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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1919. GERMANS VOTE TO SIGN THE TREATY Request for More Time Re. fused SIGNING MAY COME THURSDAY Note of Acceptilice Maintains That Pence Con id it ios Constitute a "Peae of Ilolene". 111alian1 DOe. Kates hlave been Ait horized to Shm~,i tle 'Treaty, ltmoving Cause for Un. ealsinless. Weimar, June 23.-Tie national as seibly this afternoon voted to sign the ience termlls un icoiiditlionally, the gov ernnilt havinlu succeeded in over coming tlie opposition of those who Insisted oil tw(o con1dit ions. WNit Sim Uncoiditionally. Paris, .June 23.-The German gov eriment at Weimar has formally com malln iented its willin gness to sigi the petaco tr(mIli unconditionally, it was announced by the Prench foreign of five this aftern1oon. The sining of ihe lrence treaty is not likely to take{i place before 'I'lius day. possibly not, uintil Friday. This announcemnent was madle tonight by Pretluior Clelnelicea u and Secretary Dettsta. The Italian delegate,, at present. Ill Paris have beeni authorized to sign the treaty on behalf of Italy. Tlis 1111101licemen1t reioved one quitestion while it was feared might delay the signinig. The German note accepting tle allied peace conditions11 withliou1t resert vatioll made only one typewritten page. Pail DIeusta, secretary geni eral of the peace conference, had the note translated as soon as lhe recelV cd It and sent copies of the transla tion to Premler Clemenceai. PremIer Ibloyd (eorg' alid President Wilsoni. In declaring its Intention to accept and sIgn the peace terms, the govern Im en t of tho German republic has selit the following note to \N. Clemen 'nil, prcsident of the peace confer ni, tlrouighi )r. Ilaniel von Ialilm "'The 11n11 steri of foreign affairs has ilist ru t m('(l e il, to (o'1 municate to youIr' excellency the following: "It appearAs to the government of lie terimlan riipublic, inl consternatiol at te last oinminleation of the aI lied andt associated govenmil110nWs, that these governments have deelded I(to wrest from Germa ny by force ac veptance of tle peace conditiolS, (Vevii those which, without presenting aniiy m teria signillenn1e(, al at (ii vestilig the Germnipll veople of their honlor. "No act of violence Can touch the honor of the German people. The Gelman people, after frightful sO fering in tlese last years, have no menus of defend1ig thlemiselves b~y externlal anetionl. "Vieliding to 1 superiOr foice, and~ without renunciating in the mean time11, its own view~ of the unhlleardl of Injustice of the peace conditions the governmilent of the German republic dleclares that It. is ready to accept and1( sign tihe lpeaice conditions Iiposed. "Please accept. Mr. Presidenit, as suranc(es of my high consideration. (Signed) "Von01 llackei." The r'equcst for addit ionai time pleaded t hat tho change ini thle gov ernmen1C1t and thle g(feerally disturbed condit11ions made it dit11leu t to comn pl'te" theii arr'ianigements. Tihe 'omtliat ion from thle (Ger mian1s w'.as ri'ivedi at 8 o'clock t hiis mn1'uing. .