Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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STUDENTS FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT One of V. P. 1. Sophomores Who Hazed -'reshminin ets Se'Itelnce of a Year. Christiansbu rg, Va., Oct. 6.-A jury iI the .\rlntgonery county circuit court, afteri deliberating in hour and ifteen minutes tonight, brought in a Ver(dict lof gu ilty against Beijaiin S egl, Newport News; Robert W. tr . I ilneville, Va.; George W. -Wt. l2. iChmon01d, \'a. ,aznd .\bert G. Copeland, Roanoke, Va., forin sophomorts at thc \'irginia Polytech hw Iu i-.t . charged -with assault in nnectio nQ with the alleged hazing ia prt of John Fl'ox, Rtoanoke, a former fr.e h men, and fixed Siegel's i'4l1alty at one year in the peniten tiary. \\ar, was given six months in jail; Bott thirty days in pail; and Copeland was flned $50. Counsel for the defense dlid not announce tonight whether the verdicts would be ap pealed. II the trial iwhich lasted three days Fox testified that on 'May 16 last Sie gel hazed him with a bed slat with such force on the small of the back that he nearly felled him to the floor, 'the blows later causing paralysis to the spine and that the other three folrmier sophomores struck hin after wards, but not with the force Siegel had employed. Siegel, on the stand, denied le used it bedl slat, but admitted lie hazed Fox with "a regular paddle,' which he testified was commnnly used at the institute last year by upper classien when they hazed now men. All four of the former sophomores, Ix' their testimony, declared that at the time Fox was hazed they (id not realize he had been injured to the ex tent which time developed, and that when they learned of the severity of his injuries the news drove them to tears. OR1ME ON INCREASE THROUGH GERMANY Revolution Transfornis Over Onee Or derly Empire. Food Grafters BHusy. :Berlin, Sept. 10. (Mail.)-Germany has increasingly taken to crime since the revolution and the once orderly empire, where pickpockets were al most illlnown and holdlis and rOb beries created a sensation, is undergo Ing an epidemic of crime. Probably no system has proved mure effective than, in these days of uncertainty and change, playing the official or imper sonating a soldier or a policeman. Recently two clever criminals, who discovered that a certain main had concealed in his house 115 thousand dollar mark notes of the old type and lidable to confiscation, had frightened him Into surrendering the money on the promise of escaping prosecution. A real oflicial xvwho had nosed out, the plot, entered i:ist In time to sco the transfer of Ilh .noney and really did confiscate it, ides arresting the three Men. More original . another false of ficial .(liehee. IN. t grouip succeeded ill infliiing a w .0o had hoarde(i 50 thwisand-iar i to sel ' Ioim at a I ldsomeit. I &ti 'I . in -pr'ress wheni fellow colspirator.i, P0sin as ollicials, apieared, confis cated 'ioney and robbed the own An airplane was s(d to (apture crimiials whIIn the authorities got Wind , ontly of a attempt to carry 21ttHeu, ntnarkis on an express train to .\Nihll whence they were to be smuggl111d across the Swiss border. lRobberies at railroad stations from freight vars have been increasing to a great extent. Countless cases of false papers for tle delivery of goods have been discovered, usually after it was too late. The dliscovery of two carloads of bacon lying on a siding at suburban station led to the discovery of a huge swindle originating in Holland, con ducted fron the Rhineland, and nak ing use of false bills of lading. 31any railroad men were involved in a small way for their share In handling the faked bils of lading. The constant swindling extends to every imaginable kind of food and raw material. A young man appeared re cently at a storehouse in central Ber lin and asked to have some cases stored. When the warehouse watch man saw the cases he was supiclous because they camte from the imperial textile plant at Zwickau. So lie re ported the presence of the case., in vestigation showed 5,000 yards of tex tile worth 120,000 marks, and the young man was captured by a ruse. lie had procered the cloth on a forged order biaring the signature of the tex cWll authorities. Citation for Letters of Adininistration. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By 0. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas G. D. Abercrombie made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and effects of Alexander Abercromble. These are, herefore'to cite and ad monish all a d s fi lar the kindred and creditors o t e said Alexander Abercrombie c sed, that they be and appear b o/e me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on the 17th (lay of October, 1919 next, after publieation hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have., why the said Administra tion should not he granted. Giventi under my hand this 3rd day of October Anno Donini 1919. 1. G. TH.ONIPSON, 12-2t- A J. 'P. -la. C. PRESS OF NEGROES THIREATENS BYRNES Assers Titat."SoCIety's" Arm WiN Reacl 1lm. Got Mr. Riagsjdal(h Washington, Oct. 6.-I7hrough negro imblieations, printed in Washington and elsewhere in the inited States, open statements wvere made today that I, life of Con.gressman James C. of the second South Carolina district, inl the house might be forfeit ed - at an early date for his miiartkci anta onism to tihe egro race and es Ine ially for hik receit u trancevs oil th le loor of the hou se.on the iegrto 1I1istioni. ''lee , iipublications openly and A1lmmelvessly and without anly rea son whatever declare that tihe life of the late lIemresientative Jams Willard iRagsdale of the Sixth South Carolina I district. who died suddenly in this city onJ .uly 23, 1919, was caused by thent and that "the long arm of the society (the lorgia) iwill soon reach .