F - - \ ' m fbe fountu Itecorfi. m y ~ ii.. ? h VOL. & KINGSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, i919. NO 28 STATE AUTHORITIES *" DELAY ACTION ITILL MEET AGAIN NEXT TI ES-! DAY TO DECLARE NOMINEE IN SllXTfl DISTRICT < Because of the failure of the Dil- j \ W>a county Democratic Executive : Committee to report the returns of i the second primary election, to the J i State Demotic rati c Executive Com-!; mittee, the latter body, meeting at j i Columbia Tuesday, could not declare j; the result or the race for Congress j ] from the Sixth Congressional Dis-1s trict ': The committee, ho^e^er. atlopted : a resolution, offered by Wilie r Jones of Columbia, remanding that ] the Dillon committee hold a meet-11 ing tomorrow (Friday), canvass the 1 returns and immediately report them ( p to the secretiry of the State commit- ( p tee. The State committee will meet \ at Columbia again next Tuesday at > noon to caa* ass the returns from the , ? Sixth distric , hear the contests filed' j by the two candidates from the dis- j triet in the second primary?E. J. \ Sherwood, 0: Conway, and P. H. s Stoll, of Kiigstree?ani -iec'are the < nominee. j Attorney? for Mr. Stoll stated that 1 they are informed that the Dillon< executive committee has never met i and tabulated the returns and that. !i up to Friday night, the boxes from j i one of the argest precincts in the j county. La tea. had not been turned j c over to the executive committee, the J1 chairman of which is A. B. ^ordon,; j of Dillon, who was then absent Trorr. j < the county. According to unofficial j t information, the box at Latta ga\ e i i Sherwood 81 votes anu Stoll 41 votes. 1 The attorneys for Mr. .Stoll wanted < a recount in Dillon county, due to the . t apparent laxity of the executive 1 > ... Committee's method of handling the j election returns there, but the State 1 committee ruled that it could not act j on any master appertaining to the > election in Dillon county, except in- i . struct the committee to meet, until < * complete returns were filed with it < The rules of the party which have t been crystallized into the statute law f of the Stat* require that the boxes j containing the ballots of any primary election be placed in possession of i the various county committees with- < in thirty-au: hours after such elcc- I u tions. The rules likewise prescribe < the date on which the county commft-! i tees^ shall : leet and canvass the^re- 1 turns. I f o ' News From Salter* Salters, Sept 15.?We are having i snmp finp weather for the gathering, < of cotton which is going on very rap- ^ idly. The crop will be very sort in < this section, being abont one-half, i With the present price, the outlook 1 is certainly gloomy for the fanner. 5 Miss Dulcie LiFrage has returned < from a pleasant visit to her sister in ! < Richmond. 1 Mrs. E. L. Shirer and children of ' ' Gourdin, are visiting her parents, j Mr. and Mrs. J. G. LiFrage here. ;! Miss Lorena LiFrage left Friday | tor Winthrop College having won a scholarship to that institution. Mrs. Mat tie Ferrell and daughter Miss Emmie, returned Friday from a 1 pleasant visit to relatives in Marl- 1 boro county. 1 Mr. Isaac Edwards Davis left Mon- ) ^ day morning for CI em son College, 1 \ where he will resume his studies the i \ coming season. i N* Salters school opened Monday the < 15th with a fnll attendance, the en- i ?11-^ lormir alroaHv thaTl 1 1 IVWJIICUV UTIUf. .W. bv a last year. < | Miss Judith LiFrage of Pennyman, i ? Va., is visiting her parents here, < Mr. and Mrs. J. G. LiFrage, this 1 week. ! i Miss Margurite Layton of Flor- i < ence spent several days here last ] week as the guest of Miss Carrie i < Moseley. ] Our enterprising townsman, Mr. j [ Bo..-well ami C. W. Jr.. have ] /^ opened a moving picture show at the ] if ^town hall every Wednesday night. ' Come to Salters and see the high ' class pictures shown, you will enjoy < it ? t \f? Messrs. Willie ana jcnn onaw,.m. Jieams, Mr. McElveen and Mr. Du- < ?ant passed through here on last!' Thursday enroute to their homes in 1 Sumter. They had been on a camp ] hunt in Georgetown county, where 1 they killed a number of deer. DGE GARY ISSUES WRIT OF CERTIORARI Requiring all Records of Hyde-Grace Election to Be Filed With Supreme Court. Columbia. Sept. 15.?A writ of vrtiorari, granted at Abbeville on Saturday by Eugene B. Gary, chief lustioe of the State Supreme Court, iloag with a lengthy petition and voluminous exhibits, was filed today