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TO LEAVE PRIlON A Saws Dars fron Cell Window at ei fentlary. Was lheady t. go. [ Columbin, May 2'.--Jack Davis, onet of the men w.ho filgured conepicuously in the recent mutiny at the peniten tiary, was caught by prisdn guiards ear ly yesterday mornning just as lie was mbout to escape. Davis had sawn both the inner and outgr bars frot his cell window and wo have been out with in another m e, prison ollcia)s be ieve, had he I been discovered. Guard ANW'hite I)assed the main cell building at 4 o'clock and 'heard a noiso fmin the third tier, where Davis was located. le 'investigated and found ali the ibars had been sawed in to. Other officials were called in and tD'avis was removed to another place, where he is "cool 'tng off". The prisoner also wore SLackles and these had been removed by Imean.s of hack saws. Several hack saws were foutnd in the cell after a close examination. Davis at first claiming that he had used a apring frot his shoe to do the' work. Tbe saws were found in one of the buik posts. A long knife, a pair of plicts and several other instrunents were found in the coll. Davis, when (Ilcstioneld closely by Capt. Clay C. Roberts, adinitted lie haW ben working on the "job" for twvo or three weeks. lie offered an oxwllnation as to ite intuner in which he get the saws, but Captain Roberts was not satisfied w0i this explala tion. an(1 Is coniltCtinlg an inuvestiga Kion. Davis had a civilian suit in his cell atnd was preparing to leave In this garbi. Two weeks ago when the pris one rs tuiuinied they gave as their cx euse tle fact that their cilivian clothes were heig remioved fronm the cells. During the mu tiny, when 14 prison er were shot, l)avis was hit overI it heoad 'fter the Ilot had ben <In (elled. ll1 a)u'te( oile:-s in' the riot and %, fI.crwards. Prison olleials say ')avis is a "tough bird". He was sent to the poniontiary from 1liehland county, 'having '.iien on 'tvicetd of r'obbint ihe residence ) D). T. T..\loor', It. Ie is song a sente nce of Il years. In .poaking of the nttempt of Davi to e cape. Captain ltoberfts called at ntt0ion to the desperate class of 111n in Ihe 1rison. The shiftless, hatrdened -1o1 el are hard to handle, U'Cptain It'olherkts said, and the penitentiary 'now1 has a itlarge num1titber' of men of this (la1ss. Caiitaitn Roberts saitd that the orlson gulard foreo was not ade quate and1( that mlore m11,n Were needed. owl Bank Never I ed the shoj is very con opened Fri ed to keep We are never agani half its rea It is wi *store have the people a debt of Io is very much in nopes. that, be leg- i slature w-ili provide for additiont2 ;uards next year. "It's an easy mat er .to stay on the outside and say F] vhat should .be done, .but its entirely lifferent to be on the inside handling 100 man, some of them the worst crim- a nabl in the country," 'he asid. Only 0 recently a search of tjhe prison cells hi brought to light a large number of 1 knives, blackjacks, rocks and other h material not supposed to be in the J colls. - FATHEI 01F GIEL KILLS ASSAULTER Negro is 14hbt Dead, Mob Drags lody , Then Y., ..ns It. W-aco, Texas, Alay 26.-A 23 year ola negro was killed here late today by the father of a young wvhite woman, victim of an attadk Thursday night, t whon she identified the negro as her assailant. Seven shots -were fired into the negro's body at the home of the girl's father, and the head was then beaten in by clubs. IThe negro was apprehended on the public square this afternoon by 1i. '1. L McClure, a telegraph operator, who took him to the home of the girl. When the negrd entered the room the girl screamed that it was ie who at tacked 1er. The father then *seized a ipistol and ;began firing. A crowd stormed the undertaking parlor. .where the body was taken, dragged the corpse behind a truck through the streets and burned it oil the public square. Aftetiward the body was tied to a truck and dragged through the negro section, followed by the crowd. Manyl motor cars were dashing in and out of the negro district a few minutes af ter the killing became known. ' 'onight the city was In an excit ;bie m(ood and at the re(juest of local authornitles a detachliuen t or stale laingers Was Selt here by state oilicials. 