\t 9 o'clock P'resident WIil Sonl andi Prem1ir C'lemenceau withI P'remieri Lloyd Geoige at the latteir's house met for consideration of the note'. Tlhie character of t his coimmun1 icat Ion was niot dlisclose(d, however, iintil some1 tlime~ later In the morn'ling wheni ann~oiucfeent was made that thle German request had been reject - TIhe decisiln to refuse the request was reached after a discussion lost lng less thian an hour. Clinton Defeats Lauirenis Miii. In a fast game of ball at ClInton Saturday afternoon the Clinton Mill team defeated the Laurens Mill team by a score of 7 to 5. Saturday after noon the local aggregation will meet the UnIon nine when a fast game is ,nxnpeted. TO BE CONTINUED Loeill Board of Trustees to Conititnie Appropritilon for Teaelhing of Agri liture iIn City Sclooqs. At a meeting of the Board of Trus tees of the city schools held last week, it was inanimously deelded to con iite the ap'Propriat ion made for the leaching o! agriculaire in the local .cilhools and anproved 11v. rc- alpoInt ment of Prof. J. C. Foster as teachdr of the coilrse. It. is expec(ed that' the other schook in file district, ilnclud ing the Copelan(I school. Prosiect and Trinity-11idge, will do likewise. guar anteeing the' continuation of the couirse. The balance of tie finds re (tired to maiiaIn lbh course is pro vided by the I.xtension Division of Clemson College. 'lhe board expressed Its approval of Ihe work being done in tihIs coirse In the city schools antd expects to make it moie valuable from year to year by tle appropriat ion of additional funds and the addition of apparatus for cx perimtent al work. The course Is open to all the boys of the county an(] makes possible a rudimentary educa tion lin agrictilture whlich is particular ly valuable to those boys who are un able to atteind collere. The lPoard hopes that more boys of the county will take advantage of tile opportumi tics offIred in1 this course. ON WATEIRPOWl:lR S. C. .11111or Senator Shows 'T'lhoroiutah hinowledge oi levelopment of Wi terpole'. Washington. .tine 22.-Senator Dial has struck hils trade. When tle (ines tion of developing the waterlpower of the Potomac river at Washington was being considoered in the senate, Sena tor Dial took the floor and convlinCed other senators that he was thorough ly familiar with this matter and that he knew water power In all of its de taIls. The South Carolina senator is a member of the district committee now Investigating this question with a viev to utilization, and from the informa lion which he gave the senate, It Is evident that In the near future he wtil ie of great benelt. to water Power interests in South Carolina by looking after he development of tihis ItatteIr. Senator Dial wants iI rst hand, cor r nt information furnished tlie gov ernment so that it may be told Just what our water power is, how it is be ing used anid (levelo ped, and I he po silbilities in this line h I le ln tie variouas sections of tle country. It Is his opintioin, based Oil yeas of arefuil study and from practical experience, 11hat there is a grueat amioiiut of horse power un develoie(l in the I nil ted St ates whih may at small expense be pill to practical use and it Is along tIl line that lie will soon deVote much of his energy. Nothing that could he (ole for ipl per South Carolina at tihis timte could be of more importance -espl IIly to Greenv Ill e, Sparlanhurig and othier countIes wvlIth much undeveloped horsepower tan correct itnformat in ats to wvhat can tie done antd onf tin dleveiloped possibil it ies. Succeessful MeetIng ('tosedl. Th'ie revIval services wvhich have been in progress at the First flaptI st church catme to a close Suntday even lng wIth ain inspiring sermon biy Dr. J1. Airi l),an, whl'o ht' been coin duet ing the series of services assist ed by Mliss Amy Slocktoin, (of California. Thie services Iithriughoul. thle serIes were largely at tended and proved (if last ing bienelit to 1( hle congregat ion anid oithers who attended themi. Th'le wvork of the mueettitg was itot contfInted toi services it that churcht alone, but services were held each dlay at the mtills aitd glass factory. Al theIr (lose Itle leadlers were made