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its VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, NUMBER 15 fORMR W4flIROO MAN SLAIN MONDAY Shot by Negro at Home Near Allendale NEGRO DIES AT MOB'S HANDS Eugene P. Walker, a Former Resident of Waterloo, Shot and 1iled by Negro Near Allendale Following a Dispute Over Rents. Negro Lynched. News was received an the city Mon day afternoon that EIugene P. Walker, who resided at Waterloo, this county, fo seve'ral years, was shot and mor tally wounded by a negro tenant on Mr'Walker's farm near Allendale. The negro was later taken from the .hands of the sheriff by a mob of infuriated citizens and lynched. Mr. Walker married Miss 'Maude Smith, a sister of Mr. J. c. Smith. of (Waterloo. He was well known Iii the county, having lived at Waterloo for several' years, and was well liked .by .all who knew him. The news of 'his ,eath was a shock to his friends in .this vicinity. The -account of -his death and the strbsequent lynching, as taken from The State yesterday, follows: Allendale, Oct. 2.-Eugene P. Walk -er, a prominent farmer of Appleton, t dtbout four miles from here. was shot and instantly killed this morning about 10 o'Cpclc by a negro tenant named Jid. Kirkland. A mob .which t formed Immediately u'pon the hearing I of Jhe killing took Kirkland from 'Sheriff Bennett at Fairfax this after noon from Seaboard train No. 2, upon , 'which the sheriff was attempting to take the prisoner to Columbia for safe e keeping and takign him to the scene #of the crime in the center of the town of Appleton burned him, .the cre mation taking uplace about 9 o'clock tonight. according to reports. t The killing of -Mr. .Walker arose out i of a difficulty over a settlement for rent due Walker, some difficulty hav ing.been had between 'Mr. Walker and (Kirkland on last Saturday, it is said. t This morning .lr. Walker met Kirk- r land on the utreets of Appleton and demanded a settlement, whereupon teli negro drew a gun and shot him. The shot entered the .head of Mr. Walker and killed him instantly. The a negro attempted to make his escape, but was carptured about a mile from Appleton by a party of men who turned him over to Sheriff Bennett. In the meantime a mob was 'being formed all over the county and when the news reached the mob that the negro was in the hands of the sheriff and that he intended to spirit him away to Co lumbia every avenue of escape for the sheriff and his prisoner was shut off. 'Portions of the mob were at every station in the vicinity, it is said, even the bridge at Columbia being picketed. The sheriff took a roundabout route to Gibbons. S. C., where he 'boarded the Seaboard train wit'h Kirkland, making a detour requiring over five hours, .hiding 'him between two of the coaches. When the train reached Fair fax it was met by a mob of several hundred who boarded the train and searched every coach from the mail car to the last >Pullman in search of the prisoner. Hle was finally located and jumped from the train and tried to escape. ie was shot at several times and lilt, but 'was still conscious 'when the mob carried 'him through the country and reachied Appleton, the scene of the crime. The mob was as sem'bled at Appleton whIle the un conscious body of the negro lay in an automobile In the mi le of the street and then disappeared apparen'tly quiet with no violence evident. When the shades of the night had gathered, up on prevIous arrangements, it seems, the members gathered again and burn-I ed the ,body of the negro just on the' main thoroughfarO of the town. There was no excitement about the affair. It seems everything took uplace in a quiet, matter of flact way. No details as to the final burning could be learned, as all the mnembers of the mob were masked at Fairfax when the train was boarded and searcpked. Sheriff Bennett is -receiving un idtinted praise here on the manner in wyhtch he handled the situation heroe today, having used every means within his power to avoid thle results. It is -estimpred (6A1, ove~r 1,000 men were at goxbietme in~nbers of the mob here today, being scattered all over this BOTTLES GALORE SHIPPED BY TRUCK Anderson Firin Sends Seven Big! Trucks Over and toads Up with Bottles from Local Plant. Seven big trucks from the plant of the Anderson Coca' Coia Bottlins works came over from the Electric Dity last W dnesday and were "loaded to the gills'' with bottles to sulpply re rreshing drinks to the tired and thirsty of Anderson and the surround ng country. The Anderson plant is iianbged by Capt. Ralph J. 