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1 4 V%.)LUMP. XXXIV. LAURENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARC" 19, 1919. INrn THIRTI[T DIVISION SALING [OR HOME Part of Division Already Landed ii8TH INFANTRY ALREADY SAILED .istchibes from Various Officers In di-itte that Old Hickory Divsisoii Is 1b Last on Way Homne. Dispatch to lnumbla Saysq 118th Infantry Sail ed on the 15th. . tat the 118th Infantry, Thirtieth Divion, in twhich is the old Tr: ham Guards, Capt. Arthur Lee, of this city, 11 now cn i he way home is indl cated In dispatches below. A telegram wS also received in Cinton yester day stating that. Sergt. William King. a 'renber of Co. 1), was already on the water and sailing for home. The friends and relatives of the soldiers In these commands are already making preparations to give them a welcome at Vamp Jrckson, In Columbia. The (is-patche(s are as follows: Washington, March 19.--The l18th Infantry 1gpiment of the Thirtieth Division, sailed from Stonalire. FraT irI 1r Oil the transport Mercury and Is due to land at New port News Namh 26 or 27. The troops of this regiment are from South Caro linia anl(d will he demobilized at Camp .1 avkson. tGreeiville News, March 18.) A cable gr'am received here last niclht by .1. Newton Watkins from lill m'.n-law, Major William D. Work moan, a battalion commander of tihe I 11sth Infanlltv. brInging tihe message "SaIlIng $!xteentl for Charleston'" takn here as indication tiat tils reg I''-t is in all probability on Its why ho 'ne and will debark at Charleston. This news will till many hearts with gla ness for tills eraqk regiment of S.th Carollina fightling men, a par( of -.to 30t11 Ivison, most of whom are mi tihe Piedillont sectloll, Is com !'"d of old 1aItional guard Compan ic' fr rm clilea end Iowns of tie statr'. Av v rilng to the coistruIct loll pit nIlon hNI'jor WV: l:,l:' mesclae. the 118 h t - fir 1 (r 'IldIle of next I -!.\ (aIbles were also rvolved il Anl - derson yscAt rday from their huoblnde by Nir . K. I. TCIlly, wif- of 'C'ol'ot McCully, tile Commandilg oflleer of te 118th, and Mrs. R. .1. Ramer, wife of the captainl or the maiene gun CoInIyI1 of the regiment, to tle effect that they had sailed for Ameriea Felt it rday. With1 this iiformilation at hand. there cnn he little (oubt butl tilat ihese local veterans of many battles are at. last on their way home an(I that, upon IheIr arrival lere. they ill he( demi1lized at Cam p .Tneksc. withlin a plretty short while. That a large aind representative b'ody of Greenville cltizens and( peo 1le (fromi over tile entire Piedmont set ion will be atl Charleston to wel come the returning hleroes Is cer talin. As yet, no organized effort has been made locally to send a delega tion of repiresenltatives of thle pleople of GreenvIlle -to thle port to greet the miemb1lers of tils reghnienlt whiiich saw service on tihe Mexican border. and in 4train,ing att Camnp Sevier aind then were In the' thick of tihe fighting withl thE, 30th I~ivision in Fiance. There Is no' a man among them51 but1 has a1 host of frh(o'ds and relatIves in thlis see Ilon. and( it Is eixpected that imlmedialte action will be taken to pirovide a pro per and fitting welcome to the regi Ilenlt u11on1 it s debarkatilon. C'ompany A of tihe 118th is tile old iButler Guard company, Greenville's o'-n. In the fighting ,thiis coipany lost several 1m1en and suffered many ensualties, as dId eveiry organization 1)n the regIment. Tile other compan 1".3 of tihe 118th a re composed mainly "f' men from tile following cities and1( towfis: (Compalny "fl," Anderson. (omipany "C", Peizer. Company "D)", Laurens. ('ompany "Et." Ilion. . (eopany "F." Spartanhu'rg. Onpa ny "O," Fort. ,Mill. - (Oompaiih "IT," Rlock Hill1. (Company "I." Cheraw. Comipanly "K," Anderson. ompny "L." Hlartsvilie. ROBERT BURDETTE RECEIVES SENTENCE Given- Six Year Sentence for Killing 1). 