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SUPPORI 1S.P [DG[D HICHWAY COMISSIQ Sale of Bonds Is Endorsed MONEY NEEDED FOR ROADWORK Mass Meeltig of (Citizens Monday Pledges Support to Ilighway Coni mission in its Enldeavor to Dispose of $100,001) of New Itond flonds. With the county highway commis slon face to face with an cil)ty treas ury and the county's road work liable to be held up indolinitely, a mass meeting of citizens in the -:ourt house 'Monday afternoon gave its unquali lied endorsement to the plan of the county commissioners to dispose of the $100,000 bonds provided for at the last session of the legislature even though :one satr!!noo would have to he made in selling them in the pres ent, bond market. Geo. M. Wright, secretary of the highway Commission, ex planed that very advan tageous con tracts had already been signed for tile completion of the road froni Cllnton to Laurens, and tIat the saving 011 these contracts would be enough to offest any loss that might arise from the sale of the bonds at this time. Mr. Wright reviowed the work of the highway commlission and asked tie meeting to hell) solve tile press ing lroblem now before it. le said that tile road from Princeton to Lau rens had been conilleted with the ex ecptlon of several bridges now under Construction. The road from Kinards to Clinton had been completed and al so the road from Cross H Iil1 and .\ountville to the vicinity of Cold Point. 'rie road from Cold Point to Laurens, lie said, was practically Colelited with tile exception of tile building of one bridge nearing com 'pletion and that this road would probably be completed this week. A mille of road had also been coilelted bet ween Lanford and Enoree. The original $300,000 derived from bonds, with i a small amount of state aid, he said, had been expended and more funds were urgently needed to carry on the work. It was the especlal de sire of the comiiIsslon, ie said, to complete tle road betiween Clinton alnd] Laurens this summer but this would have to be given 111) Unless more ftinds were provided. Dr. . K. Alken and several oothers icommended the abilIty and fidelity with wl hi the commission had car riled oil its work all pledged their sullport in carrying on tile work fiur ther. The following resolutions, prolosed by a committee appointed" from -the floor, were unanimously adopted: Resolved, that it is tile sense of this citizons' meeting that the LIautrens cunty I igh way Commission, having secured very favorable contracts for 'the r'oad wvork projected, is hlerebly re (luested to cottinue said work 1)y as5 ilsttinlg in the sale of bonds provided f'or thait Ipurptose to tile best advan tage, thereby saving tihe tax payers more b~y reacsonl of hlolding the pres enlt conltracts thlan will be lost b~y un avoidlable dIscount on tihe bonds. Mrs. .tlva liiihtower Mrs. Alva .Hiighltower, eldest dlaught telr of Mr. TI. Ri. Wolff, formerly of thIs Counlty butt nlow a resident of Ander Boll, diedl at 11er home1( in Anderson Saturday afternoon and wvas hurled ther'e the following day, BesIdes her1 parents anld other' r'elatives shte is sulr vived hy lher hlusband andh aln lufai~t child. 'Mr. B. M. WVolff, of tis city, an uncle of thle dleceased, was amlonig those who attended thle funeral. ,With, Diais-lRoper Company Alir. F". C. '1lT'rner, of (.affney, has ae cepted a ptositionl as manager of thle dry goods dopar'tment of thle Davis -Repel' Complanly andi catered upon his duties ther'e Monday morning. Mr. Martin liar had a long business ex. per'ience wvithI large dry goods houses and conmes to Liaurenls ighlly recomn mnendled. Tirades Display Here, Tile Automobile Trades Display, sent out, from Columbia, arrived in the city last niht and will give exhibitions in Laurens today. A public meeting will ,be held this morning ia the coiart hannae to which the Dublic Is Invited, First Photog . 