIreenville, Rock 11111 and Grecenwood, andl thme cfile of th'e clerk of the court shall be located at Greenville. A8 ipassedl today the house bill pro. vides -that the Culium amendment shaili 1)0 adde~d, this requiiring the names of indorsers to be madle pub lie. C:ongresan Aiken and oilier memt bers of the delegation who h'ave la bored diligently to have this bill pass dieserve credlit for what they have ace comp llished. While Represents' * J-.ohnson, whlo first lntroluced th, . to pirovide for the separate operation of the eastern and western distriets, wvas in the con ferenee committee on theo legislative aplpropriation bill tonight, the mem bers of the dielegation conferred nnd unan imously adeed to regmmendl Mr. Johnson for appointment to the fiew judmgshilp. Trho following stafement was later give-n blit: "Aftel' the passage of the court bill by the house and senate the senators and -m6s~brs of the house from South Cavolina agreed unanliouuly to re J. WASH DRUMMOND MEMBER OF BOARD Gov. Maunning Apopints Laurens coun. ty Manl on ilpard of OldI SoldiersK Home. Columbia, Marich 6.-Governor Alan ning this afternoon appointed ' the board of the 01(l 'SoldIers' Home as follows: H. E. Thonpson, of Colum bia, a railroad engineer; F. i]. Welsh, of Charleston, a Confederate Veteran; J. Wash Drummond, a farmer, of Lan ford, Laurens county. The other two members of the board are Senator 0. K. Lancy, of Chesterfleid, and Rep resentative T. M. Lyles, of Spartan burg, chairman of the military com Imittees of the Senate and House, re spectively.. frhe appointments were made under a bill passed at the recent session of the general assembly providing for a reorganization of the Old Soldiers' Home and stipulating that it shbuld -be managed by a board of five, three of whom wero to be appointed by the Governor and the other two to be ex officio members, namely, tile clqir menf of the military committees of the Senate and House, respectively. IThe superintendent of the I[omeo will b) elected by the board. The wres ent superinten(lent is 'Major 11. W. Richardson, of Columbia. Lantern N11(de, of Orplamage. Rev. J. 13. Branch, of Clinton, delli ered an interesting lecture at tile Presbyterian llirlch Sunday night. -iis lecttire 'was accoipanled by ilistrat ed lantern slides of tile Thornwell Or phanage, showing the buildings and] scenes around the campus. The lec ture was greatly enjoyed, especially by those who h'ad not visited tile or pianage in recent years and who were not entirely familiar with tile great plant there and the scope of its work. Of particular signifleance 'was one( slide showing a group picture of tile print.ing class about seventeen years ago. Of tho entire class of about fif teen mellibers, selected indiscrimlilate ly from a large number of group pie fures, Air. Branci pointed out. that ev ery surviving m1em1ber Is siccessfil ly engaged in soime hlonloralble occupa tion, several being pireachers, on .9 Phystelan and neaily all actively in tresteil ill Church work. onmend to tile presi(lent for appoint 111011t as judge of the new district. Congressman Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanburg. They also unanimoisly agreed to recommend H-on. J. William Thurmion(l, of Edgefield, for district attorney and C. J. Lyon of Abbeville for marshal. While no ofilcial state ment has been ma(le, it Is mderstood thal. the preslent will approve t'e recolmmeldationj of the delegat ion." Dlificulil to 'Put Through. Washington, Alarei 1..-\ 01n t Vlsit Of' mILIiem Of 11e South CiarouIhii lelegation ill congress to the W ite 1lous1,e today at viich tiito tl(y (!is. cussed w itli the presidIen the i, i I tionj of Conigressani J. T1. .Joilnson1 of Spanirtanlburg to lhe thec federalI jud~ge. Chad les0 J. Lyon1 to 1be marsh5iiia and .. W 11l1am ThuliI'rmond to be attIortey for thle western dlistr'ict of Soutih Carol imRI onily 0110 (questionl rlulllls unisujltied the time11 when'I thee~s aplpointments L' w:1 pe maltde. It was settled that1 there~ would bie no hlitchl in tile matleee alld it was the untderstanding of thiose who( sawI tile pr'esidient. that lie