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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS,. SOUTH* CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1920. NUMBER 19 .U[ARING IS H[[D ON T[L[PHONE RAT[S Telephone Company Claims Yearl) Deficit CIT IZENS PROTEST AGAINST INCREASE Nouji hi Ctrollia Iailiroad Commission noids Ileaing in the Court House 'Tues(day Morning and Listens to Pe tition of ('ompany an11d Prolests of Citizens. After hearng the petition of the ibaiens Telephiontc Comany for a ra.e in rates and protests of a nimber of eitizenis against the raise, the state railroad commission, before which the hea ring vas held in the court hou;e yesterday- morning, adjourned the inefting and will act on the petition :ota later date. 'Tie telcihione company is asl:i: for a raise to the following rates: Bulsiiness; telephones, special lines, .f0 per month. I iitsiiess telephones, party liines, .00 per month. Itepidence telephones, speciil lines, ..50 (per month. lReSidence telephones, party lines, $2.00 per month. These rates are $1.00 per month more than present rates for busness phones and 50 cents per month more than present rates for residence phones. In the petition, read by Mr. V. I. Richey, president of the telephone company, it was set out that the rates now 'prevailing are the same rates which have been In effect since May Ist, 1914, and that since that time labor and materials umed in the tele phone service had increased to such :in extent that the company is facing an estimated deficit for the coming year of $3,295.88. The total operating revenue of the plant, including rent on a building whlh u te company owns, but not in iuding commissions from lonig dis iace tolls, weer given by Mr. Itichey as 112,270.00. The total operating ex lienditIres were given as follows: Whee rent ..................$ 180.00 L a instruments from Bell Co 166.44 iti. (nrrent, lights and w: . r .. ----.... ....... 120.00 . ......- -............... 100.00 -...... ................... 4 5.00 ti.is-................... 900.00 license, corporation tax ................... 15.10 ... .. ... .. .. 75.00 i' i and Couln ty tIxes ...... 196.55 (41 T....s...................... 100.00 nurance., $:i.00 and $50.41.. 81.40 irL tories. ................. 101.68 Sl':, stationery and stamps 150.00 W mn, n ;couring offlc....... ..13.00 an Iiwashting ...............18.20 pu and toilet articles . . .. 25.00 ti~mas- presents ............25.00 Iniresc't Onl Iid~etess of '10,602.00..--............... 818.16 4,ss on suibscriber' ...........96.75 One opterator~ at $50 petr mouth 600.00 One eg;erator~ at $46 1per mtt.1 50.00 One operator at $15 per~ mi.. 510.00 One operator at $15 Iper tmo.. . 540.00 One operator at $40 petr mo. ..480.00 One operator~ at $35 per. m1. 20.00 One operator at $35 per mo. 20.00 One opPtrrtor i.. $i0 per me. . 360.00 One lineman at $125 per m..1,500.00 Onge it 'man at $ i5 per wek 780.00 $alamy, sec'y and manager,. 1,200.00 Salary, Pres. and Treas. ...1,200.00 'Opc raters, extra for Sund'ays 104.00 Operators, extra for holidays 10.00 Respars andi extension ........ 1,500.00 Diepreciation 10 per cent .... 1,594.60 LhIVIendsf(............ ........5.00~o $15,565.88 Dleduct gr.Oss recelipts ..$12,270.00 Nett loss-.......... .......$3,295.88 Durinlg the hearing numerouts ques tions were asked by patrons as to the dhtails of receipts and expendItures, and on numbelI)rs of Occasions Chair man Shealy had to remind bofth sIdes to the controversy that they were out sot ord1er. Mr. Shealy made it plain that the commission was chiefly con cerned with operating recepmt~s and (expenses andi that the commi-slon was botnnd by t he law to ant..an. ina.e ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED Copper Outfit Captured Near Lanford Station Sunday Afternoon Rural 'Policeman C. L. Owens, as sisted by Mr. A. C. Shell, of Gray Court. captured a large and u-to-datc still Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of -Lanford station and took in tow Pink Farmer, colored, charged with its operation and also with having whils key in his possession. Fiarmer was not at the still when the capture was made, but made an effort to escape when the policemen approached his house. The still %as one of the most com plote found this Year by the police oflicers. It was cf compip throi hout aid of expensive manufactitre, ev: dently iitell(d for hi~h--rr~de stuff. A quantity of mash was flound netab hy and the outfit was "tuned up" for an early run, prolably for Thanksiving (Clebration. G '1.14) 1 1. I it M .1' Well linon11 ('itizen of New Prospe( 'seton P'assed Away Last. 310lay.