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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AROUND CLINTON
DIR. ThoruMell Jacobs tmong Home
People. who are Proud oi His Sac
cess With oglethorpc unhcr<it, Pro.
icct.

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Clinton, 5. c, or, 2$,-One OF the
Clinton man is lNAt OF ThovuweW
JANocS 10 revive oglethorpe UuivcrSi-
W For year or more he has de
Voted his energies to making his
dream come true and has met with
remarkable success, His idea is 10 re-
build the old university on the out
SKIRTS oi Atlanta and make il the
triWNHioN OF the South lie has Sc
CWHoI '.edgeS in Georgia oi sums 8E-
EreEAilus nearly 4 half mjl!;on dNi'9rs
ana Is preparing 10 carry the CAM
pA'Sn INTO other states.
tie made Very earnest and con-
N'Nv'NE statement OF the scheme i'm
the trSi church Sunday Nud asked
t'' iA' support Nt his hOmc town i'm
MS 'uoviS tonSido"iug the many
ouNu'uS ON IN" business men ~ CNu
ton ROW the response WAS all that Mr..
Jacobs expected and this town will
certainty have one and maybe two
M'm0'rS ON the board oi trustees ot
oE'NtHorp" University. each member
reN'Hs"WinE SIT OF SlcOo
carnival in Town.
Nhnton is great ON carnivals and
IN" days and NIGHTS this week are
made festive with brass bands. steam
pianos, ferris wheels. and the other
attractions of the usual amuscmrni
company
Social NnairS.
The three social book clubs held last
week their regular October meetings
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LAWSON, His Son.
TROUBLE RESULTED
At TER \ QUARREL
or SEVERAL YEARS

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
EXCITEMENT RUNNING HIGH
in CITY OF GREENVILLE

bottom of rho trouble wh;o o.,,-s
who claim 10 be ON the ips;6. 5acror.
that there is mn ,r,,,b in m. o,,,-o
tions
Last night at ,ba .coup,, ;,u =,
the presence nj ,ba nr,sorsrs o,a &.
score or more OF prominent citiz.ns
OF tho city Sheriff parrv Pol,
gave out a statemsn, in regard -
the ALLEGED confession NJ vaush,r
He stated that he Denuty Shariy
Hunsinser. Sherif-elpct Rector and
J. b. Wasson were carryinc Nou,h-
an from the cour, house 10 rho ,-s;n
late Saturday afternoon for nv, nrr-
pose of taking him 10 Col;,mbio tbs
prisoner made mn onaD confnssi,, :,
how he escaped from tho i,u las,
June. sheriff Poole said IN mart ,s
follows: we were going alone Hind
son street when Vaughan moda his
confession. HI, said that his hro,b,r
gave Jailer Phillins Sl0 10 trarsf.,.
T. L. Vaughan from thc main can.
TO cell used for women which hos g.,
barred window opening ON tbe r,ir
yard The night before he escone5
Vaughan said. Reuben Gosneu came
to the jail window for the purnos, Of
saving the bars. but that conditions
were unfavorable for the iob and no
went away. The following night he
said Mr.. Gilreath came TO the win
dow and did the actual saving of the
bars, handing the saw through the
window to the prisoner lust before
the last bar was severed Vaughan
said he finished the job. Vaughan
further said that he would sit in the
electric chair itself and make the
same confession as TO who helped him
escape
Ihe confession made by Vaughan
must nave reached the ears OF Gov
ernor BIease' Tor the officers stated
last nlght that the chief executive
telephoned here yesterday and order
ed the warrants sworn out at once
ana served. 1t was repeatedly stated
AT the JAN last night by the arresting
officers, the prosecutor and others in
teresteu III the case that Governor
nle"se had oroered the arrests to be
maze 'hat DAY
me three warrants were sworn out
ny DF' W. H. MauIdin' ana each one
ch"rseS lhe respective defendants
Win alaihg prisoner to escape.
me specihc charges III the warrants
against Ioshell ana Fhllllps are that
theS uiu ala ana assist one L. u.
Vaughan charged with rape, to es-
cape trom the Greenville county jail,
wherein the said T. U. Vaughan was
then confined" The warrant against
Mr.. Gilreath charges that the defend
ant did convey into the Greenville
county jail tools adapted or useful to
aid a prisoner to make his escape,
with intent to facilitate the escape OF
a prisoner confined, one T. u. Waugh
an, charged with rape, and did aid
and assist said prisoner to escape
from said jail" The witnesses in
each case are j. Perry Poole, Hen
dirk Rector, John s. Hunsinger and
t. U. Vaughan,
In an interview last night, MI. Gil
reath gave an account of the manner
In which he was arrested. He said
that he was apprised early in the af-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
j. ID. Gilreath and Others
Charged With Assisting
Vaughn TO Escape.
7. u. VAUGHN
CONVICTED RAPlST
Is THE ACCUSER

