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Flames Cause Horrible
Christmas Holocaust
ALMOST WtiPES
OUT FAMI~L~Y
Mother and Six ('hildreti 31 tel I cati
by Flamines it h 'teir Iiome Nen r
tIrei' n nood. Pot her Wits Not, ni
1om1 Neg.hbors Try in Vain It
Maice 1teseue.
(reenwood, Illece'mber 25.. - Mrs. .1.
LambIert Vlhittian and her six chil
dren, aged front three to thirteen
years, were horned to deal.h .ast night
at tmidniglit in their count r) home four
miles west of Greenwood. This hor
rible tragedy on Christmas brought to
Greenwood a sadness that was very
noted.
'Mrs. Whitman and her six children
had presumably made their prepara
tions for Christmas, and the father was
in town. A neighbor, Mr. J. .H. Davis,
one of the cotton weighers hero, was
late getting home, and had just arriv
ed in his yard when he saw the fire.
Hastily putting his horse back in har
ness he rushed down the road to the
house. Although the building 'was blaz
ing from every side he could hear the
cries of the unfortunates inside. Wrap
ping his laprobe about him, he at
tempted to enter time and again, but
was driven back by the flames. The
cries increased, and this morning all
that was left of seven -9oings of the
day before was a charred heap of
bones.
The frame of the mother was clear
* ly apparent, lying across a bed, where
she had possibly tried to rescue some
of the children and had fallen, over
cogIe ty smoker
'T'he charred remains have been
brought herp and are in the It. W.
- Blythe undertaking establishment. To
morrow they will be started to Due
West in a single coffin and buried that
way at the former home of the mother.
The oldest child, a young boy, was
away from home. on a visit. He and
the father survive out of a family of
nine. .The house was known as the
Itykard place, just beyond Salak, and
Was one of the landmarks of that sec
tion of, the country, 'where Mr. Whit
man had lived only one year, working
a, crop on the place this year.
TURKS CONDUCTING
GUERILLA WARFARE
Driven F}romn Jerusalen Ottoman
Troops are Trying to Harass British.
Country .Suited For IL
London, Dec. 23.--since the Turks
Were driven out of .Jerusalen they
have been conducting guerrilla warfare
to the north and east of the city, split
ting up into numerous small bodies to
attack British outpost, to snipe pa
trols anti genierally to makce themselves
'unplteasaunt, says lieuter's correspond
cnt at .1 eruisal1em, tel egrauphinug utnde r
date of D~ec. 15;.
"such tactics", the correspondent
continues, "are greatly facilitatetd by
the fact that the country Is so hilly
end intersected by so many tavine'i
and small rivers. A remarkable oppor
innity to view this ,flghting is afforded
by the Mount of Olives, which makes
what is probably the most wonderful
observation post in the world. .In the
clear atmosphere of 'Palestine, objects
.. that are from 1,000 to 6,000 yards awvay
Vlook as if they were within pistol shot.
The winding course of the Jordan is
dearly visible and mno'or boats may he
seen skimming the surface of the Dead
Sea.
"One of the most brilliant pieces of
work tduring the recent operations was
the capture of ,Bethlehem. The Turks
had strong fortifications here with nu..
merous field guns on the outskirts of
the town."
DIU(AS FINALLY FRMBE.
Ilohtheviki Itelease Former American
Vice Consul.
Petrograd, Dec. 22.--Victor Hugo
Dugan, of Nebraska, the former Amer
'. ican~consul at Liege, Belgium, and
later vice-consul at Petrograd, who
was arrested in August, 1916, at the
Finnish frontier on suspicion that he
became a German spy after he had
left the con uar service has finally
sheviki to leave Russia. Hie left'Petro
*rad. this mnorning for Stockholm.,
'.\ i'Jl O' 11 t. W. P.'IIO.i.\SON Sit.
Deat.h Occurred at. Ils llome on Suilli
aian Streel. Friday .Mtiernoo .iter 111.
> 5 N' S'ern) Weekls.
' Paaloole Thomason. '-I., a life
r.i(('ut of the co1u11', excet dity
. ; :.rly llh. a1 1 ont, of its sig t
resi -:nstd citizen, dier at his home in
hi Is li t lI iday afi'te'r a : hort illness o i
,1 week o ten dlay;. I n tetrme(n took
pia(e in the i.aurens1 <Tleir ry Kuur
Ibiy afte-rnoont h I rice b;;ehm1il: coin
pa re i by it i . I. 1 (1 T mhplmn. A t -
ior of 1 he (: l' i t !h tist lm: etr e. Iii
'ie: <dth the cunmty iloes an iright
and honest. citizen, one' who Was :;r(,'
ly r'dmired by' (house wvho kntew him.
