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VOLUME NXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920. JM R RAILROAD BiLL PA88tE BY S[NAR Now Goes to President Wil son LABOR CHAIRMAN VOICES PROTEST -Conference Report Adopted li Senate by Good 'lnjorlty. Fifteen Demo crats Vote for BIH and Seventeen Against. Senator Dial Voted Against Measure. Washington, 'Feb. 23.-The confer -enco repot't on the railroad bill, em bodying legislation for reorganization of railroads of the country with the ,end of federal control, was adopted late today by the senate. It passed the house Saturday and now goes to the 'Presldent. The vote on adoption of the report, taken after several hours of debate, was 47 to 17. ThoEc voting for the conference re port were: 'Republicans-Ball, Brandegee, Cald er, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, El kins, Fernald, relinghuysen, Hale, Jones ('Washington), Kellogg, Kenpon, Keyes, Lbnroot, 'Lodge, 'McLean, Mc Nary, Nelson, New, Page, Phipps, Poin dexter, Smoot, S-pencer, Sterling, Suth erland, Townsend, Wadsworth, War ren,. and Watson. Total Republicans for, 32. Democrats-Beckman, Fletcher, Gay, Glass, Myers, .Phelan, Pomerene, Rans dell, Robinson, Shields, Smith (Ga.), *Smith (Marylandl, Underwood, fWalsh (Montana) and .Williams. Total Demo crats for, 15. Total for adoptlon-47. Those voting against the report. Republicans-Borah, France and t~l Gronna. Total Ropublicans against,; 3. Democrats--Ashurst, Dial, Goe, Har ris, Harrison, Johnson (South Dakota), Jones (New Mexico), King, McKellar, lNugent, Overman, .Pittman, Sheppard and Trammel. Total Democrats against-14. Total against adoption-17. Those paired follow: Bankhead for, with Culberson 'against; McCormick for, with Hendbr son against; Dillinghan for, with Swanson against; Fall for, with Ken drick against; Simmons for, with Kir by against; McCumbcr for, With La F'ollette against; Harding for, with AVash (Mass.), against; Edge for, Ow en against. Announcement was made that if Senators Hitchcock, Nebraska; Stan ley, Kentucky, and 1Chamberlain, Ore gon, all Democrats, had been present they would have voted in support of the conference report. Thirty-two 'Republicans Joined with fifteen Democrats in voting for adop tion of the conference report, while three Republicans and fourteen Demo crats comprised the seventeen voting against it. There was never any loubt as to whl~at the senate would do,..in view of the wide margIn by which the Cummins bill1, more drastic than the compromise measure, was passed. The bill will go immediately to President Viilson and the general opinion around tne capitol was that he wvould sign It. During the :llve hours of debate, led b~y Chairman Cummins, of the inter state commerce committee, senators exprnessed varying opinions as to how the public and the ralrmoads would fare under the bill1, whIch was warmly de fended iAnd attacked. But, the intense Interest, wvhich characterized proceed ings .Saturday in the house wvas lack ing, frequti~ quloruml calls being nec essary to get members in the chamber. Around six o'clock the patience of the senate apparently was exhausted after the long season of speechmaking and Insistent demands for a vote cut short the lesire to prolong the pres entation of individual views. DiscussIon today related largely to the labor and rate makIng provisions. Senator- Cu mm ins, with gr'eat feellig dlenouncedl widespread claims that In fixing freight and passenger charges, calculated to give the roads a return of 3 1-2 per cent meant taking huge sums of money from the ipublic treas ury. The -bill, he declared would not make one dollar in that way. Such re 'ports lhe saId were merely a part of the propaganda put forth in an effort *te defeat all legislation on the eve .of: $' r~urn of the roads to their ownera on' March 1. 