Following the Conviction OF t. L.
Vaughn on the Charge oil Criminal
Conduct Toward Little Girls under
his Care in Odd Fellows 0rphanage.
the Rapist is Alleged to have Made
Sensational Charges.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30

to visitors.
Greenville. Oct. 2S.-Upon an alleg-
ed statement Of the self-confessed rap
list, Thurston L. Vaughan. and at the
instigation of Governor Cole l.. Blease,
EX-Sheriff Jeff ID. Gilreath, inspector
of police; eX-Jailer a. A. Phillips, of
the city police. and Reuben Gosnell,
magistrates constable, were arrest.
ed last night on warrants charging
them with assisting Valughan to es-
cape from the county jail last June.
The three men were taken through the
streets of Greenville 20 the Jail. where
they were incarcerated for an hour or
more. Five substantial business men
commanding more than million dol
lars cash, lated rushed to the Jail from
their respective churches, together
with hundreds Of other citizens. VINO
crowded about the prison and clamor-
ed as to who should be the first to
sign bonds of one thousand dollars for
each of the parties. Feeling was in
tense and excitement ran higher than
it had at any time during the past few
days Of sensational happenings in
Greenville. ,4
Rumor spread like wildfre on the
Streets about noon that arrests were
to be made in connection with the
escape Of Vaughan from Greenville
jail some months ago. Warrants
were drawn up late In the afternoon
and just before night were signed by
Magistrate Samuel stradey and
placed in the hands of Sheriff elect
Henrik Rector for service The
deputy set out to apprehend his men
and located Policeman Phillips first
at Greene avenue and Pendleton
street as the officer was. going from
his home to the police station. He
was arrested and conveyed to the
jail and locked in cell. Rector
then set out to locate Mr.. Gilreath,
finding him at the point near the
Grand opera House. Both got in a
hack and started toward the Jail. AS
the two came through Main street a
tremendous throng gathered and raced
behind the vehicle, shouting and max
ing the night ring with their cries. Mr..
Gilreath was placed in a cell with the
common prisoners, after which the
deputy set about to find his third man.
Leave Churches.
In the meantime news OF the ar
rest spread through several Of the
churches OF 'Greenville and many of
the most prominent men Of the city
left their pews and rushed for the
jail. They insisted on Magistrate
Stradley being sent for so that he
could take bond for the prisoners. A
messenger went to church after the
magistrate and brought him to the
prison. BY the time he arrived the
deputy had returned with Reuben
Gosnell, his third prisoner Bonds
were drawn up and signed by Avery
Patton, Henry p. MCGEE, ]. NJ. Greer,
Alester G.. Furman and c.. o. Allen.
The prisoners were released and left
the jail at once, while the crowd that
jammed the street in front of the
jail dispersed. Some believe that
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
A Forecast

We have now approached near
enough to the republican national
convention to forecast the action Of
that body, EX-President Roosevelt
will, apparently, have a majority OF
the northern states, while President
Taft seems to have a majority Of
{ h e convention--includinG I h e
southern delegates, who represent
patronage and Doodle Mr. RooSe-
welt has been careful to arrange for
contesting delegates from the south
this was the first indication Of
his intention to bolt. With a ma
jority of the northern delegates he
is in position to have a convention
Of his own in case his contesling
delegates are refused admission,
The conclusion, therefore, Is that
Mr.. Roosevelt will be the nominee
Of the regular convention or the
nominee of a boltinG convention
Get ready for his candidacy--he is
quite sure to run.
Can Roosevelt be defeOtedY Yes,
by any good progressive, A prog
ressive will hold the democratic
vote and the republicans who op-
pose a third term will do the rest.
Mr. Clark and Mr., Wilson are the
leading progressive candidates.
either one of them can defeat
Roosevelt, The country will never
have a president for third term,=
Bryans C0mmoner,
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
Dollar No Good Surely

