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VOLUME~ XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1915..N~MBR1 ON IN CHARL[8TON To Help Preserve Peace if JHad Been Needed FOUR COMPANIES FIRST BSATTALION At the Request of Sheriff Martin Gov. ernor Placed an1 of the National Guard Stationed in Charleston In Iteadiness for Expected Trouble. Ad jutant General Mooro Ordered to Charleston to Take Command. Columbia, Oct. 11 .--Because or threatening conditions and to preserve the peace Governor Richard T. Man ning this morning telegraphed Sheriff .J. Elmore Mlartin or Charleston to name as many special deputies as in his judgment is necessary for the pre servation of peace in order that clti z' .is of Charleston may have the op portunity to cast their ballots with out intimidation tomorrow in the Dem ocratic primary election for Mayor of Charleston. The Governor has also ordered the four companies of infan try and the thrpe companies .of naval militia stationed in Charleston to mobolize in their armories and hold themselves subject to the orders of Sheriff Martin. The governor ordered the sheriff to call on the militia if necessary to preserve the peace. The governor ordered the deputies appointed and the militia held in readiness following appeals to him by Sheriff Martin and Chairman Jos. A. Black of the Charleston city Dem ocratic executive committee that they were fearful of intimidation and that the citizens were without proper pro tection to cast their ballots. This was backed up by affidavits from promi nent citizens. The Charleston militia numbers about 350 men with a machine gun. The 'lilitia assembled in their armor les tonight and are sleeping on their arms In readiness for instant service. Adjutant General W. W. 'Moore, un der orders from governor, proceeded to Charleston this afternoon and took command of the militia. Additional ammunition will be pent to Charles ton tonight. In effet Charleston is under martial law. Major A. Hardy Silcox, is in com mand of the Charleston batallion of infantry and Lieut. H. G. Crouch in command of the three batallions of naval militia. Each company is com posed of 65 men. Adjutant General Moore is in supreme command of the military. Reports from Charleston are to the effect that Mayor John P. Grace has prepared to swear in large nilners of extra policemen. The followers of his opponent, Major T. T. Hyde, are fearful that the police will be used by the Grace people to intimidate the voters and hence the appeal to the governor for prFotection. *The Charleston campaign has been extremely bitteor and large numbners of conservative citizens have appeal Cd to G1over'nor Manning for protec t ion fearing bloodshed and nt imida tion and strong arm methods. The following is the governor's pro clamnation: ...''PROCimATI'ON "State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber. Col umnbia. "To the {Citizens of Charleston: "Whereas, it is the (luty of the gov' ernor of South Carolina to 'lpreserve the peace,' andl "Whereas, sat isfactor'y evidence 'has been pr'oduicedl befor'e me that there is grave danger of the violation of the public peace in and duiring the elec tion to be held in Charleston Tumes day, October 12, 1915: "Now, therefor'e, T, Richard I. Mlan ning. governor of South Carolina, by virtue of the authority and power vested in me, call up "All peace otlierms of the City of Charleston to keep and preserve the peace and to protect all citizens of the City of Charleston, regardless of fac tion, whilo voting at the polls or going to or from the same, and to protect all angrs and other officers charged wihteduty of holding and declaring the result of the said election. "I further call upon each and every 'citif~en of Charleston to preserve the 'peace and assist the offiers of the 'law ~In maintaining law and oredr. "TPo this end I have this day ordered 'tbe' sheriff of Charleston eannt? to MONUMENT UNVEJLED. Coton Wood Camp W. 0. W. Unvells Stone in Memory of J. A. Avery. Sunday afternoon at thr-ee o'clock the mnenbers of Cotton Wood Camp, Woodlmen of the World, assembled in the city cemetery and there unveiled a ionuinent in memory of their de ceased member, J. A. Avery. A large crowd assembled foir the cremonlies, w~hieh were )erforimed in ai manner befitting the memory of a brother whom they all mourned. 'Mr. S. D. McAbee, of the Victor Camp at Greers, acted as master of ceremonies and di rected the procession. Following the reading of the beautiful and appropri ate Ipassages from the organization's ceremonial book by Mr. W. Ii. Brown of Magnolia Camp, Spartanburg, the address of the occasion was maide by Mr. W. M. hobo of the same camp. Ilis address was an excellent one and In spired those who heard him with a deep feeling of the greatness of the order assembled for this occasion. In addition to these, the following ofli cers of the Cotton Wood Camp took part in the ceremonies: Consul Coin Imider R. P,. Thompson, Adviser Lieu tenant J. N. Snoddy, Clerk .1. F. Mont gomery, Banker N4 .J. Darnell, Escort P. B. Holtsclaw, Watchman John 11IolIsclaw and Past Commander A. T. mcClincy. Married in Peizer. Mr. William l0. Gritiln, of Watts Mill, and Miss Florence Davis, of Pel zer, were happily married at the liome of the bride in Pelzer Thursday. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davis, of Pelzer, and the groom is a son of Mr. W. W. Griffin, of Watts Mills. Both of them enjoy a wide friendship at their respective homes, and have been heartily congratulated upon their marriage. They have re turned to Watts 1111 where they will make their home in the future. swear in good and discreet men as special deputies charged to preserve the Peace and enforce order at the polls and to preserve to every elector the right to cast his hallot without intimidation or violence; and I have ordered Companies A, 13, C and ii) of the Second South Carolina infantry, under Alajor A. Harry Silcox, and the First, Fourth and Fifth divisions, S-outh Carolina naval batallion, under lWient. Hlasell W. Crouch, to report forthwith at their armories under arms, and there to await further or ders. I have also ordered the adju tant general of the State of South Carolina to proceed to Charleston forthwith,. to take command of the militia, -with orders to report to the shorif of . Charleston county to aid hint 'in preeserving the peace in such manner as may be .necessary. "In testimony whereof, I have hiere unto set my hand artd caused thd Great.Seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, this l1th day of October, A. D., nineteen hundred and fifteen, and in the nine hundred and fortiQth year of the independence of the Unit ed States of Amorica. (Signed) "it. I. Mfanning, -, - "Governor." 'i'hd following is the chief execu tive's telegram to Sheriff Mlartin: .1. INlmore Mlartin, S~herif Chlarleston County, :i 'Charleston, S. C. It appecaring to my satisfaction from statements made to mec by you in your letter of the 9th inst., andl by the chalir man of thme Charleston city D~emocratit' e'xciutivye commit tee and by aflidavit s of reputablie citizens of Charleston, tiled .in support thereof, with regard to contditions threatened in the city of Chaiirleston on the day of the primary election, 12th inst., that, there is dan ger of violence, Intlinitiation andi dis ordler requiring specIal provision ais hereinafter ordheredi in order to assure the preservation of peace and to guar antee the untramelled expression of the will of all voters in casting their ballots: I hereby order' and dlirect you to ali point, eqluip andi commission such number of deputies as In your judg ment may be0 necessary and to see that peace and1 good order are preservedl on the day of election and as long thereafter as necessary. You are ordered further, If in your judgment, it is necessary, to call on the militia through their proper, offi cers to aid you as the duly *cted civil authority. Use the militia only In ease'of ne cessity, Richard I, Manning, (1LS It.EFORMATORIY WANTE). Charity lorkers (if 11111enIs iDepl'iore Present Conditions. laving had their interest aroused by the Pitiful Plight of two wayward girls in the (r'eenville pollec court recently, the women of this city, through lieir ldifferent charity organ iza ions. have cnlisted themselves In the cause of providing a girls reform atory in this state similar to the re formatory for boys in Florence. Sug gestions along this line have already been made by others in the state and the support given the idea by the Lau rens women will doubtless give an fi petus to the movement. In order to place their views offlcially before the people of the state, the following let ter was drawn up and sent to the state board of charities and correc tions, at Columbia: To the Sate Board of Charities and Correction: We deplore the conditions whicht make it necessary to confine in our State prison young white girls who are convicted criminals, as is the case of the girls from Greenville; and ask that a reformatory be provided for girls similar to the one for boys. (Signed) Mrs. Willie Anderson, pres ident )avis Missionary Society of the M. E. Church; Mrs. .James M. Stoney, president of the Guild of the Church of the Epiphany; Mrs. C. . Hobo, president of Woman's Mis sionary Society of the First Baptist Church; Mrs. A. L. Moseley, presi (lent of the Woman's Missionary So ciety of the First Methodist Church; Mrs. J. Ii. Teague, president of the King's (Daughters' Circle; Alrs. Frank 11. Caine, president of the Dum Hose Missionary Society; Mrs. J. 0. C. Fleming, president of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary Society; Mrs. W. E. Lucas; Mrs. R. E. Hughes; Mrs. W. II. Dial, treasurer of social service branch of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary Society, M\. E. Church; . 