The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina • Page 11

I I I a JANUARY 25, 1925. THE GREENVILLE NEWS, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE ELEVEN GREENVILLE COUNTY NO SAFE PLACE FOR ESCAPED CONVICT One Georgie, Negro Captured Twice Within Three Weeks. la not a refuge for la in the habit from the sample of Garnet BOW being held the The held here for the arctime within weeks captured in alter from Bear the from the up walle riding Greenville bound freight train by special gear M. Brows last Friday night. He was brought to city police and was about to be freed when be offered to pay his fine, but officers recognized ban as being the man arrested here January 6 and 1 wanted in Decatur for breaking loose from the there.

showed that was the same man and that he had escaped again. Decatur officers were notiried and Williams is being held awaiting the time when he will be carried back to the chain-gang. Policemen stated yesterday that Williams is a habitual escaper from convict camps, this being his third partially successful attempt. He was originally sentenced for three months on a gambling charge, the negro himself said, and when he escaped the first time, one month additional was added to his time. The unsuccessful attempt to get away the second time brought months more and now he is ful how much additional time he will have to serve when taken back to Decatur, he said.

When asked how he got away 40 often, he stated that it was Just easy. He and the other gang ers sawed a hole through the floor of the convict house last Saturday night and made their get-way through this opening, he said. When in the open, he found a file and ridded himself of his chains. After discarding his conviet clothes, he secured some overalls. When asked where he got the clothes, he stated that he bought one pair and was given a pair.

always gamblin around de camp and I won some money," he answered, when asked where he got the money to purchase the overalls. Russian Jew Dies At Chick Springs GREER, Jan. Nathan Panovka, 56, a native of Russia, died Thursday night at the Chick Springs' hospital, following an illness from pneumonia. The remains were sent Friday to Augusta, where funeral and burial was heid. The body accompanied by A.

K. Steinberg, and 8. Switzer, of Greer. SCHOOL DENTAL WORK ADVANCING Parker School Dentist Treats 500. Students At West Greenville.

West Greenville T. Met Gentlet Parker district, Friday children bera Cental The nest will be opened Brandon school Monday, Dr following his clinics at schools during the session. Much interest shown dental work in the Dr. MeFall stated, not saly studenta but drills at different well detry applied. contest being conductin the fifth and grades of schools is attracting ton.

number of having been submitted already. Children writing Care of Teeth." A tree motion picture will be shown at all schools soon, show. children proper care and ention of the teeth, FAREWELL SERVICE AT CITADEL TODAY Three. Salvation Army Workers Leave For Other Cities. Salvation Army Lieutenant tie Dyson, Captain Smith and V.

Rosenvold will make their farewell speeches at 8 o'clock tonight at the Salvation Army eitadel. The principal speech of the evening will be made by L.leutenant Dyson, who is going to High Point. N. C. Captain Ollie Smith will have charge of the song service and will make a short speech.

She la going to Cincinnati to assist in the alum work. Before coming to Greenville to I work at the Bruner home, Rosenvold had been doing settlement work in Chicago. He now going to Charlotte to take charge of the settlement work there. Besides being the principal speaker at the morning service at the citadel, he will make a short speech at the farewell service, Clinton Rotarians Entertain Ladies CLINTON, Jan. night was ladies night for the Clinton Rotary club, and with Dr.

8. C. Hays presiding over the meeting, and Dr. Ben Cromer, of Newberry, also Rotarian, the principal speaker of the occasion, the Clinton Rotarians were hosts to their wives and lady' friends. Wife of Auto Thief Paid $1,250 for Pardon in Kansas, She Says Charges of bribery in connection with pardons continue to pile up against Jonathan Af.

Davis, former governor of Kan Mra Ernest Bartholomew now says that she paid $1,950 for a pardon for her husband (shown with her), convicted automobile thief. Negro Women Stage Reciprocity Of Warrants After Big Knife Fight: An Illustrious example "turn about is fair given yesterday by Magistrate G. W. Batson, who showed on his books records of two war. rants taken out by two negro -women againat each other foltowing a somewhat disastrous fight in which knives were used freely and successtully.

A negress bearing knife cuts on her wrist and head appeared before Magistrate Batson yes. terday morning and asked that a warrant be taken out for Cora Kilgore Chapman for "cutting me up." The negro woman making the request gave her name as Julia Kilgore. Seeing that the negress Was rather badly injured, an officer was sent to arrest the other man on a charge of assault and battery. When the officer orrived, he found the regress THREE CITY SCHOOLS SEND 76 PUPILS TO HIGH SCHOOL FUNERAL TODAY OF JOHN C. HAWKINS Prominent Buncombe Road Resident To Be Buried This Morning, FUNERAL HELD FOR BRYSON Father Of Local Attorneys Laid To Rest In Graceland Cemetery.

