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12 PAGES. PART 1, PAGES 1 TO 8 VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1914. NUMBER 30 ~1IJ4R4A4IIM[ ORD[R G4INST_[ [RRY Reported That Smallpox Prevail in City and County. CARNIVAL COMPANY THEREBY EXCLUDED iaurens ('ilizens Visit Newberry and Report Prevalence of Smiallpox in loth City and County. so the Bars are iaised. Endorsed by State Healtih loard.' Sunday morning the city board of health ordered a quarantine against the city and county of Newberry, where it'is reported there are a large number of cases of small-pox. The quarantine order was issued after two members of the city board of health, Dr. R. E. Hughes and 'Mr. T. Lane tonroc, had visited 'Negvbierry and verified the redorts that han already reached here. State Health Officer J. A. lilayne,, of Columbia, was ac quainted with the situation and he wired the local board of health en dorsing them in the step they had tak en and promising his aid in carrying out the order. The quarantine order was issued as a result of activities begun last week to bar a carnival company from com ing to Laurens. Objection to the car nival prevailed very gjenerally in the city because of the bad moral effects on the community alleged to follow in the wake ol such amusements. When the probabilty of disease was added to the other undesirable features, the quarantine regulation 'was resorted to. The carnival company stopped off at Cidnton and is showing there this week, It is reported that it has a contract in Greenville next week. Whether or not the managers will Make an effort to cone here later is not known. As an additional precaution to pre vent the spread of the disease here, the board of health in ordering the quarantine against Newberry, made vaccination compulsory in this city. A large number of vaccine points were )rdered to be shipped out immediate ly and all those 'who are unable to pay for vaccination will be given treatment free of charge. There is already one case of small pox in the city and has been for near ly two weeks. The house where this base exists has been closely watched ince the case was first discovered and Strict quarantine has been enforced. Ats a result there has been no spread f it here so far. Both Newberry papers had referenc as to the guarantine this 'week. The k0llowing was taken from the Herald bled News, of that city: "The special in the daily papers yes erday mnprning from -Laurens that Laurens had quarantined against New sorry created some surprise here. Fhere are a number of cases of small Nx in Newberry, and in the county, as tere are all over South Carolina, but hero Is no epidemic of the disease uid all cases in the city are under luarantine. And no case has 'been CDQwnl to spread from the quarantine, 9ething has been published taboutit ~ seause it is generally' afidat stood tha'tI he disease li heattereid all over the state. ila b& fiact, Health Offier LIdatfin #hys there are at present 14 uSeO6 'In the city and seven of thoe iti ,ne fstnilyj And all on tihe eagud bl be city limits. All the easee fire umong the negroes except Itdd. Since be l3th of January, 't!Id, 'there havo seen 69 easea in the ei # and no deaths. "The -*6'1%l &ye being vaccinated and th% tr.Woei have 'been rigidly en [Wihain tui' rule as to school children di ifhe are aqmitted to the public Qitois who can not 'give evidence of iaddcessful vaccination. "The general opinion here is that Iaurens 'wantedi to get out of a con tract the city had made for the carni val to come to that -placne this week and the quarantine wangput on as an excuse to keel) the carnival away. "The 14 cases now in thuis city are eonvalescent and will be0 dischlarged from qiuarantineo thuis week. "There are a number of cases in the sountry, buut just to what extent the disease .prevails it is impossible to as .ortain, In the township ini 'whlich Prosperity is located it was stated sonme tin~e ago that a school election had been called off on account~of tha CAROLINA GLEE CLUB HERE NEXT MONDAY Together With Orchestra Will Play In Opera House on 23rd. Highly Complimented by Columbia Paper. 