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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUT" CAROLINA,, 4EDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1922. COL1. B. H6MRION BURIED IN WIRLOO Leading Citizen of County Passes. . IN ILL HEALTH SEVERAL VEARS Col J. 11. Wharton, for many Years a i'romlnent Figure In -State 'and Coun ty Polities, Passed Away Wednesday Morning and was Buried Tmursday. Col. John H. AyTharton, for many yea.rs a orominent figure in state and county politics, iasrsed away at Ih8 home in Waterloo lWedinesday after an Illness lasting for several years. The funeral services were held at I the Baptist church in 'Waterloo Thurs day afternoon, the services being at- ] tended by a large 'inumber ol people I from this and surrounding counties. 4 Rev. Graves 'L. Knight conducted the I services and paid al eloquent tribute to tke (loceascd as st.rling citiz III and life-long ;nimber and church worker I in the ANtterloo jBaputijst church. ie was aslted by Rev. Sam- I iel '11. Ten'plomai, of Laurens, and I Rev. J. F. Lup!o, pa:-tar of the -Metho- -l dist church in 'Waterleo. The following sketch of li: life, tak en -fma Sn v:den's -I-t. y of South Colim, glv I a sur Ny of his 11' fi!:c:I with :;(:Iceo to his co.:nty and "T'hero ! probably no )ettec' )-novi figure in the lifo and affairs o0 Lau- I rens county than Col. John Henry I Wharton of !Waterloo. 'le was a Con- 1 federate soldier, ls made farming : his chief business -in l!fe, but h again and again ans;worol the cAl' duty in ubnilic aff:ti ra n i1 1. practically every ollee !th in I of hIs fellow citIzens iI -.:11and county. ",-H gas born in A:m. -: :, C'. tober 8, 1817.. a-on & W.il Vi N . and Loanna '(Fttiln Vherton, also 1 lative of the a'e -Lcuny. HI I grapidf~st'ic;, S:nmucl V.'1;a' on, d"an a .1 native 'i ;-Iraiu :-nd i.1m-' to l,'..urena counity Is.oi1 . h a :t c?. Hl izi wife t was a. Miss Sulliva . Th lW-...:s I are of Scitch-T h;h alneestry. Henry I Fuller. lttm-era-l grani'afher of Colo. I! nel WVhgi.on. v.a:; ai n-iv le c-f IMureau + couity. WIliam *N. Vhaton rcnt t h:s life a. a famr, w.' Pn .ctive flaplist and he andl hI wife Id a t family, of four daughters and three C s one. MI-. "John Henry Wharton ias not yet I fift-een years of ago lhen h joined I the Confederate army in Auguat, .1862. 1 He0 oulirted in Company D of Jaines!' " BattalIon, and subsequontly served < with the Third South Carolina Regi- t ment. He was a private and carried a musket all through the war from the ( time of his enlistment until the close : of hostilities. 'ter hie was- a mom ber of the staff of Governor Thompson 1 withthe'ranl( of colonel,' and hbld the i same rank on 'the staff of the State Commander of the United ;Oonlfederate( Veterans, an or~anization in wvhich -110 '1 has long been active.t "Colonel :Wharton after the war be0 'tn ,farming,- and in .that produmctive < vocation lhas bpen1t fully .half a con- 1 tury, For a .time hewvas also a nmor-- 1 *chant at Waterloo and built the cottbn I * gth in .tha't .t6wn. ~He served n's coun ~tyr commnissiondi four' years, cle'rk of I court tFvo terms, for ten consecutiive i years wvas a member 'of the lower house of 'the legislature and ls 'now in hisI ~elghtlityeaF as state senator from Laft rons county. He iv~s also a rairoad commissioner of the state for six4 VSirs and Was a mtemiber of the Con- 1 *stitutional Coxnv'ensioni in 1805. Colt) I ne 311~ha rton as. lbem a dea'con in the 3AlvtIst. ohki'ch foi folvty-!fjvo years. -i ti superitentdent of item~ undays I school fid~yvo years, &Xe ls~aifill ated I wih the Intdeppnd~nt O1rder"'of Odd 0gIlows; AlIid te 'thIihts t Pythias I ''n''he 'VOodm op th0;Wrld. ,. '4 - 0950116ledLaup Uftrlisi to ft iceat '4iris ( A iq 4 oou9ty 1*rn and Airs. 