The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 08, 1917, Image 1
VOLUME XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1917. NUMBER 3
MY8T[RY SRROUND8
SHOOTING Of NEYt
Young Greenville Guards
man Wounded.
SEVEN MEN ARE
HELD FOR CRIME
Auto -l'arty of Seven Now lin .Iill, Ad
mit They Were 1)rlIiniI--Ietalls
liard to et--Nees Was ietu rning
From Funeral.
Greenville, Aug. 6.--Ralph G. Neves,
stable Sergeant of the head(luarters
company at Camp Sevier and a wvell
known local hoy. who was shot and
seriolisly wounded yesterday after
noon on the Travelers Rest road is
restinlg fairly wevll at tlle City Ilos
pital today and physicians state that
lie lts chances ftr recovery. Who
fired the shot which passed t hrough
yoing Neves' head s'Mill remains a
mystery. Seven men are now In jail
In coi ection with the crime.
'hougi Ihe wound of tle youtig mau
is seriolts, hope is entertained for his
recovery. Three physicians are at
Lee, FVirman Pright, Will lright, .ake
dlone to have his life.
The seven white men now in jail as
a result of the shooting are: Clarence
Lee, Furpnan Bright, Will BIright, Jace
Carter, Lotan lHooper, ll) Waters
and Will Watts. Lee and the two
lright boys are fron M.\erritsville
and tile other four are G3reenville men.
Each man's story of the shooting
differs Ili some manuner from the story
told by the others. The best liuforI
mation obtainable seems to be that tile
SevenI iliel were in all automobile,
driven by Watts, coming to Greenlville
on the Travelers Rest road, a few
iniles from G reenville, when tile (ar
passed yoing Neves yesterday after
110011.
Young Neves was on leave, having
attended the fillierial yesteiday m1or11
ing of his uncle, tie late W. P. Z. P.
Neves. The guardsman was retuil rning
from tle fuleral ;alid was on his way
back to vanip when the car colitainilig
tl'e S(evl ilen passed.
It is understood that the hat of one
of the imien in the car blew off at this
tilie and fell in tile road betweeni
Neves and the auto. Neves dismount
ed from his horse and pickeI tip the
h'at, starting toward the Car with it.
. This was about -1 o'clock in tihe after
110011i.
At this point, tile statements o the
seven Ielln v (Wary and are not very
Ilued. Youn111g Watts stated that lie,
with another of tle crowd, remaied
in the (.art while tie other fellows
wlent to meet Neves witIi lie hat. All
admit that the crowd was drilliing
at the time,
What hapypened durling 1the intel-nal
while tilie mel wer' vith Nc\(es ill
the road canlilot 1h4 lea rIled. In a few
mililites, 1 shot was heard and the
mlenl retuirned to tilt- var. and caml)" on
wiasq founde a fewi minmie~s hater lini
iln the. raid w ith ai b ll it wvouil
thri oughLl his had anucd h .s ownl .2un ly
inig at few feet foun hi ia.
to the 544ene' an blritou.:h th' olier')
attei on stil 1 ivn4 him1.2 Ii lci . c nli..'
ti4 is s i'll it(i Ii Iouh hope arII et
1entler lti for1 ied re)co 1 Aery. il
by1Shi'Ifl hi-tatr whp tord the 1t '0l")
enlel 11 iho t y af'r te' 1111en tce.
llait~nlgit toe 1111' ti t'ld of e a ltjne
Sher)4 ifIS bliort m' et1 te svn-'n coming
at d under0111 jails. Ii is r Il o f i the.'
- lthedsheiff'li'' stalted hmring wiereiI
bitoi dted t that et' ' of havin
toibe'irfwen i toe inthar. ti
in'' wth hisar' was rinkng s Will t it 1
(oe oftt tc 'he umblr len intedviwd
alibre, wouns jaundlyins monin b1 in
l'aot beporertaedi tha~t&he was
haing drunk tad thae gunw noathown
o the caoobank tol tolds aboet lyie
A ('ENT . P)VANNI'
.11111y ('onditioni Report. was Stimulat-0
in F''n ture' i larket hitsl Week.
New Orl 'ans, Auig. . An advance
o over a cent a iound was rgisterei
.tl 1te111:oi t'le last weel(, lrie.
es k w I io i ', S so)t ) hei ai lhI t
lowest levels while Ihe hidiest leves
W0er r'eached on the closing sessitt.
