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VOUMEXV .LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920U MISTRIAL RESULTS IN GOSEPLL CASE Jury Deliberates for Fif. teen Hours. JUDGE MAULDIN TO GRANT BOND Afler )e)lberating for Fifteen Hiours Twelve .lrors Declare They are U11nalei4 to Agree in the Case of Jake (ositell on 'rial for Murder of Sherhff lRector. U0reenville. May 18.-After a dellb 'eration of 15 hours a general sessions court jury failed to agree on a verdict in the case of the State against Jake 'Gosnell, deputy collector of internal revenue, charged with the murder of Sheriff H endrix Rector, July .1, 1919. and Circuit Judge T. J. Mauldin At 10:l today ordered a mistrial. While no member of the jury has made any positive statement as 1n how the jury voted on the several bal lots taken, it is understood-that they stood 0hht for aequittai and fouir for conviction of murder. When the first ballot vas taken the vote was 7 for acquittal and flive for conviction, but later one of the jurors for conviction switched over to the acquittal side and no further change could be brought about. The question of pol itics, it is declared did not enter at all into t*he deliberations of the jury. 'Will Arrange-Dond. judge Mauldin stated this morning that he would give the defendant the opportunity to give bond, but as yet he has not decided what amount shall be required. Gosnell can arrange ball for a considerable sum and it Is believed he will be released from jail as soon as Judge Mauldin decides on the sum, probably by tomorrow. The case went to the jury at 6:18 o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 10 o'clock last night the foreman noti fied Judge Mauldin that an agreement seemed impossible. He sent the 12 men back tellIng them.to.try to reach an agreement, but at 12 o'clock they retired without having come together. Upon the Convening of court at 9:30 this morning the foreman again stated that agreement was impossile and Judge Mauldin ordered the mistrial. Failir to ag ree .as caused little sur prise to those who have-'. followced the case. Amrunients Were Eloquent. Arguments running the gamut of all human emo "crs were heard by counsel for the defense and state yet terday, argumuents logical, dramatic. analytical and powerful. Every phase of the ease was toutched upon and there appeared nothing left. for 'the imagination of the jury. Able law yers on one side vie( with equally learned and capable attorneys on the other in a battle marked by frequent flights of eloquence, dramatic cli maxes and( able expositions of law. Jas. Hi. Price opened the argument for' the state in a 3(0-minute speech. lie was followed by E. M. Bllythe fmn the dlefense, D)avid M. Smoak, for the state, was then heard, after which 0. C. Wychi held the floor for the de fense. Proctor A. flonham, for the state, andl Thomas 1'. Cot'hrani for defense, &ime next, Alvin -H. Dean closed tot the dlefense and Solicitor J. IRoberi Martin closed for the state, D)uring the address of Attoreny Smonk for the state scores wer< moved from laughter to ears. Gos nell's faithful wife moved her chair i0 little closer to the man on trial ani great teatrs rolled from her eyes ai states' counsel pictured her husbanm as "an anarchist when Rector's nami 'Is mentioned, a treacherous character a tell tale and a doule crosser." Mr Smoak held the coat of the slaih sheriff up to the gaze of the jury an' exclaimed dramaticoailly: '?P'his wit. ness nobody can question. It is the Incarnation of the voice of the dead i. sp~eaks loudly but one word, 'mur der', murder.' Allow me to lay thi blood of the slain at your feet and asi you in God's natne to avenge by lav the death of the man who Was shot ii the back.'' Miss Valborg Klingberg, of Stock - oim, Sweden, who is temporarily re siding in New York, spont several day last week with Miss Frances Davis. CITY GRADED SCHOOLS HOLD COMMENCEMENT iaceaulnurente Serion Sunday Night Marks Close of 1919-20 Session of 1elcal Schlools. The commencement exercises of the Laturenis graded school came to a close Sunday evening at the First Baptist church when the annual baccalaureate serion was preached by Rev. J. 13. Green, ). 