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VOLUME XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MCH. 20, 1918. WOMAN ASSAILANT GIV[N LONG T[IP Mack Simpson Given For? Year Sentence. MISTRIAL IN CASE OF ROBT. BURDETTE 311striais lesult iI Tw'io of'the Most Iniporlant Cases oin tihe CriiIIIIIal Docket. ,luIIry Fails to Agree iII Case of 3irs. Lee lemibree. ,1. Ii. 3Maddenl Acquitted. 'The iprjig lerm of, the court of gent v ral 1ssA:Wion, adjoiurned Priday igiht after b) ius in selon) since .\londay. 'I'hr lat.< jury ease dislposed of was that ( the liegro iaeik 1 mith ias .\ack Sim:pkinst, ebar!.kl with asa l lo ravirh. 01he crimle lmvingi beenl ComIl mitd in 1helowe parl of the co.1un ty in FPiruary whell the ilitetion0s of ite as wilt were foiled by lie coul age and action of the womnfll whom1 he attemled il to as'aul t. 'I' ju'ry re illlried a veordict of guilty with recon mendation to mercy and tho court passed Ithe imiaximum11111 sentence tinder the law. forty years in the state penl telntillry or 11pon1 tihe public works of the count11y. 1Me will serve ills time ill the penitentiary. 10arliir iII the weel a mistrial was ordered in two eases which occupied most of the time of the court, that of the state against ;,ohert ilurdette charged w ith Ithe mirder of .D. 1). Stod dard near Owings Station and that of Lis. I'( lembree charged with con duceting a house of ill-fame in the lower part of lie County. In the former case it is understood that the jilry tood eight for conviction and four for aletittai. in tile latter case a large number of prominent people of the vicinity of minards testifled to tJie b-.id repuitaion of the home of the defendantl, but, withl thle exemptinn of testinoni as to scantiness of attire on the occasion of tile visit of the 1o liee flicers, no direct testimony of Tiiscoonduct was introduced. In, tile case of the state vs James 11. Mladden. chargedc with violation of tle pr1o)hibition1 law, the Jury retuled it verdict of not, guilty. AMr. liadden, who it will b' relleimblere d was ar rested at a negro assoclation meeting several montis ago after a (Iuart. and a 11in1t of whiskey had been found t1nl (ier the hack seat of ils ear, denied klnowledge of lie whiskey. lie testi fied to leaving tle carl for sOlie ttme while at th le negIo chiurhell, Iis infer enece ieln g t hat someone had( iut tle whiskey under tihe seat without his knowledge. All interesting side-ligit of tile trial was on tie request of the defendant's attornev to direct a ver diet of not guil ty O1 tile indletlleit as to trtia lng onraband whiskey. I efendant's attorniey a'gued that tihe aeused was not gtilty of transporting conitraand hl isly until It was proN eni that it hlad bieca pu rchlased from an illegal soiurlcC and t hat a iiperon could ranlspor't as muchei whliskey as he chose so long as it was or'iginlally se ('ur1ed lawfully. Ini ot her words, a muan could order a quart a month ev Cry mlonthi and if hie did( not drink any of it be (0ould transpor't it at his leis tire. Tile courlt overr'uled thle matlonl. Friday mornling thle ju ry returnellCd a verdict of not guilty in tile case of .John1 Williams. caled, chlarged ithl kill inig anothr negro. Williams was able to make out a substantial ease of self defense. Tn tile Miack Smith alias M1aek Simp kins ease the jury was out but for a few miinuites. The (crimie for wich the niegro was conyietedl, it will be0 