1). Stodtlarl Near Owings. W. It. Dlurdett, charged with the iimurider of D. 1). Stoddard near Ow ings in July, 1917, twas found guilty ,of manslaughter in general sessiolir court here last week and Siat,urday morning was given a sentence of six years' imprisonment by Judge Prince. Attorneyh for the condemned man have filed a notice of appeal to the st preme court for a new trial and 11lhe ease may yet be heard again. This i. a case that has attracted wide atten tion in the county, Burdette having shot the deceased in the presence of the former's sister when the three met together In a secluded spot neal* Owings, Mrs. Doe Bolt, the defend ant's sister, was not present at. thi trial being kept at home on account of sickness. Wednesday morning the court took uIp the case of the State vs Will Pin son, charged with assault and battery u1pon the person of Walter C. Davis. This was one of t.wo indictments Iv en out by the grand Jury for attacks on Davis and In this case a verdict of assault and battery of a high and jg gravated nature was returned. T1 - defenlant was given a sentence of one year's imprisonment or a money fine. Three other murder cases were tried (luring the week's twork. Preln Lloyd. Henry Barksdale and Charlie Griflin, three young negro boys, were tried for the murder of an old negro, Abra ham Alexander, in the upper part of the county. Henry Barksdale and Charlie Grifiln, Who made a partial confession, were found guilty of niur der and recommended to the mercy of the court. They were represented by C. Y. 'Brown' and P. D. hiuff, young harristers of the court. who put uphu an able defense but. could do no iore than save them from the electric chair. Prelo Loyd, who claimed an alibl, was represented boy W. R. Richey, Sr., re ceived a similar verdict frolt the court. All three were- sentenced to life im irisonment, but the attorney for Preof Loyd has fIled an appeal -for..,a new trial. These negroes, it will be remenim hered, 'were charged with murdering ithe old man while at work in his corn; field with a motive of robbery. John Henry Williams, charged with the imurder -of Sam Burton oni Mr. C 1). Nance's place near Cross 11111, will ,have another chance for his life. The jury were unable to agree on a verdict. Williaims, who it w%,ill be remembered, killed Burton with an axe whiie the two were at work cutting (own trees, enteredi a plea of self dtfense. Rhihert Brooks, who was brought back to this county about a month ago after having eluded arrest for aboit ten years, -was tried for the niur der of a negro woman near Mount ville. Many witnesses of the killing could not he found. The state iwas un able to make out a case of mnurder and he was acqumitt ed of that char'ge but convicted of earirying concealed wea Iw :s. IHenry Fer'guisen, chuarged with as snuit .andl hat tery upon the peirsonu of Mir. William C. Byrd, a young fnrmcr of the Tylersville sect ion, was ac acqittted. Thet evidlence in the ease teinded to showv that a dliffleulty ariose' betwi~een Mr. Byrd and his father, Mir. W. D). Byrd on thle one hand and the negro andI ihis wife oii the ot her, in wvhieh the youniger -Mr. Byrd was severely cut in a mysterious man ner and( F'erguson wvas shot by the young man. The affair' occurred in the negro's house. Although the court's (locket was not cleared, most of the longer cases were dlisposed of andl it is thought that the eiid of the next term will find the diockett ini goodl condition, At Oakvlie School. Capt W. R. Richey will d(lver an add~ress at Oakvilleo schoolhouse F'ri day eveninag, March 21st. lie wvill tell of his experiences in the 'war, The pubiic is cordially invited to attend. This is solely for instruction. No) fee. C'ompan'y ".M," Camdlen. F~romn the wording of Major Woik imaii's cablegram, it is gathered that the regiment sailed on the liith, whIch Was Siunday. Should only seven or eight days be required to make the voyage, the transports heairing these troops iWould arrive at Charleston on Sunday or Monday of anxt week.' CLEARING THE HARBOR OF OSTEND ~. .~ .. .. . . . X:: :* " mAl Divers at wvork clearinig IIp the remains of a1 snketlj drderbock shl that thle British used lin blocking up Osteiad hartibor during the wvar so that the U-boats could not got ouit. GEN. PERSHING SAYS ASK NEW YORKERS FARIEWELL TO 42ND. To sEE TIIvrn:TrTI Wishes Good Luck to lloys of %ain- Gov. Cooper to Invite (ov. Smith and bowy Division ii Slleeh at Cioblen. Mayor in-1.1 to (Come to Coluniblia, (obl(nz, March 10.