'Carolina Clee Club and Orchestra will be in Lattrons for next Monday evening the 23rd. The performance will be given in the opera house, be ginning at :O. The cltb is comning direct from Columbia, arriving here at 2 p. ma. The following very complimI]entar'y remarkI concernlng the club were talcen from the Columbia State: "CarolinA'is flee Club and Orches tra are now preparing for the annual trip to several South Carolina cities. The o:chestra and glee club have es pecially good material this year and practices which have been in progress indicate an exceptionally good enter tainment. It is -planned by the man agement to mnake' the tour this year through western 'Carolina, playing at Greenwood, Laurens, -Greenville and other cities. "Carolina's glee club and orchestra have established an enviable reputa tion in South Carolina for good per formances and Columbia always looks forward with interest to the annual concert here. This year the cities on the road will have the .priv'lege of hearing them before Columbia does." The orchestra, composed of excel lent musicians, has been exceptionally well trained, havi4n been under the supervision of Mr. Garing, a member for the last seven seasons of Sousa's Band, who spends part of each winter in 'Columbia. He will he here with thealub and will play several solos. Reserved seats for this perfornance will be placed on sale today at Powo Drug Co. The prices of admission are gallery 25c, behind the railing down stairs, 35c, reserved seats 50c. Dr. Tengue In New York. Dr. J. I. Teague left last Thursday for New York City, where he will remain for about six weeks taking a special course in surgery. During his absence his practice will be taken care of by I)r. W. D. Ferguson. prevalence of small pox. The county superintendent of education states that about 75 per cent of the school children had bedn vaccinated. "At any rate there seems to be no special reason for Laurens to quaran tine against Newberry -as to small pox any more than against any other sec tion of the State. In fact, if quaran tine is to 'he enforced against commun ities in which the disease exists Lau rens will be a community all to her noble self, and we are informed that even 'that city is not now immune from the disease. "The carnival which 'was here has left and it-is understood that it start ed from here to Clinton." The following was taken from the Newberry Observer: "The Tropical Amusement company struck Newberry in very untropical wearther, and consequently did not hmave mucha business here. Sunday they packed up) to go to Laurons to fill an engagement of a week there; butt the boat'd of health of that city got scaredl about smallpox and as a consequence Laurenms cancelled its contract -with the obtupah~Y. "There II f\ IRhod deal of smallpox in Nebery and in Newberry county, but hardly 400 cases. In the town the health officer says there are 14 cases, seven of these being in one house and all tire cases are quaran tinied except one on Cline street, and that all the present eases willl 1)e re leased from quarantine this week ox ceplt three. Since Jan. 15, 1913, Thealth Ofmier Adams says, there have been 69 cases in Newberry and noe <eaths. In 5act only one death of a white person has been rep)orted In the county, and that -was an aged woman, Mrs. Slice, at Oakland mill village, who woas in very bad health when eke took the disease. A citizenl of Prosperity said yester day that he had hoard of some deaths atmong negroes in the lower -portion of the county, but know nothing of it except. the rumor. Prof. Geo. D. Brown says that fully 75 per cent of the school chaildren of the county, countIng white and col ored, have been -vaccinated. 'The private opilnion is that Lanurens -wantedl to get r41~ 'of the carnival nn chn'v na mnanh Ne3who'rry the plat." SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CLINTON HAPPENINGS Many Things of Interest About the People of the Neighboring Town. 'C)Inton, Feb. 16.-+On Tuesday night Mr. W. II. Owens, Jr. entertain ed twelve young men at a delightful stag supper. Mrs. J. R. Copeland was hostess to the Merry Wives Club on Thursday af ternoon. 'Mis. J. C. 1larper delightfully en tertained the inlcyon book club on Friday afternoon. Saturday af1,ternoon Mrms. M. .1. Mc Fadden gave a lovely reception at her new home on Calvert avenue. The I house was be'aulti ful and 'was decorat ed in red earnations, red malIne and hearts and eupids. As the guests ar rived Mrs. 1'. ). Copeland met them at the door and Mrs. .1. Rt. Copeland invited them Into the reception hall where they were received by Mrs. Mc Fad'len, Miss .Jane Kennedy, Miss Wren Ilafner and Mrs. W. 'D. Cope land. From here 'e:y' were invited In to the dining room by Mrs. J. W. Cope land, Jr., and delightful refreshments were served by Misses Julia Neville,. Marjorie Spencer and Maude .E)llis. From the dining roon Mrs. Waters Ferguson Invited the guests Into the living room where they were served to coffee by Mrs. E. .J. Adair. This was one 'of the loveliest receptions that has ever been given in Clinton and was enjoyed by about 7i guests. On Friday night the Chicora Glee Club will give an pntertainmnent in the Carolina Memorial Chapel. This glee club, was here last spring and gave a very interesting program be fore a large audience. Mr. W. B. Owens, .Jr., has accepted a government position and will leave for Washington the first 8f March where he will make his home in the future. Mr. Owens has been connected with the Seaboard Air Line