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----. WEDNESDAY, O 1 1 VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, OENSACTOBER 13 1920NUBR1 FARM[RS CAL[D ON C.QTTON QUE8TION Subscriptions Wanted for Export Corporation MEETING CALLED FORSATURDAY .Farmers and luinttless Men Asked to Mert in the ourt flouse Saturday * A fternoon lo Subscribe for Stock lin Cot-ion Exportig Corporation. A meeting of farmers and business men of the county has been called by C. A. Power, chairman of the county association, for Saturday afternoon at o'clock to secure subscriptions for the American Products lxport and Iip1ort Corporation, the $10,000,000 corporation now being formed under the direction of the American Cotton Association to relieve the Iresent de pression in the cotton market. Con l mteen have already been named to so;i. stock in the county and they are -:p'!ted to get to work at once in o(rd. I r 1111ce -A ;low!ng at t110 meet i ib held Saturday. The commit t '. i'i 6ach townliipit are named be low and each committee is authorized to appoint sub-commlfttees in order to canvat; tile county more thoroughly. Tue ('ommitees iAaurens-Dr. W. 11. -Dial, J. 'L. -i. Irby, (. II. Bolt. Youngs--J. W. Lanford. S. ). Nlar tin, J. 13. Cook. Dials-_L. A. Armstrong, R. 0. ,1Iunt, W. W. Yeargin. 14lullivan-N. 13. Wood, J. Frank Davis, J. M. Sumerel. WAuterloo-W. L. Cooper, (. M. -Moore, J. C. Smith. Cross iill-T. .l. Pinson, C. D. Nance, W. S. Achison. H-unter---J. M. Simmons. C. R. Work man, Chancy 'W. Stone. .hkics-T. R. Johnson, . F. Cope land, J. N1. Hatton. Sciiffletown-W. [). Byrd, J. S. Craig. 1). A. Glenn. The objects of he corporation, as painted out Ly one familiar with its .n,, are as follows: Tho corporation Is to handle cotton chiefly at firAt but plans later to in clude corn, gra-in, tobacco, peanuts and] others, inasmuch as the cotton association is encouraging diversiflea tionl of crops. The chief purpose of tile Comloration is lo create a direct market from the producer to tit consulier. A large portion of the spindles of Europe are idle because they have not the funds with which -to purchase cot ton. Therefore, Eut-ope, one of the ' largett consumers of low grade cotton, - is now, and has been for several years, out of the market. A representative of one of the European Governments has stated that it was their desire to (Il direct ryrith the cotton producer, and that If the cotton producer would frnish the op.&or'tuniity w heteby they mnighit secure the needed oetton at th'is ime, his countrmy wouldl never forget the kindnmess, and he wvas positive it woulId meanI tihe -beglunlig of a perma--~ nhnl arangemeent whereby cotton (could be sold (lirect from tile prioduicer' to his mills. Thecre is, at tile present time, a large a mou nt or low gradie cotton held and( unsold in thle cotton blelt, and there is ani unpi lrecedenlted dliffeorence hn prien for tilt respectivye grades. TIhis di1ff erence or sl ack ini tile price shlould be malterial ly rimducled ais soon 0 as lhe low gradle cot toil begIns to move toI urope~l'. and 11( lsi corplorat ion shcubl11 be the meicdiutm for doing SQ. $i0,000i,000H (Captiil The cveosed cnpital of the expart fod(1 ji ort c'iorpiora tion is $1 0,000t,0,t~ this to be' dtividedi into shanres of t he l''V)r v i rf $10 each. The~ sulbs.crip tIc n:a are payabl,1e ini enish, iAberty Uo nsu at their mia rket vauie or coce ait its malfrket value. l~very sutlscriptionl is to be accom - paied10 by a Proxy which iruni' until I ec'rm' P or :t I, 1922. I t was deemedco w' is(e to haveOI iti proxy fori the periodl su:ggested for tile reason tgiat thterr wvill he nuinerous unfriendly intmrestst to thle proposition of cr'eatig a dIirect mat'rket for thme :producer to the Conl samer, 'wh'o will subscribe to stock inl c:r thait they may keep themselves fully lufIformed. from time to .time, of t he 1tr nlscetton3 and( bulsliness methods of ihr- Cor'por'tion, with a yiew of .evn-tualily throttinin 'ta nerainti MIS ANNIE GILIKEI(SON SElder Iaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. (ilkerson Passed Away Early Sun. day Morning. .1-iss Annie Gilkerson, tie eldler dauighter of Mr. and A1l-';. W%'. 