's. F. M. Smith, Superintendent tf social service branch Davis Missionary Society. To Stop Speeding. "This reckless driving of automo-. biles has got to he discontinued on West Main street If nowhere else in the city," said Mr. N. B. Dial to a rep resentative of The Advertiser several days ago. "It has come to a pass up our way now where it is actually dan gerous for children or older people to cross the streets. West Main street is being made a speedway of by reek less drivers and there is but one way to bring about a change and that is for the citizens to interest ,themselves to the extent of reporting violators of 'the .'peod laws. ' The 'police force' Is' InstuItclent tQ watch all of the atroets,. I do. not wish to eatuse any ill-feeling on the part of anyone, so I am giving a w.arnJng.. I expect to report and testi(y agaipst anyone driving at ex eessive speed whenever I see them do ing so." Mr. Dial went on further to say that this woul not be a spasmodic campaign of his, but that he expected to continue his efforts to stop reckless dIriving so long as the reckless dlriv ing keeps up.. More Six Per C'ent Money. Mr.,.O. H. Simmons, presidlent of the Laurens National flank, stated to The Ad'vertiser reipresentative Monday t hat his bank was also in the Six Per Cent cotton money class. By takIng advan tage of the provisions of the new cur rency lawv and the regional reserve' banking system all national banks, he saidl, are enabled to loan money oni cotton receipts at six perm cent inter est. New Studebalukers liouight. Mr. D). C. Mcbaurin, local agent of time 7.tud1ebaker car', returmned through the country from Atlanta last Sunday with three newv cars for Laurens pur' chaser's. All the w'ay on the "high" was their record on this trip. A "Six" touring car' was dleliveredi to Mr. T. D. Darlington, a "Four" touring car to Mr. 1. W. Copeland and a "irour" r'oad~ster' to D)r. J1. II. Tleague. This makes the ninth Studebaker that Mr. McTIaurin has sold sinco the new 1916 cars came in and at present ho has four other's sold but has been unable to got them. The demand for these new cars has been greater than the supply. In addition to those delivered cars'have been sold to Messrs. Brookcs S#ygdrt, E3. ~3. Jessee, 'm Swyge~rt Ahd a eruldtnr :to 'r. :D. Tailtngton. Stateient by the Congressman III e garu to the Ion lit the Segr(gated District of the State Capital. Columbia, Oct. 7.--For three days the Columbia muncipal council, act ing at tihe reqIuest of a citizens' com mittee has been taking testimony to show that Lewis A. Griffith, M. D., mayor, on tle night of September I8, while on an excursion into the "red light" dist rict, manhandled Grace McCray, an inmate of one of the houses, and to bolster the allegations that the mayor had ulduly utilized his power in remitting fines. The defense has denied Ihe char'ge through witiesses and the mayor, but the latter admitted that he visited the restricted section on the nigh mien tioned, but stated that it was for the purpose of inspecting. It was brought out in the testimony that Sam .. Nicholls of Spartanburg recently elected to congress from the Pout'h congressional district and S. 11. McLean, a prominent railroad of ficial located at Columbia, and Fd win F. Bookter, a forner mnieber of the house of representatives from Rich land county, accoi panied Dr. Urillith ",on his inspection trip." Spartanburg, Oct. 8.-S. .1. Nicholls, gave out a statement at Spartanburg Friday in which he comments upon his connection with the charges against Mayor Griflith of Columbia. He says: "At the beginning of this Investiga tion I was asked for a statement, but declined to make one at that time because I felt sure that the sworn from any wrong doing. I felt sure if lutely exonerate me and Mayor Grif fith Mr. Mclean and Mr. Bookter from any drong doing. I felt sure if these gentlemen were sworn they would tell the truth with reference to what took place. 'I was in Columbia on busIness, and was requested, along with Mr. McLean, Mr. lHookter and Mr. J. B. Crews, of the Columbia Record, to make an offi cial inspection with Mayor Griffith, as the head of the police department of the city of Columbia, as he said that he heard that the law was not being enforced in certain places in Columbia, and lie stated that he did not care to make the Inspection alone on account of the fact that some of his political enemies might criticize him unjustly. At his request we ac companied him, with the exception of Mr. Crews, who said he had another engagement. No one In the party was guilty of any wrongdoIng, as the un 4isputed evidence of the invostigation BhoWs, I L" .