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- V im X'xv. LAUP ENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, Wt- I %ESDAY, JANUARY 7. 19 GR[41 ROIJID*IP OG RADICRS MAD[ Government Goes Out After Dist rbers. 1,500 ARRESIED IN ONE DAY govornmodt not only Conducts Most Extensive Itaid in Its History but Alno Its Most Thorough. Literature teIsed in New York and Other I'lac. Os. Washington, Jan.. 2. Tho greOatesti round-up of radicals in the nation's history was conducted tonight by the government acting through depart ment of justice agents in :13 cities stretching from coast to coast. At midnight reports indicated that more than 1,500 members of the com munist and comfmunist-labor party, against whom the raid,; were directed, were in custody, and department of justice officials expressed the opinion that daylight would see twice that number behind the bars. Not alone was the round-up tho largest yet conducted by the govern ment in itsi efforts to rid the country of radicalism, but in the view of ofie lals it was; the most thoroughly car ried out. Department of justice agents had been instructed several days ago and at 9 o'clock tonight the move was begun on the. radical headquarters, whether in Portland, Me., or in Port land, Ore. Department of jusltice operatives were affected to catch the radicals "with the goods on," and that. these directions were carried out was evi denced in rel.orts particularly from New York, where the o ces of com munist iiewspopers were raided, and front New England, where consid able literature prepared for dissem ination by the two parties was seized. The primary object .f the. raids As sistant Attorney General Garvin an nounced, was the obtaining of evi dence upon which the department of labor might proceed with the deporta tion of undefsirables. The larger cities in which raids were conducted follow: Now York, Baltimore. Boston, lBuf falo, Chicago, Cleveland, Donver, Des Moines, )etroit, Grand Rapids, Hart ford, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kan sas City, Los Angenes, Louisville, Mil Waukqo, Newark, ' Omaha, Philadel phio, Pittsburg, Portland ,(Me.): Port land, (Oro.); Providence, San Fran 'ctico, Scranton, Spokane, St. Louis, St. Paul, Springileld, Mass., Syracuse, Toledo, and Trenton. Minor raids were made in other cities. The bggest "bag" of the radicals -was made in New York, where at mid night more than 300 had been arrest ed and sent to Ellis Island. From a dozen Fow England cities 300 or more of the communists were gathered and In Detroit the raiders found plentiful supply, takinag about 100 into custody. Chicago and -Philadol pia supipliod more than 120 and Buffalo about 100. A larger number than i any previous raid was reported from practically all of' the cities. in Now York the raids were under the personal supervision of Chief F~lynn, head of thte department of Jus tice secret service and 800 warrants 'wo issued for the arrests of radicals *n tifo metropolis. Attorney General Palmer personally directed the great round-up from Washington, . which, federal officIals here stated. had as its definIte aim fhe riddIng of the United States of overy alien who has plotted agaitnt t~he Amerlean governnment. The raids were q aciflcally directed against the communigst party and the community labor .party. The general charge of attempting to overthrow the government by force and violence was placed against thte persons arrested during the raids. Of ticlals declared they believed that several hundred members of th comn munist and communist-labor parties would be behind the bars before morn ing. Omlals here declared tile natIon wide round..up was the most complete fy planned and the machinery was the best olleil for this of any raids launch ed against the radical element in this country. It was arranged some ten 4ays ago that the raid should take place tonight antd confidential commut A'NOTIIER SURVE~Y ORDERED. Highway Engineer instructed to Sur. Toy Gray Court-Woodruff Road for 'Top Soil Improvement, At a recent meeting of the county highway commission Engineer N. C. Hughes was instructed to begin a sur vey of the road between Gray Court and the Enoree River bridge leading to Woodruff, with a view of having it graded and top-soiled as soon as con struction forces can reach it. This will be a county 'project rather than a state-aid project and work may begin on it at an early date. Speaking of other plans now in view, Mr. Hughes said that a con struction force would begin on the Waterloo road from this end at an early date a.d another one near Cold 'Point to work this way. The force now working from Cross 11111 Is ex pecting to tie up with the Waterloo road at Cold Point and then to