The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 11, 1921, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1921. BER
PRIZ[8 ARE AWRO[D
IN BABY CONT[TS
Much Interest Displayed in
-0 In "Baby Week"
FINAL MEETING
THURSDAY NIGHTI
Informing -'a3lks Made at Flinl Ievt
1ng (if "Better Habyl" ('aiimpaign
ThiJursday Night. PIi,zesi ft'or lighest
Score in PIlysicill Delel0poipet (voes
to Litle miss Lillian Aiderson.
Tihe "Iletter laby" Campaign, which
was carl'ied on iI this city alid surll
roundin g communities last week, came
to a successful close Thursday night
when 'prizes w(ere awarded to the
three babies securing the highest score.
At he m'eetinig for the city 105 ba
bies, ranging In ago from six months
to six years, 'were given examination
by a local staff of doctors, asissted by
somle visitors, icluding Dr. Carpen
ter of Greenville. At Watts Mills, a
mill village two miles out, 75 bables
were .brought to tile clinic alld the
mothers were giveni Informationl on
. subjects relating to the health of tile
baby, sallitation lllethods 1and other
related stfijects, tlie speakers empliha
sizing the adoption of preveltive
measures in homl1es and schools aiii
- other assembly places.
Followilng tile clinic at the county
colrt lousIe it was ann1loullnced th
prizes hvoulld be awarded to tile three
babies makilig tile lighest score in
Ilysical developilent, certain stand
ards.of rules beinlg observed il illna
lng tile classifleation. These scores
Were gone over by a committee of
judlges and the decislons made. Thur
day night at the meeting held in the
court rooi preildecd over. by Miss
Katherino iagquist, couity Red Cros:;
Ilurse, who has * beenI very active ill
tile "better baby" campaign, inform
ing talks on. health sproblels were
maide by AMiss Chauucey l3lackburn,
field agent of tile South Carolila
Tublercullosis association; Miss Mae
, Itri Iiphy, Sp i - I a 1)11 1g, assistant ;il
periitendei of public health and
nurll'sing, alId a recitation by Nirs. Itosa
Brallett of Laulrens1.
The drawinlg feature of the meet
ing w'as t he anlnoulcelment that
awards would be made and prizes giv
el to the bables scorlling perfect or ap
proximating 100 per cent stanldard.
llence tll'e was present a large anld
iterestmd gatlering. The \Vat ts
M1ills colcert halld wvas present .nd
rendered a series of speclal .num111be's.
At the elose of the lecture% anid
chlarted demonlstrationls, all1 of which
proved of va't interest, 1)r. HIolfe -;.1
IimIgies. of the local staff of pleialnllls
Nas 'alled Juponl to preselt the r I-.
lie tolliched uploll the bell(ats; of Itho
vallipaign Ithat Iwould follow anld ill
genelos ermls ' 11mm1ede the f -
forts that are he i n'. made in 1 touth
C~arl'inIa In tile maltter 0o' sanlitationl
all he(althii imprlovmnent, metholthds and
h1e es peciall 11'rJIais(!d the worl k of Al Is
I lagqliist anld assoc(iale's I the SuIc
Cess of tile Ipresen1t campa jiign. ('olm
Inlg to thle sub ject of thle thr ee "besCt
ba bies"' as had1( been decided(1 by I;
('o1mm11ttee, I )r, I lles alnnoun11' ed
thlat thle first naard was to little Al iso
iIA Iin AnIdersonl, tile seven 1110111 i !
baby of MIr. and1( MI'rl. Louis1 All(drson
of East Mainl strieet, anid thlat tile izi/e
was a tell dollarI cerIt Ificate of d iposit,
given by thle 1n~lterpri'sJ National ban11k
of 1 I'rens the( second~ lpri'ze, a live
dlollar' cer'tificate bly tile Laurens Na
tional bank, wvent to P'ierce II. i rby,
Jr., two and a hlalf year 01(d son1 of .\l'.
andt Mrls. P. I11. IrIby, andi the third
award(, by the Powe Dru'g Co., also a
flive dollar' certificate, was mlade to
little .1 can Chlidress Kennedy, 17
month~s old1 childl of Mr. and( 1 airs. Laul
reuns Kennedy.
