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VOLUME XXXII. LAUR~NS, SOUTlI CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917. NUMBER 24
VERY DEPLORABI
LANFORD S
Father Mistakes Son For
Burglar.
OSCAR LANFORD
MEETS DEATH
Capt. J. W. Lanford Mistakes Son for
Burglar and Shoots film With lIe.
peating Rifle.. Son Ieturns Fire
Under Misapprehension, Wounding
his Father.
Early yesterday morning the news
was spread around the city that bur
glars had made a raid at Ora and Lan
ford Station in this county and that
in the confusion following' an attempt
to catch him at. lan ford Station, (apt.
.T. W. LTaford had shot and mortally
wounded his son, Oscar Lanford, and
him self had reed ied a hullet woun d
from tie pistol of his son. The burglar
escaped during the fusillade, but if
the ofilcers are eonirmed in their be
lef, he was later apprehended at
Woodruff and yesterday about noon
was placed in the county jail here.
Jewelry and iother things found on the
person of the man arrested convince
the officers that they have secured the
right man.
The burglar made his first visit to
Ora, a small station on the C. & W. C.
railroad between here and Spartan
burg. He ransacked the office of Dr.
R. H. Bryson, but secured nothing that
appealed to him. From there he was
next heard of at the home of Mr. W.
T. Blakely. Mr. Blakeley saw him
standing in his room and thinking per
haps that it was his son, George, hailed
him, saying "Is that you, George?" Tpe
man replied "Yes',' but backed th'ough
the bath-room and sleeping poreh, Mr.
Blakely saw that he was going toward
Lanford Station so he telephoned Mr.
Scott Higgins, giving the warning. Mr.
Higgins notified Mr. Oscar Lanford and
Mr., Jim Fleming, but remained at
home himself on account of his wife
who was afraid to stay alone. Mr. Os
car Lanford and 11r. Fleming awoke
Capt. John W. Lanford and they await
ed the burglar at the depot.
About 4:30 o'clock a man was seen
to come down the road toward Mr.
Drummond's store, which was in the
direction of Ora but on the opposite
side of the street from the depot, the
railroad being on the east side of both.
The man was seen to circle the store
building, using a flashlight to light his
way. For some reason, lie decided not
to enter this store and started toward
the depot behind which the watchers
hero shielding themselies. Mr. Flem
ing thought it best not to halt him
here, so advised the Messrs Lanford to
remain still while he went around to
the other end of the depot. where he
could halt the burglar with more safe
ty. Fleming started around, but before
he reached the end of the depot he
heard Capt. Lanfordl cry "Hlalt" andi
the shootinug begani. (Caplt. I anford,
who surivivedi thei 1ragedy, wvas uincr
tain exactly. as to what Io(curred, lutl
In thle conifusion It appejiaris t hat Osca r
.Enfor 10(uiishedi in frontI of his fa thier
anid betweecn him11 and tihe b~urglair and
recive a((i biillet froii C'apIt. Lan11ford's
son evideintly miistook his fat her ior
aniothlier memiiber~ of the gan ig andii shot
at hmim while falling thle bullet woundii
iiw Ca pt. 1Laniford sl ighltly on t he iinside
of th le ,iiighI. .. l-'l(ming, who cai edi
a lhot g ' loaded withi bhck-siiot, shotl
one ti me. Whet heri thle huregiarm shot at
all is not1 known. lie made hIs eseaiie
towardl Enioree andl W~oodruit. A imn
- answvering hiIs decr i ption and1( carr ying
a flashlight and~ al few. Himplle 1ools waUs
arrested by Cief of P'olilce Keliet t at
Woodruoff yesterday mlornlin andI i hand1(
ed over to thle otlicer's froum this coun
tg. Sheriff Wittis is ocinfbdent that lie
has time right man. hn add ititon to the
things men tioned above, thle su pposed
burglar had on hIs person a scarf pin
and heavy goldI bandl rinig, thought to
ho the propierty of Mirs. Bilakoly. i~e
3efulses lve any information as to
-bimself. When arrested lie was lpar
5tially intoxicatedl.