'During the final debate on the -bill :Sonator Simmons, iDemodrat, North DR. 1. F. POSEY DEAD. Weil Known Citizen Died at His Home lIere Monday Afternoon. Dr. *B. F. Posey, one of the city's oldest and most substantial merchants, died at his home oh South Harper street Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock after an illness of several months. About two months ago Dr. Posey suf fered a stroke of paralysis from which he partially recovered, but Saturday night lie suffered another from which he never rallied. The funeral services were held at the house yesterday af ternoon conducted by Rev. A. E. Hol ler and fromthere the body was borne to the JLaurens cemetery for burial, be ing attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives. Dr. Posey -was a native of Spartan burg county, but moved to 'Laurens about 1884 and engaged In the drug business, remaining continuously In that business until his latest illness. By thrift and economy he made a suc cess of his business and at his death was a considerable property holder. Soon 'after moving to Laurens he mar ried Miss Lillie Jbnes, of Cokesbury, and to them two children were born. The eldest child, a daughter, died sev eral years ago while on a visit to friends in Virginia. The other,.a son, Frank Posey, 18 a student. of Wofford college. His widow and son are the only- surviving members of his imme diate family, he having no living brothers or sisters. Dr. Posey was In his 62nd year. ie w0 a member of the J3aptist church and a popular and useful member of the community. His death was greatly deplored by his friends and acquaint ences. . (A. WILLIS MOORE1M. W1ell Known Cit izen of Waterloo Town ship Passed Away Last Tuesday. a. Willis Moore, a well known and popular citizen of Waterloo township, passed away at his home last Tuesday afternoon and was 'burled the follow Ing at Mt. P.apAj church. Mr. Moore had been ill of influenza and pneumo iia for about ten days. His death re moves a loyal and upright citizen from that community. The deceased was 44 years of age. Hie was a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. C. Moore and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Lillian Redden, and four children, one daughter being the wife of Mr. Charlie P. Kesler, of the same section. He was also a brother of Mr. E. E. Moore, of this city. Should iTriansfer Titles Now. Auditor Thompson requests that parties concerned in having land titles recorded should do this at once so that proper transfers may be made for tax ation. All titles, he reminds, Pass through the auditor's ofilce first. Service at A. It. P. Churel. There will be services In the A. I. P. church next Sabbath at -1 P. M.. The public Is cordially invited. J. R. I'Ellis. Carolina, declared the labor unions were opp~osing It "for purely selfish reasons." "I am- conivinced that the oippositionl of labor unIons, is not based on any defects in the legislation" said Senator Simmons. "They are opposed to it because they want government owner ship of railroads. They believe that undler government ownership that they could secure more wa-ges. Trhey be lieve they couldl control congress, and would beC ale to do what they did, when they came here and forced us to pass the Adamson lawv." Protests Agaiust ill11. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 23.-Max S. Hayes, national chairman of the labor' party in the 'United States, today sent a telegram to President Wilson, vole lng a, protest against the prioposed Cummnins Each bill for returning the railways to private ownership. Mr. tHayes denounced thd( mecas uro as legislation for the benefit of special interests and demanded that the Pr'esident veto it. Declaring that he spoke not only for organized labor but for the gen eral .public, Mi'. HTayes assailed par ticularly those features of the -bill wvhich,, lie added, guarantee the rev enues of the railway .owners. The adoption of the Cummins-Esch bill Mr. Hayes skid would 'place on. tho people of the country gener ally the :burden of anotber 'llion passenger and freighit rates on the ralands. JULIUS SITGREAVES SUCCUMBS TO WOUND Paused Away at 2 o'clock Tuesday Morning from, Bullet Over His ileart. Julius Y. Sitgreaves, a