3MASS M1EETING SATURDAY Speakers to Outline 1la1ns of South Carolina Derelopment Board. A mass meeting of citizens of the city and county has been called for Saturday morning in the court house when the plan of the South Carolina Development Board will be outlined by speakers sent here from the con tral organization In Columbia. Among the speakers will be -Sen. Nells 'Chris tensen, of Beaufort, and flon| Jesse Boyd, of Spartanhurg. Mr. Boyd Is a native of this county and for several years has represented Spartanburg in the Legislature. A large crowd is ex pected to attend the meeting and as sist in lining up ILaurens in the or ganization. - Mr. A. C. Todd, who is acting chair man for this county, will preside over the meeting. Following the addresses a permanent organization for the county will be gone into. A-4teded Leion 3[eeting. Messrs. Carl Harksdale, W. H. Rich fy, Jr., Phil ). Il(uff, Floyd .lartin and 11. I. T. Todd retu rued to t he city l't night after attending the ann l State, ronivention reiterated its previous Po held in Spartan burg yesterday. The roilnvent ion 1reitera ted its previois po ition on ithe bonlus question, takIng the pesilion that it Would leave the matter entirely in the hands of eon 4r ess. It. also we(lt on record a oi posing the idea of secession from Ihe national organ lizat ion as I uggested from wohnnila several weeks ago. Mr. IM uf was app'ointed 1hairInIt of Iithe state conttitutionalI cornmmittee. Heyward '.\lhon, of G;reenville, was elected state commanitder for the en suing year. O~ypsy Smuith 31 eetIng. barge crowds cont inue to at tetnd thte Oypsy Smith, Jr., revival services on he Gr'aded School groundi~s and t he evangelist Is muaking a deep impress ion on his hearers. Suday evenin a collection was taken itp to dleftay thme actual expenses of the mieeting, ai total or approximately $2,.->00 hielng 'ont rihbuted to tIs eaue. On ae (ount of the large attendance, the commnittec in charge atre arratgintg to have the tent enlargedl sonmc time this wveek. Linent Wedding. .\fr. and \ rs. John A. I licks cele brated the fIfteenth anniver'sary of thteir married life with a linen wed ding at their home on Farley avenue Saturday evenitng. TPhe house was tast efumlly d(ecor'ated totr the occasioni andl made a pre'tty ap~pear'ance. Dut. ting the evetning a large nuimber of guests called to congrattulate them tup on the happy occasion and many beau tiful gifts were sent them by friends and relatives hetre and elsewhere. During the evenitng del iciouse refrecsh mnts wore served. Mir. S. Van Sant, who loft this~ couin ty about forty years ago and has since mtade his hpmne in Oklahoma, has been visiting Mr. Wright Sims and other re lativen in the cournty for the nant week. raphs of Overthrow -These photogralphs just received fi tionists inairching through Mkexico City, of thle Mlexicanl nalvy dockced ait Vera Ci of thie country. The revoilutionar, Iy jll the capital city. President Carranza v had begun the fligh' whieh ended in It ,1j%'WE~IY THlEFT BASIS FORt PLA' Diiscovery licen~jactted for Detectives1 at Caru-1so Hiome. Thieves Not 'Foundf. Itobbers Who Jmde Geta way with Five Hfundired Thousand ollar Ilaul Still Free. ' asthampton, N. Y., June - discovery of thle theft of $500,000 worth of Jewels from thle country home of nrico 'Caruso was reenacted today for thle benllft of thle score0 of detec tives who are trying to solve the mys tery. 'Mrs. Carus~o, hier sister-in-law and te servants acted and spoke, so far is they, could remember, just as they Id last Tuesday night after thle ring ing of a burglar alarm led to (the- rev elation that the jewels had disap [)eared. 'Il chiaracters in tlie mnelodrama ver y even dressed as they were cTies ino- ight. The rising of the curtain teveals Mrs. Caruso and irs. Park Beijaii , ., 1d. thie sitting room. .Caruso's maid i up)81trs1. Giiorge itzgerald, the chaffeur, out lin the diriveway leading toethe house. A detective sets off te bur Llar dlarm 4n1 the jewel caskceet lin .\rs. Ca -luso's boudoir. .\lris. Caruso and .\rs. Henjamin itarlt ups'itairs, thenI h(sitatV, thinlkinlg foe bhhglar ofay be aroud fhe hose. \Urs. 