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Volume 95 - No. 132.
Published afternoons except Sunday
Greenville, S. C., Saturday Afternoon, June 12, 1926.
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Price Five Cents

HARRISON CASE IS READY FOR JURY
PRICE WILL RENEW
MOTION TO STRIKE
OUT SOME COUNTS

Court to Rule on the Matter
After Conclusion of Arguments

Anderson, S.C., June 12. -
(AP) - Conclusion of the trial
of Bayliss W. Harrison, Alonzo
B. Rivers, Kenneth D. Gilmore
and Robert G. McCaulay indicted
on charges of using the United
States mails for fraudulent
purposes and conspiracy, was
reached in District Court at
10:05 this morning when the reply
of the government was
[illegible].

The trial has been in progress for
over five days and it is the hope of
the court that the case will be finally
disposed of this afternoon or tonight
in order that adjournment may be
reached before Sunday.

Arguments to the jury were begun
at 10:30 o'clock after a conference between
counsel for the defense and
prosecution had been held. Nine arguments
are to be made. The defense
announced that it would have five
arguments while the government will
have four.

Judge Watkins expects to deliver
his charge to the jury immediately
after the opening of the afternoon session
at 2:30 o'clock. It was indicated
that the case will be turned over to
the jury shortly after 3 o'clock, or
perhaps earlier.

Prior to the beginning of arguments
this morning, the court heard a
motion by Kurtz P. Smith who with
Thomas Allen, represents the defendant
A. B. Rivers. The counsel sought
a direct verdict of not guilty as to
Rivers, butr Judge Watkins advised the
attorneys that he would prefer that
all of the arguments be made to the
jury before he ruled on this matter.

It is understood that James H.
Price, whose firm is representing
Harrison and Gilmore will renew
their motion, made at the beginning
of the trial, to strike out all but
three counts of the voluminous indictment.
The defense holds that all but
the three mentioned, namely, by the
first eighth and tenth [illegible]
[illegible] oft he chief charges. The
court will doubtless rule on this matter
after the conclusion of arguments
to the jury.

JUDGE LINDSEY
COMING TO CITY

Noted Denver Juvenile Worker
Will Speak Here in the
Spring

Judge [Ben?] Lindsey, of Denver, will
speak in Greenville in the spring, it
was learned Saturday morning.

Judge Lindsey has a national reputation
and no doubt a great number
of Greenville people will take advantage
of his presence here to listen to
his views on juvenile courts. He is
an expert along this line, his rulings
on the Denver bench having made
him famous thruout the nation.

Judge Lindsey was a great friend
of the late Luther Burbank and was
one of the orators at his burial in
California.

It has not been possible to bring
Judge Lindsey here before spring, because
of his numerous speaking and
other engagements thruout the nation.

It is understood Roger Huntington
is one of the group instrumental in
persuading Mr. Lindsey to visit this
city.

SHOWERS LATTER PART
NEXT WEEK IS FORECAST

Washington, June 12. - (API--
Weather outlook for the week beginning
Monday: South Atlantic states:
[illegible] first half and a period of local
[illegible] showers during the latter
half; moderately warm.

And Now Meet Merlindy,
Heroine of the Stories
[drawing of elderly lady wearing a hat and skirt, carrying an umbrella]

Merlindy was the "shrinking
violet" down on the
old farm back in the days of '91
and the sweetheart of Ancy. As
Ancy is the hero, Merlindy is
the heroine of the stories W.B.
Broyles is going to start telling
soon in The Piedmont.

Merlindy was redheaded and
the reigning belle of her time,
just as Salome, Cleopatra or
Gloria Swanson. Being red
headed Merlindy was "confined
T.N.T." and Ancy often had
the most terrible time imaginable
getting in the last word.
Sometimes he almost failed, but
always the result was funny, as
funny as why Lady Domminecker
laid a duck egg. You remember
that was because her husband
was parrot toed.