An addedl feature of the meetinlg wans
thle presenC~tationl of pr'izes offered 'by
thle Civic- League to school chidre
witing essays 01n subjects relating t >
sanitation. Thlese prizes, $2.50 eachI,
1were also deoliveredl by 11r1. Hunghes,
tile pirize for tile gr'ammnar -grades be
ing awardedl to Biruce Thlompson. Kit
tie McCravy and Hlarlowe Hlahaffey re
eived honor'able menoltion in these
gr'ads. In the plrimnary gradles theC
successful essayist was Margaret Mc
Cravy, whol r'eceivedl one of thle prize~s,
while .honorable mention wvent to Lou
ile Taylor and Sarahl Rjiddle.
PIROGRLAM ANNOUNCED
FOl CLS EXElCISES
Attractive Program to he Carried Out
by Graduinig Class of 1li1k School.
The graduating class of the Laurens
high school is sendinlg out attractive
announceiments of the exercises to be
held Friday evening, May 20th, at the
Presbyterian church. he following
Compose the class organizition:
President, Nancy Meng.
Vice-President, Fred Bishop.
Secretary-Treasurer, Ilarry Wood
side.
Salutatory, Raymond Gaston.
liistorian, 'Margaret Lake.
Poet, Leora Hunter.
Prophet, E'leanor Miller.
Critic, Dorothy Fairey.
Class Will, Carl Putnam.
Valedictory, Caroline Holmes.
Tle following are members of the
class:
Beatrice Babb.
Fred Iilsh8o).
Nelle Blakely.
Luther Chaney.
Dorothy Fairey.
Raymond Gaston.
Caroline Holmes.
Leora' Hun'ier.
Mlargaret Lake.
Iluby Martin.
Lois Martin.
Nancy Meng.
Elleanor .\liller.
Mary lel1 Myers.
Sarah -Power.
Carl Puitnam.
-Nell Seni.
Harry Woodside.
The nnal sermon is to be preached
next Sunday night by Rev. 11. H.
Turipseed, of Greenwood, at the First
Presbyterian church, and the annual
addlress will be delivered Friday night,
May 20th, by Dr. J. W. MlcGlothlin, ot
Furman University.
(il C" 'EWMS HiOiLDS
UP THE FAST MAIL
Threw a Cog in the Progress of Auto
mobile Through Express Tuesday
Morn ing. -
Chief J. T. Crews took a few stitches
out of the fast record of an automobile
party passing throligh the city yes
terday mornln.g carrying packages of
a Colunin inewspaper from 'oltimbia
to (rcenville and A'..heville. WItrnled
by a telephone message from Itural
Policeian Abramns at Goldville that
two speeders mere '' making towards
Lallturensa, Chief Crews ba rely had ti me
to reach the piblic sq uare fromo his
home 'before the car arrived in1 towIi.
W'1hen the Chief held them up and as
sessed a bonid of $25, they Jacked ip
lte coin ill a jutffy and ,1;tulled out
again, saying that. they didln't have
time to explain but Would be along
again Ji Thursday to get their monecy
back.
It later tu!rned out that the party
was traveling undi atuthority of pos
li attlihoritits, the trip being Inade as
anl exprimenvit. .Judgi(Ig b)y CI. r"'
iiar'ks of those Who squw them come in
:and( go out1, iIt may be safely said that
the exper'!tmentt wats successful ini so
itar as speed1 and1( noise are concerned(I.
1110.11 IAN- liAa Il, 1A'IT
Netr 'outh Strikes ati Iall aind Leis'.
ltnt Slip. ':rdXine lFosier FantallIy
1Iin iured.
lorskine lFoster, a niegro youth, w.as
fatal1ly ijured Siturt iday aftet noon ont
Mr'. 'T. 1). Lake0's ilacei near1 the city
when lie was lilt lby a base halil wit ieb
flow otut of the hands of F'ayfe Halley,
another negro. Hallecy ivas at the bat
when the pitcher threw a ball to hin,
accordinig to testimtotny'addultcedI at the
influest. \Vhen ho wvent to strike at
the ball the bat siipped otit of his
band and lilt Foster standing nearly.
