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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920. NUMBER 34 CRIlNAL COURT NOW IN S[88IN Fifty Two Cases on the Calendar JUDGE 1. S. SEASE PRESIDING JUDGE Court Unlendar Shows Fifty-Two Cas. Is t be Disposed Of. Steady Pro greas Made During First Two Days of Work. Ray Last Rest -of Week. The March term of the county crin inal court convened Monday morning with Judge T. S. Sease presiding. The first work of the court was the organ ization of the grand jury, Mr. T. F. 'Babb being appointed foreman. Af ter an able charge by the presiding judge as to their dlte-. the jury re tired to its room and by yesterday af ternoon had completed its work for this session, ipassing upon forty-two cases handed to it by the solicitor. 'With the cases brought over from last year, 4 total number of flifty-t-wo cas es was left og. the calendar. Jn his charge to the grand jury, Judge Sease dwelt at length upon the duties of the jury !n regard to eases where negroes were involved. Point ing out that a great majority of the cases was of this kind, he said that it was the duity of the jury to give a fair and unbiased consideration of their cases and deal out impartial justice to them. White supremacy, ho said, would only be maintained so long as the white race sa'owed its su premacy by its ability to deal justly and fairly with the weaker race. Turn ing to the broader aspect of the race question. he said that the Fourteentha al Fifteenth amendinents to the Fed eral constitution stood as a constant menace to the welfare of both races as political equality .would lead to so cial equality, somethhng that the white people of the south woild ' --r CAerf ate. Au a solution of this vexing (uestion, he advocatd - '. <teatin of a nalional commilssian to study all sides of the question. J:fore !eavlng the race question, hte turned again to the qu6stion of the rigljts of the negroes in the courts and stressed the duty and necessity of giving them fair and impartial trials. The presiding-judge, in dealing out sentences yesterday attornoon, took occasion to point out that the high cost of living was being Lt.ken note of in the courts as well as aur. Saying that a dollar now waa not worth more than thirty-three cents four years ago, he said that a $300 fine now is not any more than a $100 line was then when copper for a still could be bought for ten cents a :pound. "Flaes are going up," he said, and prced them accordingly. The court proceedings have beon conducted with dispatch and a con piderable amount of work has becen disposed of. TPhe Burdette case, -which wvas to have been tried at this ses sion, has been postponed on account of the illness of Col. A. 11. ,0ean, of Greenville, one of counsel in the case. The following eases were tied: The .State vs Roy Wilson, for as sault andi battery with intent to kill. Guilty, of simple assault wvith recomn mnendlation to the mercy of the court. Not yet sentenced. Trho State vs. John Bloscholl Simup son, assault and battery and carrying concealedi weapons; guilty or simple asisault -nd recomnionded to the mercy of the court. Sentence $50 or 30 days. State vs. Sallie Ferguson, murder, where a wvomnan killed 'a man near Clinton; not guilty, She plead self defense and testilled that \Ylliami Rice, thme deceased, advanced on hier in her owvn home with a stick in one 'hand and a knife in the othier, when she shot him in the kitchen door, State vs. Willie Bi. Anderson, seduc tion; guilty, tried In his absence; sealed verdict. State vs. Allen Boweni, violation of the prohibition laiw; guilty; tried in his absence; sealed sentence. State vs. Allen 'Cunningham, viola tion of the 'prohibition law; guilty, six months or $300, T1heo following plead guilty:' John Cooper, hkmee-breaking and larceny, two cases, one year fiat. Gene, Latimer, assault and battery; .8 months or $100. (Cothaedon Paen Fmur.) COPELAND COMMUNITY ORGANIZES CLUB Copelan4 Community Club Organized Last Saturday Night. with Mrs. W. A. Copeland as Pisident. 'On 'Saturday night, March 6, Prof. Mills of 'Clemson 'College, addressed it mass meeting at 'Copeland school house on !Rural Community Organiza tion and at the close of the address those present voted unanimously to organize the Copeland Community Club. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Win. A. Copeland, qpres ident; 'Mrs. W. T. Senn, vice-presi dent; Miss 1lla Bell, Secretary. This organization, which promises much for the development of commun ity spirit and uplift in that progres sive part of the county, is the result of hard work on the part of a few men, swomen and young people of that section led by Mr. J. 1C. Foster, instruc tor of agriculture at the Copeland school. ,A meeting of the club has been called for Friday night, March 12, at which the organization will be per fected and a number of committees will be appointed to look after such matters as good roads, health, morals, religion, education, agriculture, recre ation, etc. It is the purpose of the club to hold monthly meetings at the school house and county officials and others will be Invited from time to time to address these meetings on topics of interest in the government of community af fairs. The abovo organization which Is to include every white resident, adult and young, of the community does not aim to take the place of any organipa tion already in existence but rather to co-operate with such organizations. PASTSli TO (ON-ERl. Meeting to be Held Next Wednesday and Thursday in the Interest of the "tyIsy" Smith Revival. .Pastors of all the white churches of the county have been invited to a contereicee to be hold' hcid next' Wed nesday. and Thursday, the 17th . and 18th, in the interest of the "Gypsy" smith revival which Is to start here about the first 'week in June. Tenta tive plans for the city have already been mapped out for the revival, but at this meeting plans will be discussed for interesting the whole county in the revival services. The plans of the conference call for a luncheon at the First Presbyterian church Wednesday shortly after the noon hour. After the luncheon an ad dress will be delivered by Dr. Purcell, of Chester, who will make suggestions based on his experience during the Smith revival in his home city last year. On Wednesday night Dr. .1. W. McGlothlin, president of Furman Uni versity, will address a mass meeting in the First Methodlist church and on Thursday night Bishop U. V. ). Darl ington, of Virginia, will preach at the First Baptist church. .While the con ference is intended primarily for the pastors of the county, it is unlderstoodl that the public generally is invited to the night services. Thme "O'ypsy" -Smith services will start the first Sundlay in J1une and will likely continue through a part of July. T1he services will be held in a large tent in a location not yet select 0(1 by thme committee in charge of ar rangements. Only one service will be held daily, this being in the evening. Rev. "Gypsy" Smith is the son of a famous l~nglish evangelist of the same name and has made a national rep'; tation in this country. rDuring recent monthms he has taken out naturaliza tion papers and beconTe a full-fledged American -ciiizen, C'apt. J1. L. M. Irby Cited. Capt. J. L. M. Irby, of the 117th Engineers, Rainbow Divisilon, receiv-1 ed oflicial notico of his citation for meritorious service in the Meuse-1 Argonne camp~aign in France. The particular teat for which this honor was conferred upon him was his work in building a bridge across the Meuse River in the face of heavy artillery andl rifle fIre when the infantry be hind him was seeking to 1)ush1 the Germans off of French soil. -Mr. It. L. Gray Iii, Mr. R. L. Gray, prominent merchant and banker of Gray Court, has been ill of pneumonia for the 'past week, but yesterday his condition was re portedl as considerably Improved. His many friends hope for him an early1 reoey REPRESENTATIVE TELLS.OF LO, gives an Account of A4 Delegation in the Legis preciation for Honor C Reipresentative D. T. Kinard, who vill not offer for re-election to the over house of the general assembly ecause of his removal to Greenwood ,ounty, has written the letter below o The Advertiser giving in detail the vork of the local delegation this year: Columbia, S. C., March 5, 1920. Editor The Advertiser: As the General Assembly Is about to idjourn I feel that the people of Lau 'ens County would like to know some )f the principal legislation affecting he county. Bills were passed validating school )onds in School District No. 3, Hunter 3chool District, Waterloo No. 6, Dials qo. 8 (Merna). Also a bill declaring he boundaries of Ora school district. Joint resolutions were passed to imend the constitution raising the Imit of bonded indebtedness, whereby lie county may vote more road bonds; me whereby the bonded Indebtedness )f the City of Laurens may b6 increas d for municipal improvements; also vhereby Clinton, Laurens or any ,chool district may Increase Its in lebtedness'for bonds. A )Il~ was passed to authorize and mpower the