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THE PIEDMONT

TODAY`S COTTON AND
SEED MARKETS

	Cotton.	Seed.
Greenville	17.00c	$54
Greer	17.00c	$54
Piedmont	17.00c	$54
Pelzer	17.00c	$54
Fountain Inn	17.00c	$54
Taylors	17.00c	$54
Simpsonville	17.00c	$54

WEATHER Probably local rains tonight and
Friday, mild temperatures.

HIDING YOUR LIGHT
under a bushel, Mr. Merchant, will
some day result in the light going out.
Keep step with the spirit of the
times—keep your name and your busi-
ness in the minds of the public.

VOLUME 87—No. 26 EIGHT PAGES TODAY. GREENVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1917. HOME EDITION. PRICE 5 CENTS

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POLICE CONVINCED WEALTHY
SUICIDE WAS THE SLAYER
OF BEAUTIFUL ARTIST'S MODEL
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His Hair Corresponded to That
Found Clutched in Woman's
Hand—Wore Undershirt Corres-
ponding of [blurry] Mrs. Colbert Wore,
Other Clues.
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Philadelphia, Jan. 5.—Police here
said they were convinced Bernard
W. Lewis, who killed himself at
Atlantic City last night, killed Maxie
Colbert, an artist's model, here a
week ago. Lewis was identified by
a taxicab chauffeur as the man he
drove to the girl's apartments the
night of her death. His hair match-
ed that found clenched in her hand,
he wore a woman's undershirt cor-
responding exactly to the garments
Miss Colbert wore and a bloody
handkerchief was found in his pock-
et book. Lewis was the son of a
wealthy retired Pittsburgh oper-
ator.

Police, although declaring their
belief that the mystery was virtual-
ly solved said several men, friends
of the dead girl suspected of having
knowledge of the crime would be
kept under surveillance until there is
absolutely no doubt regarding their
connection with the case. Many
young men prominent in social and
business life here been question-
ed by the police. Several admitted
knowing the woman, and some said
they had been among her admirers.
The explanations of all except two
of these were satisfactory to the de-
tectives and their names were with-
held.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.—The
death by his own hand in an Atlantic
City hotel tonight of Bernard W.
Lewis, a wealthy young Pittsburger
as he was about to be arrested in
connection with the murder of Maxie
Colbert, the artist's model, the police
declare, leads them to believe that he
had knowledge of the crime, even if
he was not actually the slayer. Al-
though reports from Atlantic City
late tonight said that Lewis had left
no written statement, local authori-
ties were hopeful that something
would yet be found among his ef-
fects to clear up the mystery, which
for four days has baffled the efforts
of a score or more of detectives.

A warrant for Lewis' arrest on
the technical charge of defrauding a
taxicab driver out of his fare early
Friday the day the crime is believed
to have committed, was issued
today and fliers were sent broadcast
by the police with a description of
the Pittsburger. Lewis' name had
been furnished the authorities by
Misses Ethel and Mabel Kyle, sisters,
both of whom were public school
teachers, who said that the young
man had taken them home in a taxi-
cab after a dinner party downtown.
Elwood Powell, the chauffeur, in an
affidavit before a magistrate, stated
that he had later taken the man to
the apartment house, where Miss Col-
bert lived.

Lewis twice this afternoon tele-
phoned, apparently from Atlantic
City, to the home of the Kyle sisters
in Germantown. His calls were ans-
wered by Miss May Kyle, a third sis-
ter, and Lewis, she said, plunged at
moments into the subject of the murder.
"What shall I do?" he is reported to
have said. "Isn't this terrible?"

"Did you know the Colbert girl,"
Miss Kyle said she asked him.

"Of course I did not know her," he
is said to have replied.

"Then why have you not called on
the detectives and explained where
you were on Friday?" Miss Kyle
asked. "Why didn't you let them
know before this?"

Lewis is said to have replied: "I
thought the easiest way was the best."

