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VOLUMt XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921. NUMBER 6 MMY LOS[ LIMES IN HOTL FIRE At Least Twelve Perish In Macon, Ga. ONLY FOUR BODIES FOUND As Result of Fire Thoug.t to have OrIginated in. Drug Store jiasement, Big Loss of Life and Property in Macon, oa., Hotel Building. Macon, Ga., Aug. 2.-Work of ex ploring .the ruins of 'the Brown House, which was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning and where more than a dozen bodies are 'believed to -be burled, stopped at sun down tonight. Building Inspector F. Joe 'Bisliol), In charge of the hunt for .bodies, an nouncled that the search will be re Sumed at de'liint ton-mirow morn Ing with a force of 100 convicts from the county and city chain gangs. "We will know before noon," he sald, "Just how many bodies are in the debris. We expect to find at least 12, possibly more. I can al-I most put my -fingers on the spot where I believe there are -two bodies." Coroner Lee Wages announced this afternoon that the coroner's Jury had concluded that an explosion of es caping gas In the basement of the Brunner Drtu; company caused the fire. The blast cut a hole through the hotel from the basement to the roof, tore out the stairways and wrecked the elevator after driving it upward. Fire escapes at the rdar of the build Ing were envelcoed in flames an In stant later and fire also was burst ing from every 'window in -the big -brick structure. It 13 understood thatiW0g"-A marishal will arrive het e in th'e nor-t.. Ing to aid In the investigatitn' that is 'unday away. Facts obtained by 1 cal city and county officials and .the state fire marshal Will be laid be fore the Bi1bb county grand Jury at its next session- , Tonight, when Work of exploring the ruins of the burned hotel stol) sped for the night, four bodies lay in a local undetaking establishment, only three of which had been iden tified. B1ight persons were in the Macon hospital suffering from seri ous burns and broken bones received from the fire and in Jumping from second and third floor windows. Three other persons, whose na-mes have not been obtained and who are known to have Jumpled from the -blazing structure, were attended by private- physicians and left on the train for Atlanta during the fore noon. The list of known missing mounted tonight to seven, but there were many inquiries from all parts of georgia for perons whom it is foarI were In the hotel. Hobrace Weems, clerk at the 'Browvn House, son of the proc)rietor, Said that 88 of t,he 97 rooms in the hotel weore fillied, some with twvo beds in each r~oom. lie said that there werep( more than 100 guests, many of them tour i Sts wvho 'ivere passing through the ci-ty. Thei tourists are the ones that atre causing the most concern 1o cally, for there is no way to0 obtain a check on them, the hotel register cc ing deQstrPoyed in the fire. Th'lous~ands of spersons wiatlcedI lie fire and( islted the scenle thirough out the day. 'They refused to givie up their vigl even after a thiunderstorm 'broke over them and rain began to descenid in the late afternoon. There was nothing left but a black ened br1ick ivall at the front arnd jaggod columns in the center of the structure. 'The entire side wall on the Plub street side had been com pletely dlemoliIshcd b~y the force of the explosion and b~y the colla-pse of the floors.. Only a small section of the orig Tialbultiing, built long -before the Confederate iwar, renmained intact, with floors still clinging to the side wails, althourgh the ceilings had fall en. It' was in exploring one of these lediges, this morning that firemon came upon tivo bodies, One of which was identified as John L. Collins. The other body, .which lay only a few' feet away with bands clasped -and out stretched, has not been identified. The unidentified man is that of a person weighing 200 pounds and above five FRANCE UNVILS MONUMENT TO U .S. DOUGH!BOY8 Marsral Foch, Louis Barthou and Em. bassador Merrick Participated. Be. sides the Speakers Many Notables Present. Firoy, France, Aug. 21.