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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16
HARVEY REYOKES
FERGUSON PAROLE

FERGUSON PAROLE
orders Laurcns County Negro Back
TO Penitentiary, but He Makes His
Escape.
The State, Sunday.
Governor Harvey yesterday reyok-
cd the parole Of Charles Ferguson OF
Laurcns and ordered that the re-
mainder Of the sentence be served
Fersuson was paroled by Governor
Cooper until the county physician
considered him able to complete his
sentence and last week the governor
began an investigation Of this case
along with others.
! supervisor John D. w. Watts Of Lau-
irens advised Governor Harvey that
ferguson in his opinion was only
able to serve one-third OF his SEN
tence and that he slept in an open
porth at Clinton. working q part of
the time in a boiler room. The county
physician was away when the chief
executive wrote for 4 report on Fer
guson, but would give an opinion
that Ferguson, was unable to com
plete his sentence.
| However, a private investigation
was made which differed from state
ments made by the Laurens officials.
J A representative Of the board of .Eub-
lie welfare investigated Ferguson at
T, Clinton and Laurens and found him
working in mill at $11 n week. doing
very laborious work. 1t was also
found that on July of this year Fer
guson was arrested and convicted OF
cursing and raising disturbance on
the highway. The welfare board rep
rcsentativc found that Ferguson was
regarded as bad man" and con-
stantly giving trouble Of some kind.
Only recently, the report says, Fergu-
son got into fight and beat up ne
gro severely. Pistol shots were heard
at the time, it was said.
! Officials at Clinton regard Fcrgu-
'son as strong man physically and
: a bad chractcr. His work in the mill
~ Si.nlOn was cOlllnuOuS from May
10 to August >. lie was parolcd by
Governor Cooper on April 20 of this
year Ferguson was serving life for
murder
Supervisor Watts had no special SUI
Oc"vision over Ferguson after the pa
role, il was "ointcd out. but his re-
port on the case did not tally with
no investigation.
The governor sent the following
telegram to Supervisor Watts:
I For good and sufficient reasons the
Larolo of Charles Ferguson is this day
revoked. Reposscss him at once and
lei him serve the remainder OF his sem
renee without fail"
| The governor is watching all pa
roles granted like the one to Fcrgu-
son and where they are violated he
intends to revoke them Immediately.
When Sheriff Reid sent his deputy to
Clinton Saturday to take Ferguson in
to custody again it was found that
Ferguson had left for parts unknown
and had not returned. The report
from the sheriff's office yesterday was
to the effect that Ferguson had not
been apprehended.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16
FIRE At GLASS WORKS

Considerable damage was done by
fire to the main building Of the Lau.
rcns Glass Works about o'clock this
morning. The fire is thought to have
started near the furnace or one OF the
machines.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16

Continued on Page Four.)
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16

When Sheriff Reid sent his deputy to
Clinton Saturday to take Ferguson in
to custody again it was found that
Ferguson had left for parts unknown
and had not returned. The report
from the sheriff's office yesterday was
to the effect that Ferguson had not
been apprehended.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16