popular young man of the city, passed away at, the Julia Irby sanitarlum- Tuesday morn ing at 2 o'clock from the effects of a Pistol wound in the chest, self inflict ed some time durin'g Saturday night. The funeral services were held from the home of his father-in-law, Sheriff S. C. .Reid, yesterday afternoon, a short service being conducted by Rev. A. E,. Holler and the body later laid to rest in the .Laurens cemetery with Ma sonic honors. The exact time of the deplor able Incident has not as yet been definitely solved. Saturday night the young man was known to have been drinking and in a very melancholy mood. Concern was then felt for his safety, but he disappeared late in the evening as If to go home. About four o'clock Sunday morning he appeared at the home of a cousin, Mrs. Cora Madden, near Madden Station and ap peared to act very strangely. The sons of Mrs. Madden, awake on ac count of the sickness of their mother, went out to the car that .the young man was driving and sought to have him come in to dry his clothes and re vive himself. He got out of the car, but broke loose and ran down the road for several hundred yards. After put ting on heavier clothing, the Maddens nade ipursuit and came upon him near the Langston home lying prostrate in the road. Litting him up and carrying him .back to the house to give him at tention, a bullet wound in the chest, just over the heart, was found. Medi cal attention was secured and the young man brought to the hospital as soon as possible. For a while some hopes were held out for his recovery, but after a severe internal hemorrhage early Tuesday morning he passed away. Mr. Sitgreaves is survived by his wife, 'who was A daughter of Sheriff S. C. teld, by hiti parents, Mr. and Mrs. -. Sitgreaves, two sisters, Mrs. John Stevens, of Kershaw, and Mrs. Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, and a brother, Osie Sitgreaves, of this city. Two-Day Auction Sale. Representatives of the First .Na, tional Auction Company, of Florence, have been in the city for the past few (lays making preparations for the big two-day auction sale of property to be held tomorrow and Friday for the Lau rens Trust Company. Tomorrow morn Ing at 10 o'clock the Irby property on Irby Avenue, including the Irby home and twelve residence lots 'will be sold and on the same afternoon at 1 o'clock the three-story Simmons building on the ipublic square will be sold. The following morning at 10 o'clock the residential lots on 'West Main street adjoining the Gelder property will be sold and in the afternoon sixteen hous es on Gray's 11111, in the colored sec tion of the city, will be sold. Easy terms, free sprizes and a brass band are advertised for the occasion. JBradm'lctth Shop Property Sold., T1he Dramlett's Shop property, fac ing 88 feet more or' less on W~est Lan rens street andi running back 100 feet, wvas sold last wveek by the heirs of WV. 13. IBramlett, deceased, to the real es tate flrm of Stokes, Vaughn & (il reath, with oflices in Gireenville, and 'iLaurens. It is undlerstoodl that the 'property was bought for speculation. On the same day Messrs. 'W. E. flram lett and E. TF. Blabb, proprietors of 'iBramlett's 'Shop and the roller mill behind it, bought the lot in the rear' on which the r'oller mill andl several small buildings stand wvhere they will continue their present business. Mrs. W. B. inramlett has also sold her' .prop erty on Sullivan street to a syndicate composedi of ID. E1. Todd and others and in turn has 'bought one of the Sit greaves houses on the corner' of Sit greaves street andl college place. New Postmaster Takes (Oflice. Jas. H1. Sullivan, 'who won the conm 1setitive examination for the local postmastership several months ago, received his commission duly signed by the president last Wednesday andl Thursday morning entered upioni his duties as postmiaster. Mr. II. M. Nor .wood, who has been 'giving faithful service As aeting postmaster since, the death of Mr. Clardy, -turned over all the records of the office in excellent conditioni and has resumed his posi1 tion as assistant Postaster. CRIMINAL COURT IN MARCH March Tern of Court of Generl1 Ses. sins to be 1'resided Over by Judge T. S. SeNse. The jury commissioners met in the ofice of 'Clerk of Court. C. A. Power Alonday Morning and drew the grand jurors for the year 1920 and the petit jurors for the criminal court which is to convene on 1.larch 8th. Twelve new grand jurors were drawn to serve .ajli the six jurors who were drawn from last year's venire. -Judge Thos. 