would1( name those ne0w court officials a4 mel timae withlin thle next few day13S. Tile greatest lInterest horn' 110w cenltres ill who tile aitteesor' to ConI grossman Johnson0 wi! I be. [mm" dhialtoly upon01 is nom11inlation as judgl;.e h10 will resign h15is osition of replre. senRtaitive of the0 Foiurth (list riot and( the governlor of South Caina111 wIlIlibe (luly informled of such1' action. It has deOveloped s11nce tile bill1 Cr0 atIng th1ese new courit officers imad-O that Congressman Byrnes, A ikea an~d others hlad a mlost diffilt 111im lIm' tinlg it' thlrou~gh andi thlat but1 for 1110 influenlce whichO thley wore abile to) ex ort inl tile last hlours of 'ongress Ule b~ill wouldl nOeer have succdeeded. Sv oral times it appeared as if it was he yendi hope but fighlting 011 thley were filnally victor'ious. Niew Millinery Arriving. Minter (Company has announced that they will havp no formgl milli nery opening this year. Their new spring hats are arriving dairly and ar nlaend on sal0 at onn. SHALL. THE WOMEN VOTE I This'0 Momentous Question to be Set tled at the School Amdilorium Fri day Night. "Shall the eei--nines vote In S. C." will be the thome of a epoch-marking debate at the graded school alditort urm Friday night, when two champions of women's rights will meet a like number of "the enemy" lin a verbal combat .on woman suffrage. Judging from reports leaking out from the camil1ps of the respective princl-pals, the fights of oratory are to be likened to those of old Greece, wh,]ten lDemosthenes and his worthy cohorts practiced on the sands of the sea to perfect them solves against the wordy flights of their able foes. Women will be sub jects of the d'bate and not partlei paits, so It is hardly expected.that it will continue past the midnight hou'r, it being laid down In the rules already pronulgated that the judges will have the right. to call for the sponge In case any enthusiastic orator exceeds the time limit. Much secrecy obta-ins as to the "airgumnents" which the speakers are going to lay out before the spell boulid auditors, but acording to th'e confident air which they all are re ported to have assumed In the 'past few days, It Is fully expected that each side has got about a peek of sock dolagers with which to silence their insuspecting oppiionents. At least, it has Ieen said, that tile ooients of wo men suffrage have got some real ar gunlots this time and that old Mr. Hot Air is going to play but a minor role. Futun? Yes, indeed! It's a serious question, but they are going to put the humour iInto it. If they don't (10 it intentionally, it's going to be there anyway, so be on hand to enjoy the evening. The affirmative side wil be taken1 by J. M. Fowell, principal of the Watts M1lils school, and J. ). Robison, prin ripal of the Ora school. .1. H1. Sullivan county superintendent of education, mid 1R. T. Wilson, principal of the Gray Court-Owings school, will i Ihold( the negative. The admission cha.1rges wili he 15 nd, 25 cents. The battle begins at 8 ',ock. Women are reiested to eave lat-pins at home. At Iilrk4dale Sehool. On Friday evening March 12, the ,omedy "Our Awful Aunt" will be pire eilted at Barksdale school house. )ther almusenlents have been ariran g 3d to take place after tile presenta ion of the play. The iperformIIane vill begin promptly at eight o'clock. Xdmission will be 10 aid 15 cents. 5 alighs In 40 inilutes. Wadsworth 'und Election. S. II. Goggans, 11. A. Aist in, .\1. M. 'eague, J. .1. Young and A. R1. Ilolmes VI'e re-elected trustees of tile Wads veilth school fiund in the election hild it Cross 111ii for tile iIIrpose last i'ediiesday. -No othe les weri pil 'orwai'd tfor election, so these were c-elec ted wit hou t oippos5it ion. ReV. \. 11. Ilolme 115Is sec ret ariy of' tile board. ileautifying Iinter'ior. Thie conlgregationi of the Assoeia te leformled Presbyterian (1hu1rch of thiis dity, wieh builut a ipret ty nIew ch'rch omei t Iimc ago, has added to thle beanit y of the interior by laying a hlandu somel nh.w carpet. Tile earplet Is of trong tex ture and pleasing design. 1 I vas purIcha~sed from MAessrs. S ..\. & CIi. 