The wounded negro lived tuntil Mon
day umrnig at 41 o'clock w.hon he
p~assedl away. The cotroner's jury, cm
panelled 'by Coroner, Owin-gs, rendered
a verdict in accord with the above
testimony.
t~teninig Textile AssocIation
Mr. ando Mrs. 10. (1. Jessee and son
10mmnett leave today for Atlanta where
Mr. .Jessee w.ili attend the sessions of
the Southern Textile Association. They
w.ill bhe Joined at Gainesvilhs, Ga,, by
Miss Mauidie Mae Jessee. On their' re
turn Mi's. Jessee will stop ovetr at
Gainesville to attend the gradutation
owereises of flrcnaut College, 'Miss
Mattdie 'Ma'O uheinig a meinber of tihe
gradthating class.
KEEN RIVALRY IN
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST
Clinton and Liaurens Methodist Sui.
day Schools aving Attendance Con
test.
Keen rivalry has developed between
the Methodist Sunday Schools of Lau
rens and Clinton asi a result of an at
tenldalce contest wvhich was begun the
first Sunday in -May and which swill
Continue through the first Sunday in
June. Reports received from the con
test the past Sunday sihowed that the
Clinton senool had outstripped the
locals in the race for attendance hon
ors and that unless the Laurens Wes
leyans are able to bring uP more re
inforcements the fictory will go to
Pastor WIggins' flock in Clinton.
Superintendent Charles It. licks, who
is directing the campaign in Laurens,
said Monday morning that he was not
disheartened over the outlook as he
was expecting every Methodist to
come to the aid of his church and help
his workers uphold the honors of the
Sunday School.
The basis for the contest is the aver
age attendance of the members of the
respective Sunday Schools, as ex
plained .by ir. Hicks. The general
average for the ipast six months is the
basis upon which the contest is begun.
The school having the largest increase
in average attendance vill be consid
ered the winner. This inerease is to
be determinled on tile pereentage
rather than tite increase Inl numbers,
and the general aver.1ge of each Sun
day rather than the final number
which have joined.
On the first Sunday the Methodist
Sunday School at Laurens had the
greater percentage increase. This,
however, was overcome last Sunday by
the school at Clinton. At present
Clinton is leading 8 per cent. 'le
following are the offilcial records of
the two Sunday Schools:
Wverage attendance past six months:
Clinton ................1.12
Laurens .............. ..212
Attendance May 1,
Clinton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....179
Laurcns.. ..............294;
Attendance May 8,
Clinton ..2...............0
Lau11rens .. .... ..........:. II
Percentage increase to date,
Clinton.................:1
Launren .. ................
The leaders of both Sunliday Sclools
are very ituch gratilfed at the results
and the colsensus of opinion among
tile members Is tiat a great ieal of
good will 1)b accomplished.
.TO 1101,1) El'DIT.TION.A ItAI..Y
1lin1S Mh'iit Worked to F:,hiblish itln.
ral Sectional i llh School for Pts.
tricts in Western Part of Conity.
Rer. .1. 11. Colemuan Ore'ttusts the au
nonlielntIent through TI'lhe Advertiselr
that anl educntional rally llbo '!-)d
at Poplar Springs ('lhuch oni Saltur
day, 21st inst., at which liile promi
ntil. sp:al er.- vill Imike adsl
with n vivw of creating iitretA ii th10
schlti for' the w.e..lti palrt ofl t he
counit y. Those whlo are'i espiecially inI
vitedl are tile tlenlehers, truost.:
ioatr'ons, t-:tU(iols and. Othier re ilns
of Pr~tinceto, M!t. lhthel, liiekorx Tas
crn, 1Friendshtip, ikom, .\lit. Olive, ..
Gatllagher' and1 lrewerton (listricts.
Dri. I). WV. Daniel, of Clemison, and
Suipt. 11. TI. Wilson have aileady 1(e
cepit ed in vi tat ions to make{ addresses55
and1( M\r. Verd Peterisoun, w ho has1
(charge of agricuIluralI work in t he
State D)epartmient of I'ducnat ion, has
bieen illvitedl andl is expec(t ed to attendi.
Thiosn w~ho attend areo (exeted toi
(arry (1i1nner, as a picnic will lbe servedi.
The publiIc is cordiiauv i''nvi ted.
'Tie meeting Is to be the initial one
lookIng tc~vardls the initerest of high
school litipls of these sections and It
Is thotught that a plan may 1)e worlied
out to pirovide~ hetter school facilities
for pulpils of these grades and at the
same time relleve the prlesent schools
of attempting highI school work where
the teaching force is not. large enough
to handle(1 both the elementary and11 hlih
school diepartments.