31CeAM0 ENTElRS RACE FOR GO1VERNOR'S 011AIlt Blhshopville, May 27.-'-Thoimas (. icI tod of thi nWaco said this after 1oon that he w%,iII be iII the race thi. summe111r for, ifoverno1cr. Recenitly no. ero1:_;. retnests h'ave been nmde of \h. Cl1cIeod that he offer for the oflice and It Is in Ires nsil e to thes!;e reu(llIets that hie enters; the coitest. Mr. AleLeod i. well kInlown through. out 'lhe state. lie was lieltelant gov ornor and ias had extensive legisla tive experienCecC. lie is an able stullip lspeikier and will make an aggressive caipailgi. S rupt >efore in the hisi sping public as t clusive, for this day morning at the store from 1 not goig to m~ ri will you have 1 worth-mand th4 ith deep gratitude fo responded to ibis sal of LareBS ad vici1 bianks so agair say OFFORI STUDIKAT . r JROWNS IN LAKE is In reslinan Class Meniber Dies In Bath" w Ing. Natjive of Imniton. Opartanburg, May 26.-D. B. Rhodes, DI student at Woflord college, member the -freshman class and substitute ltfback. on last year's football team, '0 as drowned at Cleveland Park lake ore this afternoon. He was a son of . E. Rhbdes of Estill, Hampton coun-, r, and 'before coming to Wofford was 1 student at the Carlisle Fitting school 4 t Banmberg. .t :Rhodes with his roommate and a t arty of Wofford students went to the v ark immediately after dinner today 1 nd one after another dived -into the E ake from a concrete bridge to swim i tcross to the diving tower. When -he iad gone half 'the distance he was seen o throw up both hands and sink but 'or the moment 'his companions gave ils disappearance no consideration, .hinklig he haud dived. ils body nevcr mite to the surface again until it was rccovered 20 minutes later by the use f grappling hooks. Physiciansewere -alled and for two hours restoratives were administered but without result. The college authorities notifled his p)arents and the body is to be taken to INstill tomorrow, where the funeral will take place. The young man was 20 years old. When -a student at Carlisle he received it medal for proficiency in his studies. He was intending later to study medl cilne. SIX Wi11T E MEN IN DEATl lHOUSE Firtit Time in liistory of Penitentiary. Five From City of Columbin. Cortumbia, iMay 27.-4for the first tme sluce electrocution was estab lished as, tie legal method of execu tion in South Carolina the death .house at the penitentiary is filled with white men. At no time since 1912, whoien elcfkOtroVIltiOn Wa13 ('Stablishied in the place of hanging, ha the death house' bICen ocelied exclusively by whito 111011 until lihe preseit tnie, according to Capt. C. C. itohet t, head of tIhe pen itentiary guard. - In the death lihouse are C. 0. Fox. .Jesse Gappiuls, S. J. Kirby, E.(11dun Bigh:m in, 1ria Har-risoin and Fran k f.; Jel'ords. Fox, Gappins and Kirby are under death sentence for Jhme iG;. while Iliarrison and Jeffords axe to (lie .Juntle 13, unless appeals are taken from the circuit court sentences. Yesterday a minister visited Harri son and after reading several passages ale o tory of merchar he Switzer Conr store has beenj 9 o'clock. Orth Lbeing taxed bey mtion aniy price mnch an opporty. are are lots of g STAT5MENT FRO0 r the Switzer Co., ai e,~ and I am proud t ity. For teir intei TI k You. )m the 8ible Harrison told the min- rc ter that he was more -interested in -M asages dealing wit-h repentance than c. itih any other sections. I AN S(00TS TO DEATJ a MOTIEIllt OF FORMER WIFE d lais Woman Attaoked iln With a Stick lhten lie &6ught to Visit IllS Young Son at ler IHome. Meridian, Miss., May 28.