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I * 3 r~* pje Count|) Record. ^ VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOU^H CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1921. NO. 5 1 VAUGHN ARRESTED AT TAMPA, FLA.' fii FUGITIVE WILL BE BROUGHT ;m BACK FOR EXAMINATION j al AND SENTENCE : tr A special despatch to the Columbia State, Monday, from Tampa, Fla., Ca says: ne T. A. Earle, believed to be T. U. th Vaughn, convicted at Greenville, S. C., dr six years ago on charges of criminal er assault on four girls under 14 years g: of age, was arrested this afternoon to *** at his home at Port Tampa by Tampa m police detectives, J. A. Killibrew an i Stansell, and Marshal Sudduth of | th Port Tampa. The man's wife was jg also arrested and is held at the police j fo station for investigation Earle denies ! ra that he is Vaughn wanted in South ^ Carolina, but several attempts to com- hi mit suicide ,'ed to his being placed in th a padded cell at the county jail for __ safe keeping. It is said that the ne crimes for which Vaughn was sentenc- ^ L ed to death were committed while he 0f V was in charge of the Odd Fellows, m, K orphan home in Greenville. It jH. is claimed that he was convict- cj. ?11 ed on the fiirst count and sen-1 to tenced to deaht^by electrocution. La-j^ ter he is said to have been regarded ^B as insane and was transferred to the State hospital for the insane in Co- ^ lumbia, from which he escapea aoout i j,e two years ago. He is alleged then to | fn have made his way to Port Tampa. je, where he has held the assistant prin- wj cipalship of the Port Tampa city school, and he was married here un- ^ der the alleged assumed name. The ys wife, it is claimed, was one of his nurses at the hospital in Columbia. an |Detective Killibrew went to the sjr man's house yesterday afternoon, s0) **+ leaving Detective Stansell and Marshal Sudduth near the house to prevent the man escaping. Upon learn- t0 ing Kilibrew's intention and his mis- i sion, Earle,'is said to have asked per- q mission to go into one of the rooms ^ of the house to see a friend. This ^ was refused. Earle was in his shirt _r sleeves and when he was searched the officer did not find any weapon. m( Tried to Cut Throat. th VilKKrour nnt Tv?rlp in a A,1 UCVCVIHC IViliJV* v?? ??. ... ? . car and took him to the place where | F1 Detective Stansell and Marshall Sud-'tb duth were waiting. When Marshal Su Sudduth got ?ut of the car in which fo he was waiting to place handcuffs up- re< on Earle's wrists, the man suddenly Cc ran his hand into the watch pocket he of his trousers and pulled out a knife, nu with which he started to cut his lis throat. Detective Killibrew, however, er -grabbed the mai before he could in- wi flict serious injury upon himself. ch Dr. W. H. Mudge of Port Tampa re rendered first aid. Foiled in his at- th tempt to end his life by cutting his su throat, Earl tried to jump out of the pa automobile in which the officers were Ri bringing him to Tampa. He was final- Vi ly lodged in the police station, where fo I shortly afterwards he attempted to (pull the bandages from the wound In his throat Later he attempted to take his life by drowning by plac ^'' ing his head in the water in the bow) of the toilet in the cell Seemingly driven to desperation, when foiled at re this, the man again tried to end his ar life by filling his hat with water and *n burying his face in it. To guard ar against further attempts of suicide, police officers took the man to the M county jail where he was put in a straight jacket and placed in a padded in . celL ti( Local police officers state he has been identified by a man living in UI Tampa, who had formerly made his Y hbme in South Carolina, and knew i" V aughn. Wife Also Desperate. in The man's wife, who was brought ^ to Tampa, and held in the detention ,4f room for investigation by the local 1 officers, was foiled in an attempt to end her life also tonight The police ?r say the woman about 8 o'clock to- in night suddenly grabbed a pocket sl knife out of one of her pockets and started to slash her throat. She was f* j revented from accomplishing her act by Detective Stansell. According to the officer, the woman took the knife from her pocket and hesitated for ' several mirtutes, seemingly taking the time to arouse courage to cany ^ out her plans. S^e was caught just she started to jab the knife into her throat. w \ The woman is said to have told the ^ ^ police officers that she was a nurse ' at the State Hospital for the Insane a' i- Columbia, S. C., when she first met Earl. Further, she, it is ateged. told the officers that she knew Earl had (V |. I I CARDINAL'S WILL FILED ij grsonal Estate is Listed at Abuut One Hundred Thousand. The will of Cardinal Gibbons was ed in the orphans court at Baltiore, Monday, disposing of a person- ^ estate of about SI00,000. To Bishop O. B. Corrigan, adminisator of the Baltiomre diocese, the gv. Louis R. Stickney, rector of the thedral and the Rev. Eugene J. Con- a' illy, chancellor of the diocese, is left e bulk of the estate. Under a codicil ai awn in November. 