'S. Sease, of Spartan burg, is to preside at this term. Among the cases to be heard at this term will be that of Robert Burdette charged with killing D. D. Stoddard near Ow ings in 1918. This case has been tried twice before, the last time resulting in a conviction of manslaughter, the do fendant receiving a 'sentence of '6 years in the state penitentiary or on the public works of the county. The case was appealed to the supreme court by attorneys for the defendant and a new trial obtained. The higher court upheld the contention of attor neys for the defendant that the pre siding judge in his charge erred in in structing the jury that the plea of self defense could not be sustained if the defendant shot to save himself from at tack. The court ruled that the presid ing judge could have used the word "retreat" but not the word "run". An other case to be heard will be that of John 'Melpass charged with the mur der of John Crocker at Clinton in No vember. -Following Is a list of the Grand Jurors, the first six being holdovers from last year and the others having been drawn Friday: T. Mfac Roper, A. C. Nash, E. V. Golden, Joe R. Adair, ). S. l1ll, T. F. IBabb, 0. H. Cooley, W. B. Farr, Austin Bramlett, L. M. -Pearson, L. W; Brooks, Olin S. Hill, J. J. O'Dell, C. 'L. Ilairston, W. B, Bundy, A. M. Owings, W. A. Watkins, W. S. 'Riser. Following is a list of the iPetit Jur ors: 'Laurens-S. \H. Tem4eton, C. A. -Senn, N. Lee Langston, J. 0. Switzer, Z. R. Traynham, Joe *L. Finney, J. H1. 'Nesbitt. Dials-C. iH. Kellett, J. V. Darby, L. 'W. Gilliland, R. Glenn Woods, J. R. Campbell. Youngs-J. M. Todd, W. W. Roberts, .W. F. Grumbles. - J. M. DeShields, Chas. Barnett. Scuffletown.-P. E. Cooper C. Rush Patterson, Jno. 'D. Godfrey, !I. Furman Poole. Jeks-T. W. Dillard. Ilunter-Thos. R. Grifflin, A. Clyde Young, .1. L. iBoyd, .1. Hamip Stone, J. A. Wofford. -Waterloo--W. 0. Martin, Jones M. -Miller, 0. S. Stribling. Sullivan-A. K. Hughes, V. B. Beeks, P. .1. Pitts, C. E. Wasson, Jno. W. Butler, J. T. Simpson. litcome Tax Refumns. M. B. Summer and TI'. W. Roper, Deputi Colectors, will be in Laurens S. C., at Court Ucuse, (petit jury room) Feb. 23rd, 2 ith, 25th and 26th, for thi Pmrpose of assisting indi viduals wvitl1 their incomue tax ret urxns. H ave yout etattements Prepared whlen you c~me, That is, list y'our earn ings or income in one column, and your' expenses in eldent to the -business, in another. Dc not -includle in your expenseC account anything for personal expenses, snelh as clothing, provisions for family use coal, or insur uance' and rep~alrs on t he house in whluich you live. 'Will be at Woodruff, Feb. 27th and 28th. Buys Posey Dru'ug Store. Dr'. C. L. Dolt, for the past several vear's in charge or the drug depart. ment of the W~are Shoals Departmenl Store and the or'iginator' of a valuabic dIrug formula, has purchased the stocli and fixtures owvnedi .by the late Drt. B TF. iPosey, according to an announne ment madle several days ago. D~r. Bolt is considered one of the most progres, sive young druggists of the upper upari of the state and is expected to conduct his store along modern lines. Openus Clinuton lBranch., Theiu Vincent Motor Cat' Company (dealers in Chevrolet, Reo and Dori cars, has opened up another plece ir Clinton where they wvili sell the samt lines and do r'epair' work. The Clin, ton branch is in charge of Mr. J. M IDrflmmond, who was for'merly with' the local establishment. Mr. Hugi' Vincent, one of the owners of the con. corn, said yesterday that they have a 'good stand in Clinton and are expect. lnir to do a thrivingr hbusiness. MRS.. 1. 