road commission to issue 0l00,000 bonds to complete the 'work mnticipated by the present issue of )onds. A bill 'providing for a commutation 'oad tax of $6 to be spent in the school listricts from which it is collected. A bill to authorize the supervisor to mild a stairway to the grand Jury 'oom, where the Ladies' Rest Room is. The supply bill, which is given in 'nl1 elsewhere, Includes the usual coun y expensos-provides for.a rural, school supervisor, changes the number of rural police to flve, whith number Is mfilelent for the county, according to hose In position to know. . The bird season Is now from Thanks living da? to March 1. A general bill raises the number of nills which may be voted for current ichool expenses. (By authority of "w school law.,, in ,reased salaries may be paid teachers n all state-aided schools. Every ichool In the county should comply ovith the requirements and apply for ,his aid. More aid also may be had 'or new school buildings and eilarged school buildings. A state highway bill has been passed whitich provides for county construe lon and state maintenance for the state highway system. This is a step forward for road building all over the state. In conclusion please let me state to the people of Liaurens county that I ilppreciate the honor they have given ue and that I haveN10tlne my best to serve their interests. I regret that I aannot again offer thoem my services. C'ecessity has caused my change of esidenee to Ninety Six. D). T. KINARD. The county supply bill follows: A 1)111 to provlide for the levy of taxes 'or school jinid county purposes for l920 for Laurens county and direct the bxpenditure thereof. D)eath of Hlaskell Smith. 'Hlaskell RJnith, son of Mr. and Mrs. ~arl Smith, died at the home of his rarents near Gray Court, Trhursday iight, after an illness of any a few lays, dleath1 being dhue to Pneumoniia 'ollowing the flut, Hfaskell was a youth f happy dis9position and iwas well ike. .sy all who knew him. Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock the re nains wereinterred in the cemetery at his place, the Rev. Gleo. Hopkins con lucting the funeral services. The be *eavedl family have the sympathy of all ni their sad bereavement. Du.nbar' Quartet Pleases. The D)unbar Male Quartet, the Ly leum attraction at the gradedl school iuditorium last Wecdnesda.y evening, svas given unstinted praise by all -who uttended. The entertalnment-tonslst 3d of vocal and instrumental selec Ions, readings and bell ringing. The mntertainnient was a finished product n every- [articular, the reading nunm Jers being given Ilparticular praise by he nauiencne. D. T. KINARD CAL LEGISLATION :complishments of Local lature. Expresses- His Ap tiven Him. 'Be It enacted iv the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina Section 1. That a tax of nine and one-half (9 1-2) mills is hereby levied upon all the taxable property in the county of Laurens for county purposes for the fiscal year commencing .anu ary 1, 1920, for the amounts and for the puriposes hereinafter stated, respec tively, that is to say: (a) Roads and Bli idges; Cross country roads .. .. ..$26,156.33 Permanent road Improvement 6,500.00 Convicts and maintenance of road working organiza tion, machinery and equip ment ............26,808.54 Clerk of Court ..4...... 400.00 Sheriff ..1.................1,500.00 Deputy Sheriff ........ 840.00 Treasurer ............ 650.00 Auditor --........... 650.00 Supt. of Education ...... 1,500.00 Traveling expe'nses Supt. of Education .......... 300.00 Attorney.............. 100.00 Physician............ 250.00 'Coroner ....... 400.00 Janitor of Courthouse . . . 275.00 SujCrviUso .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,500.00 Traveling expenses of Super visor............ 300.00 Two County Commissioners at $100.00 each ...... 200.00 Clerk to board of County Com missioners . . . . 900.00 Judge of P4robate ........ 200.00 Constable at Clinton . . . . 250.00 Rural School Supervisor . . . . 1,500.00 Magistrates: City of Laurens, $700.00; Clinton, $650.00; Waterloo, $200.00; Scutf fletown, $150.00; Cross Hill, $150; -Younga, $150.00;, Jaoks, $150.00; Gray Court, $175.00; Sullivan, $150.00; Moun tville, $100.00. County Boards: Board of Education.......$ .50.00 Board of Equalization .. 363.21 Township Assessors, five (5) days at four dollars each.. 540.00 Jail expenses, Including diet ing of prisoners, and catching prisoners ... . 2,419.21 Jurors and witnesses .. 3,201.00 County Home, Poorhouse and poor- ... ........... 