ret membleredl, was comiltted ni tile nighlt of February 26th1 abiout tenl C'lock. A farmer living 01n thlis side of the road wvhich dlividles Laurens and Newherr'y coulnties was awvakenled from ils sleep by a negro wh'io said thlat Walter ('romer; another negro, 1had sent him to say that a irother of tis farmner' was "bladl sick'" and wantedl himo to ('ome) overt. The man lirose and( w(ent to his brother's hiouse, sever'al .m ie away. but foun'l his brother well and~ asleep. Suspecting somnethling unu1s un he huririedl hack home to find( his wife greatly excited. In his absence the negro who had given the fake mes0 sage returned, she testitledl, and~ ahd~ madue some improper advances. She hlad gotten a small rifle and gone to the door to drive him off but wvhen bhe attempted to shoot the gun failed to go off. She at the same time had (ontinned on Tditorial 'Pnae) POWER OF TilE PHESS K EEIS CITY IN FUlRiMltE Mary 3111es 31inter Starred in "Powvers That Prey," V" vid Picture if a News. iper's I'iuht fn iIssisI. One news pa per extra edition that ',111W4l ie town inside out, drove the criliial class-., iito a wild panic and Iupset all political calculations, is the basis of a corking drlama inl picitures starring Mary Allies Minter-a new Alierialn-Allitual produiction of ex ttordina'ry altla tiveness. Aliss Alinter is cast as Sylvia Grant. Ile dailghter of a newspaper editor, wn!oe 1i has been made a misery by the activities of .Iarvis Al'Vey, a big lvague grafter of the rapid transit (()Ililat iols. lluii'teni Grant, the edi tor, deterllile' to delegate authority to his .:Iei e hief, but to (antlor hag'eI his ~ inein. sends hisi da ughtIer, a lryn 'aw r girl, to sign and deliver Sylvia ernuines to sign the paper in lhl own m1luE. She aumes edi loial atlhior'ily a1lib tby he hoilenws of her pIoli(i(s (c1a11S t h Ilie town. It is 11 (xcit view of' newsepa per life ithJi a ri4h comedy vein. Included in tihe'n (lst are Iai For rest as leadilng uni, Clarence urton as the chief grafter; Lucille Ward, Em'llmlia K1luge anl(d IHarl'vey Clark. H1OLD,) ENJOYABLE SESSION. 31ecting of Distri-ct PytIan1111s Hield Monday Night, in Lodge Rooms. The district mIieting of tlie Knights of Pythias, held in the lodge hall Mon day night, w'as an enjoyable one fronm many standpoints. In addition to the leasure affordedl the local Pythians by the presence of the visitors, the degree work carried out added much to tle attractiveness of the evening. W. M. Derrick, Grand Chancellor; Rev. L. .1. lristow, Granid Vice 'Chancellor and C. I). Brown, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals were present and added niuchi to the occasion. By special re quest of the various lodges of the dis trict, the usual banquet. served at the district meetings was not served this time as the Pythians wished to avoid apy appearances of unnecessary waste or extravagance In war times. 31aster William lhoff Hurt. 'laster William Roff, the young son of M\l. and Mrs. L'. G. Itoff, broke the honies of Iis left leg betweeni the klice and ankle Saturday afternoon when lie fell from a fence while playing in the yard. Tile young fellow has suffer ed a great deal from the paiii and islept very little the irst nI ight. after tle accideit, bui he is now restiig better. 