Anyway you will like Merlindy,
for all of her red hair;
you'll like Apey and Pute too
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May Transfer Columbia Games to Greenville

Five Thousand Women Here
Hold Jobs, City Directory
Discloses For Estimate

Total of 2,500 Married Women
Work While Estimate
Is That Majority of the 3,000
Widows Also in Gainful
Occupation

Not less than 2,500 married women
in Greenville work at gainful occupations
and there are approximately
3,000 widows in Greenville the majority
of whom, as far as is known
must work.

This was among other things which
a Greenville business man recently
discovered when he made a close inspection
of the city directory, which
inspection required more than two
weeks time.

The man was willing to discuss his
discoveries but when it came to mentioning
his name in connection therewith
he backed down, firmly, quickly.
"What kind of a mess would I be in?'
he asked, "If I got all the women in
town down on me, or at least 2,500
married women who hold jobs and
3,000 widoes." Perhaps he was
right.

"For a long time," he continued, "I
have wondered how young married
men around this town were able to
make ends meet. Just recently I
have seen numbers of them blossom
out in brand new automobiles costing
no less thatn $1,600. How on earth do
they do it?", I thought.

"Then time came when I found it
necessary to go thru the city directory
and inspect each name for business
purposes. It was a difficult job
and required the greater part of three
week' time.

"It was during this perusal that I
learned, to my great astonishment
the number of married women who
are working, helping to "carry on."
When I discovered this I could well
see how this man or that was able to
"step out" in a new automobile.

"One trend of thought along this
line is very beautiful It is that cooperation
is perfect between husband
and wife. They are pulling together
to carry the burden of life over the
hill to happiness. She sacrifices her
life at home in order that they both
amy enjoy a few of the luxuries of
life and perhaps have sone on the
side.

"Another trend of thought is not so
beautiful. Two thousand five hundred
married women in a city the size
of Greenville is a goodly, at least, appreciable
percentage. Therefore the
question arises, "Is the woman leaving
the home for the paths of commerce?
Is she neglecting her home
and allowing her children to grow up
without maternal care and the teaching
which every mother who is a
home-mother gives?

"It is easy to see," continued the
statistician, "Why a job would be alluring
to a young energetic woman
who was trying to get along on her
husband's salary of say, $150 a
month. They can barely make ends
meet with this. the wife almost
never has a new dress and the husband's
serge gets slick and shiny. So
the girl decides that she'll get a job.
Perhaps it is a correspondence course
in business that makes her a stenographer.
Maybe she attends business
college for a while and then looks for
a job. Or probably she finds employment
behind a counter. Anyway is a
means of making a little money to
add to the scant family treasury.
Into business she plunges, braving its
dangers and not mindful of the consequences.

"Perhaps there will be no consequences,
but" said the business man
in conclusion, "I wonder."

CROWN PRINCE OF
SWEDEN CALLS ON
INJURED OFFICER

Policeman is Hurt in New
York While Escorting
Car

New York. June 12 - (AP) - Motorcycle
Policeman George H. Plate,
slightly injured by the automobile of
Crown Princess Louise of Sweden,
has royal assurance from the future
king of Sweden that his seven months
old daughter is a very remarkable
child.

Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus
paid a call that was not on his social
calendar to learn of Plate's condition.

The royal limousine drove up to the
policeman's home in Jamaica, Long
Island, last night stared at by all the
neighbors, and Plate was surprised on
opening the door to see his highness
with outstretched hand.

"This is my wife," said Policeman
Plate, after he had greeted the future
King of Sweden, whom he had been
helping to escort during his New York
visit.

"Madeline, meet the Crown Prince
of Sweden."

The Crown Prince shook hands
with Mrs. Plate, with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Van [?], and with
seven months old Jean Florence
Plate, whom he praised as a very remarkable
baby. While dignitaries
and officials of his suite waited at the
door, the royal visitors remained a
quarter of an hour at Plate's invitation
to get acquainted with the family.