% Mr. Geo. B. Brown, a well known citizen of the New Prospect section, died at Ills home last Monday follow Ing a stroke of paralysis and was bur led the following Wednesday, services being conducted by Rev. C. J1. Vermil. lion. Mr. Brown was suddenly strick en several dyas before his death and never regained consciousiess. The deceased was 68 years old and is Survived by his wife and two sons, Claude J. and B3ee, and three daugh ters, Mrs. A. IE. tBoyd, Mr's. Grover Roper and Mrs. George Br on, all of tills county. Hlis survivin brothers and sisters are, W. P., T. i and J. Q. Brown. and Mrs. Camilla Illpp and Mrs. -l10la Moore. Health Faliry Cominig Through tile Junior Red Cross or ganization the health fairy Is coming to taurens all tile way from fairyland to toll the children of health and halp piness. She is a really truly fairy with lovely silver wings and a goVn of moonlight mist. All Imlothers are ilvited to send or bring their children to see this lovely play. No tickets need be bought or money brought. If yol are a member of Junlor Red Cross you are welcome and if you are not a member you are welcome. Opera Ilouse, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 3:30 p. iml. Ill rates if the ireseit rates welec slown to be uni1profitable. The com mission, lie said, was eflually bound to enforce efficient service where the telephone company is receiving a profitahl return on its investiment. le intimated that the fluctuatiois in the prices of other cor modities were not relevont to the rates oil telephones and that those objecting to tile in crease in ratesj should Point out de fects in tei' statement a rendered by the telrphonr.ecompiany. it lreply to initerr'ogautors as to in 'omie fr'om long dlistanlce tolls not enumlrlerat'd ini the statemenit of In ('ome, 'Mr. fijlihe said1 that the ex-. IiUeue of 'he iodg dlistance was mor'e thian what ~t ('ompany got out of it, ii. he did not include it In the state m1'' t . Thlis (ti'stlon wa'fs argued at h-ngthi, but the questioners seenied as uinsatisfled- at the end of the qulestion ing ias they wer'e at the begining. Asked as to the Physical valuation of the plant, Mr. 'Richey gave an esti mate of $20,000 wth $10,600 indebted ness besides the capital stock of $5,000. When asked wvhat lie would take for tile plant today, lie replied that 110 dId not care to sell whiereup~on Mr. -R. V. Irby stated that he was ready to offer him $25,000 for' the plant and keep the rates at tie prCeent scale, Mr. R. R. Nickels, on behalf of the chamber of commerce, presented the results of a questionnaire sent out by thats, body on the proposed rates, The answers as stated by Mr. Nickels and lled with the commission showed that out of 170 replies, 161 were opposed to the raise in rates, I was in favor of it, 2 were in favor on condition of im Iproved service, and six did not answer the questions directly, The .petition of the telephone com-i panly disclosed that the city council amended the telephone franchise in June, ic allow for- ihe rates now heing asked of the railroad commis.ion COTTON ASSOCIATION TO MEET FIIDAY Annual 31eeting for the Election gi Officers to le Held. Pursuant to instructions from Co lumbia, Mr. C. A. Power, In charge of American Cotton Association work in this county, has called a meeting for Friday morning, the 26th of this month. This is to be the annual meet ing of the Laurens county branch and ollicers for the ensuing year will be elected. On Wednesday, December 8, the an nual meeting of the South Carolina Di vision Will be held in Craven Hall, Columbia. This is e(lpected to he one of the argest coton Ieetiligs held in the state. There will.ho quite a lilbert of mat ters of great importance to conie Iv:) at the Columila meeting and Pres idenit liamr is anxious that, there he a large attendance. In a letter to the county presidents urging that they usei e xCry eftort inl their I)Ow.erC to have the ollity and state nmeeilgs 'vWell at Inded, President Ilamer said: "If there (Ver was a1 timei when the farmers and busin es.s mn11 of the Sou th should pre selt a 11ited fr'olt this is the time. If we (0 not stand together and fight for 0111 rights we shall b' (lestroyed.'" GIVES OUT Fll(rlTRES ON 311-TH'IOIlISTS Centenary CottserViti on Com miee Shows That Thelre are 29,369,805 in World. Recent statistics of .worlld-widie Methodism, as computed by Dr. -14. H1. Carroll, LL.D., were made public to day by the Centenary Conservation Committee #f the Methodist Et;insecopal Church at the headqluarters, 710 lush Street, Chicago. 