31. FINNEY. Wife of Proprietor of Finn1iey Jotjl Diled Vednesday Morning. Mrs. Annie Dillard Finney, wife of IN[r. John M. -Finney, died at the -Fin ley Hotel, of wllch her hulls1)anI(I was proprietor, 'Wednesday moriiing of miniumonia following influenza. She had been sick for about a week though It -was not generally known that she was in a serious condition. 'I'he fun oral and burial serv'ices were held at the old Hurricane church burying ground below Clinton Thursday after noon, the services being larpely at tended by people from this city and Clinton. The deccased was 42 years of age and a daughter of Mr. Thos. J. :Dillard, formerly of Clinton, who has made his home here for some time. She was married to Mr. 'Finney about 22 years ago and for a long time they conduct ed a hotel at Whitmire. About six years ago they moved to Laurens and since then have conducted the Finney 'Hotel on South Harper street. Besides her husband and father, she is sur vived by a brother, Mr. J. W. Dillard, and a sister, Mrs. P. C. Young, both of Clinton. Mrs. Finney was a member of the Methodist church and was a woman of many estimable qualities. 'Mr. Finney himself was ill of in buenza at the time of the death of his wife and was unable to attend the funeral services. le has shown signs ' improvement during the last week and is no wconsidered out of dlanger. it h undler. i>tod that he will III niie to operate the hotel with the assist 'ee of his nieces from Clinton. J. McC. 1ARKSDAE HEADS LF.',ION Elcetel to Succeed IV. IL Richey at Meethng of Legion Post Monday Night. At a well attended meeting of the Thos. 1D. Lake Post, American Legion, held in the court house Monday even ing J. McC. fBarksdale, 'Lieutenant Colonel in the 81st Division which saw service In France, was elected to suc ceed Captain 1W. R. Richey resigned, as post commander. Captain Richey's resignation 'was handed in at the last meeting of the post and was acted on Monday night. Phil 1). .luff was elect ed finance officer and Chas. H1. Rounds was elected sergeant-at-prms. Wel fare and menlmbershil committees also were elected, consisting of live mem bers each. It was decided to hold a barbecue in the early part of .uly to which all ex-service men of the county will be invited. A lively discussion took place over the bill introduced in congress to pay each ex-service man $50 a month for each month of service. This came up upon the reading of a telegram from Irvin 'Belser, state otlicial of the Am erican Legion, asking whether the lo cal post would endorse tile bill or leave the entire matter to the discre tlon of congress. Upon a vote on the question, it was dlecidled to leave thle matter' to the (discretion of congress. The keynote of thte meceting w~as st ruck by Floyd M\artin, former enlistedl man who saw ser'vice In -Mexico and France, whol( said( that after thlree years of ser v'ice in tihe army during whlichI time he hadl learned to trust tile deccision of the governmlent andl thtat now lhe was1 conltenlt to leave tIs mlatter to it also. Th~e mlemlbershlip of tile ipost no0w is arounld 1010 and is coninually growinag. Tlhe prospects nw are' thlat very soonl a large prop~ortion of tile ex-service men of thle county will conlneet themselves wilth thle 1ost. 11ev. W. 11. lBoyd. 1Rev. W. HT. Boyd, wvho has be(en pats. ior' of a Presbyterian church at. lan tersville, Ala., for tile past twvo yearls, buit -whlo recently returned to tIs state to take upl pastor'al wvork at Whitmire, died at the home of relatives In Wa terloo Monday mlorning at 2 o'clock andl wvas buriedl there the same (lay. Ills wife, whlo wvas Miss Othlello An derson1, of Waterloo, and thre'e chi-. (Iren survive him wIth twvo brothers In-law, T. .J. Anderson, of (Greenwood, andl WX. J. .13. Anderson. of Augusta. Th'le deceased wvas taken Ill on the re turn journey from Alabama, .where he hlad gone to pack upe his5 books andl hloulseolld eff'cts, and whlen he reach ed Waterloo