.\lr. 'lThomason was born mn I )ouglas
vill. Ga., Feb. 2ti, Isl12, hi et was
broght this trounty uon the diath
of his mtotler and reared by his grand
eoarets nea Tumbling Shoals. At the
age of 17 he volunteered~ fol:.eric inl
the Confederate army, being a member
of Co. C, Capt. Matt Jones, Fourteenth
South Carolina Regiment; in 1862 his
regiment was transferred to Virginia
and placed with Gregg's brigade and
participated inl more than 20 battles
before the close of the war. At the
batttle of Frazier's Farm, June 30, 1861c:,
Corporal Thomason received a cross
fire scalp wound from a mine ball and
this would give him much pain at
imes through the r4 years that he bore
It. At the end of six months he re
turned to camp and took part In some
of the great campaigns that marked
the summers of 1863 and 1864, Includ
ing cetty'burg. Intle spring of 186 he
with his camrade and inseparable
companion, L. iram Mahaffey, after
wards his brother-in-law, were cap
tured and sent to Hart's Island, N. Y.
In June they were sent to Savannah
and from there walked home, a dis
tance of 180 miles. A few years ago
Mr. Thomason wrote an interesting
sketch of the war campaigns that he
and his friend Mahaffey participated
inl.
.M1r. 'Thomason is survived by his
widow, who was before merriage Miss
Eveline Mahaffey, of the county; two
daughters, Mrs. Lena Sneligrove, of
Atlanta, and 'Mrs. Charles M. Wolff, of
Laurens: three sons, Joseph K. Thoma
son, of Ilickory Tavern, William P.
Thoma son,of Laurens, and J. Furman
Thomason, now at Columbia Universi
ty, New York ,taking a post graduate
course. The second son, W. Hosea
Thomason, died a few years ago. Mr.
Thomason was 50 years an active mem
ber of the Baptist church, being an of
ficer for a greater part of the time. He
was a member of the Rabun Creek
church, which he joined In 1859. He
was also an active member of the Ma
sonic order and filled many of the sta
tions in the lodge. For several years
he was a member of 1,aurens lodge, No?
260. Until a few years ago Mr. Thoma
son was engaged in farming, but fail
ure in health forced him to give it up
and recently lie moved to the city.
is :11 \ is E 'Hi.\SE R OE
Orhlnates 1i Engine loom. .. Iwo
Sailors liin.
An AtlIanmti l(:I'art, I ):e. 22.-A United
States subarhi'lne chiager was hburned to
the wvater's edge near here late today
by ai tire whliich is said to have orig
lnated in the enigine iroom. Twvo of the
crew were ijured and lakeni to a naval
hospitald.
The chaser carried 1,800 gallons of
gasoline, which was dumped into the
water by another chaser fIring a shot
through the tank after two shots from
ia nearb~y battery had mIssed their
mark.
The chaser was beached by the crow
after it was foundl that 'the flames
could not be controlled. An attemnpt
then was made to putncture the large
gasoline tank by projectiles from short
hiatteries. Two shots missed their
mark. Another chaser then came in
and puit a hole through the tank with
a well-aimed shot. The gasolIne spurt
ed1 out, flames shot uipwvard and a short
time later the little craft was a total
wreck.
Naval officials In charge of this dis
trict refuse to discuss the burning of
the craft and few details were avail
able tonight.After a valiant attempt
to put the blaze under control the crew
of the chaser took to the small boats.
It was during this operation that two
of them were injured,
fr. C. J0. 'Parker has joined Mrs.
Parker hero at the home of Mr. and
Mra. W. . 3Richr..
GOVERNME
OPERATE
President Wilson Mak<
matioi Christmas Da:
Friday.
Washing ton, Dec. 26.---Gc
cupation of the nation's rai
claimed by President Wilsoe
at noon Friday, December 2
taming his place in the cabii
ury, is placed in charge as dir
Every railroad engaged ir
appurtenances, including stea
all systems will be operated F
eral.