'Raner, a World War veteran, who has many 'riends in this city. An Account of the big shipment was )rinted In The Anderson (Daily Malil, LB follows: B3edeo'ted with banners advertising knderson's coming fair, seven- big rucks of the Coca-Cola Bottling com >any left Anderson yesterday morn ng for LAurens, S. C., where they went o bring to Anderson a load of bot les. The trucks made a circle of the msineso seotion of t'he city before tarting on their trip, and then adver ised the fair all the way to Laurens. "You hbuy -bottles in Laurens " ask d a reporter of Capt. Ralph J. Ramer. "Yes sir, we patronize the South larolina folks in every way we can," ,nswered Capt. 'Ramer. The bottles are bought from the maurens Glass Works, one of the com ng young industries of South Caro Ina. The local company needed bot Ls badly, and sent the trucks to ,aurens after them, bringing back a Atal of 14,400 Coca-Cola bottles. "With the Loresent good roads," Cap r.in Ramer continued, "it is not much rouble to send a string of trucks to 'aurens for the lbottles. It saves reight and while it deprives us of ro use of the trucks in. Anderson ounty for that day, it is really cheap r, I suppose, than having the bottles ent by freight. "Qj .qstioneds as to the number of ottles broken, carried 4firalte,,- each ear in Anderson, Captai ahmer says rat there are between six and eight ar loads of 300 gross of ibottles bought y his company alone each year. "Folks seem to think that a POP ottle is public property," said Cap tin Ramer. "You can't imagine how lany uses to -which -we.find our bot les put. Breakage, of c6urse, is high, t naturally would be, and then, thous nds of bottles ,get out of 'circulation'. Iome brew, catsle, wines, in fact nything that is put up in bottles is able to be setting serenely on some ody's pantry shelf, now incased in a oca-Cola bottle. Those 'bottles now oat about 4 cents in car load lots." "Great grief," exclaimed a by-stand r, "one would think you'd 'buy steel ontainers." "Glass Is cheaper," answered Capt.. tamer, "even 'with the breakage. 'ass is the easiest cleaned. In clean ng bottles, we use a caustic solution hat would take the skin right off 'our hand, and glass is the only thing hat will stand it." "But back to the )ottles. The TAul ens Glass works has been furnishing our bottles for a good while now. They nake them well, and besIdes being tble to patronize a South Carolina in lustry, we are indlependent of frei'ght ates, railroad strIkes, etc., in get ing them here. Owings Flower Show The premium list for the Sixteenth innual Floral Show at Owings has ten issued and shows the usual num >er of attractive premiums. The 'mhow s to be held this year on Thursday, %ovemher 3rd. The public is invitedI .0 attend and help the civic and honey >lent causes to swhich the proceedls Ire devoted. Bounty and other counties, it has been tated. iFugene 'Payton Walker, the slain nan, was a member of one of the most prominent families of this entire sec tion and was popular all over this state. Ills father, Capt. N. M. Walker, also of Appleton, was on his way to the Confederate reunion at Chatta nooga and was located enroute he tween Atlanta and Chattanooga, alnd infornied of the tragedy. Mr. Walker~ is survived by a wife and two sinall children, his father and mother and one sister and two 'brothber. The funeral services 'wfll be held here tomorrow and the inter ment will take place at Waterloo, the