railroad for a number of years and has .been most successful in his work. Both Mr. and Mrs. Owens have lived in Clinton since they were children and they are very popular here and have a host of friends who regret their leaving very much. "MIrs. Bothwell Graham has return ed from Spartnnburp, where she visit ed her sister, Mrs. L. M. Kennedy. Miss Fronde Kennedy retruned to New York Thursday, after spending two -weeks with her mother, -Mrs. J. M. Kennedy. Mrs. W. S. Bean left last week for Augusta, Ga., whore she Will spend a month with brothers. iMr. W. B. Owens, Sr., returned last week from Chattanooga, Tenn., where he has been spending the winter. Miss Laurie Aull spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. John Hunter. -Miss Allie Gervin has returned from Easley where she visited her sister, Miss Frances Garvin. Mrs. J. -L. Hopkins has returned to her home in Columnbia after visiting friends and -relatives here last week. Mrs. C. C. Bailey is visiting Mrs. E. B. Stone'in Union.. Mrs. J. Whitman Smith is spending a while in Blishopville. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Turner left Mon day for E~lberton, Ga., where they will make their home in the future. TO 6PE~N STOIE 1tERE. Capitol Woolen Mills Company hiat Rented Store in Bank of Lautrens Building. -Mr. S. Michaelson, representative of the Capitol Woolen Mills company, was in the city yesterday making pre parations -to open a tailoring estab lishment for that company here. He rentedl the neat little stwae-roomf in the Bank of Laurens. build ng recent ly occupiedl as a book store. Mr. Michanelson states that they will op en for -business next week. They have a "Free" offer In another -part of this paplor, to which attention is (directed. Entertainment at Waterloo. There will 'bo an entertpinment at Waterloo friday, February 20th, givent by local talent for the benefit or the school. Trho entertainment will be giv en in the Waterloo high school build lng and will begIn at 8 o'cock. The show 'will consist of several short plays that are filled wIth plenty of fun and interesting throughout. It is hoped that many will attend as the 'woeEds will go to the school for va rious impirovements. Watch for thme serial story beoginnimeu next. week 'The Vatlinnts of Virginia." TOO MUCH POLITICS AVERS COL. KOHN lns Interfered with ('onstructive Leg Islatiot. 'l'Too Many for fligher ,lobs Columbit, Feb. ipe.-'There is one overshadowing distinction that be longs to the legislative session of 191.1 -good feeling. There have been no clashes, no ill-temper, no long-drawn filibusters, with politics as the key stone. II a there been politics in the session? Of coltrse there has been,I and very much of it. It has been the dead-weight of .legislat ion. The poli ties h] s beetn pmssive, but it. colId he seen muler the surface. Of course, as long as the people are hypnotized with the ri:nary system coutlitio ns will continue as at present. The legisla ture is the kindergarten, so to speak, of men in public life. It is the hest stepping stone, as experience has shown. Majority are ('andidates. The vast majority of members of both the House and Senate are either candidates for re-election, for higher oflices, but few elect to retire to Phib lie life. There are on the floor candi dates running for Governor and Lien.. tenant Governor and Congress, .ludge ships, all the way up or down the po-. litical gamut. There is something about the germ of polities that grows. It is a culture that is self-su ;teini in,; and self-reliant. No one ItMs-- ever found serious fault with the idea of self-preservation being the first law of nature, and if it apply it ordunary life, it is seven fold more so in p. litical life. That is largely why so. little real legislation will be under taken-tax revision, road building, and the like-there is a campaign ahead next year. More Light Needed. If the people could only be thor oughly informed on issues and ;he reasons, there would be no re-tl .ear of a vote being wrong in 't ca:mi:aigu. The trouble is the average caltdat does not wish to Assllule the bit rth'en of overcoming prejudice or condue: - ing a campaign of educati:'n. If a candidate with a pIerstmsality c'n oil' maike his constituency understand an issue and that his ballot has been honestly cast there is nothing to fear --only the trouble of explainigg. Speak ing of honesty it is a perfectly safe proposition to record that the legislature of South Carolina is hon otst-that is money or its eqttiivalent is not even considered as a possibility in influencing votes. No Corruption Fund. There is not, nor has there ever been, a corruption fund used-cer tainly not since 1876, and it is a safe statement that no attempt has been made to corrupt members in a couple of generations. Such a thing as an election of a Senator or