- '' M' "As you know, I have always been willing to accept the brunt of any thing where I was really guilty of wrong doing, but I (1o not like to have it insinuated that I have done wrong when as a matter of fact I have not." Trhe statement was addlressedl to the Sparit anhu rg I loraldi. Married in Sheriff's Office. MiIss Peairl D~onoway and Mrt. .Jas. P. U togan, bo0th of IEnoree, were tmarriiedl In thle sheri ff's ohliee Sa tur'day morn lng, Rev. NM. L~. Lawson tying tihe kntot. Thle happy ('Oul wer,'xie ini sea rchl of one or the county ofllcers, hop11 ig to hav~e one of t hem periformi the ce re ninny w~hien t hey Iantded upon Shertiff Owings. The shietiff' wva willinug for thml to be martriedl, had no object iIons whatsoever and w ishied them nmanyi compliments of the seasont, but bieggedl to lbe excused-too shy. Itev. Lawson, however', was ('sp)ied across flue stree't and was callted uipon' to re(liteve the sItress of the sit uatioti. le jolined thle pair In the hondls of tmatrimony In the regularly accepted style and1( sent them on their way rejoicing. In Honor of Miss ('aine. Wednesday aftetrnoon Mirs. .iames RI. Davis enter'tainedI with a miscellaneous showeir ini honot' of Miss Tocc'oa (aine. Aflter' the guests had alssembhledl andl enigaged in gamnes andh anlmatedl con vetrsat ion for awvhile, dlelieious refresh ments were served. Dutring the after noon two pretty little- girls brought in the numerous articles which the guests had brought to present to the guest of honor. A color scheme of yellow and 'white was followed, this beIng carried out In the refreshinents of cream, cake rnr1 minta. PItESIDE'NT WILSON ANNO'NCES EN(AVEMENT .Marrige to Mrs. Norman (halt of Washington W1Ill Take Place in De. celliber. WN'ashilngton, October (.--Woodrow Wilson, tihe President of the United States, announced tonight his engage iient to irs. Normtanl (;alt, of Wash Inugletn. The date of* the Wedding has not been ixed, itt it probably will take place Iln D eemberi at the home of fihe bride-elect. 'I'he brief announcement from the Wi i e I louse, made by Secretary 1Ttumutzlty, camte as a surprise to olli cial Washingtont, bit, to a numiotiber of intimate frien(s it l ong had been ex pected. From thtis eirele caie tonight the story of a frien(dship whose culmI nation was viewed as a1 happy turn in the Itrou bled aid lonely life of the na tion's Chief Executive. It Was 'Miss .lraret \Vilson and her couisini, Miss HIelen Woodrow Blones, who drew .\Mrs. Galt into tlhe WItite Ilouse circle. They met he in the early atltlutmn of last yeari an(d were so 11111ch lracted by her t hat they sought her out miore and m1xore freqjuently. .\Mrs. (;alt. 81'l0nt a ioith this summx oer at ('ornish as a guest of tle Presideit's eldtest dautghter. It was through the intimacy of his daughter and coutsin with is. lit that the President had an olpportunity to meet and know her. One of tihe most interesting things about t the on gamenet, indeed, as told by friends, is that t lie President's daughters chose -Mrs. Gait for their admiration and friendship bofore their father did. Native of Virginia. Mrs. Gait is the widow of a well known business man of Washington, who died eight years ago, leaving a Jewelry business that still bears his nane. She has lived in Washington since her marriage in 1896. She is about 38 years old and -was Miss Edith Bolling, born in Wytheville, Va., where her girlhood was spent, and where her father, W%'illiam II. Boiling, was a prominent lawyer. For iany weeks Mrs. Galt and her relatives have been frequenit dilnnter guests at the White House. Often she has aeconpanied tle President oi muo tor rides. She is not. iute as tall as Mr. Wilson, has dark hair and dark eyes. Friends regard her as an un usual beauty. Her tastes are said to be strikingly similar to those of the President. She is interested In litera ture and charity work. Friends of the President expressed their pleasure over the announcement tonight not only because of Mr. Wil son's personal happiness, but because they felt this new companioship would give him support and comfort in his home life--a vital need during the hours of strain over the nations prob lems, - .. Too Much Solitude. With the marirage of his daughters and the death of Mrs. Wilson, more than a year ago, the President's life had become one of solitude. Ills ab sorption in olicial labors began to tell onl himt physically, and when a few monithis ago he began to take a ie temedi interest in persontal affairs, his friends anid tmembers of the family welcomned the distitnct change which it brought. aboutt ini his health and spiitts. T1oniighit .