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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 NUMBER 51 KIll[D BY NEGRO Dr. Lawton Lipscomb Shot Four Times NEGRO BROUGHT THROUGH HERE Pink Griffin Shot and Almost Insiant. ly Killed Prominent Ninoty Six CM. zen. Bronght Through Hero Late Yesterday Evening for Safety. Pink Griflin, a negro about 35 years of age, was brought through Laurens by Greenwood peace olicers late yes terday evening in an effort to elude a mob which was said to have been forming in Greenwood following th killing by Griflin of Dr. iaawton Liips. comib, a prominent citizen who lived about three miles from Ninety Six oi the Greenwood road. Deputy SIheriff MA0lilan and Chief of Police M. B. Chandler had him in charge, but they would talk very little of the occur rence. Following a long distance tele phone talk with Sheriff White 0 Greenwood, the two officers witl1 6hdriff Reid left this city for some other destination. They also 'had with them another negro who was said tc hiave assisted Griflin In getting away. Griflin, it was learned, was caught near Saluda on the Greenwood side 0 the Saluda river by a nephew of Dr Lipscomb and another man. They car ried him towards Greenwood and or their way met .ir. George Lipscomb former supervisor of the county who was a brother of the deceased. He ad. vised that the negro be turned over to Sheriff White so the law would be al lo.wd to take Its course. This polic was followed and ,GrIlffin turned over to the sheriff. Shortly afterwards h was secreted away by Messrs. McM il. lan and Chandler, arriving here about six o'clock. (Dr. Lipscomb was well known in thi: county and highly regarded. Th< news 'of his violent death was a greal shock to those who knew him. lH was connected by marriage with the Blyrds, of this county, having married a sister of Mrs. :W. D. 'Byrd. The following account of the tragedy is taken from last night's Greenwo6d Index-Journal: Dr. Lanvton C. Lipscomb, a prom inent farmer of Ninety Six sec tion, was shot 'flve times and killed by Pink Griffin, a negr< farm hand, shortly after noon today The killing ocuerred in Dr. Lipscomb's back yard at his home, a short distance from 'Ninety Six, on the Greenwood. Ninety Six highway, shortly after the negro retui ned from field work foi dinner, and Is believed to have result ed from )r. Lipscomb's censure of th< negro for -Mistreating a ninle. No Eyewitnessm - Thore were no eyewitnesses to th killing, but David Maclhen. ainotho far'm hand, hieard the words passed be tween the white man and the negro t he fol lewed by the rapid firing of a pis. tol a few minutes later. tDr. Lipscomb' t'ight hand was powder' burned, whiel leadls to t he c'onclusion that after h< was shot one time he gr'aplied witl the neigro foi' the weapon. Thre< shots went over the heart, one thr iougl the left hand, and the fifth througi the right arm. Thle theory Is a'dvanceed that Dr Lipscomb was In the act of tuing t< go into the house awhen the first bul let was fIred through his left side rang lng upward over the heart and that hi turned and tied to wrench the pis tel from the negro's hands- when hi suffered the powder burns. The othe shots came in (iuick successIon. Dri Lipscomb diedl before anyone r'eache( -him. Griffin SurrouindedI Griffin fled immediately after' thi 8lhooting and at 2 o'clock this after 4 noon :had not been caught although of floers andi a posso of a lar'ge numbler 0 citizens from Ninety Six and Green Woodl began search for him wIthin few minutes after the news 'was spreat broadcast. Bloodhounds will be sen trp from Newberry and put on Griffin' trail without delay. It was learned at 2 o'clock that th posse believed It had the negro sur rounded in a patch of woods nlea Ninety Six and that he would be ap prehended within a very short time There has been some talk of mob vie lence. AMERI-CAN PLANES FLY OVER BERLIN No Formal Notice of Peace Yet. "In. tolerable Situation Is Ended." iBerlin, July 4.