begin work on thi road running from Cold Point to the Greenwood county line via Waterloo. As is already general ly known the highway from Laurens toward Waterloo and Gross IHill has been radically changed, the start from this city being made near the old Messer Babb home on Farley Avenue and striking in a direct line toward Madden Station and from there to Cold Point where the road divides, one wing leading to Cross Hill and the other to Waterloo and on to the Greenwood county line. DOUBLE MURUER CHARGED. Will Motes, Colored, Lodged in Jail Charged with Burning House Over Wife and Child. Will Motes, a colored man from the vicinity of, Cross Hill, was lodged in jail last week on a warrant charging him with double murder and arson. It is alleged in the warrant that Motes killed his wife and then set fire to the house they occupied, cremating the woman and their little child lying be side her. The charred remains of the two bodies were found in the ashes of the house. No direct ovidence has yet -been made public connecting Motes with the crime, but he is being held pend ing further examination into the- case. The theory of the peace officers Is that Motes, who was reputed to have quarrelled .with his wife frequently, slew her i a fit of rage following a dispute over where they should live this year find following the killing burned the house over her head to cover up bicrininating evidence. Rev. Vermillion Accepts Call. Rev. C. E. Vermillion has accepted a call to a recently organized field of Baptist churches composed of Chest nut Ridge, New Prospect, Mount Pleas ant and Beaverdam churches, his ser vices beginning with the new year. -Rev. Vermillion has resigned one of the charges he formerly served, that of Warrior Creek, and will preach two Sundays in each month at each of the churches in his new field. nications wvere sent to department of justice representativos and United States attorneys in the thirty-three cities. Department of justic.- agents desir ed most of all to capture incriminating documents, not so much of the liter ature and .propaganda but papers showing details of the communist or ganizations in each city. It was In dicated that if such evidence were ob tained, deportation of the persons con cerned would be an easy matter. As in the case of the mfemnbersi of the Union of Russian Workers several score of whom were aboard the trans iort funford, which sailed from New York ten days ago, members in cards in the organization were regarded by officials as constituting the best, doe umentary eviceence on which to base deportation cases. Officials said the only difference'be tween the communist party and the communist-labor party was one of leadlership. flothi have been endeavor irmg to bring about the establishment of a soviet form of government in this country s.'nce their organization last September, according to officials. D~ocumonts gathered by federal agents recently show conclusively, it was saidi, that plans weore drawn up by the leaders of each ot these par ties to deOvelopm a score or more of soviets throughout the country. These wore to be merged under a soviet conJnell similar to that which nowv ex ists in Russia according 'to Mr. Gar van, SERVICE FLAG FURLED AT BAPTIST CIIUICII Impressive Services held at First Hap. List Church Marked by Address b3 Gov. R. t. Cooper. With impressive ceremonies, mark ed by an addressed by Gov. R. A, Cooper, the service flag which has hung in the First Baptist church since early in the World War was furled Sunday night in the presence or a large congregation. The services were 'presided over by the pastor of the church, Rev. Samuel H. Temple man, who presented the Governor as "One not ashamed to be known as an humble follower of the Cross." In addition to the address by Gov. Cooper a beautiful musical program was rendered by the choir and follow ing the address of the evening the flag was gently lowered by little Miss Ada Catherine Owings, whose three broth ers were represented on the flag. Af ter it had ben carefully rolled up by Gov. Cooper and the pastor it was de. livered into the hands of Mrs. I. C Crisp, chairman of the ladies' commit tee which ra'isecl it, with the admoni tion by the pastor to keep it for the church as a silent reminder of the ideals for which the church's sol diers had fought. Gov. Cooper, in his address, sound ed a keynote of warning against th. radical tendencies of the day as well as the temptations which beset the I" dividuals of the nation as a result of the great increasd in wealth. I am glad, he said, to hear of the prosperity which abounds on every hand but he hoped that in the enjoyment of this wonderful prosperity the people would not forget the duties and