- -
,adyantage Of favorable opportunities.
iHe has served the county IL years
during which time the work has been
very oncrous and feels that he should
be, returned now that the work Is
Fighter.
Iit HOnSc of Representatives
]. o. Barnett, of Clinton, said that
he first received the impulse for pub
lie service after q Cody woman had
persuaded him to attend school. He
worked his way through the Tigers
Vile Academy and for two years at
Hurman University. He had a de-
termined spirit and If elected he Will
do what he thinks right or know the
reason why. Education, good roads
and equal distribution OF taxes are
the main planks in his platform. He
wants to see every boy and girl given
"a fair chance in life. He wants to
see big schools all over the county and
believes believes in getting busy in order to
be able to pay for them.
"StoD, Look and Listen" is the slo-
gan Of l.. S. Bolt and education, taxa
ton, prohibition and evolution are
inc main issues as he sees them. Mr..
Bolt referred fcelingly to the prevail
ing depression and estimated that an
army Of $4,000 people in the state
had not yet ,raid their taxes. He
stands for reduction OF expense in
eycry line, though he would be the
last to cripple any needed institution.
'fias always stocd for education. He
sounded warning against prevalent
iawlessness, especially the sale Of in
toxicating liquors.
| Gt. ID. Boyd rccountcd his activities
for rural schools while a legislator in
previous years and pledged himself to
continue these efforts if elected. He
faVois luxury, income and profits tax
| es as means OF reducing taxes on
'iand:. Iilc believes more money be-
ing spent On maintenance Of public
highways than is necessary. The
stiic ccn save some money, probably
Iab3ut 100000, by abolishing useless
ohSccc, such as commissioner OF agri-
icuttrtc,' rai.rc2d commissioners :ll
J insurarcc com,,,:sai,,nrs Is ,,o !,
he W',l cnt,,ayar TO rooregcn;
coar,'% . the Ecet OF his aH;lity.
II! T.. Browning sad that VI -
shou,d - - barrie: TO Office hold (.
letting iHc&-nct& or ycune men
haA made t'ili. marks in early =
Nj. BgcaAing read his platform 6
about iiftcea blanks. dealing prio -
IDally with schools, roads and taxat: IN
"Thcrc may be ah.ar men in the r., q
for this Office" he said, "but there ;,,
none with more conscientious desire
for service to his county" Mr.. Brown
ing would have the burden of ta"cs
lifted from the farms and placcd y
those able to bear it, If elected no
would favor a meeting at the county
Iseat before each session Of the legic'a
turc where the public could LET ts
wishes be known. He would dedicate
Ihis political career to the obliteration
Of illitcracy in the state. The found,
tion for tho prosperity and happiness
of the state must be laid in the pubic
schools.
Mr. w. l.. Gray said that he had been
lin public life since 1876 but had never
asked for public office. At the earnest
solicitation Of friends he had entered
the race and would consider 1t a great
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-16

advantage Of favorable opportunities
lHe has served the county IL years
during which time the work has been
Iyery oncrous and feels that he should
be returned now that the work Is
Fighter.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
LACK OF RAIN CAUSES TOTAL LOSS OF GRAIN CROPS.
LAKES HAVE DRIED UP AND ROADS ARE Uttered WITH
BODIES OF STARVED NATIVES. PITFUL STORIES OF SUI
FERING TOLD.

the territory since March, 1921, and
since the natives have no money,
they have been unable to avail them
selves of supplies coming by boat
from the Transvaal Even this grain
has been held at the prohibitive
price of 50 per bushel.
AS result. large numbers Of
people have been dying since last
April; the number will run into
many thousands before the harvest
of April 1928, says Mr.. Pointer
Then, If there is another crop fail
ure at this time-as is not unlikely
according to experts--it will be nee
essary to raise millions of dollars
for food If wholesale disaster is to
be prevented.
The Portuguese officials in In
hambane, Mr.. Pointer reports, are
helping little but nothing COM
mensurate with the need and suffer-
ing. The Board of Foreign Mis-
sions has sent from its headquarters,
$50 Fifth Avenue, New York City,
enough funds to purchase grain to
keep the members of the Christian
communities alive until spring; it
has no funds available for more ex-
tensiye relief.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25

This Inhambane section of Afri-
ca has for many years furnished
some 100000 young men annually
for work in the mines around job
annesburg. When, the effects Of the
famine were first felt, there was
rush of men to the mines. but It
was necessary to turn away many
thousands. Many mines have been
working only part time owing to
strikes and q number have been
flooded during the disorders and
cannot be operated for some months.
It is noticed also that the young
men are not returning from johann
nesburg after year or two In the
mines, as is their custom, but are
remaining until the famine is over.
The Board of Foreign Missions
has also received word from DR..
j. G. Stauffacher, Missionary in In
hambane, that you can travel a
days journey in any direction and
see several people dead or dying
from starvation by the roadside.
Last week on our farm at Kambini
five were found dead before they
could reach us. A little boy came
to me yesterday and wanted to sell
his little sister two sacks of corn
because he was hungry"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25

New York, Nov. ga story of
famine that threatens the life of at
least $500, 900 natives in imam
bane Portuguese East Africa, was
brought to New York office Of the
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church today
by the Rev. j. d. Pointer of Will
more, K, who is just returning on
furlough from Missionary service in
that country. Rev. and Mrs. Pointer
have spent ten years in Inhambane
and are now to have years rest
in Wilmore, Kentucky. Mr.. Pointer
was formerly pastor in Louisiana
Accordingly to Mr.. Pointer, the
famine area extends about 800
miles north and south and about 100
miles inland from the coast. About
1900, 900 people live there, of whom
some 5000 are Christians. The 1922
harvest, which usually comes in
March or April, was total loss be-
cause of lack of rain. Most Of the
lakes have dried up and there is
practically no IRRIGATION. Corn and
peanuts are the main crops, though
the tapioca plant and sweet potatoes
are also raised. None of these ar
ticles have been. grown throughout
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
RIOTERS ARRAICNED IN
SPRINGFIELD COURT.