-American planes flew over 'Berlin today for the first time sinCe the 'American declaration of war but the American mission and the German foreign office bave not yet been formally notified that congress has concluded peace. The newspapers in the absence of the text of the peace resolution confine their comment to the hqpe that "there will be a speedy re sumption of peace time commercial relations." German officials are awaiting the text and developments. Meanwhile opinion in the German foreign offices Is unofficially stated as follows: "An intolerable situation is ended but we do not know what to expect or what the peace conditions will be -whether the 'United States will sub scribe to the Versailles treaty in toto or at all. We are awaiting to be of ficially apprised of the terms of the compromise resolution and what the next move will 'be." Some of the newspapers ecxpressed the hope that the United States will Immediately take a hand In having the penalties lifted and the upper Silesian question decided. Others view the sit uation as "a formal state of peace still without meaning." The 'Stars and Stripes floated from the American chamber of commerce as ,vell as from a few private dwellings. POPE McCAlITY GUI LTY Ware Shoals Man Given Seven Years for Killing Negro at Ware Shoals. Greenwood, June 30.-Pope McCarty, tried in sessions court here on the charge-of the murder of James Walker, a negro school teacher, at Ware Shoals, June 21, 1921 iwas found guilty of man slaughter yesterday afternoon and sen tenced by Jud-geVrank B. Gary to serve seven years in the state peniten tiary. 'McCarty's attorneys upon be ing denied a new trial, announced to day that they would appeal the case to the supreme court. Aged (Citizen Dies at Fountaului Inn Fountain Inn, July 4.-T. C. S. Chil dress, a well known citizen of this sec tion, (lied at 8 o'clock tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. T. Gar rett. lie would have been 91 years of ag6 On July 29. IHe is survived by the following clilldrent W. B. Childress and Mrs. J. T. Garrett, of Fountain Inn; T. I. Childress, of Spartanburg; B. R. Childress of Norfolk; liss -Nan nie Childress and 'Mrs. Camilla Smith, of Greer. . -Funeral services will he held Tues day afternoon at 4I o'clock at the First 'Baptist church of Fountain Inn. Body to be Returned Ir. J. 1C. Ab'ercrombie, of Gray Court, R. F. 1). No. 1, has received a letter from the War Department at Washington stating that the remains of his son, Corporal Lewis Tilton Abercrombie, who w'~as killed in France whIle fighting wvith the Marines, has been disinterred and wvil bie sh i pced home for burial at an early date. Drt. Lilpscomnh was 55 years of age and a native of thiA section. For a number of years he was in the drug -busIness in Columbia moving several years ago to a country home bsetween Ninety Six and Gircenwod to engage in farming, his heath having become um paired in the Columbia store. Hie had made a success of farming and was a highway esteemed citizen, lie is suir vivedl by his wife, who was a Miss Cathcart, of Columbia; one sister, Mrs. CG. TV. Calhoun, and three brothers, George W., i10. P., and J. N. ILpscomb, all of Ninety SIx. - Oriflin is reported to b~e a yellow ne gro about 35 years of age and about six feet tall. It could not be learned this afternoon how long he had lived with Dr. ILpscomb or what reputation -he had. -Griffin also is known as Pink Adams and PI'nk Hill1, b~ut his correct name seems~ to b)e Griffin. Mr. Dowtin Injured Mr. Wililam 'D~owtin, who wasu a t member of the large party which gath ered near the scene of the killing, was painfully though not seriously injured when he was attempting to load his - ifl. It is understood thaat the cart ridge back-fired and entered -his neck. -lie was brought to the hosipital here, .underwent a minor operation and soon - afterward re-joined the searching nosse0 ot citizens. RED CROSS TO SOLICIT CLOTHES Campagign to be Waged to Secure Clothing for