Funeral for R. L. citizen at his Artingavenue home late Friday night, were ay afternoon from following Bryson ember of that Mr. Bryson had been months but his came distinct shock to his many friends Mr. Bryson is survived by wife, Mrs.

R. Bryson, and the following children: Mra. W. Curtis and Mrs. W.

Pike, of Greenville; H. Bryson, of Hendersonville; Miss Iris Bryson, Greenville. and by Joseph R. and Walter B. Bryson.

attorneys Greenville. At the conclusion of the services in the regalia of the Ku Klux Kian at the graveside, a group of men placed flowers upon the grave. WOMAN ADMITS TAKING WATCHES Bride Of Week And Husband Held For Robbing Abbeville Postoffice. ABBEVILLE, Jan. T.

Houston and Elliott Houston were released from jail here this morningby Postoffice Inspector Garland warrant McGregor, issued for of Helen Florence, Norman. and a charging her with robbing the postoffice here last Friday night. Helen and her husband, Nathan Norman, bride and groom since Saturday night after the robbery were held Thursday night for questioning. Along toward the midnight Helen confessed to entering the postoffice through the parcel post mailing ceptacle and taking other seven watches and a few articles, chief among which was a talking doll. All of the trouble of the Normans due to a shoe string.

Nathan was seen with a shoe string tied his watch, and the detectives on the job trace dthe robbery by the shoe string route. The shoe string led to Helen; Helen led to the jail house and the jail house led to a confession, which began with "Truth is the Light, and I am going first to tell suspected It." of The Houstons, the robbery, got Into the trouble by playing a skin game, stolen they said. watches. in which they won the The were arrested when they tried to pawn them. $60,000 MERCHANDISE I MARTIN'S FOR LESS THAN COST A AN BANKRUPT SALE OPENS THE WEEK WITH STUPENDOUS BARGAINS Many Special Values Are Offered for Monday Selling Read This Ad and Be Here Early, for These Values Won't Last Long.

Jewelry 1-2 Price Men's Union Suits Boys' Suits $4.00 Ladies' Sweaters Beads, Vanities, Rings, Brooches, Men's Extra Quality Fine Ribbed About 50 Boys' Suits left in our Big table of Ladies' Sweaters, all Bags, etc. Union Suits; a real $1.50 quali- stock. These sold at $7.50. good new styles and fine Mesh Purses, In fact qualieverything in the Jewelry De- ty. Bankrupt Sale Price Bankrupt Sale Price ties.

Monday Sale Price partment at just 1-2 Price 95c $4.00 1-2 Off Bobbie Coats Small Notions Baggage 1-3 Off Men's Dress Shirts About 20 Brand New Bobbie Your choice of 10c article Baggage is something that you Men's Good Quality Fancy MadCoats. Most of them with fur in our large any Notion Depart- always need and now is the time ras and Percale Dress Shirts, collars and cuffs. These sold up ment ---and this is the place to buy it. values up to $1.25. Bankrupt to $27.50.

On Sale Monday 1-3 Off Sale Price Only $5.00 Monday 7c The Regular Price 69c MARTIN'S DEI DEPARTMENT STORE MAIN STREET GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA MAIN STREET GOOD CROWD HEAR CONCERT AT STORE Radio Concert Given At Belk-Simpson's Every Saturday. crowd attended the radio concert yesterday after floor ef the Several tuned in big Lafapette Soon after the radio was InstallFriday was tested and found to be working The Robertson, the beat that bad and that concerts would be given every Saturday aftfrom 6 o'clock until closing and probably later. the Belk-Simpson company planned to sell radio outfits. Several different seta will be tried out the one that the people decide the best will be one of the makes that this company will sell. COWPENS BANKS MAY BE MERGED Officers Of Institutions Meet And Discuss Plans Of Combining.

SPARTANBURG, Jan. officers of the Bank of Compens beld joint meeting yesterday for the purpose of consolidating the two institutiona into the Compena Security Bank. Information las to the result of the meeting was available here last night. Rumors that the two banking I stitutions of Compens would consolldate have been current in the city for some time. but not until yesterday was it definitely learned that action towards effecting the consoildation was begun.

The sew institution, when finally perfected, will begin business with capital stock of $30,000 and sur. plus of $17,000. The officers os both banks have expressed the opinion that the amalgamation of the sources of the two banks would serve the Cowpens community efficiently. The Bank of Cowpens was organized in 1919 with a capital stock of 825,000 and a surplus of $2,000, with M. A.

Moseley as president. The Security Bank was organized in 1910 and has a capital stock of $20,000 with a surplus of $15,000. J. W. Brown, local automobile dealer, is president.