home of Mrs. Walker, aomo time to morrow afternoon. Mr. Walker was 43 years. of ago and prominent in all activities of his county and commu nity. ' . RESISTING ARREST NEGRO IS KILLED James Waller, Spartanburg County Negro, Meets Death at Hands of Rural Policeman Owens. "The said James Waller came to h1s death from gunshot wound received while resisting arrest and scuffling with Officer Owens over Officer Ow en's opistol" read the verdict of the coroner's jury empanelled to hold the inqueot over the -body of James Waller, colored, who died Friday from .the ef fects of a wound received from the pis tol of Rural 'Policeman Columbus L. Owens the afternoon before. The story of the killing, as told by the officer himself at the Inquest, Fri day afternoon, was that of.a gruelling hand-to-hand struggle for- supOen~macy in the control of the .polteePanh pis tol. After two shots had gone zvild.and the .men had fallen, to the ground and grappled with each. other time after time, the conflict was, ended when a third shot ploughed its way through the stomach of Waller and took all the light out of him. "I'll -go," he said, and Lhe rural policeman placed him in 'his wn car and brought him to a doctor n town. The shooting occurred about three niles from the city on the Enoree road. ,Ur. Owens had gone in that direction )n other business and came upon James 'Waller by accident. The first ime that' the policeman passed the iegro, the latter asked to be allowed ,o ride, but Mr. Owens epassed on with )ut stopping. The business of the of icer caused him to ride up and ddwn he road several times. Finally he mine upon the negro again at the rail 'oad crossing near the three mile rock. lailing the negro from his car, Mr. )wens put some questions to him as 4 .o his home and destination, as he said I t is customary for him to (o whenl he ( nects strangers whom he suspects.I night be criminally bent. In theI (oturse of the conversation, the negro ame down froii the rallorhd and .the )oliceman got out of his car. As they Lpproached each other, said the officer, io saw the negro unbutton his overalls I ind commence to work his hands into its trousers pocket underneath. Con- I .inued the officer, "I asked him what ie was doing in! his pocket. He said he l vas getting a potato. I looked farther iround and saw the handle of a pistol .n his hand. I said, 'You had better ,ive me that Ipdtato,' and reached over vith .my left hand, took his hand off ind took the pistol out of his pocket. As soon as I got his pistol out of his )ocket, he made a quick movement and grabbed his pistol and mine too. In tire Lussle, he jerked my pistol and it fired I Into the ground. The next shot twent|I rjut toward the right. Sonmo little time Intervened before the next shot was Ored. We tussled a good bit, falling to the ground several times. I got his pistol away from him. Then he grab bed me around the neck, both still be ly up, he still -grappling for my ,pistol. As ve caie up, he had pulled the pls tel around until It was between us. As we both grip~ped it, it went off. The ne gro then relaxed his grip and gave up. 'When abrought to the city and given medical attention, it was evident that dleatih was only a matter of time and Friday morning he passed aiway. Appearing before Judge 'R. C. Watts Saturday morning, Mr. Owens was re leased on $500 bond to appear for trial at the ?ilext term of court. SPECIA L ERVICES ATA AItT1ED log Special Services at First Pres byterian Church. Special religious services were be gun Sunday night in the First Pros byterian church, this city. The first night's service was in the nature of a ipreparatory service, thme sermon .be-~ lng preached by the pastor, Rev. C. T. Squires. 'Rev. J. 'H. Hlinderlite, D. IIX, of Gas tonia, 'N. C., arrived in the city Men dlay and preached the flrst of his se ries of sermons that night. Services will be conducted twice each day. A morning service will be held at 10:30 aind an evening service at 7:451. The services are to con tinue for two weeks. 