'arso tries to telephon to mys a'e house to warn h itzgeralw. nder s no abnswer. itzgerald rushes into be r.omi. "I oard that bell , e elesh. "What ouchedl that boxi' 'eveavs!"'s crieso .\nt Cars. ".\i'y itzgeald thaw eafrevoute, runsh In ead leire to ht the us. .ls At adfaetite s o thebrmla unitzgrad u4t the spocake t in the. ' lraivtewa iher te indesi te emptyin lel bcagns. n'lea'iiiiti iii 5 itazser.d, in teatld rdsesectve leoohai hleh neihy u. peete h' i, l~h' he d 'ot hav robbeda i('ioodii5emplo'ies .liCaulso hoMay hi'm $i'180 i'LV' a nthlbesidesikeeping bumtl and fasily.ai'i Th f er mive bit $50'h i i to ter wot ihn the l1f ri~ whaanarehenty fidhe empty lit sgge eda new i ('am's to del eie odas y mntoning hanthrty after I)tdiiihe wodpaud not hane inae Frtooen luiform,' asc(ompanied byo la himaniS amotht bsdes. karpin. .\sr. And Eumily. Powe tenof .\ar. C. $A. oery whokar among tei grad lefte fof Furan Uneriy hisar, lisuggited hee bani fore t he Laues yational Bank tand shotl antw coieng out( r' the~ money, markiin up thodoit s , a n d tokeen .dwn the'm Mi.A 'g owerrdraftfs.r .A.Powracho mng therayCo rad Rev. T.eC. atuil wankrc andIto Dor'roh Presqby terlan chi itch, Gray Court, nest Sunday" aftern m )nat 4 o'clonk.E of Carranza 0,, 'omn Mexico, show the successful revolu and the gunboat which comprises most 'uz awaiting orders from the new rulers diers were enthuslastically welcomed In 'Ith his few faithful supporters already Is assassination. OUT FORl U. S. SENATE. ion1. WV. C. Irby States That lie WIill Enter Itace for U. S. Senate This Year. lion. W. C. Irby, for ten years a rep resentative from this county in the legislature and at one time a candi (late for governor of the state, has definitely stated that he will be in the race this year for the United Stite senate to Succeed Senator E. I. Smith, whose terni expires next March. RI.is understood that Mr. Ir by, In his campaign, will stress the need of governmental aid to farmers in the storage and sale of their pro ducts. Mrs. Mande labb. Mrs. Maude Richardson Babb, wife of Clarence M. Blabb, former mayor of -Iauirenls, died Friday afternoon at the family home on South lI I arper street after an illness of three or four dlays duration. It was not generally known that Mrs. labb was sick and the annotn coimen t of her sudden death late in the afternoon came as a great shoek to her friends and family. The funeral services .We e hl Sat u rday afternoon at. the Luetnis (eile tery. The d((c'ased, before her al r riage to Mr. IHabb abouit 2.. year s ago, waS Miss a\Maud iichardson, the step dautig h ter of ii. Terry, a well known merchant of ILairens. In addition to Ie itisbald, Mrs. IBabb is surlvived by two daighters, .\i's. A. S. l'erry, wife of it e manager ofr the Laurens tlotel, aind Miss; i'lise labb, a teacher ini the uii )Ic schools, and ci wo sons, Cla rence andi iihar iii abbh. .. Na than R liha rdson is a sturv ivi ng broth er' of the deceased. Mirs. llabb was a 'ontsistenit mf~iembe of th e Fi rst Method(1ist cihuireh and she was idlentifiedi with dlifferet. chtirch and civic organizatlions in wiebi ena pacity she was always a valuied worker, Mrs.i*: 10ibeih C. 'Murphi~ly, wifte of t he late A. M. Murphy, and eldest dIautghter oif '. 11. and IsablulIa lliw lanud, dlied at her home11 .1 tnet 9, I 920, after a fewv days illness. She was in h1r et igh ty-tir id yeari. IFuniera':l ser' vle('s were' held at IHooky Spirinigs Churchu, wihere sihe had bieein a dle She is sttrvivedl by two children, C. TI. Mutrphy anti Mr's. W. TP. Renn, ando thr'ee sisteirs, 'Mrs. Maggie I. Ilamlage' and~ Mirs. Molissa 0. Fergusonl, of hut-. gen, Ark., andh .Mrs. ilosa F'ranks, or Greer', S. C. Strike at Launidry The w ahmen and ,w"shwomien at thle L.aurens Steaml Laundr'y went ott on strike yesterday morning after' an agilation which ha sheen going on for sever'ai days. 