responsibili ties -which rested upon diem as the leaders of the world. The United States, he -aid, was looked upon not only as the leading nation of. the world in a financial way but must ac cept the leadership in morals and re ligion if the prestent civilization is to be saved and progress and advance ment made. He pointed to the success ful drive in his own church and the .progrespive movement. being carried on throughout the nation as good omens of the future and urged that the ideals which the churches profess ed he lived up to in order that a bet ter (lay may come. To Christianity he pointed as 'he load star to lead on to world ipeac)", lauding the efforts of President Wilson to bring the war to a conclusion with a peace intended to put an end to all wars. le admonish ed the returned soldiers to take the leadership in shaping the destinies of the nation, saying that he was confi dent that the same spirit which actu ated them in going to war, the spirit that brought it to a successful con clusion, would prompt them to "car-. ry on" in the fight for purity of life and a high standard of Christian liv ing. The service flag of the church held 52 stars representing 52 men of the congregation -who were in the service. TWO LEGAL SALES. Jannary Salesday Attratsi Large Crowd to Town for Business Pur poses but Legr4 Sales are Small. -Menday was January salcsday and a large crowd of peonie wvas in town for business purposes, but only two legal sales were made, these being by Clerk of Couirt Powdr. In the 'settlement of the estate of the late WV. W. Jones. of this city, the frame dwelling on the east side of North Harper Street. now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. B. B. -Hill, was sold to Mrs. H1i11 for' a conslderation of $5,100. In the rettlement of the estate of the late Ut. H. Hudgens, a 2 1-3 acre tract near Miadden Station was sold to B. Y. C'iibertson for $237.50. The .lheriff also sold a touring car uinder foreelosure proceedings for a small consideration, the car being bought in 'ty interested parties. SHRIINERS TO MEET. Organizatloon Moeting to be Held Thursday Nialht FOlowed by Re freshuments at the Laurens IHotel. Th Shriners of the city and suir rounding country are looking forward with a great deal of interest to an organizatlon meeting to be held ini the Masonic' Hall Thursday night, begin ning at 7::30 o'clock. F'ollowing the meeting in thme hall, the Nobles will re pair to the ,aurens Hotel wher' re freshments will be served. All of the Shriners of the vicinity are expected to hn present. MAYOR BABB WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION Made Definite Statement Yesterday that lite Will he in the Race to Sue. coed himself. When asked yesterday if ho would enter the mayoralty race this year for I re-election, Mayor Babb stated detin- I itely that his hat was In the ring and t that he wouild offer for re-election. I Mayor Bab' has been mayor of the . city since 1908, except for one two- a year term 'iring which Mr. J. C. Ow- a ings administered the city affairs. 1 Specula) ton as to opponents of the a incumbent have been rife during the s past few weeks and several men have v been mentioned as porsible contend ers. Mr. John A. Franks, who opposed Mayor Bahh in 1918, has been prom inently mentioned. When asked sev eral days ago as to his intentions, he sad(1 that he had had the matter under a consideration but his present inclina tion was not to run. Capt. W. R. i Richey, anpther pos=ible contender, said yesterday that he also had had v the matter under consideration but that he woaild make nte announcement It until after the meeting of the Demo cratic club Thursday of this week. Mr. A. V. Todd, another one spoken of as a candidate, said that he had not had the matter under consideration. ''he regular pre-election meeting of the city democratic club is to he held ni in the c'i rt house Thursday after noon at -1 o'clock when machinery will be perfected for holding the elec- 0 tion besides election of oflicers for the ensuing two years. 1; Aldermanic candidates have so far been very modest, not yet. showing their heads above the cover. The on ly aetivity among the smaller fry i seems to'be in Ward 3. In which is lo cated the La'mrens Cotton Mills. Among those spoken of as probable candidates hsides the incumbent Mr. J. M. iel- $ iamnLs, are Messrs. II. P. Poole and .Jim Lewis. C MMR . (4EO. A1. BR1OW NING,9 J1. 11 Whiow of nfe Legislater Died at. Her e .Home in GoldV ille Thursday. Mrs. Lillian 'Burns Browning, wife of the late Geo. A. Browning, .Jr., of Goldville, ,lied at her home there !, Thursday evening after an illness of several weeks. Death was due to pneumonita. The funeral was held at 0 (oldville the following day and th remains placed in the Blalock vault y in the cemetery there. Mrs. Browning was the daughter of a Mrs. B. C. Burns, of Barksdale Station. 