'Rev, Squires has issued a general invitation to peciplo of all denomina tions to attend the services. Hallowe'0n at Shioh There w'Ill be a Hlallowe'on box supper, at Shiloh school Saturday night, Octo~br 29. The public Is in vited.,-. BOLL WEEVIL ' CAMPAIGN CONTINUED Further Meetings to be Held in the County This Week by Agent Troa. than. County Agent, J. E. Trevathan: to holding a series of meetings over Lau' rens county this week as a continua tion of the -campaign of last week. Methods of fighting the boll iweevil will be discussed. A plan for marketing "otton will also be exiplained. Following is the schedule of meet ings for this week: Tuesday, Oct. 25th: Shady Grove, 1 10:30 A. M.; Hurricane, 3 P. M.; Oak i lrove, 7:30 P. M. Wed3anday, Oct. 20th: Princeton, c 10:20 A ..; Poplar Springs, 3 P. M.; f Wount Olive, 7:30 P. M. Thursday, Oct. 27th: 0kom, 10:30 A. t XI.; Oakvile, 3 P. M.; Mt. Pleasant, F:30 P. M. -Friday, Oct. 28th: Dials, 10:30 A. M.; Ireen iPond, 3 P. M.; New Harmony, :30 P. M. All farmers living in or near any of I he above school districts ahould avail c hemselves of the: opportunity to hear t he boll weevil and cotton marketing )roblems explained, if they have not ret heard thesoe problems discussed. ADDRESME4FA) CIVIC LEAGUE hiss Maggie Garlington, of Greenville, Made Interesting Talk Before Local Civic League Friday Night. The 'Laurens Civic League, of which irs. J. S. Bennett is president, had Ls its guest last Friday evening Miss iaggie Garlington, secretary of the Voinen's Bureau, auxiliary to the hanber of Commerce, of Greenville.. 6iiss Garlington told in. interesting Lnd fasciatig style 'of the work and wlans of the women in Greenville, tmiphasizing the team work that char Lterizes the efforts of both depart nents in her home city. She told of L big enterprise, the plaus of which Lre being -projected. It -s td.iulld L memorial road or rather beautify the iighway from Gireenville to Greer, by t lanting on each side of it trees and oses atnd shrubbery, etc. This 'was :iven as an instance of what the wo nen may do toward pushing their owns along. As a native of Laurens, Jis1 Garlington atppealed to the wo nen here to take up more aggres ive measures looking to the upbuild ng of .the town and the county from a lvic standpoint. Following the address of Miss zarlinhton, the membership of the eague discussed a forni of memorial ,o be erected in memory of those who 1 )articipated in, the World War. The 1 neeting went on record as endorsing a novement in this direction. JURORS FOR CIVIL 00URT ourt to Convene First, Monday in No venber. Judge Melver to Preside. Jury commissioners met in the of rice of the clerk of court Monday norning and draw 36 petit jurors to ierve at the November term of the ourt of common pleas, which con venes Nov. 7, to continue two weeks. Tudige 'Edward Mclver, of Cheraw, is to presidle. Jur~ors for the secondl week will abe drawn next Monday. TIhe follow-ing were drawn for the llrst week. Laurens-R. M. Eicholber, Jno. 11. Power, Rt. CG. Smith. Cross illl-JnoifH. Atchinson, J. W. Ropp)1, T. T. :lun,. W. fi. Boyd. .Waterloo-JW. L. Jones, W. Carl WVharton, D. E. Pn~orson. Hunter-,-Earle WV. Workman, R1. Hi. Hfatton, WV. C. (Baldwin, it. 0. Young. iF, Jacks--R. E. Moore, J. F.t W~hitmir~e, M. .D). Milam, Bush R. Nabors. Youngs-aW. T. Cooper, E. J1. Sloan, J1. D. Johnson, A. C. Crow, R. L. Cooper. '&cuffletown-P. K. Abererombie, J. C. Wingo, Sullivan-M. L. ~MDaniel, J. F. Hall, S. P. Bolt, R, M. Bolt. IDials--R. Albert Gray, H1. E.2 Bolt, R. C. Owings, D). S. Mahon, D. C. Dal ton. MEETING CHI AMDER OF COMMERCE Meeting to be Held Next Monday Night In Peoples L,. & E.'Bank. Pres. U. R. Nickels, of the Chamber of Commerce, has called a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for next fMonday night at 7:30 o'clock. Busi ness of much importance is to bo transacted, -including the election of officers for another year. Mr. Nickels requests tliat the full membership at.. topid the 3meeting( CHATTANOOGA IS RFADY FOR VETS Jity Which Entertained First Reimion In 1890 Will Receive Warriors Again. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24.--This ,ity, where the first reunion of the Jnited Confederate Veterans assocap Ion rwas held on July 4, 1890, again, vill receive the veterans in annual' ncamanent on October 25, and not vithstading a recurrence of the year y predictions that "this will be the ast gathering of the Confederate trmy" ,. the- campaign for the 1922 re iilon is already under way. Gavan lah, Ga.,. wfioe city council has ap )ropriated $12vO00 for the Purpose of inte taining the old soldiers, was the Irst to ent'er the field for the honor. Although, t4me bas dealt kindly with he Confeder4a veterans, each reun on has madh it Apparent that his 'itallty is suvrendering and efforts lre being made fn many cities and owns to send ar many of them to his year's reunion' as possible. At anta, Ga., has undertaken the task if raising a fund of $G,000 with,.which o defray the reunion- expenses of ev ry dependent vetera-n, In the Atlanta listriot. Many other communities have dopted similar *methoda to swell the anks when the gray army iparades he streets of Chattanooga this month. While the veterans' parade each 'ear gives a pathetic- touch to the gath ring, the bridhter - sidb of the reun ns invariably 1)redomilt'es. The so lal events always are an outstanding cxature. Commanders of de'partnients, ivisions, brigades and camps appoint. Posors and maids of honor and ring them all to the encampments. 'Phe voteran always is the patriarch f the aissnemblage ad the honored uest of all occasions. Dancing the rirginia reel is one of his delights, .nd many still are able to go through he steps of the mfore modern dances. irequently the younger set takes a iack seat to permit the old- soldiers nd their .wives .to daned the polka, lie two-stvry or the "round" waltz. General K. M Van Z'/andt of Fort Vorth, Texas, comnandhr-in-clilef of lie United Confederate Voterns has ppointed Miss Martlia Dulaney Bach nan of Chattaiooga, (alughter of udge Nathan L. 1Hach1man- of the Ten iessee supreie court am'd griiand laughter of Dr. J. W. Bachman, chap ain of the veterans, as chief sponsor or the reunion, which carries with it he highest social honors of the week. 4aids of honor include Miss Alice Ri hard, of Lake Cabrles, La., Miss Eva lall, of Macon, Ga., and' Mliss Selene tountree, of Birmingham, Ala. General Nathan '. Forrest, of the ;ons of Confederate Veterans, which vill meet with the veterans, has lamed Miss Louise Bass of Chatta iooga, as sponsor in chief for the sons. While the first reunion of the veter mn., association 'was held here, initial ;teps in forming the- organization were aken in Now Orleans in the spring of 1890. Giener'al John Bl. Cordon was he leading spirit in the movement and to was nominated by Captain J1. Fc. Thipp, of Chattanooga, to be the first :ommander-in-chief. General Gordon vas elected and held the post until he led. General Stephen, D. Lee, Cle nent A. F0vans, George WV. Cordon and ?ieorgo HF. Harrison are others who have held the highest office in the >rganizat.lon. 'Rank conferred by the veterans' or ganization 'has no reference to rank heldi during the war. In answer to t recent qluery, Generay Julian S. rCarr', of Northt Carolina, wrote: "I am a lieutenant-general in the r~rganization of the U. 0. V. and I am commander of the Department of the Army of Northern VirgInia. Il was rt private in Lee's army. I woro no stars on my collar nor braid On moy sleeves, but I followed the immortal LeO to Apponmattox andi never missedl a roli call." Miss Jennie Henning Miss Jennie Hienning, an aged ladly, who has made her 'home in Lau rens for the past few years .with her sis ter, 'Mrs. Y. C. Hlellams, diled Friday night, and was laid to rest Saturday afternoon, followIng funeral services at the home, at the Laurens cometery, Miss Henning, a daughter of the late D. A. I4ienning, of Greenville and Lau r'ens, -was a most estimable woman annd 'had many friends here who re gret her death. 