The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 10, 1919, Image 1
.VOL.UME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUT" CAROUNA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE-MB1ER 10, 1919. NME
G[E[RAL P[RSING
Gets a Royal ;Welcome at
New York.
HANDED COMMISSION
AS GENERAL
('homm~andier-in-Chlief' of Ameiiriea's
(Jreatest Army glven lIonsing Ovii
tion by . New York ind Nation.
Th'lousands Tliroing Dock to Get First
Glimpse of Hlni.
New York, Sept. 8.-General Persh
Ing. after two years in command of the
greatest army America has ever sent
to battle, returned to the United
Statees today. , As lie stepped ashore
from the huge liner Levaithan he .was
handed a commission as gencral, a
rank previously held by only three
Almericans-Grant, Sheridan and Sher
man.
The stern faced soldier was not
proof against the tribute of praise'
which was roared from hundreds of
'thousands of the throats of his fellow
citizens.
INs voiee trembled wvIth emotion as
he responded to the greetings extend
ed by Seei'etary of War Baker in his
own behalf and that of the president
as well as the .welcoming addresses of
representatives of tie senate and tile
house, the state and city.
As his car passed slowly through
the cheering multitudes whleh jammed
Troadway from the Battery to the city
hall, Pershing attempted in vain to
maintain his composure. At first he
replied to the cheers with the stiff sa
lute which military etiquette demands
but he was soon carried away by the
stori of apilause wlieh swept in
great gusts about him. Rising to his
feet he w: dl his cap about his head
with a boyish gesture which told how
deeply )PV was stirred, while the grim
lines of his bronzed face broke into a
smile.
New York (lid not exhaust its wel
come to(lay. Wednesday ie will ride
down Fifth avenue at the head of the
ilrst division of the regular army, tile
fIrst to go and last to leave, victors in
the first battle ever fought on Europ
can soil by Aimericlan soldiers.
Surrounded by comrades, humbler
in station but. who have offered their
all just as freely in the cause of lIber
ty, General Pershting first. reglimpsed
his native land. When tile huge Le
vaitban nosd her way through the
mists off the Jersey coasts the general
stood upon the deck with the famous
"omp01 osite regiment," 3,000 picked
Amican soldiers known as "Persh
ings own."
Just after the general Walked down
1the gang-plank at Hoboken, Secretary
of War laker, handed him his coin
. mission' as full general.
Standing behind, and completely hid
(len by thle imposing figure of tihe gen
eral was a little boy trying to look
very digniied andl soldierly. Hie wvas
"Sergeant" Warren Pershing, tile 00om
mnander-In-chtief's only sur'viving child.
When tile gener'al received his com
mtission lhe tur1ned to his son~ and
lthnded him tite document wvith an in
juntctlont to keel) It safe.' Tile "ser
geant" kept it safely alright bult,late'r
onl, in the gr'eat crowvd at tile city hall
Ite got septaratedl from htis father, match
to the dllimay of tile genteral. Witen the
<btoy, wui iecovered Is father asked
him0 anixiomusly:
"'Warrenl, htave you got tile commis)1
sltn?"
''Yes sir'," repllied the "'sergcant;"
"Well see thtat you 1hold on te it."
Among a little armty of welfare
intg were fifty igir'ls, three of whlom
w('r" decco'ated for br'aver'y under01 fire
wile servintg with the first dilvision.
hiti It was reser'vedi for' New Y'ork to
be'in thle real ovatloln to the ret urn'
In g he ro. Four lhourls before the all
riva Ili 1 the iatry'" was lthrouged with1
wi'thI is (dist ingitilshedl par'ty steamelcd
un' to the pier an ulproar begaut suich
as .\athiattani prlob~ably never hlad
heard1(. Fr'omt lhousandls of factories
and( vessels steam 511rens 51hrieked out
r'aucouis welcome but vainly tried to
drtownt the roar of cheers wvhieh rose
andl fail and( r'ose again.
At tlrst Genteral Pershintg seemledl to
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ALEX. A HERCROMIOIE
MEEI'S TIA.IC DEATH
MaIglstrate of Youngs Township EillIed
by Nephew Thursday Niit. Taken
for intruder.