'Whar, ~t Hi .sy4 f nod'it nLe oni d~8 pw n~n~r~ie~Oy4 edjG d~ ye 1 CAROLINA LEAGUE OPENS TOMORROy [ianrens and Greenwood Open Season Here T' hursday and Friday. .Big Crowds Eixpected. The LaUrens 'team of the Carolina Baseball 1 League, which Includes, reenwood, Anderson, Abbeville and Laurens, Is fully prepared and equip Jed to mcet and defeat its first op )onents, the Greenwood team, Frank Woore, manager of the ;Laurens team ;aid yesterday. The Initial games will )e -played here next Thursday and ?riday. The (Laurens Baseball Club was ormally organized last Thursday night it a meeting of 19asoball fans in the yourt house. The 'ollowing officers vere elected: President, R. 'R. Nickels; lice-President, J. C. ISmith, Sr., >Wa erloo; Secretary an'd Treasurer, D. E. John. tFour directors were also elect ,d. These are lDr. J. 1H. Teague, Hugh ruller, of Cross Hill, L. 13. nillard of 3linton, and Dr. W. T. Pace, of Gray jourt Frank Moore was elected as emporary manager 'Thvo meetings have already been keld by the 'Board of Directors of the ,aurens Baseball Club and consider Lble routine business was handled. "inancial matters and compensation or players were discussed in detail, mt action on the latter 'was deferred intil the team will have played several ames. A report from the secretary howed that $293!0' ha:; already been .ontrlbuted to t-. club. The largest ingle contrbuvjion made was that of lessrs. Ch' 1?-i Fleming and Frank "oore wh Jointly contributed $40.50, heIr lh of the receipts of the game >nyc l here Monday with a team of c''':. 'everal hundred dollars * '1 to the club will bo col-lected m .and tomorrow, so that the local ub may have afinancial start equal it least t0 that of the other clubs In he league. ;Plans for the first two games of the eason wh!ch w-ill be played here Phurs:lay and Friday of this week with nwood are that they start at 5 'cloc, t' 04t uerchants and elqrks vIl be cm;iblcd to .5co. the gane'.'A 'eCucst 1i1.l he made that all the tor(-s closo at tle' o:)ening hour of he firs. i'une. 3Many changes have :een mad) on the fiold so that both tlavers and s%,ectators twill have the :noflt of the shade in the afternoon. ;eats will a lso be provided for spec ators. A line-up of players for the Laurens comn ha !ot yet been completed by lan IP'f.. Moore. Among those from wheC / p!ayers for tle 'fIrst games vill jlqlI'h'osen are the following: 10l on Owings, of Ow4ngs, pitcher and ievy b lter; lHugh Hichelberger, of .l1itol. of 'P. C. famle, heayy hitting m1ililder; ".Pluss" Cox, Lanford Sta !on, 4iutman player for four years; Speedy" Arnold, Clinton, oubflolder; ,rady Culbertson, of Cross Hill, 'itcher and outfielder; Charlie Crisp, if 'Lau rens, shortstop; Frank Moore, ot baseman with "many" years of ex >erieitce behind him; Jake Razor, Fur nan catcher and 1st baseman; Gary ThIlbertson, iWaterloo, catcher; Arthur loward, Clinton, several years wvith he fast lWhitmire- team, infild and ut~fleld player; '1Buck" Cannon, of. Blintoni, 3rd biseman; "'ig'' Ohdrley minson, 'of Cross 111111, former New 'orry college pitcher; Blas Cox, ienvy hitting -2nd basemnan; "-Pete" V'h Ito, of' Owings, iP. C.'s. 2nd base nan and one - of Fountain Inn's fdst ggrcgiaution; 'iLefty" &,ouis ,Bobo, a altciber wvho needs no introduction; rrdd rFuller, iP. C.'s centerfielder; Sam Tlagwell, 'Watts Mills fird ;basoman; jonnor O)w'ings, pitchier and outfield ir; ,Teter OwIn-gs, .,pitchor. Moreo tames' re oxpected to be adde4 to this f.oifsderable hiteros~t in -the team andl the..league is being manifested biroughout the oejtti'e county, and a argo attendance is expectel at; the' tane 'here, The'schedule 6f the league s; for, two gdan to 'bd plafyed at hgme iLaq two yilting gattIes ekOh week. 9ni ng "he nlaus oensidok'ug bk the liretorst the lo al club is that one htextwd hatt~e games beiplayed ekse e'or in the' eouify. should. thoee ena19la~sehereill b6,t ieait ,'er echneelfiend the other ~is ~ tb~ rule fdt* fb tJ A REPRESENTATIVE TO REPORT OFC0 Takes Exception to Rep( nies Responsibility for L Court. Editor The Advertiser: I desire to make