'laster 'Williai comes arond to The Advertiser' ollice somlhe tilies, where his fatlier is a member of the fore that gits out the paper, aild he will be mnissed here ti(l ho ennl get lIecent PromiotIons. Reeelit prolliotlems of o'icers an iOnIied at (a Jackson, C'olu mia ~inlded thle namies oif thriee Lauri ens bioys pr'(u~oo((tedfomn seondt to first Iieu tenfanlts, as follows: C'ha >. L. F. Lucas, Thle fi'st two were lromot eel severial wveeks ago anad the last niamed1 very r'ecntly. All of these mleni were studencft oflle(ers at Fort Ogl ethor1'pe. I iaunrenls Ont Top ini I 'nlon1. "We arc having ani All--1Laur115 team of (:andlidaitcs for' mayor of Un.. Ion" sa(1id lhef of Police Evans, of t'iint, whoI( was ini the ('ity Mond~ay at tendring~ thel( istrl'et meet1 ing of thle Knaight s of PythIiias. Mlayor TL. ('. Whalir ton, wlho is a fantrolns manl, is blin g opplos(ed for r'e-clet ion by two otheri former Lanirens c'ounlty mein, Macbeth Youing, Esq., and( Evanis Smith lia for'mer emplnyee of printing offices here, The three men are making a "swift race' 'and if thieire is no other man In thio race, a mat teir which Chief Emans failed to throw any lIght on, it m1ay be' safly'l sid that (one oif them will hiea'd thle ticlket whlena thle elect Ion comes off. * S *Whingutonl, March 19.--The * * Dayiiliht Saving11111 wanssignied * * hy President Wilson today. It* * puits4 all clocks forward one hour * * on the last Suiiday in March and * * tulrn's thenm back again the last * * day In October.* CUNINGHAM ELEC HIGHWAY Residant of Waterloo Chos at the Last Session of Ilugh Itanks Cuningham. of Wa ferloo, was chosen by the su pervisor and c(oulity delegation aIs iighwav Sup criende(11t of the COunty at a sifting of that body last wcek. No formal announcemient or hiiis rconmiendation w'Is male, hit it is genirally nccepted asCOrreT. .\Ir. Cuninghm',, namev SIo be forardd to te o rnor alni his coturI ssion b-- fo h,. frditom thmo ero ' ofile. Mr.e e~ in~h) un hasivd \\'ae !ot .diCe 1'12 al is 'C'pr ii itI l..i of m 1h0 I I n\" . 1ie ( rei' 1 to tIhe 'anin ehm a amik o. v- 'iig A Ir. l nit C mit ii 'tig a: lil I A I' It ..N . ' . ' 0 M''NYit 1 1 11 IN THE L:IIST AFI-"'l:lv.: S1tandtis l1ourilb iIn Ie lIe I ICdl e t asvi the lIr-Sult of livrent Tests. Colonel 11. H. Patterson, command inhg Ilie One Ilindred and] Mlighteen th Infantry, whic'h was formerly the old Pirt Smith Carolina Regimteit , has made public the following standing of the collipanis forming tle regi mIent, as a lesuil t of recent tests: 1. Company I, Capt. \\'illiam L. Gil lespie, Cheraw Company. 2. Comlipany A, ('apt. William D. Work man, Greenville Company. 3. Company G, Capt. Jesse T. Craw ford, Pelzer Company. I. Company D, Capt. Arthur Lee, 1Laurens Company. >. Company 13, Capt. Louis L. Ligon, Andersoi Company. 5. Company 11, Capt. Lindsay L. Mc'adden, Rock 1ill Company. 5. Company L, Capt. Robert E. Craig, lartsville Company. (. Company K, Capt. Basil A. Van liver, Anderson Company. 7. Company M, Captain William M. Young, Camiden Company. S. CoiIpany F', First Lieut. David C. Penland. Spartanburg Company. 'I. CompItany G. Capt. Samuel Parks, Port Mill Company. .P Company NC., Captain .lohni It. Walker, 'nion Company. The order of Ilerit of the hattalions was first, Ittird and second. Box Suptaper af Newl Prospect. Tli New Prospect tei 'toss Aixil inry will give La box supper 1a the -chool hoise, ol Priday ntight. the 29th inst. The ptblic is invited to attelid and llp1 in1 a wority caluse. Gefs Orders for U 1ndare ('toth C . 