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*- . - VOLUME XXXVI. I.AURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1920. CALLS [OR [EA O Spends Day at the National Capitol MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION RIevision of Nation's ''ax Schedule PI'lanned. Will Resign Senate Seat Early in January. Makes Short Speech Before Senate Body and is leartily Ieceived. Washington, Dec. G.-To piut into 'ractice his doctrine of consultation and good understanding among public olfeials, President-elect Harding spent today at the capitol taking stock of the legislative aproblems that await the new session of Congress, and in turn seeking the co-operation of Congres sional leaders in the tasks he will con front as chief executive. Adding a unique page to the nation's history, he attended as a senator the opening of the Senate and In a short address bespoke for the coming four years a spirit of team-work between executive and legislative branches that he expects to insure the highest national efficiency in public affairs at home and abroad. Later, after conferences with lead ers of both Senate and House, he an nounced that he probably would call a spelial session of Congress soon after his inauguration to attempt a revision of the nation's tax schedules. Both in his privato consultations and in his ad dress in the Senate, he asked that the three months remaining to the present Congress be used without attempt at partisan advantage to clear away rou tine and lay the groundwork for con structive legislation after March 4. Foreign relations and the League of Nations were discussed by Mr. Hard ing along with domestic problems, and. Possible cabinet selections in his long string of conferences with senators and relresentatives. The ranking na tional leaders of his party outsied of Congress also were present at the consultation, which will le continued most of tomorrow. with his departut'e for .\larioni late tomorrow afternoon, the 'President elect will bid goodbye to actual partic ipation in the proceedings of the Sen ate. although lie will retain his title aidl oflice until early ,in the now year. iHe reVealed today that lie had decided de!initely to resign his Senate seat be I weJ January 10 and 13, when a change of state administration in Ohio will permit the appointment of a Rc. uinle:iln to succeed hint. M:". i a .dinii g's address in the Senate in i esionse to an ovation that greet ed his appearance for the opening roll I aid w"as dli Ivered at the sugges tn I f Senialtr I .odge of -'-; .ssachut 4 d ateriton to the fact that for the la tst Ume' in history a Pre(sidlent-elect w. t'esenit as a rentator. Vice Presi di'eit 1larshall Secondedl the suggestion i. laving his place :0nd escor' tig Set.. a tor 1Harding to (the ror trumin isibly affected by the courtesy shown himit by Ils colleagttes and by crowdtedl gallerIes, the P'reslidet--elct voiced dieepi regret at the suirrender' of his assoclationts of six years, includ in~g both D~emocrats and Roptublicans in his tribute of affection and respect for his fellow senators. ie termed canm Iialgn charges of a Senate oligarchy as "harmless fiction," and dleclared that as President, heo would regard hoth Senate and lotuse iwitht high es tee' bttt wi'thout a thought of any $lurr tier of coordinate contslttutiontal autlhority. "Our governmtental good fortune," hie said(, "does not lie in any surren decr at eithetr end( of the avenue, b'i t In lie coordinatin and co-operation whileht becomtes the two in a great and mn't. We are facing nto easy task.I amt sure thtat the ne'esstitv of wise so luition will Iispire tis to work to get her, to take commn sotuncel, to be0 tolerant of one anothter and to give the best thant is in all of u, Applause from both sIdes of the chamb~ller answveredl him, andl after the brIef senate session ad.to t ned, l'epub) lleans anti dlemocrats crowded around hIm to shake his. hai'l and offer their #A COURT IN SESSION Minor Cases Disposed of. Small Vei dict in Thomason-Stevens Case The special -term of the court o common