a reply to the re port of the court proceedings )publish ed . in the fLaurens Adverdiser last week. and In this connection I wish to make an explanation of the action of the Laurens delegation in the lesla ture, with reference to the levy and appropriation for running the courts, and so far as my individual responsi bilities are concerned as a memnber of the delegation. The Advertiser in ad dition to reporting what the Grand Jury presented and what His Honor Judge F. B. Gary said to the Grand Jury in open court, ,made an unjust Icriticism. I have been informed that the circuit judge did not use 'the lan. guage as attributed to him .by the re porter so far as -the words "scoring" the delegation is concerned and using the words "false economy." As a mat ter of fact the judge would not pro ceed to hold the court until the Grand Jury had held a conference with some0 of the imembers of the delegation in regard to e:'roviding suflicient funds tol pay the jurors and witnesses at that term of the court and the judge did say to tile Grand Jury after they had made their report that if the delegsa tion (Id not 'provide suflicient funds for t:m0 llilig o tle courts for the con ty, the legislature as a whole woulbd mak uch ap! 0rilltol, ulit as tihe wvriter lh:u; bcen Informed, the J-udge C.;d iot "score" the dclegation1 as the rlin P* expressed it. And ill regard 'to this matter, wlither it be consid C. ci e r i'.i::::-. 1-y ".. g" the d.eiega tio a:; a who1 o. 114; ndviuI ly, I sub t* e I pl:c the d'igmtion for 1:1. year 1122, provided for the pay of the witneases mud. the jirers for the courts Three Thoutand 'D.vo Hundred and One ($3,201) Dollars, which was the precie amount ap.;ropriated for the years 1921, 1920 and 1919, two year; 'before the writer was a .member of ,the grenral assembly. And the t ul ion arises, w.hy ,;hould ithe (elega ion at this late day and year be criti uised or "acored" by aiyone for not aipproil ati:lg su1 luicilt. aldolliuts of molley it) rui the cout. t11rou1ghout the entire year. The courts for the )rceding years hnve .ecoI runiing on the same lappropriatlion and I individ lially have heard 110 complaint of the sufliciency of the amount appropriated for ti1s .lrposo for the preceding or present year 1111til now. I have been informed by the County Treasurer that after the -March term of court in 1922, t-here was in the treasury of the coun ty: ralIsed from fines and fdrfeiturcs iinosed by the magistrates and court of general sessions, ;an anmount as much as IEighit H-undred and Seventy Five ($875) Dollars, and the recas urer further stated to tile writer that there would be enlough flnes an~d for foitures imposedl at tils last terml of the couirt to -pay the0 espensaes of the al court 'Sand I nyoiuld lika3 to ask whly the fines imlposedl by thle courts (luring the present year up to nowv, should not ho used to p~ay tile ex'l)enses of the said court? ~Furthermnore, I do not see wily any official or tile Lau rens Advei'tiser~ should( accuse the delega tion .of practicing "false" . economy wheon tihe same nmlount 'was atpprcipri ated for running the court as was ap propr'iatedI in the prior years and thenl again Idon't see whly theo delegation should ,bo accused .of' falsehood. If the a.propriati'on was insuflicient, wvhy caW It false economy af no false pre tenco -was .practiced by- anyone. Dur ing my elficial connectiop. with tile legislature I -hav'o al'way& endeavored to practice oconomny in the imposition of taxes,- and distribution of the upe0 plc's money, abut never .at any time have I gone'~ sofa. in my advocacy to e'onaiso as f6 cripple the admlinis tratlen of thg 'cottnty gove1nment or of th'e heiding of: the ourtgarid such crIticism-is untitir and- unjust t. the delegation and to thiyseif especially. Ei'uthernc e o'f 19at- lat thqa DP*Piatoi fptcit Jge o late-'g NANCE REPLIES URT PROCEEDINGS ort of Advertiser and De sack of Funds to Operate ($1,400) Ciollar3 last year ta Five Hun dred ($500) -Dollars this year, which is not true, and the acts of the gen er assembly will so show, Five Hun dred ($500) Dollars 'being the same -anount as appropriated in the year 1921, as was a-ppropriated this year. As to the niopropriation for the -Sheriff's office you also stated that we appropriated for 1921 Three Thousand, Fotir 'Hundred and Nineteen ($3,419) 'Dollars and cut the appropriation this year to Fifteen litindred ($1,500) Dol lars which .is also untrue and the acts of the geonral assembly will so show. The appropriation for the year 1921 was Fifteen Mundred ($1,500) Dollars and is Fifteen +undred ($1,U1'00) Dol lars for 1922. The Sheriff stated to the xivilter after th. ' lropriation bill had left the hous of 0Iepre'ientatives and gone to the .ieaate that Fifteen lhundred ($1 ,00) lAllars was inade quate and aCkcd for Twenty-five N-u dr:i ($2f500) Doll'ars. The writer went to the scniiaor in the senate chamaber and r0lmt-sted im to amend tile bill to read Tw.nty-Five (.2,500) Dolla:t instearl of Fifteen Hiundred, and that tha writer would ac.c'.'t that m-vendment when the lili caime back to tile house. The senator refused and that is the reason the a)pror'l)r:tiolL for the Sheriff's office only catrries Fifteen ilundred ($;i;500) U-ollavs for this year. Fuwthermore you stated that the ra ' of the crmnunl:1 has idled y the Slriff this year was increased three 1.0 o)e, the-Shcifi himself, has statedl t the writer that this is untrue, and t'la1 ho did not "o state to tile reporter of your paper, but on the other hand i ad decrerased instead of increased. uncq I have beel a. member of the lIomIae of Represetativs I have al I'v.3'. I eideavored to have sufflcient j' inlda a tproiiilated to Carry on th'e U;l:e works of the county, and to run the.' county government econbmnically, but at the same time it should be un dcratood that there were -three other mnembers of the delegation who had equal voice with -me in all such mat t As to this matter I shall be glad to e'qplzia the samie in tile coming calpaign whenever called itpon to do so. My record as a mlelber of tile Laurens county delegation is open for public examination and I 'court fair and careful investigation of the same. (Signed) C0AnIRO'ItJL D. NANCE. The above comtmunication wats handed to The Advertiser iby NIr. Nance Monday. Julge .nry Confirms Report Monday evening a representative of The Advertiser ~ Interviewed Judge Gary in Newberry. Judge Gary was in thle midst of a social engagement, so Theu Advertiser's representative sought to thke .him away from his hlosts,Only long enough to allow for a brief interview. T1he followving in terview from tile gist of his remarks, ,vere taken dlown in his .presence and read to him wvith is aptoroval: Judge Gary, being seen in .Nhew berry, said thant he~ readI tile newspa per report of Tile Advertiser and thlat 1he ap~proved tile report as it ap~peared. Rei'erring to thet term "false. econ only" Judge Gary said that ho had no0 intention of eharging any wvrong-do ing, but merely meant to convey thie impression of mistaken policy. He emphiasized that lhe (did not wish to charge tihe delegation with any wrong doing. ShterIN Confirms Iteport In regard'to that portion of the ar ticle where the sheriff was finoted as saying tile "proportion of criminals handled by that office has increasea by a ratio of 8 .to 1," Sheriff .Reid said Monday 'that he0 did mnale that .state fust, bu hat he unintenitlontilly con usdthe yoar* 1922 wvith 102-1, '.He pointed out that th'e increanse in crime really began last year rather than this year, but that a a matter of fact the total critn'eof 1921 and 1922 a's corn parqd to 161IO and iO29 iNaea ' the -ra tio.