a soubst ant iatl doniiiatioit onut of applreiat ion for thIetir zealous andt~ ntIiin ig efforts. More 'liTe ars Elected. At a meetIng of the hoard (of trus lees of the city schools held last wveek four additilonal teacbers were elected 'O fIllI the places stIll remtatning opien andl made vacant by resIgnatIons of ktehers already elected. Mtss Sara Blabb, of Itis cIty and AMiss Kate Love, of Chester, woro elected to teach In the Igh school and Mrs. fl. L. Jones and 'Mtss Edmonla Garrett, of thIs cIty, to teach In the prImary grades. Misses arper, Cockrell, McDanIel and Seawrlght, prevIously elected, have notified the board that they ,wIll not accept the places offered them. MAY SIGN TRE Official Advices Receivec of Relief at State De Germany's Position is Paris, June 23-Tho signing of the peace treaty 1,; not likely to tako place before Thursday, possibly not until l'riday. This annliounlliicellelnt was mflade by 'reiier (1emenceau and Secretary i)utasta. Washington, Jiii 23.-.omlicial in formna tion that the German delegates at Versailles had beeni inst rIleted by theilr govern ment to sign the peace tIreaty was received late today by the state and war departments. It was said nonle of the dispiateles indicated the time at which the actual signing was expecled to take place. News that tho German delegation had been instructed to sign was re ceived by oficials here with profound relief and satisfaction. Reports of violent dissensions aiong the various (t'inan elements and of powerful in fitences working to compass the re Jevt Ion iof tile treat', even at the cost of an eltente mllilitary occupation of Germalny has aused apprehension in some <juarters that oven at. the last Illolient ti iegotiatiots Ilight, fail. ilowever, the state depa rtment's ad v'ices from the American peace dele galtion in Paris consistently had in diceted a i neaI acceptance of the term1s MANY STILLS AtE iBEIING DESTROYED Revenue Officers tisy. Says Vandiver, ('hief of U. S. Depulltes, Visitor Iln Volumnbin. T. It. Vandiver, of Greensvoro, N. C., revenue agent in charge of the federali (lelity collectors in North and South Carolina, wis a visitor in Columbia Tuesday, for a conferenco with the deputy collector's office in this city, and where there lie spoke of tihe work of the "still raiders". The reventiuc deputy collectors are busy. At present they are working in the eastern part of the state. The revellue lienl of the two Caro liltas have been very active during the past two 111011ths, accoring to a state mnent froml .\It. Vanldiver. D)uring the moth01ti1 of A ili 220 illicit (list illeries were (estroyed ill tIhe two states, and uring the Itiohit of May a total of 2.0 lats suffered a lim falo at tit, h1,1nd. of theo revenmlue m . .\r. Van diver did not have th detaild1 fiur by -tatves before him, bill. hit declared hainghinlgly that Southl Carlolinla had furn-Iished "hor fail share" of thec- 4 11 lili distilling plants. .\r. Vanldiver, hasu as yet receved no instructions relative to the 011folce mnult of the prolhibition lav whiciIh goEs inlto effect on Juily 1, and so far as he is inforited, it does 1101 devolve up 61n tle levenule n1011 to enforce this la w. Well IKnownt South Cairoiltlnian Noi niatedt to lbe Amtbtassaudor to Peri, WVashilngton, .111n1 23.