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T. U.l VAIG[I BL COMI~TT9 ASLUM Death Sentence of Green ville Man Further Stayed SOLICITOR APPLIES FOR TRANSFER No Objection is .\ntic'ipated on This Point, as PbysIcians and 1'aughn's Attorneys Hale Agreed That it Would ble .Advisable to Incarcerate the Prisoner in the hlosplital. Thurston U. Vaughn, who is In the state penitentiary under a sentence of death for heinous crimes which he confessed to have commited while he was superintendent of the Sotith Carolina Odd "cIlows Orpha nage, neatr Greenville, is to he i narcerated in the State iio epital for the insane, said the Gr(een ilte I'iedlin nt Satulriday. Solicitor l'roctor' .\. ionlhai, alter a careful consideration of the Va ughi case and after consultation with phly sicians w hol the state had retained to examine into thle condemned titan's mental condition. has (Iecided to l ur sue this course and will at an early date, probably next week, apply to the circuit court for an order to transfer Vaughn from the penitentiary to the asylum. Inasmuch as the physicians agreed that a test can best be made in the hospital, where Vaughn will ibe under the constant attention of 1)r. J. lley ward Gibbes and other eminent phy sicians, Solicitor Bionham Saturday stated that he thought it advisable that this examination be made. Thus another important chapter will be recorded in the famous case which has been followed with the keenest interest titroughout, from his first ar rest, escape from the county jail, and subsequent recapture, trial, conviction, sentence to death, and appeal to the supreme court of the state and of the United States. Now that the highest tribunal has sustained the state courts In all p: :'t inars, it seems that an in sanity decree is the only thing that can save Vaughn from death, Thurston U. Vaughn confessed to, and was sentenced to be hanged for having wronged several "minor" girls inmates of the Odd Fellows Orphan age, of which he was superintendent. Since his first death sentence the old form of execution in this state was changed to electrocution, and this fact was the main ground of his appeal to the United States supreme court. Solicitor Bonha in Saturday stated he realized that the Vaughn offense was it most horrible one and, of course, he should be punished to the very limit of the law, but manisfestly the effect of the execution, he explained, would be entirely lost if the offender is not him self capable of realizing why the pun ishment was imposed. "It would be contt rar'y to the laws:; o! the land an.d hum...aity to .xecut. mere 'bhundlie of Ileshi,'"' said .\lr. I on Sol'itar' ha'; Worked D)1il';ially or ('ase. the sotliclor' un til he hadc rm~id( r thorough tn ve.dtimition of thte cae and aftei' intervlliews with \'3a1uin's at torn1e3's, lphydsi('ians and34 1loveri'3 hIm that11 tis was the wisesti ('ours<' to 13ursueC. order' froml th c('Ircullit couri t wvitt 1la nlecessary for' Vlighn' ti' ransf'er I' 0 anid that the hadl30 I l it ia t thle ci~r w~Ill (513nsi .il an~iticipat1,1 n 31 b-14 e0t lOnl 13rn1 i'oiliet !' \'iiughit Illl to tianl e ilICt\nugh H 114the a:,ylum13. lin re'ling ~ 310 the s :licitor3's let ter Di'. Ghibbes' eInneurr'etd with Iitlnham331 decIsion tht. it woluld hei advi1sable t< commitit V'aughn toi the inisante asytlun for a peiod (of somle mlonlth So 50hal1 thte most adtvanttageouts cir'cumlstantc( possible coui~tldie obhtahined for det'r minIng hIs exact mtetal contitont However, he expressed Is belIef thtat Vaughn is 'mnaiingering", a mtedica term for a faked mental conditIon, IHe assured the solIcItor that Ite wvill con tinue his InvestIgations In connectior with the phtyslcians at tile hospItal. is letter follows: "Coluimbla, S. C., Mar. 9, 1916. "Mr. Pi'octor A. JBonhamt, "Greentville, S. C. "Dear Prioctor': "Gover'noir .\Ianning and I dId htavc a conference concerntng T. U. Vaughni some time in January and I told htimi thtat in my opinIon the fair' aitd just thting for thte state to do would lie to commit htim to thte State Hlospital for the Insante for a period of sonte .months so that the most advanitageous ceircutmstances possIble could be ob tained for determining his exact men tal condItion. This advice was based -nnon the nunumnitlnn that the state 'I'EA(IiEllS ('NOOSE IMNU'M PRESIlDENT (ieorgetown lIan Succeeds Dr. Snyder as Head of State 'Teachers' Associa tion. Columbia, March 1.-With the adop tion of resolutions calling for progres sive reforms in the interest of the State's school systemn and the elec tion of ollicers the annual Convention of the South Carolina School Associa tion was brought to a close this af ternoon. The resolutions endorsed the crea tion.of a State board for examination of teachers, increased appropriations for the schools of the State, industiral and night schools and better roado as ?tn aid to the public school system. W. C. Ilynum, of Gcorgetown, was el('ected president of the Association to succed 1)r. lHenry Netlson Snyder, of Spartinburg; E. C. .