Springfield. Ohio, Nov. "a
Charges with rioting, thirty-tWo Neg
roes were arraigned in police court
and their cases continued for hear
ing on Nov. 81.
The charges grew out of the at
tack made yesterday on policemen
stationed to guard teachers and pu !.
pills at Fulton School, set aside BY
the Board of Education for Negro
pupils exclusively. All Negro pupils
in the city were to be sent to TIE
school under the order.
The Negroes claimed that the or
der was an attempt to "Jim Crow"
the school system here, ana threats
were made against teachers and par
ents who permitted their children to
attend the school. More than three
score Negroes gathered at the
school yesterday and began haunting
the guards and the teachers. The
trouble grew until stones were
thrown. and the police were forced
to draw their guns and call reserves
to restore order
This city has been the scene of
several serious race riots in past
years, the last one bein gin 1920.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
32ND TUSKEGEE CONFER
ENCE TO MEET IN JANUARY


Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Nov.
23.-The Thirty-second Annual Tus-
kegee Institute, January IL and Is.
The first day will be devotes direct
ly to the interests OF the farmers
and the General topic Agriculture
and Home Economies" will be dis
cussed. Such problems as Crop
Production" Live Stock Produc-
tion." "Soil Improvement" Market
ing" Food" Clothing" and the
Home" will be discussed and So
lutions offered by men and women
we'll versed in these particular direc-
tions.
The second day of the conference
will be taken up with discussion OF
subjects of particular interest to
teachers, ministers and welfare
workers in the rural districts. The
general subjects will be "Coopera-
ton of Welfare Agencies in Coun-
try-Wide Improvement Program"
The Tuskegee Negro Conference
has been moving factor in the ad-
vancement of agriculture in this sec
ton for more than thirty years.
Each year agricultural problems are
discussed by men and women prom
inent in agricultural circles. Dr.
Robert r. Motion, principal is urging
farmers, TEACHERS. ministers and well
workers and all interested in rural
betternment to attend this confer
ence. The principal speakers will
be announced later.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
MISSOURI'S ONLY NE.
GRO LEGISLATOR IS
DEFEATED.

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 25.-Walthal
M. Moore. the only Negro who ever
sat in the State Legislature of Mis-
souri,, who was elected two years
ago in the Republican landslide, was
defeated for reelection in the Third
Est. Louis) Legislative District,
which apparently has elected two
Democratic and two Republican leg
islators.
This district was formerly the
Sixth. but in the redistricting was
changed to the Third.
Moore is an attorney and lives
at 3035 Pine Street. AS a legis-
lator he introduced and secured the
passage of a bill converting Lincoln
Institute into a university, with a
100000 appropriation; also bill
creating a Negro Inspector of Negro
schools. In the extra session he in
troduced an anti-lynching bill. In
the Fifty-first Central Assembly he
was member of the Committees
on Eleemosynary Institutions, Teach
ers' College and Permanent Seat of
Government.
He was born at Marion. Ala. May
l, 1881. He attended public schools
and Howard University at Wash ing
ton, d. c. He came to st. Louis in
1896 and was married in 1911. He
was a clerk in the st. Louis post
office and later in the railway mail
service. While thus employed he
began the study of law and helped
to organize the first incorporate
Negro steam laundry in Missouri.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
WOMAN sues INSURANCE
COMPANY FOR $4,000.

ST Louis, Mo-, Nov. 25--A damage
suit for $4,000 to declare that Mrs.
Salena Scruggs, 5000 Pine Street was
maliciously injured by the Tennessee
National Insurance Company and
the company's agent r. r. Rucker,
white, 4466 Vista Street, was field
in the Circuit Court by Attorney N.
A. Mitchell, retained by Mrs. Scrnggs
the plaintiffs petition recites that
the Injuries she sustained when
Rucker cruelty sssaulted her. July
81, resulted in her health being
greatly impaired.
It is said that he kicked the wom-
an several times in the stomach be-
cause she objected to his familiarity
with her,
On August 20, Racker was brought
before Judge Charles Powers in City
Court No. and fined $500 and cost
According to a statement made by
Mrs. Scruggs, she vas policy hold
err of The Tennessee National Insur-
ance Company for ten years. Her
policy was cancelled. and she says
1t was done because of Fuckers re-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
DR.. MOTION AND PARTY GREETED BY
CHEERING new YORK THRONC ON AR
RIVAL.
(By A. N. p.)