Greenville, by P. J. 0. Smith, city building inspector. The Gallivan Building company, of Greenville, has been awarded the contract fer the erection of the new warehouse building which will be two stories high with a basement.

The building will be made of brick and modern in every respect. Plans for the bullding have been made by Lockwood. Greene and company. Park, Oaklawn And Pinckney Graduate Number Of Students. Mr.

Hawkins Greea K. Tha died in the city late after He Mr. br death of last He by four sons large connection. For many Mr. Hawkins member of Reedy River church and be was member the Woodmen of the World.

Paris Camp. and of Cooper Lodge No. 289. of Masons, which fraternity have charge of the services grave. MAN TWICE SAVES NEGRO FROM MOB Mississippi Sheriff Protects Prisoner At Point Of Gun.

IUKA. Miss, Jan. 24-With runs drawn and a warning to membera mob that an attempt to enthe jail owuld prove disastrous. Sheriff Homer J. Bullen and deputies dispersed more than score of men who were seeking held here on criminal I tack charg, early yesterday, This was the second battle wits Sheriff Bullen has engaged in to protect the negro since his capture near Tishomingo, yesterday.

Several men trailed him be 1 leaving that place en-route here with the prisoner, but the sheriff outwitted them. The negro, Robert Milton, now held In jail at Corinth. where taken for safe-keeping on charge of criminal attack on a sear-old school girl early day morning as she was en-route to school. Spartan Contract Is Given To Local Firm SPARTANBURG, Jan. clai.) -The construction of a $15.000 textile supply warehouse on Ezell street, adjacent to the wholesale firm of Fielder and Brown, will be begun in the near future by H.

O. Wallace, who will head the new textile distributing plants to be established here, betiding permit having just been Issued to Mr. Wallace, of Certificates 1-8 Park, Oakla and Plakney city grade the Greenville siren to pupil at the three schools It central graduation the Friday but colds authorities think Dian individeal were at Graduating three schools recitations, chorus presentation of Pup is graduated from the schools to the high schools were: Park. thirty: Oaklawn, PlakDey, seventeen. Graduating programa at the school were: Arnold.

Rachael Boling. Harold Bramiett, Irene Burna, Jack Callahan, James Callahan. Alice Day, Shelton Delk, Alvis Gilreath, Verona Gosnell. Duke Hancock, Mary Sue Haynes, Sarah Hunt, Frances Lesley, Mary Looper, Evelyn Machent, Melvin Mullikan, Julia Major, Eraest Norris, Edwin Pettitt, Marion Perry. Edgar Pitman.

William Reid. Stanley Ryan, James Smith, Joe Stover, Helen Tharia, Fred Thuraton, Celia Woodward These promoted from the Pinkney school were: Ray Allen. Lucile Bayle, Stere Brown, Odes Dillard, John Goodwin, Hazel Groce, Helen Hunt, Ruby Keith, Emma Lathem, Mary Lineberger, Will Melees Luclie Deland, Courtnay Stephens, Edward Stewart, Ellen Thompson, Wittiam Watson, Newby Young. Students to go to the high school from the Park school are: Nancy Barton, Carl Bell, Rene Beder, William Bruns, Helen Bunting. Frank Cooper, Edna Dacus, Maud Davis, W.

H. Davis, Jim Dodenboil, Ethel Freeman, Mille Goodtott, Julia Huskey, Sam Levy, Harry Marion SeConsell, Letha Martin, Francis Merritt, Annie Morris, Joe Moses, Lena Pegues, Jessie Pike, Helen Ray, Laura Riser Florence Shockley, Dennis Simpson, Billle Smith, Annie Timmerman, Marjorie Whitaker, Carl William. whom he was seeking so badly cut the head and other parta of her body that she was under a doctor's care. On investigation, it was found the women had engaged in fight in which one brought a butcher knife into play and the other used a smaller cutting utensil something like a pocket knife. A warrant was then sworn out and signed by the husband of the Chapman woman calling for the arrest of Julia Kilgore, the negress who asked for warrant against Cora Kilgore Chapman.

In the matter of reciprocity of warrants, both women were forced to put up a bend. It was learned that the contesting women were law but the cause of the family "row" could not be learned. Mrs. Mattie C. Wade Dies At Reidsville GREER.

Jan. Mrs. Mattie Christopher Wade, 39, died this morning at her home Retdsville, following an lines of one year's duration. She la survived by her "husband, B. W.

Wade and five daughters and one son. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V.

Christopher. two brothers and three sistera also survive. Funeral services will be held from the Wood's Chapel church Sunday afternoon al o'clock, conducted by the Rev. W. A.

Christopher. Interment will tollow in the church cemetery,.