'Tie Laiirenvs ecttoni Imtill has just. I.v'ived its apporftiolntltt of a large ordifor Iiltdag. cloth pilCed by the '!ove'rnmeni1ltt for the use of (lie armies i*in'L irance. Tlhie ord~er calls for over l6iti.000 yards of clothi antd only rep tr'sentIs a smal lt iat of thle (total order' plaCed'(, whiich was inl thle neighbhor hood0( of .'0,(t00.f00 yaigdj. The enoCr liCotis amttniit of handaoluge ('loth neededlCC imay lie realizedl froim the fact (hat ('ah C ld11it'i cari'ies a rolt ofC Consiid~e r aible size ini his ;-naasnek. ('tiluttnuqua(11 ('omnes ini May. 'iiThroug h an itoversighlt it wais stated ini 'lTe Advecrtiser last w~eek that thie Chui~utini~~a was coming here durlin~g A pil whten it shiould have biein statedi fromi M\ay 19t h to 25th. Th'le formeri da.1tes c onfliC'ted with revival services in thie Htaptist church aind natutrally icaa setd some.i coinfusioin. Toi r'epea t,th (Chauitaniiina comesiC in .\ly. te W1. P'. TIoddg StIlliiiual (Cirrie'r. .\lr . W. P'. Tlodd, whio haiis been'i so'rv lug as riiral mail ('arier Cii IILirks ilab' Rouite 1. Sintce his soin. (Capt. 11. hi. Tioodd, cottered~ thle armliy, rece'iveod a telegram Satu(rdaty advtsiing himii to lon iti'e leve t hr patrions as car ''l('d('t eliwer it hat Mr'li. TOddIC hadC been (i Supersede biy int herlii, butI The Ad veirtiser is informoed that the report was incorrect. Mr'. Todd has given coinsctintiu ser'vice to the (lit rons andio his wvork{ is appriieciatedl. Miiss Mattie Poole, who is atteinding Anudersoin College, Spenlt thle wveek-end at (lie htome of her parents a fewv iilles from) the city. Shte wvas accom p~antedl by three college-mates. Misses R~ssie Cook, Clara Cook and Cather inc Ramsey. TED SUPERINTENDENT en For Place Provided For the General Assembly. coulrse o civil engineering at Iehiigh Unl-ivesity of, Soutli ethudlehlem, P'a., inl 1893, Mr. Cunilglain has )een ,on nected with several uiderakings !hat have given him practice In his chosen prol essioni. Blegining with railroad ('itgiieeriig in Alabana and lalc do ing ie eral enlginleerine pra(cic inl Atlanta. he( lhcni wenit to New York Ci,v whliele Iw va. conlilected with brvid.-!o work and 111m erctiion ()I Ii:-J e i bl~j i lii-r lonl Il l n ''it d o ild it aind chief ,n:im i r wlli. ue I rm- lionl ;I lt !abricat in l Itm.n Mrt. O'uninghlaml will en1or 1,:h ! l h onl .\pril Ist. TWO14 S.\D DEl-:~ls IE l'OiT I:-:1) F- O1M C'lHOss 11111., Mlrs. Lienora I,. Neil and14 31Ir. . umrites WIlIliam1s 1'aw"ss to the Great tieyond41. Cross Hill. .airch I8.-i8. fGenora 1,. Neil, whose home is four miles be low Cross Ilil oil tie Chappels road, died at the Columbia hospital Satur day morning, alter a tsurgical optera lion a few days before. .hoe had not been inl goonl health for some timi' and had gone to the hospital with the hope that suigical treatment might bring reif. 'Ihe body was brought lher1e Saturday afternoon alid the funeral and burial were held at. Dethaha ra church Sunday morning Conliductel by the pastor, Rev. W. 1.. Fureron. 'Mrs. 