Lewis was silent for a few mo-
ments and then said, according to
Miss Kyle "Don't worry, I am going
to straighten this out. I have ar-
ranged to see [at?] good lawyer and
will do whatever he says."

Lewis then hung up the receiver.
He called again in a few minutes it
is said and repeated his admonition
that the sisters should not worry
about the matter.
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Was Graduate of Yale.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 4—
Bernard W. Lewis who committed
suicide at Atlantic City tonight, was
a member of the class of 1901 at
Yale, but did not graduate. The uni-
versity catalogue shows that he at-
tended college from 1897 to 1899.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.—On
Thursday night while Lewis was out
with the Germantown teachers he is
said to have called up Miss Colbert.
During the dancing that night his col-
lar became wilted, the Kyle sisters
say, and he was bought a new one at the
hotel, the same size as the bloodstain-
ed collar found in Miss Colbert's
apartment. It also became wilted
the teachers say and detectives say
the collar found in the apartment has
been discarded because it was wilted.

Captain of Detectives Pate, in a
statement tonight, said that in his
opinon Lewis is the man who com-
mitted the crime, but that the inves-
tigation of other clues were made.
"If Lewis and Miss Colbert were in
the room together when she was kill-
ed, it is possible we may never
know any more than we found out to-
night," said he.

The jewels missing from the Colbert
apartment with the exception of a
[larg] diamond ring, were found today
in a pawn shop by the police. They
recovered two rings and a diamond
lavalier, Miss Colbert had pledged
four days before Christmas and had
bought Christmas presents for the
family.

The murder of Maxie Colbert, which
has greatly aroused the police and
public, was discovered about midnight
last Saturday night when her sister,
after ineffectual attempts to telephone
called at the woman's apartment.

The janitor entered through a win-
dow, when knocks brought no re-
sponse and discovered the bruised
body, clad only in violet silk pajamas
lying on the bed. The form was cov-
vered with a sheet and a clumsy effort
had been made to indicate suicide by
attaching a rubber hose to a gas jet
and placing over the murdered girls
face. But the murderer overlooked the
detail of turning on the gas.

Circumstances made it apparent
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hours. She had been cruely beaten,
apparently with a flat iron, her teeth
knocked out, and bruises and cuts in-
flicted all over her body. A silk stock-
ing was knotted tightly around her
neck.

Letters and photographs found in
Miss Colber's apartment served to
connect several prominent Philadel-
phians with the gay life the girl had
been leading and they were questioned
regarding their association with her.
Suspician rested on several and their
knowledge of the girl caused them to
pass many uncomfortable hours.

Miss Colbert was about 27 years
old. She came here from Kane, Pa.,
eight years ago and soon afterward
assumed the name of Mrs. Grace Rob-
erts. Her family asserts however that
she was never married. She was pos-
sessed of great beauty of form and of
face and this led to her selec tion as a
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LEWIS KILLS SELF
IN ATLANTIC CITY
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Detectives Were Knocking on
his Door When he Placed
Pistol lto his Head.
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SCRATCHES ON FINGERS
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 4.—
Bernard Wesley Lewis, son of a prom-
inent retired coal dealer of Pittsburg,
sought by the police in connection
with the killing of Maxie Colbert, an
artist's model, in her apartment at
Philadelphia last week, shot and in-
stantly killed himself tonight in his
apartment in the exclusive Boston Villas
here while two detectives were trying
to gain entrance to his realm. The
ball from a new 18-calibre rifle went
into his temple and death was believ-
ed to have been instantaneous.

When the detectives knocked on the
door of his room, Lewis when into the
bathroom, braced his feet against the
head of the bath tub, placed the rifle
to his head and pulled the trigger.
When the officers broke down inter-
vening doors a few minutes after
[heard?] the shot, they found the man
dead.

