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VOLUME XXXViii. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1922. NUMBER 11 .JAL 8[NT[NC[8 IN 1ISK[y CAS[8 J'ItMI, fl.iYNE11 AV. RICE, PitEISIDING, IN .CltIMINAL PAUlT, IAItTIA1 TO G'ANVi SEN'TiENCES IN LIQUlt CASES. Twelve mont.hs nylIthout the alterna tLive of a fune is the sentente Judge liayne F. Rice is handing out this week to violators of the prohibition laws in criminal court "being holden" this week. In addition to fixing sen tences that "hurt", Judge Rice ycster day afternoon delivered a straight-to the-shoulder charge to the grand jury in whioh he declared that the .people of Sbuth Carolina must come to a real ization that the law as to homicide as well as prohibition must be enfpreed or suffer a severe reaction. In his charge to the grand jury Judge Rice spoke with emphasis in regard to the mania for killing which has ovcrspread the state and said that the remedy lay chiefly with the petit juries. ''he solicitors, peace officers and judges, he said, can do nothing lxhere a -petit jury elects to turn a murderer loose. After ten years of ser vice on the bench, he said, he had yet to see a white man sent to the electrip chair and that in 60 to 75 percent of ,tle cases of homicide brought before him the killing had been done in cold blooded murder. Yet, he continued, 'he had seen cases where men had been shot in the back and the slayer walk out of the court room a free man af ter making -a .plea of self-defense. If petit juries were as quick to convict for murder as they are for violation of the prohibition laws, this killing business would soon stop for where a nian knows he is going to forfeit his life lie will think a long time before committing murder. JuJdge 'Rice said that he was glad to note that out of the large number of cases brought up for trial in .this county so few were homicide Cases. The court convened Monday morn ing with I1s Honor Judge Hayne F. Rice prcsiding with Court Steno graipher Ralph Syfan and other of ficials in their places. The grand jury being alreandy organized, the court got down to work immediately. After a number of indictments were handed to -the grand jury, the court proceeded to the trial of cases. The first case was against John and Eliza MIaddox for violation of the pro hibition laws. The former came clear )utjEliza was convicted and drew six months. Posey Bobo, vhite, was found guilty of violation of t-he prohibition laws, the officers having found a still in his -house. The sentence was 12 months. Jesse Montgomery was cleared of the charge of house-breaking and lar 4epy. A jury was enipaneled to try Edd Williams for malicious mischief. At torneys ior the defendant demurred to the indictmen-t oit the ground that the charges were not sp)eific. 'rho court sustained the demurer and on motion of the solicitor the case was nel prossed. Liorena 'Walker was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kIll but has not been sentenced. 'Will Griffin,.an old man from the vi cinity of Princeton, and his son-In law, George Mlaricer, wore found guilty of violation of the prohibition lnyw, the former on one count and the latter on twog counts. sentence has not yet been passed on tihem. The following, plead guilty to violn tion of the prohibition law -and were given sentences of 12 months each: Rockefeller Suber, 'rem Fleming, Eu gene (Miller, Ford Watts, H-owe Sinmp son and Eva Jones. Eva Jones, having a sualpended sentenice hanging over her, will have to serve 24 montahs. Ottier cases trledl were as follows: * Clyde Duncan, shouse-breaking and latcony, guilty, 14 months, Will Hunter, same offense, two'cas -es, 24 months. (Prince Peden, same offense, 18 montihs. Mathew 'Phelps, statutory rape, '12 nionths. Charlie .Harris, forgery, 2 years. Dave-'Hauwkins, assault and battery With 4ntent tp kUii, 6 moqiulj. Jesse MoKinney, digposINW of pro 1 terty under mortgage. Stii hed 11iet to 3 months, but'reduce44'tol 1d nietwfion of the slio tor its tho 10 fondant had'- alreadly served three ::OLLEGE TEAMS TQ PLAY