Alexander Abercronble, Imagistrate
of Youngs township, met his death in
a pecuilhlr -manner at h le hands of (i his
lephew, Furiuain Abericrobihe, Thu rs
day night shorily a ieor midn iglit wheni
young Abercromlin II red at an un
ik nown man, ,vho later turneId out to
be his uncle, walking in the yard and
making an apparent effort to ithe
hous1. Not? Iu(ive for the shooting has
leveloped and te straige action of
Mr. Abercrombfie in seeking entrance
to the house at that time of night has
not been accointedI for. It is said
that Mr. Abercrombie, who was a sub
stantial aniiI highly regarded citizen,
was sometiies given to practical jok
Ing and the theory has been advanecel
that he was playing a prank on his
young nephews, trying to frighten
them, when he. met his tragic death.
The fact also that he was slightly
deaf may have prevented him from
hearing Furman Abercrombie hailing
him.
MIr. Abercromlie, it appears, spent
the early part of the evening at a
country store and is thought to have
started home about midnight. Instead
of going directly home, lie .went by
the home of his sister-in-law, widow
of the Ipte Frank Abercromlbie and
mother of Furman Abercrombie, where
his strange actions flrst aroused Fred
Abercrombie, younger brother of Fur
man, who was sleeping on the second
floor. The younger brother made his
way downstairs in the dark and awak
oned his older brother, Furman, who
was sleeping with Avery Dudkworth,
a neighbor boy. The itucceediiil evente,
as told by FIurmanAbercrombip, at the
inquest and substantially borne out
by Fred Abercrombie and Avery Duck
worth were as follows:
"I got up and went to the door be
tween my bedoom and the kitchen to
get a gun and saw a man at the
kitchen window. I atepped \back to
wgrd the bed and told Fred to get a
shell. I then heard the man at the
front (1001 trying to get it open. It
was fastened on the inside. Fred
went back upstairs to wake mother.
Avery and I were quiet and shortly
the man appeared at the kitchen win
(low again. It was tip and I could see
through the door and the .window from
where I was standing. The man came
up to thc window and I hollered at
him asking him.who lie was and what
lie wanted. Ile did not answer and I
told him to get, away from there. Ile
still made no reply and I fired. I saw
the man on the ground and we phontd
for Uicle Jot Abercrombie. Fred
phoned immediately and none of us
went out of the house tIll lie (ami1e.
We did not know whether there were
two men or Just one or how many
there might be. When my uncle came,
we found that the man was dead and
that he was my uncle, Mr. Alex. Aber
crombie. We had no light in the house
at the time I fired."
Magistrate Abercrombie was 541
years of age and had been magistrate
of the toWnship for eight or ten years.
H~e is survived by eight children. Fur
man Aboreromble is eighteen years of
age and is one of eight children, the
youngest being about two years of age.
His father died some time ago.
At a hearing before Associate JTus
tice WVatts Friday afternoon bail was
grantedl Iiflrman Abereromble in the
sum of $500.
Iyr'on W. 11111.
Myron WV. 11111, son of Mr. M. W.
11111, of the Mt. Olive section of thie
county, (lied last wveek att the Grein
wood hospital followinug aii opuerat ion
for appiendlcitis. The funeral was 1he1d
at Mt. Olive church and was large'ly
attendled by sorrowing friends and rel
atives. Mr. 11111 was just 22 years of
age and~ at very promisIng young .man.
Blesides his fat her, lie is su rvivedl by
thre'e sisters, .\isses .\lary, Myrilie and
10va sue, and one brother, Royee.
(Cat. Illhey (Goes to Wanshmingtoin.
Capt. WV. Ri. Richecy, Jr., wvho has
been practicing law since his ret urn
fom~n France a few months a'go, hast.
accepted a, lace in the oflice of the
judi~ge adlvocato general at WVashiington
andl wyill go there to take up his du..
ties in a few (lays, IHis N'ife and! child
w!!l not ga wIth him for the piresent,
but will remain here tmtll suitrdfle
qutersi' can be obtained in Washing
toin.