New York, N. Y, Nov. 23.-Dr
Robert r. Motion and his party ar
rived last Tuesday on the Steamer
Majestic, returning from his tour
OF England, Scotland. and France,
where he went to deliver addresses
before the Scottish churches Mis-
sionary Congress. which met at
Glasgow.
Dr. Motion was met at the pier by
a large group of friends who well
coined him home after his success
full pilgrimage to Europe to present
the cause of the darker races.
Wednesday night the citizens Of
New York rendered him a welcome
home reception at the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association where the
large auditorium was taxed to ca
pacity by the throngs eager to hear
his message. Among the speakers
at the reception were Bishop w. T.
Vernon who has just returned from
South Africa. Dr. Thomas Jesse
Jones, who likewise has recently
completed trip through Africa in
which he made survey on the educa-
tional needs there, report of which
has just been published, DR.. Will w.
Alexander of the Inter-racial move
ment, Miss Eva Bowles of the Y.
w. g. A., and Mrs. Motion who with
Major Allan A. Washington and
Nathan Hunt accompanied Doctor
Motion on his trip. The occasion was
a brilliant and notable one and New
Workers in the light of the impor-
tant messages brought first hand
are thinking in new terms of the
racial problems Of the world.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
y. S. LEADERS IN
VETED TO HAITI.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Announce
ment was made at the state depart
ment that President Borno Of Haiti
has invited w. T. B. Williams tc
come to that country to investigate
the possibilities OF establishing in
Haiti vocational schools along the
line of the Tuskegee Institute. DR..
Motion. head Of the institute was
originally invited but was unable
to accept, and recommended VIII
liams in his stead.
President Borno also invited Rob
ert Church Of Memphis to make an
investigation in Haiti OF similar
nature with relation to business
and industrial conditions. The two
American Negroes thus honored by
he Haitian government are expected
to leave for that country IN The
nea- future.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
SHUTTLE ALONG" BEGINS
ENGAGEMENT in CHICAGO.
tBy A. N. p).

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Shuffle Along,
"shuffled" into the Olympic theatre
here this week with a verve and a
swerve which has made all Chicago
sit up and take notice. That this
stellar organization has lived up to
all advance notices and then some
is the opinion to be heard not only
in the places where the brethren"
hold forth but all over this little
town and the daily paper critics who
have spelled death for so many shows
this fall have been unanimous in
their approval.
Headed by Sissle and Blake, Liller
and Lyles and Lottie Gee, the SEN
sations from Broadway, by way of
Boston, disembarked from their
special train with Is motor cars
and numerous full of the latest in
toys. Not for the stage, no bless
you, but for the "stroll" Sartorially
the outfit has 35th and Indiana
Avenue up on It's tiptoes and gas
ping for breath and its a toss up
which are the best dressed, the lads
or the slinkers. Glass and prosper
ity are sticking out all over them.
But the show-of course Colored
Chicago is a unit in pronouncing it
the best ever, that was to be ex-
pected, but from the downtown
theatre standpoint, Chicago, is not
cosmopolitan New York and every
body waited to see what the daily
paper critics had to say.
Listen to Ashton Stevens of the
Herald Examiner, the ace Of critics
here:
"Half Of "Strut Miss Lizzie" was
good, but Shuttle Along" is all
good. It is the real Colored thing;
1t is ETHIOPIA" Here words carry
laugh or string and ---.......-- the
yarn is a rebuke to the plotlessness
Tor the white musical comedian.
But am sure there is music in
It.: even more music than there is
plot; even more music than that
you will hear in Mr.. Berlin's most
musical Music Box Revue. And it
is very real music. 1t is score that
agounds in what the financiers of
tinpan alley call natural" melodies.
Tunes that just couldn't rightly be
anything but what they are-happy,
original, graceful tunes-grow all
over Shuttle Along" They make
you say that the tunefulness of the
Colored man is more than supersti-
ton.
Eubie Blake composed them, and
he leads the orchestra. Mr.. Blake is
my idea of star in the orchestra
lpit He makes his fourteen bands
men to play like forty when needs
be and like one when the marking
is pianississimo. He sits at the con-
cert grand juggling cascade Of
ebony where it will do the least
harm; and it is an obligato that
really obliges.
If that very hard-to-spell word,
rhythm. had not been invented. it
would spring into the dictionaries at
Mr.. Webster's first hearing of Mr..
Blake's black bandsmen. Rhythm
CONTINUED on page 81.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
GOVERNOR ABSENT; ASSlS-
TANT PARDONS NEGRO
CONNECTS.