Judgeship be ing bought is undreamed of in this State in this (lay and time, and the same applies to legislation. Member ship in the general assembly means honor, entry in the political kinder garten preliminary to other ambitions, hard public service and after all little thankcs. As a type the legislators of South Carolina are hIgh class, con Scientious men who like the game of polities. Adjournment Uncertain. When will the genetral assembly ad journ? That is an uincertalinty. fly all the rules of the game, .by legislative precedent, by the dlesire of the vast majority of the members, the law makers will 'be .wending theIr way hlomewardl next Saturday, the 21st that is the fortieth day. The hitch is on the ap~proprialtion bill. if it Is got ten to thle Senate by Tuesday after noon and is given -its initial reading in the Senate that (lay the assembly can adljourn Satltrday; that is if the Sen ate 'wants to do so. The talk is that the senate Is dIsposed to take its time on tile appropriation and other bills and not rush its work and that the adjournment will not be. reached uin til some time in the week beginning the 23d. IEven then~ thet'e Is no hlope of finishing all the work that is be fore the general assembly. There will be hundredls of measures lef't on the 'Calendar-put there for' a recordl or to let peoplie think about the ideas suggested. Blease-Orace Loie Test, The most talked of incident of the week was 'the love-feast staged in Charleston last Wednesday wIth the G;overtnor and the Mayor of (Charles ton in the leading roles. There wete dee'd(edly dIiffren t suggest ion as; to who was the real hero in the drama and~ thte commtetits wer'e quite varying FIRE STOPS WORK AT GLASS FACTORY Furnai'e Sprung ia Leak Thursday Night. (a'u sing Lull in Bottle Mak ing. . Thursday night about tvo o'elock th e molt('n glass tank at the Iaurells (lass work: sprang a leak nweesCSi tating a shut-dtown for a week or ten days. 'he fire (lel)ttent was anfled ,out to hell) in preventing further dan age, bitt Very little iallage was done otler than to the tank itself. It is not known how ti) leak in the t n!Ik st arte': Aft'r the molten glass began to flov out every effort was made to stop) it and soon it was un (i r control. liowvever, as the leak cotuld not he relaired witit the glass still itlside, the greater part of it was drained out the next morning. Repairs were begun inmeditely but because of Lte long time neces sary to get. the glass to a working heat ,gain, operations will be consid erably delayed. It will probably be several days yet. before blowing will start again, The muisshap .anme at a very inop portune time, as the factory was run ning full time to kdep up witlh orders. The recent cold weather has tended to help matters, however, as the soda bottlers have not been as insistent on delivery while the cold weather lasts. GLAN) IARl' il0W. "Movie Man" Here All this Week and Next, to Take Pictures of Local Scences. '14. F. Gallagher, an expert. moving picture operator, is in the city taking views of scenes and persons prepara tory to showing then in the opera house next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.- Mr. Gallagher pays par ticular attention to the babies and they will be shown in every imagina ble pose. The price for these will be the same as usual at. this picture house. 5 and 10 cents, both afternoon and evening. Pictures will be made on the streets free of charge. Loenl Talent, Play. On ltuitrday night F'ebruary 21, be ginhing at S::10 o'clock there will he a play given by local talent at iiddle's Old Field school. The proceeds are to be used for school improvoment. 'Ple public is cordially invited. At First Baptist Church. 'Next Sunday the pastor will have for his subject at the morning hour, "Thoughts on Thinking"; at night he will discuss "The Action of a Bad Gov ernor." and illuminating as to why this or the other feature was staged or left unstaged. .Whether it was a political rather than a personal truce; 'wheth er it will materially affect 'political events and if so how, were all phases of the comment. At all events it was much talked of and the feature of the Charleston excursion. It over-shad owed the Hospital for the Insane in vestigation-Saturday being the fea ture dlay of that inquiry. Check on Local Bills. There was a bit of a break in the monotony of local bills being smug gledi through in the guise of delega tion or county matters. -Messrs Miley and Dloyd may not ingratiate them selves with some men-be to whose littie bills they are objecting, but they are right and with a little help, if not this year, later on, they can save thousands to the State by blocking strictly local bills that ought to lbe combined in general measures. Some one Is to be iblamedl for this being a recordl year in local hills-rural p)o