'D., of Greenwood. Dr. Green hold up a life of usefulnes and ser vice as the goal to be striven after by young peopl who would justify them selves as citizens and Christians. The graduating exercises were held in the school auditorium Friday even ing when the annual literary address was delivered by Dr. W. S. Currell, president of the University of South Carolina. Dr. Currell took as his sub ject, "The Four Corner-Stones of Suc cess". These corner-stones lie de scribed as a well defined purpose in life, persistance in that purpose, per sonality and wlll-power, developing his theme with a wealth of words and I. lustrations which charmed his audi once. Superiniendent ii. M. Gasque presided over the exercises and Rev. C. T. Squires delivered an invocation. Aiiss Eda Riddle delivered th" elu salutatory and Miss Elizabeth Senn the valedictory, both being accorded generous applau.w. Presenl tation of Medals. Following the presentation of diplo mas by the superintendent, ied-il awards were announced. Rev. A. I,. Holler presented the D. A. R. medal for the best essay written by any pupil of the school on South Carolina history to Miss Emmie (ou Washington. The McGowan medal, awarded by Admiral Samuel McGowan to the member of the MlcGowan Literary Society writing the best essay on one of a number of topics suggested by the donor, was presented by Mr. Phil ). Huff to Miss Caroline 'Holmes. Mr. Huff, in his own behalf, presented a prizewhich he had previ ously offered for the highest mark in Latin and literature. This was won by Mliss Nell Jones. The 0. B. Simmons medal for proflciency in military tac tics was won jointly by Fred Bishoi and .Roy Childress. The award of this medal was made by Mayor W. I. Richey, Jr. Tihe medal awarded by the school for highest proflciency in all phases of school life was won by '.l Iss Nell Jones The presentation of this medal was made by Rev. C. T. Squires. The (Graiduatinlg Class. The graduating class this year composed of the following: Mlontel th Ca1Ino, presbien of til class; Misses Sarah D1 unlap, Craer Pearl Finley, Mary Gisque, Rosa Gray Hlarriette IHughes, Nell Long, IEdun Owens Riddle, \Iary Roper, EIlzabetl: Senn, Sarah Lois Taylor, Annie Lauric Thompson and Annie Lee Wade. Announcement has been made tha, Supt. Gasque will head the school, again next year. Gent. Ernest (Aarlinagton Here. Mir. J. W. Todd and family had at their guests last wveek Brigadier Gen oral Ernest F. Garlington, retIred, o Washington, D). C. Geni. Garlingtom is a native of Newberry but has a wide family connection in this county. A: adjutant and inspector gener~al of the army, Gon. Garlington won a wide reputation for efflciency and executivy ability, his dlepartment being thor oughly organized during his Ineum hency. Upon his retirement from the army after complleting the required term of service, he took up his resi dtence ini Washington, where lie nov .residels. AibE~VII1LE ATTO~(RNEiY QUTI FIlt S9ILICITh'l Now Appears tait Two ('andidaite are to be ini the Field. According to a news report in th Abbeville Press and Danner last wee} J. Howard Moore, of that city, is t 1)e in t'ho race this summer for at iicitor of the eighth circuit in oppc eition to Solicitor Homer S. Bllacki well who will be in the race to sur coed hi:uself. Mr. Moore is a lawvye at the Abbeville bar and is represeni ing his county in the state senate. Arrested for Wife Desertion. Kirk Carter, a white mian who ha boon living at the Watts Mills for ses eral weeks, was arrested by the sheri: and his deputy last week and turne over to the sheriff of Madison, N. C,, o a warrant for wita desertin. DECLARES CIViLI BREAKIN Des Moines, Towa, May 17.-Ilenry P. 'Davison, of J. P. Morgan 'C:)., chair mian of the board of governors of the league of Red Cross societies, told the general conference of the Methodlat 1Episcopal church here today that "one of the most terrible tragedies in the history of the human race Is being enacted within tite broad belt of teri-l tory lying between the Baltic and the 'Black 'Seas. in this area are the new Baltic states, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, lIraine, Austria, 'llungary, Rumania, Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. MAr. Davison asked that congress Im mediately appropriate not exceeding $500,000,000 for use of the countries of central and easternI Europe. Ile re quested that congress call upon thite president to appoint a non-political commission of three Americans, who should survey the conditions in the-e countries and allocate materials to them wit hount Interference. He suggested that. the illigation should muin for 15 years. -I am confident," he said, "that our action would be followed Iy the gov ernments of Grat iiritain, ilmlnd, of tile Scandinavian countries, Spain, Japan and Perance and Belgium and Italy would help to the hest of their 31ls. MA RY M1ei)IL1, KILLED BY TRAIN Aged Ora Womau Meets Death Wheni Freight Train Runs Her Down From Behind. Mrs. Mary 'OfDill, an aged woman of Ora, was run over and almost instant ly killed near her home last Friday af ternoon who na, freight train on the C. & W. C. railroad came up behind her and struck her before she was