A lawyer was retained as eoun-
ell for a man who stepped into a
hole in the street and broke his leg.
The verdict was in favor of the
client, After settling up the claim,
he handed his client silver dollar.
What Is this forY" asked the
man,
That Is what ls left after taking
out my fee, the cost of appeal, and
other expenses" replied the lawyer.
The man regarded the dollar u
moment, then looked at his attorney.
What 10 the matter with thlsY" he
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
asked. rs it ad?"-Saturday Eve.
ming Post.
A Literary Evening

AS Jones wended his uncertain
way homeward he pondered ways
of concealinG his condition from his
wife, I'll 90 home and read" he
decided. Whoever heard of a
drunken man reading a bookY"
Later Mrs. Jones heard a noise in
the library, What in the world
are you doing in thereY" she asked,
Reading, my DEAR" Jones replied
cheerfully,
"You old IDIOT" she said scornful-
ly, as she looked in at the library
door, shut up that valise and come
to bed,--Ladics' Home Journal,
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
In Line

What makes you think the baby
Is going to be a great politicianY'
asked the young mother, anXiously'
"rll tell you," answered the young
father, confidently; "he can say
more things that sound well and
mean nothing at all than any kid !
ever aw."-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
Not Sure

A little boy who was very much
puzzled over the theory Of evolu.
ton questioned his mother thus;
Mamma, am | descended from a
monkey"
IF don't know" replied the moth
er II never knew any Of youI
fathers people,"-fhe Gateway,
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07

nSneQ NJ YIN III DdhleE county
The Baxter County Fair will be
held at Buford some time in Sep
tember.
The apple crop in Baxter county
this year is unusually large and fine
it is said
Prof. Charles NJ. Albright, a well
known teacher of lmboden, died
last week,
Chancery court convened at New
port last week with l42 cases on
the docket.
The lizard County EX-Confederate
Reunion will be held at Melbourne
July 25-26-27.
Charles Washington Of Oil Trough
caught a 52-pound catfish in White
river several days ago
The lizard County Agricultural
and Educational Association was
organized at Melbourne recently.
Two new store buildings, four
residences and a lodge hall have
just been completed at Jacksonport
1t is believed that a rich and vast
deposit Of quicksilver has been dis
covered on a farm near Mountain
View.
Bennett Miachels, who lives neal
Newark, was kicked on the breast
and painfully injured by a horse
lately
Some unknown party stole a gold
watch a several dollars from the
room of Sam Dorr at Newport re
Gently.
At the recent school election hel(
in Randolph county, county uni
J formity of text books carried by
large majority
The cotton acreage in Jackson
county this year, as compared will
| the acreage of last year, has de
creased 10 percent,
In the attempt to jump in the
wagon and stop a runaway team a
Walnut Ridge lately John Tiller re-
ceived a broken arm.
The Jackson County Democrat at
Newport has changed hands and is
now published by Sparks 4 Sparks
late Of Somerville, Tenn.
One day recently one train run
over and killed six horses between
Mintun and Alicia-three at one
point and three at another
MS, Littleton has announced as an
independent candidate for the office
of sheriff and collector of Jackson
county j. +. McCuistion is the
democratic nominee for this office.
A difficulty arose among the neg
roes living in BiGgers a few nights
since which resulted in the shooting
and severe injury of one of the
blacks.
Elizabeth Wise, little Girl OF
Newport, sustained a dislocated
elbow and a badly bruised shoulder
by falling from her bed and striking
a window sill lately.
Jake Magness, 1d-year-old lad
of Newark, met instant death last
week. He was plowinG in the field
when a storm gathered, a stroke OF
lightning striking the boy and kill
ind him outright,
The l3.year-old daughter of Ri
(us Cunningham Of Salem was
burned to death one day last week
when the Cunningham residence was
: destroyed by fire, The child was II
the upper story Of the building
where the fire originated, and heI
escape was rendered impossible
At a meeting of the democratic
central committee of independence
county in BateSvile one day last
week W. j. Caldwell Of OIL Trough
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
IloRtb HRRansos