The officer was thrown from his
machine and knocked unconscious
when he stopped suddenly in front
of the crown princess' auto to avoid
running into a crippled youth who
was crossing the street. He was escorting
her highness' machine to the
Brooklyn museum.

NICKELS DEFENSE
RESTS ITS CASE

Sanford, Fla., June 12 -(AP)- Defense
in the trial of Aubrey L. Nickels
former South Carolina youth charged
with criminal assault, rested its case
late this morning.

The defense action was announced
after the defendant had been subjected
to a grilling cross examination
by State's Attorney Millard B. Smith.

"I don't remember" was the only
answer the State's attorney was able
to secure when he asked Nickels if
he had ever mentioned the woman's
name to the attorney who took his
confession in Jacksonville in 1921. The
question was intended to prove the
State's contention that Nickels did not
know the woman prior to the day
of the attack.

SEABOARD PROTESTS
A.C.L. ACQUISITION
OF C.N. & L. RAILROAD

Washington, June 12 -(AP)- The
Seaboard Air Line Railway filed a
brief with the Interstate Commerce
Commission today in which it sought
dismissal of the application of the Atlantic
Coast Line for authority to acquire
control of the Columbia, Newberry
and Laurent railroad in South
Carolina.

It called attention to the existence
of an old contract under which both
recognized under neutrality the road
and declared the purchase behind the
application could be [enqually?] accomplished
by providing for joint ownership
of all the stock by the Seaboard
and Coast Lines.

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TWO YALE STUDENTS
AND TWO WOMEN ARE
KILLED IN A WRECK

Guilford, Conn., June 12 -(AP)- A
speeding automobile which crashed
into a tree here early today brought
death to four persons, two Yale students
and their women companions.

The dead are George M. Kopperl,
Galveston, Texas, a Yale freshman,
driver of the car; William Cushing
[Broklinen?], Mass., junior and baseball
and letter man; Mrs. Edwin R. [Beesel?,
New Haven; Ethel Miller of New Haven.

Cushing was the son of Dr. Harvey
D. Cushing, famous brain specialist
of the Harvard Medical school.
The youth made his major letter last
year as a blue outfielder. Kopperl
played on the football team.

Summer School Begins

Simpsonville, June 12 0 The annual
session of the summer school of the
local public schools began on last
Monday. About [35?] pupils were enrolled.
Prof. J.A. Gathings and B.A.
Moore, Jr., are in charge. The school
offers an opportunity for pupils to
earn advanced credits and also to remove
any conditions they may have
brought over from the regular school
term.

Flashes

Constantinople - Shades of the [illegible],
the former Sultan's palace at
[Yldis?], overlooking the Bospherus is to
be turned into a gambline casino.
The government expects to realize
$500,000 a year. The announcement
followed recent news that the former
Kaiser's palace on the island of Corfu
would be used for a like purpose.

North Bergen, M. J. -- Here's a ghost
from the past in the modern setting.
Joseph [Kopeky?] and four companions
were arrested for speeding on bicycles.
The were found guilty.
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[Top, extending across 4th and 5th columns] [photograph of house]
EVELYN'S NEW BUNGALOW

[caption] This is the $25,000 bungalow at Northfiled, N. J., which Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw moved into recently and which it is alleged Harry K. Thaw purchased
after their recent reconciliation.

[Headline for article extends across 4th and 5th columns. Article in 5th column]
Two Women, Friends, Claim
Same Man As Their Husband

Call at Office of Judge of
Probate to Get Marriage
Certificates

Two women, both the wives of one
man met at the Greenville judge of
probate's office Friday afternoon to
see just what could be done to friend
husband, who had married one about
nine years ago and the other four
years ago. "The women were just as
friendly as could be," was the report
given. The whole story is as follows:

Wife No. 1 has been a resident of a
nearby town for a number of years.
Not so long ago her husband, for he
really is her husband, was sent to the
pentitentiary. The wife while visiting
in Greenville, heard rumors that her
erring husband had another wife and
that she could be located in one of the
mill towns of Greenville.