HEREJ 'resbyterlnu College to Play Several of its Gamkes Here Thisi Year. First with Wofeord October 13. That Laurens foot-ball fans will be ble this year to see college football aies onl the local grounds Is Con lined in an nnouncement sent to The LdVertiser this week by the Clinton thletic Association, Hugh L. li0chel erier, president. Mr. 1Fichelberger tates that several of the 'P. C. games 'ill be played in liaurens this fall. le fIrst one to be on Ootober 13 when eic Blue Stockings will meet Wofford lie of its keenest rivals. Davidson Gane Friday Friday afternoon Coah Mc'IMllan's 'reslm man team furnished opposition 3r the onslaugh't of Johnson's varsity nd ihc Freshmen gave a good ac )unt of themselves, and the varsity aceivcd a taste of a real game before eing pitted against the Davidson an in 'Clinton on next Friday, the )tM. This should be one of the best ames in the state for two reasons: rst, they are rival denominational. :lleges of the two Carolinas; seconi, icy have played three intercollegiate ames, e. g., 1919, the two teams tiedI t Davidson, score 0-0; 1920, P. C. on bver Davidson 7-0, at Clinton; )21, Davidson won over P. C. 7-0 at avidson; so next Friday's game will 2cide the tie that has been the source argument for -a year. Only three more (lays remain for ic preparation of .the Presbyterian lad before the big Davidson game. ad the drilling of the team is going I kroigh very rapidly under Coaci hinson -and his assistant, FNichelber 3r, who Is devoting most of his 'time I the scrubs and to the varsity line. Davidson will bring to Clinton about ie same team tlat she had last year ith a few exceptions, while Johnson ill have probably twenty-lve to n [ty per cent better team than he had 1 Lst year, therefore, unless the Jinx c L'raks into the Presbyterian canp. I toy jxpect to give 'Davidson a real t line. The Davidson game will begin at I tree-thirty and the admission to the t ime will be one dollar, which will 1 elude grandstand seat. The game p ill be 'played on the new athletic A 31d just behind the old one on w hichi a ic Blue Stockings licked the Davidson s ildoats in 1920. HACi C. OXNER c 11 led at His Home Nenr Barksdale Sta- A tion Wednesday -Afternoon. Burial 1 at Gray Court. 'Mack C. Oxner, a good citizen and 1 dustrious farmer who resided near t ighland Hom church in tle vicinity a Barksdale Station, died last Wed- c 3sday afternoon from an acute atlack a indigestion. [Ile had been about his a tgular duties during the day and suf- t red the attack shortly after his noon iy meal, expiring at 2 o'clock. Inter- t ent took place at the Presbyterian metery at Gray Court Thursday af- I ~rnoon, being attended b~y a large h Limber of sorr'owi~ng friends and rela- t ves. Mr. Oxner was about 60 years of ago f ad is survived by his widowv, who r3 as before marriage a Miss Watson, ad two children, Mrs. 'P. W. 'Devore, t G reenwood, anad Glenn Oxner, who ga yes at the home -place. 0 JFOOTBAL~L P'ROSPECTS (000) oeni High ISchool Athletes Being Bounded .into $hiltpe for First Game. U~nder the tutelage of George Kf 'Es us, principal of the high school, theI >Otball team of the local high school riwidly roun~ding into ff'hape. Anmong le letter mlen twho are back are Carl hompsn, Templeton, 'Duckett Young, ilgo, Counts 'and Maurice Glenn. New enf showing up well are Tidwvell and .rewington in thle backfield, and Win o, Russell Burn,s Robert Bh~bb, l'achen, and others in the line. The lam wIll be light but tast. The first amne will probably be with Gray Court n the local 'field. Games are being r'ranged with other teams, among aem Elasley, Anderson, Newberry' ~ kreenwood, Clinton and Gaffney. - Epidemic of. Dengue Fever. Charleston, Sept. 20.---Reports aent ito tOhe city health ofil~cor -by five phy- 1 Ileans to dateishow a.tot'al of 2415 case S of dengue tevor prevalent here. In-t idtions are otthe 'basis that thiere t re over 1,000 cases of "break bone". svet in thais It~y at present It is gen. t raliy of a*1nlIld t)m INIATH OF W. 3T. HELLAMS { Another.of the Thin Gray Line alisses to His iteward. Funeral Monday 1 'Afternoon. 