*of. 3Oto 1, .'th' ame: Ls quoted in The Advertiser for 192 .and '192'1, 9t'eur Idesk Statement o Ta'Teaatr Toulg said yes. thr iat ff ~noie 4uted ,hlrn TOM DUNCAN CLEARED BY JURY Court, of Geyeral Sessiojns Adjourned' Thur4sday Afternooil Out of Respet to Judge Moore aid Col. Wharton. The summer tornh of -the court of general sesisons adjourned last Thurs day at noon instead of Thursday night,! as had been anticipated, out of respect to Judge Ernes-t Moore, of Lancaster, who (lied that morning, and Col. .1. H1. Wharton, former clerk of court, who was buried that afternoon. Following the short interruption earlier in the week caused by the shortage of funds, -the machinery of -the court 'was speed ed up and many cases were disposed The 'irat case called Wednesday' morning was that of the state against Tom 3iuncan, charged -with -the deathl of Riley 'Hammond who was killed oni the morning of April 6th oil the prem ises of Duncan's home near Cold-Point. 'Duncan, on his plea of self defennse, was freed by the jury after delibera-t Ing only ten minutes. Duncan, principal witness in his own behalf, testified in accordance with his plea of self defense. He said that lie killed Ilammond ito save his own life, 'which was being threatened by -an mond. Two of the county's rural po liceien testified that Hammond, when found dead Iin Duncan's yard, held a ipistol in 'his hand. Other witnesses testified that I-lammond, before going to Duncan's place that morning, was seen oiling his plitol. No surpriz. was manifested by spec tators when the jury returned its ver dict of not guilty. It was later re portled that the jury's decision was reached on the first balldt and that there was no discussion. Jim 'Pulley, charged with murder for the death of Gill 'hindsey, colored, was found guilty and recommended to the mercy of the court. The homicide took place two months ago on a [arm near Cross .11ill. Pulley was sentenced to life imlprisonimenit. 1'he last case to be tried by the court before laljourning was that of the State against -Walter Long, Wister Doan, Ed Lumbaigh -and Kilton Kelly, all of whomi were jointly indicted for volation of the prohibition law. They were found not guilty. Episeopal Call Is Accepted Announcement that the 'lipiscopal church of this city has extend(led a call to the Rev. Thomas Rideout, of Aiken, 'was made Monday by members of the church. Rev. Rideout has ac cepted the call and is expected here on July 1st. Ie is a recent gradqlate of the seminary in Alexandria, Va. New Store Planned Mr. W. E. Parker, of Greenwood, arjrived in the city last night to spend several days here in the interest, of the Piggly Wiggly corporation., which f)lans to open one of its chain stores here. writer that there would be enough lines and forfeitures imposed at thuis last term of the court to pay the ex Ipenses of said court." H1-owever, said Mr. Young, the full amount of fines imposed wvas not collected as some of the dlefendlants -did not elect to pay 'fines but chose to take tihe labor sen tence. As a matter of fact, -he saId, only $75 wvas collected, Furthermore, he saidl, that fines and forfeitures do not necessarily go to the payment of court expenses but are generally placed in the general fund. Other -Figures In checking 'up the 'figurei quoted as to the sheriff's office and judge o1f pro bate's office, The Advertiser found that the 'figures quoted by Its reporter were technically incorrect. However, It is a matter of record and comm~fn know-~ ledge that the appropriations for those. offices ma-de -luring the 1921 session of .the legIslature proved inadequate and' that, by agreement mhde between the delegation and county -officials during the latter part of .the year, the deficit represented aby 'the amount ap propriated and the amounit actually sgent wvas made up by special legisla tion in the shape of a bond Issue du lng the session of 1922. Taking as a illustration, therefore, the item as -to the sheriff's office, nyhere the approl priation made in the supply' 'bill dur 'ing the 'ssion of 1921 of around $1,500, later supplemented by a liite am0ount In the bond 1sste 'provided