In a statement accompanyi
ident stated as soon as congr
ommend legislation guarant
maintenance of railroad pro;
ernment backing will be give
securities that a market be fc
COMES AS j
The president's move, althc
at this time as a great surf
Washington including railroa
erally believed he would awa
gress before taking any step.
Baker under authority conf
tion act.
Direct management of the
officials and the railroad boa
heads, will continue to direct
retary McAdoo's general sup(
E X-00lt0NEls x4IIM$'90N 1DEA0,
Buried at Leesvlle Church Tuesday
Afternoon.
Rt. 0. Hlairston, for eight years cor
oner of Laurens county, died at his
home near Clinton Tuesday morning
and was buried at Leeaville Methodist
church, of w hich he was for many
years a member and officer, Wednes
dny afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. W. L.
Mlliken conducting the services, a
number of his friends from various
parts of the county, including 'lau
rent', being present to pay him a last
tribute.
Mr. Ilairston was 70 years of age.
At the outset of the War Between the
Stales he enlisted for service and
foughtl I gallantly I hroughout the con
flirt, always helin spoken of as a
bravet soldier1 andl good citizenU.
lieI is surived by his w'ife and two
chhldren, .\i r. 0. L. lairston, of
('lintlon, and -.\iIr. billie .IY ey, ofi
(hreeniville.
Native of This County Dies al. lls
Home in Fountain Inn A flAer Shaort
Ml ness.
.\r. D). 11. Roper, a Maot her of
-Messrs. C. ii1. and M. L. Iliper, *f is
cily, a son of Mr. L,. 1I.' toper, died at
his home In Fountain Inn Monday
morning after an Illness of several
weeks. life had been critically ill for
several (lays and (leath was nt unex
pected. The funeral servicew were
held In the liaptist church in Fountain
inn Ohristmas day, being conlducted by
the pastor. Mr. R~oier had been for
many years a deacon andi Sunday
School superintendent in thia church
and wvas one of its most active work
era.
Besides the two brothers and fathi
er already mentionedl, AIfr. Roper has
two other brothers, Rev. -t. P. Roper,
of Petersbuirg, Va., and Mr. P. J. Ro
per, of Fountain Inn, -tosenrvive him,
in addition to hIs wife, who wa~s Miss
Abercrombie, and six ebildren. lHe
was 39 years of age.
Although not a resident of this city,
Mr. 'Roper was well known here and
was held in the highest esteem by aUl
his acquaintences.
'ieut. Joe Smith has been spending
the holidays la the city.
RAILROAIY!
N .r-Reaching Proch
r. To Becomeibi Effectiv
V trramint oc sciron and o
lroads for th,- wor was pr
tonight, to become effecthi
8. William G. McAdoo, ri
iet as secretary of the trea
ector-general of the railroad
general transportation wit
Lmship lines is taken over ai
is one under the director-ge
ng the proclamatiou the pre
ss reassembles he would rei
Being pre-war earnings ani
.erties in good repair. Go'
n to new issues of railroa
und.
k SURPRISE.
ugh forecast for weeks, cam
)rise to nearly everybody i
d officials. It had been ger
it the reassembling of co
He acted through Secretar
erred in the army appropria
roads will remain in hands c
rd, comprised of five railroa
actual operations under Sec
,rvision.
J. N LEAH DTAD.
Prominent Farmer of Upper Part 1
County Died of Blood Poison.
Mr. Jas. N. Leak, a prominent fai
mer of the upper part of the count:
who served as mayor of Gray Cour
while a resident there, died Tuesda
morning, his death being due to bloo
poison caused from a slight cut froi
a razor with which he had shaved lirr
self a few days before. The funer.
services were held at -)ials chure
Wednesday morning at 1i o'vcll ,
ing largely attended, by relatives an
friends. air. Ieak was a jovial an
kindly friend and very popular where
ever he was known. lie was a ro
c5essful and progressive farmer, n
sides dealing in rea1 estate from tin
to time'.
Mr. Irakh is survived by his wir'
whlo wvas a, Mi ss; 1 arrett., and a gram
son, Nye Wi lsona, who v.as reare i'cI
Mr. anhd Mirs. Ikak.
REIUNION AT ('IJNTON
f'onifederate War-i or (Celeblrata
Is 79th Birthday Among Many 1k
aives.
On the 19th, inst., at Clinton, Mr.
