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- -.......#...........- ..---- . .,- - -- -- - - * 6a LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JA 1 12 -- . . NUMBER.26 DR. HUGH Ki AKN M[TS TAGI D[ATH Died by Own Hands Last Wednesday GREAT SHOCK To THE CITY '11r. 11. H. Alk'zi, in a Tioiporai ry P.eriodl' of Demetii, } . g Is (Ii' ! ih' in HIs H(.ne. One o: he (ity': Most, sbll)stanihil 1anid iE ovi'ed Cihi S Idomt'A if (ver hax: this city beon o profoundly sthocked by a thath of ULo of its citizens as it w"as last Vevi( Whln it becaiu kniown that Il. i11ugh K. Aiken, president of the Laurens Na olial Bank, retired physician, leading churchian and valued citizen, had coie to a tragic And ( doplorable en1d by hils own hands at hils home on West Main street. Failing health, coming 1 at the sat e tilie as the prevailing li-. amicial strengency, had evidently placed su11 a burden upon 4 his streigth that be had temporarily lost control of his mnctal faculties and In Ia, moient of extrev -lementla brought to a close a struggle against troubles Which ilnvesti:gations5 have ap parent ' Ly proven to be mor Imaginary than real. The first intimations which the pu) lic received of the tragedy came Wed liesday evenllig about six o'clock twhen it was reported that Dr. Alken had been found in a dying condition Ilin the bath-room of his hoie by his son, Mr. I Hugh Aiken, with a smiall hole in h11: head, and blood still flowing froiI the wouind. Physicians rushed to his assistance but, It was immediately ap parent that there was practically no hope for his recovery. Within n houri* atbr he was found he )asse(l away without gainIng consclousness. On ae cunt or the shoek n-hih tho facts may hav' talsed his vidow 1o 8oon after 1: 'tri:idy, the I ti conditions of his death wvere nlot gvin out until Thlurs.. d: y taarn, whenl it wa: oflirialy sa'led t' th I1 i s.'.: el-, e e rid sed "To .\y r - s, tlb 1,o W i ta n i s w)3 'At:; fitPi if) 1113 hII - ha -.% ';. h b :n *ei'. un "1 C~ :Wn b neilersations, which th'.'- tr ht ol v.It h fIr:enid. din th r l' t 13 Iiks .' ha! graidutilly h. .m 1 01317 un aln..,ovv 0e v.,10d w t .he idea 1h141 h!IV r h ip:; t lw(- w orld. Th1 oh. x conl'ed to Il fred a-:3 !?.I t . it la e ponl hile' on:'. v.-.M 1n .alone and tlh.I he r1';.lizd. " o: rho didi n1o1 knowv , of hi' n.-rng!h hie n''nearedi I fiert the hook.- oe.'t ?'lanced a 1( 'ri''! horneI. n 1 'im several! fr"elead X''y~ 'leaisantly alonlg the way. It it. tat known whe'ther he~ wrote the no01e hifore heaving t he bank 1 r noIi~ ft, but evlde ntly soon1 a fter hisn atrria at. 110e no1on els~e being present at t he time, he0 secu)red htis pIstol, en!teredi the hath--room, closed! the (door behind1( himi and : lmade tile end. The ofh i negro cook, who arrived some time lat(er, hieard gleans in the bath-room and told Mr. Hugh Aiken of them when ha airriv'ed later wlt-h hIs mother. The funeral services were held from the l'resbyterlian clhuirch,'of which lie was ani elder, FItrday at 11 o'e-lock, the servlces being conducted by his pas tor1, Retv. C. Tr. Sliires, assisted by the ministers of the otheri three chutirches of the city. The clhuirch was Crowded withi frlends who caime to pay a last tribute, I1ollowing the services there, the body ws bor'ne to th1e Lau rens Cometary whiere It was given its last roasting pllaec beneath a blanket of flowerst nyiwhe far overspreadu the mtound itself. Boeidens relatives and fientds from various sect Ions of the State, Ser' N. [1. Diah camo (downi from Wash ingto,, to attend the funeoralI and Oov. and( Mrsi. R. A. Cooper came up from Colmbia; as (did W. WV. flail, edi.. tor of TJhe State, a long-timo friend, The active pall bearers were thig deacons of the First Presbytoian church, W. R. Mcfluen, R. i~ F.Jones, A. N. Bramlett, S. M. WIlkes, E. P. Min 1:17V COASH 1 MILLS IN HANDS OF RECEIVER Ne an(Yney Concern Embarrassed lie. (enuse of Delay lin Securing .3a (linery. Gaffney, Jan. .