The local department yesterday was
requested by the Philadelphia police
detectives, Farley and Patton, who
were assigned to the case, to endea-
vor to arrest Lewis. They learned
that the young man's father some
years ago lived in a house near States
Villa and they went to that hotel,
but Lewis was not there, nor had he
made any reservation.

About 8 o'clock tonight a telephone
message to Capt. [Maiseed's?] office said
a man answering the description of
Lewis had entered States Villa and
was then eating dinner. Farley and
Patton immediately rushed to the
house, where they learned that Lewis
had gone up to his room on the third
floor. They hurried up the stairs
and rapped on the door of the bed-
room.

"Who be there?" Lewis called out.
"We have a message for you,"
Farley answered, "Let us in."

"All right," was the reply.

A moment later the detectives heard
a [blurry] and fearing that Lewis
was attempting to escape, hurried to
an adjoining room from which there
was a communicating door to the
bath room of Lewis' apartment. As
they tried the door the rifle shot
rang out. The key hole to the sec-
ond ddoor had been plugged, but the
detectives soon opened the door lead-
ing to Lewis' bed room. They found
the door to the bathroom locked,
and were forced to break it open. The
trigger of the rifle was slasped in
Lewis' hand and the end of the barrel
rested against his temple. Chief of Po-
lice, [blurry] took temporary charge of
the body and County Physician L.
R. Sauder expressed the opinion that
death was instantaneous.

Lewis' fingers showed several
scratches, as though he had been in
a struggle with some one. On the
bureau were several copies of Today's
Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and New
[England?] newspapers. One containing the
[flaring?] head line across the front
page, "GIRL MAY SOLVE MODEL
MYSTERY." Underneath this was a
large column cut of Maxie Colbert.
The police said they found no written
word in his effects, however, to con-
nect him with the crime.

Lewis was positively identified by
the owners of the hotel. He was a
man about [38?] years old, dark com-
plexion and extremely high forehad,
rather prepossessing in appearance.
He had little luggage and only $6 and
some change.
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A $1 DECLINE
ON COTTON SEED
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There was a decline of $1 on the
local markets today as cottong seed,
being quoted at [$62?] per ton. There
was practically no seed sold at this
price, though, as a rise in the price
is expected in the early part of next
week. Farmers in the surrounding
towns still "clingen" to their cotton
it seems, as local buyers state that
there were only a few bales bought
this week.

Cotton remains at the same price
as made in the early part of this
week—[17?] cents per pound.
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ARTILLERY ACTION

Paris, Jan. 5—There was active
artillery fighting last night on the
Verdan front in the vicinity of [Dou-
aumont?] and Vaux said the war of-
fice.

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HOTEL LESSEE IS
UNCERTAIN ABOUT
LICENSE MATTER
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James Angel Says he is Confident
he Would Win if he Brought Ac-
tion, But Dislikes to be Fighting
the City.
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James Angel, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, for which the city
council yesterday refused to grant a
license for the coming year, said this
morning in reply to questions that he
was undecided as to whether or not
he would bring legal proceedings to
acquire a license.

The hotel was still in operation up
to noon today, and up to that hour
the city police had taken no action
to prevent the establishment from
doing further business, though the
manager and proprietor are evident-
ly expecting some such ation at any
hour. The hotel's license for the past
year expires on the last day of the
year, and its application for a new
license has been returned by the
city. The council, in taking this ac-
tion supported the action of Mayor
Webb in revoking the license the
day following the shooting of Lois
Howard, the nineteen year-old girl
in the room of J. R. Cox, of Belton,
on Christmas Eve night.

A temporary restraining order was
secured by Mr. Angel on Christmas
day from Judge Pence in Anderson,
and the hotel was opened again the
same day. It is understood that this
temporary restraining order has now
expired by its own limitations and
unless some further legal action is
taken to prevent the city from clos-
ing up the hotel, the police will be
free to cause the management to
"shut up shop."