1919, all the propty owned by the cardinal in Vir- t! nia and West Virginia, is bequeathed Bishop Denis J. O'Connell, of Rich- a1 ond, Va. In a private memorandum left for e guidance of his executors, he desnated the disposition of certain funds e' r Catholic educational purposes tv nging from $3,000 to Bishop Corri- 01 IT* rJAU'n fA C1AA fAn tViri com'onfc nf OJ kii; uvn a vv yivv aw* cvnuuwu v* s household, also were specified in e memorandum. PJ ver been insane and that he was . tilty of the charges he is accused . She left the hospital before Earl . ade his escape, che said. Earl came to Tampa first, she is limed to have told the officers, and ^ have then sent for her. She came ^ this city and they were married re, according to her statement. . ? After her attempt to take her life, e was placed in a cell and is being Id until information is received ^ om South Carolina authorities to irn if she is implicated in any way th the case in that state. " T. U. Vaughn escaped from the ^ ate Hospital September 15, 1919. f lughn was formerly superintendent the Odd Fellows home in Greenville ., has been under death sentence ! 13 ice 1912 for criminally assaulting me of the little girls at the oranage. He was in the State Hosal several years for observation as .. his sanity. . ** Twice since the escape in 1919 Dr. m Fred Williams, superintendent of e hospital, has had leads on the UI gitive, but both times the "tips" . oved false. Once a man from the *n \ spital was sent to the Virginia ountains to identify a suspect, but e man provede not to be Vaughn. *ain a man was sent to Hayne City, ^ a., but was never able to locate e man supposed to be Vaughn. Last = inday Dr. Williams got his first in- pe rmation of the missing man. He he ceived a telegram from a former fcj lumbian at Tampa in which he said cc had located Vaughn and a former ai irse at the state hospital. Dr. Wil- tr ims conferred with Governor Coop- 0\ and Chief Richardson and then cj red to sret in touch with the Tampa w ief of police and have Vaughn ar- jj sted. Chief Richardson also wired 0f e Tampa cheif to arrest the man jn spected of being Vaughn. The Tarn- & i officer Monday night advised Chief ti| chardson that he had arrested v lughn upon identification of the tr rmer Columbian. T To Be Resentenced. ^ 01 Saturday before the escape of a1 mghn from the hospital Judge iurifoy had ordered that Vaughn be ought before him in Greenville for sentence to die in the electric chair id it was thought at the time that ^ some way the patient heard of this . id made his escape. g( The escape was made some time ^ onday night, September 15,1919, and QJ as discovered early Tuesday morn- jg. It will be recalled that the pa?nt had placed a "dummy" in the y d and this had deceived attendants itil the room was entered to awake ^ aughn for breakfast Tuesday morn- ^ g. The "dummy" was made of j othes that Vaughn had been mak- ^ g in his room by stuffing these othes into a pair of overalls and irowing the bed covering over the igur?". t< Vaughn was first convicted of ^ iminally assaulting the little girls i the orphanage, of which he was ^ iperintendent October 26, 1312. He as sentenced to be electrocuted Desmber 20, 1912, and this same sendee is still hanging over his heed, n appeal was taken to the supreme >urt and the lower court was afrmed. Attorneys then appealed to n le United States supreme court and ?ain the lever court was affirmed. " i the meantime Vaughn, then in the J< reenville county jail, escaped and e as not caught until more than a f* ear later when he was recognized y a South Carolinian in Baltimore ad arrested. e n Question as to Saiyty. s, From his arrest in Baltimore 1 aughn was brought to the state F fO MAKE SEPARATE GERMAN PEACE NITED STATES WILL SHUN LEAGUE, SENATORS INFORM ENVOY. Washington, April 4.?The Harding :lministration intends to terminate le war between the United States nd Germnay by Congressional resoluon, M. Viviani. the French envoy ex aordinary to this country, is under;ood to have been informed tonight t a dinner at the home of Senator [cCormick, of Illinois. The former premier was also inirmed, it was said, by Senators preslt, that the program of the adminis ation does not contemplate entrance f the United States into the league F Nations. The French envoy, who was accom rnied by Ambassador Jusserand, was lid to have been informed that senment of Republican leaders was vielally unanimous for adoption of the nox separate peace resolution, sabct only to posible amendment from s original form, earlv in the special ission of congress. M. Viviani was ?scribed as appearing "reconciled" to le situatio . Those, at the dinner said that M. iviani had been'told frankly that it as usless to discuss the possibility of merican membership in the League Nations. Most of the Republican