OLUMB XXX LAURENS, SOUTH CA-ROLINA, WEDNESD \V, JULY 21, 1915.
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LAUJRI VOJIRS
HEAR0 CANDIDAI[S
Speeches a Repetition of
Former Efforts
CROWDS DWENELED AS
SPEAKING PROGRESSED
Candidjites for Congressional Honors
Spoke Nefore ltaurens Voters In the
Court House Saturday. Last Meeting
of County Campaign at Laurens Mill.
Speaking before a crowd that about
half filled the court house Saturday,
the candidates for the seat in the nat
ional house of representatives recent
ly vacated by Judge Jos. T. Johnson
were heard with interest in spite of
the very opiressive atmospherie condi
tions. B. A. Morgan and S. .1. Nichols
had the advantage over the remaining
candidates, being the first. on the 1)iro
gram and speaking before the auditors
had become restless. They spoke in
the following order: 13. A. Morgan, S.
J. Nicholls, Ira C. Blackwood, W.W.
Johnson, 1. J. Cantt and A. I. Miller.
The last speakers had the weather and
the ' dinner hour to coinhat. Mr.
A. H1. Miller, not beginning his
address until after one o'clock. By
that t1ime the crowd had dwindled con
siderably.
The candidates spoke file night he
fore at the Watts Mlills and the follow
Ing night at the Laurens Cot
ton Mill. At both places the candli
dates without exception received a
cordial reception. S. J. Nichols r m
ed to have the edge on all of hi: op
poneits at. these two meetings, his
story of his working in the cotton
mills when a boy to get spending
money and of his playing on the mill
ball teasi: whlien lie became larger.
givinmg lplace to the discussion o
soie of the planks in his platform dlii
lussed aM ohrmeings.
The six candidates covered tile coun
ty dir'ing the week, nine meetings be
Ing neld.. All of the lmiCi;ngs wO;'O
ffairly well attended, the siallest
c(rowd being at Hickory Tavern. In
every place they were courteously re
ccived and the coip1lmimnt was re
turned by tihe candidates, the spoerhes
being noticeably fiee from peruIona!
or factional feeling. Indeed, the ob
servation has been that the six candi
dates are very friendly toward each
other and have been capital comrades
"so filr.
11.' A..Morganm.
IA: Morgan was the first. speaker
1t thlie Laurens meeting. Mr. Morgan
declared (that be had no promises to
make, but tliat itf cc ted be will he
guided wh'lolly by tlb ates of his
conselence. ie ,avoented increasing
the national guard and paying lie Ini
litla for actual time at. drills, favored
Governmiit. ownership of shiIp, a
ware ioiuse syster. rurfal credits, r
turn of the illegal taxes levied upon
the South's cotton after thle Civil war
and its di1st ributIion among thle old sol
S. J. Nichols.
\i'. Nichols again wvent. into his phami
for government leo us to fariWmrs at
3 per ccent intei'est, advocnted govern
mienit owner'sh ip of ships, federal adl
foir good roads, taking the irrigation
projects of the west as a prI'ecedent.
HIe adlvoca te 01Iiia dral'credit system11
wvhere the government wouild gt ar
antee farm mortgages. .\ir. Niehols
opposes0 the plan11 contemlaited by Mir.
Dunrheson by wvhich the i'iral free deC
livery sei'vlce w~ouild be put1 on ai con
tract biasi char'ginig -that tIls would
pave the <way for negro invasion of
this fild now occupied almost entIre
ly by 'whitq meh. 3ie r'eferi'ed to bii.
several tertin' a's county and~ eily aiL
torney at Sparianburg unideir sever'al
different adniisitrationls.
Jra V. ilack woodl.
Mr'. Blackwvood "elinehed" his claim
to thie pennant for the hest orator in
the 'bunchi. lie prlediceted pen1
sions for Confederate soldiers fr'om tihe
fedprai treasury, Hie expandhed on his
idea of government regulation of 'ail
*~ od 3ldten to pr'eVent the present dh15
nylo~min'ation between th-o cities and
~ ownsj polnting'ouit the tendency whuic'h
'.this .re'dnees to centralize the wenlth'
Sopelation of thd~ countr'y in large
~"~flt~')eleitated his irdvoene"v of
'e~s~ rd t ~an ootlined his lhan
fer l txug3oal sanitariums all
4~ ti~ ~herdin needy ,rgople,
r~ fin' tle.stating that
TO 84Y[ h18tS4W
S[[S_ IMPOSSIBt[
Teutons are Gradually Sur.
rounding Polish Capital
RUSSIAN HOPES
RAPIDLY FADING
With Field Marshall Von Hindenburg
and 3Xaekensen Gradually Pushing
Together the Two Ends of hluge
Seni-i.rcle, Hopes of HIolding War.