Mr. Angel said today that he
did not believe the city could rea-
sonably bring any accusation against
the hoel that would justify the re-
vocation of the license. He said that
under the present management, the
conduct of the hotel had been splen-
did, there had been no complaints
and, the business had tremendously
increased. He said the conduct of
the hotel under the present manage-
ment was proof that he was making
every effort to operate the hostelry
on a high plane.

Mr. Angel said that if he brought
action to require the city to give him
a license for the hotel, he felt sure
he would win out, but that he did
not like to be fighting the ccty and
might possibly decide to sell out
rather than initiate proceedings.
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GIVE QUOTATIONS
OF MILL STOCKS
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Quotations of Stocks on Local Mills
to be Published in the Piedmont
—Furnished by Marshal Pre-
vost of This City.
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Marshall H. Prevost, Greenville
dealer in stocks and bonds, has
agreed to furnish the Piemont with
the annual stock quotations of the
local mills. The quotations will be
an interesting feature of The Pied-
mont's news columns. Mr. Prevost
is a recognized authority on stocks
and bonds, etc., and the quotations
that he will furnish will be accurate-
ly compiled.

That quotations make their first
appearances in The Piedmont in to-
day's issue. The list will be revised
about three times a week and
changes will be made on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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SHOT IN TAXI
MAY RECOVER
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Brookline, Mass. Jan. 5—Miss
Mildred [blurry], who was shot while
riding in a taxicab with James J. Ri-
ley last night is reported to be resting
easy at the hospital, where she was
taken. Doctors said her wounds are
not dangerous, Riley is more severe-
ly wounded. Physicians said he had
a chance to recover. Riley is under
police guard.
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NOTE TO CALM
FEAR OF SWISS
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Berne, Jan. 5—The Bund printed
a note from the German legislation
with the object of dispelling fears
aroused in Switzerland by rumors
that Germany intended to strike at
France and Italy through this coun-
try. The note said: "We may one
more declare that, as all Swiss, Ger-
many has formerly resolved to strict-
ly respect Switzerland's neutrality."
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E. H. SOTHERN IS
IN IMPROVED STATE
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Chicago Jan. 5—The condition of
E. H. Sothern, the famous actor,
who has been seriously ill with
stones in the kidney at a local hotel
has improved according to physi-
cians. An operation may be neces-
sary. Decision withheld pending
the arrival of Mrs. Sothern, and Dr.
Joseph Bissell, the Sothern's family
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CAN`T BUY JUNK
FROM MINOR, SAYS
LAW, NEGRO FINED
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Unusual Case in City Court Today
Brings up the City Ordinances
Covering Purchase of Junk From
Minors.
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Few people know that it is unlaw-
ful for boys under 21 years of age
to dispose of junk in the city of
Greenville, without the written per-
mission of parents, but that such is
certainly the case was revealed in
the [blurry] court today when Walter
Stokes, a negro, representing David-
son's junk shop, on West McBee
avenue, was convicted of buying junk
from a minor and sentenced to pay
a fine of $6 or serve 10 days. He
was charged with buying 115 pounds
of rags from a young white boy.

Mr. Davidson, his manager, made
a complaint to Chief Noe about the
matter, saying that the charge
against him was unreasonable,
whereupon Assistant Chief C. M.
Thompson showed him the city code
concerning the junk shop laws.

In section [539?] of the code, it states
that "every person operating such
shops shall keep a record book of
which shall be written at the time
of every purchase or barter, a de-
scription of articles purchased or
bartered for, and the name of the
residence of the person from whom
the junk was bought and the day
and the hour when such a purchase
was made; and the book, shall, at
all reasonable times, be open to the
inspection of the mayor or of the chief
of police or any person duly authoriz-
ed by them to inspect same." Section
254 was also quoted, stating that "no
such shop of this kind will be kept
open or any such purchase made
except between sunrise and sun-
down." Another section, 243, state
that "no purchases shall be made
from any minors without the written
permission of the parent or guar-
dian of such [blurry] or an apprentice,
which permission will be filed and
shall be produced by someone author-
ized to inspect such shops."