YnrdStation was thrown Into a
great confusion by the tragedy and a
pale of gloom was east over thie little
town on account of the tragedy andl its
peculiarly sadl circumstances. Capt.
hanford, though slightly wounded, is
prostrate on account of the death of
his son. Oscar Lanford was a man
.E TRAGEDY AT
TATION TUESDAY
THE McDANIEL GINNERY
DESTROYED BY FIItE
Total Loss of (innery Built near Lau.
rens Cotton Mills Three Years Ago.
The McDaniel Ginnery, located on
East Main street near the depot and
owned and operated by Mr. S. 9. Mc
Daniel, was totally destroyed by a
fire of unknown origin betw,.en 2 and
3 o'clock Saturday morning. When
discovered the blaze had already made
such headway that the fire department
was unable to save any part of it. By
effective work, however, the seed
house on one side of the gin and a
large barn on the other side were
saved.
. The ginnery was erected and sup
plied with machinery three years ago
at an approximate cost of $5,200. Feed
and other things in the building
brought the total value to nearly
$6,000. lr. Mclianiel carried Insur
ance policy of $2,800.
On account of the advanced stage
at which the fire was discovered ir.
Acl)aniel said it. was (litlcult to Judge
of the cause of it, although he ex
pressed the opinion that it was caught
by a lighted match or cigarette care
lessly thrown among inflammable ma
terial by trespassers.
Mr. McDaniel spoke very highly of
the work of the fire department and
expressed his appisciatlon of xtheir
services and the services of friends
who assisted. Because of the low
pressure in the water mains, the
pumping apparatus on the fire truck
was especially valuable in saving
the seed house and barn.
SALES WERE FE W.
Only Four Sales held on the First
Salesday of the Year.
Monday, though the first salesday of
the year, was a very quiet one, due to
the unusually bad weather and the
fact that there were only four small
tracts of land put up for sale. All of
these were through the Cork of Court's
office and were as follows:
J. C. Smith et al, vs Mrs. J. A. Mc
Chesney. 34 acres n.ear the town of
Waterloo, sold to E. P. Walker for
$1.020.00.
Commercial Bank of Rutherfordton,
N. C., vs Nora Mills et al, 4 1-2 acres
known as the Dr. Poole honmeplace,
sold to R. A. Cooper, attorney, for
$1,900.00.
Andrew Garrett vs F. W. Williams
et al, one acre near Watts Mills, sold
to R. E. Babb, attorney for $20.00.
T. E. Jones as administrator, 56
acres near Fountain Inn to C. C.
.ones for $1775.00.
Mrs. Henrietta Parkins.
Mrs. Ilenrietta Parkins, wife of
the late (apt. Charles Parkins, one
of Greenvillk's oldest and best known
women, dIled early3 t his imor'ninig at
he'r home, 128 Ilowe street; a fter a
Ii ngering ill ness. She was In her' Mlst
ye'ar.
irs. Pa rkinxs was botrn .1ltily Ii.
lMi;, in lsaixremns 'ounty, the eldest
(diu ghtr ofI'(i .1 effeirson SuixIIvan. She
iuarie'd (aptain (Charles Pa:rkins in
I1Nii. ii e piecedled her to thle grav~e
seven ye'ars. She' Is siri'v ed by one
brother, I. two) sister and i seven (I hiil
In the dethI of -Mrs. Pa 'akinsx, G;reen
'ille has lost onie of her'i lovlest chaxr
ae(ters. She was a good~ ne'ihbor and1(
1kind( andl loving mxother. lFromi her'
early girlhood0( she was a membi er of
thIe Met hodi1st Epidscopal clhurachi, Fon th.
F~or' the past six yearis she had been
a anufferer', but biore the a Illiet ion withI
great fort itudie.--Gr'eenxvll News.
MIr. W. 11. lBlakely, who lIves on Rt.
3, ename ix .\ionday and as he said,
arited off the now year rIghtI by
renewing his subscr'ipt Ion to 'The Ad
v'eirtser.
about middle agedl, married and wvithI
sever'al chxildrnen.