'Neil was a sister of the late Tlos. IT. Hill and leaves a reputation of a good, conseerated Crliistian life. She is sur vived by several Children. Last. Saturday the body of \i's. .Ias. Williams lissed throuigh town enlroute to IIopewell church for burial. Mirs. WVIlliams, who was the wife of )i'. Jamies Wiilliams, well known in file lower section of this counilty, died last Friday at. hel home near Ninety Six at tile advanced age of more than so years. l)r. and irs. Williams moved from tile Goldville section several 'yearsi ago. It Is -,aidl that of a fainily composed of tilie parents and elevn( 1 ehildrien, this is the first deathl to oc cur. The Ilusbald and all the ilhuildirn' still survive. Ilh (-rnde Cotion. WAtI. ik pos;ibly ,in reO cord price ever. paid over. filr rotton inl this city w"as rent iily id b thelio Watts Mills wheni they bonghtIl a lot of lon-, StAple cottonl at 71cet pcr Iond f1 was inlch and half slaple .1nd purchalused to maiie ip high grh' mae'ial for tle goverillmeni. 'ntne lr' t'onilet. Mi'. S. M\. Wr'iat, who has ('barge oi' the Spar'tanhurii'L ruty~l t'armll ea me ilowni to L~auriens Mlonday to seen re an es('apedl conie(t being held by the aiu thor'ities here, tI~ returned thle same day with lisa pi'isoner'. Fen lore tIbus to lieLister. Theii btooks of~i'Li reirat in fori t he ('ity ele''t itn which is to he held A\;'ril r'egistriatiloll ('(rtIfientes5 by t hat date t hey wIllI not be entit led to v'oe. a'' cording to the nlotice gIven lby it. 1i. HTe booksl( ar'e no~w openi ill his otltic anid thiose desirii ng to do .(o mal~y get thiei' c'erititic'at's i'iom himl. Foll par' tieular's as to1 thle r'equiiremlents tot' registriation may be foiud in lhe set' gand secioin'i of tis, per.e ( Tile at ('am I (. TO('ai':\Tie.toi' Lieultennu1tt mean it'nde liflld in "Wlt I-'i' a lianha A. Andr'e ofil Nwl ataYorkCit andeiataln Jstpih l. lT killed at Cap ilicks0.qnear hereht toa wenn t' Aeicnaln elste. MiesrJ Ft.wand im'ssibeon to WVaterloo, were visitors in the city vo'tcrday. AS TO CASTOR iEANS .l1y be liaised Where ver (orn or Cof. lon Gron -. S'ed fori fantii'. lle gi1o in. 01 (Ator oil leanls fo' the oil that is i thIuI has proven Succev sfl on a sin ll ul in :: stl.It 110ight he \%ell for Fainiers to make lu-l r inquiry and to sai.--lf iluiself as to whetherli or not his soil is adaptafl to the growth of easioe oil beans. Tlv oil which j." iiade from 11i - h S It"iIl be I ) to be the ('nly i %. lbrican I Iha t ander al1 conld it ionls Ille vs it (eeds of a e 14, aillal e r vice and tIhe beani a e a 'to l i( forl the goveul 1 , wil r th 1s urp s. o f , I i .'0 it-, 1 11" t Ie o l l I 1*- I 'W ll* , Si-a 101n(1 sat th tthour es r n xw af a f o(t I IO 0I ' P riu y01 (If d,). the Sktandpoik e e ul profil. Th b 1n the ma r i . I is hfr , ' id. I 1 011e i n t an I I'er lb e II b il iii !e tha the actuil voh Xt lilesl be5 aphrOy Ilmately 0 cenits pbr acre for- tlhe seved. An y sand I at will grow (1n1 mr cot.. ton) will grow vastor. beoans. TI!, y a re l rpla nlt e d l i ie c o r n a nu d r e q u i r e b u t ll i t - tle cultivation. Tihl yingld in this S(v ion as eteiated will be aronid i bulshels peor aere, whicllhby thll termsl of the contract. th gov#rnmInt wil take at1 $:' per buishel of' .1' 1Poull y,1Is sacked and delivered with te nar railroad station, "Thle beans. ripen1 and~ ...y he har vested in about IM, day~s from plant ing. As the pks sare wulled from the bush they may he maid oll oil tIh bara floor whr. i theiey will pop opel and thresh themselves, but. if they should not thresh themselves they may he threshled by placing the hurs il -I sleet and whipped open with I brush. Pull instructions oro prepl ing the seed, planting, cultivating and harvesting are furnished alig with thle Contraict. "Anly farmer Who caln grow corn cnn make castor beans with the same or a less quantity