'lThe strike was for higher wages, Mr. W., S. MoDaniel, proprietor, leaves this morning for Greenville to get additional help to take the iplace of the strikers and ex-. pects to resume operations in a few days. - ~*. COltoNEI'S PRORE REVEALS~LITTLE learing in thei loe Stewart. Lynchinig Case 3rin1gs Out No New Clues The coroner's inquest into the lynch ing of Joe Stewart on the Sorth lar per street bridgA which oceurred on the night of April Ist, was completed at a session held in the court, house Moniday morning w~ithoiit any new light being added to that already s" elued at the Iirst sitting held theo day aqfter the act. Fifteen witnesses were heard, including four or live Iegroes, but no tangible clues were developed. Solicitor. Blackwell, who Conducted the learing for the state, held reports from detectives on the case but wit nesses mentioned in these reports were only al~de to repeat rumors which have been current on the streets. Fess Young, one of the negro wiitnesses, testilled that lie had re ceived a leter from unknown parties warning him against telling anything lie knew of the case and this letter was introduced as evidence. It less knew anything of value he failed to tell it. The leariing was conducted by Cor oner It. It. Owings and W. P1. Thoma son acted as foreman of the juiry. The verdict was that .loe Stewart came to his death by unknown parties. Stvwart was taken from the city lockip late at night April 1, and langed to a river bridge in the cor' porate litnit s of the city. ]Iv had pre viously had a fight with a party of young white boys, three of whom were slashed with a knife wielded by Stew art, when lie in turn was badly cut, about the eick and body with a sharp inst rument used by the boys, it 'was alleged. The affair' caused an im mediate investigation and was roundly condemned by citizens of Laurens. Death of Mrs. .lilia Garrett. The death angel visited the home of Mr. W. L. Garrett Wednesday morning, June 9th, and took his loving and faithful %wife, Mrs. .1ulla Garrett, home to be with God. "Aunt Julia" had been in declining health for six months. 11er life of 'I years was spent in loving miniistration to her friends, neighbors and loved ones, tryinig to serve her leavenly Father. 13y iher many good traits of charac let', she endeared hersilf to a large circle of friends. I efore marriage she was Miss .Julla Putnam, daighter of the late Nimrod Putnam, she being the last clhild, while nine others prte ceded her to the grave. t'nto her were born eight childiren, four11 of whom are living: .\1rs. W. C. hiolconibe, of Masley; .rs. .J. 1). Vill iams, .MIrs. idie llow rIld' and I". If. (a''rett, of Gray Court: and .\lis. Lel Ia iloleone, of Texas. Also ten grand children an(d a host of friei'nds inotrin iher loss. She was born am teated in atiurens county, anl was a failh fitl member of Warlior' Creek church since childhood. lir i renmain s were laiI to retl Ttus dlay in the church yard. ithe fuineral bieing (condiiCted by her pastor, Rev. G'. .\. Sexton, of Ora. I let absetnce G.\l ccelon of Ora. i lih absence will be mtiss'ed in ibe hiomie anti 'omt miinity and by all whlo knw' her. She was gentle, toving anid kind, was al ways teady and willing to do her1 pat ini time of nieed. fiends anad loved ones. 'The casket was; Coveted wvithi manyv beaut ifuli ilower's, the :tiribuite of friends and loved ones. Eniitermain for Slister, A soc'ialI eveiitI of la st week was thbe party ';hilch .\r. and \lis. Cartl bram let t gave at I the iomie on Suill ivani sItreet iitnhotn' of thbeir s is tr, M\iss Ii olcomb le. Thlie porch, hll I a id sit - iiig roomi were' fragiatnt withi sweet pea sad( roses. The gutesIs wecre tmet lby .\lris. Itrattnlett and \t's. Athur Tay loe and invited itnto thie sitting toom. Afteor severalI games of took a gutess ing contest was enijoyedl, first pr'ize in t his going t) \iss Oniviat Iiddell. At a Inae hioiir at del Iciouis iced ('oursieo wads served, .