APPORTIONMENTS ANNOUNCED
FOR MEMORIAL TO SOLERS
Laurens bounty Asked to Raise $6,775 as Its Share of
*4.00,000 to Suple:mnt Zun Appropriated by Legis
lature for Mlemorial to Worl War Deau.
Colu bia , SeI)t. 6.--Apportionmiien t C*a n-ii( .. . .
of the Aemoria l F'und among the coun- nileo...
ties of file State Was announced today 7,7 0)
by the South Carolina Memorial Com- Dillon
missioi. The apportionment is based
uipon the u(Ilotas iI the Liberty Loan Edge - (, 7. .
campaigns. The Victory Loan quotmail wI r6eil..2,225
were based on ton 1per cent of the Florence 11,90
banking rpsources, and where bank- (leorgetow..
ing resources were not suflicient, a27,50
per capita of $7.50 was used. The'Greenwood . . 10,500
quotas for the Memorial Find repre-ampton.2,125
senti approximately .016 of the Victory Ilorry.2,125
Loan quotas. Of' the $400,000 fund, Jasper.275
Ci.arleston's quota of $78,275 is the'Kunsha,
largest. Berkeley and JanspeIr coun- Lancaster
ties, with quotas of $275 each, are Laurens,5
the lowest. . ......1,025
The following a re the County appor- LxIngtoil. . ,oso
tionIents: Marion .5,000
Abbeville..............$ 3,30 Marloo715
Ailken.. ...............4,675 McCormick.2,100
Allendale ..............1,900 Newberry.7,300
Anderson ................16,900 Oconee..4.700
Hamberg ................4,575rangeurg
Barnwell ................ 2,925 ickes,70
Beaufort ..1.. .. .......ichland 56,100
Berkeley .. ..'........ 2 Saluda 2,7
Calhoun ................2,975 1 Spartanburg 21,V75
Charleston ..............78,275 'Sumter.11,925
Cherokee ................4,700 Union.. . ,550
Chester ................5,500 Wiliamsurg
Ceterfeld5700 York .................. ,785
BY PEAOE OFFICER
Magistrate Woods Shoots When Ne
gro Makes Show of Resisting Arrest.
While attempting to make an arr .t
of Otto Garre.t. colored, at a colored
church in the Mount Bethei commun
ity of Sullivan township Friday night,
lagistrate N. B. Woods shot and mor
tally wounded Garrett who died the
following day. Magistrate Woods
placed himself in the hands of the
sheriff Immediately after the sbooting
and was granted ball by .Judge lem
minger in Common Pleas Court Mion
(lay morning.
According to evidence adduced at
the inquest Sunday morning, Miagis
trate Woods had been asked to come
to the meeting at the church so that
his presence would improve the order
of certain unruly elements. Arriving
there he was Informed that Otto Gar
rett -had a pistol concealed about his
person. Going Into the church he
called (iariett out and told him that
he would have to search him for the
pistol. He was leading him out of
the church, said Mr. Woods, and was
just outside the door when Garrett
brushed against him violently and
made a flourish as it to draw his pis
til. Thinking, he said, that his own
life was in danger and the darkness
preventing him from seeing the exact
movements of the negro. Mir. Woods
qtuickly drew his own pistol and fired
ono shot which struck somewhat in
the rear of Garrett's side and took
effect in the abdomen.
New Mlass Factory Oftleers.
At a meeting of directors of the
2aurens Glass Works held a few days
ago, ir. Albert C. Dial was elected
president and general manager of the
concern succeeding C. It. oper, re
signed. Mir. If. 1). Gray was elected
vice-president and NMr. A. S. Easterby
seeretary and treasurer. These of
fieers with fr. LA. E. ilurns and .\r.
C. P". Kennedy constitute the board of
(Iirectors. lessrs. I)ial, 1Easterby and
Gray have recently purchased the ma
jority stock. butl Messrs. 1urns and
Kennedy are large st ocholders. A
dividend of 10 po cent was dclared
to be paid on the.i-egular dividend lay.