Cobb and Julia Craige, the latter
being a negress, were adjudGed in
sane at Newport a few days ago.
The Craige woman and Cobb were
in a most violent condition.
At Newark early one morning
lately the residence of Mrs. Robbie
Drennen was destroyed by fire, to-
Gether with practically all the house
hold furnishings. 1t is not known
how the fire originated. Loss, ST.
50O--inSurance, $3.50.
A burglar entered the home Of II.
G. Drummond at Newport one night
last week and cot away with a lot
of valuable jewelry, During the
same night a horse was stolen
, from the Wallace livery stable at
that place and 1t is believed that
the same party committed both
thefts.
A number of farmers in the Vi
| cinity Of Buford, Baxter county, are
} taking a great interest in the dairy
business. They find this branch Of
r farming industry very profitable.
, These farmers are also interested in
a better grade Of all kinds OF stock
and new and better breeds are be-
ing shipped into the nei9hborhood.
AT Newport a few days since
a surgical operation was performed
= by which a leg of viii CovinGton
+ was amputated. While working in
, a sawmill several months ago Mr..
Covington had the misfortune to get
, his leg broken and the limb never
healed properly the wound growing
SO severe as to finally necesSitate
the operation.
Lawrence Bevens experienced a
narrow escape from drowning in a
creek near Newport recently. The
lad was swimming lin the stream
when the current took him down in
u to deep water. A companion res
Il cued young Bevens with the aid OF
: a pole, which the drowning boy
graspcd after having gone beneath
G the water the second lme.
Mrs II. L. Steiner, a Baxter coun-
ty lady who engages in raising
turkeys, killed a huge chicken snake
{ at her home last week just as the
5 reptile was in the act of swallowing
;. a turkey eGg Mrs, Steiner had
been missing the eggs daily for
some time and could not detect
the thief, but the thefts stopped
when the snake was killed
A negro man, in a demented con-
dition, was picked up at Newport
last week. Investigation revealed
that the negro lived near Swifton,
his name being Jim Davis, and that
during fight with another negro
he was injured and rendered sense
less, disappearing suddenly and
strangely from the neighborhood
The negro wandered through the
woods several days without food
ii is Said and when found he was
in a desperate condition,
J, A. Rogers, q little rullled and
excited perhaps, had the following
to say to the Walnut Ridge Blade
correspondent from Sharum last
! week. II see In the Blade you said
I j, A, Rogers said it was hard to get
! beat in two elections in one year,
I one for School Director and one for
e j. p can say | never said and
never used no words Of any kind
= and besides You can't prove 1t, |
= wish you would attend to your own
( business aud keep my name off
s your mind, Yours Respectfully
! There i8 a General complaint over
!. this county about the poor quality
r of seed corn which was planted
Many farmers are having to plant
, over and some are planting part of
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07
A FEW THOUGHTS AS WE PASS

Y Woodrow Wilson swept the
\ SfINew Jersey last week in a
\ pce primary for president,
4 N * }iSas to have been expected
SNA Jersey is his home state "A
n, many people refer to Gov'
\ Snn "a "a New Englander," not
NV bsfandine the fact that he is
J farthest-south Southerner in
ss ~ for president. Wilson is
' Srdian. and it is not at all PROB
that in the time he was
.oll4as president in New Jersey ne
osk bIs Southern qualities NO
Georgian would do that' Anyhow
nv III has never yet been proven 10 DC
VI crimef for Southern man to i've
II Nav England In fact we nave
|. Veifher,h r,heard it stated or read some
\ WBeYcthat there are very many
'YW><~3FVfr-- .,o
nativa&New Englanders VINO are
m Efhe fnest sort of folks, SO counted
n by1 1aIlt those who have rid their syS-
h 1temslof all prejudice and have not
VI sAct i6rlzed the country in the mat
|, ~" ."J tef 0i jIdging man.
z2s2l o
S40Od many cotton growers OF
gfhia 3ection have recently had a
WV ShproftabIe experience with a
demphis man who made them a
cnAll advance on their cotton some
- months ago. The Memphis man
tap2madea good deal OF money out OF
the DEAL while the farmers VINO
es plehipped him their cotton got some
nd valuable, though costly experience
III pays to deal with the man at
'" home. whom you knew is your
Na'Sl friend AT least there is no proLt
ln permitting a rank stranger TO
ald StfIng YOU for a sucker
N{'NfN o
l1As OH readers will discover that
We rave not used many periods On
the local side Of THIS paper. we
Cut nave them all up in the delinquent
i,., tax II6t and the premium list Tor
the .Sharp County falr'--ilaFdy
''a fteram
SdInetimes in the course of our
NJ fextenDive business the Record Of
~ lice runs short on periods, but we
never, never let folks know the Of
= Ace Is lacking in that little punctu-
ation point, Not on your life
III kNhen out Of periods we always use
n fy-opecks. They are just as good
v and The closest scrutiny will not
Feyeal the difference,
| VI lt d
. Figures compiled by competent
j authorities show that the cost of
<lIVing has advanced an even ten
I per cent during the past twelve
fn0nths. 1t costs a whole lot Of
Il Money to live these days, more
th0n|ev before in the history Of
N tne counlry perhaps, but we want
\ no fopeat that living is better now
fh0n ever before and worth what
cogts and more, OF course we
should like for meat and bread,
1u9Ar and coffee and in fact many
other things necessary for the conf
Tort and general prosperity Of the
I'm 1nncr man to be available at less
61t but believe us, we have no
lc|ye whatever to shuttle off this
Nal coil just because our pocket
X1 ~ always has that empty feel
Living IS fine thing, If 1t Is
|I2,5'< o
kpr six weeks those measures
lu1mitled to a vote Of the people
through the initiative and reIeren-
dufl will be published in this pa
por, ,and in that time our readers
0 should become thoroughly familiar
WAN the provisions oL each The
ouctesG Of the initiative and refer
oAdtm must Hes with the people
thohselves and 1t can accomplish
tut little unless the people prepare
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07

