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cr - k VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1922. NUMBER 6 VRDICI Of MS[JG1 _ AGINST I Judge Wilson -Gives Eath 10 Years CASE APfEALED To HIGHER COURT After a Three Day Trinl Two Clin ton Men Charged With Murder ofI Hosea Martin Found Guilty of Main slaughier with jilecommendation to 3Iercy3. "Guiltylof manslaughter with recom Ineldation to mercy" was the verdict returned by the jury Saturday after noon at 5:45 o'clock in the case or the State against Luther 'lmm1ons and Mcnrce Willard, young Clinton 'men, Aried for their life last tweek in crim - inaal court for the death of City Po licemuan Hosea Niartin, killed on the night. of December 14 when Martin, in company with four other peace officers, attempted to intercelpt Timmnons and Willard on their return from the moun tains of North Carolina with a cargo of whiskey en route to Clinton. They were given a sentence of ten years lcach hy the presiding judge, John S. Wilson, and after a motion for a now trial was 'denied were granted bond hi the sum of $5,000 each pending an nippeal to th supreme court. Thus ended the first chapter In the strugglo Wvhich the two confessed Ii quor runners are mtting Ill) to gain their freedom fr'om the charge of mur der laid agaInst them iby the state. The next chapters iwill )e written as the ease progresses through the su-, preme court unless they decide to abandon their appeal and accept the verdict of -the lower court. Called for trial Thursday morning,, the case has attracted more interest than any ot'her trial in the county ini years, such crowds pressing into the court room on the first da9'of the trial that the -presiding judge had 'to nollid -ip the machinery of the court for 9ver a (uiarter of an hour at ope time un til -the bar of the court could be suf fleiently cleared to allow court ofll lals, jurors and witnesses to find seats and until. the doors and windows had been sufficiently cleared to allow pro iper ventillation. Many speetators were here from time to time from out side the county, among them being Chief of Police M. B. Chandler, of (Ireenwood, and Siheriff , I ugene S. NBlease, of Newberry. The .trial twas markedby sharp legal clashes from the time that Ur. S. C. Hays, ,flrst witness for 'the tate, was 'put on the stand until thedefense clos ed with its last witness in rebuttal. So hlicitor Blackwell was aesistel in the prosecution by J. .Robert -Martin, of Greenville, and'jiames H. Sullivah'anil Phil D. Huff, oek the local ,bar. The de fense was represented ' y the firm of (Featherstone & Knight, of the local 'bar, with W. R. Richey, ' associatc counsel. 'Mr'. Richey -wad unable tQ address the j'ury in 4tho case -when he 'wa oxpected to Saturday .morning on account of a ibereavement inihis family the night before. After the jury wp~s dismissed Satur day afternoon, It wats currently rum ored t'hat on the first .ballot six jurors stood .for conviction id various degrees ind six for acquittal. Bly a~ processof conmpromise and dissection of testi .nmony, the ratio was changed 60 that advocates of 'lon.ict-ion -gained~ a' de cided majority, but a resolute stand on the part .of. a small milnority lead to a report' to the presiding judge from the jury' that they were' 'hopelessly' dis agreed. After insti-upionso from the judge to deliberate' further, the mihori .ty was finally brought over by com promise to the verdict which' was bfinally rendered. The juryr remainedI out fo'r five 'hours and te'n minutes. 