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VOLUME XXXIV. LAUR~ENS* SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919.0UBR4 S[NATORS ATTACK [[AGJ COV[NANT Debate In Senate Continues Bitter SENATOR'REED LEADS ATTACK Senator Hlitchock Makes Heated Reply to Missouri Democrat and Draws Forth Ieply from Senator Knox Who Said Supporters of League Should Read Covenant Before At. tempting Its Defense. Washington, May 2.-The league of nations -was debated in the senate again today with an increasing show of bitterness. Senator Reed, Democrat, of 0%lis souri, attacked the proposal in such vigorous terms that he aroused re peated objections from senators sup ilorting it and developed a running debate colored by dramatic accusa tions and heated reports. The Mis sourl senator declared the league would place the destinies of the white race in the hands of ignorant and superstitious nations of black and yel low population, and charged that many Democrats were supporting it for partisan reasons. In frequent interruptions of the Missouri senator's speech, Senatol Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking Dem oct'at of the foreign relations commit tee, insisted that the premises for these charges were false and that the inferences draiwn were unfair and dan gerous. lie drew in turn a reply from Senator Knox, Republican, of Pennsyl vania, who suggested that supporters of the league bonvenant should read it before they discussed it. So heated did the exchange become at one point that the chair rapped for order and Senator Reed declared that Senator Hitchcock had "lost his tem per." The measure which brought the league issue before the senate was the resolution of Senator Johnson, RIepubliean, of California, request lng from the State Department the full text of the peace treaty. There was no attempt to report a vote on the resolution, on which debate began last Friday, and the measure went ov er again as unfinished business to come up when the Senate reconvenes Wednesday. Without speaking directly on the Johnson resolution, Senator Reed made a general attack utpon the league covenant itself as a proposal to hand over control of the white race and the eivilized world to an assembly of nations where a majority always could he brought together on any race Question in. opposition to white su Premacy. lie declared support of the league plani never' couldl be exiplained at home by snators from the South, with its negro problem, or from the West, iwith its Chinese and Japanese problems. Turning dIramatical ly to his D~emocratie colleague, ho continu "'if a Repuiblican lpresidlent had brought in here-if Roosevelt had brought it here-there is not a D~em oerat that wouldn't have been stand nrg by my side0 fighting to the last ditch to rescue the country from a monstrouts and so crutel a thing." Southern Democrats particularly 'were chided for refusing to recognize the negro as an equal at the ballot box, but at the same time accepting South Afric'a am)d other nations where the black race predominates as mem hers of the league assembly on an equality wvith the United States. "You think you can control the vote of the black race," he asserted, "but on any question of race equality you never will he able to do it." To support his prediction that the *black, yellow, bhrown and r'ed races wouldl combine to embarrass the white race, Senator Reed cited the amend ment offered by Japanese dlelegates at 'Paris to the league covenant. guar ainteeing race equality. Although the amendment failedl, he saidl, the Japan ese dlelegates reserved the right to bring it later before the league 'for' dletermination. lie also quotedl fr'om a periodlical pulished by negroes in this country a passage declaring a league of nn.. FOUR NEGROES CONFESS TO OLINTON KILLING Charlie Ferguson First Confesses and Others Break Down and Tell of the Affair. After stoutly maintaining their in nocence for several days, four negroes now held in the county jail for the murder of Wash 'Reeder at Clinton some time during the night of May 17, have confessed to the deed, acocrding to the statement of Sheriff Reid, and will go on trial for their lives at the regular term of court which convenes June 16th. Hugh 'Blakely, one of the first negroes arrested, and Arch Pettys, later arrested at Newberry, have been released as no evidence has been found connecting them with the crime. Charlie Ferguson, the first to confess, San Rice, Clove Garlington and Allen Williams are the remaining four who admit their implication in the case, Allen Williams is a man ap parently about 60 years of age, but the rest of the quartet are young