Saw Grow Dhummier.
London. Jtuly 19.-With the German
Field Maarshals Von Hindenburg, on
the north, and Von Mackenseir, on the
souith, whipping forward the two ends
of the great are around Warsaw, it is
realized in 1'3ngland that Grand Duke
Nicholas, in defending the city, has
the most severe task Imposed on him
since the outbreak of the European
wg9 r. Some military writers scem to
thlink the feat is well-nigh impossible.
There was sustained confidence that
GcrmIany's previous violent attacks
along the flzura-Rawka front. never
would pierce the Russiant ilne, lit the
present colossal co-ordintate move was
developed with uch suddenness and
carried so far Without meeting serious
Rlussian resistance hat more and
iore the Iritish press is discoltiting
the fall'of the Polish Capital, und
while not giving up all hopo of its
retention, is pointing ouit the enormous
dificulty the Russian armies have
hiboredt under from the start by the
existence of such a salient.
Plight of lIussians.
Unable to straighten out their Itine
by an advance through IKast Prussia,
in the north, 11nd Galicia. In the south.
the Russians perpoetally have faved
the pincers of the Altstro-Germans.
a nd if these canl be soufleien tly tighten
ei Warsaw must. go, and with i the
entire line.
As was the cse Saturday, when tle
Austro-GermaIs recortded the success;
of' their offensive in Ilie east, no oiletal
coimnlication from either elein or
Vi'ina reached the .ondon news
papers today. Satitrday's conmitni:i
tion was released Sunday for publia
tion, atnd uii1 to nearly miiglt no
tnew c0iitonunini(ationi has come to hanil.
In the absenice of additional oilcia l in
formation from Petrograd t Ie re I
iotilug to throw fresh liglit on Iie
(easiteri front, but the Auist ro-Germani
advanc(e could hardly so soon have
lost its Iomen itim.
According to tle latest aieoulii,
the Austro-Gerimlani foreisadvanii
froi Prazsnl ysz, wer within forty
Iiles of Warsaw; while to tih le soub,
\oi .lackenmso's (eitre at in)it W.
wiithin ten miles of the Lowii-ioim
11 ,!1road.
lfin.ssiIis lIleported l~ena in' Warsaw.
I.ondioni, ,July 20. --The .\Nlorni
Post's limlapesi correspotnlent reiort
that. the gradual evacuation of War
14aw has beeni ordecred lby the I iuins 1.
lie was horn on a farmt a tid had bieen.
a harid workera all of his li fe. lie told'
how hvle had been of some be nfIt to t h
foatmers last fall, wheni hie had refu sr-d
to foreclose a large nu mber' of tmotrtea
ges iti his Itoands whetn to foreclose.
would1( have meantt severalI thoutsand(
dlollaris in tees to him.
Mtr. (ant t, in opietintg his mrmks,
soaId that lie had( come out of IiIs te
t Irement to fight t he 'iatt les of thle peo
pie against the trusts and corpora
tionis. IHe advoentedl a plan1 fot the
Valorization of cotiton, but1 aplosedl it' e
tprisident 's sIIp *o urhtase hli. Il.ie
eriftled thle lpresiden t for v'etoind a
tutnl c'red its bill Iand lha rged t ha t the
dIemioera'tie ad ministr~ation was influi-.
enced by W~all Street interests through
the nmediumn of Mir. MicAdoo, Secretary
of the Treasury and the -president's
son-In-lawi. i. Gant i sphke of Ihis
fit ness to ropresen t the Ieople of thle
district, raying that lhe had sipent six
years of his life in Washington as see
relty to thle latte Johin L,. Ni. irby,
of this county, whom he eulogized very'
highly. Mir. Gantt spioke wvithi consider
able feeling of his assoeiutions with
Sen,. Irby, the late C2ol. T. II. rews and
01thers oft thiis couty iIn the pa At.