\usic was fuirn ished thlirouighiout then evenin g by I be \Vic rola. ('ourtt ('otee'iis 3iotaminy. Th'e summer' term of the coiirt of gecner'al sessions will cotnve'ne next M\onday mor'nin~g,.lJudge Frank UI. Gar'y, of Abbeville, wvill presIde. While the summner tei'm is generally cut as short as possible, Solicitor Bllackwell statos that lie wvill endeauvoi' to dis poseC of all .jail cases and the Burtidetto case remanded for a thirdt tal WARR[N G. HARDING R[PJBLhCN_ NOOMINE Ohio Senator BreaKs the Deadlock OLD FAVORITES FORCED OUT Aier a lentlloek Whhleh iasted for Ni liallots, Ohio Senator Makes Sensat )inal Gains aid Wins Repub Hlenn Sominatli. Old Line Repulb. li(enn. Chicago, June 12-Warren G. Hard igl'nited States senator fromt Ohio, was notninated for the presidency to day by the Repuiblican national con vention after a deadlock which lasted for nine hallots and which finally forced ott of the runiflng all of the originali favorites. As his running mai.1te the conven t ion ham ed Governor Cal vin Coolidge, ot Massachusetts, upsetting a plan of a combination of the Iarding back ers to nomimate for the place Senator Irvine L'. Lenroot, of Wisconsin. h'lle collapse of the forces of Gov. Frank 0. Lowden and their transfer in a large part to Senator lIarding put the Ohio candidate over. General Wood lost heavily, how ever, when the larding drift began, and Senator Johnson, the third of the trio of leaders, on the early balloting yesterday, also went. steadily down hill. Entering the convention four days ago as a candidate distinctly of the "dark horse" class, Senator Harding got only sixty-four votes on the first ballot yesterday and in the second he dropped to 56. \'hen the convention adjourned last night at the end of the fourth hallot he had 61. In all-night conferences among the party chiefs, lhe was mentioned many times as the most likely,to breeak the nominal Ion deadlock should neither Wood, Lowden or Johnson take a commanding lead today. They all failed to do so, Wood and Lowden running a neck and n'eck race for lead(ership on four moire ballots while the strength of the California candi date dini d led steadily. M1eantime -IIa rdin g puished his total to 1i, individual delegates from many states swinging to him from the columns of the leaders and of various favorite ii-sons. 'The Johnson managers, tearing a laidslide was impending, lien made a last. play to save the for ties of their can11didate. They imioved to rteess for a couple of houirs in order to take an invel ory and seek a new cobuiniation. The Wood and Lowden forces, both virtuall * y at the peak or their strength. Ilmt both dis he:1artcien(d at 114 log string o hallots w'thlout miaterial ga ins, fell in with thle recess plan0. antd thle contventtin adopted it. In thle (ldamali e suc eession of con f4'renes that followed the' fate of the~ ('and~idat,. virtually wtas sealed. Som o24'(f thle Wood and11 I.owden mana ret's Iied i neffe'tunablly for' ani agriee mienit ahli('h wtoutld hold their dlelegatee inl line and kill (off thle [larding hoom. Some tried1 to get a Wood-L~owden .lohn~ison a reemnt to1( adjourn ui tntilI .Monday without making a niomintation. TheInre aIlsoi wtas a eon ference betw(een whichl the Ohiioani's suppor4)ter's trlied wvithou111 ttuccess to hiavei the remia ining J[ohnsion sI rentgth ewiung to Ilarding. IIt was thle 14ar11e4vS b4e1tween thle I 1arding-L~owden Omn hiowev'tr, whtich ap1par22 entl1y hor'e thle miostI fituit .when thle ballot ing biegani aain, for Govt. I .odwen4t cameIi to the c'onvtetion (1ur ingi. the ninith roll1 call. andt, r'evers'~ing a2 1 t'revious r':an to 14o befor40e thle ('on vettion it self, 15Itsued ins trut1Ions from behintd the scenes releasIng his iung also was in the rear' of the eoli.. Estimt platform during thio voting and conferred with ('hairmant [ays. Al'inost as sootn as the alphabetIcal call of states hegan after the recess, the ground-swell rot' HI-ariding denton str'atedl that It could not lie forestalled. Connectcut, when her name wvas called, took 13 of 1-1 votes from Ihy den and gave them to Htardhing. t Florida lie got from Wood, and1 then Kentueky', almost fromt the tilrat a (Continuted oni Pae ihNur ,)' She e Aretw ieNtiJE1. VOLUME~ XXXV.LAURENS, S U E C R LINA, E N S A , U E 1, 120 U B R 4