0 ir. William m. Hellams died Sunday morning at his home in the Laurens mill village, 'at the age of seventy-sev- a en years. At the time of his death g \Mr. iellams was a member of Rabuin tj Creek Baptist church, and was well j known in Laurens, where he spent the A last twenty years of his life. In mere I boyhood, before reaching the age of 8 conseriiption, he volunteered for ser- m vice in the 4Confederate army in place t of 'his 'aged father, and performed sub- t stitute service. Vtnon reaching the age 0 of sixteen he entered the service for himself. 'His death removes another of the ever-thinning line of glory- i crowned men who fought the battles f of the South as only heroes fight, a Mr. 'i1ellams is survived by his c vidow, and the following children: r Mrs. T. H. Pitts, Mr. J. W. 'Hellams, .b Mrs. Ozella Verdun, and Mr. William to Hlellams, Jr., all 'of Laurens; Mrs. M. 2 C. Tidwell, of Greenville, and Mrs. g Clyde Godfrey, of .Spartanburg. it The funeral services, which wiere at- c .tended -by an immense concourse of ) sorrowing friends and relatives, 'were conducted at his residence Monday af- a ternoon by Rev. Foster Sipeer and w Rev. Daniel Morgan. Marie Shands, larceny, one year. d Grand Jury's Presentment The following was the presentment t1 of the grand jury made yesterday af- s ternoon: a The grand jury for [aurens county t begs to make its final presentment for J the year 1922. g Tho grand jury, in the first place, t< would like to go on record as hearti ly appreciating the courtesy shown to ti said body by the judges during the w year and to the other oficers of the w court and to the lawyers. fl In the next place grand jury wishes In to state..that the records of the vari- b ouihr officers of the county have been tl inspected and we find that said records g are all right, thus showing that each has been faithful to the trust given ti him1. g -We recommend that all cars confis- in cated for transporting liquor be ad- A vortised and sol by the sheriff of the It county. We commend the sheriff and t. the rural police force for their activi- V ties -in tle matter of law enforcement and especiaally the aggressive fight against the violators of the prohibi tion laiw. 'We urge that said officers 1i kce) ip this good work of law on forcement. We find that the schools of the county are in good shape in every re- in sl)ect except that many distriets are 1 in debt. We find, 'however, that the 0 niajority of these districts are in debt n because of no-carelessness on the part o of school officials but rather to a -de- r( flcien'y in appropriations. We recom- fE mend that districts stay out of debt if d possible. We further recommend that n all school money go through the c' hands of the county treasurer in ordler ti that 'a r'ecord may be0 hadl of all school n expenses. ti The grand jury had a full and defi nite repor't from the county supervisor a of Laurens county. Several reports % camne to the grand jury relative to .the a i'oads and .bridges of the county, The .o supeirvisor gave a satisfactory rep~ort li regarding these matters. The giand jury feels that the sulpeirvisor is doing the best he can with, the forces and material available. We irecommecnd I that the supervisor see that t11e pris oniers under his care are not trdated violently but at the . same ' time we t' recommend that said prisonere 'be not f alloweod th'e privileges of citizens duri- b ing the week-end. t We recommend that Magistrate 'P. 'I M. Hfellamns summon G. D. Dwight to I' trial, who was arrested by Claud Owv. 11 ings or speeding on August The 6th. 5 In the last 'olae we- wish to state ti that we find all the forces of the coun4 .' ty working for the bettermont of the t interests of the coinun~ 'Amid especial,. ~ ly. do we wish to eQi~1ien4 the Icadieu e of -the colunty for the -interest "beilig a taken in the beautifying of the court t house grounds and for the interest ( being taken for thebettering of con ditions in geegenal. All of which' is respeetftjliy submit.. ted b'y the grand Jury of Tdurens couin- I' ty, ' ,The grand- jury iwas dieftnissed by the a 'jirdge iwith a - oinplitgent. upoa its of- f 1Roent~ an rp1 rk . PRODUCE MARKETS PROVE SUCCESS 'roduce Contributed i)y Patt rons of .ray Court.