vith Harry 1. McCaw, clerk of the supreme court, by attorneys forTris:rum T. Hyde, Mayor of Charleston, ind W. P. Sellers, and Thomas H. McCarthy, candidates for alderman it large from wards 3 and 10, respectively, in the municipal primary it Charleston. The writ cites W. Turner Logan, chairman, A. H. Brouthers, secretary, and all mem>ens of the city executive committee A'illiam H. Dunkin, clerk of court of Charleston county, and John P. Crace to file with the supreme court vithin fourteen days after the service of the order ail of the original natters of evidence, records, papers, headings, documents and all the jroceedings in any way connected vith or affecting the actiqns or decisions of the above named respond;nts in connection with the recent nunicipal election in Charleston. The espondents, however, are allowed to ihow cause before the cliief justice, f they choose to do so, why the rec rds should not be filed as directed n the writ. The petition filed with the supreme rourt in behalf of Messrs. Hyde. Seland MeCarthv is accompanied by i great numhv <>? exhibits hearing >n the allegation ir.ade in the peti;ion. In conclusion the petitioners issert ^hat the action of the execu:ive committee and of the committee >n canvass is illegal and void and hat Tristram T. Hyde is entitled to >e declared the nominee as upon the face of the returns on the night of :he election and is\ entitled to have idded to his majority the challenged rotes which, the petitioners affirm, should have been counted in his fav>r. :lerk of the Court JlcCaw worked anight in assisting the attorneys to jet their records certified, as they ntend to serve them on the defendmts tomorrow in Charleston. Unless the respondents show suffi:ient cause why the case should not >e heard, it will be placed before the Supreme Court at its next session, vhich begins October 14 and the facts presented hy the litigants wilt >e reviewed. o? Conductor Killed at Poston Louis M. Payne, of Andrews, a conductor on the Seaboard Air Line, vas instantly killed at Poston. Georgetown county, at 11:45 Monday morning when hit by a train while le was crossing a siding near the station. Conductor Payne was knocked down by the tiain, which passed >ver his legs near the junction with the body, and crushed him horribly. He was a native of Clarksburg, W. ^*a., but had resided in this State for several years. o In Honor of >^iss Cooper A delightful social event was that ield Wednesday afternoon of last veek when Mrs. T. M. Cooper and Mrs. H M. Coop*.- entertained at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Emma Cooper whose engagement to J. b. Lovett has been announced. Amid much mirth a basket gifts wa$ brought in by three little girls draped in pink and green the colors of the approaching wediing. The bride-elect enjoyed the many packages and the gifts were iisplayed on the center table. After this phase of the entertainment an ice cream and cake course was serv?d. The announcement of the approaching Cooper-Lovett wedding has :aused much interest, owing to the popularity of both the bride and ?room-elect. Miss Cooper is assistant tiome demonstration agent for Williamsburg county and Mr. Lovett. ftho has recently returned from service in France, is a prosperous farm*? nf tVio Inilinntowil section. o Mr. L. D. Rodgers manager of McHams & Rodgers ca'es stables left Tuesday night for St. Louis, Mo.. A-here he will buy a car loid of fine iorses and mules which he expects to arrive in Kingsftree Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. ' 4 '* v.?JammveL xAAl;. I'. U. VAUGHJ FROM INSA .'believed to have gained freedom by use of hosI i'ital 1'ass key ? ' < CojuniOijt, oept. lb.?T. L. Vaughn, i lurmei au^x-i mtendent of the Odd ] reiiow's Dome at Greenville, an inmate ui the Mate Hospital for the j insane under an order of the court, i 101 ousci sution as to his sanity, es-'j capeu so nit: time during last night j ana has not been apprehended., t Vaughn was convicted before the 11 circuit court. pfrGfeenville county on ' j j October 26, 1912, of criminal assault ; upon a young girl, an inmate of the j oipiiiiuage, while he was superintend- t ent and was sentenced to die by elec- 1 (locution on December 20, 1912. I Appeals to the Supreme Courts of i the t.nited States and of South Car- 1 oiina held up his seatenc^for eigh- j teen months, after whi^h time he was < remanded to the State Hospital for 1 the Insane for observation as to his i mental condition. ] Vaughn has been confined in a 1 | ward on the fourth floor of the main 1 building of the hospital, la the opin- 1 i ion of the asylum authorities he had 1 secured a pass key and unlocked the i door leading to the fire escape down < which he escaped. i The escape of Vaughn was made 1 some time between>8 o'clock last 1 night and 6 o'clock this morning. 