'It appeared early in the trial -that .the state would 'base its case ern the facts as related' in the testimnohy at the inquest, substantially in effect that 'either Timmons or Willard de Ilberately shot dowd~ tble police officer -in their .attempt to evade arrest and, that both,' in the absence ,of. a confes eonm, wore parties to the crime, The main plea of the' de'f~nhe wasI ,. Tat neithier Timimons nor .Will ard gigt 01) the1 nI~ht, of the 4ragedy~ bhtthat the 'death of. PoliensMa ?rtiry. was duie 'to a 0tray 'biutlt fired y1 one athe. jolice officers 'themselves,- 'thes intima- 1 1tion-by the.'itddMtetion of rirtrs' e"sperts ing thete strEiybull~t was bred by (ameos W, Oi'qWa;:Luroe qhibt IT[R R[TURN[D IMION AND WILLARD of police, who Was a ieimber of the raiding party. The defense's other contention was. that A1artin, a city po licenian, was without his authority in loing pol-ice duty on the county high way and that Timnons and Willard, al though -on anl unlawful errand, .were niot subject to arrest by him anfl that, wenl thoudh they had known who he vas, which they denied, they had 'the :ight to def'end themselves. It. is- said hat the latter plea had strong weight vith the jury in its deliberations. To substantiate -their case, the state ntroduced the examining physician on lie night\of the tragedy, Dr. S. C. ays, who gave the course of tile bul et from the leftabdomen1 in a slightly nelining direction to Its exit in the ,ear about four inches to the right of he median line, and the four othd* >flicers, Itural Policemen C. L. Owens ind T. 1). Abrams, and City Policemen [as. T. Crews and 1Robert Wham, nwo f whom testified to seeing the flashes rom the Tinnons car which -brought ,he deceased ofilcer to his death. Outside of -the general denial as to aking iart in the shooting that night ind the attempt to show the inprac icability of either of the defendants iaying shot with precision under the ,onditions as they existed when they )assed Policeman Martin, the defense ttempted to support its theory that tlartin -was killed by a fellow ofider )y proving that the bullet which kill d Martin and was later found in a ocal undertaking establishment came rom the same gun 'yhich fired the buil et found lodged In the back of the de endant's car the next morning. As Thief of 'i'olice Cri~vs admitted firing he -latter bullet th'e inference, though lever directly brought, out in the tes imony, was that he also fired the Mar in bullet. It was on this point that he greatest struggle of the case was ought. The two bullets were adlmit ed by .the state to be of the same cal bre, 45 steel jacketed, and that Chief 3rews fired such a -bullet on the night )f- the killing. But, the defense had he obstacle to overcome Qf a dissili arity in the 'bullets themselves. On Jhe butt end of the Martin bullet a let :er "U" was found imprinted, but here was no such letter on tile butt md of the bullet found in the Timmons .ar and admitted by Chief Crews as imving been fired by him. The infer 3nce of the defense nwas that sonic one Interested in Chief Crows' behalf, real izing 'the hazardous position of the itate, had willfully tampered with the Wfartin bullet by stencilling- the letter 'U" on it to make it different from tie other bullet. To lend color to this inference, the defense introduced four witnesses claiming export knowledge 3f fireavms and ammunition, including three ex-army. ofice's and,, a former ammunition dealer, who testified that in their emperience they had never known before of a 'bullet having any kind' of letter imprinted on the butt enid. !!Dach of them, alsontestifled that the flash of a amobkeless powder buml let, such as caused the death of Mar tin, was shorter than .that of the old fashioned black powder. and that a p~erson standing some distance ahvay 6oul4d not tell, as tihd police officers claimed in this case, from 'what direc bion the bullet was fired. The defense's . exper't Ibullet testi mony 'was 'introdtuced Friday morning. The state .evidently took advantage of the neon recess to' secutre further in formation odu the bullet question,' for dliring the aftern'oon, ll its re-direct examination of Chief Crews and Its introduction by reply of W. P. -Hud gens, local ammunition dealer, it sprang a sturprise by having these wit nesses oppn builets of the R'emington Arms Mu'nition Combany plainly sho'w ing ethe letter "U" imprinted on the butt end. Eeolying to a question fromn Solicitor Bllackwell, 'Mr. Hudgens itaid tfiat lie did not have'this kind of bul let 'in giock now ,though he had han dIed it at ~ne time. Replying to Mr' Kfifthmt, Mr. Uudgensewais tnable te say whether or npt Mr. Crdwa had mpde'- a puirchase of bullets of this makei and calibre from him previous the night of the hojnicide. Hie was now carrying, he said,Mnly 'thQ Western Automatic Arms Company shells o1 this ca~Ubre, Mr. Crows flajizi'g prei~ ously testified that this was the nigke of 'bullet which he- 'bought tror~n Mr. fibidgns some.. tinte last' ye~r, 'theet . (ontuued 6n Page Three.) 