1 Hler husband, one time representative i from this county in the state legisla- j, ture, died during the influenza epi- a demic in the fall of 1918. They have three small children to survive them. . She is also survived by her mother, two brothers, Messrs. Eugene and Don i Burns, of Barksdale Station, two sis- e ters, Mrs. C. R1. Ree-ler, of Clinton, y, and Mrs. Alvin Coleman, of Fountain y Inn, besiden a brother-in-law, James e Browning, and a sister-in-law, Miss S Mattie Ban Browning, both of Gold- _ vylle. Hecr father-in-law, Mr. Geo. A. s Browning, Sr., died at his home in p Goldyille jnst about t wo weeks ago. ~ Mrs. Browning was a young -womant of pleasing disposition, who made a friends wherever she was known. With three small children left as or- h phians the circumstances of her death tl was peculiarly sad and much synm pathy has grone out to them in their loss. NEW REAiLTY COMPANY FORM)ED. Peimetto Realty Company Formed in this City with Hloldlings PrIncipally 0 in the Rennto Sectin, h The Palmetto Realty Company is a the name 6f a new corporation formed ~ recently in the city and formal or ganization gone Into Monday. Mr. RI. TL. Gray, of Gray Court, is president of the concern, Mr. E. P. Minter, vice president, Mr. RI. A. Hlalfb, secretary and treatsurer' and Mr. H. A. Sullivan, general manager. The concern is capitalized at $30,000 and has its hold( ings prineinally in the Renno section. 1 Mass Meeting T'onighut, A mass meeting of' all denomina- a tions of the city wilt he held in the 1 irtBaptist church tonight in the] interest of tihe Anti-Saloon League of Amorien. lRev. McAlister, a represend~i ta.tive of the league, will be present to I deliver afi atddress. The publ Ic is in- Il vited to aittenid it is underrtoodl that y all the churches of the city have cnn-t c(lled thle regular prayer meletin g ser- d vices in orsler that they wvill not con fiet with the mass mecthuig. e MANY REALTY DEALS. lishiop and Wolff Anaounce a La rg Number of Deals 3rude In Laurens Reattlty During Noveml er and De. comber. Chas. II. Hicks an' C. R. Bishop cal estate ticalers, have announced a urge number of real estate deals made hrough them during the months of dovember and D)ecembr, L-aurens calty, said Mr. Hicks yesterday, is in very healhy condition and there is wide demand for property of all inds, especially small residences. In ddition to these sales, Mr. Hicks tated that he has several others in low that have not been entirely hosed. Included in the November and D. ember sales announced by these rc'nts were the following: W. -11. IHudgens to J. W. Todd, Jr. nid W. R. Alecuen, dwelling for $1,000 Wml. Solomon to A. C. Phillips, farn or :,825.00. W. C. Lancaster to A. F. Teague acant lot 'or $750.00. A. F. Teau'rie to Mrs. Jackson, dwell ig for $1,6100.00. A. F. \lirtin to Murphy Mahaffey, welling for $4.100.00. P. A. Simpson to Mr. Brownlee, va ant lot for $200.00. Earl Wilon to ID. . Toddb and Wim. olomon, husiness property for $25, 00.00. ). i'. Todd to Paln(tto Auto & Ac -"ory Co., business property for $17, 00.00. M' uen Q 1"I1o to Shell McDaniel. >undry for $3,000.00. lucian Woods to Weathers and olt, farm for $2,700.00. Todrl & McCuen to W. t. Myers, Welling^ for $5.000.00. N. D. Dial to W. G. Lancaster, dwell 1P for $1.700.00. F. W. Lif le to J. F. Poole, farm for 12.000.00. 0. 13. Simmons to Laurens Trust n., litsin' -" property for $15.000.00. C. F. Unouham to Mrs. Minnie F. lakeley, d"e'olling for $1.000.00. P. II. Owens to Peonles Co-Operative tore Co., s;ore buildings for $1.200.00. MS. RUTIH V. iOi BERTSON. ormer Resident of this County Died at (reenw m ood Thursday. Mirs. Ruth V. Robertson, formerly r this county, died at the home of her iece, Mrs. Frank Pearce, in Green 'ood, Thursday morning, following inc weeks of illness. The funeral 'rvices were held at Warrior Creek aptist church Friday afternoon, be rg conducted by her pastor, Dr. J. R. ester, of Greenwood. Immediately fter the services, the body was con eyed to the cemetery where it was id to rest beneath a mass of flowers. The deceased was a widow of the tte Stephen Robertson, who preced Il her to the grave about sixteen ears ago. Mrs. Robertson was 77 ears of age and was a native of this unty, her home being at Barksdale. he moved to Greenwood with her Iece about seven years ago. She Is Lriived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary owers and Mrs. Corrie Duvall. She 'as a devout and nonsen~ted Chris an and through all ,,f hier suffering rio was gentle and submissitve. Besides her relatives. she