1 \ auglian complained of a headache j about 8 o'clock last night, according 1 to the statement of the night attend- 1 ant and said he would retire. This 1 attendant saw no more of him. At 6 < o'clock this morning he went into t Vaughn's room with a newspaper and 1 saw what he believed to be Vaughn's 1 body lying recumbent beneath the 1 ch^ntc nn his hed. At 7 o'clock the 1 night attendant went off duty and i the day attendant came on. About J an hour later the day attendant went t to Vaughn's room to call him as he had not appeared and found a dum- 1 my made of clothing in the bed and J Vaughn gone. i The hospital authorities immediate- i ly gave the alarm and a thorough ' search was made of the building and i grounds. They were forced to the 1 opinion that Vaughn in some way < secured a key and unlocked the door to his ward during the night. None i of the window bars were broken and < the night attendant, who said he was ' in anil out of the ward during the ? i night, saw nothing of Vaughn. Dr. 1 C. Fred Williams, superintendent of the hospital, says he has absolute ? confidence in this attendant, and is 1 satisfied that there was no collusion ' on his part. It was discovered on .searching the 1 grounds that a bench which had been 1 1 in the yard had been placed next to 1 the brick wall which surrounds the 1 grounds and that footprints resemb- 1 ling Vaughn's were around the bench. 1 A brick pavement runs outside this < Vail anc in trie street at this point were prints wnere an automobile had 1 turner, a-ound in the street. However, ; . as automobile traffic is very heavy 1 aiong this street, these prints may bear m significance in connection 1 with the escape, When he left the hospital Vaughn 1 carried with him a gray suit, an ex- 1 tra pair of blue trousers, a brown 1 hat and hlack shoes and was wearing ! a light cream shirt The hospital ' authorities describe him as being 1 about thirty-eight years of age, about 1 | five feet tall, weighing 120 pounds and rather effeminate in appearance. '' He has light brown hair, which is * very thin, almost to baldness on the top; has penetrating blue eyes, rather , protruding, is of light sandy com- i i piexion and wears a No. 5 shoe. At their last annual convention, held some time ago, the Odd Fellows , of the State adopted a resolution calling on Governor Cooper to see ithat the sentence of the court in , Vaughn's case was carried out. The governor referred the matter to Sol- , icitor Martin of Greenville, who a , short time ago filed papers on Vaughn and his attorneys stating; j that he would request the court to ^ remand vaughn to Greenville for a , test of his sanity. , Governor Cooper this afternoon of fered a reward of $200 for the ap- ] prehension of Vaughn. } Shortly after Vaughn was placed in the State penitentiary he went into an apparent state of coma, from j which nothing could rouse him. His ( f - i N ESCAPES lNE asylum. movements were mechanical. He Aould grovel on the floor and appear?d dumb. The prevailing theory was that he was feigning insanity and mfcnv eminent alienists examined lim. They pronounced him insane. Since being placed in the State hospital he Tias been under close observation. He has been able to talk rationilly for months and is a constant reader of the newspapers. According to Dr. Williams, the superintendent, Vaughn has shown no decided change n his mental condition for more than i year. He has complained of hearing voices, and at times he was r*ague and insoherent in conversa:ion, although able to talk intelligenty on most topics. The authorities it the asylum are convinced that Vaughn is insane, said Dr. Williams. When Vaughn heard of the action >f the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows ie was greatly disturbed, and the isylum authorities immediately took lim out of the lining room, where ie was serving a waiter, and conlned him to his ward, later putting iim to making clothes for his feliow inmates. They gave him a sewng machine to use in his xroom, and jvea sent his meals there to guard gainst a possible!, escape."