The capture or thme fugitive was due
largely to the prompt efforts of the
local officils in getting thxe news or
thme tragedy circulated and asking of
fleers In nearby towns to be on thme
look-out. Policeman KollettI, who
caught theo man, ia from iSullivan
township, thxis county, and is widely
known in theo county, having been a
candidato foxr shxerlif last summer.
('O1U11A WINS FIGIIT
FOR FAt1 LOA N BANk
Carolina Capital Gets One of Twelve.
Georgia, Florida and Two Carolinas
Comprise the District.
Washington, Dec. 27.-Two days
later than the prescribed time for re
ceiving Christmas presents, but prob
ably none the less appreciated for this
slight delay Columbia this morning
was given one of the farm loan banks
by William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the 'treasury, and the members of the
farm loan board after one of the most
interesting and exciting contests with
150 other cities throughout the country.
Columbia did not win the fight for
the bank without effort. It got into the
game when, months ago, it was prac
tically certain that there would be a
farm loan bank in the near future.
Following Initial efforts made at
thaf time, it kept on fighting and
wlo'i about three weeks ago, it was
stated that it might los'' the hank, in
send of sulking its business mien took
hold of the situation with renewed ef
fort, the result being the presentation
of the bank this morning. That ('o
ltumbia has won the tight in coilipe
tition with such cities as irmt inglha f,
Nashville, .lacksonville and others, 1.50
of thein altogether, speaks well for the
concertl business activity of the capi
tal city. Ilad its citizens failed to keep
up their fight, especially when it look
ed as if they were whipped, Colum
bia would have lost, instead of win
ning a magnificent victory.
MRS. CELISTA ROBERTSON.
Widow of the Late Lewis Itobertsoh
Died at her Home In This City Sat
urday.
Mrs. Celista Robertson, widow of the
late Lewis Robertson, died at her
home, the old Robertson Hotel, in this
city Saturday morning after an illness
of a few hours. Death was due to a
collapse- tiidont upon advanced age,
Mrs. Robertson was in the 87th year
of her age, her husband having pre
ceded her to the grave about eight
years ago. Before marriage she was
a Miss Owings, she and her husband
having been residents of the Gray
Court section of the county. She is
survived by two sons, Messrs W. C. P.
Robertson and Watt T. Robertson, and
one daughter, Miss Mary Robertson,
all of this city.
The funeral services were held at
the Robertson burying ground near
Gray Court Sunday, being conducted
by Rev. W. A. Fai , pastor of the
First Methodist church of this city.
Mrs. Robertson was a gentle, kindly
womain, beloved by all those who knew
her. She was greatly attached to the
old home and seldom daring recent
years left its walls.
Postal Receipts Increase.
Assistant. Postmaster 1). M. Nor
wood states that the postal receipts
for the fiscal year just closing, in
eluding re(ceipts5 from stainps, postal
cards, box rents and second ('lass
miteIr, amonItedl toi $18,i57.P99. Thme
year's business shows a gaini over
1915 when the receipts were $11.8*: 1.0)0.
liy reaching the $13m marouiok thmis ot
lice ean n. anm incWrease of $100e per
yeai' for its lpostmnaster. thle sala y lbe
lng increasedl firii $:2.:.'I0 to $2,800.
None' of the oither (empjle es ot thi.
oilie profit. by the incre'(as(e.
AntiuatL .i ssociamtlonnij Conferenlce,
rThe above meeting wvill hi' held with
the Flirst Ita ptist clhurch1 omn J1manary
121th. 10very churchc ini the associa
lion is ex Peced to send ithleiri loas tor
and3( at least two -lay mieminbcrs. Trhe
following is the prIogram:l
Thie morning service willl begin with
the devotional meeting at teni o'clock,
'onducitted by R1ev. W. H. Collins.
10:30 to It :00--El'very imeme ean
vass. Samutel It. Tlemiplemian.
11:00 to II :45-Systematic (Givia.
R1ev. R1. J. Williams, llev. 1H. C.
Ize,
11:45 to 12 :30-Atlanta ihitist Lay
men's Conivenit ion
(a) What is it? ('. 14. Iloboa.
b) W~ho should go? W. ('.