W. W. Johnson. -
Juidge W. W. Johnson, of Uniotn
gave an ageouint of his past life 'i
showv the confidence ia which h4~ is
I\Oeld in Union, his home county. lie
C~ontinued on page 10:)
THAW FOUND SANE
RELEASED ON BAIL
vudge Uiholds .ur1y's Verdict of 31en.
tail Condition. A ppeal of State Stails
Fuli Force.
New York, July 16.-Supreme Court
Justice Hiendrick uphield today tho de
cision of the jury which declared I larry
X. Thaw sane. IThaw was then given
his freedom on $35,000 ball.
The State immediately served no
tice of appeal and Justice lendrick
put Thaw under bail to irisure his
presence at future proceedings. A
surety company was prepared togive
the bond and Thaw was taken from
tlie court house to the judge's chamn
bers so details might be arranged.
A crowd of several hundred lined
the streets around the court house and
checered Thaw wildly when he appear
ed on the court house steps.
In announcing his decision Justice
Hendrix took occasion to comment tn
favorably on the action of alienists
who had assisted the State inl prep'a r
ing the case and ilen appeared as ex
pert witnesses In court.
"I have reached a deelsion in this
case," Justice Ihendrick said, "and it is
based on myi)' own mind, fortitied by the
action of the jury."
Thaw, sitting with his counAl, hi.
mother and sister, anticipated the
court's decision with a broad smi!e.
Denounces Al iiists
"I want to say a word about. the
alienists," Justice THendrick continund.
"We have been told by one alienist
that It is impossible to detrmine the
sanity or insanity of a person with
out taking 11he word of alienishs. Thij
court and jury cal not deppend ulpon
the word of an alienist who for year
has devoted himself to a case of ti,
kind and assjteg :1n its preparation.
That. a doetor.jain help prepare a case
and then go on the stand as an export
witness is wrong.
"I Iope the Legislatlre of ti1 11o
will find some nieanis to corrct I!b
Some(' other method shoull he adoi
Clentlenien, I bave adoptc(I-tilerd's
of the jury. I declare now that it i
the decision of this court that HIrry
i. . Tl'i isr*e.
PR '1l1W.IO. 31:. T NS
31ass 31eel i ll i t he 310t hod istChu.h
Sunidb ,v Nkit t .ildother 31outhi.
A Ina:A eting inl tlie Inter-1
statle-w~e prohibition will he Ii
Ite .Methodist chureh sitnday nit
S::: o'clok aI Which time Dr.
Cody, le. of 4 Ill Haitist C e'
wvill dcliver rn"l addIress.. .\ll o.
other churlches, of the' city are e
(I (o clos and tlie pble gener
ik ili!ted [o at1t InI.
Alnotier pulh!Ze mrcclng in tlh in
est of the samn cause will bo he'
the ('ouit l o .\onday lornin 1 -1
10 o'clock. .\t tilis meetinvg al
14.1n in IOhe c llnty ho ari' nn 1V.!
er. 'N'.-' illy ho . o ar e m11em1 W
of the var'ius commnit Iees thai~t hI
hieenii ~li lppinted4.
Well Knoai~un (itizeu of~ (lielon P'arsed'
.1. ('. Cpland', S;r., a well! knowx n
at Lih: hoei last Sunl~day 1ornin1 II
lee cloc4(1k, deiathi being dhue to pa
ralysl. lie had heen ini i hena~ith ;or
several 1nan.1,l lutL is11ondition wa.
not alarmiig and1( cam~e very lunaeS
iietedii; to his familly 111anne'quaint -
ar'mes. iihe dleensed( wa.s a highly es
t rusteesi of tile Thoru~'1weli Orphianage.
and14 ailwa.' 5 mifeiistedc anl initerest ini
the mno-al and1( religius life ofi the
commiiiunity ini which lie lhad reShied all
his life. lie was ill his C,;ih year a0
thle tim~e oft his denthI.
'Tie iunieral was held .\lnday afttir
noon)1 at five 0'(oc aC(~ t t he I'resbyt -
Ibidley'-..lonles, 4astor1 (if the chiorebh,
and1 lassisted in by Dri. W. P'. .laiobis.