leaves a ost of friends who join -with them in ieir sorrow. AGED C:LINTrON L \DY DEAD. [rs. Ruth S. Whitllek Passed Away Sunday and Durled Monday. Mr's. Ruth Spr'uell Whitlock, widiow [the late 11. N. WVhitlock, (lied at the nine of her son in Clinton Sunday rtei' a long illness. Sihe wouild have eeni 71 years of age on the 8th of tis onth. She was buried in the family lat In Clinton Moinday, Rev. Edward ong, pastor of the Baptist church of aat place, conductine; tile seirvices. Mi's. Whitlock was tile mlother of [r. W. II. Whitlock, of Laui'ens, and survived by three other sons, R. Ii., S., and TV. L. Whitiock, all of Clin m, and oneO daughter', Mrs. W. C. Ishop, also of Clinton. She 'was a 'oman of high Christlin character nd~ greatly beloved by all wvho knewv "Unlcile Dock" Owen Dead. "Uncle Dock" Owven, a native of tis coun1ty bult. foi' many~ years a reCs lent of Greenwood coauty whei'e lhe nras coi'oner for seveiral terms, (lied at )e county farm near' Greenwood Mon ny: n igiht at ('ight o'clock and was arie,1 vyetrdrray at onla, pring MNOTD[RYICTORY FOR PRO[BITION Supreme Court Unholds Congressional Act VOLSTEAD ACT IS UPHELD. Slprenme 'Court Sustained Constitu tionlulity of Provisions of Volstead Act Prohlibiting Manufacturo and Sale of 1-:; Per Cent Beer. Washington, Jan. 5 ---y a margin of one vote the supreme court today uIphe ld the right. of congress to define intoxieating liquors, in so far as ap plied to waIrtime pro'.ibitiol. In a : to -1 opinion rendered by As soeint' Judice Irandcels. the court. ::istatind he constitutionality of pro visions in t'ie Volstead prohibition en forcement act prohibiting the manu facture and sale of beverages contain ing one half of one per cent or more of alcohol. Associate Juatices Day. Van Dlevanter, Meileynolds and Clarke dIiss nted. Validity of the federal' prohibition. constitutional amendment and of portions of the Volstead act affecting Ls enforcement was not involved in the proceedings but the opinion was regarded as so sweeping as to leave little hope among "wet" adherents. In rendering the opinion, the court sustained federal courf. decrees dis :nissing injunetion proceedings to en i'in federal authorities from prevent In,~, Jacob Ruppert, a New York )rewer froin mannufacturing beer con tainin;g in excess of one half of one -r cent but which he alleged was non intoxicating. The "wets" iowever received a brief ray of hope when shortly afterwards. Associato JIstieellDay in an unanimous ti):nion su s'lined the dismissal of in dictments brought under the war time' prohibition act against the standard brewery of Unltimore and the Ameri can lBrewing, Company of New Or leans for manufacturing 2.75 per cent hoer before the Volstead act -was passed. Following the rendering of today's opinion, Assistant Attorney General Frierson who has been in charge of the prolibtion cases in the Supreme Court announced that the department of justice was ready to begin the pro .ecution of all persons who havo sold beer since the passage last October 28 of the Volstead act. Names of all persons violating the act have been -btainedl ')y the department and card indexed and prosecutions, he said, would begin at once. Another Fight Coming. New York, Jan. 5.-Another fight for 2.75 perent beer will bo madt be for'e the United States Supreme Court accord(ing to Emery Blucknor who was associated with Elihu Root as cousel for Jacob Ruppert against whlom the United States Supreme Court decided today. Mr'. Root's firm is cotinsel for Chrliistian Feigenspan, a Now Jersey flrewving Corporation, which is seek ing to restrain enforcement of the eighteenth amendmet in 19ew Jersey. T'he bill oni comla~iin in thO Ca-se says that 2.75 per cent beer' is not intoxicat ing and that "suchl fact has been detf n itely deter'mined and demlonstratedi by expeience." "'The (iuestioin whether 2.75 percent beer can he sold after tile eighteenth amnfdmlent !s effective must be decid ed in thle future," said Mr. Buckner. TIoday's decision affects its status only ulnder wartime prohibltion. Today's decision r'ebates only to the war pow er'a of congress. WVhen the amend menlt is effective (iuestions will be raised not ,mlly as to the validity of its passage but also whether -or not nion-intoxicating beer1 "an be sold un der' it. Mi'. Tlickcner saw a ray of hope in the fact that the courit wvas divided on today's 'ecision, hut wnts not en - eou ragedl by t hat portion1 of' the maji-. oity decision saying that. congiress hiad power' to flx a ataindardl of alco hol ir con tent for the puiposes of ef.. feetivye enforeent. lie did( not care tiodpredit w-h cet'r thi woldo lhe a ('onitroi-n lg lpr'eedenit. when the courit. camne to )alSs on the validity of 9.Th