'Wilkes & Comlpany. To Attend Ednteatilonal Mieetines. Thio following paragraph takeni from SC)okville (Tenn.) paper will he ot ilerest to thle numilerous friends of dirs. Lutcais her'e: .\lrs. C'ora (Cox Lucas hast returnilled iroml a visi t to Nashville antd iprH ig lil, her son liobiert, being illn lian - mam & iluighes schtool at1 the lat teir d ace. M mrs. I .ueas will be withi .\ltis. tehin 1'pper'son at Algood until1 Apiril, whemn she will attend thle SoumI tern Writier's Laeague at Chtattanmooga wheire ~he rwiil give some of the multsical uttnni >ers of tile progr'am. Later shed will o to Muckogee, .Okla., to at tendu the 0onthern1c INdutcatioinal Congress, vhlere) 5h2e has beeni as~ked to represenlt southl Carolina, andi also to read a pa ier on music51 as an educational factor'. Opens Dress-Making Estabishu~ment. Mrs. B. K. Hlumphries and Miss Rose Elndgens have opened a dress-making astablishment in the front part of the store of the Leverett Furniture Com pany. Ladies are Invited to call andl mee thonm there, ACKNOWLEDGES FUND. 1elian Belief Commitee Express Apprecitilon1 of Local Aid. Mrs. C. it. Moseley, who with oth er ladies collected a inilk fund for the Ielgian babies, has received the fol lowing letter of acklowledg-mlent from the national secretary: 71 Broadway, New York, Feb. 15, 1I1. Mrs. C. It. Moseley, Iturells, S. C. Dear Aladain: We have the honor to acknowledge receipt. of letter signed by the chair man of the Ielgian Relief Colmlittee of your city, dated February 10th, in which we are advised of the generous donations made by the women of our town. WVe wish to extend to you our sinl ccre appreciation for your efforts in our behalf and canl assure you that there is a great need for these useful articles wh'ich you have so kindly giv en. It is such contributions as made by your honored coummittee that has aided us in carrying on the largest commissary undertaking the world has ever known. Tle unfortunate people of Belgium are now at the thresh'old of starva tion and words cannot describe the appalling conditions prevailing. It is, therefore, fiiperative that they receive aid and it is gratifying to is to kn11ow that tile whole-hearted individulals of America are responding to this appeal 11lost generotsly. We wish to express through this -med it ill o11 sincere appreciation of tile good work donle by your' comilit tee and canl assure you that this milk wilI ibe distriblted to tie suffering and most ileedy of those civilians in Ielgilim. We -are advise( that your gift is now in the. possess o01' of 0111' agent, tl Carolina Company, at Charleston, S. C., and will go forward on the S. C. "'.lleleimt" which will leave withil ten days. Again thanking yotu for youi gen etosity and assuring y'oil of the lel giiins' gratitttde, we are, -Yoults Very truly, It. 1). leCarter, 1111. Secret:iry. ('ol. P. .1. ('ounts Dead. .\Ir. 1). 11. Counts -%\s called to IFlor. Once Wedii'sday morninhg )11Conl accolit of tile death of Ills father, Col. 1>. .1. Counts, which took place there that mlorning al i tle lole of his daughter. 'TIe) body was carried to l1 llamberg, tihe, old homlie of tile deceased, the follow ing day where tle interment took place. Col. Counts was for 1man1y years a prolilnnt member of the Bamberg har and - a leading citizen of that section. The t'r'inds .of ir. Counts lere syi.,mthize with liN ill his bereavement. 31EilTI.N(O OF LADiES TOD.Y. haul41es Id To wn 11a1 nd41oun11y Will 31'et [ii nterest of li h lns. This afternloon at I o'ckwk inl the of the towtnI and1 couin(y will miee't to comllete anl organllizationl01 frCOntInu11 iiopedt t hat a ila'r crlowdl will bet pres ('it as tile liceling is impor'0tant. Ti' s mlleetimng is ithe r l' it of tih' mieetinlg heldi last Siinday' af'tnoon when Mirs. 'Evans of8 (i ilorencee addre'tss (1d tile laIeO s of 1.0aurIens 5on tile subl Joet of I leighlfu lI(eliefC. 