Fridaty. I rain IhI loweSI to the igh
est there was a I ise of 12S Io 1 :1
point,s an1d I the nti cligleo for tile
Week was an advaiev of ls to 12
points.
T ii y condt.. bitio ll rporl Wednte.
day, the heavy Soulhlii'ii CoLsui:1lt lon
for the year jui entded and report;s
of a sitron spol deliand developinig
In Texas, were file Ittain stinulating
features of, the week. Thi Iule (x
peel ed a1 condition report o f from
72 to :1 lNIr c it of the normal. and
Iie govelininent put he per et ageii
at 70.:, indicating a yield of only
I1,919.m01 l mles, which ithe liillisl
pleinent considered wll below Ihe
prospectivle wantsv of the4, w\*orbilt ditir
Ing IIte conting seasont.
Soulliterti ntsumption was Ihe
hargest oil record. I ,:1.",ilii0 hales for
the twelve mionths ending with ,July,
IIIIlls cons!idered this duo partly to
wirt orders and partly to business
coming to America whichl formerly
went. 10 iglish Imtills. The largest
consumption emph14asized Ithe effect
of repots a growing deilland for iew
Crop cotton inl Texas. It was sa id
that the new erop was selling at a
wide premtuinitt ott contracts.
This week the tiarket will at IIrst
be chiefly concerned with the weath
er over Ith week and because August
is generally regarded as the crilical
period inl the growing season.
'The spot demantd and Ihe xport
situation will he closely watched, for
at to end of last wt'ek rumilors were(,
elciulated that, eng~a gemttt Is of
ocean freight roomt out of Gtilf ports
for 2 i0 hlbales of cotloll hal al
ready beena ittade foir .\ugust antd Sep
tomber silling.
in the ditch wounded.
As the ball passedi through his itail,
enlttring just below the light ear and
eoltilg out onl the otelir side of, IIe
face just below ithe cheiek hone, the
physicians oild not SIate what sot
of, hullet Ahot hinm. The opinion was
expressed that lit was shot with a . 2
Ialibre bullet thollua'l this colild not w
veri lled.
FurmnanllBright, brot)her of \\ill, w\as
lodged In thl e city, jail, th o sven ien
lbeing separated. \'hen askd th 1iis
morning about HIP m1a,11rT y oung II
Irotight sta ted that while ie ha lh
rit ing, hie was not ti drunk to
I a tI h tppened.
"I did not ' alph I all and didI
not See him fill afiter the shot wa
f lred." he iaid. "I didl not See4h Who
fired lth "hot and did not ilwari :m1y
otie Say who f ti rd it h I hard
that \il l had confe'ssed )t h1.1as in u
itl i don't IlIch ithink thi \\'ill l ' d id
for he w1 ln I it l s ai I hAt : mo1
of thl, time Ihe en d wl' It
lviiterday afoerioon,. I was wkinii
from wher Neves I s lt oo in ,; , 1ma.
wN lile, heTgit~'he ()1 (in Is\ ' ' t ott
Dani oflthenIar. \\'hn fw::ilyn-d
Grlen~l ingtedmta.l.: andpr
EX.MIlNIS 125 MEN
A hont 25 hine -'ini steil Sillce e ( en
Sus iwaus Titken and were not l-xanI
Illed.
Thlt- coun y xijpIion hoa)41whn.biti
driul't 'xv Thr.-silay *. On that <:yv and
oIn th folh wing' . two day, iohr a 12--)
of, 11 in a al I I! r I drawn % i t r lit( .w
le ir v i r t I la w 14 lv v 'i11 1 ) I r 14
Iin I I 1 int 1 y Ih 's ial 1x:1 i y I o ) rI .
T4 1 ,nene. ass;isted by I )()to rsII I. l (h ;,
\ 'Iinlk ". h-'er .:oII alli lel nl4 . S\ ibrta -
Iu :,' ';41 wer h14b11 out forl a seroiv
4)i.i d a-ain this w4.k. YcsA rlav
Ihith f$o4 l1win men h1,xt l w41 hen e4 t it i 'l 1141
aI IAnOf lini at hadl failil( to p'Iis
till 1'( ii01l 1h ys ia Ill ii at Iion l
Nw--cne Hle Iliu. \\are shon!ts
. D 1. 1.