'Thie estimate of Methodist population in tihe world for the western section of metmbers, pro bationers and adherents is 7,369,3S5, a total of 36,622,190; an increase in ninle tyears of 3,935,341. The Methodist populaltioni of the world on accepted basis of four a(l herents for each meliber in the cast ern section and two anid ole-hlalf in the Unite(l States and Canada Iimakes it pr-obably tI Ie largest Protestant cltitrh in tile world, excel)t the 1,n tile ran. The 5lethod)(1st Episcopal Church in the last nine years con tributed an increase of 68,0j and the Methodist lE)iscopal Church, South, an increase of 289,045. These two larger Methodist 1)0(ies show over 18 'per cent gain in the last 1ive ycars. The total Methodist Episcopal com mullicalts in Amerjica, without the probationers alld a(lher'ents, is now -1,17~,502. The total coimmniennt1ts of the 'Methodist E)iscopal Church, South 'without the probationers and adhereits, is 2,172,088. Tle total num ber Of Metlodists of all bodies in the United States -Is 7,950,809. The total u1111er)C of communicIats in Canada is 387,421. The Methodist Church of Japan no numbers 20,000. In (Great Birits in thero are I ,269 , -18-2 mleemr--a net gaiun in nuine years of 01,592. In Australia there arme 204, 395 mebr- net gain in the last nine1 years of 53,503. The grand total for Great 'Hritaini and *Australia is 113,57. Tfhe granld total for differcnt gr'oups in Methodism In America is J8,138,2:30 and for Great JBritain and IAustralia is 1,1 73.877-a~ grand totalI for for .the world of 9,8:;2,107. Added to this grand total the esti mate for the Methodist population 11n the world, counting th ree adhletenlts and probationers5 fo,r' each nmember' in the western sectIon is 29,253,805, and for the eastern section coutnting tour probationers and adherents for' each member, -tro total is 7,369,385-a grand total for the world of 36,622,190; the grand Increase for nlne years is 3, 935,341. Drm. Carroll, who siupplies these fig.. lires omeically to the Methodist 'pis ct, sI Church, was for some time In charge of thle governiment~ census. Flower Show at ie Ponid The ladi'es of the tmprovement As solaitlion of GJreeni Pond school gave their aninual flower show. on Friday, Noveinb~er 5. It was indeed a success for a school community. As the (lay was perfect, there was a large crowdl present. A hounteous luncheon was served by the ladies. Quito a neat sunm, whIch will be used for school imi provement. was realized. JANY TEACHERS TO GO TO SPARTANBURG' Sate AssocIation Meeting in Spar(an. burg IiThurslay, FrIday and Saturday. Large Attendance Expected. A large number of teachers from the schools of this county will attend the lieeting of the State Teachers' Asso viation to be held -in Spartanburg from 'I'Thursday through Saturday of this week. All of the schools will be closed Thursday and Friday for TlanIksgiv ing, thus giving those teach ers who wish to attend an opportunity to do so without loss of time from their schools. Tie following account of the priparatois being made is con tiined in a dispatch from Spartan buIIrg: Spartanburg is in readiness for the meeting of the State Teachers Asso ciation next week, Nov. 25-27th, It Iis expected that at least 1200 teachers will he in attendance. All local ar rangennits ha!ve been completed for thle ie ting. Ile:'(d(parters have beeni established ; - i Hotel 11d Iie meet ii w '1' held '. Converse c-ach evelinl- xv'ib i the s Sched;. ' I-:h n'ont 'X! Wiord Gol One (of the delight r cafir; a o! th; M((sion wi ii thl- rce((ption by ''on v rse 'CoHl'se on id ay evenling after the program. All th'Me in attendance are invited to attend thi.; reception. All railroads are offe'ring reduced rates for the occasion. Those who hiave not, received idetiiliention certi lieates shoulld %w ire i C. (. 