This is the first case of this na-
ture that has come up in the city
cour and, holding that ignorance
of the law is no excuse, the negro
was given the fine of $4 or 10 days.

Every Complaint.

Chief Noe stated this morning that
they will observe strictly the law
concerning the junk shops and that
all managers who [smudged] pur-
chasing junk from minors without
the written permission mentioned in
the code would be fined. He said
that numerous complaints have come
to the police department to the effect
that locomotives and engines had
been stripped of their brass or other
metal, presumably for the purpose
of being sold as junk.

This case attracted particular at-
tention as many were ignorant of the
laws concerning junk shops. Chief
Noe stated that law should be rigidly
enforced and that the police will at-
tempt to apprehend all managers of
such shops who buy unlawfully from
minors.

Six other prisoners were tried and
the cases disposed of by the City Re-
corder Richard F. Watson today, one
case, Sam Stenhouse, a negro
charged with stealing, was above the
jurisdiction of the city court and he
was turned over to the sheriff. The
other prisoners were as follows:

Theodore Young, disorderly con-
duct, $7.50 or 15 days.

[blurry] Gordon, distorderly con-
duct, $7.50 or 15 days.

"Son" West, stealing, $11.50 or 15
days.

Obie [Williams?], disorderly conduct.
Dismissed.

James Greene, disorderly conduct.
$6 or 12 days.
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SPORTSMEN WANTED
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Local Police Asked to Aid in Cap-
ture of Canadian.

A man who is described interna-
tionally as one who delights to
["punt and nab"?] is not often the sub-
ject of police pursuit, but the Cana-
dian police are after one of that type
now. The local headquarters of po-
lice and the sheriff's office receive
all sorts of descriptions of "wanted
men" in varying amouts of re-
wards offered for captures, but very
few of the "bigger game" are pick-
ed up here. The Canadian who is
wanted is worth $1,000 to his cap-
tor, as that is the amount offered by
the chief of the principal police of
Winnipeg, E. J. Elliot.

Frank S. Burgess, aged 40 years,
five feet, nine inches, 160 pounds,
thick set, clean shaven, shady com-
plextioned, is wanted. He has a
broken nose, which is very thick and
a jagged blue scar runs down each
side of the bridge. His hair is light
brown. He smokes a pipe occasion-
ally. He is a "good dresser" and
has a penchant for diamonds.

Burgess is represented as charged
with forging indorsement to a bank
check, while manager at Winnipeg
for the Canadian government [blurry]
tors. By this crime so the charge
goes, he secured $7,679.08 and dis-
appeared.

Burgess might be found engaging
in railway construction work, the
police set forth, or spending time
around grain exchanges, as he is a
speculator.
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RECORD ENLISING.

Washington, Jan. 5.—Vina C. Mul-
lins, postmistress at Wilder, Tenn.,
holds the record for the number of
recruits sent to the army during De-
cember. She obtained six from a
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WALDROP CASE
IN JURY'S HANDS
THIS AFTERNOON.
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Road Foreman Tried on Charge of
Obtaining Money Under False Pre-
tense, Takes Stand on Own De-
fense Today.
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The lawyers on both sides having
completed their arguements at [?].10
today, the case in the sessions court
against W. W. Waldrop, the road
foreman who is being tried on a
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses will go to the jury
this afternoon. Judge Mendel D.
Smith dismissed the court after So-
licitor Smoak had made the argu-
ment in the jury and will make him
charge immediately after court re-
convenes at [1?] o'clock.

Waldrop took the witness stand
this morning and [was?] examined by
the attorneys on both sides. H. P.
Burbage, representing Waldrop, made
his argument to the jury at 12:30 and
state's attorney, David Smoak, spoke
at 1 o'clock.