-Lorraine's monument to the American Expedi tionary Forces, the dedication of which was one of the principal objects of the present visit of the American 'Legion delegation to France, was un veiled here today 'by the legion's rep resentativos in the presence of the whole coontryside. Marshal Foch, Louis Barthou, minister of -the liber ated regions, and Ambassador Herrick -participated in the ceremonies. The people of Flirey, who all speak more or less English as the result of their long association with the Americans who held the sector, were deeply af fected by the memories the unveiling brought up, laughing and crying by turns as they exchanged greetings with their American friends, and in tently following the press of the exer omes. The legionaires carme "in autoino biles from Metz, stopping on the way while Major John G. Emery, national compiander of the American Legion, who served in the First DIvision in the war, -placed a wreath on the grave of Lieutenant Jefferson 'Felgel, the first oileer of the First Division killed in France. Major Emery himself re ceived from -M. Barthou the insignia of commander of the legion of honor and from .Marshal Foch the war cross with l)a'Im, in recognition of his hav in- been wounded during the fighting in the Argonne, and being cited in American army orders, Piesident iiarding, General Pershing, Ambassa dor Herrick, Major Emery, Marshal Foch and M. Barthou were created honorary citizens of Flirey. The monument unveiled today, which is a blunt, obelisk-shaped shaft, bearing base reliefs of "two dough boys" with appropriate inscriptions, ttfltids beside thwe-ftd, faeing .te vil !ago between the village and the old fighting front. From the monument the trenches and entanglements of the former bttle' lines, are still visi ble. Flircy itself, where every house was destroyed in the war, -is now fully half rebuilt. Besides the speakers, many notable Persons were present, including Am bassador .Jusserand, Major General Henry T. Allen, commander of the American forces of occupation; Geo. W. Wickersham, Mrs. Douglas Robin son and Mrs. G. M. Minor, president general of the Daughters of the Amer ican 'Revolution. Major /Eimery brought the mayor of Filrey an au tographed photograph of President Hlarding, inscribed: "To the people of Flirey, with cor dial greetings from the United States to France." This will hang in the one-room wooden shack which at present serves Flircy as city hall, school, ,iostoillce and telograph olice. After the ceremony the represenia t i,ves of the legion went to Et~ain, the hiome of former Pridencit P'olicare, to dleicaite ai monument to t he e'ivil l.:ms there who were executedl bly the Gerumans. iThe former pres Id(ent re eelved( themi in person. f et ( ljit lnc hes in height.I ii's hair was blackl. Fl 'iremen workIled conltinuouisly on the blaze fromi 15 o'clock this morn ing until late in the afternoon. Tihey wvere recailled( to the scone at 'i:3 o'clock when flames broke out again in the ruins, it was this heat which caused the, :iecond fire, lBtilding Inspector Bishaop statedl, that caused the abandionment of the hunt for blodies tonight. iHiarry Swansherg carr'ied a $1,000 dliamondl, his 'gold wvatch and a wallet withI a ibig sum of money, leaving his clothing bhehind, when he leaired from a third stor'y window, sustain ing injuries whIch later caused his (leath, lHe clung to the ar'ticles namedl(( (lolldeliered them to a doctor' at the hospital with the injunction: "Call my -wife from Atlanta; I must see her before I die, but if I (110 befou'e she arrives, give these to her.," T1hen Swansber'g, surrounded1 'by a small' grou'p of veteran engineers and condluctors at the hospital, criedl con tinuously for "Boss, hoss". That, it was learned, nyas the favorite 'term ho used in addressing hnis wife, Swansberg died at 10:56 this mornIng. Is wife arrived hero at 12:20 this afternoon. VOTERS DIVIDE Bond Issue for Filtiation Sy Sewerage and Streets are The voters of the city divided yes tenday on the three bond Issues placed before 'them by the City Fathers. The issue of $70,000 for water "ildrove ment, includin'g a filtration plant and settling basin, was voted down. The issues of $20,000 for sewerage exten sion and $35,000 for streets carried by small majorities. A comparative ly small vote was cast. Superiltendent Philpot, of the wa ter and light department, stated after the election yesterday that tile suC cessful outcome of tli sewerage bond election Iwould be of no besefit to the Laurens M-ill village as, without the extension of the water system con templated in the water extension bond election, the water neessary for the sewerage system would be lacking. The election went off without any untoward incidents, very little inter est being outwardly manifested. The women turned out In considerable numbers at some boxes, it being esti mated that they cast nearly one-eighth of the votes. The following are the results of the three elections: hIfEIEVE ALL MILLM WILL 800N BE RUNNING No Troops will be on Guard Duty in North Carolina When Mills Start. Concord, N. C., Aug. 21.