of fertilizer afn at $3 per hushel, f. o. b). nearest railroad station Rt is considered a moroe4, pro fitable Cropt. "Thlose interested mlay call onl Mr. W. ID. Byrd, thle T.Luren1s food adinl iFtralor, adi gt full partienlahot and Cike -,I crop olitract." Ga e tslalibhful Codaityncher. Lalrenwal s waf' a tfordd arar tval by the concerl Tusd y ig(ht of List wee-k at thev gradled Schooladirum This waIs givenl bY .l Cora C. Luals, sisted by .ilr. White, of Nexw York mioy a nd .M\r. U ilton, a ret solois a d 1 ( (11 1 4cor of th Infantry hanld, loth Iinwg stthoed fa'i Cmp Wad,-41 l'cnaI lM ics l iavt' ~ .1i'11 1 1 141) \\%t1(1-(1 w\.)rth1. .\lr. W hite, w% ho i- v-el. hn,,v. ! voi iw omilt a euait of' s Su we. - alds bohat 90netales to (he Ionnermtil (layse fiof the eart.'o~h o lie as of ws fliltrne hamn h' rcds or th foer a(olif". ' ho hadse has malrlo an uthieh aorne eenine a newnstuti :GERMAN DRIVE MAY NOT MATERIAllit, May Have % 1bandoned ireat Offensive. ALLIES MAY START OFFENSIVE Il(a %y Arillery1-3 Actionl is Taking lane Ul>) .\lon Westrnl Front. Re runL.?ti izeI lIelgian Army Takes Over S4 clor. .iduar of' Tentons Col v. .: d r!o " r \rt ,h-ry 14 r1p* i s 'ixn I l I . 1 u11 \I i i l i h i . wn, an h I eir ,ex pecIed nd1 ( I'on' 1id4entIl Iy-aw aited Gor man drive la snot materialized and he .\Ili's th11titen to otarf an offeti sive of their own at variolu points a.aainlst "Ihe T.--utonlic legions. Thelfre is, hardly a1 ector wn Ihe whr ItIt Ie ii lit which is niot b ng markei d b y i 1 t 1 ed e atIvIioIlS, I \II I'agV(rdin :n Id tho \'o,4es. lre ions lre ap;)I'arl tl y "A(Ot Il cn 1 .1%r; w it11 oVre bi irnsmay dwe elop. AtI Verd IIn th Ilo oopmsing artille ries hla ve been1 thunider-ing for se'veral days, and onl .\onday thle chiorus1 of the( wiuns wvas kept up, especially oni tilh right balk of the .\leuse. one( or the( most encourag-ingL fta Itires of the war lows Illay ho fouind inl the fact ta ta t the 11lgian aimy, re orgalized and ready for. hattle, Ihas taken over the important coast seNior in Flanders. This part of the western front has heret(.ofore( biven hield by thel renlich. although ir1itish trooi ps have made thi' lparance there at 'ari: "mu ieriod:1. That tll' Belgian army, whlich is sail, to bw exceollent Inl mlormile. lha freed the4' lrilh and 11 ritish fitr s for : on t'lsewlor on thill front dmon' trat that thel. laot witeir 11:1s en ~ ~ .1 -nof n eru tv work onl t-he 11 ii '110 O II 2 11 - I i \.' '41h li h 4r C th' I B lgian1 an A1 liod :.riy -wks I.v ("crrmanl !hock troop-; hatv. n icmi-i by thle' eI'lgians. b v I areI haV Il'ring' tIle vi an T i tors alou the froil' an. 'anly shi ls of large :llibre hA lle. wli (thowe'ver. the Ameripeon :hrn.: iave replied w tho I 1 idc nd ilm ta l (b-n lt w (ither of Ille tIpa . V a:vs h1:1: vivn Anwrican airmn : m ortunll ft ) fakt picStur 1s of thi inrrain (ack of thoera trni'her. .\l iiara 1us inaled01 prparary to n b1011en detr'e byic Amcnatil'rh'ry,441) t \4'oin out. .im'1in traditinal Inds'ian ' 1ntrl o the4 teritor betwee111'n bew 'Ins pil o t he lait t hat then alln tied1' thet trea4l' ty ofp actifored by the vac fthe Teu~ ew to~ ns, esiipcill in .'XI('tern. tHusa.I iotinues lIn south lrn 5":raine, Ithe 1apure nava thenu 1)1(rtanhit. c ity Sofl(l Niolayev,'f wher ('i iin i I lie (', i f een 'liial '~d -- a So 11,1)4'.w al' nup tirlg aggrssiv fa''eto nu th rines of Tehrnigo Cet inlem (iber 1t4otinne 10 he