1-. GIl kersoil, passed away at the family home in this city -Sunday morning shortly after one O'clock. She had been In a critical Condition for several days, death bringing to an end a period of intense suffering which she had borne uncomplaningly for months and which several operations and the best of medical skill faitd to relleve. The funeral services mwcre held, from the hcuse Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'cock, being conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. E. Holler, of the First Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Samuel 1-1. 'Templeman,- of the First Baptist chusch, and Rev. C. T. Squires, of tie 'First Presbyterian church. A mass of beautiftul flowers sent' by friends and placed upon the grave by menbers of her missionary society attested to the love and esteem which bound her to them. The active pall hearers were .lessrs. It. F. Fleming, J. F. ilarney, W. R. Richey, Jr., L. G. Halle, E. 0. Ander son, J. WN'. Dunklln, Gus Babb and .1. Turner Martin. The honorary pall bearers were 'aji W. A. Watts, J. W. Todd, J. ii. Suillivan, C. iH. Roper, Dr. J. .11. Teague, If. Terry, 0. It. Simmons, -Dr. If. K. Aiken, C. E. Kennedy, W. L. Gray, S. M. Wilkes, Dr. V. IV. Fergu son, .1. F. Tolbert, -11. It. Nickels, AW. R. Richey, .J. F. Bolt and T. C. Switzer. The deceaseod is survived 1)y her parents, two brothers, Y. -S. Kilkerson, of Greenville, and John L, of Laurens, and onl sister, Mrs. M. G. Lancaster, of Laurens. The deceased was noted for her fldelity to religious work and her home duties One of her last acts was to direct that her dues to her mission ary society -be plaid in full. She took a deep interest -in lRed Cross work dur in'; the wiar and it -is thought that overwork in this cause hastened the alinroach of the (isease ewhich brought oil the end. LOSES TO ABIIHE VII1LE Loenl Team Puts lp Scrappy ('ontest, But Falls to Score. Oame Friday A fternoon Wi1. Andi-erson, The Ie3'ons high school eleven was defeated by the Abbeville high school elcven on the AbbevileI grounds -Frl day afternon by a score of 1:3 to 0. The game was characterized by scrap py playing throughout, the Laurens bo.'s piultng ul) a stiff defense inl spite of their 'defeat. The Abbevillians scored ill the second and third iuar ters, but failed to kick goal on the second touch-down. Tate and IHarris were the star. of the Abbeville team, while Woodside, Albright. Poole and( Barksdale were the stellar 'performers for the locals. Poole had an arm broken in the early part of the 'game and had to\withdraw. 'Tie locals willl play tile Ander'son high schol on thle league 'baseball 'Troundl Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Tile younggsters at'e expecting a big t urnou t to witness the gamte and1( aid -in fInancIng the team. Wednuesday ('tlb Tile WEdnesday Clu~b will meet 't~his aftern1oon1 at -1 o'clock at tile home11 of and( again for(' ing tile producer to sell used( for' tile marlketinlg thereof. Itale 4'ottont Prices it is at'gtted thait the mlovemten t of low gradi~e 'ot ton an~d thed 0)1 pnitng til of thle *iutropeanl mlariket should have tile effect of I incre'asinlg tihe. martket i)rice (If all grad'ues of cottonl. There fore, tihes ubiber'l)I will not 0on13 s0 cur le benlefit of earninlgs from ihis stock(, bt shlould also secure the benefit of n genrl r'ise Inl the mlar'ket effect ing hIis pr'aent hold ings and faellities for malrketing In-fturetl al less ex peinse. If cotidn la iApledged ;with local l'&ks aIu colatemalI foi' iloans, t he subhscr'iber Yhould1( take up with -the bank thle ')ropositionl of the ban.3k r'eleasinlg a reasonbleli parIt of thet cotton andl r'e itlace samle wvith stock certifIcate as collateral. A nuember of bankhs hlave ngreed to -thi s, and1( in all