\1r. Byrnes." There were also anoayrnous corm munications received by 'Mr. Byrnes today which have 'been laid before the 'nited States department of just'ice. Aniong these was the following: "Whenl you -Southern .M. C. begin to writhe and squnirm t shows the shaft has sunk deeply. When you depart from the strafght path of legislature for cotton and crackers then your names go on the list of the proscribet. "iagsdale became obnoxious and the long arm of the society reacrivd out and clutched him. An accommo dating doctor certified heart failure. "The shadow of the socfety is hov ering over you and if it descends and envelopes you there will be another vacancy in another South Carofina district. One big four alfiance sits at Paris, another sits elsewhere. You Southerners initiated tire terror and terror it shall be. Your gage has been picked ul)." iMr. Ragsdale died about the time of the recent race riots in 'Washing ton. ie visited the offices of his Washington physician and while seat edi in a chair in the latter's office stid denly expired. Tlie coronel' of the l)istrict of Columbia held an autopsy and rendered a verdict that the de creased came to his death from "acute dilation of the heart." It was jist about the same time that Mr. hyrnes made a speech on the floor of the house on the negro iuestion. Shortly after ihIs s)eech lie began to receive many insulting letters from alonymous writers throughout the count ry and although they threatened to "get even with him," none of them went quite so far as to say that lie would receIve the same measure of treatment as that which the "society" had Just meted out to his colleague, the late Congressman Ragsda)e, Mr. Brynes took the matter Ilefore the government authorities and it is understood that secret service men have been on the trail of the anony 1nous writers and that some of them may be landed -behind bars as a resulit of the investigation. The allusion tq Mr. tagsdale shows the bragging methods employed by these negro puiblications and w ri ters to frighten Mr. Byrnes and others awho may thinlk as lie does conevnrii ng the negro question. .Ilust why tihe postimast er Keneral sholid coltinite to peri t hio:em pub lientionls to go throudf, the mails whleh sooner or lated must cause strite and bloodshed between the ruves is not knowIn but the sooner they are exclhided fihe better it wtil lot . for whites and blacks, is the opinion en pressed fhere. PRtESIDENT AtGAIN U EPOIT'E') BETTEU: Mtended to Some Business Ytsterday. Last Nigit was Slightly Isproved.. Washington, Oct. 6.-President Wil son continued his progress tovward re covery today, his physicians report ing that cumulative effects of several comfortable days and nights slowly was making itself felt in a ya:ln of strength. le was kept in bed, how ever, and it swas emphasized that lie stiC: was far from being a wellh mai. Today's bu.lletin was brief bAt ex pressed opthiisn on the part of the physicians. It was signed by Rear Admi'al Sgitt, head of the navail med [eal. schoo4 here, and I)r. Sterling Ruffin, of Washington, in addiliom to Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson, the f7"sident's- personal physician. There was no indication thad the ['resident would be permitted to re suime the- duties of his ofice at any time soon, although it was said he might -be able to give attentinn to some official matters later in the week. At a cabinet meeting at the White House, over which Secretary Lansing presided, Dr. Grayson advised that none but the most pressing business be referred to the President. After ward Secretary Tiiulty announced that a session around the cabinet ta ble had revealed little In various de partments that required immediate attention. Among the many messages of syn pathy which kept the White -louse wires busy during the day was one from Pope Benedict saying he prayed for the President's speedy recovery. Avoid chilly room.a in the morning by using Cole's Hok Blast Heate(us. They prevent colds, and sickness. S. M. & E. H. WILKES & CO, S "SHO-GRO" S E Crimson Clover, 130 por lb. 'Tiexas IIu-Proof oats, $1.10 per bushel. E We can supply all varieties of Field and Vegetable E S4eeds f< Val) and Winter planting. E Ou. is are pure, fresh and reliable, our prices are rig our service is .prompt and courteous. RHENEY SEED COMPANY S Charleston, S. C. Fre cant burn and burglars cant get your money when itis SA s nour Bank. C% - If you carry your money around in your pockets or keep it in the house, it can leak away and when it does, you'll lose interest in the balance and "blow" it for some foolish extravagance and it is gone. If you put it in the bank you can't spend it or lend t so easily and your Interest in it will make it grow. Your money is your best friend. Have it safe in our bank. We add 4 per cent. interest. Make OUR bank YOUR bank. The Enterprise National Bank N. B. DIAL, President C. H. ROPER, Cashier Auction Sale Jersey Milch cows Saturday, October 11 th, at 3 p. m. I have just returned from Tennessee and bought a very fine car-load of Jersey Cows. Some of them with young alves. The others to freshen in from one to three weeks. I will sell these co s Saturday Afternoon, Oct. 11th, at 3 o'clock At Auction for the high dollar. No by-bidders. When you bid off a cow you get her if she looses money. These cows have all been tested for tuberculosis and butter fat. They are the very best. Come to the Sale. D. H. COUNTS