'iirts, secre tary, Rock 11111, and one will be mailed. It is necessary to have one of these to get redluced rates. Another feature of the meeting will lbe the musical program to be furnished by the children's chorus. Graduates an( former students of several. colleges wIl hold get-together meetings. The following have been sche(lu led: Winthrop from 6 to S Frlday eveniiig at Cleveland 1lotel, lUniversity of South Carolina Y. M. C. A. 6:30 Friday evening; Furman at the Gresham Hotel Friday 1:30, Wof ford men, time and place to be an nouinced later. All departments have arranged strong programs for (he meetings. Many of the prominent educators of -the State are on the program, besides several from other States. PEA NUT DEMONSTRATION Valuable Demonstratlon of Peanut Products (Jilven in Court House Sat urdailiy. Saturday, Nov. 20, was peanut day in laaur'ens. .lMiss Ilarris, home (em onstration agent, invited all the clf; muei bers from over the county to at tend a demonstration in the ise of peanut products. This demonstration was given by Miss Lola Snider, assist ant State agent. The many and va rious ways of using peanuts were shorwn in the making of peanut bread, loaf, cookies, salads, candies, etc. The use of l'eanuts in the school lunch was esp~ecial ly emphasized. Mr. Travathan the new farm agent, gave a short talk on the growing of peanuts. . After the demonstration MIss Hiar ris served a lunch to the sixty club members ipresent. Miss Wallace, ru ral suplervisor and Mrs. -Bagwell, mat ron of the .Rest Room gave valuable assistance in makIng the (lay a success. 'This dlemonstration was put on by MiJss dilarris to encourage the use of more peanuts In the family dliet and the growing of more pleanuts by the club11 members. Window Sale The Kng's Daughters wviil hold an attiractive wilndow sale on D~ecember 6th at the ilarney Electric Company store begInning at 3 o'clock in the af teunoon. In connection with this sale hot 'tea, sandlwiches and home-made candly will be sold. A. IR. P. Services Services at the A..h. P. church have been changed from 41 o'clock to 3 o'clock p. in. Preaching next Sabbath. The 'inhile is invIted, strangers aind v'isitors especially invited. (Come and( you wIll be welcome. J. 11. Elilis. Tluirkeyv Dinner att Edlen A turkey dlinner wvill be given at Eden school house On Thanksgiving (lay for the beneflt of the school, The Public is cordilally Invited. SPECIAL TElRM OF COURT To Be Held Beginning Monday Morn Ing, Deceiuber 6t. Judge Moore to Preside. A special term of civil court for this county has been ordered to convene Mlonday morning, December 6th, with Judge EIrnest Moore Cesiding. On ac count of the several interruptions of recent courts tjie calendar had become so congested that a special term was necessary. The jury commisIsR)iners ilet Satur day morning and drew the following to serve as petit jurors: 1. Ml. Cannon, Laurens; T. .I. Milhon, Dixie; Jno. WN Kellett, Sullivan; Ir Vin 1. Madden. Waterloo; Thos L. Oxner, Waterloo; .1. F. Shockly, Ilaureils; W. W. Wasson, Sullivan; 0. A. Sower.;, flunter; J. T. Blakely, ILaurens; C. Al. Bailey, Itunters; C(lyde II. AleCrary, Jacks; C. Q. Holland, Sculff letown ; W. If. Call, Cross Hill1; Io' J M. Mloore, Laureis; 1. L. Alartin, Waterloo; J. G. Drummond, Youugs. S. 1). EIdwards, Youings; W. I. g eilr so!, Youngs; J. W. Martin, Youngs; J. '. )al, ias; ). '. Andrews, DiaIs; W. I. 'Iurfo, 'Sullivan; Ge. C. Au derson, Waterloo; .10ao. C. Carter, Cross lill; J. Will .Mila ii, Hunter; W. T. ilocv, *ross 1lill; I. I.. Call, Cr0ss 11i11; J1. Robt. Hll amllls, Dials; .11. 1', Knight, Dials; it. L. Cook, Ji., Dials; H-. F. Tumnblin, Sullivan; Thos. .1. Cole, Cross Hill ; Jos. 1'. Cooper, Laurens; C. Q. Guderson, Ifunter; It. 11. Glenn, Scliffletowni1; J. I. Bonds Jacks. UNION SNIYTICES FOl NEW PASTOR Churches of the City Unite Sunday Night to Welcome New Methodist Minister. Rev. Pierce F. Kilgo, the new Meth odist minister succeeding Rev. A. E. 'Holler who gocs as presiding elder to Anderson, :was given a hearty welcome to the ety in union service held at the First Methodist church Sunday nignt. With Rev. Kilgo in the pul'pit were Rtev. S. If. Templeman, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. C. T. Squires, pastor of the First Presbyte rian church. Rev. IHolmes, rector of the Episcopal church, was out of the city. ollowing short addresses of wel comv by the flawPist al-i Presbyterian ministers, in Which the cordial rela tionship existing between the various denominations of the ety was spoken of and highly commended, Hev. Kilgo iladle _.n earnest response in which he appealed for a unity in' the i.'pirit of 'lhristian work and Christian lie as lopposed to the plan of actmi church union now being -advocatedIl in some filtarters. Different denominations, he said, make for a stronger Christianity by creating rivalry with its consequent incentive to grow,. He said that he w"as gladl to see Sich br'otherly feel ing exisitng betweeni the churches here and that he wvould endeavor to cemenit tho feeling of frindslhip even stronger. A pleasant part of tile ('ening was a Imusical program rendered byV the choir. Died at l[ospitaI .