men. According to their story they enticed Jeter to the clump of bushes near the sewer line with the intention merely of giving him a drubbing. Before the drubbing was over, however, they had heat him so severely that life was but a matter of a short time so they dragg ed him to the sewer drain and hid him ihere. He was found the next morning and an immediate effort made to locate the slayers. CEO. It. DAVIDSON DEAD. Probnbly Oldest Citizen of the Coun. ty Passes Away at the Home of ills Daughter in Reno. -ir. Goo. I. Davidson, probably the oldest citizen of the county, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mirs. J. 1C. Molfillan, at Renno, Siunday, and was buried at Clinton, Monday af ternoon at 4 o'clock, the services be ing conducted by his pastor, Rev. F. D. Jones. Mr. Davidson was close on to 97 years of age and had been in feeble health for some tim.e Ie had been a resident of the county during most of Iis life except for the interval during whiehl he served in tire Confederate army. His wife preceded him to the grave by a number of years. Ie Is survived by three sons, Messrs. L. Ii., (. 11. and G. R. Davidson, of Clinton, and three daughters, Mrs. J. C. 'lc Mu Iian and Mrs. B. P. 'Copeland, of Renno, and Mrs. T. R. Owens, of Clii ton. SAIJVATION A101Y DRIVII. ('apt. ichey Asks talit Conimittees ('omrplete Work in tle 'Inty. Capt. W. R. Richey, Jr., ciralmanl fon' firs coruty of the Salvation Army Drive, stated yester'day that over half f the apportionment for this county had been raised, but that many corn mittees have not yet been heard from. Ile asks that these committees make their canvas this week anld report to him or Mir. J. J. Adams as o'ariy as possible, On account of general rains all over tire Uniited Slates the cam paign Ihas becen extendled to the last of tis 'week and by that t ime it is hroied that Larens will have gone wvell over thre goal set for her, 11I0 AUCTION SALE,. Rtobertsonr iiotel Property Lo be Sold at A ueion Next Tu resday Morning. Brass iland arnd Prizes. Bly the big dorubie p~age adlvprtisement aipearing in another section of this papner it will be seen that tihe Robertson Hotel property, one of the old land mnark~s of the city, is to be cuit into business lots and soid at auctien next Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, The sale Is in the hands of the United States Realty Company, of Knoxvlle, Tenn,, which is handling large blocks of r'eal estate in this section. Those who have attended seine of their sales in other towns say that the interest and ent-hursiasm aroused by the auic tioneers is well worth going to see even as a matter of curiosity, The pr'operty has been subdivided into 15 business lots arnd 'will 1)0 soild sepa rately, Prizes will be given away to tihose attending and a br'ass band will be gn hand to furnish music for the ocQasion, tions or some other "international power" to b)e "absolutely necessary for the salvation of the negro race," ini view of treatment of thre negroes in the United States and South Africa, CLINTON ROAD MAY TAKE LOWER ROUTE Govertinment Engineers Indicate That They Will Recommend Shorter Route to Clinton. Supervisor Watts stated yesterday that from the conversation which he had just hold with the engineer of the State highway department, who is surveying the road from Kinards to Fountain Inn, he understood that the .lower route to Clinton, which goes out by the J. Wade Anderson place, Counts' old ginnery and the Ramage place, would be recommended as the logical route to be selected between this city and 'Clinton -when the road is located for permanent improvement under the co-operative plan of the county high way commission, the state highway de partment and the federal government. This recommendation, the supervisor said, would go up to the authorities in Washington and if accepted there would amount to a practical stipula tion that the road be built along this route. The engineer advised Mr. Watts that lie had found a practical line along this route as far as the city limits and that the line would be a mile and a half shorter than the route now mostly traveled. However, lie said, the city of Laurens would be ex pected to take car( of the steep grade along the Garlington place just on the edge of the city limits. In rgard to the Princeton route, which will be worked entirely 'with county funds, Mr. Watts said that the highway commission would go over the proposed routes with the county highway engineer, N. C. Hughes, at the meeting on June 10th when a final decision will be made as to the direc tion the proposed road is to take. It is already practically assured that the