able to get off the track. Harriette Irby, a colored 'woman, the only eye witness who testifled at the inquest, said that she heard the train blow three times anid when she looked toward the railroad she saw a woman walking between the rails about ten yards ahead of the train. She was about a hundred yards from the scene of the accident and when she arrived where the body lay the triz In had stop ped and the engineer and fireman were staiding by. The testimony at the in <ieist was brief 111d threw little light on the cause of the aceident, hut tit enigin eer is repIortedI as sayVing that1 ie brought his train to a stop as soon as lie could after lie sighted tihe woman oi the track. The deceased was betweeii 7o and 75 years of age. She was buried at Ora 'Priday. She is survived by one daugh ter, Miss, 1Eliza Mc)ill, \vho lived with her. 'I'WI l)HIOUSES RUltN. Flames 1limi Tlwo Houses ()cnpiedI by3 Ne'groes Early Mondaliy Moring. 7Two fr'ame dwellings, one a large two-story blmilding, locatedl on a iream street near Sexton's maChine shop were destrmoyed by firie about daybireali Monday nmorniing. The 'tire star'tc. fmrom aii unknowvn or'igin In thet large'i of the two b~uiildings, owned by PriatI - Subler, a coloired famer, and oceu let -)by tenants, -it was a mass of flamem when the alarm was given andi the fire men had little chance to save it. Thi flames spread to anothem' fr'ame build ing next door occuied by Char'lott< Thompson, also colored, and It tot went up in flames. Very little fui'ni ture w~as saved fi'om the 'fi'st building~ but, much of the contents of the secon: building .was saved. 1)4Death of (A. P. Woods. Mr. G. P. Wloods, magistrate a a Fountain Inn, tiled at his home thor' 'Friday night following a stroke of ap . pophexy at Greenville while attendlnj .the Democratic convetnion In Green .. ville May 10th. 'Tho funeral tool r place at Fountain Iinn Saturday aftei' -noon at 4:30 o'clock. The deceased lI surv'ived by his widow, who Is a ass ter of Mr. .J. C. Owings, of this city angl the following children: Owing s Woods and Mrs. M. E. Riddle, of Foun -tain Inn; Mrs. R. T. Wilson, wife o 7t the superintendent of education of thii d county; Mrs. C. P. Cook, of Greenvllle a and Miss Katherine .Woods, who Is student at Winthrop college.' 'ATION G DOWN IN EAST ability." Mr. Davison said he was custodian of authoritative reports "recording ap palling conditions among millions of peo!ple living in eastern :urope. "I believe," .he said, "that the apathy and indifference which prevail today are utie alone to the fact that American Iwople have not grasped the dreadful facts. "The reports which come to its tmak it clear that in these war-ravished lan(s civilization has biroketn dowi. Mln, womtten and children are dlying by thousands and over vast once-civilizod areas there are to be found neithe'r methodicai appliances nor medical skill sullIv'elt to cope with the devas tating plagues." Suimitnarizitig these reports, .\1r. 'Davison said that one of the worst typhius epidem ics in tile world's history Iow existed among the Poles who wter'e threatented with, wholesale starvation tis summer; that typhus, influenza, smll1pox or- tulbercullosis existed in Servia, Rumatia and the Ukraine at( that there was lack of medicine, soap antd physicians to combat these d iseas es. iie.pointted to the menace of typhus 'at. our threshold" and asked how long before it "might creep to our- owin %hoes." CHA3IElm OF COM331El(RCE SE'EKS NEW IEM HllElS Yearly Iues Iiicreased nd Provislon Maide for Moithtly Bniquets. At the meeting of the chamber of commerce last week the constitution of the body was amended In several ways in order to make It more effective and to secure a larger moinibership. The principal change in the constitt tion had to do with finances, it being decided to raise the dues from $9.00 per year to $30.00 with the general tn derstanding that a substantial supper or banquet Is to be served at each Ieeting. It is proposed to have these suppers served cither at the hotel .>r Iin a hall secutred for the purpose where some charitable or)gtalizalion may setve it for the pro-it. to accrue lo themviRR. The -plat of havinig the sipper at each regiar lleeting has beenl ttil in other cities and is said to hive worked with coins iderab Iv sittes, the mtteetitigs always being well attemb ! and much101 itterest being shown. At a meet ing of a 'ommittve on mem bership held during the latter part of tite wevek, It was decided to put oRn a member-ship campalin Friday morning," .