'HOND MONEY AltiIVES City Fathers Pay 07 Debts Made in A' ileiptill of Bond Stiles. City Council met in extra session Monday iight to dispose of 1part of the $55,000 water, sewerage and street bon1d finloney (which Was reecived from the puretasers last week. Mr. Lamar Sith tit, secretary of t(he 1liurlens Mill, had beeni askd to be present. with ian account of the money advalled by the milIl for sewerage and 4treet work inl the ilii village and lie was preent with a statement showing I total of around $31,000 expended. On motion of Alderman Dial the iayor 1u11d clerk were instructed to repay tile mil III(he eitire amount voted for sew %rage, $20,000. and approximately f9,000 fotr street work, Mr. Smith In limtatinig that It 'would he satisfactory Lo the imill to carry the balance and thle small amount neleded for (op)le tion of the work tiliIii it was convel en t for the city to pay it. At motion of Alderman Dial's was al ;o carried to reimy the Watts Mills tle 16,000 advanced for North Iarper itt.t work and also to repay the cIty's eneral fund $9.000 used on this street. With the $11,00 left inl the street )Ond iseIC antd the $9,000 carried to ie genleral fiuid, coul ci I(stiiates 1hat it will have sulicient fiuds to 0miuuplete tile work in view oin Iairlins, Ililirch, (ordon and Lee streets. WOXNI'S AUXILIARY ACTIVE Micees of Women's Auxiliary to .imer leani Legion Elected an Plans Made for the Future. The Wonen's Auxiliary of the Amer can Legion, which secured its charter Mly a ioith ago, is now a live and ac ivo organization boasting of a mom )ership of fifty of the wives, modtheirs and sisters of ex-soldiers. At a recent meeting of the auxiliary .he following officers were elected: Mrs. Dave Childrcss, president; 'Miss [Ieriy Wright, vice president; Miss Cebecca Lake, secretary,* and Mrs. J. D). 'M. Smith, treasurer. ,One of the plans of the auxiliary for lie future is to conduct a luinch stani :n. 'Satui'days on the court house r'ounds. The first of these stands met bvith considerable success last Satur lay. Mrs. Childress, presldent of the tuxillary,' expects that in the future :he lunch stands will furnish the neans for the auxilIary to carry on an xtensive program. CIVIC LEAGUE TO PLANT MORE FLOWERS L'1y Divided by Wards. Flowers in Large Nubers to be Planted. To make a good city better and a pretty city prettier, are the motives behind the Women's Civic 'League, who tfter making the Court -Hous grounds is attractive as, they are now, are planning to make the city at large as attractive as is possible. The league ha divided its activities atlong theso lines accordlpg to wards, each 'ward having a leader' and~ a ward flow'er. ' It is ipinnedl to hav'b the se bected1 flower in each ward -planted in large numbers. In Ward 1, wvher'e Mr'sr S. D). Chil dress was elected leadei', "Red Verbe na" has been selected as the flower. In Ward 2, "Nasturtim" has been agreed upon as .the flower, and the program there wvili be 10(d by .Mrs. M. 1I. Hun ter. No flowver has yet been chosen in Ward 3, butt Mi's. F. -M. Smit-h, its lead er, expects that planting wvill begin soon after a flower is accepted. Ward 4, led by Mi's. WVilliamn Solomon, will plant the "Petunia" and Wai'd 5, 'where MIss Sadie Sullivan 'ls leader, the "Salvia" will be planted. In Wir'd4 Mirs. Albert 'Dial was eleeted feadei' and the flower accepted Is' the "Pal sam" or "Touch-Me--Not". The ofmiers of the Civic 'League are: President, li's. J. S. Bennett; Vice President, iMrs. W. L., Gray; Secretary, Mrs. B. L. 