-Evan WiIl- C aurs, of Crystal Springs, Miss., shot ad instantly killed 'Mrs. Xlora Creel, i mother of his former Ivife, here )day, according to offileers who in ostigated the case. Williams is re orted to have claimed that the woman ttacked him with a stick wheni he ought to visit his young son at her oMie.11 'Williams fired five shots from an Lutomatic at close range, each bul et taking effect, -Mrs. Creel falling lead on the front porch of her 'Williams'j1 statellen-t to the officers vho arrested him was that he had !onie to sc his little three year old son, who is in the possession of his di 'orced wife, Mirs. 'Lula Williams, who resides with her mother, and that Ahile lie was seated in the swing on 0he front porch of the Creel home talk lug to his former wife and the little boy, his mother-in-law came from the rear of the house with a stick in her hand, as she approached in a threat ening manner, he said .he drew his pistol and began firing. Williams also stated, according to the o0eie: :3, th-at 1I1s mothor-in-law caused lhe . :eparation of himself and wrife ':O1t ai Year ago. Mar' C i ehool (losed lcanti ', \lay 25.-Our school clos. t!'' : .\lay, in the old fash ion way. We had n:> graduatig exer cises 'tsi year; not that vWe had no tenth grade, for never in the history of the Glountville school have we sent forth -bri. or pupils than the tenth grade of 1922, nam1ly: Alisses Janie Coatsi and Frances Bryson, and Alessrs. Roy M.Ailrr Thomas Stlwell, H'ermlanl SmIth anid Aalahall Bryson. Thesu six pill have finished the ai1d grade, and ark, prepared for college (his fall. \\' are very proud of 0111. telith grade teu chojis; and trustees. Our trustees are to he congratl lated oil securing the s;amne teachers for another year, Alisn mlinnie Wallace )olng the principal. The 'pageant entitled America Yes terday and Today, was most success fully carried out on thc lawn of Mrs. J. M. Simmons. The characters rev dising have suc pany Bankrupt >acked every m several occasior ond its capacity as in this adr-ti nity as this to b oodl things left. M T. C.' SWITZEF well as myself, per Shave been able to eat and patronage i T..C. S senting the Indians 'were wondeful- a las Janie Coats, being the spirit. Then v tme Miss Fraces Bryson represent- 1 tg the "Spirit of Wilderness" and last il id most touching came Miss Margaret 1pp with two old Confederate sol- c lers, who represented "The Spirit of atriotism". Then came 'Mr. J. -1. lotes wivth a cross held in his haud, rhich says, "I am always ready to rep Dsent Christianity and everything lat pertains to it." IW.ith our mayor, C. 'M. Fuller, who eiresented our town, and the high No One Jus in the WorI Each of us is ju other people. It there are always s scrupulous persons of you, especially j matters. Someone will -say bill that HAS b( into your house ar household cash ar where are you? A checkding acco this. Your cance cords show where vaults protect the Is there any reason for not - being safe? Is there? Laurens Na J. J. ADAMS, Pres. h real bargains Sale offers. T inute 'since the is the' doors hac bis is just a rei uy merchandise 'sonally, that the fri offer the $witzer ( nx the past years, to WITZER. chool girls . who sang "Anierlea," rrapping Miss Frances Bryson entire y up in a U, S. flag, brings our school ageant to a close. The ipanist was Mrs. J. E. 'Marshall, f Greenville. Many Wear the Ribbon. Acording to a curre'it itern, in FPIance nPIarly 1,000,000 mnen are en titled to wear the ribbon of the Leglon 4)f Honor, or1 one In every fifty inIbitants. Long ago Mark l Twain satId that "few escape It."-Arkansas Gizette. t Like You d At a little different from cannot Le denied that eme unprincipk d and un ready to take advantage .n business and financial you neglected to pay a en paid. Someone slips d makes 'way with your d wage earnings. Then, ant in our bank avoids lied checks and our re your money gces. Our cash. .tional Bank GEO. H. BLAKELY, Cashier eek been offer lhe evidence doors were I to be lock ninder that at less than ends of this 20. stock to each I owe