--Soiith Caro lina will soon have a full fledged aml ba ssador, the President t oday haintg nomitnated Captainl William 1E. Oon za les, of Coltum bin, nowi in isiter to Cub la, to hie amba1:1ssador extrmaordintary an td mlinliste'r iiien IpotentIa ry to P'erui.I This eliang" is ai liromotilon for (Cap lain GonzalIes. tie was made tin ilsteor to Cutba at ilie tbegining of tie W1il SOnl a dinliniefrtat in and has performei d theo dot 's of thtat. ositllon witii honor0 to the linitedl States. Re'cenitly3, 1by atn act olf (ongress, it was dOcidled to place Port ini thei ami ilhaador (lass and today's; nlomti'at ion is aniothier ste!) in the~ tter. As tiinister' toi Cuba (Captainl (Gon zal1es' salar 13wais $1 2,00(1 a year; in his ne0w ipositioni it will be $1 7,00) wilth th added h111n'or ofibing an ambllassa dor1 instead of a miister. 'iTher'e 'ire htund reds of frienlds of I he ne0w ambhassadlor andl Ihis fatmlly in HotIh Catol Ina wvho wvill lie glad to know that Ihe Is soon1 to repriesent tihe U~nitedl States in tis hligh offielal ito sit Ion, the dutties of which he wvillI as sumne immediately after being con firmed by the senate. Since being applointedI aA minister to Cutba both Oaptain and Mrs. Gon zales have been visitors to Washing ton from time to time and have made many friends in the national capitol, official and otherwlae. ATY THURSDAY [ in Washington. Feeling partment When News of Received. by (tie defeated eneimCy, so whein tle first press reports Cato atlouticing the uinquallfled acceptance of the con ventionl by thle Weimar government the expressions of ofileial opinion Were rather of satisfarlion than of sutrprise. lierin, .utie 23.--(; vie n ra l .\avireker, who comlimands the forces guariding Welimlar, made a )(Issimistic statement, iat a ieeting of various parties today regarding the signing of t(e treaty, according to a Weimar dispatch. Tle assembly met at noon and Pre mier laluer asked for con IIrm alion of ie asseIlbly's decision as tle allied and associated powers had rejected (ermany's reservations. The assei bly, declared. notwithstanding the op position vote of the German national Party, the People's party and a section of the Centrists that. the govemiment was still cm pow ered to sign the treaty. irest, Junv 2:!.-The 7t. S. S. George Wasidon, which will carry Presi dti. Wilsoni imek to the (tited States, received orders today to be ready to sa il Thu rtsday mornlug. The work of loadinv th traispyrt hegani this even 111ig. lPltl.\T 'ETON t10A D CONTRACT lET Work oi Improved Road From Lauii rets to Princeoin to Start, July lst. Top Soll 'Irickge. The first contract for iml proved re'ads in the county u nder the diree tion of the highway commission work ing inl connection Withi tile board of County comil ssioners, IIs been awarded Gregory & Thomas, now com pleting some contracts in Cherokee COunty. The project let to tihis con I racting com pany here cnlist it lite's what is kiown as Iltv upp1iter routie from iaurn tehi O (lie Shell place. Illekory Tavern and 'Tuiibling Shoals. on to P icet on at file (;reenville conn - ly ine, a distance of atoti 20 miles. The survys :Ie bing inadie as rapid I) as possibh for 1 thi:% vork wIi(lh is to ht-Lainll1y 1. The job ik to be donle aIt SO unICh a CubhiV ad Tu' wIdth of Ilt' road <1it to lhe Sliti ' h - Is to be 12 feet, frollm lie ' to ilickOry Ta In :, and Iroll lhei'e I() ltiteetoiI 2s. with itioi soil trackane or II ftC't all the way3'. Till' first project is beinig lhandled enltirly3 1) y the StaInt and conitiy au tlhorities without any assistance froimi I Ie govern I'll tihe n. I a (e neXt ew weeks it is pioposed to let contracts 11lint embraCe SCVrdal projects on whiclh,O goveInm in t aid has bee n s (u I Id. Over $110,000 1 to be expend ed by tle coillty oil tle different roads or thte cotiunty, andil the im proived road enistruction w eiiuill lie dlirec ted by N. C. Illtighes, civil enigineer, who has been employed by3 the local eommiiissioii. .linkesc Intspirling. Address, .