-Along with the prospect that every one of the eleven textile mills in this county closed down by the general strike June 1, will be in operation again 'before the week closes, there Is a growing general belief that the three companies of national guardsmen on duty here the past week will be with drawn within the next two or three days. TV -was officially announced today tbat, in accordance with orders from Adjutant. General Metts no troops would be oi guard duty at the various mills when they start tomorrow morn -ing, not even at the three mills of the 'Cannon group, which are to resume operations Monday for the first time since June 1. liowever, tile -troops will remain on hand, according to tile announcement, pendll-ln further devel opments, ready for any emergency. Following tile opening of the Frank linl, the Oaba rrus and tile Gibson mills tomorrow, tile Norcott and Brown mills will resume operntions sonic time dur ing the week, according to announce ment made today by the management. rhese -flve mills are the only ones closd by tile gcntal strike which iaVe not beeln reopened. Sheriff C alI Spears, it became known today, has notified Geleral Metts that le believes trools will not be needed at the mills tomorrow morning, an1d it is earned from of ficial sourcees that tile military forces, whil0 still her, will n1ot be 1sedl agalin uniiless dlisordier,; develoip. Mlrs. II. 0. Martin M rs. Mar~y Sandersi M\ar inl, wifte of lI. 0. Martin, mietnherci of the city po lice forc'e, (lied at her home onl ilolmelIs 8t :-et Sundady afternloon ablouit six o'clock. Mrs a. .\lain il asfl sudenly si iik en while sitting on thle piaziza and dIied1 before re vi v Iing (consciou: ness. She was lburild Monlday after noon at Frjiindshill ihiptist (churchh, the seirvices blin g (0ondu Ccd by itev. Ii. C. Martin, of Watts Mills. Mr's, .\ar tin avas 25 years of age ad a niative oIf I.inlion (ountaly. While aL residnt Of iFounta in i nn, she jolnedl the liptist chlrch l and 111(etaid h101Ier memberaship there unti thI Ile t iae o f her deathI. She is survIved by her hulsba1ndl and six small child(1ren, thrnee boys and thlree girls, the oldest of which Is ii years of age. 4)eallh of ia Chailud Eliziabethi lramulett, tile five year 01(1 daughter of Mr. andl Mrs. Carl IBram iett, died at tile hlome of her parenlts alonday after a ahidi liiess. 'rie fuan erail was ihld at the 'Laun s cemle tergf yesterday iafternoon. TIhe child( had b~en sick but a tow days and its ulnexectedl deaith wvas a shock to the neighbor~s and friends whlo had learned to loxe her on accounnt of her swveet dlisp~ogftion. Messrs. Mills Uunter andl ILudie Wasson leave today by Ford roadster for Hlendersonville, N. C., to enjoy the mountain breezes and see the sighlts for the rest of tho week. ON BOND ISSUES stem Lost While Issues for Carried. Votes are Close. Water Bonds Yes No Ward 1 - ............8. 31 Vnrd 2 --.--......... 8 26 Vard : -............73 6 Ward 4 ............. 6 26 Ward 5.. ............29 46 Ward 6 ................ Total --.--..........142 151 Newerage Bonds Yes No Ward 1 ---.......... 9 26 Ward 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. ...1-1 20 Ward 3 . ............74.5 Ward 4 ..-.......... 6 25 'Ward 5 ..............32 42 Ward 6 --...-........16 20 Total ..............15.1 .138 Street Bonds Yes No Ward 1 ............... 25 Ward 2 -............15 19 'Ward 3.. ............73 5 Ward 4 -............ 6 25 Ward 6 ..............27 45 Ward 6 ..............17 19 Total ..............147 140 BERGDOLL ESCAPE CHAIRGD TO ANSELL House Committee Charges ActJag Ad. vocate General and Army Offilcors with Conspiracy to Effect Draft !Dader's Release. 'Washington, Aug. 18.-Samuel Til den Ansell, former acting judge advo cate General of the army and of the prisoner's legal counsel; Colonel J. E. Hunt and Colonel G. C. Cresson were charged with conspiracy in con nection with the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft dodger, In a report - aigned 'by three of the flve members of a special Investigat ing comm-ittee, filed -today, 'with the house. Characterizing Ansell as "the mas ter mind" in the plan by which Berg doll was relcased from a military prison under guard to dig up a pot of gold, the majority report recommend ed tht he be disbarred from practie ing in the courts of the nation "above whose safety and Integrity he has placed gold." A minority roport filed at the same time 'held, however, that .there wa soc testimony to sup)ort the charge that Ansell, through 'whose ef forts as counsel the prisoner was re leased, "conspired to effectuate his escape," or that his motive was im prop'er. One Republican --- Reresentative I uhring, of Indiana.