\\h x' ti ll xxhat' yrd. I aulrt I Zen
Ztixt s I a(bt) 1': an 1ii1, I ".111r n .
.\4lher o Iiseh-rI)o n'1.Gr y otr 1.1.
I a. I:e. 1 lIl )I I ho ho ( .
take iii t ~itask f 10 $51o 01t I u
Sa1111 'l I1. llorn, \\' re Slh iaIs It, F1 .
\'ance Irlby, Clinton.
(ho. Troy one Iaure lls.
( 'a r rol f t'harleo si h), iM auren '4.
Tonm Ihning Snmith, \\aterloo.
Alartil L. \\'hi ti l , Cross till.
T 1, iIv ths e I l h av e b e eo n (I.i x c u I s e If a n11 1
w ilI not hl fifrter4 examinIl. The
reiat ier of li lte 1)N will be examinoi
probably tio--, week. Abut tb . Iwenl ty
live Ixxnll hav x vnliste since the e l -
Sits was laken tr hav, bxn trall.ifer
redl to other ba~s
AIl te Il he 1 It ys i t-al I exa ltI inat .ions
have ee'nl conliplei , thle board will
takE I41) I1s) task of passing Oi an achII
clamin as shown by the(, afioavits i Iei
for ixvilutlion Wii thie boarti. No
to pa ss o nl a1 la illn fo r exe nli o nl
II' ~ I h"o48i., 41' f i nl 1 14 (
where the ii Inanl chaiming oxeuption is
rvIa e (~ ) 1 ( '1I111vI1 II 11li. 4'a -4hI. IIII
S410n11d i ou in h'. Af141r a decision Is
I'le hl by til local boar14il, the rcorils
re orw.anle to theo distrielt boardl
-it G1ree-nw4ood which has ( h.41 final le
vision onl (lte claints.
Till, ap>ie111fnt8. 8 o x111pion will -11 -
' b44e notified of, the bioari's e'vision
itl1 will have toll days Inl which to Ill
all appi al i' lhx o <,l srs and' ive flays
inl which to sec re idlitional ( tiv4le e.
.\pplicants.- for. exemIlptionl onl inclus..
trial ro nlsk. incliling agr4icu4ltural
pu t4i ls, 1niu1sl tL' ilv h ir claim s w 4ith
11ho djlisrict hoand inl five, day" fronm thll
dat x of ilotic andl a11idavits inl su p
I r 1 of the e 4h l Ii I 414' he ill- w%*lit
in fiv dh4ys from Ithe <dat. the claim.
Li; filedl.
If hi. <esir. S, h claimnill ilas
:the iht111 to a'l al froin ih. <ex isl n
of th li dt-rict boardi to Ohw presistent.
Off onl 11ampn1111- Tip1.
li elel by , 11'. 1. E. CannIon,' of
I citY, and ',r. \\'. 1. x Ihy, of Eno
rit party of .sounnesters will le4avo
satull-ay f'or thI, nim tains, of Norlia
('arolina y i h il. ll4(-t n reil n e I'1ix jTs.
They'. hve ail r Iit l y contra4 : I4 l f.or. a
wagonm withI a "h w-rm nls e"
oile at as the n114l. comei h'inft nii-.
Th miwd i11141 is wn willv u1e i
in1 1 ith 144I h , orso all I foxy til
de'oin tfining.,big w a~u
ii'NTING L('NS-S
I'leenlses wilelt nte beenl Issuled andl
are IelIinL Issi by (by Coity Wardenl
are Alrittlli.
The 3nuddle inl 3Colum)b3)it over fil ill
pointinen1t 01 tlie ieii f gaile ward.n ;Io
i t -Aah, has hini very lillle lfe'Iet onl
l1w i~cal '-lin' wart43!n':; work. ('<u3
Iy ar.i n fle aiuil3 s inet3me a o son4)M3 in
le'al anivice a14 lo hlis3 dut3ie3 s a3nd 'ow.
lwhile' the postion of434 s tate t n
warvonshin wa inllipp anll is n.,
licen-w s for 11hi.; coun i ity ;nii4 \, 1. ith
th:3 a1 ive. si-veral :AI iV, ago Mr. \ .