Infant. (1hi1d Dend
Mlildred Eu~tgerIa, two y'ear 0111 child
of Mr. and Mrs. F'urman lirown, (iell
at the 'home of its parents alonday
night and was buried at Prospect
church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Tihe services were condlucted by llev.
Vermillion, of Iautrenis, - :1 Rev. Ilair,
of Fountain Inn. Thi., . as the only
girl of Mr. andI Mrs. Ilrown, r~aking
her denath a nenuliarlv ad ne.
MEMORIAL DAY
FiTTINULY OBSERVED
Riur Admiral Samuel McGowan, Re
1ired, Pa11id lenut(iful Tri1bule to Men
and Womin of Confederncy.
Underneath a fair sky and the first
1m11111er 1Sunl of the Season, memorial
exercises inl hollor of the Confederate
dead Were held in the Laurens cenic
tery Sunday afternoon, the address for,
.the occasion being delivered by Rear
Admiral Samuel McGowan. Retired,
who paid a .beautifill tribute to the
nen al( women of the Confederacy as
well as those who imade sacrifices for
the united nation in the World War.
The excrclses were held under the
auspices of the Daughters of the Con
federacy and were pl'esided over by A.
C. Todd, Esti., nyho read the lonor
1oll of Confederate dead consisting
of those who had fallen in battle or
had died of disease during and since
the war. The invocation was delivered
by Rev. Wilmot S. Holmes and a musi
cal program was i'rendered by a select
ed choir assited by the children of the
graded school and tile Watts Mills
Concert band. After the exercises were
over tile children placed flowers on f1he
graves of the lcdead soldiers while tile
band rendered a sacred concert.
Introduced by Mr.. Todd as a man
internationally known for hi.s service
to his colntry and as a w-earer of tile
Distinulhlied Service imedal, AdmimlI
.\l'Cowall pr'faced his remarlIks withIl
a iribute to tle soldivers of the World
War, d1elarinIg that his selvice was
not to lie compared to the individttal
service of those Who sacrii leed them -
selves oin the fields of France.
Admiral McGowan spoke as follows:
We bring flowers today to lay on lie
aves of 1men than Whom there were
no braver from 'Ter'lmo 11 pyla e to 1he
glorious Argonne.
And yet. great as were tile sacrifives
of tile soldilers of the Sixties. thIey
were not m11ore deservin g of con n
oration than tile ipattient and uncom
tplain1ing fortiltde displayed by the
womiel of tile Seventies.
The term " reconstruclettionl," heard onl
all ,side" now, Is lar'gely mllisapplied!
What v(,. are experiencilg is rather
rearIjuistmenoilt..
What they had to live tho .h--and
triumph ovei'-iwas actual reconstrue
tionl which carried withl it poverty and
uniltold suffering.
So. on this Mothers' Day, I hwy
shouild he reieillbered and honored ill
vloal measure11- with the Soldier.; whose
inspiration they were.
It is oll dilty, hard u., the Iask at
first may Fe-(ll. to realz e how 11111
(),ir troubles are as comp)ared with
those of tile genelrat lon before 11s 111d,
by d'te rin d si olthimism, to il th
rainbow thlrouh er th11 rin and hiu
hwsten the dlay wh n all will --s it
no4t- he well once more.
In that a hiter I tan nI)\ oth '
I.11 e \ i.ow ou1 elve, wor of wt
ilb and~ 1)3' int who (0lep on this
h(ati ftl hillside and wothll y. oo, of
dihe bra t , 11 iilleo l' of HI l atet,
illst nl r, whose:tars hav1 trllned
111o ( ol nsl llii'
Tle and Wa ill 'ei'oil Tas a f'asr
afai'bi'i .ameinrdayl .\ffernoon.l th
lohal Waely .\lledoon , af~lter13 def'at
fet te ofrtengae fron- tIeon In
siglgame byl atiloe of' o . is t sharlp
Piozr wi1m,111 whichlomes agver Sort
11ession afnooanraya. enon h
Vam is Toweplye on threa ofatb
.lil odaon at -asll'cltck i.S nela'
teon and t ne oate hlg~a greartmes
11ff1 . The. Cn~icrt IOan wtle b~e (he
hiand ie~to fshmse.l aeha
cThestrgay. Teynwcodewasa toastl
ffair fom .begi'nningt tond can thel
tf'etr' frnihed.y tame frovtelocalri
foitadoit waslthfe miti o ntby
wh o willten tle mond atgainStn
l igh heesHr
WELFAlRI SElRE'AltY
SCORIES COUNTY JAIL
MreInee to HIalIth of Pr'isoners and
Communiiiiiity, lie Says. Other Ins'I.