embers of the Senate foreign relasns committee and Col. George Har?y, of New York, prospective amissador at the Courth of St. .Tame-, ere among those present. At the same time the senators made clear that the United States wouln ke no action which could be in any ay Considered as "helpful"' to tierany, especially in the matter of parations and fulfiilling other objations involved in the peace settleent. In discussing the proposed separate lace resolution the senators, it is iderstood, asserted their intention to troduce it immediately upo 1 the con:ning of congress and urge its ompt adoption. However, they add1, that if President Harding should quest delay in the matter of a vote, is undoubtedly would be arranged I ' T 1 I L??1 snitentiary for safe keeping and ire he created somewhat of a stir r refusing to talk or to eat. His mdition was such that a question ose as to his sanity and he was ansferred to the State hospital for >servation. At the hospital he was osely watched, but he was somehat forgotten by the public, until ay, 14, 1919, when the grand lodge Odd Fellows at the state meetg in Columbia adopted a resolution tiling on Governor Cooper to invesgate thoroughly the case and if aughn was found ssne to be elec Kjuted as decided dv ine courts, his was nearly seven years after le original sentence and it brought : a noticeable worry in the patient : the hospital, is was said. It was not long after this action 7 the grand lodge that Solicitor [artin of Greenville asked that the itient be transferred to Greenville > action could be taken as it had ?en seven years since the original ;ntence. Vaughn heard of these lovements and his escape followed le day after the request from Socitor Martin. One theory at the time was that aughn had skeleton keys and was ririted away in an automobile after imbing the hospital fence on a ench that was found the next morntg. Automobile tracks were found y the side of the wall, but could ot be identified as any particular utomobile track. All efforts to capture Vaughn here)fore were unavailing, although ???? W*?ao/1OO of onrl riegrajiis wcic sciit uivouvww .?? reward of several hundred dollars 'as offered. Legionaires Banquet. _____ The barbecue banquet given by the lembers of the local Post American ?gi<*i at the Kellahan hotel Tuesday ight is said to have been a most erjyable' occassion. There were presnt about seventy-five boys who saw arvice in the world war, many of them aving served overseas. The Post has recently been organizd here and the banquet Tuesday ight was more of a get-together ocial occassion than a business one. he Post was addressed by the Hon. '. H. Stoll. SANTEE BRIDGE CONTRACT 0. K. THE SIMONS-MAYRANT CO. OF j, CHARLESTON WILL START v WORK SOON. n h The contract for the construction ^ of the sub-structure of the Santee s Bridge has been formally awarded c to Simons-May/ant Co., of this city ^ permission for the project has been f\ given by the war department, and c shortly the work will commence ? on the enterprise which is expected p to prove of incalcuable value and f; benefit to this section. Another f, [important link in the coastal high- q way from North Carolina to Sav- jj annah will be the bridge over the g Pee Dee river, near Mars Bluff, the contract having been awarded on 0 Feb. 24 to the firm of Hyde & Baxter, a of Roanoke, Va. a These two bridges will be of steel p and concrete representing the latest v ideas in bridge construction, and, form- jc ing the connecting mediums for such q important and rich sections of the sj state, they should prove to be essential d( iactors in me development 01 mis f( section, opening up to automobile and n: other traffic a new route across the ^ state in the eastern part. The di- b, rect and indirect benefits arp expected to enhance greatly the prosperity e: oi ?his part of the state. fj Santee Project. y( The Santee bridge will cost altogether about $850,000. The sub- f( structure will cost $92,000, and the ^ super-structure about $50,000 bringing the total cost of the bridge proper to $142,000. The balance of tfie t; cost will be in the approaches, em- -j fcankments, and bridges adjacent and1 j.. appurtenant to the bridge, provision a, being made for 3:69 mile# of causeway on the Berkeley county side. _ There will be about 6,000 feet of open- ^ ing to let water through the cause- fe, way, which will be 30 feet high, 27 lt feet at the top, and it is evident that ^ the project in its entirety will be of C( big proportions. The counties of Charleston, Williamsburg, and Berke- C ley are in the Santee bridge district, ^ and W. King McDowell is chairman a] and William Burgeson secretary of,m the Santee bridge commission. jCJ Bridge Over Pee Dee 0J Work on the Pee Dee bridge will C1 commence as soon as formal per- jj, mission has been obtained from the War Departemnt. The Pee Dee bridge a( district is eomposed of the following m counties: Charleston, Dillon, Berkeley, Marion and