'Jones; Treasurer, Mi's. J. N. Hludgens, and Publicity Chairman, Mrs. L. G. Balle. Mr;' Iamar' Smith, secretarf~ of the Laurens Mill, states that his compatny 'has set out 750 water oaks alonig the new sti'eets ,recently completed utnder' the village beautifying plan which his comipany -is carrying on. With the new 'houses,\new~ streets, shade trees and the interest which the 'people of Che community are already 'taking in a' "village .b'eautiful," Mr.. Siith 'pre diets t'hat 'in a few years th~e Laitrens iMill village 'will. be one of the pretti est epotp tj -the country. I'allh 3Mills 1aund wIll PlnyonPb lie isquare. Ily special arnentthe Walts .\ills Concer't lnd of mlore than11 thlir 0y i)eces will give a fre' (oncert in ILantren s next Sat urday afterinoon at 1 o'clock on the pblic sinIa re. 'I'he b'an1d, organ izedi several years ago, has e:irned an enIvi::bC reputa tion for' itsell as a musical org:iin tioni. iTnd1er the ieadershipl of i:rector W. S. Nickerson, wil) gained lutsi<-' rapu la ion n ll d proficiency wiWe vwiHI Sousa's all d, the Watts .1111 ! i en' ipromises to ,Com111ar11 favorhIv ivith the mlore widl(iy linowln orgizatiins. he'l following I prog"n has xeen ar ranged for tle tree 'coicert tihat will be givoeni next Satunrday: "larchl ---"ibevrty\ 'l-ads" 0. 1'. smith Overt ur ie--"Dit erin nator" ". ~CwellI Orieital--".\larch to Mecca", F'. l)ewcli Itariton e Solo- "True .ove Pol ka WV. 11. Ko ifo-. Trombone llag--"I'aggy Troimone' W. -11. eifer Oriental "T..... Phe Iajah" Stihern Serenade-"Minight 1Echoes" Ilialon h March-"Hattle of the Winds" lable NEW ('OUNTY AGENiT ARIMIIVES C. L. Vaughni, Who hals Had Wide Ex. perlIlee iI Boll Weevil Terrilory, Took Up Ils Duties .oinday. C. IL. Vaughn, an agriculturist of ex cellent training and varled experlience, has been appointd county agent to, Laurens county to take the place of J. E. Trevathan, who resigned receitly to take up coulity agent work in North Carolina, according to aninotincemen t just made by Director W. W. Long, of the 'Extension Service. In 'Mr. Vaughn Laurens secures an linusually strong man, who is in position to lead a strong fight against the onicomilng boll weevil in that county. Mr. Vaughn arrived in the city Mon day and entered upon his ditis imme diately. Ills oflice will be in the same room in the court house formerly oc cupied by Mr. revathan. Mr. Vaughn is a graduate of Clemson college in the clhss of 1915, 'and has had two ye'ars''experlence In teaching agriculture in 'Darlington county and in. North Carolina; one year's exper Cnce in county agent work in North Carolina; two years' ex)erience in cotton breeding work for a large South Georgia farm company; and two years' experience as county agent in Georgia in the midst of the 1boll weevil infes tation. iHe is therefore well fitted for leadership in agricultural affairs in Lau rens county under present. condi tions. , Having spent. several years in the Georgia boll weevil territory, Mr. Vaughn is particularly alive to the needs of farmers in the iresence of the boll -weevil. In his county agent vork in Georgia, he was very successful in arousing the interest of business mIen and corporations In heliping to fight the battise of diversified farming, and had much success eslecially with livestock work, sweet potato storage house %work, boys' club wvork, etc. SCHOOLS WILL BE AIDED) Rural Oraded Schools in Laurents County to Receive State Aid. ,RL. 'P. Wilson, County Superintend ent of Education, has been notified aby the State Departament of Education that all applfTations for state aid of rural -graded schools in *Laurens coun ty will be paid, probably before the end~ -of this month. I-n spite of this, however, several schools in -the county may have to close due to lack of funds, Mr. Wilson statedl, although lie was unable to say at this time howv many a1ndl which of the schools will be affected. . MRS. SUE MYERS Mothier of Mr. Boyce Myers, of This Qity, ied In Gastonia, Friday. Mrs. Sue Myers, iwidow of 'the late R. C. Myers, and mother of Mr. Boyce Myers, of this city, died at 'the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bolster, at Gas. tonia, 'N. C., last Friday, amn was 'buried in theo cemetery of that city. The deceased moved to Laurens from Greenville about 35 or 40 years ago and was a resident of this city up un tul a "few years ago, when the and her htuaband moved to Anderson, where Mr. IMy'ora (lied abotut three years ago. T1ho deceased was 78 years old and leaves six children, three sons and three ,daughters. Site wg's a good 'woman, and the older people 'who knew her deeply sympathize 'with these left behind i1 their sorrow, C. E. PAlKii)It )EA1) $on-ini-Lai of I. It, Itichey Died 8ud. deily in IBlriingiami Early Satur. day Morning. News was received in the city Sat urday morning of the sudden death in Birmingham, Ala., of Claude E. Par ker son-in-law of Mr. 