pleas convened Monday morn ing with Judge Ernest Moore presi< ing. All of Monday and a ipart < Tuesday were taken up in the trial c the case of Thomason vs. Steven which was a suit growing out of a automnbil9 collIidon on the Princeto road. The jury returned a verdict < $100 for the plaintiff. Yesterday about noon the court too up the case of Taylor & May vs. P. A Mitchell. The suit was for the col lection of a bill alleged to have bee made by a brother of the defendan and guaranteed by the defendant. Th jury retired about four o'clock and wa not able .to agree late yesterday even ing. Late in the evening the court tool up the case of the town of Renno vs the S. A. L. railway and this case wa still being heard when court ad journed. TURNER ASKS FOR LIFE SENTENCI Negro Who Killed Officers Here Ask Comnutation of Death Sentence. Greenville, Dec. 4.-Joe Turner, th negro iwho shot and killed Policemai Blair and Kitchen here on October 5 1919, and who, under the name o John Williams, has been sentenced tc death in Virginia for killing a membe of the Lynchburg police force, ha file& a petition to Governor Davis through his attorney, Don. 0. Halsey asking that his sentence be commute( to life imprisonment, according to dis patches received yesterday by th News from Lynchburg. Commonwealth Attorney Yancey the dispatch says, has written th governor urging him not to interfer with the decision of the courts. Turner's appeal from the Lynchbur corporation court was dismissed b: the Virginia supreme court of ap peals some weeks ago. Should th governor deny the requested commu tation of sentence, the negro will prob ably be taken before the Lynchburi court at an early date to be re-sen tenced. congrathlations. Ev(.rywhere lie wen about the capitol I was be:leged b; crowds and scores of e-ilers swarme~i about his office all day ir the hope 'Y a conference with liin. The president-elect's ta!ks with con gresslonal leaders a. -l wbde hris politi cal advisers took place in loo oillee c Senator Lodge, wher' he ient at sco1 as he reached the capitol awl remain cd .o'f c' lihe dy. .Among" '.'e sena tors who saw 1 him1 ther were re .nil gee of Connecticut; Cu Iva of Kans:as ('alder, of New York; 'Vittson, of indi ana; New of Indiana, and ltorah, o Idaho. Wiil ii. hlays;, thet ripublica: national chairman, H arry M. Daugert the I iardhing prie-coniventioni manage: former senator Weeks. of .\lssachui ietts and former Senator Sutherland . Utah, also were pre.sent at most of th conferences. "I preached throughout the canm iiaigni the gosp~el of understanding, said Mr. h~arding tonight in explaininm the purpiose of lis visit, "and I aii try ing to putl i into practice immedliately' T don't rwant these three months to b wasted in gaining any partisan advani tage. I have asked senators particu larly to exipedlite the appropriatiol bills, so that none of them shalh g over to the next session and so that wv shall have the decks ciear for a ver likely extra session." Asked how soon tho, extra sessio might be expected to follow his inaug uration, he repieid that the exac time hiad not been fixed, but that h thought it would come "verg on." In his discussion of foreighi affaiir with those who called upon him thm ipresident-elect is undierstood to hay indlicated no dlefinito lian for an assc ciation of nations but to have show cofllidece that his conferendes on th subject to begin in Marion next wee would furn ishi al basis for agreemnent. "I am trying," he said tonigiit, "t find a line whiete we can essentiahi get together on matters of foreign rt lations. I am trying to get togethec on matters of foreign relationshi with the senate because of its coord nato power in the ratification of trer ties," MORE CANDIDAT C. R. Bishop and John A. W. G. Lancaster With( Not Yet f The past week has seen a change In I the line--up for the mayoralty race to f select the successor to W. R. Richey, Jr., resigned. .W. G. Lancaster has an nounced his intention to withdraw from the race, while C. H. Bishop, al derman from Ward 4, and John A. t Franks, prominent merchant, placed I their names in t.hn list of contestants. Mr. Lancpster, who was announced i by friends last wc: and who at one time decided to ent': the race, gave as t his reason for . rvl ing the press or other business. He said that he did not have the time to spare from his other work to give to the mayor's ofice and wouild have to neglect either his own work or that of the city. I 10x-'Mayor C. M. Babb, who had I been. spoken of in connection with the t race, has stated that he will not enter. i Among other things Mr. 