-and two Dem wwrats, .Johnson, or Ketuecky, and Flood of Virgin ia, signed the ma jorley repiort. The minority views were reented by Cha irman 'eters, thur', Oregon, lipubllicanis. 'Thie ma jority mndhag wvas the first of thie mni~uy inives Ii'gating r'eports submit ledi to the hon ue since the close of the wVar, where a ileiblicaan membe'r them11 to ille majoritIy views. land 'Hergdloll, millionalre draft dodger', now supposed to he in (Ger noany, is writing a hook about his es cape from thle Amne riun il itairy aui TPhis wvas revealed today in the repor't. of t he house commni tteeC, which investigated hiis escape. i'0x cerptsa from a letter from Bergdoill to his mot her in Il'h iladelphia, which was initerce(pt ed, are(' icludied in thle relpott. These conclutded Bergdol l's chlarges that there were several grafters Involved in hisi: case who i-hlould( ble e ):osed(. ''We are writIng a book which gives awvay the swhole swindle from heginnlng to end,"' Bergdoll w ~rote from Fchorach, Glerma ny, "and the American p~ublie will wvake up when they read it in the near future. We madle the Amnerieans look like a hunch of hioobis before the whole world. They arec all laughIng at t hem.'' Violin C'oncert at MIernia School A violin eoncert wVIlI he given at Morna school hou se Th ursday nIght, August 25th, at 8:30 o'clock, by Prof. Raymond Ray assisted by Messrs Reidi 'and Hunt. All of Greenville City. OLD 80LDIE ItS HOLD REUNION Annual Reuniionl of Co. F, McGowan.c's Brigade, Held at Langston Church, Saturday. The annual reunion of Co. F, Four teenth Regiment, S. C. V., McGowan's Brigade, Jackson's Corps, was held at Langston church, nine miles east of Laurens, on Saturday, August 20. The company was calle-l together in the church. Geo. M Hanna, chairman, presided, and W. B. Clark ac;ed as secru.vay. "Revive Us Again," ws sung, after Which J. L. Sinpson was asked to lead in prayer. The song "America" was then sung. The minutes of the business meeting of the last reunion were read. The muster roll of the compny was calleol and only three were found present: Geo. M. Hanna, 11. -P. Blakely and Johmn M. Hopkins. I It is thought that about eight of the veterans of Co. F, still live. t C. A. Power and F. P. McGowan made interesting addresses, reciting the Justness of the South's cause and I the sacrifices that our fathers and mothers made In defending the prin ciples of the new Confederacy. -Resolutions of respect to the mom ory of R. W. Taylor, N. C. Snead and J. Wilson Blakely .were read -by Vet eran Geo. M. 'lanna. Survivors of o&tler commands of C. t S. A., 'present, are as follows: W. D. Watts, Co. .' 3rd Battalion. I It. J. Copeland, Co. 4th Battalion. J. N. Brown, Harnpt... Legion. P. P. Woodruff, Co. B, 18 S. C., Hampton Legion. R. -P. Adair, Co. A, 13 'Reg., Mc Gowan's Brigade. J. P. Caldwell, Co. C, 14th 11eg., I MoGown's Brigade. t M .M. Flemin-g, Co. G, 'Briars, Ker- 9 shaw's Brigade. t B. Murf Hill, Co. D, Kershaw's Bri gade. J. L. Simpson, Co. 4, S. C. State Re- C serves. J. F. Waldrop, Co. E, Cavalry. J. 0U. Mock, Co. E, McGowan's Bri gade. T. F. Milan, Co. F, 4th Reg., S. C. State Troops. J. H-. Abercrombie, Co. D,, 4th Bat., I State Troops. Isaac W. Adair, 4th 'Batt. S. C. Re -erves. 1W. A. Simpson, Co. F, 4th State Troops. After "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" was sung, the assembly re paired to the grove for dinner. Sev eral hours were pleasantly spent. Vet- ( oral J. D. Mock thanked the ladies in behalf of the old soldiers present for the kindnesses shown them at this re union. The next reunion will .he at the same place August 19, 1922. The following resolutions were read by Chairman Geo. M. I anna: Whereas,- God in His infinite wis dom and mercy has seen fit to remove from our midst three of our beloved members since we last met, namely: t It. W. Taylor, N. C. Snead and J. Wil son Blakely, therefore, le it resolved: Filrst, TI'hat while we shall greatly I miSss t hese dlear' comrades, we how I liihumby in submissoion to iilis will, recognizing that lie doeth all t'r:Ings; well. Second, That a COPY of thmes' reso lutions be sent to the family of each 0f th1ese deceased membersWI as a mues sage of love, r'espect and sym pa thy. Th ird, That these resolutions he0 re ('orded in our: minutes and a copty be 1 sent to our I'COunty newvspapers for pub-- t liention. Mr1s. 11. Earile Goodin Mrs. Annie L. Gioodwvin, wife of R. Earle Goodwin, a son of Sen. 0. I'. Goocdwin, of thmis county, died -at the Steedly Sanitarium, Chick Springs, Wec~lfdnesda afternoon, The bmody w'~as b)r ought 'here for' burial and interred in the Laurens cemetery Thursday af terntoon. Mi's. Goodwin was tavice married, her' first husband being the le Mr. S. T. Taylor, of Laurens. 