This case, which has received
much attention in the vicinity, was
started in the sessions court Wed-
nesday morning and has continued for
two days, both sides having made a
strong legal fight. Many witnesses
have testified, among them being
men who worked under Waldrop on
the road and members of the high-
way commission. The outcome of
this case is being awaited with in-
terest by many in this and other
counties of the state.

Grand Jury Dismissed.

The grand jury in the sessions
court dismissed this morning at 11
o'clock, and will not come back un-
til Monday morning as it is the rule
of Judge Mendel L. Smith, who is
sitting on the bench, to have no
court on Saturdays. Judge Smith
stated that the jurors were given this
day as many had private and per-
sonal affairs they wished to attend
to.
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CHURCHES TO HAVE
SELF-DENIAL WEEK
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The Pendleton Street Baptist, the
Second Presbyterian and the St.
Paul Methodist churches will uite
in the observance of the week of
prayer and self-denial as suggested
by the World's Evangelical Alliance
and the Federal Chrches of Christ
in America.

The following program has been
arranged:

Monday, January 8th at St. Paul
Methodist church led by Dr. D. H.
Hahn. Thanksgiving and [blurry-]
tion. Scripture: [illegible] Rom.
8 [illegible].

Thursday, January 9th, at Second
Presbyterian Church led by Rev. A.
E Holler. The Church Universal—
The "One Body" of Which Christ is
the Head. Scripture: Isa. [54:2-5?];
John 20:19-33, Acts: [illegible]; I. Cor.
12:4-7.

Wednesday, January 10th, at the
Pentleton Street Baptist Church led
by Dr. E. P. Davis. Nations and
Their Rulers. Scripture: Psa. 24:
[illegible]; I. Tim. 2:1-8; I. Peter
2:[illegible].

Thursday, January 11th, at St.
Paul Methodist Church led by Dr.
B. D. Hahn. Missions Among M[??-]
[??] and the Heathen Scriptures:
Psa. 2: Luke [??] 40-44; [Rom.?] [illegible].

Friday, January 12th at the Sec-
ond Presbyterian Church led by Rev.
A. E. Holler. Families, Schools,
Colleges and the Young. Scripture:
I. Kings 3:5-15; II. Tim. [?:14-17;
Mat. 19:13-[15?].

Saturday, January 13th, at Pendle-
ton Street Baptist church led by Dr.
F. P. Davis. Masters of the Homes,
[blurry] and Among the Jews. Scrip-
ture Psa. [2?]; Luke 11:25-37; Rom.
[11?]: 18-24.

These services will commence each
evening promptly at 8 o'clock and
last only one hour.

All who want to begin the year
with the blessings of God upon them
are heartily invited to attend every
service.

Ask yourself the question, "What
kind of a church would my church
be, if every member were just like
me."
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ELEVEN DIE
IN TORNADO
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Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 5.—Eleven
are dead and a number are expected
to die according to reports from a
district swept by a tornado yester-
day. All the dead were children
killed when a schoolhouse at [blurry]
[blurry] was destroyed.
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RETURNED TO SCHOOL.

Miss Susan Gower and brother,
Arthur Gower returned to their re-
spective schools after having spent
the holidays with their parents on
Perry avenue. Miss Gower attends
school in New York and Mr. Gower
at Clemson college.
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MARKETS
Liverpool & New York Cotton.
Furnished by J. L. Watkins & Co.,
386 News Building

NEW YORK COTTON

	High	Low	Close	Close
Jan		17.80	17.60	17.78
Mar		17.94	17.40	17.97
May		18.24	17.90	18.28
July		18.28	17.94	18.27
Oct		17.16	[16.85?]	17.13
Dec		17.23 17.00	17.28

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[GANRD] JURY TO
RE-OPEN INQUIRY
INTO ROAD CASES
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Understood That Body will Summon
a Number of Witnesses on Monday
to Investigate Affairs of Other
Road Foremen.
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It was learned today that the
courts grand jury contemplates a
further investigation into expendi-
tures of the road funds to the coun-
ty which may lead to several other
case similar to that against W. W.
Waldrop, which will be concluded
today in the sessions court.