Wife No. 2 was discovered after
diligent search by wife No. 1, living
with her small daughter and supporting
herself by working in the
mill. The two women immediately
formed a warm friendship. Each
showed the other pictures of her children
and compared stories of their
married life with the same man. No
rivalry was felt, and no quarrel started.
The decision was that they should
wait until the husband had completed
his term in prison, and then they
would unite in putting him bakc for
an additional stay.

"Which one of you wants him
and which of you is going to get
him?" they were asked. "We don't
either one want him," was the answer.
"All we want is to put him back in
jail.

Wife No. 1 had her marriage certificate
and the other one wished to
secure one. This was filled out in due
form from the records in the judge
of probate's office, and the two women
left arm in arm, firm in their resolve
to remain friends and to punish
their husband. Both carried marriage
certificates on which appeared
the name of the same man.

$40,000,000 HEIR
ON SECOND HONEYMOON

New York, June 12 - (AP)- Tanned
by a south seas holiday, Wm. B.
Leeds, heir to the $40,000,000 tin plate
fortune of his late father, started here
today with his wife, the Princess
Zenia of Russia, a second honeymoon.
They laughed at stories of any rift
in their marital [illegible].

The couple plan to spend four or
five days in Chicago without any definite
program except to go to Mundelein,
Ills, only to see the preparations
for the Eucharistic Congress.

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BIGHAM TRIAL
POSTPONED

Conway, S.C., June 12 -
(AP) - The Bigham case will
not be tried at this term of
court for Horry county, it
was stated today.

The Bolen Lewis trial for
alleged violated of the State
banking law will go over into
next week, it was indicated
and an order continuance was
entered in the Bigham case.

FRECKLED FACE
MOVIE STAR IS
TO MARRY SOON

Wesley Barry Made His Debut
in "Don't Ever Marry"
Six Years Ago

Newark, N. J. June 12-(AP)-
Eighteen year old Wesley Barry, who
made his debut as a feckled face star
six years ago in the motion picture
play "Dont Ever Marry," is to be
wed. The girl of his choice is Miss
Julia Wood, [23?] a plump, chestnut-haired
vaudeville actress and the
ceremony has been set for next Monday
night.

Miss Wood, who lives here with her
parents, met Wesley two years ago
when they were appearing on the
same vaudeville circuit. Six months
ago they met again under similar
circumstances in a theatre in Terre
Haute, Ind., and became engaged.

The wedding will take place at the
bride's home and the pair will leave
for Hollywood immediately thereafter.

The consent of Wesley's mother,
Mrs. Martha Barry [Syre?], of Los Angeles
was required before the license
could be obtained. It was given by
letter.

But for a keen eyed elevator operator
the trip to City Hall yesterday
for the license would have gone unnoticed.

License clerks passed the young
star with routine courtesy and attention.
But the operator saw the
freckles, learned they belonged to one
Wesley Barry and the story was out.

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Distribution of Milk And
Ice To City's Poor Starts;
Additional Funds Desired

[drawing of two young girls wearing short dresses]

Funds donated to the
Daily Piedmont-City
Health Department "Milk
and Ice Fund" are already
being convered into
these life-giving necessities
for the needy children
of Greensville.

Several cases, which
had come to the notice of
the city nurse and [commissioner]
of public health,
have been placed on the
list for distribution of
milk and ice from the
fund. Application for
milk had been made to
other welfare agencies in
the city but they had been turned down because of the lack of
funds to purchase the milk.

Officials of the City Department of Health will exercise every
precaution to prevent the fund being misused and to make the
money turned over to it do the greatest possible good. Through
their contact with the poor of the city, they already know of the
cases of children who are in direst need and are in a position to
administer the fund wisely.

The total amount subscribed to the fund is $44.12. Contributions
made are as follows: Previously acknowledged - $41.12;
anonymous, $2; H.B. Bennett, Simpsonville, $1.

Mr. Bennett's subscription was accompanied by the following
note: "I enclose one dollar to be contributed to the milk and

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