11n her talki( whlich w'as most inlterestinug and1( in strutivI'e,Mi Alts Elaan stressed'( tile ill ilorltance of ('otlitn11lg the wtot'k, shoin~' ig how )th e nee'd for' riet' is greler' nowtt than11 it was ev'et' beftore. She is miaking th ese addr'esses ini dif Cerenlt, iparNts of the state as tile perl 8011al repre'(sent IaNti' of thle Nat Ional1 'otmmllitt ecmanI fromi SouhCrli na 1)11 eidel of ('har'iestotn. zeni of tile Shady Grtov'e section oIf tile Satrday'' tan'! wa'ls buied tln:lay mninilg, Ilec was (GG years of age' mr is survived by3 aI wit'e and( four sr,iis. The sons are as8 foilowts: (Clark and( JTohnnlie, whoil live at the hlome illlac: Sam JIohnson, of Nashlville, TIennl.;0 ind hlugh Johnlson, of A ilbama. Mr 1. .John-1 sotn was a hlighlly reCspectedi citizeni of his community and was greatly ad mired b~y all whIo kne'w him. The friends of Miss Julia Timby, wh'Io untderwent a surgical operation se" eral days ago, will be glad to ktnow that she stood the op~eration well and is tiow immpring aunidlv. GREENWOOD ROGERS GOES TO THE CHAIR Supr~ente Cour AMIrmls fihe Deeilon of tihe Lower Court 11nd4 Senitl'ec is Passed. reenwoodIl ogers, colored, convic t ed of arsonl In connlectionl with muredrill tile .\I. Geo. W. Younig, near llenno, will have to suffer tile death penalty for his crimte tilless Gov. Maliing ses fit to comvimlute his seul ience, which ix not very likely to he the case. lol lowing the decisioin of the Supreme court, handed down last voeck, allim itg the djecislont of the circuit court in convicting hii of arson, .1ldgei En - est. Moore .\londay illonling cat rr'ied out. the man111tdate of the law by senl tencipg hin- to the electric chair. April 9th is the date set for the execution. This ends one of the most. notorious cases of recent years In this county. It grew out of the limurder of Mr. Geo. M. Young, a prominent farmer near Itenno, and the subsequent burning of his home over his dead body. Green wood Rogers, with ,Junk Caldwell and Tom Young, were imilicated in the crimte. Greenwood logers was first tried and convicted of miurder, but was c l menlded to thb mercy of the court. lie receivedi a life sentence, Toi You ng turnling state's evidence and confessing to the horrid details of the criime in wih ich he associated himself, .11unk 'Caldwell and (Green wood lRogers. Rogers was represented inl tha4. case by the late .lohn M. Canon. Not being content -with this outcome of the trial, a.,; llogers senmed to be the ring-leader In the Cr'ile, ht( ewas lidicted by the solicitor andl tried fo arson, Attortey A. U. iiart being ap pointed by tile court to defend I1111. In spite of a streniutoiisly coidticted (Ic fense, tile negro -was convicted and senteicei to the electric chair. Mr. Ilart. Was thanked and complimnlited by tle court, Judge S'ease telling the yoting attorney that he had dolne as mutch as aniy Older attorney could have doe and that he had raised overy pos sible point inl the prisoner's favor. .\fr. liart appeale(d the (caso to fIt si premte couirt without avail and( thenl politionl (.(I for a rehearting, wh.])ell also was oV rruled. .llaving exhalustel available' mteans of saving flt inegro's life, he tated to tite court Alonday that Ito olliti efforts would be imi.ile inl his he half, as Ie felt that 'he had faithftilly (isChI'arige(I Is dIu ty to the coult and to the prisoner. Seittence was there upon passed by .udge Moore. Juntk Caldwell and Tom You ng, who were convicted and sentenced to lite imprisonment, aro now serving their terims upont tile coutiiiy clailn gaitg. Skiates OY, Please! A leading Ihallnit of tile city, one who does iot. ! hbor undri a 'ross di. position nor enjoys a reptillton for elahhidness, stopped The Advertiser m1aitn1 tie other day and asked him to "put a piece inl tle paper" abot chi drn skating in tl stores. it.. s:id he didt nlof oh.ielto Ithen fliolii~ttks ciiyintg the. tli'asuri's of' ka t ina' ini .'ite skating tti the, sidl'--waihs. h that it. Is amnnoying tto clerks atnd ins.. fomueis atlike to havet so niteh niois'' iaid genteral isttubance itsbilt tilt woouldln- tlooredt' stoires. Not (tily is i ann~oy inig, lie said, but It is dangerous,~lM as 'olilislins ate liale to taket ttlace' in tile niairrow aisles. A\sk te mtherli's. lie said, to tell the chiildrten to ptull sloires aitd, fiurthler, ask~ til'eltlhiden to take themil