lprob~ability, lhe blankst throughout tile state will bo glad to co-0operate .iln tile mlatter' for It shoumld miean anl Increase in tile marli lhet value of tile remlaining 'bales of cotton held by the banks as collater'al. CITY WATER NOW MODElRNLY PURIFIED NOw InstruMIent Iistalled to Get Itid of Germ iI Drinking Water taurons water drinkers, and this has about come 'to Include all the pop ulation since prohibition .went into ef feet, may no longer fear the presence of germsin their drinkn'g water, ac cordng to a pronunclo Issued by J. 1M. Philpot, superintendent of the water and light department following an in sipection Monday of a very sensitive looking machine Just in'stalled at the power house. The water will be geni erally clear, but sometimes it may be a little muddy after 'big rains as it has been in the 'past, he said, but no longer will the little animaculac be hiding behind .the clods of dirt in the bottom of your glass. Bat, drink and lbe rerry, he said, for the little suns-of-guns are dead and can't do any harm even if they 'get inside. Mr.. Philpot rolficked along something like this for soie time, but his further words will not be quoted-exactly. The instrument or machine is known as a chlorlinator. By a very in genious operation it discharges a cer tain amount of chlorine gas, deadly to the little germs, into the water as it passes from the settling tank to the sterilizer. The amount is sufficient to kill all the germs, but not enough to injure the drinking qualities of the water. -While it does away with the germ menace, it has nothing to do (with clarifying the water of velgetable matter or of removing the muddy col or after rains. Improvellents along this line are now contemplated and may come at an early date. With this instrument Installed, It i, thought that the fear of germ contamination should be removed. The instrument is one similar to others now being installed in all the modern plants. VRACHElRS TO HEAR DI. DUNCAN YOCI'M Plains Goiig Forward for State Assu. clatioi .Mee ing iII Spartanimrg Rock JIlM, Oct. 9.-uitieco Gunter, president of the State Teachers' asso ciation of Souith Carolina, has Just an nounced that lie has secured Dr. A. 'Dnuican Yocum, professor of educa tional research at tho U'niversity of Pennsylvania, for the speaker on the State Teachers' association, to he held inl Spartanburg Novem.ber 25, 26 and 27. Dr. Yocum Is widely known as an educator and an able and attractive speaker. South Carolina teachers are to be coigratulated on having the op portunity of hearin'g Dr. Yocum. lie has been one of the popular speakers at the N. E0. A. meetings of recent years. A meeting of the local committee with the president and secretary was held litst week in Spartanburg. lavery detail was carefully gone over. Spartanburg is planning to take care of the association in a very fine way. The splendid musial numbers will be one of the attractive features. ,Spartanburg 'boasts of good hotel facili-ties, theoro being more than 600 homes of tile city whIich will be0 thrown oplen to the teachers. Thie 1:3 departmiental heads are al ready workng on thielr plrogramls, in terest-ing meetings are being iplannedl for all these deparPtmenits. Trho assocIation dunes are thle mie as last yea r--4I for men~i anld 50 cenlts for women. TIhese shlould be sent to W. 'EC. filack, F0still, S. C., as soon1 as possible. .\dmirail Me(owanui iere IHear Adimiral Samuel \'he(owau, P aymastr Gi Ieneiral of t he N-tyy, hast becen in the city for several days ,on 'business for', and in attendanice on meetings of the hioard or Trustees of Laurens Cemetery. lie left .londay afternoon for Mars fill I to spend a few hours before .taking the t rain -there for Washington. Meelinig of D). A. lI, Tfhe Ilenry Laun is (Chapter, D). A. it., willI meet l'riay aifternioon, Octo ber 1.'. at 4 o'clock with .\lr's. .