Bagged Children of Europe. At a meeting of the executive con mittee of the local branch of the Amer ican ied 'Cross hold yesterday morn ing, it was decided to give undivided support to the program outline by dis trict headquarters for soliciting and forwarding clothing for needy children of Europe. The (Ied Cross, so it was reported at the meebing. has had ugent calls for clothing from Elurop can countries, information'from across the ocean being to the effect that the people of the war-stricken counties are in a tworse plight for clothing now than they have ever been since the war began. At the meeting yesterday Mr. N. C. Hughes, who had already in terested himself in the clothes gathi ering campaign, was elected to head the Red Cross committee in the coini ty and h has accepted the work. The plans of the Red Cross, it Is understood, are to make a canvas of the county as well as the city, coni mittees being appointed in other coin munities who will report to the cen tral committee here. The executive committee, at its meeting yesterday appointed a general committee with Mr. Ilu'ghes as chair man, and other committees to repre sent the churches of this oity. These committees have been asked to meet In the First Presbyteran church Sun (lay afternoon at 3 o'clock myhen plans for the county campaign will be mapped out. The following are the members of these committees: General Committee-,N. C. Hughes, chairm-'n, Geo. Ml. Wright, Mrs. W. ). Fergu, Cmli Committees-0lpiscopal, Dr. J. HI. Powe, Mrs. N. C. Hughes; Meth odist, T. C. Switzer, Mrs. W, G. Lan caster; Baiptist, V. E. Meng, Mrs. J. S. Bennett; Presbyterian, M. H. Hun ter, Mrs. A. J. Christopher; A. I. P., .1. R. Ellis, Miss Janie Nabors; Todd Malemorlal Presbyterian, Hood Temple ton, Mrs. J. T. 'Lediford; Holnes Street Methodist, F. 'H. Coleman, Mrs. Foster Speer; Second Baptist. Guy King, Miss Ethel Walker. FAMhIY REUNION H1omie of W. S. Benjumin ,.Seone of Enjoyable Family Reunion Mouday. A family reunion was held at the spacious home of 'Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Benjamin near 11eaverdam church, .Juily 4th. ;Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin are noted f1or their hospitality and kind heartodness, so their doors were op en and all enjoyed the day.immensely. The morning was spent in jokes, songs and laughter. Near the noon hour the family gathered under the large oaks where .a very bountiful din ner was serve(d; fried chicken and ap ple pies, cakes aid custard, ice ten, and all the good things country Ieople ham e. Those piresent were Mr. and Mis. 1L. TP. Bailey and family of Clinton; Mr. and Mirs. C. 0. Teaguir and family, of LI au rens; Mr. andl Mr's. Shell Tienja mini and family; Mr. and Mi's. S. 1. [lenjam in and child1(; Mr. aind Mr's. 5. W. Fuller and family; .\lri. and Mr's. Orett Jacks and family, of Miountville; Mr'. and, Mrs. 'T. J1. Coleman and fam ily Mr'. and Mr's. T. E.L Colemiani and child, of near Wateirloo; Mi'. andl Mrs. J1. Y. Henjamiin and two daughiters of neai' 'Moun ivill e; Mr u. and Mr's. F. 1L Iirdxvn and boys, of Lauren'cis. Trwo A ward('s In Doll ('ontest Go to Y'oung A. R. P.'s Seceders scored ,heavy ini the doll contest whieh caiie to an end at Mfi teir Coimpany's stoi'e FrIday afternoon. Winers of bo0th second and~ tird i'z e.s were dlaughiters of A. R. P. pi'each ci's, the~ grandl prize, however, going 'o Lurienia PHorns, daughter of Mrs. R. .2. hIurns, c.f Barksdalo Station. The Recond~ pirize went to Margai'et Ken nediy, dlaughiter' of Rev. and Mr's. 1. N. Kennedy, of Or'a, and the thIrd prize to Elizabeth Byrd, dauighiter' of Rev. and Mi's. HR. D). livd, of Rock 11111, who are now visitin-g relatives in Ora. The fourth prize swent to Ethel Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WV. T. Moore, of this city. A large numbier of girls and their mothers were piresont Friday after noon when the contest ended and much interest was displayed. The judges wore Mrs. B. L. Jones, Mrs. L. 