-Owings School and Pro. eeds Devoted to Installati 1on of W1ai ter and Light Pnit In the School. Gray Court, Sept. 24.--A. was an lounced last week the ladies of the ;ray Court-Owings School Improve iient Association are holding a market m Saturday of each week, the produce ald to be contributedl by tile patrolis >f the school, and by anyone interest 'd not only in the intellectual pro ;ress and success of the school, but tlso in the best equipment for her >oys and girls. The proceeds at both marketing Places will be used In the installation 1 if a much-needed lighting and water dant in the building. The water fa ilites at present are unsatisfactory I nd unsanitary. The results of the sales at both Gray ourt and Owings on Saturday,. the 3rd, were very encouraging, about f :50.00 in all being realized. luch I nore might have been sold, had all niterested known Just what articles vere desired. All kinds of farm, gar [en or dairy produce; fresh, canned, I reserved or inickled fruits; cakes and t ven fancy work or any article used in t lie home may 'be contributed. Markets will open at each place at :30 on Saturday morning, Septem er 30th. Again, the housekeepers are rged to go early to narket. Special ommittees will -be ready to serve. PWORI'\1 LEAGUE . AT GRAY COURT bine Interesting Missionary Program C Sunday Night. Juniiors to Present C Piigeaut. T'he '.nworth League of Gray Court I ave an interesting Missionary pro- t ram last Sunday night, led by -Miss I va Shell. Pledges for the "African pecial" toward which the League has romised $35.00 for this year were )ken. On next Sunday night the Junior ,eague 'will present a pageant before d bi 'Snior League, entitled "Miss o ,nerica". 'Miss Virginia Owings will v lay the leading role, that of Miss t merica, and the temptations that .be- 1 ot her, such as candy, moving picture s how, cliewing-gui, ice cream sundae, Ib tc. will be played by various leaguers. I, 'lie stoiy dopicted in the pageant con- ti erns the plea for hellp presented by e lany different countries before Miss t .merica, such as Japan, Cuba and 0 :orea. Missions, played by Miss hi- t enia Willis, and Tenperance, played h y Mr. Dial Holder, step in to aid j. !iese nations and to plead for them. t liss America decides to help the for- I ign. nations, and the ipageant ends as I repeat: "Go ye into all the world ' nd preach the gosv)el to every crea- a ire." t The public is cordially invited to at- b and the league onl October first. IPromotion day at the 'Methodist untdlay School at Gray Court wvill be)0 old on 'October first. At tis (latet hlirteeni boys anid girls will r'eceivev cautiful promiotion cards as they pass a 'omi the Primary to the- Juniior depart xent in the Graded Lessons. -Several chuildr'en will also pass fr'omi lhe Beginners ,to the Primary depart- I lent as they have reached school age,t nd they too will receive certificates f pr'oniotioni. "No Dogs Allowed" ait Sparianblurg Many Laurens people0 are planingit o go to -Spartanburg to witness the resentation of Miss 'Rebecca Dial's t lay, ".No 'Dogs Allowed," on next Frs ay and iSaturday. The play wvhich is I iven under the auspices of the Coh-r erse Alumni for the beoneflt of the ndowment fulld, is under the direc- I ion of Miss ilargaret Sweeny and i Ltkins and is to 1)e played by a not- I ,ble east of S'partanburg aniateurls. The cast has 'boon -busily r'ehearsing or several wveeks and every success is xpected from their efforts. "No 'Dogs Lllowed" is said to be an imagin-ative omody of great charm and sweetness. The toeriformances will take place in. he little ch'apel of Converse College. Bridge Ekailneer on Tour Columbia, Sept. 26.-J. L. Parkor, >ridge engineer of the state highwa~y lepartment, #aa loft on a trip to Bal imore, New York and points in Maine4 o lulspoct bridge work there. 