While no announcement has been
made to the grand jury as yet, it
is understood from reliable sources
that a number of witnesses to be
brought before a grand jury when
it reconvenes here Monday, and the
inquiry commenced by the grand
jury last year re-opened. At the in-
vestigation last year, when the jury
returned an indictment against
Waldrop, there was considerable
talk about alleged shortcomings on
the part of other gang foremen to
the county. Some witnesses in re-
gard to those appeared before the
[frad?] jury at the time but no ac-
tion was taken regarding these cases.

The new grand jury has had the
matter up for discussion during the
past two or three days. It is under-
stood and have practically decided it
next week in order to go into thor-
ough inquiry regarding it.
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ARREST WOMEN ON
CHARGE VAGRANCY
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Four White Women Arrested in
Nickoltown This Morning—One is
Sister of Woman Shot in Local
Hotel.
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About 1 o'clock this morning,
Chief [Reuben Goodsell?] of the rural
police and three of his assistants ar-
rested four white women in the
Nickoltown section on a charge of
vagrancy. The women gave their
ames as Elsie Howard, she is a
sister of Lois Howard who was shot
and killed in the Central Hotel on
Christmas Eve, Lillian Jones,
Florence White and [Roxie?] Fuller.
They have been lodged in the county
jail and will be tried before Magis-
trate John M. Daniels this afternoon
on the charge.

The four women, it is understood,
were formerly located in West Green-
ville and have since gone to the Nick-
oltown section, which is located just
outside the city limits.
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WON`T LICENSE
CENTRAL HOTEL
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The Central Hotel, the oldest hos-
tlery in operation in Greenville,
will be closed within a few days upon
the order of Mayor C. S. Webb who
instructed the city clerk to refuse
to grant a license to the present man-
agement, following the death of
young Lois Howard who was slain at
the hotel in the room occupied by J.
R. Cox and C C. Willingham on
Christmas Eve night.

The city council, in special session
yesterday sustained the mayor in his
action, and a motion was adopted
which authorized the city clerk not
to issue a license to the present pro-
prietor or any other proprietor with-
out first making a full and thorough
investigation. The reputation of the
hotel for morally is not very good,
stated members of the council yes-
terday.

On account of the recent tragedy
and other reports which had come
to the police's attention, the city
council declared it to the best inter-
est of the city that no license for
1917 be generated for the operation of
a hotel as it had been run in the
past.

The license for 1916 has expired,
and without a new license the city
officials hold that the Central Hotel
canot longer be operated under the
present management.

Mayor Webb first ordered the po-
lice to close the hotel on the morn-
ing of Christmas Day, following the
death of the young woman the night
before. The hotel was [blurry], but
later in the day attorneys repre-
senting Mr. Angel, the lessee, obtained
from a circuit judge a temporary res-
training order which enjoined the
city and required it to show cause why
the hotel should be closed. A hear-
ing on the matter was scheduled to
come up last Tuesday, but since the
mayor and council has decided not to
grant a license and order from the
court on that proceeding would be of
no value. In other words, it is
stated that proceeding could not ac-
complish anything.
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HAS SEPARATE PHONE
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Commercial and Freight Agents of
Southern Railway Have Offices on
Washington Street.

The office of the Commercial and
freight agent of the Southern rail-
way, along with the ticket officer,
occupied by Alex McBee and S.
Mack Howard, will however have
a telephone separate from the pas-
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REPRESENTATIVE WOOD APPEARS
BEFORE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
ON HEARING ON "LEAK" CHARG[ES]
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Calls Over Names of Member [Who]
Market People Understood to [be]
Connected With the Affair [be]
Hearsay—Lawson to Appe[ar]
Monday.
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Washington, Jan. 5.—The names
of the president's secretary, Joseph
P. Tumulty, a "Mr. [Boilling"?] a bro-
ther of the president's wife, Barna[bas]
Faruch, Otto Kuhn of Kuhn, [cut off]
& Co., and several brokerages that
were mentioned by Representative
Wood intestifying before the house
rules committee at a hearing on the
[rumination?] for the investigation [on]
whether there is a leak on informa-
tion of the president's peace note,
Wood said he made charges against
no one, and the information was
hearsay. He objected to testifying
publicly.