\May 2Nth, whevii it is hoped to seur(e a large membership for the body and revive Iinterest in its activities. Com mittees will be announced next week to make a thorough canvas of the town. l'IlS SAVE l'ENNIES5. Saivinigs Society att Graded Schools "Salt Down" Neat Sumi in Tihrlii Stamtps. For'ty-thr'ee bioys andi girls btelonlg hng to the G;eorge Warhuingtonl Savings Society of IauIrenCs city schtool hiave coutnted upl the penniesC they have sav'ed diuring the school yeart just ending, and~ found that the total amounts to $l30. Milss Anitoiniette Moore, secr'e tary of the society, repor'ts that miem tiers hlave inv'ested tils money in thrift stampls to Insur'e its safe keeno ing. 'Te club organized last fall, biecotning otne of aptproximlately elevent thousand school savings societies itt tils dtstrilct, withl tile object of learnl lng to ear'n aRnd save mloney for some big futur'e need, such as a college edtt cationl. The excellent shoin~tg miade for the year's wor'k indicates, it Is thought, tihe value of tile schlool sav ings cliub movemlenlt and Its possibili ties for' ig achievements In the fit turte. Maty b)oys anti girls ar'e already laying pllans for' summtler wvork wichl will br'ing In money to be credited to thteir clubs wh'len schlool reC-opensl nlext 4fall. To Keep Square Cleat), In order that tile piublic square may - e kept as clean as possible Mayor ! Richey has requested that store-keep era of the city provide themselves with ,trash cans and empIty the store sweep i ings Into t'hom every morning instead of dumping themn Into the street. STATE CONVENTION MEETS TODAYI South ('aruohlita Democracy ill ild Its Ien111111 ('olerence in Col num bill. Somiv of (lie Work. Columbia, .lay 17.-TI' he State ullemo mratic Executive Committee will hold I liieetling in Coltiibia tomorrow night, to conlsider resolu t Ions and other ma - tel's to colie before the state demo cratie conveitlon. Ashley Toblas, of Columbia, secretary of the state coi mit IItee I- send Iding out today notices to the couty members, asking thei !o attiend the meeting. The state demo cratic colivention iieets Wednesday at The ie'tling of the 1tate committ e' will be held in the state house at S o'clock. It Is expected that. a resoi tion will be inirodiced and considered by this comimittee, because its presen tation to the state Convenition, calling for an amendment to the party rules. providiig for women votes in the pri maries. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, Senator Christensen, of ilean fort, and others are expected to back this reso lution. though general opinion holds that, tle resolition will not pass. A resolut ion will also be introduce'I (eidorsinig ihe Wilsont admtil nist ration, nid this will doubtless pass without a dissentIng Vote. It is not thought likely that any wine and beer resolu tion will be iitrodliced. Otne of the iterest iig matters to collie before the convention will be the election of a state chairnian. .lohn11 Gary Evans, the present chairman, an iiouices that he will not offer for re election. The name of Thimas P. Cothran, of Greenvillo, speaker of the house, hais been imeltioied, but Air. Colhran Is quoted as saying be will not have the office. ,Still another Important election 's that of the state member of the Na tional Democratic convention. This Is expected to be an interesting contest, and it Is freely predicted that John Gary Evans, the -present committee mai, will be re-elected. Friends of Senator Dial are mientioniing his name as candidate for the committee seat. The state executive committee us ually meets after the tsate conventition but this year Mir. Toblas is calling the committee to meet. before, in orderl that pr'eliiinary matters may be di posed of ald becatise of thle fact th.i lie coiveitioni itself will coitilue lat'r into the iiight, making It inadvisable to iave the conimittee meetiig aftor tile convention adjou'riimeit. The convenitin will elect dlat to the mlatiollal conivelitioni ini San Franicisco, l wiie as many delegates is Ihere are South Carolina members of congress. iBoth Coveririi Cooper and foruner Governor U.. I. Maining have indi cated their willingness to be elected as delegates from South Caroliia to the national democratic convention in San Francisco. Senator Dial has in dicnted that he does not wiant the lon Oir, (1u1 to pre'ss of otherci busin ess, bt It is b11 elieved thiat Seniator' Smith .wiil beC in .iiositlon to servei'. Gover'nor' Cooper' was aske'l by the .Journal corresponden'n if ho vould ser've as a dielegte to San Franicisco, in Case he wier'e elected "'1 have' been honored biy the (deumocrat ic Party in Sotth Carolina sever'al tImes,"' thle gov ernior' repliedl, "andl I will serve fui'th er in whatever capacity the democr'ats otf the state may call uipom nc to serve. I wotuldl conisider it an honior to be