'Babb said: t "I am already obligated to the people t of the entire county who honored me I by electing me on the first ballot to c 3 the legislature, and regardless of my c 1 own pecuniary Interests I can not af- I FORMEt LAURENS MAN I)EAI) Wn. H. Redden Died In Greenwood Last Tuesday Mr. W. I-I. Redden, who was born and reared in Waterloo township, c died in Greenwood Tueaday and was buried Thursday. 'I'The following no tice of his dea~th inas taken from the Greenwood Index-Journal of Tuesday afternoon: William H. Redden, 64 years of age, died today about noon at the home of his son-in-law, J. F. Parkman at South Greenwood. Funeral arrangemnents, have not been completed but the burialla will take place at Horeb church, the service being conducted by Rev. Mr. l)riggers. - Mr. Redden was for a num ber of years a well known farmer in the Bradley section. lie was original ly from laurens county. For the last few years he has made iis home wit hi hiIs daughI e:, Alrs. ,J. F'. Parkliman. L Ile is survived by one brother, A:r. John Redden of Waterloo, and by ( I fonr children, Alrs. .1. F. Parkman and r lr. ,W. Al. lRedden of South (reen- J wood. Mrs. A. 11. hfilton and 31 rs. (. - o I4ng of Ilartsville S. C C D)I N COSTS I,IF'l% Ne en Soldiers Poisonled i 111mp1 lienning olumbus, Ca., Dec. 2. ---Seven sol - diers were poisoned, one fatally, at Caip lIenning here today from dri Ii- c ing what is belicvetrl to have been' wod alcoho01. 'Priuvate' Georige ( '. Ii all of Waeto, Tiex as, dIied duin mg thle day, ,two (others were replortedl oightl to .. ibe ini ai criticali "ondiltionl, whlile four fwereO on the way to recovery. inves tigation was said to haOve shoE nI thle men01 li rurhsed the d rinkl for corn li -qulor. Searchi for 11(1 uor thirottghou t the~ 98,000 acres of tile camp11 was ini alititedl today anld it was said at tihe cam111 that a (iua~ntity of it was found' IMUMIlItIATION IBAN MAY BE~ OltDltED Tentative Approval (Jiven Bill of Rep. resent ative ,Johnson by house ('om- 1 mit111tee, 'Washlington, D~ec. 2.---Tentative all.. lroval was .given today biy 1mmbers of the house inmmigration comml~ittee to the bill framed by Rtepreslentative I tJohnson of Watshington, chairman of tihe committee, whlich Ipactically I wold~ fsspend Iimigrat ion forn a two year period. 'Mi. Johnson said 110 I would introdluce tie mleasure' Monday H D yhen (congr'ess convenles, It Committee members said t hey were -hiopefl t Ihat both thle hous15 and( son 1ate wooll! di pose8 (of 11I Immgratlin leg.. islatilonl early in thme slession. The lenr arence C'haputer, D). A. R. ill hold1( Ito reglar mionlthlyv mleot - y* lng on Friday afternoon, lDec. tO, at 5i oclock wvithl Mrs. J1. F. I Iarney. All - member)01s ar I'u rgedl to lbe present ., .. Signed b~y Secretary, * Mrs. nronks %Sw.g.. t ES FOR MAYOR Franks Enter Race atid Iraws. Election Date Fixed. 'ord to violate my solemn pledge to he people of the county. I apricl ite, as much as any man could, the oiicitations of a large number of riends here in Laurens who have sked me to become a candidate for he office, which I held for several 'ears. But since I have been honored y the people of the county under a >romise made by me to serve them aithfully and to the best of my ability, here is nothing left for me to do but o decline the solicitations of my riends in this city with thanks and naintain the pledge that I made to erve the whole county.' The (late of neither the primary or eneral election has heen fixed. A neeting of the Democratic club has >en called by President It. 1;. ahbb to noet in the court house Thursday light. at 8 o'clock to oranizo for the 'lection. Among other things to be aken up wilI be a change of the rules o allow the wNomen to vote. The gen ral election will be fixed by the city ourfcil after the primary election (late ias been fixed. F. RAII.Y OWING'S rem inenf liizen of Oivings Station Passed Away Sunday, December 8th. Mr. F. Rapley Owings, a prominent itizen of the county, and after whom )wings Station was named, passed way at his home at Owings Sunday, )eeember 5th. lie had been sick since ast summer and had undergone an peration from which he never recov red. The funeral services were held at )ials Methodist church Monday morn ng, being largely attended by friends nd relatives. The services were onduct ed by his pastor, llev. Watson, astor of the Methodist church at ray (')urt, assisted by Itev. Al. M. rooks, of Conestee, and iter'. 1). ,l. lri mm i, pastor of the 'reshyterian hurch at. Owings. IHis grandsons cled as adi"e pallbearers, as follows: ohnson liun ter, Miles l1lter, Mal oln lunter, Floyd K. Curry, 'T'owns urry and State., Curry. The honor ry pallbearers were W. L. Gray, I. . Stoddard, .Jno. M. Gray, O. F. Iopp, V. S. Power, W C. Curry. W. It. iwens, It. M. llabb, J. A. (annon, and C. Owings. 'Mr. Owings was a successful imer hant and farmer. lie retired from ble mercantile business several years go but had continued his farming (crations up until his death. By !ose application to business lie Lad ecunulated cons iderahle proIerty and as conid~eredl one of the most sub lantial mnl~ (If thie (ounty. 1iie had 'een a member of D ials .let hoditt hiurch since lhe was If6 years of age nd had always taken a great dealI of iiterest In (Ihu rch affairs. .1le wouldl ave beeni 8i years of age next April. ici (UnlIy Se'lling W1at er for Whiskey York, Dec. 3.-The case against len lttr and .Jesse Furr, white, in ictedl for obtaining iminey tinder also pretenses, the specfil charge icing that they soldl five gallons of vater replresented as heing whisky or* $!)0 to three negroes in Rlock 11111 riedi in general sessions courit her'e his week, resulted In a conjsent ver liet of not guilty. The defendant: vere acquItted because of the estab Iishment of the fact that, althoug' hley were presnlt when the deal wv& inade and one of themn wVas tile owi i* of thle ant omobile usedl in tran lorting the enn I of plseuido whiskey, ii ransact Ion 'yas negotIated 1by hird party, .Julis Greei, who i s t 1. Iarige. Ilin ter anad Furr' were pr rented by the state for obtali nloney uder falIse IIret enses a fteril iM filed ini the flo:k Itili city cou or selling wh'isl:ey, tiy Ing wvater~ reoIpresenited as whiiisk. >y letti'ng t hiem samnipie a fi-io-s vhilskey' that apipearedl to comie or' I fivo ge lonI oil 'ran, but v~ Tal11ity oamelI from an ironi into the call DEATH OF E. f.1 Well Known Merchant Home Here Friday N Burled Sunday Afterr Mr. Emory B. Macho wholesale merchant of at his home in this ci+ after an illness of sev day night he suffered a plexy from which he but on Friday night h 0nd stroke from whit a few minutes later. The funeral was house Sunday afterr conducted by his pal II. Templeman, of t church, assisted b;j Holmes, pastor of church. Interment I ately afterward in tery attended by a friends and relativ< The deceased is widow, who was be Pearl Duvall and en's sl James, Cornelia n " survived by his f fVldACt Machen, of Princ') and ing brothers and 11. Machen, of G Machen, of Laurc , Princeton, and M S roe, of Princeton. 1 Mrs. R. A. Coope R. A. Cooper, an 9 1 died in 1914. 'Mr. 'Machen iw. n 1 November 11, 18. years he has b< wholesale grocer and had a large u who deeply regr' TO LICIENSE Jnde, -;avy ri Heavy Trucks selli Formerly. , Pounds. - . According I out by the Si Other Un owners of rying cap, niill find linusual 1'l for the op L~usal r new sta o special i the own,, use to b, rirect c' ly in i be oanei == D~epa in pro; rei'fo s'h av tion. $2car eastos ihattern and Fridafyo heand ,- Fridy upnd .utoge tons, s, Frda ad