^ When Vaughn rebaived the papers sei-ved jy SoUfcitor Martin two weeks ago to have him taken to Greenville for a jury to review his mental condition >vith a view of having him sentenced, ie was not as greatly disturbed as ay the Odd Fellows resolution. However, the hospital authorities were vigilant in guarding him, and Vaughn las been searched several times. Some months ago he was given the liberty of the hospital grounds, but Lhis liberty later was taken from him uid since that time he has not been j allowed to come in contact with visitors of other patients. This is the second time that] Vaughn has escaped. When he was' in the Greenville county jail await- j ing his trial, he managed to get1 iway and went unapprehended for! tome time. He later was seen and recognized in Baltimore by a Green-1 rille citizen who had him placed un-' ier arrest. At his trial he made a genera] statement to the jury in which he confessed to his misdeeds. His statement was an eloquent plea for clemincy. Admitting his crime, he said to the jury: "I feel that if you give me another jpportunity after pleading guilty to these charges and let me have anather chance I can be of more service to God than ever before. I feel! that I can live a li/e of sublime ser-, rice and consecration to God and to! man. As dark as it mav seem, to ... i you, as hellish as it appears, i ieei that in the depths of my heart I can ?o forward to better 9ervice and 11 can make this plea to you." His plea was ineffectual, however, and he received his death sentence from Judge R. O. Purdy, who acted as special judge in"the trial. Agencies throughout the country are working for the apprehension of Vaughn and it is believed here that there is small chance for him to make a permanent escape. Descriptions of the fugitive were sent to surrounding cities early this morn-1 ing and the authorities were cautioned to look out for him in an automobile. The municipal county and State authorities are cooperating in an endeavor to locate him. At the hour of going to press today Vaughn had not been reported captured. o LAKE CITY SELLS BONDS Very Satisfactory Price Obtained by Commissioners. Lake City, Sept. 16.?The commissioners of public works, of Lake City Tuesday sold $150,000 worth of water and sewerage bonds to Hillsman & Company at a slight premium. The price was considered a very satisfactory one when the high debt ratio is taken into consideration. The contract for installing the system ivas let to the McCary Company of Atlanta, which was the lowest of the Didders. Work will begin within the next 30 days. o Buster Brown shoes for boys and girls, a fine line at PEOPLE'S MERCANTILE COMPANY, Kingstree. / . HUGH T. BRAMLETT GIVEN DEATH SENTEN Granville Man, Refused New T is Sentenced to Die October 17 For -Killing Mrs. McHngh Greenville, Sept 16.?Hugh B ramie t, who was convicted Thi day night of the murder of his m< er-in-law, Mrs. L. C. McHugh, 1 sentenced by Circuit Judge Jamej Peurifoy to be electrocuted at State penitentiary on October 1919, between the hours .of 5 o'cl in the morning and 7 o'clock in afternoon. The sentence was { liounced bv Judge Peurifoy shoi after he overruled the defendai motion for a new trial. The case < be appealed to the supreme court is announced, and such an apj will have the effect of staying death sentence pending the decis of the court The principal ground upon wl the defendant's counsel relied in se ing to have the verdict set aside i the fact that Bramlett was tempoi ily absent from the court room d ing the cross examination by State of one of his witnesses, Dr. L. Mauldin. It was shown that was out of the court room from th to five minutes. The defense also took exception certain parts of the judge's cha to the jury and his refusal to cha on a point requested by the defe in regard to manslaughter. Another ground cited was that of the jurors was alleged to have pressed an opinion shortly after i L. C. McHugh's death to the efl that Bramlett should be electrocu E. P. Miller, the juror in quest today denied having made such statement. C. S. Jones, fanner of Greenv was arrested on a warrant charg Jones with perjury and insubordi tion, it being claimed that Jones g testimony Saturday morning in hearing on the Bramlett motion a new trial that was not true. ' warrant for Jones' arrest was sw out at the instigation of Solicitoi Robert Martin. o Compulsory Attendance Law To Teachers and Patrons and Ti tees:Under the provision of the com] aory attendance law, all children tween the ages of 8 and 14 y? must attend school for "four const tive months, or for the full scl term, if the session does not run t long. The 8 and 9 month schools' open some time in September, otheis during October. It is the c elusion of the county board of e cation that all white children in county must be enrolled by the f Monday in November. After thatc it will be the duty of all teacherf report a failure to attend on part of any pupil to Miss Belle B per, attendance officer. The ne schools seldom have more than four month's term, and the law quires in such cases attendance the full term. In this connection I wish to sa; " * ?