The plant is in A flouirishing condition
and ha1s a lat'ge payroll in tle city.
I. 3. .l yers 1in y. I h i'd Home.
\lr. W. M. .\lyert, who has been liv
ing near ,,linton for several yeais,. has
recently bonughut the old findgens jih 1ce
on the Gray Court road from Itpre
g0ntative 1). '. Kinard and it Is un
derstood that he will move there lo
farm next year. On accont of ite
death of his father in Ninety Six sev
vral months ago, Mr. Kinard decided
10 give up his farming interests in
this county and will move to Ninety
Six after the Legislatuure adjourns
next year.
CO'TON 0031]ITTEES
T1'O MAKE RE'l'Oil'
School District Committees Asked to
Make lieportl and Executive Commit.
tee Asked to 3Mcet.
School district conunittees soliciting
members for the Lau rens county
branch of the American Cotton Asso
clationYAre asked by Chairman Power
to complete their canvas this Week and
tile their report either with Chairman
Power or Witi the temporary secre
tary, Mr. Alison Lee. It is desied to
end this part of the association's work
this week.
Next M\onday morning the executive
committee of the county is requested
to meet in the court house at. 11 A. .l.
to canvas the reports of the district
committeemen and take whatever ac
tion is tgecessary for the furtherance
of the association's business.
NO SALE 4F CITY HALL.
Only One 111d Put in for City flall
Mionday Nightt and It Was Rejected.
Only one bid for $18,000 was filed
with the city council for tie City lali
property 'Monday night and this bid
was rejected. l'nless further 'iteps are
taken the movemte1nt to sell the 1,ro
perty and build on another lot is at
an end. The sole hid put in Monday
night was by 11. 31. Wolff, real estat.e
agent, supposed to be acting for other
parties.
Free becorniing Srviiet'.
'Mr. D. .. Malheinus, representing
the Peaslee-Gaulhert Company, of
Lou ispille, Ky., man1ufactuirers of tile
"Pee Gee" bran)id of paints, colors and
varnishes, was in the city last week
planning for ' special campaign here
on Interior and exterior decoration to
day and tomorrow. .\lr. Maalkemus
'will be at the stoev of the Lairens
Hardware Cmpany and will he ready
to offer his services to those desiring
advice and suggestions on colors free
of charge.
Preparinug to Open New Store.
One of the Aiken & Watts store
buildinils o1 Mast Main street near
tile express 'llice has been undergoing
repairs recently preparatory to tile
opening of a clothing store by Mr. C.
W. Taylor. Who recently retuIi li rd to
Laurens from Greeiwood. Mr. Taylor
expects to hamidl a special ine of
I!oods llhnl~" by a la rge (1hain of
stores and hope to be rely for busi
n1e-s Very soon.
Lost One Eie.
. Waiter Moore., of the Madden sei -
lion of tIhe (Iolity, suffered the loss of
*on eye a few dlays ago when a stiek'
whleh lie had thrown oW q 1111110 re
bo1unided Rnd str1k him' in the eve
Ie came to Laurpel-A immediately for
medical attention, but. the Injury was
too vital to save the eye.
NOW IN SE.SSION
J1udL1e R. W1'. .I eiI iuineuer, of Ciiirle
lu ilt~y.
Tlhe cotu-t Of (Genral csions coI..
ired .oidav lorining vith .Judge R.
V . iening4ril!.v'. of Charb (1, pr. -
and all o. the oter li il- In
Ilheir aecetslowiieod placfs. .tilge .lei
minger, in his ('hare to .1 the gramd
i11ry, criticized the Vonditionl (); ,1.
7olrt hous1 , saying th1a it sI11d i.
kept more cleanly and that neeessary
relmirs shouIld he inialde mnore promllpt
lv. In an itrsigdsiponof'
lihcourt ImwOeendure, he( poinited
ut where the English had made ad
rl'Cae and this coiunitry fallen bllind,
particilarly in t he matter of tran sae
ion or business. The many ielays
'ailsed Iy the olijetion to jors by
a lneys and the absence of witne sss
LA well as the dillul ties or'setcu ring
:)coipetent jurvors oin accoint of the
IXemIltp1ions granled in this CO1ntry,
ho poin(ed out as practices wiicli tle
isng-ish lad gotten away froi ani
tlrgcdI tIhIr discouaragelenit here.