'W. It. Richey, of tis city. .r. Parker, who fwas oil a tou r of inspect ion or government l'iii(lings, arrived at his hotel in Birmingham Friday night complain ilg of what physicians calleI In to see him diagilosed as acute Indigestion. -lie showed signis of recovery, however, and was left in his room with medi cine to take. A hotel clerk going to his room later.-In the night found that he had passed away. The reimaiis were ;brought to La rlens via 'Clinton Sunday morning and Snday afternoon interment took Vlace in the LI4llrens cemetery, sdrvic es being conducted )y Rev. C. T. Squires, assisted by local ministers. Among those'attending the services was a representative from I the office Iof -the superviing architect in Wash ington, the office force also sending a )eautiful floral wreath to place on his grave. Mr. 4Parker was an insipector out of the oflice of the supervising architect in Washington and 'held a reSponiSi ble position with the government. While supervising the construction of the local post ollice 'building a few years ago he married Miss Annie Richey, of this city. Sinte that time the nature of his profession has pro vented them from living here very much of the time, but by occasional visits lie had retained many friend ships which were made during .hin residence here. ie is surviv'ed by his widow, who was visiting her parents here at the time of his death, and two children, besides his father, Robert E. Parker, formerly of Washington and Virginia ibut now a resident in Neov York with one of his daughters. ANNOUNCES FOR RE-ELECTION ~Supervisor " Watts -States Deciniitely That lie Will be in the hiace This Siummer.~ ~ ~ sae Sulpervisor J. D. W. Watts stated definoitely yesterday that he would be in the race this sunmer for re-electioui as supervsor of the county. He sai41 that his .platform would be the recordI he hasimade during his-ternm of dfilco. There have been until now, no other avowed candidates for this office. AUGUSTUS HUFF PASSES AWAY% Prom inent CitHzn of Laurens 'asses Away Shortly After Midnight Sun day. Augustus Huff, for thirty years Iden tifled witt the business interests of Laurens, passed away at his home in -this city shortly aftey midnight Sun day night. imr. IHuff had been in de clining health for over a year, but had a sudden turn for the worse titr ling Saturday night. Sunday morning lie appeared better, but during Sunday evening hie sank rapidly and shortly after twvelve o'cloclf passed away. The funeral services wvere held at the house ,Tuesday .morning at 10 o'cloolt and from t'here the body was en'rried to the Laurens cemetery anu laid .to rest. Service were conduted3( by his pastor', Rev. 'P. F. Kilgo, of the First Methodist church, assisted by other pastors of the city. The aciy pall bearers were mainly selected from aipong 'the stewards of the Methodist church and the 'honorary pall bearers were a number of his business friends and associates. Mr. 'Hluff was .born. -in GreenvfIlle county, but early in .life 'look up farm ing in the western ipart of this coun ty, where he married.a Miss Sullivan. His first wife died many years ago and he later married a 'Miss Richardson, of the Mountville section. About thirty years ago he moved to Jaiurens andi entered the fortilizoer business,. repre senting the Virginia Carolipa Chomil cal Company and its predecessors cein tinuously since that 'time. By close t tention to his duties and sqiuare deal ing 'with his customers, he ,built lip a very large business 'in' 'his county. Besides his wvidaiw, the deceased -Is taurvived by E., A. H-uff, of Greenville, a son iby lis 'first marriage, and the following sonls and daughters by his second'marrlake: .P. D.. fuff, of Lau rens; Otis Huff, a lay student at the University of South Oodrolina; hir's. I. El. Cartledge, 'of Augusta; 'Mrs. Dan uSawyer, ,:of Bailey; and M(iss annie Huf:who -Is teaching at NLumberton, N 0,. 