Initermeint toiik liae act the P~resby
teti'ian cemectery. The decceas~edl is suri -
vived biy his wife, oneC daaghter, .\iis.
'Jack ,i1. Youn'g of Clinton, two sonsi,
Messrs. .J. C. andl Arthur C!opeland'.of
Columbia. The late RI. E+. C'opeland
of' thuis city was a son'of the dle'eaisedl
and ineceeded1 him to theo grave sov
AT TACK ON ORUNDA
INCREASIES GRAVIFY
Atinch on Passeng-er Ship by ('0rm1an
Sub111Inarie With1olit Wrig(ate
Graei ('oncern.
Wasihingl-fol, 1luly 17.---Io Ile grave
ituaktiot that Is developed between
the I'Allted States anI (ermiiainy over
the( s1inking of the itlsitanlia nyas
thrust another issue today wnicii It
was revealed that ile Hritish stealier
Orduna, carrying a score of Amer
calls, had j'en attacked by a 0erman
subiarine.
Should first reports of an attempt
to torpedo tihe Ordiina without warn
ing be borne out by the ofilcial inves
tigation it was indicated in ofilcial
quarters that the United States prob
ably Would regaird tlie ineident as add
ing a grave element to tile alrealy
strained relations between the two
Countries.
Lack ing iti'ormation as to the c
cumnstan e or the attack, ofileials
Were un able to prediet toniight to what
te Ordunita ca:;e woul! a e
%.m. th( ai atio?). but Ihev t rmi .'AHI
the. . ' e t (in wVmIh -certinuly cor:p.
WNison aid his ('al;in(.
Althouigh the Orduina cscapedi un.
hurt this, in the view of olliciais. (i s;
not relieve the ca:'e of grave poe4.r; 1
ities. The fael that ai belligerenllt me.
(hat)1 ship, bo nlid for tIle U 1'n ed
Slt's w;ilh .\Anitis on board and
wil lioul. a rms a nd aininit ion or 4on.
tralhand argo. va s las.ailed whi' 4 h-r
issengers slept reiinvinced manv iof
ficials 11hat the theory th'y h!:,d *1nt,
Ivinild cI an Iianctiual (han; in th
inan11ders apparentfly had !w("a di
ed.
31ay3- Ilinee on Tis ll- M
One point o il it I nt
so far ; tI (ll ' ii 1! - e '
di.nId, yI h In i . ; 4. th
\vun w in~l o h t :
IyI the c Ito:- I w rIII : Vi e n
A i y it thI :v, 4., nk i'
fore th.e. i he t I a f.: a
as -somec of 0!.1- in :a u
file thi \v! w'nh; of what I'
place. the fui l- iml 111! :I w '.
oi the G min (i rn e t for a r -
port fron if, um r ;:l
fore, 0 I ha I.fI ' - '. ()! lilt
the i rti. sa a o ! :U a
The c;6 is-t I- I4;ieved t > "; "4. !. 11m !
ileO Alnici a n, W b ' ordh "ilt it)
ca . Accordi) ' 4 5 eI r h- ' o in -
ternlationall law,. rv.-n a h e f1
arev onl board, the a- ree "' i.C h!.]ld
to bo .lustilled to con b i ..
fore, thator i
irre.spective o (I .II f! 11
rial was gi44: ven .) 11t -
or w lleillel' i':4lu - 41. 11:i
Auu -10 e~ eithe n: -:tl' i t1:'
wl ieb Ill r 4ed) I.iI lI: {' dI
d'lOned) f r a-illmt.
i t 4:411' e lsst e b 'Ii4l .il'
ry'in d <oi I::.:,' nd tr iun ,e ln a 111i
.\ ican~ r i!u l ssm. I ic sis I
o honrI i f M n . bini :i h-r preili
ly necep11ted rulet iiofi iin'e Snana~
the; ,Jt'ouh1(( bless.nuinnefie'l 1'
lO ' I ' Q \ 1(1,-' . .f IIii. 01 ietnelf -rc
\\I Ittg n !'h la (:oalt ei'a t at lCh :,i n)Itt
for di tI i:hci lor. .\.:' depl lel lad
iiOi' Coflhel'ilad SelpIs \\'ur.'(d
lhr" an111d itd ad sania rpilyin her1
To P'JUAliER SPIR
German -SubImarinc Allachs
Passenger Vessel
MAfNY AMERICArs
WERE ON BOARD
oil Bet ticeii the Fititeil Xtatp'S mid
G~eran y Over Liitsiilia silii kg
(Gcrnili .Mnltp it Slnil11ar Attack ti,
Ano4thetr Shill.