- J i V?? \ me trustees auu urouicis uuik Harper has been working for weeks enrolling all pupils in county, and this work is not yet d< It is of the utmost importance t the work be hastened, and I h you will cooperate with her, andl her in every, way you can. The o pulsory attendance law will be m or little to us, just as we treat Lets make it a blessing to Willia burg. J. G. McCULLOUGH, Acting County Supt Educat o To Wed This Month Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ives of F ence, announce the engagement their daughter, Bessie, to Ira A. < Vinncti-oo t Vl<5 weddinc take place the latter part of month. Miss. Ives is well known this place having been enployed 1 the past two years as bookkee for the Kingstree, Drug Co., and Wee Nee Bank respectively. o We take orders for the G! Tailoring Co., makers of ^mens cl< ing. Correct fit guaranteed. PI PLES MERCANTILE COMPA! Kingst?ee. o One bale of cotton will buy th Singer Sewing Machines today, j would not buy but one four ye ago. This will not last long. KIN< TREE FURNITURE COMPANY c BIG INCREASE IN - TOBACCO GROWN I PRICES PAID THIS YEAR COWT. SIDERABLY LOWER THAN jf" LAST YEAR fth^ Complete records of August tobac^ co sales in South Carolina markets ^ in the Pee Dee sections have been ^ compiled by the State department of , agriculture, which report shows that 6 44^45^27 pounds were sold last month against 34,629,820 pounds for the corresponding month last year. The average price paid was 24.68 cents against an average figure of '^q] 30.40 cents one year ago. Although there was approximately 10,000,000 * _ : pounds more tobacco marketed this Hon i _ year over the sales of August, 1918, the increase return was only about iej?_ $400,000. The total amount received vag for August last year was $10,528,^r. 515.24; This year $10,944,116.50. The lur_ following are the number of pounds the and the amount producers re- / w ceived in 30 markets, the total output being sold from 77 warehouses: iree Market Pounds Price paid Andrews __ 1,283,240 $ 227,015.94 l Aynor _? 1,197,520 296,234.84 Cheraw 99,025 11,704.62 * Conway ? 1,824,468 439437.96 *s0 Darlington- 3,106463 808,658.73 Dillon 626,155 150,277.20 0Qe Florence^ __ 1,560,488 366,360.85 ex_ Georgetown 286,852 57,083.55 Jrs Greelyville. 431,073 64,602.21 Fec^t Hartsville? 1,634,289 420,276.73 ^ J Hemingway 1,854,765 -359,846.03 ion'| Johnsonville 1,344,555 274,887.15 a i Kingstree. _ 3,093,215 784,606.07 ' j Lake City. 4,706,001 1,357,985.64 jlle Lake View 1,267,894 295,756.57 i ' Lamar ? 880,200 229,380.12 ina Latta 902,806 176,652.48 * Loris 1,372,689 382,669.93 the Lynchburg- 673,677 146,104.93 ?or Manning 2,221,760 456,387.79 ^ Marion 1,641,758 361453.39 orn McBee 212,440 44,251.25 . j Moncks Corner 77,965 16,840.44 ' Mullins 4,037,279 1,074,852.66 Nichols 1,771,730 522,509.87 Olanta 809,445 209,428.63 Pamplico ? 974.229 249,882.70 to I Sumter l,098*tt?> 210,^0.00 Summerville 133,207 22,628.93 jul- Timmonsville 3,213,653 971,086.71 be iar> Total 44,345,927 $10,994,116.50 jcU. The following comparison of the 100I vo'ume s?ld by producers during the hat month of August ^he last 10 years, will ^d the average price paid has been the PrePared by the department of agriculture: Year Pounds . Average the Sold Price irst 1910 2,068,385 $ 5.12 late 1911 944,301 6.50 . to 1912 5,064,085 7.53 the 1913 8,731,789 12.53 fcr. 1914 3,862,346 10.04 gro 11915 3,387,716 4.31 a 11916 657.816 " 7.88 re. 1917 18,954,777 21.65 f0r 1918 34,629,820 30.40 1919 44,354,927 24.68 y to 0 |iss Wise-Spigner jy Norfolk, Va.. Sept 13.?The home of Mrs. E. S. Wise in Cradockville. ane was sce?o of a very pretty wedjja* ding on Wednesday at 1 o'clock when her daughter, Miss Ivy Pearle Wise. ieJ was married to Edward Tindal Spig^ ner, son of the Rev. and Mrs. R. W. omuch I Spigner of Kingstree, S. C. The 3 4?1 ? ? !?