\leCan ts, of An dCrson, and .\iss Augusta Dunbar, of It artsv ille, were named as vice presi dents. )r. Snyder and W. W. Nickels, of Greenwood, were elected to the Stite exCcutive (ominittee, and IU. C. )'its, of lock lill, was re-elected secretary. Cohninhia and Gaffney subinitted ina i'ilations for the next. anini iua Imee(t ing of the convention. The selection will be made by the State executive committee. The meet ing, which closed today, is the most successful ever held by the South Carolina teachers. The regis trations exceeded 1,100 and many im portant subjects were given considera tion. Much good was obtained from the conferences of the various sections of the 'Convention. Last night the alumni associations of several colleges held banquets in Columbia. The final session of the Association was held today in the hall of the Ilouse of Iepresentatives. * * * * * * * * * * * * *4* * * BAlHKSill) NEWS. * * *. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IBarksdale, March 20.--The people sure have been enjoying this warm weather. The farmers are busy plow ing, fixing to plant a new crop. People will be glad to know that Mrs. Daisy Martin who has been in bed for some timo is able to be up. Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Baldwin and children, Agnes, Alton, Drury and Ardis visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith of Owings, Sunday. Misses Annie and Loudelle and Mr. Wilmon Baldwin had as their com pany Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Knight, W. S. Chestein, Elsner Bald win, J. II. Milam, Mrs. II. A. Weathers, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Weathers and fam ily and Mrs. Nannie Bmolt and two chil dren Gomer and Arthur. Barksdale school closed last Thurs day and Friday as the teachers went to Columbia to the teachers' meeting. Two solid car loads Chains ald llorkers just recei'ed. S. M. & 1. I-1. \'ilkes & Co. K(EEP UVER ACTIVE AND BOWELS CI.EAN~ WITH' "CASCA~RS' W'I n~ he-n bilious~-, sie . hendachy. con-i i''i iciiherut!' an (iut inhid Ito andl stop lieadnehles, a biaid cold. bil1ions ness5, offlens ive bire' ith, coated I ongue, rallownetss, souri stomtach and gases. T'oni'ght. taIke ('asearets ai enjoy the nii('est. gent lest liver' andt bolwel cleans int youfl ~(i ever experincedl. Waki e up ity or fals it y of \auighn'is mtental al aply ith~(i~ Iea prbem \io iiroIelt Penitent iary hav firmly ~i: eslalished in my miind thle belief that ever'y phamse of his 'onition canm b~ (exilainedh upon the bansis of mali ngeintg, andl that thei melnt a m ian Ifest at Ions whliich lie lpre. sents do not accord with any recog nhzedl typie of mental dilsord(er. Ilow ever, I feel thmat a defhiiite, ionthuslcn or this kInd Is scare"ly 'wart'anted upion the basIs of examinations con ducted in the environment of a peni tentiary, and it was upon thIs feeling that I based my advice to Mr. Man ning. "I am gladl to k{now that you are in sympathy with these views. I aim sure that bo0th you and 'I shall be miuchl bet ter' satisfied with the fInal result of the case in spIte of the tem-. porar'y dlelay that this arrangement necessitates. "I shall ask Dir. WVlliams to let mne know as sooin as Vaughn enters the hospi)tal for tihe insane, and shall contInue my" investigations in connec tion wIth the physicians there. "With kindest regards, "Yours tr'uly, 3. H. Gihhes." S.FE RESISTS ATTACK, Unsuccessful Effort at Robbery In Tueapan. Spartanburg, March 18.-An unsuc cessful effort was made to rob the safe in the ticket ofice of the P. & N. sta tion at Tucapua last night, according to information received at the sheriff's ofice today. The explosion was heard by several parties, who upon investi gation found that the explosive used f M usic had not opened the safe and that rath er than make another effort the would be robbers had fled. The authorities are said to have clues that may lead to Let us place in our home a Victrola. It will bring arrests within the next few hours. to you all the mu c of all the world, and pleasure to - Ed u Mayo's (owns Saved from Wreck, every mem er the family. Sof , trange Case of ome n let us play some of the many new the filmting of "The tae Cas e of om h e Mar Page" for two days. Half a (lozein rdicile gowns for Edna Mayo r ehave now. were found intact in their steel cases and edthi(L one to Cicgo. MiIss Mcia' 0 IR G hll~tt l' t1e stilOe gon.t 'ic, -P W E DRUG COMPANY less in the same scene, so the incon \1 ,.&enfce ay isrediy of (ic lay- is readily Itnugi d. r ,-.W ' _ . "1". .I l1' ]w . ". ' '.7 . 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