\l. b. Simlith. All mlembhe rs are uirgen tly re fluested to lie irOeent, ats buinessC of imploiltance is to lie transacted. .lrs. Iiroks Swygert, Sge., Misslionary Meeting, The Missionary Society or i ings Chapel church will meet at Mrs. Pres ton Abrams' Saturday 16th of Oct. We desire every member present. President. PASSES $200 3JAIth SIxty-Fivve Dollars Added to Fund to lelp Along In :)emoc1iwratie Fight. The Democratic campaign fund 1-:4issed the $200 mark last week after Alagisirate J. N. I'right had made a partial canvas of the town gathering in "Djemocratic Dollars". Mlr. Wright se cured contrilutions amounting to $34. In addition to this W. G. Lancaster tiirned in 13 additional dollars; W. ft. .leCtuen turned In $11 and L. G. Halle $7, making a total for the week of $65. Vrgeft appeals still come from Colum bila and from national headquarters for additional funds. Tie i)emocratic campaign is being greatly hampered by the lack of money aid much need ed work Is being left undome on this aceount. The following is the list of contriblu tors up to Friday morning, the list for the week being closed at that time for reason of convenience: Previously reported ...........$151.00 Through W. R. McCuen J. W . Todd ................. 1.00 J. 1). W atts ............... 1.00 It. 0. .Jones ................. 1.00 .1. W. Dunklin ............. . 1.00 1'. If. Taylor ............... 1.00 I". S. Ildgens ............. 1.00 W . S. Power ............... 1.00 1). T. Jones ............... 1.00 T. '!). Lake ................ 1.00 W . It. .\tCCuen ............ 1.00 .1. W. Todd, J. . ............. 1.00 Tbrough L. 0. Halle W . '11. lough .............. 1.00 .1. .\l. Barksdale ........... L.00 It. Ii. Terry . ............... 1.00 .\laribn W ilkes ............. 1.00 .liss .\Minnie Itogers ....... 1.00 L. ft. Blackwell ............. 1.00 L. G. Balle ............... 1.00 Through J. N. Wright W . M. .Switzer ............ 1.00 Fred H1. Walker ............ LOO (. I1. W oods ............... 1.00 J. N. W right .............. 1.00 C. E0. Kennedy ............ 1.04) W. A. Moore .............. 1.00 .1. C. Owings ............. 1.00 L. Nye Owens ............. 1.00 S. ). Childress ............ 1.00 W. L. Teague ............. 1.00 NI. J. Owings. .............. 1.00 11. 14. Sorgee . .............. 1.00 W. T. itutledge ........... 1.00 .1. .lills Hunter .. ............ 1.00 .M . 'H. ilunter .............. 1.00 It. A. Stillivan ............ 1.00 G. F. Pulley .............. 1.00 1'. 'L. .loote ............... 1.00 If. T erry . .................. 1.00 Johi nman................ 1 .00 W . (". W ilson .............. 1.00 F. P. Babb ............... 1.00 F. .\l. Sm ith ................ 1 .00 .\l. L. Itoper ................ 1.00 H . .\1. ,Shell ................ 1.00 .1. A. Taylor ............... 1.00 It. -. hla,bb ................ 1.00 1. Lake .................... 1.00 .1. II. iludgens . ............. 1.00 '1'. 1,. Timmerman .......... 1.00 Mrs. ''. IL. Timmerman . . . . 1.04) J. Iarl Langston .......... 1.00 M\iss .Henry Wright...........1.00) T~arl Owings.................1.)00 TIhroutgh W. G. 'Lancaster .\rs. Hf. L. Kennedy ..........1.00) Mirs. W. U. Lancaster ... 1.04) M\iss Willou Dofd .............1.00 TP. F. .Jones.................1.00) -Crt. L. 10. ishtop ................)00 .\l iss Itebecca D ial .............I.00 J1. C. Shell 3................2.00 TI. D). D)arlington.............1.004 .\ 15. TF. D). Darl in gon .... 1.00 , lev. V. TI. Squir'es............ .00 .Jno. A. Franks.,........... .00)4 .Jamles C. Tlodd........ .......1.)0 TFotal......................$21 6.00~ Outim u lt(eport The ginning report for -Lautrenis (Cottnty. issu ed by the census d epatt men t Oc't oher lih for thme pieriodl prior to Septembit er 231th shmows that gin n ins for thmis year have been considerablyv Il('s than) for the samei( period last. year. 'To Ihat~ date :3,1 37 hales had beeni gInned, (fomlparedm to 6,068 gin ned to thme same period last year. Ini the state 171,151 hales had been ginned, (com1paredl to 3304,947I to It! samte pe lod laist year. .