was already very ill, death coming a few days later. Hie had servedl several churchles in this section before going to Alabama and was wvidely knowna for his sainted character and ability as a nr'Celcr. Eugene BY IGRO Eugene Davis Shot by Eli Blakely BLAKELY AFTERWARDS COMMITS SUICIDE With a Posse of Determined 3en in Pursuit, Blakely Evidently Gave Up1 liole of EsceIlto and Ended His Owin Life. Davis Huried at Clinton Fri. day. Eugene 'Davis, a well known young farmer who lived a few miles from Clinton, was shot and almost instant ly killed Thursday morning about elgth o'clock by ElI Blakely a colored farm hand on the place. An infuriat ed losse of men began a search for Blakely soon after the killing became known, but about two o'clock in the afternoon his dead body was found In a gully about a mile from the Davis home with one bullet through his chest. It is thought that the negro, convinced that he could not make his escape and fearing summary ven -geance from the mob in pursuIt, ended his own life. The presence of powder stains on his body and the absence of a hole in his clothing lead to the theory that lie had deliberately bared his breast and fired between the open ling of his clothing. According to reports from Clinton, Ia disagreement had arisen between Mr. Iiavis and 'Blakely as to what lands Iliakely was to cultivate this year. Mr. i)avis wanted him to work at one place and Blakely wanted to work another. On the mornign of the tragedy 'Mr. Davis accosted the negro just as he iwas about to leave the 'place and or dered him to go to work knocking down cotton stalks. Blakely refusel and hot words ensued. Both ien made for the whip II Bhikely's buggy 'and in the struggle the whip was broken to pieces. Then 'Blakely drew his pistol and shot flve times, three bul lets entering Mr. D-avis' chest and the other two grazing his arms. One of the bullets severed a 'blood vessel causing death a few minutes later. Mr. )avis tried to make his way back to his houe, -but within twenty-five yards of it lie fell. Ilakely returned to his Own house and soon left the premises. HIs wife, who was standing neatby when the killing occurred, went up to the Davis hime a few minutes later and told of the shooting. The funeral of .Mr. )avis was held Friday morning at the Presbyterian cliircl in Clinton. the services being conducted by Rev. F. D. Jones, pastor. A Jarge concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives followed the body to its last resting lplace. i Mr. Davis was the youngest son or .Mr. and Ms. iobert C. I)avis, both de eense. He Iived with his step-mot her, .\rs. Zeline 'Davis. ilesides her lie is survived biy four brothers, Jlohn 'D.. Geo. 'W., and~ .Dr. J1. W\. D~avs, all oif IClinton, .and lRobert W. D~avis, now of IFountain Inn but at one time connect edl with the old YNational Bank of thIiis city. .\Mr. lDavis was a qiuiet and pleace lov'ing young man ablouit 30 years of age who wasii neve' kinowii to harve bad 'a serious difticulty of any kind. lie (aulse of hiis well known reluctance to stir til strife of any kind, the news of his violenit dleathi so incensed hiis frienids andr neighbors t hat they proh) aly would have dealt summary ven gence upon Bilakely if he had not robbed them of the opliortumnity. Blake ly had been living on the place for ab~out twelve years. 11011 D)E3MONSTR'AlTION. 3Miss Elizabeth F.oriiey, Stnle Dairy Agent, to bei In the ('ominty This Week. ExhibIt ini Store Windows. Mhss tlylizabethi iorney, State Dairy Agent, is spending this wveek in the county with Mliss lDaisy 1harris, H ome 'Demon st ration Agent, lias Forney is putting oin a Better Huttecr Campaign in several counities of the state and has selected 'laurens because this counity piractically supp~llies itself with butter. D~emonstrations are .being giv eni at iisbion, .Woodrow ,WIlson, Tinu Ity Ridge, Oakville and Lanford schools. A simple exhibit, showing the compositIon and food value of milk will be plaeed in sever'al store win dlows the latter nart, of this week.