II. ( ib s, tntly a ,poin3td by ('ov.
.a ni as; chief, : indo wa, rfion ;Il
W'll> has noot yet bween rc uiz- a -
s33t4 by Oh1 fornie - wurd3n, ('ol. .\ . .
Richarirlsonl. statIIIl in 11n interv ,I ,.w
that licten3sos isselt' 3by timl couIII3Y
ward ns wouhI 14)1 ho 1'(< 'w4 nIizcfl b) Y
I II. AIr. I I i inm1 l iat'yI wlli3 ,I
Col113nbia for i co (r''.1nC1. it w I \v
advist'd by .\lr. (;jbb Is liala his litns .
w'v'r' inl proper I o; 1) I: Ind w o4 111
'tco,3 Ilizi'l a3 3le 41i3 3jn4 Wai 4 hoj e\
office. Thlose wh-Io uIm v alreIady ,v
(.111 od I ih c3,se oi 41 ) \I r. Iif Ile :may
f'eel secur I lithit in) In I 33hem3 and
I hose Vho lave nit y( t s)cu Ir.'1 111.1-m
(n 11 s (Cn t3'e t hem3l by apl I I yin L3 to h3IiI
(It. I3134' iu: l I a!1(1 , 1 1 14 0 a v.31 4 3. 11.1 1
then) in cha3me hereit'or.
. \r. Little wa s 1inpowere (l I he
chif .ganvwr~en to issue licen3sos
also ()or Gre n I Iv IlleI aI I I S 1a rtanl r I g
('oil3i331 34 s alld wa s vIen(eIeref I ho wa I'
41'ien lsi ofl ( r'envil I ouny. i.-. is
'rtotsly (on 'i3ig net'accepting thei
)o13'r of t lit dditionail territhr'., lo
is alr'4' y pn-4 areil to issIlt' lihi-e)sc
for bo)h of Iithse count31ies as Well ats
Laurells volitity,
DEll 1,1 T OF t.' If 1,.t S t .,
11144 Inl simr-tanhuollru- Last Week andl
linriv'l Near 011 Hime.
I iho- . m-'. .G.- ('apt. 1. If. '.isley
d4 e 1 :1 z Tue osdlay, n1ornt1 a u i oIII
'vI.- inl SI3la rI3 itnh! w1i4\v31 l3 1isilin 1
his 3L 3, IS h t'3 l', ey, lliS b44'.ody was
'h1 o r -3 I--te I1,i.hon t' eto-, -
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h1i; pr4t 4or, coni in hl!; t Il, n1,133c ra1 . 1le
'41 45 luva4-4' l at h3 Ciladel. X\'13n a
o Nt413333 man he wa 1 Inaried t . li s
.\ vy Tray"hI n,") a nil mberwl of I pr*'a)
inw int fit In3i3ly of thi co un L ty . w 33 4 r -
' e3 i him) 1t the vr I-, I1335 ) 111111) n m r , of
' 1 !:1(3. To 1h 'i34 ' 1 3ionI) four i - )3I
13 W'Vc h I rn, \\'inion, 1, 1.ti .\
veles. (:1. . \Ml's. 1 lort 'lns'. A.il.b l. ,
'\h)o it'lld n in' years ;I1 .o, .ohn. f, \\'il.
l IsIo3n. Ia., a1l R. II. I'1.Isl!ey Of 4he
S4a nh.r11 4311'g 3ha r.. li' was 71 y ar3 IS
bl Ite (43o 3 i -lanuary. of [The sis
I rs wh.o su lrviv him 13-4 .\Mrs. \\'iI
Ii:3a3 lloyal. Mrs. M.\arv Alilam, N I\rs.
1:liza I P l3r. .\Mrs. Carry .\lotes and
\li:ss ': .i:l l':4s14y.
.:ar3y aft133 fil (334br'ak of the w44:4
fvr Southern. 3 v in d 3q dene41 . hw v%-I
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;akl'ny\ :1:; N uln .MIll'r of ('om 'lany "I"''.
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(Continued''. on. 'ag. For.
ROTR[TURNS WITHl
VMIli IN RUSSINS
Says Country vifl be Saved
WAl?\.S COUNTRY
AOf*S DANGERS
1i .iWh a Trin111n1h of
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am b itoG o it t it
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