electedl as one of the state's r'epr'esen latives at the San Francisco conven tion." Gover'nor' Manining, 'who camne to Co lumbia Saturday to take up his rei dene hieire, has Indicated also that lie will accept thle honor, if it Is given himi. Thier'e Is considerable speculation as to who willl be elected as delegate in the place of Senator DIal. Col. Tiolme'; II. Spings, of Greenville, and L. 1). .Jennings, of Sumter', have been men tioned, It Is thought that an uip-statei man wvill be elected as the former gov' ernor and M1r. Jennings are froim the same town. In eachi of the congr'esslonal districts there is a considerable amount of talk as to the best distr'ict dhelegates to San Francisco. The state demo cratic convention in ColumbIa 'promis es to be one of considerable interest. --Spartanburg Journal. Mr. and Mrs. HI. ID. Rantin, of Clin ton, spent several days In the city last week as 'guests of Mr. and Mrs. inhas n. Ymu. M14K[S IlS [SC4P[ .ack of Food and Weter Causes Defeat. ?EBELS NOW IN PURSUIT .uitive Presldent Said to lave Left Cap1ial wvith inrge Fun of Monley andI Valuable T1reausres. Governor of Vera Criuz 3akes Ills Escape. Vera Criuz, May 17.-General Can lido Aguilar, governor of the state of Jera C'ruz and son-in-law of Plresidcnt "arrainza and w%-ho has been virtual!y prisoner of revol utionary forces near lrozaba for the past week, escaped last light. it is believed he is trying to loin CarranaL, who fled into tle moun tains near Chalchicomula on Friday, tind who, so far as known, has not as t' been located. General Aguilar has u ith him about 300 of his followers. Pu'ii rsuit of Carrantza iF being vig r)rouisly pislh'd by General Pedro San Lhez and Iliginio Agui lar, leaders of the revolutionary forces, which fought a grii battle with Carranza's army near Rinuconada last week. They have a superior force of cavalry and are earching telh mountains for some trace of the fugitive president. (eneral Medina left here tody over the Inter Oceanic railroad for ti1k purpose of in tercepting Carranza if he attempts to reach the state of Vera Cruz. Lack of food and water had lowv ered the morale of Carranza's men so that their defeats at the hands of the revolutionists was a comparatively easy task, says a dispatch from the Associated Press correspondent in the battle zone. .le has just been joincd by a coriespoiident of the newspaper I1 Dictamen, of Mexico City, which was with Carranza when lie lIed from .\Mexico City on '\ay 7 and witnessed much of the fighting around San Mar cos and Rintconada. When revolutionary troops swept down on the capital, Carranza decided to flee, clinging to the idea that it was necessary for lim to reach Vera Cruz imd establisl his executiv powers. l is trains carried 10,000 mien and a largo amouit of: war munitions, in addition to the presidential silite and govern menit fiuidis and archives. On May 8, Ih t arranza train renehed Apizacco, whetc they were joined by troops comt manzilded by General Pila r Satnchez. h'liey tIhetn imhilied lin, but soon tie en ginte r reported they coilI. go n1o fit'iiher because the l o coiotives Were out. of water. The troops detrainted and pusiied on down Ite road, defeating a foret' of revolutionists which tried to check their advance. After the track had been cut Ie hind it, means were found to take the presidenitial train fuither toward Vera Criuz', and on M\ay 11 it reached San M iarcos. R incotiada wals reache'd the next daly and there a battle was fought againist troops commanded by General .\lireles, wthichi were defeated b~y the heavier columns commtfandied by Car TWi~ Oi0R ANNOUNCiMENTS. C. A. I ower 3lakes Formal Annitouneie meni tim orlerk of (ouirt anmd ,inck U. D~a'is for State .Sente(' 'ITwo aditional announicetments of (andidates ar'e carriedl today. Mi'. C. A. Powter, wvho has served twvo terms as clerik of court, makes formal anniounlee nment of his candidacy for another term andl .\r. Jack HI. Davls, who served in the lower' house of the legislature last year, makes his announcement for tho setnate. Althou-gh he has not formally an nouinced his candidacy, Mri. .John N. WVrigth, magistrate for Laurens town ship, statedl a few days ago that he wvould lbe In the race for re-election thuis year. No other candidates are at present out for this office. War-Ti'me Pig Ordinance Stands. After considlering the different phas es of the matter the board of health has decided not to sus~pend the iwar time :ilg ordinance, stated 'Mayor Richey yesterday. Although the or dinance will .probably lie repiealed next year, it has .been decided to allow the raising of pigs in the city tinder the same regulations that have prevailed fnr the nnat year or two.