P'resis Adair, oneof the old (Confel
crate war-horses of that town, eel
bra'dtedi his 79th birthday, by giving
SUmfptulous dinner to his childlr<
grand-ch ild ren, great grand--childr<
and al few friends, fifty-two ini i
counting himself. Before and aft,
the spread, or spreads, the party gat
credl around the fireside and enjoys
the pleasure of reunion and convern
tion, the day being counted by all
hem as one of joy and delight. Courl
ed among the party were four childre
three sons-in law, two daughters-i
law, twenty-one grand children (fo
not present),* seven grand-childre
nix great-grand-children (one ni
present), six of his 01(d neIghbors a1
two of hIs young lady friends. &
Adair', who is 79 yearn "young"~ w
about the happiest person present as
is seldom that ho is able to have
many of his family and friends arou:
him,
Calhoun McGowan, 10sq., of Chs
lotte, spent Christmas day I nthe el
with hi: parns, Mr. and Mrs. F.
ilconnrm
M 1KhIN( ('M.IEl{'1.I, GAINS
bats Petrograd C'orreslondent of the
Post. Germians are Expected to Ar
r ih e it. Pet roigo rad.
I'y the Assoc"iated Press.
Itoit n. Dee. I' . P'etrogradl dis
ira ch .' rep.;ort : ui;hat. att imt s 8'' I -
ill: made by thI(. iohdiI o-iki commis
*ari1s 1 ne oliate i 1h th e l 'Ikr;i
n)i, ;.: ;or a: . ;tline,(nt for (Ihe dli'ffer
.:. repo:t(I :'r; ii4) ito( tilmriti of
t};( h i . ' l ir:,.e Iuia t hve'IIm n1 . are :
; ;d ) :o(ar ,;a 1ieopo3als a rlge.in( t .
, :r<: a ( -a ((-< i m rai1 n ame(s nt. T3h3 Ie
r 1 1 1t IIi 1t: . 1; h ' r t i r ts o: m ji (
a y e i v itie ( n th .r (f e110.I ' l (i' t
, ;rlinians and (' : he -li; - iieal of -1(.
'1-Omlieil of more ol hteilii 't roop
slinthw(ard to oppose (th' ( -i-aini an
ap~parently the"re have ben no h ostili
S- ies on a t o large sea l.
rleany nes:; wisemtrhis fromr Pe
hitrograd speake of the snpposedtt im
t accoding arrival of the rertans .here,
d which is said to hy the Universa topia
of discussion in the city. butl every;
1- one seems to have a different ver'
Sion. tl any of these stories c-nte
around the reported concentarion
- near the capital of ( larg oIe ( hof
released German war prisoners to
Swhom arms are being handed over,
d according to some of the reports.
The Petrograd correspondent of
'- The Post says the Germans are lmak
d t" the "'ost of a commercial op
portunity such as the world has never
seen before, inasmuch as nRussian in
dustries are nearly dead and the Ger
mans have no competition, and have
e been pushing trade since the frontier
was opened.
The Germans have r:,fused to admit
that n. Zinoff, a close associate of
Nikolia enirfe and other folsheviki,
whom the soldiers' and 'workmen's
delegates wished to send in to spread
their doctrines in the Germnan army.
L- They also delaned to'admit Trotiy's
newspaper printed in German for
a'rmy propoganda. The jlioishoviki
f are negotiating with the social revo
lutionists of the left for the formation
3of a coalition government.
The trial of persons who have been
arrested by the Bolsheviki authorities
was to have begun yesterday before
a military revolutionary court, ac
cording to delayed dispatches from
Petrograd.
A dispatch from Tashkent, capital
of Turkestan, describes the lynching
under horrible circumstances of Gen
eral Korovithenko, who was Keren
sky's military commander in the
province.
The Italian embassy has made a
d formal protest against the pillaging
by armed men of the department of
the enemy's first secretary.
It is reported that the Germans are
h moving troops from the Russian front
and western fronts to the southwest
ern and 11111ania fronts.
UlIAlI.:!"'ON 'APEI ]LOSES
~1ECOND1 (1LASS PRtlIill.'(D::
e The Amlelet nn lins htixht. of Entry to
the 31ail a 1 s Seconid ('lass Matter
ilevokhed.
C (harnlestoni, S. C., D~ec. 29.--h
p~ermit of Tihe C'harlestoni Amueri(an,
to be e2 need as secont. class miail
mat ter', was todlay revwoke 1 ' y Post -
mlaste'r J. M4. Poulnot on1 the groundlt
that the lpaper had violated the act1
of J1une, 191'7. .Noticee was ser'ved upon31
Walter F. Litvingston, lpreside'nt of'
the American Co., A. Clifford Th'lomp
sonl, mianaginlg editor' and Nolly .