-It waA learned to day that the Gash Mills, a $500,000 local corporation, had by an order of JuIdge Melver been put into the hands of a receiver. This mill tvas otigan ized andi crected by 1. R. Cash, who is :a successful mill un of large prae cal experience and the news of the rceiversip- was received by (laffney ) leo wfth somthing like consterna )r. W. C. Ii:iriiick, who is presi of the I imtone, H anmrick and i IiI .\lills, wi asi named as re 'ver all It 1i hL.ioped that. he will be h1e to dloem the m1ill from the pres 'iat imars m nt. ]n tha.t t;hose wh~o, ' 1tock In tilt. nterj prise will not fare so hadly after all. The difficltty which at prosent is he ('nAite of -tile eiiimarrassment was broghiit Lboutt )3 the fact that Mr. >a:l: hought cotton heavily a year .)go at high priees; expectinug to ie eIIv to get machinery promptly cvith y hich to spin rame but congestion on raiilroad;ds caused delay and the slump came and caught him. There is no 1legatiol of wrong doinig on the part of any one coinected vitlh tle mills. Agei Woman Dead. Liss .IiAdle Moseley, an aged resident of the city, died Sunday night at the Julia Ir'hy sanitarium after a Aickness of ;everal nonths: Sie was buried at 1,e1T1trens c-Imetery .\onday after Ioon. Rev. P. P. KlIgo conducting the service. The dece'ased was a life-long iimIeer of the First Metholiist church ani condat ently attended i-1 services. I.r, C. P. Vincent, R. F. l1eming, J. \lcD. Moore, J. .1. Adams and the fol lowing fromt aiong tho younger busI ness men of the city: R. R. N!ckls,. Ceo. II. Blakeley, Allie Lee, J. TH. Pove, 'W. E. Clardy. A. C. Miller, R. V. Irby, .) .\l. Norwood, W. G. Ljancas tw, and W. C. lowler. The honloriry :ale0 arers were he (drs or the b an church, .1. W. Todd, A. Ht : . lia : - ). I'. r. . . 1 . T : , . b 01 r, V WI,% . r : , r. S h r W . 1. 1i, . .I N. \'. righi t, M.\1. L. li-land, . n, 1:... (1. C. .\ h h , W . h:- out.. C. s W. Carl 1 I b - of i at lie (1 thii lNy 1.t o: -.(, ii S III%- Cr'ehvu>' co 110 y, he vito a - A M. A lie at inule t-e :han Im '. o elo nasde cole ind ta c r tenlvwvintrostewi li:aothera the I rnc Olidi n! *cd (lti. lie Olcat 'in0o i e m ost :-iiierpaert nd -ety- hs icriise . o have e an henrti ~a ty fege ro bustinesas. A t'h ofhree of hino d hch he as hre.;d 111 ntot nihe lanur n aalBank, 1,en an- oftihe parmer ind Mnr-it Ichead Honde Warkehote fomany, ai n dirc In nilats'ls afir dc'lirector thethelfankt of terlot, hlses her in vext nvy i n iterehostd ins oth en soltmes of hrlostoaluable troertys, th ity~ whnc Rsr saidn to have e loinguateninfreei foml enhumr~anes Th ofils. of'l'honr hichs he Alabahead lar wother, numblr a Ahen has alway taen a1rngact.ive pat inriv homm.nt life ad arsoe o foladr.i ol lovIen tle affarsd priayn te the-peed ofte iy. afteish sur vietoby had gone, w'e ehooks is waih thuhanks o Chrint andletw eonsl Huoh and thatet wAin, wo avie andved byotherdeathiam AtkenesfdCn -1. J. ADAMS JIEAs LAUtENS NATIONAL BANK NOv President has Jeeni Wi11h1 11lhe Balnk for About Fifteen Years'. At the meeting of the director4 Of the Lau retis National Bank yester(ay afternoon, J. J. Adams, for several years cashier of the bank and.an em PloYoc for about fifteen years, was elected president to succed )r. II. K. Aiken, deceased. Mr. Adams will as suime his duties at once. Other ollicers eleted wro: C.M. il rvc-rs dent; W. Carl Wharton, vice-presiflent GCeo. IL Blakely, casher; \v. it. lhey, Sr, torey. 