off it cause thir thilers foriget to wtan them . I'Te Adveti st'r illan itrotmlised to ''write 'im up"i' alldi ers anid 'hlidrent too will hiet'u to his requt (est. LAURENS FIRM IS BANKRUPT ft' easterni istrict of Panith C'arolina. a tlfolittt iig C. 1i. Htlper, reece2ie of thfit )~avi's-Riot'r compainy, adijiitged hanik rupilts, (It this city. ' . Rloper' wtilf he ireijulired to make an initvent Ioiry of' fte stock and submnit it to tile coui. Ill bh ond was fixed at $10,000. Thle liabilities ar'e ntot yet kitown, though t'icy aire thloughlt to be quite lar'ge. The store was closed to business yes terday. Mr. JT. W,. Wells of' Gray Court wats a visitor In iLnrann yasterday, COURT CONV[N[D MONDAY MORNING Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster Presiding MANY PRISONERS PLEAD GUILTY ,Iudge 3loore 31 aikes a,, l inpressivo ('Iiharge to ile Grand ,Jury. Out liing Their Duties i)ulriiing the Coming Ye I a. l'airte la t1r At(ent 1111 to Schools 111141 RoHAds. The court of general sessions (on venied Monday morning with Judgo Iirnest Moore, of Lancaster, presiding and the other olicers of the court in their accustomed places. .This being the first time that. Judge Aloore has presided inl this couity, iis commis sioii was read at the opening session by Clerk of Court Power. The grand jury was empanelled and Ar. .1. W. Wells. of Gray Court, was appointed foreman by the presiding judge. Tho couirt is iiiakinig rapid progress. .Judge Moore made a forcefl and impressive C(harge to the granid ji ry, outlliliig the dlties which they aro to perform during the cominiig year. In addition to their recoglizet duiities in conliectioni with their peselce at tile Criminal coirts anid as Overseers of tle cou ity's business affairs, h0 poilited( out to them that they should tinterest themselves in lie sichools ind roads of the comity. It(e laid partileu lar stress up1lion their diu1y to co-oer ate with the trustees of the rural sclools and to a-waken the people to ile need of educatin'g the boys id girls of tle couinty. Iec riticized the short-sighted policy of paying small saalles to t actiers, ploliting out :hat good teachers are ( drawn elsewherj by the allraction of beltter saiaries. Ie also scored tle pravtive ink sonjio iocalities of (telctig tea(hiers ') ae coliit of their relatio inship to influ. eutial faiiilhes ill the district. T ticii iguponl the <inestlion of good roafis, he saih that v the granid jurors should lse. their iil ience inl seteniri l iter roads heau:11se of i te grir evO.I. my Of good roads ovI [::,d loies. Ta: 1..' ip the differient bills ialided !im11 by the solicitor lie ilItrlute( l tleIi as to Ihei( dutly in dealing with 1them, charging them tIlat tley should act Iuponi them fearlessly and ipa 1tlally. The petit jury was coliteted anud the couit lpro('el'edI to the trial of cas es. TI. V. litts and .tane i chlarged with miiurider, plead -iityr to miiainslaiughter, alnld se1telled to 2 ais each. .J. .\. Tiiiinons, a rahr ohl whito na of (;Iay 'oulit, chared wtit. holuselinl i g anid lal-vo'ny inl t wv o houi bre ak ing and hutirny'. p(ni. uly and was g''Slie t wVo yearhs. hmiltI opined I n ai iilt th hilospitl hrI . \. .\. klMss was (1hargedl wit h tailur., t0 sliupporit his famliily. lIe tileul stilty3 and was giveni a sentlenie of' one 3 ear. ing the dlispiensary hi wm, tlead 11uilt' a iil wmmas g iveni :imonths ori ai line o1 $1ui0. Thlinie wmas redidto i :iu;i,00. ('harlii l'inlandi was coiir iul d o assaiult with initent to kill anidavn G;eorge Wood ruff was Coni ' -I oit house-brieakinig andl lar'ei\y; malwa giveni a 2-yeaur sent enice. andi: battery iths'i si'inn t i'.a ioud no'tt liui'Ilit h nd I dut.was foundthuihy.iTt joi goli 113Wlei lThe .\divo'rt i ser wenti. to priess. Mris. Atil A dir. .tis. Ann Adlair dhiedl at thr home in (Cllinn T'hursday13 andl Was hburied at;. Sar'dis Clhuir('h l'riday afternlioon, ( tuilo a number ICI or people al toning th1e ser the late 1. J1. Adalr .and was wIdely conne)ctedl. She was~ a consien~~itious Chistin woman, greatly beloved by those who knew her. She Is sur'vlved by thren snannd n atanht