iin 70? m~rade a total of around $3,000. provided fot the year 1921, The Ad. Vortiser submit. thab ta Tebort, while -tuitosity 1nit daet was not, tais. SIATE CANfrIGN OPNS IN COLUJBIA Featured by Appearance of Women Candidates WOMEN GIVEN BIG OVATIONS State Camtapaign Openis In Columbia With Large Crowd Present to Greet Candidates. All Candidates Stand on Plaform of Economy and Edu cation. Columbia 'Record, Tuesday. Featured by the appearance of two rsonen of South Carolina, who are for. the first time in the history of the state seking a state oflice, the bi ennial campaign opened in Columbia Tuesday morning. An audience of 700 to 800 people was present. when the opening gun was fired, but had dwindled to a more handful of "faith fuls" when the final speeches were iade in mid-afternoon, when the can didates for commissioner of agricul ture and adjutant general were heard. The campaigni did not furnish any sensations. One of the candidates for attorney general charged extravagance in that oflice and aother candidate for the ollice of 'omiptroller general to succeed the incumbent, T. 1-. Gooding of Hampton who was deposed as au ditor of .Hampton county devoted much of his speech to a denial of any, irregularities In that ofilce. A. 11. 'Langley, -presided. He asked the audience to give tach candidate IL respectful hearing. The llev. \\r. H. Boggs, pastor of Arsenal I-ill Presbyterian church, of fered the invocation. .j. K. Owens for lieutenant governor wired that he would be unalble to at tend the flrst few days on aceount of ther business. Tit candidates for governor were allotted 20 minutes each. Cole L. Blease was the first speaker. He read a statement of his platform and stated he would doliver a public address in Columbia at a later date stating his position more speciflcally. He states he Iwas In the race at the solicitation of his friends. -He stood for reduction of taxes, the abolition of tseless offices. He advocated liberal rp.)-ropriations for all state institu tions but opposed extravagance. 1-10 favored building up the public sys ten. ie believed in paying school teachers sufliclent salaries. ie would urge passage of laws to further and protect labor. He stood for liberal. support, even to extravagance if nec essary tor Confederate veterans. He favored the strictest enforcement of the laws. Mr. Blease said lie owould know no factions and would not inject person alities unless they were started by his opponents lie said . He said lie would abolish the State Tax commission, which he de scribed as useless. HeI wvanted the tax levy reduced bu cutting to the bot tomn edge without hurting necessary operation of the governmentt Heb fav ored a one mill tax levy for free schiools. H-e favored a purchasing board for state officials to have con trol of buying sup~plios, etc., for state institutions. They would receive no extra salary. ;He stood for a tax on water powver of the state for bi-en nial session of the General Assembly, for ciro of Cataw-ba 'Indians by the United 'States Governmenlt. H~e urged all iwomen to register and vote. J. J. Cantey, of Summerton, cand4 date for governor, wvas absent. .TJohni T. Duncan of Columbia, thought the state should conserve her resourc es. .1eT spoke at some length on the wa. icr .power indlustry of the state and of its possibIlIties. 1Ie attacked the "sy's temn" as he has done in previous cam paigns. He favored rights for the laboring man. George K. 'Laney, of Chesterfld, said lhe was "tied to no men's or no woman's apron strings." 'THe wanted the highest or the lowest citizen to come to him if he be elected and he would treat all with the same .prIvla leges, He thought. allebusiness inter ests should 'rise .to the assistance of the agricultural interests and its problems.. T.be farmer is ,the basis ot the welfare~ of the- state. He h~as al mrays been a loyal friend 'of the farM" er, he said. (trithned 0n Ls Page. TPhis Beticab'