'Before the elceticn of oi(-I W7; 'Itaken .il tle cash I er rIad II Ieor for the year jiust- clo'ed, showing "he hank to be in in cxonlent (oiition. .$10,000 was orde a ed p to he su!plus filnd and :;'., to uA vl prola'.C-( ik i's t .0 u u l I per. ceit -emi-alni ual 7 V. ' inakinig a total of 8 per cent for the year. A committee was appointe ol (raw up stiltable resolitiomn; on thei death of .Dr. Alken. Prior to the directors mieeting, the stockholders Imet and re-el eit ( the forier dirc tors, lieaving ttie piave of Dr. Aiken vacant until another meet-i ing. The directors are \V. C. \Vhar fon, of W"Iaterloo; T. 1). )arlingto; h. 1I. Wilson, of Cros:; Ancio: C. NI, NMvb, \\. Rt. U.ehey, Geo. 11. HWakelyi 1'. 1E. "IIrnms a d .1. .1. Adamins. TP. COTHlRAN T1O HE CHOSEN SP1FM:R RoepresIentat Ive Mowper Withdrass From Race For S'peinker of Hlouo. Colum 1b1)a, Jan. 10.--vilmbers of both hiouisem of tle general asseibly of: South Carollna atre coiniig to Uoluim hia tonight on ev-ry train for tie op ening of the seventy-'curth *.ession at noon tomorrow. Thomas 1). Cothran, of GreenvilII' 'ill 1)b reelected speaker of the helise! without opposition, as represen tat ive George S. Mower of Newbcrry tonight anioineed that -lie had withdrawn from the race. h'lie sellate will choose a -presiden t pro t'n tomorrow to fill I1he vacancy iaused1 by the d'h l- h cral 11oniths i ago of I:aran.e \'lke of Ge o rg . i . wivf 11 Il .In pre i dent o, tr:1. "- (m d y( oif y ate m1 :niui ;it ti) designaft conn it i ppoin 1 i Sealo I l be n o tr eSem itor Ain(i n!oni a b r y prc. i' ;it pro. t ,m. n not2III( :onporanl m:'ed io t Ile 7'l of thl. nay and' co i; t 1" i te h I IRIpe. p ait y .. I I f I, s o ay hl ill lo :s n:: n rlt npoi ntm e . h . wii.s s li havn Ih. I I m r o carmr, Ipd ntee(1 illiy eni for ti. I the i t I! I v Ith r tih wouI 1 ire I ndi Cton ( toIi - lay wll'i appi to) thrics eing on Ulied Thurday. Nihanwaid to di .oraylle.S . Iiernoon peao Pi Mst. Ahnnas Tricketn ihrn, wifs fiarer, dieceather hom1 a fer ileO' rin ther heatrhurdyn.h n wslbuI(;d t ioill Grove chur( b 01 ri :ayo aternymo,h shre ;so be in Von.. ton, fatd ev. S *. II. Templeton, of tis ::ity. ohe wsstrIcken with paadysi who ides her hulind andh the son owing' brother: Charlie, l'rank and Trhe dieceased( was a membelh~r of Ithe Ilhapti1st clhuirch and1 a young woma1~n oif many~ pnle traits of' (hharneer. Ilier ~unieral was Isargely at ended by :-or rowinlg frIends and( iola tivyes. Ihiath of an Infant. Lu ther Franklin 0Owin go, I he thriee weeks' 01(1 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. FIoks Owings, died( Weodnesday andl vas hburid TPhuirsday afternoon. 'This was theIr only chIld and miade Its leath pecullarly said. 'The Parents iiave the sympathy of the commu1)nity n their bercavemient. CE NSUS 003DH'C1r-:1E' AR EES ON HOUSE i E lERSHIP An Increase of Forty-Eight Over Pres. ent Mem bershi1p. South Carona Wouldl (Get One Addlll:,al. No Sup. 1101rt for Tinhin. Washington, Jan. G.-Thec House coilittee agreed to(ay to report to Congress the Siegel bill fixing the muembership of tle House to -183, al increase or JS over the i'resent meiln bcrship; it a ls) recom IlleIdC'd a con stltu tional am11e)Inm11nt limliting tie he llelbership of future bouses to 500. The basi s for representation Was iixed at, one member for eveiy 218,979 inhabitants Linder tlisa bill the states wotild gain as follows: abania ~ ~~ I;Akna ; Californlia ConnectinlIt I (h r;!a I; ,lIlinois 8; Marybcl I; Massachiusetts .2; lich\igan I; .