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not simply majority of those
votes cast for and against the
measure. Therefore, the citizen
who does not vote either way upon
measure referred to the people
really votes against the measure
and his ballot is SO counted Wien
the fate of the measure is finally
determined. The people want and
need the initiative and referendum.
They should not permit it to come
into any sort Of disrepute because
Of a lack of interest in the impor-
tant things brought before them
through this method. 1t is the
duty of newspapers, we should
think, to assist their readers in Sc
curing all the information possible
concerning legislation pending
through the initiative and referen-
dunn. Accordingly the Record
would be glad to print letters from
any of its readers on the merits OF
any of the general measures sub
m;tted 70 the voters A discussion
of these measures will help to dis
tribute knowledge of them that
might not otherwise be had gener-
ally. You are welcome to space in
this paper to express yourself on
any matter of public interest at any
time, and we would be glad to print
more letters from our readers.
o
The Record office made out a
new subscription book a few days
since, and while that work was
going on had occasion to again
note that this paper goes into a
majority of the states Of the Union
and is read in very many far-of
places. However, this paper is not
in the same class with the Arkan-
sas exchange, which wheu request
ed by a prospective advertiser to
state where it circulated, replied
promptly that it went into all parts
of the United States and that the
editor had a hard time keeping his
paper from going to h. The Rec
ord is not in that fix
o
If you notice a Fulton county
farmer quit fooling with cotton and
begin raising hay and live stock,
you may bet that he is getting
ready TO quit iooling with lawyers,
politicians and chattel mortgages.
Ills future business will be with the
bank cashier and the cash mer-
chant--Saem Sun,
The advice implied in the above
is as old as the hills, but it is good
nevertheless. No man can raise
cotton and buy flour and meat, a
new horse or mule which he must
have every now and then, and in
many cases some of the feedstuffs
his live stock consumes, with profit
to himself In addition to not maxi
ing money from that sort Of farm
Ing he will put himself and his fam
lily through the hardest labor to be
found on the farm. A cotton crop
is a profitable thing, when both the
crop and the price are good, If the
owner has plenty Of those other
crops growing which will enable
him to grow his cotton asa sur.
plus, but Il cotton crop in this hill
country Is never Going to purchase
the grower everything he Is going
to consume from crop to crop.
u
In the New Jersey preference
primaries last week Roosevelt de-
teated Taft by about fifteen thous-
and voteS=-juSt as he always de-
Icals the president whenever their
candidacy Is subvitted to the peo.
pie III a primary, If the ropublI-
cans at Chicago nominate Taft 1t
Is plain that action will be taken
squarely In the face of an over
tDIHlIhinI Rgni,,,.a. f.. Al
Sharp County record., 1912-06-07

six weeks those measures
luImitled to a vote Of the people
tnrouBh the initiative and reIeren-
dufa will be published in this pa
per, in that time our readers
uhould become thoroughly familiar
Wlth the provisions Of each, The
ouctesG Of the initiative and refer
o1Qum must lies with the people
thomselveS, and 1t can accomplish
put little unless the people prepare
fnqmselves to cast such ballots as
the result of an intelligent
Ny and understanding Of all
Tiers referred to them, The at
ney general of the state has rem
ed a decision to the effect that
asures under the initiative and
Pfendum to carry and become
ppted must receive a majority Of
votes cast In the election at