Memphis. Tenn, Nov. 2S.-Today
came near being Armistice Day for
number Of prisoners in the Mis-
sissippi State Penitentiary, but the
Private Secretary Of Governor Lee
M. Russell and the quick action of
Memphis friends in rushing the Exc
cutive back across the Mississippi
State border in an automobile spoil
ed the plans of Lieut. Gov. Homer
H. Casteel.
The Mississippi A.. and NJ Col
lege team met the University of
Tennessee eleven today at football.
The Governor was to have occupied
a seat in the grand stand at Mem
phis. When play was called the Gov
ernor was back in Mississippi.
The Governor was also to have
delivered brief address on the oc-
casion of dedicating the United
States Veterans Hospital here today.
His speech was all written. He was
the next speaker but one on the pro-
gram, but his chance did not come.
The Governor had just steadied
himself for his speech when friends
rushed to the hospital with news
that the Lieutenant Governor had
gone To- the Mississippi Capitol from
his home city of Pickens and had
started the pardon mill On pre-
vious occasions the Governor had
denied himself the pleasure of at
tending outside celebrations in his
desire to keep the prison population
up to a needed average.
This morning the Governor came
to Memphis. The Lieutenant Cover
nor went to the Governors office
at Jackson and undertook to as
sumo the duties of office. He called
for a batch Of pardon blanks. The
Governor kept the blanks. Where
upon Mr.. Casteel started writing
pardons on the typewriter. The
Governor was hatily summoned, but
before contact was established the
Lieutenant Governor had pardoned
two Negro life convicts.
Jackson, Miss, Nov. 23.-Secre-
rotary ]. ]. Conan. of the State
Prison Board tonight refused to
honor two pardons issued today to
Negro life termers by Lieut.. Cover
nor H. II. Casteel, Actipi Cover
nor Of Mississippi in the absence of
Governor was hastily summoned, but
Governor Lee M. Russell, who was
in Memphis attending football
game.
The Governors Secretary, Macy
Dinkins, declared tonight that the
Lieutenant Governor called this
morning and asked him for pardon
blanks, which he refused to give
him The acting Executive is then
said to have prepared some forms
and after having filled them in he
presen ed them to Secretary of State
j. w. Power for his signature Pow
er refused the requeLt until advised
by Attorney General Frank Robert
son that 1t was his duty to attest
them provided the Governor was out
of the State. Power then signed and
stamp ped them with the seal of he
State.
According to official circles at the
capitol, the legacy of the action of
the acting Executive will be deter
mined in the courts.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-11-25
PER CENT. OF WASHINCTONS
LAUNDRY WORKERS ARE NEGROES.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 23.--
With the advent Of the steam laain-
dry 40 years ago, began the grad
ual passing of ne picturesque Me-
gro washerwomau, arrayed in 81 g.
ham aprou, delivering the family
wash For a century or more the
washing in certain sections Of the
country was done by Colored peo-
pie. The Department Of Label
through Phil H. Brown, Commission
er of Cancellation, instituted sur
vey to ascertain to what extent Me-
groes were sill employed in the
laundry industry. Washington, ID. c..
was selected as typical city for
the investigation, and the result in
dicates that 64.4 per cent of tc (
tai Of 1,549 workers OF both colors
and sexes, engaged In the laundry
business in Washington, d. c., are
Negroes. This does not include
Chinese and hand laundries; only
those plants employing machinery
1nis per cent Is based upon a total
Of 551 white and 998 Colored work
ers, who are further Invisible into
268 white males, 223 Colored males.
282 white females, and IT'S Colored
females. the Coored males and fe-
males forming. respectively. 14.4
per cent and 500 per cent Of the
grand total Of 1.549
An analysis, by skill. OF these
workers, after eliminating 1876 un-
classified workers. discloses the fur
Their fact tina It takes $50 sSiilcd
workers, as against 400 unsk,llcd
workers. TO conduct the plant laun-
dry industry Of Washington. d. G.
Colored skilled workers. with per
cent Of STA are performing the