There have been eighit pleas of
iuilty and four cases sent to trial
ince ncoirt convened. Amoig the eas
-s to be disposed of Iutring the re
maindhr of the week are those of Iltr
mail Aberri'olile, who shot hi.s ll nicl .
\Tagistrate Abercrombie, lat TIhuri's
rlay night, and Magistrate Woods, who
killed a negro while atteilpting to
make an arrest Friday night. Nelliter
-ase Is expected to take up much time.
The following had entered pleas of
,tuilty up nntIl the tJme nf adjotirnment
vesterday:
James Ikeeks, petit larceny, .'30 days
1V $100.
Ben Iill, petit larceny, 30 days or
$100.
P' y Sandors, htiise-breaking and
larceny, :0 days.
Will Anderson, larceny, 30 days or
$100.
Douglas Williams, petit lareeny, 30
rlays or $100
Simpson Allen, violation of prohibi
tion law, 6 monthis; sentence suspend
ed onl payment of $50 or service of two
1110111s.
Hughey Choice, assault and hattery,
lmonthis or $75.
Doiglas Reeder, clarged witi forg
Ing a cieck on1 the account. of the late
T'. .1. Weathers at the Laurens Nat ion
11 Hank, was found not guilty.
Joe Stoddard was found guilty of as
iaulit and hattery and carrying con
ealed weapons. Seitence l ihad not
ieen -passed upon him last night.
The case of .1(lohn leilly 11111ICTr,
'ha rged witi seduct ion, was in thi e
hands of tle jiury ist night.
'le case of Porter Irby. charged
with the milur'delr of Will Jeter on. the
J. H1. Sill livan place, is now being
tried.
Solilcitor Blackwell said last Ilight
that tile court will be engaged tile rest
of the week and that. a rew minor cases
will 1w carried over to the next term.
Thle G rand .Ju ry iiade thle fol lowIng
presentmfent:
TPo the Presiding .Jldge:
Thie CGrand11( .111ry ha~s passedl on all
hills handed44'4 it. b'y th Court.l
fly Commit tees, it has kept In I tuch
wvithi tge administr'ationl oif the aiffairs
of the (County.
It finds that tihe {Cour t 0louse is~ in
needC( of r'epa irs and~ recommen14'lds t hat
lie necessarny r'epa irs for the pr'eserva
t ion of thle buii 1 lig and1( th 1com'11fort
andi convenilence of thle oilleers loenatedr
threln he madeo 11romplltly. Th'le of1c4*s
are nPIot keplt in as sanliit ar 1'COnd(it Ion
as they should he, in the (iion of
lie juiry. This condrlit ion shiould be
rem1edIedi. Proper eases shouldIr bie
prlovi ded for the iprese rvato and01114
prot eetion' of thle ipuli i recordls of thie
Cotiunty. Somne of t he 1Heeordl I ook s of
thle (lerk's ot11he have recently been1
re-h)ond at (4onside14rablePC\111 e 1ens ad
t his cx 1(ense14114 hul h a \ ridtl in lhe
ftutre bly a1 hller~ iSytem~ of shilving
The1 ijail. as5 h!'retofoir' ref'*rred to
a d mt I a llorf ('xteni m Il for1 haitIa
14'on. In viewv of thei laeI tha I it is
contempilhlted4 to (ee I a n:w jail as
so4o1 as suftileient fhinds are ava i labl
the Iury he 4sitts itoISI recfr4iIndll 'x
tfensivC, and really nie4'ssary, 1repirl1
at t his I ihmlie. I lowev'er, it rdos re
mend14 that1 the Se'wrage andr Manitiar3
eoinit ion of the 4 jail lbe ('01ntinuiotisi
looked after, and that niecess;ary re
pa irs to ke'ep it sanitary he mlade sr
(Connned on Png0 E it.
$259,O BONDS
Chamber of Commer'ce
Favorn Election.