'le fore her marriage to Mr. Taylor she wvas Miss Annie L,. Sexton, a sister of1 Messrs,. J.). and Robert Sexton, Be sidies her husband, the dleceased Is sur v'ived b~y two sons, Roy I'. Tfaylor, of Gr(henvile, and J. Randolph Taylor, of Splartanmburg. Rev. Ranini Hoe Rev. Chas. F. ilankin, former Ipastor of the Presb~yterlan church here, spent the~ week-endc in the city) and occupied hisi fornmer' puilpit at 1)oth the morn lng and evening servIces Sunday. A large congregation greetedl hIm at both services and listened to two ins'piring sermons, GOV[RNOR TA(ES NEWSPAPERS TO ThAK Dutraged at Charges of Lawlessness PIAPERS SHOULD FURNISH CLUES M'inks that Newvsapers shiould Give Specific instances of Acts of Vie. lence. Says He Is Trying to Find Out, ''ruth About Matter. Columbia, Aug.19.-Smarting under he charges iade in different South iarolina newspapers the last week hat South Carolina had 'surrendered o mob violence, Governor Cooper re urned to Columbia today from Paris lountain, where he is spending the ummer and Issued a statement tak ng the newspapers 'to task for their itterances. "These papers virtually charge that mob of armed citizens has defied the amw and the oficers," says the Gov irnor, "has been holding up citizens in the 'pu-blic highways and search ng trains, and no steps have been aken to prevent It, I am assured that ome one connected with these pa >ers is in a position to give specific nstances of such acts of violence. I Lave endeavored and am now endeav ring through the only available chan Leis to find out the truth about these aatters. I did not deem it advisable to pub ish in the daily -pa)ers that an inves igation would be made and the per ons who violated the law brought to rial; but since the newspapers are etermined to have a newspaper trial, feel compelled to ask for my (lay In ourt." The editorials to which the gdver or took exception were published in 'ho State (Columbia), the News ann 'ourier (Charleston), and the Record Columbia.) These editorials dealt v.ith the so-called "hide and seek" olicy of oficers who had chargeof he prisoners who confessed to killing Villiam Brazell, in Lexington county, outh Carolina, on Sunday night, Au ust 7, and the activities of the mob a Augusta and near Columbia. Two f the prisoners were brought to 'harleston from Savannah last Sun ay morning and lodged in the 'haileston jail. Sunday night the train n1 which Sheriff Roof, of Lexing on was returning to Columbia, was nvaded by members of the mob three idles below Columbia. Five armed n1emlbers of the mob with masks over heir faces passed through the coach a which Sheriff Roof was riding. A epresontative of the Colunbia State nd also a representative of the .harleston Now and Courier were on his same train. Another train was one through by a mob this same vening only a short distance away. f the newsp9apers are unable to make ;ood theiir charges, the governor pre umes they will apologize, lie says: Wants Inaformatnfioni "As governor of the state I call up in every citizen, and1 espe'cially the ewsipaapers,. to furniskh me any ini Ormlat ion wivchl wvillI enable the iprop 'r cilicers to ascertain who compoed~ he perisonnel of any moh 0r aissemf ilg:e of persons in connection wvith he Birazell murder case. If the neCws mpuiers who have made the charge hat ., state government has abdicated and surrendered to the mob ar un t - Plo to make goodi the chariges, Iwhich hey miak1, 1 presu me, of eonuse, that hey will make due apology to the tate which they have slandeored. If hey enn fitrnishi the information de ired0(, thoy shiould have (lone so andl :iven the legal authoritiles an oippor unity to act before charging them lithI indifference and inactivity."' The statement fur'ther says: "It is not out of place in this con mection, to say that the chief diflecul y which the oflcers interestedl seem o have had in (ealing with the throat ft mob violence was the fact that the towsepapers published to the wvor'ld very movement of the oflicers, and hereby enabled those who .would (10 'jolence to the law to have the ad anitage of advance infoirmation. When here ecemed to be0 danger' of violence o iprisoners in logal custody my first oncern naturally, uwas to prevent any et of violence. The sheriff of Lexington county, vhere this horrible murder wvas comn (Continued on Pago Eight.)