road from Laurens ot the 'Shell fork will remain .practically unchanged as to direction. Oi account of the very heavy traffic which goes over this sec tion of the road, it is expected that unusually heavy work will be (lone on ii. Xngineer Joe Hale is already at work upon this section. The commis m will have to decilde on the 10th hethween the socalled lower route via MacKneece's bridge and Charlton Hall and thence to Hickory Tavern and the upper route by A. A. Garlington's and Abecromble's store thence to Hickory Tavern. Incidentally, Afr. Watts stat ed that landowners along the road from Tumbinlg Shoals to Princeton had already ple(lged themselves for the top-soil and rights-of-way. MASS M EETI:NG SUNDA Y. Endeavor to liaise Fund for Tubercu bar Sanitarium for Colorel People. A mass meeting of colored people, to which the white people are invited, Is to be held in the St. Paul Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4I o'clock in the interest of the tubercular sani tarium for colored people now being operated under the direction of the state boardl of health at Eastov'er, a few miles below Columbia. The sani tarium is tunder the direct supervision of the South Carolina Anti-Tuberculo sis Association and is supp~lorted Joint ly by the state and private contribu tions. For' each dollar raised for the fund, the State of South Carolina ap propriates a similar amount. The ob ject of the meeting is to raise laurens county's proportion of this amount. Addlresses will be made by Dr. T. E. Mliller, former presidhint of the South Carolina Normal and Industrial col lege maintained by3 the state, at Orangeburg, andl by Mr's. Rebecca Walton, of Columbia. Special music wvill be provided for the occasion. D)r. JT. H. 'Max'well, who is in charge of the campaign in this county, states that reserved seats will lbe provided for white people. Hiandkerchlef Sale. The ladies of the Epiacop~al church avill hold a hatdkerchief and fancy work sale in the store of the Jones Taylor Hardware Company next Sat urday, lasting from early morning uin til the goods give out. The public is invited to attend and take advantage of the bargains to lbe offered in the Pretty thinags displayed. Rtevival at Watts Mills. A series of revival services has been announced to -begin at the, Lucas Ave nune Baptist church to begin next Sun (lay night at 8:30 o'egek. Rev. H. Haydock, the pastor, invites the p~ulic to attend. HONORS DIVIDED IN ANNUAL CONTESTS Laurens, Clinton amd' ShiMilol High Schools Divide Honors in Oratorical and Athletic Contests. Laurens high school lead the field in athletic contests and yielded the honors in elocution and oratory to Clinton and Shiloh respectively in the annual track meet and oratorical con test held at the graded school Friday afternoon and evening. Only a small crowd witnessed the events in the af ternoon or attended the contests in the evenirig. Only three schools were rep resented, those of Laurens, Clinton and Shiloh. Supt. J. H. Sullivan di rected both the field events and ora torical contests. Oratorical Contest. Tihe oratorical contest between the boys was nvon by Rufus Wolff, of the Shiloh school. Jack Davis, of Clin ton, came second and Alarion Kinard, of Laurens, third. To the winner of this contest was awarded the Minter medal provided for in the will of the late Capt. J. R. Minter. The elocution contest was ,won by Miss Elizabeth Douglas, of the Clinton high school, Miss Gladys Roper, of Laurens, taking second place. To the winner of this contest was awarded a medal offered by Rev. .J. F. Jacobs, of Clinton. While the judges were deliberating to select the successful contestants, the Fleming medal was presented to the Laurens track team for scoring the largest number of points in the track contests during the afternoon. A tiletie lesults. The contest in athletics was the closest that it has been in years, in spite of the small number of entrants. U7p until the last, event, the one mile run, the result was in doubt--Clinton and Laurens running very closely- to gether in total points to their credit. T'he last. event decided the contest, Laurens winning first and third place and therefore the Fleming cup for the largest number of I)oints. The results in each event were as follews: 100 Yards Dash-Kennedy, Laurens, 1st; Ilunter. Clinton, 2nd; Woodside, Laurens, 3rd. Running Ifigh .Jump-Wolff, Shiloh, 1st; Hunter, Clinton, 2nd; Woodside, Laurens, 3rd. One-half Mile-Simmons, Laurens, 1st; Stokes, Clinton, 2nd; Reid, Lau renis, 3rd. Discus Throw-Ilunter, Clinton, 1st; (arrett, Laurens, 2nd; Kennedy, Lau renis, 3rd. 220 Yards -Dash-Ilmiter, Clinton. 