\is. (Galt was a dini ner guest at thle Whltit e iilouse. At tne nliomienit when Secreta ry 'ITumutlty stood ini the execu'tive oflic es aninoune lng thle enigagemoent to Washligton c!orresptondtenits siummixioned fotr th oc casioni, the Priesidlent attd M\rs. Galt. werte siend inmg thle (vent ig w ith Dr. Cartoy TI. UGraysotn an .\clNIiss Iliones, ini lie White I louse partlors'. 'Thle news was giveni out in a brief statementtit, w I hih read: "'The announcement was made to itight. of the enigagemtent I of Mirs. Nor' itiana Galt, otf this city', andi iPr'sident Woodrtow WIlIson."' No word as to ilants for the wedl cling wereo avail abtle, buiit it gonerialIly is ipresutmed that. Mrts. Galt, who is of democratie ttastes, will iprefer a privaite wedding in hem' own home to one it the White I louse. White House Weddings. UGrover' Clevelandl was the last Prtes ident to lie married in the W~hite 11louse. Should Mir. Wilson eventually (ldidle to lie miarriedl there it wold be the third wedding ini the Mansioni under his administration. Tfhe first was between Jesse Woodrow Wilson and Francis 13. Sayre, and the second between Secretary McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Wilson. The announcetnent of the engage (Conltineud on Pnare nur'.) FRIDAY WILL B[ COUNTY FAIR I4Y Ever) thing in Readiness for Big Crowds PROMISES TO BE GREATEST HELD ThI Ie FIfth11 A unual Falr W he I l(i'd inl unruington's metow This iriday. 'ports Most Encouraging for the (r-,Ieates( EIent, of ItN Kind FI er Held Inl Laureux4. The fifti an1nua I L1aur ens Coiunoty Fair- will take place this wee.( o I ri day ftle flfteenllh. The lard work of the lir'ogr'essive leaders of the fair as sociation together with the gene ral condition of prosperity over fihe coun 1.' have comnibinied to mliake it assured that the Nineteen l'iffeen Pair will bo the greatest in the history of Me as sociation. Presidelnt lynd a rid t he heads of the differentl departmliletts of the fair asso'lation have been woriig -:teadily for the past lew days gv tting everything in tip-top shape for tie bIg day ' Friday. Reports from over tho county are mnost encouraging for a general all-county part.icipation in this the gr alest event of the year for LauI]renls. The grandstand has been prepared to hold tle imimenise crowds. the stalls for the various exhibits built arid the streets leading to a nid from the grounds have been put In first class condition. A source or general satis faction Is the arrangement madl last year and to be used again this year whereby there will he two roads lead ing to the grounds. One will be used entirely for entr'anee and (ne iirely for l-aving. The city is getting Iealy to 'ter tain the big erowds and the meerchantls have invited the whole conit to "'come arnd make flits store your hliead quarters for the day". 'I'h( ent.ir' cit y Is expecting and hoping that thou saids will come to Laureti.s to enjoy theo selves for the (lay. DEATH OF IV. P. BAILEY. Prominent Citizen of Clnton Died at fls Hone Last Monday Night. Clinton, Oct. 12.-Mr. W. Frank Bailey died at the home O his son, Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, on last Monday night at ton o'clock. The news of his death came as a great surprise: and sorrow to many throughout this com munity where he had lived a long and useful and honored life. For several years past Mr. Bailey has resided here with his son and was well known. ie was In his 7Cth year and had been inl ill health for' some time, ut only a few days ago his Con idit ion heeanme alarmring an rd lhe sank almost at. once into a state of unconi sciousniess, fromi whleh lie never ral Ilied, andl gradulallIy grew weake'r util he end 00amn peacefu'rilly on .\rrnday nIght. Th'le decea sedi wa's a bravye (o:''r aft' sohlier arid was wounded tir e ties In hat tle. lIe was born in IS.'3: andr f'or the Past few y'ears hoi~rl mad'! his home liere. Ie ic s srived bI: a sons, Drhs. TI. L. \V.. Ha iley' andtW It Hail1ey, anrd one hrot her. AI r. S. TI. Bailey. Ilec is also suirviv'ed ly - tr girnd-elilid renr. The fiuneral I i was condutct ed Tu'resday a ftecrrn it two o'clock at the Iromie of .I b'.. hy his pastor, the Rev. It. M. .4 hi foo: aifter which itermuenit toiok ar at old I Iuntsville ecuimety neat -r. bieig attenidedl by a hiarge' et,:a; of sorrowing friendir amnl tel a Mi'. Unlley was a dl~eot me' of' the iairtist church. lIe was a I.l'ed Ch1rr'i t Ian. au gerntie andl lovahl r .-outhi err genttlemtan wvith. alt of the h 'hest aittribunites. As father and fr'i'nd, lie was ahove reproach and an irnpiat Ion to all whro knew hum. ils (leafh will lie slincerely mourrned by a w"ide clir el 'of friendrr and( old( comrtades, ~nn' the sorrow whinch it brings will not soon ho dimrimedi. Joint Meeting. A joInt meeting oif W. M. S.a1 Surnhearm Hand will lie held at Rlaburn next Patrday afternooni, the 16lthI, at 2 o'clock. Some Interesting speakers are expected. All ladlos and chIl dren are urged to ba mrrsoit