Florence. The bridge will cost $400,000, of which $200,0000 will be furnished by the State Highway Commission ^ through federal aid, and the counties ^ will furnish the following amounts to ^ make up the other $200,000: Charles- y} ton, $35,000; Berkeley, $5,000; Dillon. $25,000; Florence, $80,000; and Ma- ^ rion, $55,000. The money will be S| raised by annual tax levies of one a] mill until the respective sums are com- r( pleted. and Charleston's share will be u; met by the levy this year, it is estimated. In the meantime, as empowed by law, the Sanitary and Drainage Commission is preparing to borrow the $35,000. s< The construction of these two a brieves, which will be completed t< robaltfv within a year, will link up p the entire coastal section of the state ei I and considerable will flow over the w highway that is now diverted or f. which is now impossible. An impor- tl tant tourist traffic, for one thing, will si be assured, and much commercial and yjfricultural progress is looked for. & Savannah Bridge. S1 But one link will remain to com- e plete the project through to Savannah c and beyond, and that will be the Sav- w annah river bridge, which is practi- ti ciilly assured. It will cost $500,000 and this state has already provided c its share, through federal aid and g through taxes levied in the counties a of Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton, g Assurance has been given by Savan- ft nah ar d by Chatham county interests that Georgia will furnish its half of the sun necessary for the project. o Play Party at Rock Branch School 11 V The patrons and friends and ac- s< quaintiinces of Rock Branch school w (are cordially inivteri to attend a Play ^ Party which is to be given there Mon- ^ day night, April 11, at 8 o'clock, p. m. If you do not know what a Play * Party is. come and see. You'll like e it, if you are not too dreadfully dig- v rifled. t J * o * The County Record la $1.50 ^ year in advaneo ^ BANK EXAMINER TALKS lays Conditions Improving?Depositors of Only one Bank Will Lose "There never was a time in th( istory of South Carolina when there >'as a greater need for the solid busess men of the state to keep theii eads level and work together and elp each other than at present,' aid state bank examiner James H, Iraig. If folks will only keep their eads level and work together the nancial situation will readjust itelf, is his firm conviction. Other and eighboring states have within the ast few months had scores of bank ailures and perhaps no state has had ewer faiiures than South Carolina. ,'onditions in this state have been irgely the same as in other cotton rowing states. Mr. Craig thinks the worst is now ver, as the banks and pet pie have n appreciation of real conditions nd that prospective borrowers apreciate that when some banks adise that they are not making new >ans, that does not mean trouble Mr. raig thinks the readjusment is in ight and has great hopes of the un ertaking that Governor Cx>per and >rmer Governor Manning have in find with Mr. Baruch to bring new loney into the state on a strictly usirress basis. > Mr. Craig has been in the bank taminer's depatment for seven years, rst as assistant and now for three jars in actual charge. Deflation, as is called, came all of a sudden and >lks got panicky, and his chief unjrtaking has been to keep things ir. sod shape. The record of only three lilures in a year's hime, in these mes, is the highest test of results. ArtiltfA Mr Pro 1 rr UC lUUdl cucwwvc nvia ui iui* v&m**, as been in nursing back to real life id usefulness sick chickens. Somemes this sickness has been imaginary -stage fright, so to speak?but after has been by persuasion or even co cion that he has made some officialize their obligations and rehabili1 ite the banks. In some few instances msolidations or communi'y bark ilp has been used, but always the tntral idea has been to keep the inks going, serve the communities id work things out. What it means ore than anything else, perhaps, is ireful nursing and the extension of itimism, because unless there be ookedness the banks of South Carcna, national as well as state, are i.i >od shape. The state banks now have ;tual resources of about two hundred illion dollars. This does not include le large national banking institaons. Mr. Craig visits every part of the ate and he is satisfied there is a ?tter understanding of real condions and that things will move along lore normally because of this realiition thaj there has got to i?e a lirit of toleration and cooperation, ftth fresh m^ney coming into the ate with which to finance cotton ad close sailing Mr. Craig sees no ;ason why conditions should not actally improve. o Governor Cooper Honored One of the most general' y enjoyed jcial events held in the vicinity of ndrews was a shad fry given yes;rday by Mr. S. P. Harper at his otato Bed Ferry farm on Black rhr, in honor of Governor R. A. Cooper, ho was in Andrews to learn certain icts relative to the