'Desides Mrs. Hollams she is survived by another sister, Mrs. Shanhionhouso, who also makes her home here twith Mrs, Hle~atn. ' COIJNCIL DI8CIJStS WTIR PLANTI ASAIN" Mayor and Adermao Smith Go to Washing n P4O DEPOSITS IN SINKIN(G FUNI) At Special Meeting of City. Cont' Monday Night Proposed B6fid Isstt for Waterworks Again Discussed. Mhiy Buy Pipe from Federal Goyrnia mont. At a special -meeting of City Coun cil, hfd Monday night, -further dis cussiom of the proposed bond issue for watrworks extension took place. BecaulAw of the uncertainty existing in regard" W the government piping which the city"Aopes to secure, a resolution was adAtet appointing Mayor Franks and Aliihrman Smith as a committee to -go to 'Washington and loot into the matter. Much di'cussion took place as to the status of'te contract between the iuldlow Ehtgiheerfng Company and the city. City Attorney A. C. Todd was asked for an opinion as to whether or not the'contract with the engineer ing firm was still bncing, considering the fact -tiut the first bond issue had failed of pitsage. Mr. Todd said he was not prepared to give an opinion without a study of the contract. With out going into the nratter thoroughly, however, he said' that there seemed to he talking poihts on broth sides. While no formal olij'ction has been raised against the- engineering firm, there seems to he well-defTned opposition to the firm from the sources engineering the new bond issue ir;)oitfoI. The coniract between the city and the engineering firm, as is on file nwith the city clerk, i's as folnawsg "We hereby ipropose and agree to serve as your consuiting, designing and supervisiirg engineers for the pro posed -water works improvement of your city. "We will fihst make the necessary surveys to secure- all the data neces sary and useftil for the proper study of the plant to ibring it up to a high siandard of efficiency and economy. Cased on these surveys and investiga tions we will' prepare and submit you complete engineering report covering the general outline of the proiposed I Im provemeirrs and estimate of cost thereof, all in suitabie form and sub stance for submitting the question of making the improvements to the vot ers. For this service our fee will be $250.00. It is arso understood and agreed that In the event the funds are pro vided for these improvements and you shall decde to make them we will continue to serve as your consulting, desi-gning, and supervising engineers to prepaxre detail plans of all the pro 1)osed work, adlvlse and assist you itn letting- all the contracts for the pur chase of the necessary materials, and give general engineerig supervision to .the construction of the works, in accordance wmith .the customary 'han dling of such Itprojects by competent and' exp~eriencedl engineering organiza tions. Our fee for this service to ho $2;iO0.00. "Respectfully submitted, "The Ludlow 19ngineers, Inc., "By (8) J. iL. Ludlow. "The abiove proposition of thed Lud tow F~ngineers is .hereby accepted' and aigreed to by the City of Laurens, S. C., this 10th day of March, 1921' (.8) "Joh n A. Frankas, Mayor." On ques~.on of Alderrtian milt'h, City Clerk Crews informed the Couna cil that there is no sinking fund to take care of the outstaitdng bonds. iMr. Crews stated that records of the city showed that the sinking ftund had been ignoredl in e'ot prr for* a num her of years. In rejly to Mayor Franks, Mr. Crews stated that the outstandling honds now amount to $71,500 andl that the sinking fund was due ap~proximlately $20,000. No action 'was taken on the matter, but senit, meat tendled toward providing foir the entire arrearage out of next year's taxes. Mr. (1. WI. Shell appeared before Council and asked that a license be fixed for a cotton and atock exchange office nyhich 'he sproposes to open, On.. motion of Alderman Irwin, the licengo 'was fixed at j25 per vaar.,