0. Dalle and Mr. Alinon Len. AID IS ASKED FOR HIGHWAY J. F. ,acobs, of Clinton, Hlea(s Delega tion Asking County Aid for Calihoun Hligliwy. OvIr. J. F. Jacobs, of Clinton, headed a delegation of citizens from Clinton, Mountville, Cross 11111 and Renno which appeared before the board of comnty commissioners Friday in the in terest of the proposed Calhoun highway connecting the proposed LBankhead highway at Athens, Ga., with the proposed Quebec highway at Cheraw, S. C., a part of which line would run through the towns fepre sented by the various delegations at the meeting. Supervisor John ). \V. Watts presided at the meeting, Coni missioners Moore and Blakely being present. Mr. .Jacobi acted as spokesman for the delegations, providing maps of the proposed highway as well as naps of a proposed system of highways for the entire county. The latter system call ed for approximately 250 miles of road including the high)vays already luilt. In presenting the cause of the Cal. houn highway, Mr. Jacobs pointed out the advantages which would accrue to the county as the result of tourists passing through and said that people along the route in the county were willing to contribute rights of way, top soil, financial aid as well as teams and hand.,; if the county would render as sistance. In reply to the direct ques tion of %Jr. Jacobs as to what assist ance the county would render, Mr. Watts asked that a petition from in terested taxpayers 1with 'pledges as to financial aid and teams 'he secured and that after this is presented to the board it would be in a better position to say what it could do. lie said, also, that in so far as he was concerned he would he willing to use that section's share of road funds and place it on this proposed highway if the interested citi zens were willing for this to be done. Mr. Jacobs said that the ultimate object of the Calhoun hi-ghway asso ciation, with a membership nonv of ov er 2,000, was to have a hard-surfaced road, but that its present object was only a reasonably pssable road through .laurenas county at least. The cross ing of Saluda River was pointed out by -Mr. Watts as one obstacle to the route, but as to this 'Mr. Jacobs said that for the present the old 'Watts Bridge route to Greenwood might le made to serve. Cross .11111 representatives, however, said that they preferred the shortest route to Greenwood, the old (luestion of the proposed Pucket-t's Perry .bridge being brought up. Passive consent was givon, however, to a con sideration of the Ivey Bluff bridge ov er the Saluda which the county high tway commission had advocated as the shortest route between Laurens and Greenwood. the suggestion being made that a road be built parallel with thn Salutda from C ross 11111 tapping the main road between Waterloo and the river. Parents and ('hildren Warned Mr. G'eo. II. 1E1lis, chairu.mani of the groundls committee of the Blois TIerre Country ClIu b, has issued a warin g to pa rents who allow theirm child(1ren to risk thiemsel e&s out too far ini the d (eeper part of the lake. lie dilrectedl specil at tentilal to thle depth of thle lake immeudilately op posi te tho -boat landinug, where several children have already na rrowlyv avoided danger by t helir ventu resomeness. The wvater there, lhe said, is nearly seven feet dec1p and clild(1ren shouldi ho kept out of it. The club has <provided a special place for child(1ren uip the stream. I tere a w ire- fence has been erected, the water not being over 28 inches deep) in any place. Rajlly D~ay at Warrior .Rally l)ay exercises are to lie held at Warrior Creek Ilapti1st church Sun day, Jutly 1 0th. T'very member of the church is expected to be present and peoplo of the community wvith their friends are cordially Invit ed. The pro0 gram e&will ibegin at 10 o'clock and, af ter the lunch hour, will be resumed at 2 p. m1. At Mt. Bethel School A minstrel entertainment will b~e .given at the Mt. .Bethel school house Saturday night, July 9th, by the Pop