\rs. JIoel S. Newman, wife of a stone mason dloing work in tils vicin ity, died at the hospital last Wednes dlay morning and the body :was carried to D~uckbury, Mass., the following day for burial, being atccompanjiedj by Mr. Newman. Mrs. Newman1 had beeni critically iii for several days and her death was not uinexipected. Tile School fimplrovemlent Association of Hickory Tavern will give a" Twi.. light Luncheon" in the school dining room Saturday, beginning at 6:30 o'clock. There will be exercises by pupils preceding the stepper. The public is cordially invited to come and help the school. Refreshments anid fruit will be 501(1 by pupils. Stores to Close, Stor'es, banks and( other~ places ol business in tile clity will follow theiu ulsual custom and close for Thanksgiv ing tonmorrow. 'No petition of any kind has beeni eirculated, but the custom has become so general that it is taken for gra~ fed that all business will bc 23mispruded for the (lay. CIVIL WARAR[ GRIPS IRELAND Far Spread Murder and Re prisals MANY MURDERS IN DUBLIN Not Less Thank Fouirteen men, Ofilcers or Former Ofilcers, illed in Whole. sile Plot of Assaslination,. IUot 'ol! los hoolig al. Footbaill (am Dublin, Nov. 21.---tIly the Associated Press.)-Dublin became the sceno to day of far spread mtlrder and reprisal. Not since the first outbreak of the viciouis civil warfare that has been I shedding ( blood in Ireland have the as Fassinations been so concerted or the retaliation so swift and pronounced. Not less than II men. are (lead in the attacks arranged simultaneously all over the city this miorning. The meth ()l was the same in each case and all the men assaissinated were oilicers or former ollicers, or otherwiso in the service of the government. Small bodies of ien numbering gel erally from six to eight presented themnselves at various houses, called their victims out or entered and shot their victims in bed, While dressing or at breakfast. The districts in which the murders were committed were in some instances close together; others were separated by miles, but all the assassinations took place about the same hour, 9 o'clock in -the morning. In the afternoon, while a football .match was in progress at Croke Park, 16 lorries filled with auxiliary police moved swiftly up and surrounded the place. Accounts differ as to what happened when, after mounting ma chine guns on heights above, the :po lice broke through the gates. The tuxiliaries were hooted and, according to eye-,witnesses, first fired in the air and then into the crowd. It Is do clared from another source that Sinn Fein pickets first fired on the govern-. ment forces when they were seen aip l)roaching and that the fire was re Within the itrk the great assembly of 1"5,000 became Planiestrickeii. How many were killed is not known as yet, but the estimates range from 10 to 30 or mlore. Seve'ital are reported to have been iramipled to death Tie streets of Dublin on Sunday are deserted in the morning hours. Those who had i)lanned the murder of the oficers andl government employees moved systematically to their task. lhey commllitted thle 'assassinations without disgui s( 111d all made their escape. Gresiami lotei was ie scene per. haps of tile greatest dairing, andl the raidl was carried out by .20 men with the utmost cruelty. The Greshjam Is In Sacki lle street andl is One of the test known1 hotels in Dubliun. Ini this idae twIo frmier omeiers were' done It )iovfng fast. yon the m uirders~ ti was great military andlti 01Ce ae Vi ity and llanses were raided In searchl of tihe (rimlinals Alllti I le~ was orderedi stoppel d al traill service in anld out of D~ublin a tolsteriti e~ Th i~ as giveni over' c ars anld lorries huled 'with blacknand anls raced thlrough1 the streets. iShooting Reneredi Ihublin, Nov. 21 .--Shooting began algainl in the streets just before mid night, and a number of people are rea por'ted killed. Thlere is mu~hch military activity. The casualties inI Croke Park are semi-oflcially given as ten killed and 43 Injured, 11 seriously. Fire Breaks Out. Tomdon, Nov. 2l.-#iro broke out inl Dublin, says tile Dulinf correspondent of the Daily .3ail. Twelve nurses wereC among those arrested today, The '\ali says that arrangements are unlder wvay to send large reinforce2. men~its of troops to 'Ireland and that the opinion is held in official quar ters thait the dhanger of atssassinatiotf is spr'eadlii' to Emrlamd1