789.58 Aid to indigent veterans . 1,823.00 Lunacy .............. 1,000.00 Public buildings, including water, fuel, light and in surance .......... 2,928.52 'Printing, postage and sta tionery .......... 1,278.57 Miscellaneous contingent .6,852.'70 i'ntraneo to Rest Room at Courthouse .. .. ......500.00 Cbief of Rural Police .....1,-150.00 Four Rural Policemen at four teen hundred and fifty dlollars each. .. .. .. ..5,800.00 Uniforcs, etc. .. ...........40.00 D~emonstration A gent . .. 1,150.00 Fa rtm Demonstrator. .. .. ..1,000.00 Interest on current loans, in anticipation of taxes' . . 2,000.00 tiridge bond1(, $2,250; Sinking Fun d, $1.095.. .. .. ....3,315.50 ilailroad bonds Interest . . .. 5,777.50 .Iail bonds one-half miii pro v'ided b~y Act .... .. ...,690.00 Ulee (lubh Scores lit. The Greenville College Glee Club scored a real hit In the entertainment given at the Opera House Monday ev cning. Th'le entire programn was well rendered and approval was shown by the repeated encores demanded. Miss Flora Bennett, one of the studlents from this city, was piano accompanist for the chub and divided honors wvith the cotmpany In making the evening enjoyable. An Expulanation., Owing to sickness, Pastor Sexton failed to till his alppoitment'tts at Lan) 'ord( Stat'.onu and ILngston last Sab bath. Conditions were such that lhe could not let his plei know., le hopes to be0 at Warrior Creek next Sunday at 1i a. m. 0. M. SEXTON. Meeting of the l' A. It, rThe Hienry 'Laurens lpter, Daugh ters of the AmerIcan Revolution, will moot Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with) Mr'. H. C. 'Fleming. NAVY TOO SLOW SAYS SIMS Criticizes inaction of Navy )epart ment in iavly Part of War but Praises it ts Fighting Mtehinle. Washington, March 9.-Rear Ad miral Sims today told the Senate com mittee Investigating the navy's con duct of the war that the failure of the Navy Department to act promptly DII recommendations and to place the country's entire naval resources at the disposal of the allies within six months after the United States en tered the war prolongci the struggle for at least six months. tie added that it also unnecessarily jeoplr(lized the outcome. ifleclaring that 3,000 lives were lost and $100,000,000 spent, every day of the war, the admiral said the conclusions from his statement were obvious. Admiral Sinis said his criticisms were directed at the navy's work in 1917, and "had nothing to do with the magnificent way the navy functioned in 1918 after it really got into the war." The navy, he said, was not pro) Orly prepared in April, !17, and the administrative machinery was crini bersome and inellcient. Ie denied that his statements constituted "an attack" on any one and characterized as "ridiculous" statements that he was attacking civilian control of the Navy Department, which, he said, was essential. "I am at the end of my career and have nothing to gain and all to lose," said Admiral Sims. lie wished to be set right in the eyes of the country and to refute widespread criticisms that he was "throwing mid at the navy," Ad miral Sims deelared. lie said lie raised no question of the eilleiency of the navy's participation in the war, viewed il its cntirety and without re gard to the time element and wvas unable to adequately express his ad miration for the navy's performance in- the war "insofar as the machin ery that controlled it permitted." SETH 31ILLIKEN DEAD. Large Stockholder lin Laurns CottI MI11ls Passes Away at his lome lit New York. Seth M. M illiken, lar..e stockholde r in the Laurens Cotton Mills and other mills inl this section, died at his home in INew York City early Friday morn ing. Mr. Milliken 'was -1 years of age and thoughi he had reti md fI'roii active business life, his death was said to have been unexpected. lie sides his interests here he was inter ested in the Pacolet Manufacturing Company, Abbeville Ckutton N ills, 'Darlington Manufacturing Company, Drayton Mills, Ilartsville Mills, Lock hart Mills, Mills Manufact tiring Com pany, Monarch Cotton Mills, Spartan Mills and Whitney Mills. 'llesides these he had large interests in thel north and east and conducted a large sales agency for cotton muillI goods. Hoislial Not. to Close. 