NEED FELT
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
At, .1lont~ly .1leeting 310 imtlay _N itlit
('hiambl1er of Commerce 1 .Went on
Rtecord as Favoring a Jioid Issue
for ewerate, Waer and' Light Flx.
At the regillar meeting of the Cham
her of Co mmeree iMonday night thein
body Went on record as favoring a
ond issi of aPproxituately $2501,00
to eret a1n a ddition to the graded
school bildi(i, o eXIIend Water, lighL
and sewer lines and to improve streets.
The board of di ret ors was ilstructed
to make a -ey of the situation and
to report back to the next Chamber
of Commer'e meeting with petitions
to be cir'culated setting forth the
amount of bonds to be raised, for What
Plirposes and how the money deived
therefrom is to ie expied. This pe
tilion will be finally pasied on at that
meeting and another committee au
thorized to (ticti late it.
The committei appointed at. the last
meeting to confer with City Council
looking toward seclring an estimate
of the cost of cont 'm plated improve
llents reported that after onie of its
mlembhers had confer (red with M11r.
I11ughes, engincer in charge of the top
soil road work i1 tle count.y, it had
learned that a concrete road twenty
feet in width Would cost in the leiglh
blorhood of $30,000 per mile and that
t op-soil roads In tile city where soil
would have to be hauiled some dIs
tance would cost ill file neighbothood
of $5, 0 pe)' iile.
ciTY (OUNCIL ELECTIONS.
Three New Employees Selected to Fli
Vacaelncies.
At a special m'eting Wednesday
night of City Couneil, elections were
held to Jill vacancies in the different.
departments'of the 'ity administra
tion. Mr. Stanley W. Crews, who is
now located in Columbia, was elected
as city clerk, to suceed Mr. Rion
Workman, recently resigned.
'Au~gene lowland, who lives In the
cityi and operates farming interests,
is the new superintendent of streets.
Previously, Bill Martin, recently con
nected with the Waldrop garage, was
selected for fire truck driver, sue
ceeding 'Irooks Davenport, resigned.
Bient the Whole Pu,1sh.
Mr. J. N. lludgens, South Carolina
salesman for the F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company, returned last. wok after a
delightful convenition and outing of
the company's salesmen at the home
otlice in Manchester, New Ilamplshlir'e.
Tlhe' pr'ogramlii of instru'ictIion aind oni
'irtai i nment Ilast ed fot' thrlee days and
Itie c'Omipany oilli('ials miade royal dl
te(rt ainers. Mri. Iluidgens himself caime
ini for' manIiy coni:r'atulations at. tile
conv~entloll andil was the ireciient of
a miagn IleentI diamoiirnd studded scarf
pin1 hecauise ofi hits sailes r'ecorid dingm
the past yeai', hieading the list, of
salesiii'i ini the ('ntire U'nited States.
The record of Mir. I iudgeins shows
tat. he sold moi'e shoes for hIs com
pany In Southi Carolina. than were sold
in the' sitat o) f P en nsyl van ia or in
liy( 'Ilrdy linlys.
Mondiiay imor'ning de(tails were'( ('om
ileted in the saile of Mi's. l'mma
Htoper's t wo-st ory residence on lIrhy
A veniue to Mr'. I loyee hR. ('Iardy. TIh
re(sidece(' is 00 ocuiedti at presen Vy
MXr. and Mrs. It. I1,.IJonrs, who gives
tIP possessioni ablout thie fiirs I of t he
y'ear' when they mnovt' to I le house 44n
West Matini 1treet rItly buought fromt
Mri. ,11. .X. W\olff. ~lT' sailt. of the Mlrs.
Hoperi proprlyiI waS matdi' thlrouti h'.
ith Welsiary opa.
agalii ait thme saim' ohd tand with I he
mior'e i'ecently f' .: 2 '.'. ., 'hirdy
Coinpany and n ill be glad to see hi>
fiends there. Mrv. I 1arksdlale tak.s
lie place of Mr.' Stephenson, who re
centl 1n ceplted a sim'1Ilar1 posIt ion in
Ahhorilloe,