\irs. I). W. Neville, of Clintoni, at tenedt the reguilar meltinug oft the Wo tman's Aux iliary3 of thIe Presbiyter'iani chireih .\onday aferniooni and made ani inspititig addret'lss to the aiuxiliar'y tip on (lie subjec'tts disetissedi at till joint Itecting of the layme an1 ~id women~' of Sthe churt chi at All anlta several weeks ago. M\rs. Nev'illIf teeount ed her' i pressions1) oif tihe meietiing and11 st iied liCtmani for t his (eouty for It'etst severan y earis, diIe'd at lis hiome C iieari Ilickory Tlavern't I riday night at 2 o'clock, after' an illness of s'ver'aI wee'ks freom he'ari t affect iont. lie was ship and was a good citizen. fle is sturviv'ed by3 hiis wife aiid several e'h i dr en. fittrhtl servilces were held Saturii day afttet'toon at l~eiedship chuiirch. Oni Said 3Mision. M\essrs. Ilar'vey and Ralph Terry loft last week for Rlockingham, N. C., where they went to attend (ho funeral of theIr brother, Mir. Ed. Terry, who died F'riday. The deceased had visited Laurens on several occasions and was very pleasantly remembered by friends here. ITAITALAN ('AIINI-:'T RIA-IGNS POST ('nbilut leshen s W1en (haiier of I MPuties lI('flSeS to I'"Ss Ia Vote of ('oniidence. Riome, June 19.--The Italian gov Orninuient resigned this evening follow ing anl adverse Vote against it. inl the chamn ber of deities. Premlier Orlando inl annonuncing his resignation nll( that, of tho cabinet said King1' Entanulel had revserved dle cision as to acceptancev. The (liunber of dpult ios hal, by a vote of '59 to 7s, reierted Premiiivir Orlando's iotion in favor of diseuss Ing the <Inestion of, conlfidenlce, which related to the foreignl policy of t I ie giovereiltiio , inl sOcret sIessioll. P'rior to) the vole Pretiercl Orlando Inl addressing- tI chImbe1-r said: "Italy's peaco with Germany and Austria. has ieen solved in a tianner vitlh which oi the whole I rev) aslis fled." Insisting on the necessity of a secret sessiol, the preierviO deoclard that the governmnt n1eedod gr-ater collildeclle and would t raf. his motion for a se cret session as a illiestion of con fi denice. The socialists inledllately opposed this. Sinvor Orlando in his address said Italy's position had hee consideiall y aggravalvd by int(ernat ional evenitts dui g t1h seonid fortnight of Apr,,iil. li rofir-ed to lProsident. Wilsol's me1. ardin:, the Adriatic ques t ionl. h'lle Italianl deeIlouation ai t . lin- prace coniferen1ce, the mwme (1blad. hadI folld to d lhis poley: "First- .\ainitainl with firmn1less all ithe l 1essential points of tlhe Italian (lilnlits without Which Italy Is con vinced liaco will be teitlior just nor ad-ijuate o the iiimmenslle snrilices sIf fered. "Secold-rr ma i In faithiful in your dtitiles toward the allies. TI ird --Avoid any blitnl form of <on ilitate ion illiatory sligestiols faiferoico over the problvrtis (Olieiii ing able of prodlieing aeiord ill the conlilitato conlcilliatory sugetons valp Italiall frontie rs.'' Q-ilnor Orla 1111do uirgdrl atialilt Ito s ale t ha Ilie diln-i-sioni of foteigi i rs oillt till intllrial policy of the coilitry, the41 1at14-1. b ing virtually ah solrbo. Ili- said, that 111terial lo t h lion., w r rtlranllsit r 1and that ritili - rim stonli woudI h s ain. Tin- e vern lwt, Ohw r ie e - Ihl. c ao sidIlwn NiTidi 1 i-fi :ttellit to, whtich had a'sonId aloads t the fom111 of 1 l as h. Ib lil lir.t ; ietlear ni . I w ilt t hi rttcii of the itil ma l and aid ini b ingi ab1ou1t ae operation amoe lilclionsi mIIs. all)vi icolplg control of bread, of atie, 1:as. u and prOleau., he abb (1. (1h4 Lgovernment111 would sl Ihe'n at low fixetd prices. lea would hw impo ltd, t4 said, and distribu(tb al t w- it t li olprofit and without tax. in m m ig u to...the uation.n "ThneI thip unrts, whroughot nethe Tee Axperiserne duria the'twar. Thesediatel arerthe misie days an 1artiu1ar snvr wrons throluy uihliark days as1h cow.d and i the thosd wat pse Infb t.e Waton, orf isnoriinTh fr two wr. Neveteles round thw awa oe s wk near ofy he .