lar Spring base ball team, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. A hat-full of laughs is guaranteed for all who attend. An admission fee of 25 and 15 cents will be charged. Thle public ia inyited to attendl. LOCAL PLAYERS CARRY "SAND" TO OTHER TOWNSI Chester and Rock Hill to be Visited by Local Comipany Presenting .11Iss Dial's Play. "Sand," the play written by Miss Re becca Dial and given here several months ago by local players, will be carried to Chester and Rock Hill Thursday and Friday of this iweek in the interest of the South Carolina It literacy 'Commission. The main ob ject of the trip is to present the play before the teacher's summer school at Winthrop College, where 'tiss Wit Lou Gray, supervisor of Adult Schools, hopes to impress the assemibled teach ers and leading educators with the imi portance of the work which the play emplhiasizes. Club women in Chester have also been interested in the 'play and a stop will be made there and a performance given Thursday night. The play will he 'given by practically the same cast which gave such an ac ceptable performance in this city and several nearby towns last winter, al though several changes had to be ma(e niyere it was'not convenient for mem .bers to make the trip. Besides Miss Dial and Miss Gray, the following will compose the party making the trip: 'Miss Rebecca Lake, who takes the part of Mrs. Sam Anderson in the place of her sister, Mirs. Joe PhInny; Mirs. 13. F. Owens, of 'Dunbarton, formerly ilss Sarah 13olt, of this city; "Miss Hattie Gray, who takes 'Miss Virginia harks dale's 1place; Miss Anna Prentiss, who takes .liucia, 13arkslale's place; 0. 1,. Long, St'anley Crews, AW. ). Aleng, Allie Lee, B. -1. Wolff, Jas. II. Sullivan, Wil l1am Gray, who takes Ri. T. Wilson's place, and 1Hastings Dial. The party will go by automobile from here to Chester and thence to Rock 11111, returning Saturday morn Ing. CIVIL 00OURT NEXT WEEK Jutdge F. It. (ary, of A bIeville, to Pre side at Term whieh Begins Monday Morning. The summer term of civil court will convene -Monday morning, Judge Y'. B. Gary, of Abbeville, presiding. Consid erable amount of work was left over front the last term of court, so it is likely that this term will last much of the tweek and it is probable that a two weeks term will be held. The jury commissioners have (rawn the following jurors for the first week: ITLaurens-W. P. Thomason, C. F. Honham, I. F. Jones. Yoings-,. S. Cook, J. 0. Garrett, Sam 'M. )rummond. Dials- -J. Y. Adalr, J. NI. Bryson, Z. Tl. K1nighlt, L,. L,. Templeton andl Jno.: C. Bolt. Sillivan 1N. \. l'urphy, .1. A. Craw ford, .1. it. l'lledge, S. C. Cook, J. 'W. Flening, .Jr. Waterloo-J. (E. Meianiel, .J. N. .Jones, Jones M. Miller, F. W. Culhert son, .1. Wade Culbertson. luinter--l. A. Cannon, Frank '. Young, Jno. A. Dav'enpott, . T. Wright, J1. Will '.\iilamn, Ii. E. lFincher, Rut ledge P., Adait'. C'r'oss II1ill ---10 P. H' oazman , 8, 1). ,laeks -iL. S. Jlohnsi~on, Wd. ID. Gletnn. Scuffietowrn -W. It. Anderson, W. 1I. .\cClin:ock. IIETIli)E;M (O3i1PANY CI'T STE'EL Pl'HI(EM P'residet (Grace Announc1t(e's Furl ther lRedutttIon, Effective Today. I ethlehemt, Pa., Jul -t13 . TIh e leth lohemn Steel company tonightt an notuntced futrthter t'educt itns in the priico of- steel, effective tomtorrtow. President 10. C. Grace of the comn pany in making the announcement saidl that "present manufactturing costs dot not in any sense 'xart'ant these reduc tions, but this cotmpatny desir'es to cotn tribiute even more than its full share to re'estash condlitions in the steel trade on what might be r'egardedl as a normal basis." Thte company t'ecently announced a 15 per cent reduction in wages, effec tive July 16. "The new :prices rei~tresent a t'educ tion of $4 a ton on bars, structural shapes, plates, skeip, billets, sheet bat', slaby andl blue annealedi sheets. $5 a ton on btlack andi galvanized sheets, $10 per ton on tin plate," said the an noutnceoment. Mr. Grace explalned that steel pric es htad not been reducted to pre-war 'levels because of increased ttrtigh~t rates and costs of material and lnahor CONTIN[NTS NE[D AN IJND[RSTANDING Must Remove Misappre hensions Says Harvey WAR COST U. S. A HUGE SUM Better Understanding Between Great Britain and United States Ias Al. ready Ell itnited Atlantic Ocean ii a Consideration for Naval Conflets. London, July 4.