application in lat section of the recently enacted tock law. About 250 farmers and other invitd gueots from many sections of the tate were present and enjoyed the vent. AJbout 100 fine shad were aught and prepared, which, along ith accessories furnished a sumpjous feast for all present. Among visitors of note present wore k>v. R. A. Cooper, of Columbia; Conressman P. H. Stoll, of Kingstree; nd Representatives Hilliard of leorgetown; W. 0. Cmalin and D. E. IcCutchen of Williamsburg. o Kingstree and Hemingway. On last Friday afternoon, the Kangsree High school baseball team deeated the Hemingway team by a core of 6 to 4. The two teams were ell matched, Kingstree getting 11 its and Hemingway getting 9. Evans or Kingstree made a good catch beind third base. McDowell, for Kings:'ee and Cockfield for Hemingway, ach got a two base hit The game as very interesting, the score being ied twice. . Batteries.?Kingstree: Buigess and IcDowell; Hemingway: DuRant and Jockfield. FARMERS MEET ' AT ANDREWS ; GOV. COOPER SEEKS INFORMATION ON THE EFFECT OF STOCK LAW I One of the largest gatherings of farmers ever brought together at An. drews was there on Wednesday to , plead the effect the West Extension . bill, affecting the Stock Law as ia i effect since November last. > Gov. Cooper was present to hear the expressions of farmers from the [ affected areas of Williamsburg and Georgetown counties and to find, if possible, what effect the passage or vetoing of this measure would have. 7 he Governor appealed to the farmers to give this information in a spirit ,* of frankness, stating that it was not a matter of personal concern to him whether they had stock law or free range. He further stated that it was not a question that could be settled without causing a loss to one con- j tending side or the other, but that the purpose of his presence at the meeting was to determine to which faction the most damage would result by either singing or vetoing the pending act Governor Cooper also stated that unless the vetoing of the West Extention bill would cause irreparable damage to those contending for its passage, then he would decide in favor of those who had made preparation to meet the conditions brought about by the passage of the recent Stock Law, effective since November 1st, last. Various statements were made pro and con, one of the most striking of which was that of a farmer in the affected area who stated that he had in good faith torn down his field fences, built a pasture for his stofk and made preparation to meet the conditions of the Stock Law* He stated that he and his fanfily ana five other families were solely dependent on his farm for a livelihood, and that the passage of the West Extension bill would mean that be could not farm this year and that its ratification would impose a serious hardship on himself and others who had placed themselves in a like position in an effort to comply with the Stock Law as recently passed and effective sines November. He also pointed out that it would mean the loss of all fertilizers now placed in the soil in anti- t cipation of growing a crop this year. Other statements in behalf of the Stock Law were made, chief among which was one to the effect that the old fence dividing* the free range and Stock law territories had been materially disposed of and that it would be impossible to replace this fence in time to protect the crops in former Stock Law territory from the ravage? of free range stock. On the other hand supporters of the West Extension bill ddimed that at present it would impose a wanton sacrifice of the stock Niey had been so far unable to dispose of at anything like a fair iharket price were they forced to comply with the provisions of the recent stock law; that sufficient time had not been granted them to make this dispositim and that lack of time and present, conditions had iTta<'e it impossible to comply with the requirements of the recently enacted Stock Law. The area under discussion consists of a part tf Williamsburg county and the whole of Georgetown county, to which the recently enacted Stock Law became effective on November 1st, last. The Gove* nor left on the 6:00 p. :n. train for .Columbia, where he is cx pec ted to lender his decision in the. near future. 1 I r Kingstree Defeats Andrews. ?? I On Tuesday afternoon the KAgstree High S9I100I baseball team went to Andrews and defeated the Andrews . High school team by a score of 5 tol. The game was well played from start to finish. Evans made a sensational catch at short, Van Keuren pitched s good game, Andrews getting only two hits. The pegging of McDowell was also good, only one man being able tn steal a base. The Kinsrstree team got five three-base hits: McDowell 1, Hinds 1, Burgess 1, and Boykin 2. This game makes the third straight victory for Kiagstree, and all the locals need now is a few more enthusiastic rooters. I Batteries?Kingstree, Van Keuren and McDowell; Andrews, Bryan and Shang. A