1utlons Inspected.
Assistant Secretary Breasley', of tho
State Board of Public Welfare, made
an inspection of the jail. ahlmshouise
and chain gangs of the county on A pil
22 and in fihlig his report in Columbia
seveiely Criticized the county jail,
Whichli he characterized as a "menace
to the health of tile prisoners and 11le
communiityttv'". 1le also visited the cotiun
ty alshoulse and chain gangs, filing re
ports on all of t h (ee ins itions, a:i
follows:
The Lai u ren s Co uty ,Ja0
'Th e Lauren s 'County Jail is a menace
to the healthi1 of its prisoners and of
tle community. The sewer pipes are
broken in sevoral pliees and seem to
defy efforts of the plumber to r''pair
them. To stench from these leaks
makes the prisoners' quarters almost
unhearable and is often so great that
the sheriff's family living on the first
floor is compelled to close the tWindows
to keep out the orlor. Water often runs
through the cracks in the ceili ng into
the rooms occupied by the family of
the sheriff. The whole interior of the
prison section is dark and dingy; the
bedding is very soiled and infected witlh
vermin; the sanitary etuipimelt is al
most untusable. Practically the only
rtdeeming feature of this institutolln
is the excellent food supplied.
In 1917, $35,000-was appropriated to
buil a new jail for L aurens5 conlii)ty
but the work was delayed antI .the
aiount is not now suillent. I lnman
ity urges that ai additional ap;tropri
ation he made and that a jail be built
t hat. will not endanger the hea'lth and1
life of every in1tan n imprisoned in it.
The i,11urens Conty .\lmiislouise
The Laurens cointy almsholinst cont
Ciies to show iiprovemtuent. Su per
iitendent J. P. Sattervhite ani the
coun nty coim il ission ers are to be most
highly coinmmetnded for their iuterist
and efforts to make this institution
satisfactory. Since last year a new
holie hai. heen built for the superin
t(nidexnt, tle house for the whites
screened, a wy bouig.hIt, several ohl
sin'ks have bet'en torn away, the yads
have been cleaned up, wvalks laid out.
flowers lani led, and an1 excellent
orchard started.
These im provemtiet:-s ate (lue largely
to ite ener'y of the superilitendent.
'.lho has spenit his spare time inl work
inl to make the place attractive antd
for suiabll' uart(rs for t11 n1.groe;
the holise the, ari livin in ik in very
T l;'.' N r C ('otili l'l ! t; Ga
Non of *:ris ;ner of the t ' to
shackhlv:. Thbl; irwovlitI l hipi
ly oinnendItle and is r t dt Io
cr ea en d() mulch morew work
('nn do it. with mutich lte<s dI~isomfor
t)o themitselves.
ft' .ten I for whtitt men has to ll y andil
is fililed with htolts. The retfsse in tilt
stil I it is not being'. t'e 't'td w) i carith
('v(ry tdav and wvas 'arin";ti withi
llt'es; thle htdlinig need.; wvaing muchtitil
ini'g u twotae watsh itn ft' same tub
of water' hldt he stoppled; antd thet
niewly:. unommittedl :trisonter's should tnot
hue iniiaiited by~ bteintig heatn bx Iy the
mien alreadly sei'viing time.
F'ormnan Mt. S. (Godfr'ey's camp r
eives Ithe btettei' scorie, laigely hecause
of thle alisence of whites, fthe stopp) ing
of the initaet ions, andi thle larige num ii
her of trusties. This caxip needs an
other stil Ibucxket for use1 int thle tet at
niIghit, cleaner beddinig, mioi'e var'iely
of food, a supply of d isinfectanit, atid
thio regular practice of covering the'
r'efiise -in the soil pIt every day withl
at least thiee inches of earthl so fliat
fles tVill not bieed In the wvasto.
Mlaniy Stood Examxintixions,
The problem of the shior'tage of
teachers has been solved, judlginig bty
the numiber' of mpni and women who
alppleared hiere Saturday to stanid the
teachers' xamilnations, the second ex
amination held under' the new law
aplicable to teachers. A total of 57
men. and, women stood the test, of
which 50O were whilte anid 7 colored.