1st; Kennmedy. Laurens, 2nd; Davis, Clinton, 3rd. Pole Vault-Wilson, ShIloh, 1st; Garrett, Laurens, 21nd; Woodside, Laum rens, 3rd. IHurdles-Ilunter. Clinton, 1st; Wil son, Shiloh, 2nd; Woodside, Laurens, 3rd. Running Broad Jtump--lunter, Clin ton, 1.At Kennedy, Laurens, 2nd; Gar rett, Laurens, 3rd. Shot Pu I---Kennedy, Laurens, 1st; Hunter, Clinton, 2nd; Wolff, Shiloh, 3rd. 4410 Ylards Run-lhunter, Clinton, 1st ; K ennedy, Laurens, 2nd ; Davis, Clinton. 3rd. One Mle RummnSimmons. Laumrens, Ist; 1101lhind, Cl inton, 2nd ; Reid, Lau rena, 3.rd. C'apt. MceSwalnu 1n thme City. Capt. .J. J1. McSwain, of Greenviile, was a visitor for a few hlours in tihe city yesterdlay on Is wvay to Cross 11111, whemre lhe went to deliver the an nual address before tihe gradamating class of the Cross 11111 hi1gh school. Capt. 'McSwaln has been prominently mlentionedl as a possible candidate in the next congressional race, but he hlas not as yet madIe any announcement on the subect, giving his time at present to his 'prsonal affairs and a few other matters of public nature whlere lhe is called upon to assist. Attendamnce Offleer Selected., Lieut. J. Wilbert Woods, of the Iwest ern sectionl of the county, has been namedl County Attendance Officer' by the County Board of Education. Th'iis office, It will be remembleredl, wvas crc ated undercm thme act of tile Genemal As semblly providling for compulsory edum caition. Mir. W~oodls, wh~o hlas recently received his honorable dlischarge from the army, will lake upl his dutties on .JInnoC 13t TO GET REIEF Seaitor 1ilt[l Secures Dellilite In foria. Oti as to Soldiers Who Devetop Symnptoims of Tuberculosis After Re lug 1)iseiargedl. According to a news dispatch to The State from its correspondent in Washington, Senator Dial has secured explicit information from the war de partmlent to tie effect. ihat men who suffered exposure to gas during the war and were discharged while appar ently well, but who have since devel oiled symptoms of tuberculosis, may be admitted to army hospitals for treat ment. Sen. Dial's attention to this problem was attracted by the case of a local soldier, Claude Patton, who be gan to lose strength soon after his discharge from the army and who has since secured treatment at the hos pital at Camp Jackson through the In strumentality of the IHome Service de partment of the Red Cross. According to the statement of The State's correspondent, application may he made to the nearest representative of the United States public health ser vice or,'if there be no such oflicial in the vicinity, application should be made .by letter to the Chief Medical Advliser, War Risk Bureau, Washing ton, ). C., giving the name, rank and organization of the forlier soldier and Ihe character of his lisability. Sena tor Dial is of the opinion that action wolld be expedited if such letters came from the man's home physician inl which lase the bu1rcaui would be glad of suggestions as to trealment needed. The bilrea u, in emergency, will arrange with local plhysicians or institutions to handle such cases tem porarily. Col. Roger htrooke, of the surgeon general's office, has assured Senator i)ial that the fact. of such soldiers' having been discharged "hvUi in no way operate to Interfere wilh their receiving adevqiate treatment." At the present lihne the army medi cal service is not prepared to state definitely tile ultimate efforts of gassing with regard to reactivation of the luberculosis lesions but in Col. Brooke's opinion "it is cuite likely 1hat irritation incident to severe gassing has been a factor in produe ing the 1weakdown of healed tuber ulosis lesions in the Iig." CAiPT. DI'CK E'411l' D EA.i Confederate Veteran, Former Sherff of tle County Dies at Olintonm at ilpe A Ire. Cap11. T. J1. ituckeii, Conres~ rale Sol dier, and sheriff of tlie count-y for two terms, died at Iis home in Clinton, Sundahy night and Was biried ill the I1resibt erian1 (emnetery yesterday af ternoon at. G o'clock. lie had been in comparatively good health for some time, so his death came as a shock to his friends all over the county. Capt. Duckett. was thrice married. hlis first wife was a Miss llarksdale and of this uilon five children sur vive: Mrs. \\. II. Young, Mrs. .1. F. -lacobts and Miss Clara Duckett. all of ('linton;1 's. Townsend, of Anderson, and Mirs. Jones, of rLynchlburg, Va. i s second wvife wvas also a Miss Balks dale and of t his iunionl One son. . B. Duceket, suives4 Iis thir wc ~ ife walS a Miss Wo(rk mana. She surviv'es him wit h on~e daughter, M rs. ol~ claner Johnlson, of Newiberry. Capt. 1)ickett w'as fotr many year's one of the most. ipolplar' men in the counlty and1( twas highly regarded fot hiis htigh sense of 1honor1 and initegrity3. Pienic at Rock Bridge. Rock Bridge school, neat' Clinton, will clos~e a successful session this wveek and a picnic wvill he held Satur dlay. Several speakers have been in vited to make addresses and a pleas ant dlay is anticipated. The public is cordially invited to attend, Miss ('lanmey Simpson. 