Ic) WillI it hlp thle laurenis As
sociatiin? '. iI. Itoperi.
I12:3:0---Sermnon by E. M. Light Ifoot.
Amternioon. .
Appm oriments for 1917 considered
andi apprioved by the messengers from
the various churches,
GERMAN PROPOS8[S
R[J[CT[D BY ALLI[S
Declared War Maneuver by
Allies.
JOINT NOTE IS
SENT FROM PARIS
Entente Riefuses to Consider 'T'eutonie
Note whleh it. Considers Empijt.y and
Insincere. litesnonsillility for the
111r ('harged to G(erman Ic Ailles.
Paris, Dec. 30.-In reply to the of
fer of Germany and her allies for a
peace conference, the Inteite Allies,
in a collective note, declare, that Ihey
"refuse to coisider a proposal which
is in pty and insincere." T'he note was
handed to the A inerican Amb1 hassado r,
\'nI. Graves Sharp, today by I'rem)ier
I3riandi, a1(1 was iade li c i simutil
tunieoulsly in i-ondon amti in Paris.
Thel i":niente -\Ilied }{overnmlengs
insist that no peace is possible so
long as they have not. secured repara-.
tion for violated rights and liherties
and the free e'xsten'e of small states
an have not brought about. a settle
ment for the future security of the
world. The note declares that. the
proposal of the Central Powers is not
an offer of peace, but a "war maneu
ver". It is declaC -ed to be founded on
"calculated misinterpretation of the
character of the struggle in the Past,
the present and the future."
The note does not specifically out
line the definite war aims of any of
'ae Entente governments, except Bel
gium. Before the war, it is pointed
out, Belgium asked for nothing but
to live in harmony with her neigh
bors. Assailed in spite of the treaties
guaranteeing her violatibility, Belgium
the note says, has taken up arms to
'defend her independence and "her
n'eutrality 'violated by Germany."
Belgium's airn which is declared to
be the only aim of her king and gov
ernment, is described as "the reestab
lishment of peace and Justice. But
they only desire peace which would
assure to their country legitimate re
paration, guarantees and safeguards
for the future."
The note, which is the joint act of
the Entente Powers, declares that the
present strife was desired, provoked,
and declared by Germany and Aus
tria-llungary, and that Germany
made no effort to bring about a pacif
ic solitio."of the trouble between lit
tle Serbia and Austria-IHungary, as
did Great Britain, France and Russia.
A peace concluded upon the Ger
man idea would he only to the advan
tage of the Central Powers says the
note, while disasters caused by the
war demand penalties, reparation and
guarantees.
The German overtures are deserih
ed as a calculated at tempt to intlu
en(e the future course of Ihe war and
to end it by3 Iimpiosing a~ ernmn iieace.
The overtuires also are salid to have
the effect of intiidlating nut ral Pub-4
lic opinion as well as to stifi'en opin
ion ini the4 (Cnt ral i'o 'is --worn Out
byV econoie( pressur1e an P 'ruiished by
posed1 i uo in 'thir inh aiants.''
lOune 01114'ued ni Wals .4 ills.
Wuitts .\l ills (compiiany, oc'up1ied by~ .\r
.Ji'lim Toas, was heavily I: damaiged by
tire Fiday njight abouti4 7 4'clock. Tliu.
hiz~'e oriigin~ated in on' of tie (losctg
andi spiread very raidly, almost rin.ii
ing bothi the blbilling anid thle furini
ltur'e. Tlhe (liPty ire 1'1) ieatmen44t wvent
to the assistance ofi the4 mill departli
Thom0i4as carried ino intsurian(ce oii hiis
fuitre i, but t.the comtipa ny had thle
building inisured'( ui 1to a reasonable
amoun111t.
To Take Mr. hiliton's Place1.
S. F. M\iller, of Vaughinville, llaimp
(in coun ty, has aecepted thle Josi t Ion
madi~e vacan t at the graded school by
lie resiginat ion of' M.\. C. 1111lion,
whot( has nccepted a piosition)4 in thle
war dhepa rtment at. Wachiingtoni. .\lr4.