New York, July 1 7.-The ('unard
'Lier, O1rl 11-0111on Liveripoo lo I Nmv
York %withI 22!7 paoson gel s. iliilp
22 Ainerjeicw11S w%.Sa tac~iheo wit itoulI
Nv 'li g. it \\.;s leaiitle( oil livil arivat
hten, foday, f.'y a Gsermtanioauai~
oil flli Illorliflf., ult J'ill1 .
rn 1Jtijt olm, 1)11 k, I m a I,. w
hin Is.etit :-';:ff 'r T 11,' aV~ r t If I:
Ordhlia 'fe1!q ;a "*y. S1il,.A4)
li- I h iihn 1 1, :A t. wvit and rt1;lo ia l
I i f '.1 . I*.\. o th lit 1c
Ilk :!il i('fO I0 ' t 'f1 C.
re I ''
thio Ill-' I
I * I 'a !ft -~' i t '
CI t 1. i!- 1' 1
poi 'I to1:
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Uii
0118 Of W018
Shot by Will Martin Last
Week.
VARIED REPORTS
AS TO OCCURENCE
TV.o Faiiies, Living Closo Togct her,
linve a Difference and as ia Result
the Iileads of Each Become Involved
i a Dificulty, Leading to a Iolioi
cide.
As a result of a (ifliculty bei weel.
two well known faruicrs, John K. .c
Pherson and Will Martin, In' \\'utrloo
town sh ip in tle early part of. last
w eeh, the forin r wIt so iously
wounded that hie died M~ondayniL
The latter, with his 1uncle and : levo
McPherson, is inl the county Jail pld
ing anl applieation for hail.
mtlictin:: reporiL do not l':ci a,
very clear idea as to how the d I1II ult y,
-t r11 the details of the kil
Ii ngf itself. llo vev r, i -f l h-ad
R ist(td btiween the two famili:.. II
r chl y re~vI-lated, for. oine 1 i:, . 1 V
.al yr., it is said. The
11n 1 , i. ililo open 'con.'i: lnst
wek over a Very petty in.cit n1:, 11(11
-ih .ar ti, the tule of th d 'eInd
ant , rged that the daugh,0tcr (,0 .\c
I hvI itn had st(Olvn s.ome app,( - 11h1o
br itoigh the Martil r 5w
ta r of fact, the itllo 'I'
1hat the girl di 1 piik LI .eral
1:h had fa'non 0- ; o
P w\.Is h)ui t o t h on ". - *I-1:
ill an . , . '. In.: I -.
t hd out In se iH.
vns ) ords. bn--:
.t at each meet a ii.
'lai lhat w.-as ahi he
Sur.-le of \.%,r..
n had .irani 1 ie,
1tal-on w rltin
n !n' p!:zzastater Mr
if) AJI(It V.14
11Mr. .ut Mr. Mar tin I). r
.%1t ovei 1111n0\11' -- pt It
*rawn as If to at and
101 1 1 ho, WV11 1 arti. 1e,
liti tle di s. ta - I hI, 1
11n in'1 sht0 into H.. u..
-114 I n ntin e d
wi l' :13 2 "v 11101if
:'' n ii ,\ihi V was -
'antd wa later
t t a no hutt
d ocve sros
IM, 1n 1and .\ondayo
71 a parent th ot I
Ipe for savi
reiorted tI th
* n -ring \ll 121
- Cunty jail Ias p
' I andi. lon ud14 i
i wa'eres alo n
begui tll fon - .
-a towaprdt a u uil
\illco'a nuly(O, .tus O.tyi
s~i Idtodyt .at ray, sputa etu
nlgt4,The hcon orer h de-~l~o
gttd nd a te r to t;1 '2.Io
~ : nd~k' in o taIcnuihet A lien
n d antshv ci-liciry frme i'og :h-.