\Intis (ompan beore.th th wrk sbigdn.b i.C l L[AGUE OPPONENTS ABANDON TE8T VOTE, Republicans Postpone Fight ou League WILL COME UP AT RATIFICATION Senatlor* Ioie ihs ln(usolt ats i De. sire( to (ihe 11'1n11h1id.d Attenltion to A ppropr111-int ion Bills. To 11-0t liehind Hliol's I'roplosall I'lht h (u onniant be lintiliedl ith Iteservaitionls Was-iihngton, Junle 22.---Senait lead (ers opposing thei leIagIle of iations abtandonledI today 1i 11 plan to try for a I(est. vote ill tIlie imi l iat(. ftlitre on the Kiox r esolilloti, an t Iurnied their attention to erystalizing sentinient be hhind liina lloot's proposal that the league covetiant be ratified with reser vations. Thel! dteision was taken as a fore Vas. that tihe leagte ligilt woultd re Iain in a qlliescent state diliig the (oltnI ig week and probably tintil the iirvaly is ,mubni-i ted for rti.fication abtout two wocks hen(. h'lere ltunv het shin- db hat e oil the sult'itl ald pos.-ih!y an attempt to get aelil (m a ustit ui ite for the Kio\ ninvttenisur, bt iln tihe main the opplosilionu Iirts SSeem certain from ow on tie final ratifientionl fight it IP-publicanl leader' Iod ,e inl a state liltl lonliL'1ht annlouneling;_ that thle Kiox resolution woild not ho called ill) lonjiortrow said Ilat tihe decision hati hven pr'ompted by a desire to ve undivided senate attention to piessiIg tapptoliriation hills. Other leaguei opllonilts are known to feel also thia action inl)\w would be inapi ptropriate since file resolition. intro (lllet two weeks ago by Senator Knox mimnblican) of Pennsylvania naIs deisigniedl tj principally to retilest a provision ill tHhe eacet treaty by which tihe sentt cild ratify tlie dloeument ad still rsvev jiuigementoi on the I am very Ftrtongly inl favor of the Kn (.x resihion." said Senator Lodge in is at atnlt lit. "I thillik the leagtue .1 11 . I, Iwafe \ witi Ger1inany ought not 1to b' iltilnitt( od. W 01u011, to be abll. to tatify the i-ae witi Germaty a 'n amd t i-n a I i the iroper)h dis it o t h0 Sen t li of the league tit nthilswhich illvlv : 11ho entjylo f'ueof Ithe enuntrly. "I lamild '.ike o b ring: IIh( Knox rlt i o a tvote at mnce. but af tier colsultatioll with Senator Knox Ih: aftlrn nill, I have co tin' to the on loio tha t ill Ithe present situa lijon of thke apprwolriation illis, and stoeially ti arm-iy hill now before lhe silatt', we* oulht lot to press the Knlox resoluttionl atl this moment be calste it will lteml to debate and noth ig shuhI IAI bi allowed to Interfer withi tile ttassa1ge of Ithe aIppropria I ton hills be'fort Jully 1. We prtop)ose to Itass thiemi btefore that diate and shallI sit. day andii l nitt if neccessary to dot it. I aml mort lin tjg to accept tis SttluteI necestsiy I of ameninlg the 'eeeif it is to bo iatdo safte for th 1 'itedil States andi tfll tile cause of teate thts itnst bteenl freshly tdemotn stat l t iln Setor 01 Ioot's letter with e A ra 'ttinItarty forte." AVt cos eI! ationl It wl tit i sil '' alled itor t'lC t5 nIabh it i ring~ to elt ad--l t Weevo1 shltworsip in unionl ith wourd It his t reih renhat t :: let '. not d theredisat hr. ..Curh Sev ce.wl h. hel a te . R.tor hTtth nexmt Sbbthatce a dprtmet. Rog ulrhe'le Crisl hae hldt wrten tom hokr tondlvt the drn oert peson. days Tosibe pname s orldly welcomed.