--Diplomatic repre sentatives of more than :0 foreign gov ernments were guests tonight, at the annual independence day dinner of the American Society of London. Anibas sador Harvey was the guest of honor. 'Lord Lee of Rarehani, first lord of the admiralty, toasting the guost re ferred to .Air. -lHarvey as "a foreign en voy to whom the muzzle of diplomacy had not been obtrusive." "Therefore," lie said, "both Britain and America could expect from hini open and frank coniinent upon Anglo-American rela tions." Referring, In his reply, to the re "ol of the American colonies, .r. iiarvey declared: "'Whetheir the territory comprising the United States could have been re tained is mholly superlative. But one fact is certain-ir George 111 had iS sued a proclamation even approximat ing in eloquent sincerity and appealing force that uttered the other day by George V, in his faithful endeavor to reconcile a nation, there would have been no ringing of bells in Philadel phia, 14~> years ago this night nor for many years thereafter." Ambassador Harvey declared the mutual helpfulness which all desired could not be realized until two g:ave misapprehensions had been removed, one of which pervaded Europe respect ing the United State,s and the other perniating the United State.s a.i to Eu rope. "I find In lEurope the common liii pression that the United States alone among the nations of the world." lie said, "is today a land of milk and honey where people not only are uni versally prosperous, though recalci trantly discontented, but are rich beyond the traditional dreauis of avarice. You hQve only to supple ment the fancy with a suspicion which I find not wholly lacking, that all this opulence and this happiness are direct results of the great 1war, to account for the wholly' natural sense of resentment. "What are the facts? Did the United States really profit from the war to such a degree as to make Ilie lives she sacrificed seem to the cynical and sor did mind relatively insignificant?" Anlbassador tIlarvey proceeded to (ite the trenendously increased na tional debt, the congressional appro priation for 1920, and the eavy in (0ome taxat ion. lie added:'~ "ini(0 dalars, thle cost t oAmeri'ca of lier' ar'ticipatiotn ini thle wat', when'i finiallyvcomputedl will fali not1 30 ver farI lot short of the entir in denm niy po ermta ny. I lmak e no comn pa risons. T1here has been too much of t hat already. No good can come now when wc all are striving to get together' in comnmon pitrpose for th e tommltion weal, fr'om disputin g overu lhe relative sizes of the contributions to the grecat cause. "ThPle thro men swvir'ling downi the Nia'.ara r'iver did niot pro'ifit byv drop1 ping their paddles to qtuarrtel over lie (distance to the fal ls-they' siuc t'erded only in miakin~g their fate certalin. let its in a positiont hardly less perilous not emulate t heiri idiot ic example." i'Te ambhassador' said the stagger ing pre'(sent cost and the~ gr'eat llprice must be p~aid by the nlext generat ion friomi those ctrtie s wihih had been so pitilessly dlenudled of the~ flower or their youth, w~ho were relied upon to ('arrty on. "Nothliing coul d be fitrtthier from my thoughts or mtore repel lant toI thle in stinct of any A merican tha:t ;.o mecas uire money against tmen," he wvent ott. "My sole purpose is to win fair' eon sidleration ft'om any who may have overlooked the fact that the Uiflted States, along with Europe, has her futll shai'e of material burdens to b)ear for scores of yeat's, In addition to hor grief at the icalcutlably .greater loss (ContInued on Page Four.)