\lineota I; New Jer:sey 2; Now Alexico I; New York I ' North Carolina 2: Ohio .1; Oklahotna I; Or gon 1; Pennylivaia -1; South Caro lIIna I; 'Teln e:, I; TXLs - ; ViI-gilniL I; \Vashington I; \'et VirgInia 1 anid Wisconsin I Inder the coninittee's bill the states %vollld have -epreseitation ats 11 l Iows: AIhanmil 11; Arlzona !; Arkansas S; Caliornia 1; Colorado .1; "on n(Ictillt G; I)la ware 1; Flori.1 4 In :,.: Idah:. ;: i:!inoi; ;;0; 111.. diana 1;3; Iowa 1I; Kalls1a S; Ken. tlucky II; Louisiana S; Ala e .; Mlaryland 7; Maau.ts IS; .\l gai 17; Alinnesota 11; Mississippi S; Missouri I;; .\lontana 2; Neb asu 6 Nevada I; New IHampshire 2; New Jerjey 14; New \lexiico 2; New York 47; Nortl ('.Crolina 12; North Dakota 3: Ohd1) 26; Okiahoia b: Oe:gon -1; Plennsylviai 4 0; WthAl, I ,la 3 South Carolina 5; Sou'h DkAta 3; Tennes ec ; Texa 2: Utah 2; Ver' mont 2; Virginia 11; Washington G; Wct. Virpinia 7: Wisconsin 12; Wy oning 1. Tihe hill proyides that inl Case o any 1n1creae in the number of rep - reeentaitnives In any state such addi tional re!resentatives .hall be elect ed at lar)% until the state legislatures a redi:-tricting laws. - "; dhe (n1nIll t we l o e i . )\- was no .l p w he de I t , oit w hI I a . .t: ' i Itt e. I . I- I - I m . : : -I :1-4 '1 t I I t a 'd to net lie w.outhi eni ;'y th.e Ir tI the courts. r:I n of the I ith amnndmlieit to) us 1 e stt in wh ich !.d dli a ; h~i no'iti has tahat.lit . 110 ' ra wihat hlI :,aid was a plibiii i d rmep t of :1 s hof Ivrnr-le I bdwk >f ra~nk whch.\r P ardwc a rcaed a. earcn.: a.hat v Mofh Water .0 aud ta t b' iue lawot eaern lhe nfachismeInt0 ofi women, sime.. ar nto~ thost eling toi'a ill nen fn -h -owement ou 40n. I epesidtativ Isr.. f.. deow a, G. ry al is acdhsae 1~i te our niebjuste the insi'eg asyi Fraelo ;nk C'... Pe artoI Frank) Wod C. Per. es a ' natyv of Waer noriandk at suof the ilat-I i Joeiv Pearee, ied ' athis an i nhy Grnwod, wherel vo hadw lilo tepst yas nAy moo tnngarant s'i illness of r th ot five mon~eths.b lii'ws ofuriedoat lillerestad ~i uemetryI it Gree yd thce ollowig aternon ieIlidesIO) is liefu cdrn houe Vl lokd.it srive boy alieI moter d~ tel follow igbotherd nIrend . heI I01 de ced *was 3ar Alolrdenn on thheno plaug tofr tway at te i tim ic ig o. n EUROPE LITERALLY 310VIN(A TO A3IEIjIV10 t001IIIlItssioner Waillis o Jof Island, I Iinigration Intutin Says l'lood of; AIiens Is 11n11lin nt I nto NaIlon, Washinigtonl, Janl. 5.-Te'stilionvy by Cominissjionjer Wallis, of the 1111.; I land illminigration statioll. th::t. ilropi Was "literally moving to the I'iiteii States" and that a "flood of aliens % hinninent'" still left ilembers, of the seniato Inmnigration committeI doubt ful tonight as to aeti uvon the John 0n u-il prohibiting iniligration for on1 year. Several Imembers fainy exlressed dolit wlether any me; urcs to stop or re.tr t : nini-:li: would he eacted at, this weion 0f colngress. "The,11 connulittece oirvion--13 wasi im pressed wvith Con)un i;s-in. )lrWak stateient as to the ntul for ils!p tion of aliens before leving Liurope and for more rijid ox:ninaItons ai t.er their arrival at At ijeni m-t The COmmIlissiolier recommeralen11 d 11m I t Licularly that facilities be estab li(d Overseas for Such inspections; an1d de clared that ninety per cent of tle im migraits arriving under tle existin sytCei would be denied perission to sail if they were eNxantilel at thW ports of enharkatiol by Anerican of. I:1ai3. A pi er I' ysStk .11 Of eXmllina ,;in inll 1urope,0; and Upon arrival, .\r. Wallis said, uwould prevent an inii hont flood of these, diseased iI body and minid. 'l'ortunately," he added, "tile :tealu ShIps of the Worid (nIt bring only I.