'fliwo white men and one colorecd mati
woere among those standing.
R[CORD SP[[D FOR
MIJRD[R TRIAL
Greenville Negro Gets a
Speedy Trial
DEATH SENTENCE
IN SHORT TIME
[reen ville N lgro Captured, (onleted
and Sentenced to DMe in 72 lours
After He Hand 1 illed Polceman Geo.
S. -lurroughs. Fired 12 Times it Pu11r.
stiers.
Greenville, may !).-A record for
ipeedy justice e-as made for Green
vlille county tonight when, just 721
hoclurs after lie ired ti :lhot which
killed City Policeman George S. Bur
roughs, Willian Thompson, negro, was
Cound guilty of murder in the sessions
court and sentenced to die in the
Iectric chair at Columbia May 27. No
request for a new trial or notice of
intention to appeal was given.
TIhompson, who was captured Stat
irday afternoon in a three-hour chase,
Jluring the course of which lie fired
12 shots at the citizens and oflicers
who w' pursuilng him. 'as spirited
way tI. '- Spartanlb' I Sati
'lay n -r boeil- - to the
ail h bnick to
tren .i- I, -i to i- placed
mI trie aia:1 s whielh
-on1vened .;; .\lay ;4 m1 today. Thomp
ion was arraigned diI ng tile morning
Ind :111laded not guilty. The hour for
trial was set for 3 o'clock in the af
Lernoon and the case was imediately
taken up1 at that. thIe. J. Franlk Eppeis
)f the local bar was appointed by the
'ourt to repriesent the ni egro.
A doYzi Witnesses weCe examined
ror the state, and three for the de
fense, the latter including two char
acter witinesses and the defenilant
himself. Thornmpson declared on the
itand that lie did not intend to shoot
Lhe officer, it thit his pistol welnt off
:iccheidltally during the strugglIe.
Testilloly was coicluded this after
loon. J'on igliht the coiurt reconvened.
Arguments started at 8 o'clock, and
:'omiprised an eight Ilin ute speech for
the defense and a 16; minute speech
ror the state. .11u(ge E. J. Mauldin
lirged the jury for 1S minutes. The
jury received the case at 8:-11 and a
verdict of guilty was read at S:55.
I(nenco of death was proloininced at
):0i o'clock.
Oflicer flu'roiighs was shot at 9
o)'clock last Friday night and died as
;I rcsullt m, his wounds(L at. I o'clock the
next ilo liln . . 0
The nlero'; c:ptire by a large but
orth'rly ose audy iis'ht after
t ptlii mn hadi ii died early I that
origfroml the wound the er
inijted 11, an his trial this afternoon
a' u b tonight, less than h days t af-.
Itor the deed was nnl i ttied, consti
tllc.s thei mosI. eiairkable ('aie of
swift .iumice uindlri thle law ('tiz.ens
hii r' ean reen'hll.
Thompsoa n throughioul today seemued
calmi andi rsignedl to the fate lie ap
larenlb li 'eel would he' his. Talk
iinuz wnh Sh;ierif Cairlos 1Hector' before
the tijal, tihe negro told that ollcer
tat he Ii red -12 hullets du rinlg the
bxcitinlg chase' Saturday which etul
milnated in his eajil iur, a nil admitted,
accoingilu to the otl'icer, thant lie did
his best. to kill the shieriff'. Thlompl
son said thatnt thle iw ound lie re'eivedl
in his leg was fi'omi the shiei'iff's p)is
A\sked whIiy lie had sin gledc hhu0 out
as thle man to lie killed, Th'lom psoin
is <Iioted as sayin-g: "'Well, I killed
onle officer, andl I knew I would get
the electrie chair, so I dlecidled [
might as well get as many as I
Thhomnpson Is a giant negro and is
above the average in intelligence. 110
did not -waver durIng the trial, In
which several negr'oes who were In
thei house at the tIme the trouble oc
cuiried, testifIed against him. Mr's.
hlurroughs, wIfe of the slaIn police
man, also look the stand. TIhe ('ourt
r'ooml wasl packed as the trIal pr'o
gressedi during the afterntoon and ev
ening.
Wiedniesdayt) ('lub
The regular .meetIng of the Wednes
day club willl be held thIs afternoon
at 4 o'clock ailthi Mrs. S. HT. Temple
man. ThIs Is a -business meeting and
tall members are nrged to be .nrnsent