\Iiss WVynona (lhan.y, who att(feed the Woman's Mlissionary Union T1rain ing school at Lauisville, Ky., last ses son and who did( fIeld -work'as W. M1. U. orgnlzer in Laurens Association the past summer is now dloing missionar'y work at Kannapola, N. C., a mill towa of tea tihtmaiidr Inhnhitants. Foiier Merh(nt. Of lnuren.s )ied at tlie IIonme of Ills Sister, Neur Cold Point Sunday Afternoon. ir. Thad I1. -Nelson, for a nuiimber of Year's a Ierchant of Laaurens, died at the hiomec of his sister, Mirs. Leake, near (old Point, Sunday afternoon fol lowing an llness of many ionliths. lie had been In declining health for some time. The funeral was held at .lt. Pleasant church Aonday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. .lMr. Booth, the Methodist minister of Waterloo. A large nmumber of peele. including many of his former friends of this city, attended the services. .\r. Nelson was a native of the county. For a number of years lie conducted a successf~il mercantile es tablishment. in this city, but a few years ago went to Nitowali, Tenn., to be near his sons and there and at l'ouisvile, Ky., iworked in railroad of flees until declining health forced him to return to this county -a few months ago. le was a man of .many excellent traits of character and had nmany friends wherever he was known. The deceased -is survived by two sons, W. D). and Thad E., of Etowah, Tenn.; and by one full sister. Mrs. Leake, of Cold Point; two half brothers, W. M,. Ilun lter, of Covington, Ky., and .1. D. Hunter, of Barksdale Station, and one half-sister, .mrs. i. 1). Bass, of Kilmarnock, Va. NARIiROW ESCAPE FORi .AC'(SED M.\N New York Mob About to Lynch Ma thlas. lItolw About Ills Neck New York, Oct. 9.-Nathan Mathias was rescut( froin lynching at the hands of ' an infuriated crowd of 'Brooklyn residents today after a 1 year old girl had accused the man of attompting to attack her. When po live oflcers arrived on the scene a noose had been adjusted about Mathias neck and the other end of the rope attached to a telephone pole. The irl said Mathlas, asked her to go to the second floor of a nearby house and awaken a filiend of his. When she went into the doolway the man followed, she said, and gagged her. When she screamed for help .\lathias ran into the street, the girl followi She told her stor to passersby and a chase after Alathias was started, pur s5itrs increasing until they numbered nearly 510n1. The fugitive was finally tripped up by a man who came out. of a garage. A. rope was obtained an( plans per fected for the lynching when two po licemen arrived, and with drawn re volvers, effected his rescue. .lathias was huriied atway in an au tomoble, arraigned in ciourt and held without bail for further examination next week. AN EYE ON CllRCH'I'ES koren Places of Worship are Sius pectedi Seoul, Korea, -Sept. 1a.-The semi officlal Seoul priess pr'ints an inter vIew with a poli1ce depar'tment official asserting that some. Korean places of Chi'istlan worship were still usedl as i'esorts by Koi'ean iol it ical ('onspiria tors. The oflicial dIeclar'ed that, as the restil t of i'e'ent arrests, thle aui:tinori ies w'illibe oliged to keep an eye on ('hriist iian clhuri'ches and chial bil d.. Ani otilcial stateent says thle deei sion is the 1)111glow thl of the arrest ot' Dr. VI Wonsik, a Koi'ean medical pr'ac lit ioneri an 111I I other Koi'cans on thIie elharge of secretIig 51edit intis lit era tiuie from Shianghiai in thle comphound of the ('honigkyo chatpeI at IDoyomndong, wvhichi is itn charge of the 1ter. Dr'. Lerin~ iie, an I Ame 11 ean m(Lriiissiontary3 of thle .\let ho~dist Clhurich South i. ,Suibse (Iiently3, it Is chaiged. Vi Wonsik took r'efusec in the chanl at insadoing whtieni is in elharige of thle Rey, Alr.' 'la rke, oif the NorthI P'rcsbyt etian .\l Issiin, tand coincealIed in 'lie 'oaI sh~ed of thel( 'hap cl ovei'r 1000 coiis oif thle Inudependil Thei cre arie no0 elharges aga ills Amteri icaii miissionariiies bu1t the police 'appia-. rentl w:'"ishi to( have it ktnown that. 