'Miss Ciancy Simpson, an elderly ladIy of the Shiloh section, died at an early htotit' Moniday mot'ning after an illness of about two weeks. She was in bet' 75th yeat', a dlevot ed mfembert of the Shiloh churt'ch and gt'eatlv esteem ed by all who knew~ het', The imme diate caulse of her death was tihe shock she 1us0 taind ini a fall about twa weeks ago. Shte leaves a brothet', Mr. B, F. Simpson.11 and a nutmber of nleihews and tneices to mourn her de 'Uil Pitt'P. GERMANS STILL RFUSING TO SIGN Rantzau Calls Treaty "Sen tence of Death" AUSTRIANS CHAFE UNDER DELAY No Indications of Material Modifica tion of Treaty on the Part of Allied Commi ission ers. Treaty 1ust bo Signed or Rejected. Sentiment in German Circles Seems Opposed to Signing. (Associated Press Tuesday.) As the day for the Germans to give answer to the peace demands of the allied and associated governments ap proaches-and the German plenipoten tiaries have announced that they will ask no further extension of time be yond Thursday, the limit set by the allies--there apparently has been no change in the sentiment of German government circles that the treaty should not be signed. "'Shoul;9 T, under pressure from our own misled countrymn, sign this sen tence of death " an utterance attribul ed to Counti %ol lvrockdorff-Rantzati, iead of the German peace delegation, in reply to a question as to whether fihe demands of the Independent So cialists that the compact should be duly sealed, sums ui generally the state of mind supposed to exist In the higher walks of Germany political life. Meaniwhile, allied commissions are preparing to hand to Austria and Bul garia the treaties that are to be drawn up for them. The Austrians who have been for some time at St. Germain, are chafling under I lie delay in being cal led before the peace congress. The delay is declared to he mainly deie to the settlement of conditions regarding rep arations. Dr. Itenner, head of the Austrian del egation has appealed to Premier Clem enceau, president of the peace confer ence, irging the hastening of the pre sentation of the peace treaty, declar ing that the delay is creating a "regret table strain" on Austria financially. The belief is expressed in Paris that the allied and associated powers will exetlipt the new States formed from parts of the former dual monarchy from any payments on account of rep aration or public property taken over by them. The couil of four is nov enlgageld in thoroughly going into the sit uiation of these new States. Anti-lolshevik factions in Russia headed by Admiral Kolcliak an(d Gen eral Denekine are to receive condi 1ional recognition by the coutncil of fourt, according to a report in circul a tion in Paris. The condition is said to be that the governments of these leaders are to convoke and accept the verdict of a genuine constituent as senmhly, wihich is to dlet ermine the fu turie form of government of Russia. Such act ion by the council of four wonuld enable thle allies to assist ini he strutggl e a gainustI soviet rul e in Rutssia byv fiurnishiing K(olchiak and D en ekine w ithI arm'iis, munitions, money antd food on a l arger sea le titan p re v lously. No t roots woul1d he fiurn ish - thei an ti-I lolshtev ik lea ders, accord ing 'a the report. l1erl in, i1lay 2I -- (outi nv.on 11rock dorff-RantIzau, htead of thle German rpeate delegat ion in an interview with :he Versailles cor-respondent. of Vow aetIs said lie win t to Versailles nvithi hie firm int Iention of defending what remnalned for the wvelfare and happi ness of the German people, but. that event this remnant has been destroyed by the 'peace treaty. The count said It was a question therefore, whether It could not .he better. saved by refusing to sign than by suibmitting as wias de sired ,by the Independent SocIalists. The chairman of the German dele gatlon said he would certainly fight to the last In order to try to lmprove the lot of the working people by negotia tion but that the delegates would be sinininig against the interests of the working people If they signed con ditIons whtieb signified only "perpetual famine and utnem ploynnt." "Should I, :unde~r pressure from our own misti -I countrymn, sign this cetn of 'leath ?" asked Count, von Quteqiloned as to wvhethier he feared (Cont inued on Last. Page.