Aliller' is a graduate of The (Citadel
and~ has hadl several years Cepeienlce
as a teacher'. in addit ion to his duiities
In the class roomis, lie will have
charge of the military training of the
boys. .\ir. Illilton,''who lhad made a
v'erv efileieint teahcer, has miany
frIends here who regretted1 to see him1)
leaven.
ilANNIN(PS ANNUAL
31ESSAGE WILL BE 11RIEF
Heal With Broad PrIblems. yelt('al
Message for Partlciilar Subects.
The Insurance Mudle.
Columbia, Dec. 29f.-Governor .\an
ling retturne(d this morning from a
hunt with Mr. It. .\l.Iaruch on his es
ate in Georgetown County, and at
lce began work on his annual mes
age to the general assembly. lie is
athering material for the message
Indl will begin dictating it to his
stenographer at the fi rst opportunity.
The governor has intimated that his
Innual message will be comtiparatively
)rief and that. it will deal only with
he broad problems facing the a(illnil
sratlionl. lie expects to deal tirough
Ipceial Iilessages with particular sub
ects.
important matlers whic'h the gv
rnor iS expected to touh(o1 (I'
'ommunhittIlienation to Ile lawillak(rs inl
lii(de, inlsurlance,, le iltilon, tit en1
nig tupl oil ihe, prohibition latw, the
Iighlway commllissionl act, amlenldmlents
o str(igtlheil the state warehouse sy,
(in, finances and ediient ion.
Oil the quest ion of finances the
Loven'Ior IS expected to scud a special
mlessage anlli he will probably do this
after conferences witi Chairman
ihristensen of the senate finance coml
mnittee, Chairman Liles of the house
Mays and means committee, State
't'reasurer Carter, Comptroller Gener
al sawyer and Chairman A. W. .Jones
of the state tax commission. It is prob
able additional sources of revenue
will be recommended by the governor.
Of all the subjects to be dealt. with
by the chief executive, what he will
have to say of insurance legislation
will probably be of the greatest hi
terest. The special commission's re
port is now before him and he has not
as yet given any indication of whether
he agrees with the findings of that
commission or . will make changes.
He has an open mind on the sribject,
it is known and is gathering all of tho
available information and discarding
that which does not answer the situa
tion and taking the best. ideas from
everything and everywhere.
What Governor 'Manning will have
to say about the National Guard of the
state will attract attention. At the re
cent. conference of governors in Wash
ington, lie was (luoted as saying that
he believed the National guard was
doomed and whether lie will repeat
this statement in his message and sug
gest some other form of citizen sol
diery is not known. The governor, like
all other patriotic citizens in South
Carolina is known to be proud of the
record which the guard has made but
he feels that. the sacrifices entailed are
too great for the men to lay aside their
business and be sent away for monthIs
to patrol a boundary. The governor
will undoubtedly eulogize the National
guard for it. has won merited praise.
The governor has not male any
statement. but it. is believedl that he
hioldls the opliionii whlichi a great mlanly
othier welli in fo rmed mien do, that uni
til the( caste system is discardid fr''an
the regular arimy, there is piog t
lbe trioiubtle ini gettinlg it recrulited ii
st rengthI. lie limy\ halve' somihin g to'
say3 ahligg this linei ini his annmutal mes-"
Sage foir lhe has t wo sonsi in the Na
other a 5(erge'ant inl thle ''avalt: 7 roop
theiif tiharl(s'l 15( iightl lDra oil now
dot\tin border' aericte ntiing 0h
enoisea frofirt and i nform uIwacaieon
Goernor \l'tankn o expect.tlto de
vuot ievergh inue fois sjiarer( s I~tilnte
th legsil t ure i to ritin t hlis tme toaye.
.\l. ad .\lr(. bIe. si. Tulin. loitra
whor. liitMrle i infntrt a Iei medl
Newses etalnk the rinds
thoughtfu ftt them(i' i l thit i ber.
iet. hes'la hid wa utatree mothe
old ( a haben six ks a ort io
.e li.lan .rfrs, le mbert flerl a ftd.t
gandfa.\ors. I aI. t1. 1 .rt' luifant (on
Pthec ol sobeniamdate t
MEXICAN SIT ATION
B[COMING_1NC[RTAIN
Carranza Will Probably Re
ject Protocol.