'Ihrii;t ian pr'opely in Korea will lie subij ected to siitivei Illnc heincefor'th. P'renjt-in~g ait Oray ('oiurt. R1ev. C'. T.' Srluires wiii till his ali pointm1uen t Lat 'D~orr'oh Piesbyterin chuich, (Gray Coui't, next Sunday af.. tci'noon at 4 o'clock. WXORT CONCERN MOVES FORWARD Narding Favors Cotton Ex.! port Compaay. EX-GOV. MANNING HEADS CONCERN Wholehearted Indorsement of ilant Order of Day. ttYorts to Organizo AlabamIta, (corgia uand 31 Ississlpp( 1eetinig W1ith1 Success. TIhe State. Ex-Gov. R. 1. Manning, nvho went to Atlanta I'htrsday night for -a Con ference tlere in regard to the organ izing of the Cotton Exports corpora tion In Georgia, Alabama and Allssis sill)i, is expected to return today. News at his ofilce yesterday was to the effect that hiu mission had been even more successful than he had an ticlpated, and that all obstacles are being mot and overcome in all of the states. Governor .\lanning's oflice is in re ceipt of numt Ilerous messages of en couragement. Among some that have come in are the following extracts from letters and telegrams: Victor Montgomery, Spartanburg, financier and manufacturer: "I In dorse the tmovement and think it. will be a great betefit to both farmer and manufacturer. If lower grades can -be sold for export, will be very stimliu lating to both goods and cotton." W. L. Daniel, Saluda farmer and public citizen: "I am interested in the plan for handling cotton through the corporation being organized to do business on credit with central Eu rope. I have confidence In such a scheme, and I fervently hope that It is the entering wedge that will dl vorce the cotton farmer of the South from the raids annually planned and executed by the Northern bears." W. 1. 0. Hlarding, governor of the federal banking board, stated to a committee of the American Cotton as sociation that the federal reserve sys tem is prepared for such credit expan sion as may be necessary to move the cro;s and called attention of the de s(irabilitv of the formation of an ex port corporation by Southern cotton interests. Do Everythinig In Power. Ht. C. .attlews of Newberry, chair man of tho -banking committee of the Pouth Carolina Cotton association: "You may rely upo\ me to do every hilng in my power to be of assistance in the formation of the piroposed cor poration." A New York banking house says: "It is obviously much better to take' Into exchange European bonds, guar anteed by the governments, than to allow this excessive cotton (the un saleable low grades) to break the market by super'abundance or' to re main in the hands of the growecrs or the present owners without sale." l'ried S. .\unseli, state dlirector of the New York ife Insurancc com pany, in directing his agents to pro mote the sale of the stock says: "o gradle cot totn is now a drug on the muarket . The mills of central E'urope want this grade of ('otton and that is the only mtariket for it. As long as his low gradle cotton is le here It will dci;ress thle marketi on Itigher grades, andl is allways a men nec to fair Itrad ing. The stock in this corpora ion is a realI ittvP estent In a realI buisnei.ss ventutre that will pay recal dvidoetnds, otIside of the( gtreat. service wIh lethte cotrpotration wvil Idio. T* feel hat this is the permanent bas is of the sairation of the South in the mar keing of ('ott0n.' A 'Iichidren't hcalth eonfetrence will be hed at t he( Coi tou1se otn Oct ober' 22nd1 andl 23rid. All motht~ts with chlildren't helteen0 thlie ages of thtree mon1)th11 '1u(1 SIX yea rs are utrged to brinug thiri ('hildren fot t his examilna-. ion. .\V ox ogers. fled Cross Nurse, asost ed by severa.'l ladlies in town, wvillI we'ight and measure the chilldren, and Sthe localI doctoris will exam inte antd give necessary advice. A haby special st wvill Ib' inl attendlance one dlay ;pro'baildy bot h. lthers wh'lo have childten will) whtoolting cough or any (ontagloiis dliseases arc trettested not o bin g th'emo. All examinantions and ndrine nt this conferencen are free.