ISains, city editor\ in the absence of
JIohn P. Gr'ace, editor and generalI
amanager.
Some time sinice The Amernican w~as
Isummoned to show cause why It
should1( not '1) deplriveid of tihe mail
Iinig privilege. A hearing was hmeld in
Was;hington In November but no an
nounemnent was mnade as to what ac
tion tho government would take until
erceof te;papers today.
by Postmlastecr P'oulnot but i't. 'was
rlearned that the p3ap)ers ser'vedl on of
nficials of thle compan1y staled that the
trIghts of the American Company to
id second~ class maiiling pirivileges had
r. heen revoked because of the vIolatIon
Sby The American of the law piassedl in
iJuno.
SJohn P. G'race, editor of The Amern
id can, is not in Charleston tonight and
no statement was gIven out by the
officials of the pap~er. Tihe American
was established in 1916.
ty Mir. (Gus Simmons, of Kansas City, is
P. villtng him, parents, 'Mr. and Mirs. 0.
Ii, Smmns,
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('1 11 'u( ( '1 ei(0 tit 1 tihra n the intils oah -
dresse'r to "Th'e" Editor of Thel( Adver'
tiser" en lsin". a hIall ~ilnfrd doll ar hi!I
with the reg11111 l ha iat it be sent to the
sh. ii rst anid ip-r)eenltd Armenians
"aross Ithe sea". lt was snggested
in the letter that olilvts do as the writ
01 had done alnd that a Fund be ather
ed for these allhI1t'd !e oIl le. I t. va
riois Itimes and from various sources
certain stuns have h'Tn sent. fromt this
county to aid the .rmenians, but. this is
the first Iolntriltetion reivedo by the
Advert iser for this spellti puirpose.
The money has been deposited in the
bank and will be held for several days
until others may have the opportunity
of increasing it.
!1n the lei ter the Uniknown writer
quoted two Ipasagis of scripture, one
froni Second t'hroniles and the other
from the third chaleter of \lalechi in
which are pictured the fruits of tithing
and offerings, ain the protection which
the Lord willgv tl thoe who suppor:
Ilif work . 'T11dhe issaes quoted hing
as follows:
2 1Ch1oniees 31: .,-10--And as soon
as the cotamnhnt came abroad, the
chilndrett of Israel heoght in abun
temdnce the lirst frits of corn, whie, and
oil, and honey, and of all the Increase
of the field; and the tithe of all things
brosught they in abundantly. And con
erning the children of Israel and Ju
dFah, that dwelt In the cities of Ja'd
they also brought in the tithe of oxen
and sheep, and the tith the ly ings
which were conseCrated ril'o the Lord
their God, and laid the by heap)s. In
the third month they bey an to lay the
foundation of the heals and finished
them in the seventh month. And when
H ezekiiah and the brinces co'ne and
saw the heaps, they 'blessed1 the Lord
and his people Israel. And then IHeze
ktah questioned with '1( priests and
the levites conerning the hXn.is. And
(Continued on 'Editorial Page.)
BARONESS Z111 NiER
TELLSlt E tS ORY
Woma n Who hats Husband Serluig it
German Arm) ()ns Trial in ('tatt.a
noogn,
Chattanomga, Tenn., Dec. 2 -Fol
it' ta a ii. urn alin irt's (. m'ination
r'f 1': : oness I l :rn . Z:I';n, r. , har'gedt
with tle violatitn- o f e - : 111b
neslate h111jed tlas a le1-twdh aimy.
Thiahroness remine tetol~ that wi'ne
stanforlil two hoars anda n f.he Hr
whle t Aenreprlin moem ad ta ncte
haer riag)evtl te.r coitndant anrd
laronhad Zgoner o) Vans' ug to dla
hulsband, sat wferith the e'antei
of omustietion a wom'fat nflei
effort lto securet' t~'~am he rel aseoZlnr
n~at obnoadiole Amicainns.
Thera ll othe anerman coll or ad
wasaretod oins Lnon ias an alein
wast rlmae ton his pomis. as :'neof
cordially Inarvigted.GytPrt
escpe. and jodte orm.an Trmy.
ofatm hagont Warehinon thi
houds er sthetuit with homdepartmen