VILLA IS NOW
GAINING STRENGTH
.1 r"1, Officers are Urging l'ershinid's
Withdrawal as a Military Step. Stip..
pression of lhaudit Forces by (ar.
ranza's A riny Now iceis loubtful.
Was hington, il-.30.-Incereasing
'Vidence that. (en. I arranza's govern
luent. is being inenaceld by the hands
.f insurgents, conilled with Ile pros
.(e(ts (hat. the first chief will not ae
c'ept the AlIlantic C'ity porto! il, unless
the conlditionls it attae~lu's to the( with
drawal of the Alericai troops is elii
innte~d, hats brought. Ilhe .\lexic"an sitti
ation to a stag' of ulcertaiiinl. that
is causing growing (ollEferin here.
WVhile ollicials admnit that the condli.
Irons they confront are efbarrassing,
and sonme high army otlicers are urg
ing that l'ershing's Ien be witlidawin
as a inilitary step and rega rdless of
the conditions it. is insisted that so fre'
there has been no change in the ad
ministration policy. The Arnerican
mminbers of the joint. conunission,
which drew the Atlantic City portocot
will meet here Tuesday to go over.
Gen. Carranza's request for noditica
tion and to consider whether any bas
is is offered for further conferences
with the Mexican commission.
Chas. A. Douglas, an attorney for
Carranza, governnent, saw Counsel lot.
Polk of tote State 'Department today
and is updprstood to have made a fur
ther plea fpr withdrawal of the troops.
Several army officers of high rank
are no longer attermpting to conceal
their impatience over 'the joint con
mission's failure to secure ratification
of an agreement and openly are urg
ing that the altered conditions in
Mexico make it imperative to bring
the 12,000 men now in Mexico to po
sitions on the border where they could
be handled to better advantage if it
became necessary.
Reports to the State and War l)e.
partruents, supported unofllcial ad
vices indicating that. Villa is rapidly,
gaining strength in Northern \exico,
liat. makes his suppression by the
Carranza army appear doubtful. At
the sarne tine followers of helix Diaz
are said to be iakitig trouble in tlho
SouthIi, while Manuel Palaez and other
rebel leaders are gaining ground in
the Central portions of the iepublic.
The ollilal advices indicnted that
('arranza forces in alStillho, It o days
a19g0 were anticipating in attack by
\illa forces. The governor of the Stato
had dired t Ihat the goveron 1-aiii ar
chieves he prepared foi- reim-al ad
promlinent c'ivilianls and oilkinisl had
set tIheil' fatllillies to the I relr. Sue.
'(.ses(o the \i' ilta foiirs ai-iti Tor
letin, we-re tonlilt-u ned by he :al di es.
I lhts opertations inl t hie ;as-t few
weeksl( ha~ve conv~iin-cd armyil len-a lO~
tha I to anld othlerI le-adeis it lii re
alciinary1 inotvlien t aleli.eu aa
pini of tampaj~iigtn havinefeIl- in
aind ae l i l t tit he- reiii fit n ni t
tiblr t hanI t- (Wellu at ionu
tory-. It is poillted t t Iha h i
eliter ed lon n' .it if im.tela i
NorthertiI n .\ 4tio eit t titV I u Ilt
ati l( i s ig htWIng I Ia 'i a
andlillit le1ad w aii loiu~t his
IIffe-tlion in ils alrm~y hav 'iii hedf
goivernmenit' a'gents en tihe huder-i. it
is ('xpelctedt thant V-illa will mlak'- everlv
efttort to (diisos oft the l f.\ liui foreo
haa tt take ('ommandi(.
In a ('tnsidb~t Itli aIlen ofi Tapafrli
\Ibindiel P'alat-z, whoti has bteen in con..
('tly3 exttede hIs oterst ins to.,
ward( till Sfult h withoullt opllft- ionil.
-t 1- t'- Stone h-ft las Thiurstday
lor At Ian ta to tied ttsomlle I lit withi
Ils son11 \tei I .. IS Se.