- t 200.000 a yea(r to the United States. It. is inl thie limited tralsport ation fa ItIes v u nd decreased examinlations ,!,t we will get. th' best proLteetio n'' The co1niis.ionr declared rrports :he public heallh sIervice IndicateCd that eastern iurope today "is in tile Irip . of fou r epidemi) e. typhtls , ty phoid. dysncltery and tubercutlosi!. t The wir had IInde0irM ilned the h'ltIh of t13ose cotries and] their emigrants are "danverous to the puh lic health of the United states,'' he added. .11 r. Wallis re-llmn tbd thle connalittee 'th1t not a inothetoig Son who went to war il IE l'p0e' VaH. not alovr-ed to rt n a h) h5me n'ill, hhd takhn.a bath iiinfc v i h h i t, rot 1\3) f 1:! . .\ r v..t I 'ack a thI ad;nnne Ci rm i i n It of t I ; co r ., po~eponedc ha(I n n - 7! !'4 Vo six nionth:11-. " it I I not he mor h, ha 11 '. 1 , n tit .\iiIl r. W all I re .i i .lt l I 11h i r iftr a, Iei m i tr livm usvr moeil itsptetos lait'i t:arI ll i teawd f-l:-i tie. toer he lasetia!!~ eno Open1211I~hi T'11h bI asetbale .esonl onte Lii u .Vnshiolh IIscool ti oeedi '(i ;eiav vith a1 Ictory for Ithelihoy:'[liea fover .1r1ay I C utt tot(l li12. no l'ih. .1n i t he ( lat inat r thIii n. liv. wed-ret head, but thee Lures orl ehld.- TheIIOtilam at- compoed of 1kb.sie 2ast-oon iiii a. {\oaptain): lobola 1n1h, aml11 Iltop The follow--i nof aers havoeeend incheduled Feb. . - h. Sl l inton at.au en . Feb. Andehon-Sesoviy 'tImp onvil, le.~ ri~,l.S.1. Fe. InsCth.-ayodrTf a). Larn IFeb.25'th.--Woodruf. at Woodruff.ess t a speialcomuncaionofPat . M. Caod, W.le. HARDING GIV[S UP 8EAT. IN 8[NAHf Resignation Becomes Ef. fective Saturday FRANK B. WILLIS SUCCEEDS HIM Inbr t' E let '1ctiti of the newly !1 ti 011" 1 1i lalt Iir ;i.'n . ry D av in as nd b ofi imorrow !Te move wn. hed t((o Agndi rah Ie renos la le w3i -i:e to give i.: his sdate seat as oon as a (hafor1v ilI the state anin S-tiititil wolilil adnolit. the appoint lent of it 1epublica suc.essor. GO TiD-ilet )avis inas indicat r that 'rankl Bt. \\*illij,. (le-tei 5t'iiitor for he torinoeas i next. March, wold NIt.i(] l to till Owe vacanlcy. .ihe lu ill- A the ishls ano n puh r ..illis I'.ardi tng m ade .u h iai n.a the a ect ive date of his thIt a in trin wp lii; adni ot e thpoint, ie nreectelect Ahila he initeditt r dnevote Wie last six veks efore mn-1l1giraledon 1thofiv to te r ara 0ion fr dtie (Ilities of hi-. a tinit r ehat the inasigit ia tsio ceesboe n March 4 me.Ny include a ceremony niiine In history of such affairs, was ndieated today when it becanie known hat Mir. Ilarding had approved a plan o have all the niembers of the elec oral college in Washingtonl for the ecanion. The proposial was Ilade by he grout: of Ohio electors who stg ;Std(( at flrst thid all RplblietIl:n (h00 1rwh iivitedi, and afterward in(dified he plan to i n) inde an itivta.ion to :,!,::I De neocrats alike. h antiin: won hvo t A i'ii I l to I h :(1 n t -'~ I hi il Ld t' by-Ili l te revi.:itn of thin next con lie said the hiigher rab-s2 otf ta li'-. wo.rfts ,h d l w n la 2iniitd, however', antd gave it as hisq liio n [that the heatd if thaIt* ''.2 Staxe. rwould be fixed at about 40 2r (iet. Sntr lioinil lt h 111d Of Im an ak itis eaterando it bh for. di irOok of t Ni w Yo1hj k. v. jut I i lhi'o; .. da vt i t hoi ter tI ei2lnto himl aisti ichsurich. i Tesermons w1as nhe pir te i talcoSic s ofv th Vr ailles pat \and iiiittwas fo at hiscua~.. taoterf lth aubectptat Dr. theooks 'a invaii ao see tlhe peii angeltei or he1m lreigtonct of th r enkgo-t i-ardooing sl'itd Itagtramt hoadt' ItlIt r revigo at, hil ol hee neo. V'hr, it ws anor neliied at is hed levt Willi to the valcaney woul he rnor followitn hi he nguration - te8da. In~ athe t 4p cion lote