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MAKING NEW MOVE IN VAUGIAN CAKE Solicitor to Ask Court to ltesentence Former Superintendent of Odd Fel low's Orphanage. Greenville, Aug. 23.-Solleitor J. Robert Martin today served notice of a motion for a court order for the pur pose of resentencing Thurston V. 'Vaughan, former buyerintendent of the South Carolina Odd Fellows' Or phanage, near Greenville, who con fessed to having wronged several young girls, inmates of the institu tion, and who was sentenced. to death on a charge of statutory rape In 1912. The solicitor at general sessions court here next Wednesday, or as soon thereafter as counsel for the defend ant can be heard, .will move for an or der remanding Vaughan from the State Hospital for Insane, at Columbia, to the Greenville county jail, where an other examination of his mental con dition can he held, and if he is found sane the court will be asked to impose the death penalty in cohipliance.-with the judgment of the court heretofore rendered. The order of several years ago committing Vaughan to the asy lum provided that should he regain his normal mental condition he would he subject to resentence. Another chapter will be written in the famous Vaughan case of many sensational developments, when the defelnldant will be required to show cause why lie should not he rensen tenced to dir for the Crnes which he confessed to have committed while superintendent of the Odd lFellows Or phanagc near this city. Vaughan's arresit, his escape from jail and iis subsequent arrest in Haltlmore and his trial and! dramatie confession were features which held state-wide inter est in the early stages of the rase. Fie was reipresented at the trial by MleCullough, Alartin and illythe and Proctor A. lonham, then soleitor, was assisted by .1. .1. AlcSwain, rep(resent Ing the orphanage, of which he was a director, in pro:ecution. After the fir:t day of the trial. at which lime several young girls testfiled as to Vaughan's conduct, the defendant withdrew his .plea of "not guilty" and entered a plea of "guilty" and laid himself to the' mercy of the court. Ills confession and appeal for mercy was one of the most. dramatic ut terances ever hear(' in the elrt house. The c'ou rt sentenced Vaughan to he hanged, and in the mean tine the for:a of death pun~ihmenit in thi; stat was changed to :'n electrocution. The case was appealed to the' state supreme dot t amd subse u tent t the I'nited Se As annoi will be s sold at!) 'FLED States supreme court and the judg ment of the circuit court was sus tabled. in the months that followed Vaughan is alleged to have lost his mind and presented the appearance of a lphyal cal and mental wreck when brought back to Greenville to resentence. Upon the examination into Vaughan's I mental condition by experts and their support that he was insane, Solicitor Bonham consented to an order of the court staying the death sen'tence, and Vaughan was committed to the asylum. TAX COMMIISSION SAVES TIIOUSANDS New Assessment Figures on Mer chant's Stocks Sent to County Au ditors. Columbia, Aug. 25.-The South Caro lina tax commission has recently sent to various counties of the State state meats of the new assessments on the stocks of mercantile esablishments, ascertained from the recent stock statements from the merchants or furnished by them when subpoenaed to appear before the tax commission. The figures show that the tax commis sion has saved the State many Thous ands of dollars, and as a result of the work of the commission already this year the tax levy has been reduced. As an illustration of the amount of money saved to the 'State and coun ties from the equalized assessments, the assessments on property of mer chants in Creen viile County alone are gr"ater by a hall' million dollars than they were before the tax comission began Its 'recent eiualization 'work with the merchanis. This means a saving of $-l,50) in taxes in Greenville couity, and wheti the figures are to 'nitled for all the counties and includ ing'the mercantile stocks and also au tomobiles. on which the tax commis sion has been at work lately, the sav big to the State will run far into the 'housands. All of the statements have not been sent to the county aulitors vet and the tax commission has as yet n' way of knowing to what the total increase of assessnients amounts, though the tibulation for Greenville, made by Auditor Gullick of that coun . iaves an indication of the results of the commission's efforts. A statement from the auditor of ( ret nville ('ounty shows many in stances of figures returned by mer chntis being doubled, tripled and in few Caves, raised to ten and twenty ftimes as much. Some merchants and business flrts whIo made no retu:ns in the belief that. they did not comie undcr the liw have figures amoumnt JOE pt.1I urnced last ub-divided Luction./ REM IING B' lng to several thousands of dollars against their names. One merchant returned his busi ness at $500, and this figure has .been raised to $12,000. Another returned his at $1,000 and will find that he must pay taxes on $10,000. A third gave the figures $8,000 which the tax commission has raised to $68,000. Smaller ihcreases than these are very numerous among the list of Green ville merchnats. '1'iTe tax commission fixed property valuation on a basis of 42 per cent of the total value returned in the in ventories which the merchants were reqiuired to fill out. Reunion of Veterans. For about 20 years the survivors of Company F, Fourteenth Ilegiment, S. C. Volunteers, have been gathering an nually on the 19th of August, in a re union of the remnant of a splendid company of a noted fighting brigade McGowans; r.nd too, they were a part of Jackson's famous "foot cavalry". MIr. Jim Dillard used to take a leading 'part in planning and working for the annual meeting. lie is gone. There are not many left, some say iG o1 the old company are alive; part of these are living in distant homes. Some are feeble in body only. Four of Co. F were present and about eleven from other commands of the CUonfederate Siates army. Will P. Wright has been the secretary for several years. Ilis father fought. with Co. F. Rlev. C. I). Boyd preached a sermon then; then dinner was served and it was a boun tiful one. 'The meeting was called to order and roll called. Those present were: Geo. M. Ilanna, J. Wilson Blake ly, .John .\. Hopkins and H1. P. Ilake ly. Other old soldiers present were: \I. .\ Ctunningham, Rt. P. Adair, .1. D. Mlock, T. F. Nilam, Isaac W. Adair. W. 1). Boyd, M. M. Fleming, W. .1. Donl nan, G. P. Waldrop, .1. W. Ianford. Nesbitt Brown. The death of lohn B. Smith was noted. Iie died within the past. year in Oklahoma. lemark, Were offered by Geo. M. lanna. Mr. Ianna made anl interesting talk giv ing his experiences both in camp and in battle. lIe gave dates and told where many were killed or were wounded. Iils voice and manner showed emotion as ie progressed in the recital. At one of these reunions a few years ago it was agreed to designate the oldest son of a deceasd soldiers as an honorary im em tier. Four or five of the last named were present. 1 have heard different members of the coin patny exprerss the wish that their descendants keep the reunion up even .th,a week this into one, t as fine an EMBER THE]1 ROTHl ,AURENS. SQL + -wwso "O""00 C0 ATTENTION PARENTS Is your boy or girl going to any South Car olina College or Prep School this Fall, as a pay student? If so write us, we can save 0 you money. Give the name of the school. O4 Caro naFarmer and Stockman 8 Exchange Bank Building Q Charleston, S. C. FOR SALE The Irby Plantation Situated two and one-half miles South of Laurens. Survey of property will be made this week.. If interested see J. L. M. IRBY LRM 0WA.M. arty of 800 Acres ee horse farms, and y as ever offered. .ACE J.1'L.WOLFF after they, the actors in the awful con filet, shall have passed away. Since the first reunion was hold some 18 years ago, I can recall the deaths of these: Warren Blakcely, 11111 Mlachray, Jas. P. Dillard, Ren Anderson, "llug" Anderson, John Clark, Dr. W. A. Shands, BI3111 McKelvey, Capt. J. P. Sloan, Oliver Templeton, John (sore, Bill Copeland, Bluford Henry, Joe Todd. It Is the hope of the writer that he can meet all the survivors of the company, as well as their friends on the 19th of next August. NOTICE FOlt BIDS. leltforced ('oncere Bridge Construe tion. Sealed proposals on reinforced bridge construction will be received at the office cf the Supervisor of Iau rens County, Laurens, 'S. C., until 2:30 P. M., August 26th, 1919, and then publicly optened and read. Plans, specifications and form of proposal and contract will be on file for inspection by reputabe Concrete Contractors in the oflice of the Iigh way l'ngineer, Ianrens, '. C., on and after August 20th, 1919. Interested contractors are advised to personally ins.'Cpect the proposed bridge sites be fore submit ing bids. 1Bight is reservted to reject any and all bids. J. D. W. WATTS, Chairman; N\. C. H UIi;S, JIr., Chief ingineer. 2t Laurens Co. HIighway Com, SI' 1I3IONS. State of South Carolina, ('ounty of L,aurens. IN ('OliT Oh1 CO.\.MON 'll'aNAS. ALrs. D)AlSY Al. 1BAGW\10lala, Plaintiff, against JIl.RtY 111('I1i 10ltG lt, Defendant, To the ie:fendant above named: You are hereby summoned and re litred to answer the complaint in this action of which i copy is herewith served on you and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers at their (illCe ih tha S4ti mons fluilding at Laurens, South Carolina, within twenty (20) (lays af ter the service hereof exclusive of th day of such service. If you fail te answer said Complaint Within thc tie aforesaid the Plaintiff of this ac tion will apply to the Court for th( relief demanded in Complaint. iDated August 19, 1919. THIACKWlai L & SJI,bIVAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys, To the Defendant, Jerry Eichelberger, whose place of residence and ad dress is untnow.n: You will :please take notice that the Complaint in this action, together with the summons of which the above Is a copy, was filed in the of1ice of the Clerk of 'Court. of Common Pleas for Liauren s( ounty, State of South ('aro ina, on the 19th day of August, 1919 BilaACKVl',lab & St''ljllVAN, 5-3t-A Plaintiff's Attorneys LS P fine prop ,ro and thr opporturn DATE AND P1 RSorI ITH CAROLIN