-Gen. Pershing - Spartanburrg, March 12.---When said good-bye to the boys of the lir- Governor Hohert A. Cooper, of South ty-second Division today. In a fare- Carolina goes to New York to witness well address to the troops of the the parade of the twenty-seventh di Rainbow Division, wiho are preparihg vision on the twenty-fifth of tils to sta't fol home the first weelt Ini month lie will personally extend in April, the American commander in vitationis to Governor Smith,' of that chief wished them -all good luck in State, Mayor Hyland, of New York the peaceful occupation into which City and Major General John P they will go on the other side of the O'tyan, commander or tho, <n1vision, r(2 Atlantic. visit Souli Carolina nwhen the thfrl i t The inspection and review of the division parades In 'Columbia. division took place in a great field Governor Cooper will go to New near Temagenon, on the west bank - Yorkc as the guest of the Spartanhur. the .Rhine. -General Pershing spoke 'Chamber of Commerce and tie huar to more thmi 20,000 men after the of delegation from that body invit.ed Raioi ho D Ji'sion passed the review- to le presentf. t the parade of the ing stland iaSSed formation. From It I wen I -sovetith diviion. i i tile heights'7across the river hundreds New York Governor Cooier' will hav or German, civilians assembled and imairters at the iarvard ('Ili!. Colonel wat(led tihle review through feld Wade lIi anlton llae, a mibilr of glasse.s. Geon. Pershling spoke from General Pershinlg's staff whie iiH ,the rear end of a wagonl 'wilt lie sol. France has beei assigned, as Governot i ers gathered about him. Coo per's aide. The Spa ran li mrg part v l.efole ht is address, tile coim r will leave here Sunday a fternioan in Chief presen ted one congreas ional I Marheli 23rd. ' ndal of honor, two distinguiished service mned.als and -t) distingimished I .11'. IE IIt'll service crosses to oficers and men DIES IN FRANCE, of the divisloit. The medal of honor ivas pinned by Gen. Pershing on soii of Rev. W. It. Ie'lirt 111141 Utti. Corporal Sidney Manning, of file 167th ersity Ltw StideM. Victim (i infanrIy foi' leading his platoon during Piteumitoil. an attack on the Ourrq after its com- The (eat h at Taigues, Fiiice, front matiders had fallen. Despite woumb -1 iellmonIa, of Lieut. 'ioia.4 (at]isli lie had suffered, Manning led the men Ilerbeit, son of Rev. W. I. II rbort forward and gained and held an im-- of (olumbia. managom of the Aletho portant position in the fact f t...ii (list Men's Chrlirb 'was reeivedlfin ( flc enemy03 firec. All bu11t soeI in unlmlteam- 'a ngtI adc hers of the platoon were khtled or a okt i ayfl'istee woundedl. Manning himself wvasli(ielo era'328Iatthag woumndied nine times in this attack,.r 6 Mlanning was a far'mer' boy near t Ilmbm' maltae roith iBrewton, Ala., bofore the .war. is ~'iigcnpa otOltmre The (list ingu ished ser'vice medalsTi asal'potelothsiki went to llig. (Gen. Douglas McArithu rsIleteii. ir((' wksh and Col. William Hughesi. hr.njug doct fa eea Sunday mornIng (len. Pershing in-(Otit atjl SPected thle troops or the Third Corps ln.Irbigaliatlfom\' near Vallendar.fodClig'I11.a letrdIh After thle r'eview of thle fort y se'oti nd iy st vil~,. lelce divisIon, Geni. Per'shing went 1)3 auto-onyneeaofratlinwhnh mobile to Coblenz, wrhere he hac. di -n- eieltea 11' lfreleigmd ner with Major' General IUl(kn-,iiajdgadoteIiu. lrei.vz' 'iiamanded of the army of ,occupa-('netdiIt otoIrasotst tlon. In several villages along the vc.iewn oIac n.aar way Glerman civilIans greeted him o 98 with shouts of "THoch Pershing." The c'omimandler's vIsIt to the area of on- (at 'nfr rmtd ('tpation1 was aidvertisedI by3 the Ger'- Thnesa bnree'clfm manns in theIr newspaper and ot hei' ran- htfr xCai.JseCa ise. -o~,cmadn acmayi h Coblenz, Monday, March 17. -IIlead.. qnuartei's for' thie Tird'c ar-my recceiv'' eed hmooclad11Wi ao i wvord today of a change in plans forfr(Isaoeroefte at'ti sendIng homne the 42nd ilvision whiich wvill sail from Nazaire Instead of An t-- yby h ae o lsiito werp. 