'Miss Julia I rby, proiletor of the .JuiiIa I rby Snanitarium, annou nced yesterlay that the institti lon wVould not close as had been pireviotusly an nounced. Various organizations of the city, recognizing the nced of the city for a hiosiital, had guarmanteed suf flen t funmds to justify its cotn tied operatin. Th'le news of this wvill be readl with gleasure by peopleC all over the county who have come to realize the presence of a hosp1ital here as a necessity. IUnele Samui Savinig So(elety. Members of the Uncle Saim Savin-g society of Laurens City' school have rodorted savings amounting to $23.25 for iebruiary. Thetc are thirty-eight iimmbers of this society, of which Miss Gertrudie T1empleman is secre tary, It is one of more than nine thousandl silarni societies organized in the schools of the Fifth Federal Re serve Dilstrict, and is suipporting the thift and savings smovement of the t reasutry dheiartment. Lanigston Ihouse Sold, Th'le John TV. L~angston house on South Harper street wvas puirchias.d last week by Mr. J. M. Gregory, one of the contractor's on the highway work in the county. Mr. Langston, accompanied by his son, Mr'. Mace Langston, came down from Charlotte to close the deal. ils many friends weie lna in to hIm hero aan. APPROPRIATION BILL OVER sIx MILLIONS Legislature Adjonrned Sun. day Morning TWO MILL LEVY FOR ROADS Approprln ltion this Year About $200,. (0) mon 11han Expendflures of Last Year.% Twelvve( and a HlalfMls Levy to liase Amount. Columbia, arch 8.-Tac he general appropriation ill I)assed by the gen eral assemilbly which brought its ses sion to a close yesterday carries a total of $6,091,211.39. A levy of 12 1-2 mills will be required to raise this amounit. Total expenditures last year were $5,911,012.3-1. Eliminating the building extensions at. state Institu tions, .ppropriations this year will remain within the figures of 1919. I o li1ig i t ivenj Lhe di-niaiLt jol each ofliev, ddpartment, institution of organization, stpplemented with de talled information as to how iis money shall be spent: Legislative dept........$ 102,291.31. Governor's offic . . . . 1,200.00 Secretary of State's office 11,275.00 Comptroller (Iencral's of flee .............. 197,277.01 Attorney General's ofelie. 21.85L.50 Fatate Treasurer's oflice . . 260,063.95 Ad.iutant general's ollice., 19,199.29 lin iversil y of S. C. . .. ..). .209,55.0 The Citaldel .......... 398,583.: lemson (,oil(,e....... 18,070.00 Winthrop College.. .....16,6 16.0(; .\ledical College of S. C... 96,067.00 Confederate College .. .. 1,000.00 State Colored College .... 115,880.00 Johm de la llowe Indlistrial sichool. ............,.00 School for the Deaf and the Blind .......... 101,551.00 State superIntendent of education's office . . . . . . 931,090.00 State historical commission 3,750.00 State library ........ ..4,215.00 Confederate museum .. .. 100.00 8tate relic room ...... 1,000.00 State hospital for the In sane... , . . .. .... , 9.1,5,051.0 Otate penitentiary . ., :25,715.00 State board of charities and corrections ........ 29,530.00 State board of pardons . 400.00 Staxt( TraIning School for Feele-.\linded..... ...4.-0,307.00 mith Carolina Industrial School for Boys .... 125,001.73 Soit Carolina Industrial 'School for Girls .. 55,576.67 South Carolina Reforma tory for Negro Boys . 18,061.67 Catawha Indians 1...... 8,500.00 'ommittee on support. of deaf and blind children 500.00 State board of health . . .. 22,39-1.11 South Carolina tax com mission ... ... .. ........5.00 Tax board of review .. .. 1,500.00 Iisurlance ('ommissioner's ollee................ 5,63-1.00 State bank examilner's of 1cc .. .. ........ ... ,637 ?'>uthb Carol ina railrmoad commission...... . ... . .9000.00 ('hief game warden's of flee.... .............3,525.00) State hoard of medical e x - aminer's.............3,000.00 State board of law exam-~ mrs ..................'150.00 State board( of fisheries .. 10,500.00 St ate boarid of (on(iliat ion 1,200.00 Jo0init comiiiIttee on lprintinig 310,395.00 Commi ssioner of agiul turem's oflice .. .........1,15.00 State w'arihouise commris siOne's offie... .,,... 3,919.00 State (electr'ician and engi n eer's ofiee.. .. . ....3'0,950.00 State highway engineer's office..........,......13011 3.00 State penision commIssion 607,350.00) odnfedlerate Infirmary ... 22,1 59.25 Ileunion of (Confederate vet erans...............1500.00 Juic~lial dielar'tment~ . . . . 157,623.66 Public service commission 1 ,89 1.90 (Canal collmmission . . . , I 2,000.00 .\Iscel laneouns . .. .. . .. 98,859. 12 Griaint total .. .......$6,091,241.39 3a's. WI. Inigar Hlunter'. News was received in the city last. week of thle leath In Covingten, Ky., (of Mirs. W. Edgar flunter, .Whose huts bandl is a natIve of this county. Deat h occur'red on the 26th of *Februiar'y and interment was at Etowvah, Tenn., where they marie thoir home.