lice, magistrates, salaries, school fees, weighers and every sort of county af fair not being consolidated into one general -bill upon a particular line. Too Much "Courtesy." -The courtesies and amenities of one delegation to another-you help me pass my bill and we will help you pass yours-has never been worse. The committees could largely overcome this trouble -by inviting suggestion on given topics andl incorporating t he washes of the more than forty coun ties in one 1b111, instead of having ten or forty bills on one phase of legisla tieu. IHut with it all we are having a pl1eaHant legislative session, everyone is in a good humor, Dr. WVyche is get fing mutch hetter and peace reigns sit preme and all realize that after all thiere Is ino Sta te in the glorious l'n ton (liite so good as Routh ('artolin a. Anurust Kohhn. COUNCI[ R[fU8[S TO GRANTI_[ P[AK Reedy River Power Co. Ask ed for New Minimum. COUNCIL CLAIMS HASN'T MADE IT President of I'Oier 'omipans Asks fo. New 1linimumII on Biasis of P'oner ('onsinaii in alonlis of No'semler aad lr'acomlber. ( 'ireit Tri'ne'd (hY by ii.) Officials. batst Tueosdayc nIls,, Lli th r sa rionlthly meetin~g o0 city cou1nci .\ l' N. It. D)ial, pres;ident of th;e Reedy Htiv. er Power ('omiai1ny, appeared and ask ed that the city begin paymeint for fifty additional o11 Se-power of cur ren t now being furnished by that. comn pany under the contract signed sev eral years ago. This, if granted, would have amounted to an additional expenditure per year for power of' $2,500. The council refused the re quest or Mr. Dial on the ground that. the new peak which the con pa n3 claims to have been established has not yet. been made. 'Mr. Dial was seen yesterday by the representative of The Advertiser and asked to give a statement as to the "lail that lie has filed. lie produced a considerable array of ligures show ing that the use of electric current in the city has been on ia gradual in crease since December, 1910, when. the present charges went into effect, and that during the months of Novem ber and December of 1913 so much power was used by the city that un der the contract. the company was le gally entitled to ask for -the addition al -payment. however, he stated, the colipany was deprived of proof of its claim because the lights in the city' were palled off on several occasions when it appeared that the inlieator al. the po0wer hIouIse was about 1to reach. a ne'w level. This, he said, was not just nor allowahle under the' contract: signed between the city anid the pow er c(omipainy. The city authorities ad imit having lu rn edi off the street lights but claim that they had a right to do so when they thought it advisable, different reasons being put forth to support the claim. On several occa sions, it was stated, the street lights were pulled off because the moon fur nished enough illumination. The contract of the Reedy River Power company with the city is basedt on what is called the "peak load". This peak load has to be reached. three nights in succession .before it Is established and the difference between the peak loats must be fifty horse power. Thus, in 1910 the city began paying for 183 horsepower per year at $50 per horse power. Since that time the load has varied all the way from 183 horsepower to 240 horsepow er, but never h it gained as much as fifty horsepower' or reached 233 horse plower' thiree nights in sulccesslin. which is necessary .before tile new peak is established. Mr. Dial claims that the 233 hor'sep)ower mark wvould have hbeen plassed three nights in suc cession on several occasions had thio city officials allowed the current to stay on but that they cut it off. To supp~iort his claim, lhe has a chart showing that at 'frequent intervalsn the streets wvere dark and that at such, t ines the meter at the power house in-. dlicatedl that. had the current stayed on the peakl load would have been r'each ed. lie claIms that thie city could fol low these tactics Indelbr-itely and de priv'e his/company of large rev'enue right fully~due them, .for' in this mian ner' the city could use an unilimnited atiount of power for two nirghts in suc cession and then cut down the cur rent the third night. To support his conitentuin that the consuimption o-f water and liht s in the city has been on a steady increase5 since 1910 and that the large amoumnt of current used in the fall of 19i13 wvas not from spasm!lodhi( caus1es, he quo1-td thle figu res for the lion thi of D~ecembier for the past foii1r years. showing that in 1916 the city had sold $1,093 of' cirrenit, in 1911 $l.167, in 1912 $1,102 andli in 101l: $l .288. In l110 water !"'nt" r'n'o1ntedh *o $278t and in 1913 $:18 niniii a 1tt-i Wr war andii fights in. $i910 $1.*;7 1 ,'nd in 1913 $l,073, an ini (roi' 1 rderC(I 1ts of $30)! forl that 2 'n ''"''--'~ arge afer the new