'rThe chanige was mnade, it was said, because of dangem' from miniesth011Ple o ansi'ini.ws off Hollani, and lack of embarkation thehoteTl'tetiivso. facilities at Antwerp. The divislinmomeTx im ir' will entrain for IFrance duing the lrat M.F .Molcd fteitra week in A pril.remne eaiIetwilbatti Miss Car'oline Fleming, who is at-sathoevh tiouh lcie o tendling Chicora college this year-, has ohrcue eental omk beeni sipeninlg a fow days in the city tei noetxrtrsb h 5h with her moethier', Mrs. J1. 0. 0. Flem- owilhgadtgvenstaeet ng. thosLEUT wHEwilERT o hm LEVER OPPOSES CLARK'S LEADERSHIP liepresentative .eI er, of South Ca1ro lina Sas "I Will Support. No M111n1 Who1 WIl a a 811 'i onscript. is synonlmous Milh ('onviet." \Vashington, .\larch 16.-illepresen tativo L.ever, of South Carolina, In a tteilent lade iblic tonight trIougih ithe delocratie Ic'reotranization Com)I it tee, announced his opposition to tihe selection of Pham p Clark as demo cratic leader tin the next house. "I will support 110 mall who will say that i coeiseript. is synnyilmliours 'witl a convict," declared Mr. Lever's state menlt. It is of the utmost importance," he coniitiued, "to the future Isuccess of the democratic party that Ihe mi nority leadership Iin the i next congress shall ie strong. o'res;ive and in the full. est sympatiy, not an enforced sym patly, With the plans and purposes of the pri'~idlnt of the I United States, who for six years has been the elect ed spol(esinan and leader of his party." Public sentiment, as well as that. of returning sol(Ivls, favors a I'ague of nations, said M. . I .ever, adding that "no man aen he 's'lected to lead the denoer'Its in Il'' next holise who does not in the ful 1 Ill es'ure holieve in t hi "The leadersh in of the illIlority In tie next onlgress," Representative .ever said. "sh-'Ild have no axc.s to "rind and no personal allbitions to se rv'. It sIould 11' sn!vlh a leadelrslip :1 ' :11 fr lv nd " without h .-Nilatioln confer with the actlal leadel' of the party oil Itntlors of 11t0ional and parly policies. Without -slic harmonious relationghip the situation for 1920 is illpossible; wih it., tile fuitit or ut party co ld n1)1 - ot, ne more hopti fi it Is my tit-tll heli1f tiat the over with loig l:Jo"ity or fil e 1)001 or don0t il his Wonderful ilght. to min i. Ilize to tile very limit (he possibility of nars in tile future. "The million. lhrvee hundlluired thous ond soldiers wito have golle thro1u1 h tile brutal ituirler of this war, return [fig to this cou1itry are as Minin to give sum),irt to the iiea of a I('a gtie .)f nations as" it Is certaini that the sunl will rise ton, rrow morning, anmd n lman ennl he !selected to lemd fllo, de-m. e1lt ., I Tlet 1. 0 '1t - \ : I Vot (It'ai ]t 11 fu II ll wa m Z 1a re holi evo in 111h doe t rill . T~o select a1 mIIm for- leader wvh o dloes l101. belilev ;1n it would h .:Ilicillo, and it is Illy h1ief that vien1i th demicrlats of the vountlry realize wiml tie real sittilon is. thi'y vill diemand, in termlls vhich annuot he llisulde'r stood, such a i-1tillriship as will give thl president and his policies tile full vest support. "Democrats 'annot allow prsonal reliationshlip or "ympathly to stan 1(1Inl (te wvay of party Success, and they are not going to do it. Personally, T will supptf)ort no Illan who will say that a (onsIipt is synonymvou wit a (on v'ie t." ON ('110P itEITTl'1'ON Sitned hy th e larmerIs. '(hairman W.li b)''. IGUray, of tile ('oltton Stustees hiavi' set'i in pledges wh11icht have agtrlid t en'i tile "ott Ill aereC age tils y'ou. The~ f~.amers agtree to r'eduice all tile way' fr'om 11 lie)' Cent i'ressiotn 'rea ted is thlat 1mo0t of the0 'Pie meiteting wich l was~~I to hlave been) ceive tile iiled(ges was1l postponled on aiccoutnt of lthe simalli att'nda nce and v'ill iie held( next Sat urday a'It 12 o'clock. At lila t t1im1 it is hlopled tha1t1 overI tihe county. Mir. and1( Mi's.'l. C. fRoss, of Port land, Me., arrivedi in tile city last week to 5ipend Ii teir hone(ynmoon withI Mr. and AtfIrs. Lawr''(ee 0. Roff', .Mrs. Rloss ihe inlg a sist('r of Mr1. ltoff. NMrt. atid Mriis. iRoss werel mlarriiedl inl Port)land on March 10thl andi caime Immtediately to Laur'ens, this he in g 1he1r fi rst visit ill thre Sotth. Mr t. RosH hits buit r'eeni ty3 recei vedl h1is hlonorabi le( dichar ge fr'omi tile ar'my, hlavin~g beel) in F''rnce for' torn mlonlths. Thley eixpect to remairn a fow (lays yet before returning to Mninn. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE CAUSING ONCRN Insistence on Equality in immigration PROFOUND STIR IN CAPITAL Senators State Elther Ameriea r Ja 'an will Iot Go Into tie League. President. W1soni has 0given Other Assurance. Viruially Demands E."(uali1ty InI Immhiirat ion. Wasliligtol, March 15.-The speech of Visrount Tshii, Japa nese ambacsm dor, Virtually demn(anding eqiality inl immigration) for .apanese as lite prive of Japan's adherence to the league of natins, caused a iprofound atir i Washington today. Senlat ors well1I nequnainted with the "Japanese problem" .4 related to this (ounIt ry declared without ieatinfion that JapalIese I nsitf.en(.e oil thkit point riteans vither that J:'pai or t-he United Stat ('s will n lot go0 inl .t the leurw. There Is no doubt, enato-rw said, that the Strolgest pressure -will le n'huw to l'or to u : l Japan IrealIzo - te:'d e'd-::.gra the wholei league plan. Not only the United States, they pointed out, butt the lrit Hih emp ire, through Australia and t ina wolid he greatly imentacod by Ith letoig down of #the Or-iental ex (.l1tsionl hanl, Amierican lan sena-i f ors dfecla re, nver Will subiit to ltlting Orientals indiscrilinat ely. That. is -too great and too p)e'sollnal a sacrillee, and any league of nations plan Involving ot even ma kit ng sueli a thing po.-sible Would, in the opuinion of these sena tors be summarily reiected by Amer The Japame altitute, however, is bit What many here have expected. Pwenators oposngte e uhave from the beginning insited that the immigration iuestion, with tie Japan ese agitatIig It, woul d prove to lbe an international and not a domesUtiC mat ter. Senartor lii Owtecek anI President. Willsoni hta e pssur thtt tle senate antd th cotuntry that Ithis would not be the case. "'Evie s," raid Senator Poinde\. fer. (ahin commenting on lihis asutran, from :!dmiistration lead ers. "Ite Japanesb autltorit ies take a different view and very sensibly dje eline to becoie a member of the league unless there Is an express pro Iihitlion of nat ionlm1 or racial dise:.i - ination in immigration. ''The statement of Viscount, Ishil shows that tile intelligen t Japa neso people are not willing to transfer from the Japallese people and give to a leagtre (lollita-ted by foreigners, tle deision and control of their most vital in t.erest s. Thliis is a most in tel - ligent. and statesmanlike attitude to ass) ume. It alsro in d ienfes an appr'e ('int ion (of thie eon seqnen cs of the lpropose~d consiiti tin) for a 'world gov ernment, not withlstandling the inter pret ation llared upon its plain lan guage by some of its atiutors. "Aiin .an hat)ba ''xpressly dIe ela red she will not. rat fy t he( leagute unless an anti- raee diseriminiat Ion elause is embodiedl In its 'onsti tut ion, it is obvtilus t hatI no such const i iu ton enn be ag reed up on, and not he in g agreed utpon by lbhe Uni)1ted Sitat es antd Japajn, tanntot lit given effectt.'' Sentator King (Dlemn.) of Utah de dlared t hat "if JapanI inisist s uport racial etliality in immigratIon, it situ ply means that either lapan or- the l'inited'( Smtts will not. be signat ory to te league eomipaet. "'It) my', opinion, Amneriean labort will ne(ver submit to the indiseriminaite adt in Ission of Oriental s--IIIntdoos, (ii mttse and JTapanlese. .lnan I cannoitt be bltamietd for ilns it'ee heeaiise thlin (lutest Ion closely toutees her honor. The wvhol e sItuain ollearly Ceem pli fles the iirgentt necess;it y for mak inug peace Iimediat ely and t leavin~g for Ia ter d eterinaton th(1)1le qluest Ion of forming somie inter'na tionalI league to avort war. 'fThIs need not nocessa i 1y lhe a league of' nations as we have ComeC to understand 'the telrm. Bit t here shoiuhI he prov'i-'ted an intIerna ional tribunatrl of arb-itrlament to de-. rlde internaltional dispttes."' Senator KIng today announced that nnless the league eonstittiton is (Continued on Pa0 rEight.)