Wood said he had been informed
that Baruch had information for
guarding the note two or three days
before publication, and that he con-
ferred with Tumulty at New York
[blurry] at that time. The statements con-
tained mainly on a letter from [cut off]
Curtis, a Wall street broker he [cut off]
[blurry] were issued for Baruch
and Curtis. "Mister Holling," Wood
declared was a member of F. A. Con-
nelly & Co., a local brokerage con-
cern, which he said predated by [cut off]
transaction during the market [cut off]
after the note was published. This [is]
a rumor which has been circulating
freely about Washington, he said.
Wood also told of information he re-
ceived that a report that the note
would be issued had been sent through
houses of brokerage firms in the middle
west. The hearing was recessed until
Monday when Thomas W. Lawson
expected to appear.

Wood told the committee that S. [cut off]
Friday of Oshkosh, Washington, in-
formed him that before the peace
note was made public R. W. McKin-
non of Thompson and McKinnon,
Chicago brokers, sent a private tele-
gram to Ralph H. Bartlay, manager
of their branch office at Oshkosh, ad-
vising him the president would have
an important message soon and told
him to advise his friends and patrons
to sell stock short. Early in the af-
ternoon that day, Wood and Lafo[cut off]
[arie?], Indiana, received informaation
from [Cheeson?] that the president was
about to send a "peace note."

A resolution by Representative
Campbell, asking the New York
stock exchange and local brokerage
concerns to preserve all books and
papers from December 10th to the
present date was adopted. Represen-
tative Gardner telegraphed that he would
be here to morrow and is ready to tes-
tify. Chairman Henry in conversa-
tion with his colleagues said steps
had been taken to insure Thomas V.
Lawson's appearance. Wood denied
that he conferred with any adminis-
tration officials before introducing his
resolution, although he talked about
it with some congressmen.
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NATIVE MADE
HIM LOOKING
IN A MIRROR
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St. Louis, Jan. 5.—The body of
William King, which had been pre-
served for twenty months, is de-
scribed by [blurry] as "left hand-
ed both inside and outside", accord-
ing to a statement [blurry] at the city
hospital. King, was aged thirty-
five applied at the hospital for treat-
ment May 8, 1916, said he was [a]
laborer and lived most of his life [in]
Wisconsin. He had typhoid fever.
After his death physicians examined
the body. They found the heart on
the right side the liver on the left;
the appendix on the left and the
spleen on the right. The stomach
was completely turned around. The
left lung had three lobes, the right
two.
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MEXICANS MAKE
LEGAL CHANGES
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Queratero, Jan. 5.—The Mexican
constitutional assembly adopted an
article abolishing the practice of
holding prisoners [blurry]
when permitting prisoners accused of
offenses punishable with less than
five years imprisonment to give [bail?].
It also make[s] preliminary hearings
within 48 hours mandatory.
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EMBEZZLE SAN
MARINO FUNDS
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[Berne?], Jan. 5.—Olinto Amati
when regent of San Marino Re-
public has been arrested on a charge
of embezzeling two million lires of
the Republic funds according to a
dispatch from [Rimini?], the capital of
San Marino. He is reported to have
made a number of unsuccessul
speculations.
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A FIGHT ON.

Berlin, Jan. 5.—The Russians this
morning attacked German positioned
on northern part of Russo-Gal[cut off]
[rian?] front north of Friedrichstadt
the war office announced. They are
still fighting. Four Russian at-
tacks near [Dvisek?] were reported.