'He is I eaking -ideas to 'be Incorpora~ted' in 1ieo Ashley river ibridge atCh'arleston1 rhic1 '$5 now! being 'desglned, . PAHEW1 ELL sERVICIE FOR REV. TI'lMPLlui AN '1h11rce0s 1inite in1 Farewell Serl-l-ee I lirsIt Hapi4st. Church .undilay Nigrhi. A union service of the churches of he city was 11(1(l at the First Baptist h111urch Sumday night wh'ien farewell nessages were deliver(l to Rtev. S. if. l'emipleman, its retiring ':)astor, who eaves is iWeek1( for Elizalbetli City, - C., to take up the pastorate of the laPtist church of that place. The large luditoriuim of the church was illled o capacity and the SImdauy School 'oom had to be opened to take care )f the overflow. Seated in the pulpit vcre ministers of all denominatic.ns )f the city having resident, pastors, ncluding Rev. .P, F. Kilgo, of thie dethodist church, Rev. C. T. Squires, >f the Presbyterian clii -ch, and Rev. 'hos. 'Rideout, of the Episcopal church. lev. J. Wash Watts, who will supply he church until a regular pastor is ecured, was also in the pulpit and vas presented to 'the congregation luring the evening by Rev. Temple nan. Taking as a tex-t the 22nd to the 25th -erses of the First Chaliter of Paul's ,pistle to the Corinthians, Rev. Tem oleman preached a farewell sermon on he deity of Jesus IChrist, declaring here 'was no place in the Christian hurch for 'those moralists wno would eek salvation elsewhere than through hrist andl him crucifled. As a clos ng message, he made an impassioned pPeal for adherance to the doctrine of he sanct-tly of Jesus Christ. At tile close of 'Rev. Templeman's ermon, which evidently mae ca (ee) mpression upon his hearers, Rev. C. '. Squires assumed charge of the ser 'ice saying that each of the ministers f the other denominations desired to xpress their regrets at the devarture f Rev. reimleman and their sense of ms in his going away. Speaking for hemsolves and their denomination,; tev. Thos. Rideout, Rev. P. F. Kilgo id Rev. Squires each took a few mo tents and foolingly expressed these entiments. In a 'brief -but feeling man er, Rev. Templeman replied to these emarks, declaring that he .had ol eavored while in Laurens to be not ily a pastor of his own flock but a orkcer in every endeavor where he iought lie could be of use. Suni iarizing his ministry over a period of Ix yeais, during nwhich the world had een transformed by the greatest war I history, lie said that .he had sought ) be of service wherever lie was need di. He referred to the pleasant rela lons existing between him and the ther pastors of the city and that one ling Ie was glad of was' that during is ministry here 'the churches had cen woven so closely together that by inaugurated the practice of hav ig union servicCs at times. At the close of the service Rlev. 'emplenian said -the benediction and large part of the audience filed by lie ir'ulpit to shake his hand and bid im farewell. At the morning service resolutions f regret were read to Rev. Temple ian by :13r. L. S. Fuller onl beChalf' of he b)oard of dleacons. The resolutions ree adopted afteir Mr. W. P. Thoma on, on behalf o'f the men or the hiurch, had presented him wvith a urse and Mir. -Carroll emith, on he nlf of the BI. Y. P. U., 'had -presenited tin with resolutions and a handsome raveling .bag. Mrs. C. 1B. hobo, on cehalf of the Woman's Missionary Inion, p)resen-ted a pirrse for Mrs. 'epileman and alsoi'expressed the est wishes of the Union for the pas or's wife. 'Rev. Templeman has been pastor of lie First Baptist church for a few veeks more than six years and uploni uis retirement was the oldest acting ninister in point of' service among all lie denominations of the eoiiity. Duri ng his ministry here lie 'has preached n every Baptist churchi of the county. lesidos his purely ,pastoral work, hie uas taken a militant 'interest in law nforemenf. in the county as wvell as ~iving -hIs support and influence to all vorthy tonyn enterprises. Singing Oct. 15thu The '.public singing meeting .which vas advertised to be held in the court louse last Sunday is to be held Sun ay, Octobeir 15th. The publ-Ic is