10 ADDR[8S F RtR8 Another Big Mass Meeting Friday TO DISCUSS COTTON MARKETING .lle i i.:s o4 be) IId in Held 1-11 La1nrens ald Clihiltn szlday of 1ii WekIi. Fm iii'l l'g dtovl .ien Ithe 1 cel ina and br ie''dll on rktiI llitns, Thomins C. .\! a. ii.ofl hish pville, one oftesae. b et:wles a hv'in sve'ured tl;irr~ te f'amer'; of* 1::1tt-ire s county :1 . ' 11ublic mass mu tinigs wvhich wvill !.I t-ld Friday, .\iren :12 11h. at 1.1 a. 1m. inl t his cit yanld at 2 . m1. the same hy in Ciniton. Tlhe lleetiligs are binc*g arrani ged by .1. 8. Craig, cfharian r Iilireis (nuny:1 of the South Carolilla Lottoni Gro wers' (Co-operative association, and are be ig ellel for tle purpose of ealinlilig 4alren1s count1y farmlers to furlther aceluailt thlliselves with what the- cotton mariketin ig planl of ,e asso eiation is, andl( what it inte.-Is to do0 for the illdividual falmersi joilili; with it. Mr. Mc Leod is a farimei. anad has signed tievontract or the association himself. lie will tell at t lihese ectilgs why lie 111 done So, an1d what it 'will m1qa1 to others who joiin inl tlie sign-pil) ('ampiaign./ The plans of the South Car-olima associatIon tt to secure Pledges or -100,000 bal0 of cotton by lay first, in order that the program for cotton pooling may continue. A1r. Mclieod will tell what co-operative Ilarketilng of cotton -has meant for the farmers of Texas, Oklahona and other states, wiele mole than 125,000 fairmeirs have al ready pledged 2,000,000 bales of cot ton. Ilaving matie a study of the co-oper ative 1p1lan of selling cotton, Mr. Mc hLod is in an excellent position, those in charge of the mneeting sta'te, to tell farmers how tile association will save every peniy lost througlih weatile'r damage, iimarket (hiiping, inder grad ing and other wastes in tle present system of selling, and all fariers are urged to be present at either _or both of the meetings to hear him. BANKER ENDO11SES 41OTTON M1AltKETING ASSOCIATION .,. 1oper Sees Advaninages to Farm 'rs of Co-operaltiVe Seliliig. That tile Southern farlmeir knows how to grow cotton and needs n1o cotton growers organization. but a market Ing association to profitably sell his cotton after it is grown, was tle opil ion of Mr. C. I. Rolper, cashier of the lEnterprise National Bank, 1who, when ilteriIcwe(l on the subjliect -by the Ad vertiser irepoter, endorsed ine mar keting plan of tile South Carolina Cot toi Growers' Co-operatve Association. Mr.-Rloper has made a careful sur voy of the farmuers' lproblems and was of the opInion t'hat the selling en'd of cotton was of as much, or more im portance thlan that of Its growinlg, aind that this Important part of thle bust floss of farmIng has been sadly neg lected. "The marketing plan of thle South Carolina Cotton G rowcrs' Co-operative Association Is at present the only movement that. can remedy the condi tios nlow exIstIng, and will r'esult in Inestimable good by minimizing the weather damage of cotton, since one or Its lplans Is to hlave the cot ton that is pledged' to thle association, shipped to their war'ehouses as soon as It Is gInned," said 'Mr. Roller. Whlen asked Iwhlat plossile effect thle association may have On th% price of cotton, Mr'. Roper stated that while that was hard to ascerltaIin, he0 was in cdined to believe that cotton sold thriough the assocIatIon wold returin a better price Lhan dcatton1 sold otherwIse, since0 thle association -would sell in large quantIties of a .specItied grade and few IndIvIdual far'mers are, able to sell in thlat mannei'. "It .would be well," concluded Mr. Roper', "tor every farmer to acquaint himsolf wIth the purpose of the niar keting association, and realizing Its -great possibIlitIes, gIve It Is full co operation," Winthrop Daughters' The Winthrop Daughters are to meet 'FrIday afttornoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mins Lilly 'Miller.