in rited to attend and take 'part. IRegIstration Books Close Registration 'books for thb goneral heotlon in November will be open in he court 'house Monday, October -2. ~his will be .the last opportunity for 'egistering 'for the general election his yvas DID TU[SDY I l'NIQl'I FI qI'lME IN NATION AL . F ''AIItM PASSE-:D AWIAYV IN WVASIlNGTON A TnI-lt l iOlt1 y C AtI 111 I. \Vashington, Sept. 2G. - n ited States Senator. Thomas E. \Vatson, of Geor' gin, died 'ilmden ly at his home here early today. Death was said to be due to an a cute attack of asthmia from wi i'ch Sen ator \Watson had suiffered recurrently for som0e years. Althougli failing hearth .ad I Inter rulpted Senator \Vatson's attendance at senate sesiionS frequently in the last several imoiths, he was in his seat Friday wlien the senatte adjourned and his friends believed that he was thenl showing improvement. ie was strick en suddenly afteri dinier last night anI passe(I away shortly after 3 o'clock thia moring. l1e was 66 years old. Members of the senator's family and a number of his close friends were at his bedside when the end came. During the first year and a half of his term in the senate, to which he was elected in '1920, Senator 'Watson gave no indication of any impairment of the vigor and activity which had marked his long career. .In his last speech iII the senate, delivered a week ago Wednesday, tie Georgia senator severely criticised the administration for its course in connection with the rail strike situation. illis previous at tacks on the administration and most notalbly his charges of illegal hang ings in the American expeditionary forces, the subject of exihaustive in vestigation by a seniate committee, had made him a conspicuous figure in the senate. CIVIC LEAAUE PLANS DItlEy To Itaiso Quota for WoIman's Building at Stite Fair Grounds. The 'Civic League is conducting a drive to secure contributions to fill its (Illota for the Woman's liuilding at the State Pair. The womein of t-he state are iaked to contribute $20,000.00. of which tihe share of laurens is $200.00, with which to erect a building for the (lisplay of women's work. Committees are working fromll the towi of Lau reis, Cilintio, Cro:.i Hill, Ora, Owings, Gray Couort and \\'aterloo, with the hope of Ieacling as many au potssihlo throug hout.he ' county. Ml's. George M. \Wrligit and .\lrs. .1. S. Beiinett are sorinag th~e (ouaty as cairinen. The Civic Leagua hopes that many oF the club. schioIs ai other organ izations Ivill 'ontribute 'Life 'Alem bershi :,. A i fe Alembership costs $25.00 and entitles the holder to a transferable life ticket to the fair, which may be given yearly as a com petitive prize Ir for any other use that the organiapation may suggest. Committees are now at work thr oughout the county' and~ results are exlpetedl in a few (days. EN1IOI~1Il'lNNT NOW 1,076 Overcrowded Roms Present Problent ini Local Schoo01. The enrollment in the Laurensfl city schools has now r'eachedl 1,076 accord ing to figures given out recently by Supt. Giasque. The enrollment is di vIded as follows: Central school 609; 'Laurens Mill school, 112; negro school 355. The enrollment in (lhe high school hap now reaehed 233, an increase o>f thir'ty pupils over the total enrollment in the 'high school last year. Of this nulmb~er 96 arc enrolled from outside the local school ds5tr'ict. The crowded conditions are more noticeable this year than ever before, says Mlr. Ganque. In the tenth grado there are -17 pupils with seating ca. IPacity for 38. in the ninth griade there are 77 1)upils wvith seatIng ca- . .pacity of 70. In the following grades every desk is taken, nvith tpractically no room for other desks: sixth A, sixth andl seventh B, three A, three 'B, flye A, -five aB and two 13. To Serve Dianeflrs The ladles of the ISocial Service so ciety of .the 'First lMethodist church will serve a chicken dInner Thursday in the vacant store room on the south side of the square formerly oupied by 'tr. H. Terry. The 'proceeds will be0 used for charitable -cuaes. The~ public is invited toatnd.tn