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VOLUME XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1915. NUMBER 2 FORD PEACE PARTY RAPIDLY BR[AKING iP Lleut. Governor Bethea Quits Party DISAGREE OVER PROCEEDURE One Delegate Characterizes the Peace Plan as Nebulous and Vague. Mr. Ford left United States Without Definite Plans. None Developed. - Stockholm, via London, December 26.-Androw J. Bethea, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, will legve the expedition tomorrow on accoiant of perdonal, business. Mrs. Boissevain plans to start for Holland at the same time. A meeting of the members of the Ford peace commission last night re sulted in a disagreement over -the mode of procedure and Mrs. Inez Mil holland Bolscis aln announced her withdrawal fmn the expedition. Mrs. DoissevaAn ' xllaincd that she was compelled to abandon the peace trip| and would leave immediately for home. Henry Ford, on departing for Ameri a, had appointed seven delegates to carry on the work of the expedition. These delegat, 4. ' the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones chairman, announced the plans without reference to the general meeting. Mrs. Doissevain protested. She described the peace plan as nebu lous and vague, and said that when the peace ship left New York, Mr. Ford had no definite plans, but that she hoped later that one developed. She said this had not materialized and lnsteal there were dissentions and misunderstandings. She expressed the belief that the expedition was doomed to failure because of un-democratic principles o a small group, including ine Rosika Schwlimner, in controll ing opinion. "We have a)ppeared to the public what we are in fact, a confutsed mass of amiflably-intended persons of vague thinking and no collective planning." Bis oissevainl said, and conitinuling she acensed the leaders of the party with havig arrived In Seandanavia without, any plan convincing to the' people whon it was sought to win ov er to peace. **UN'(LE J A CK" 1OODOOED BallihY it. the County Jail has One Al most "Put Over" on Min. Charlie Jernigen is In the county jail and C. '%. Jernigen, his brother, Is serving a sentence fron the mayor's court, both of them being clarged with larceny. The former is charged with entering stores at Fountain Inn and Clinton and the latter with lar ceny from the person. Thme "person" happens to he "Uncle Jack" Glenn, the represenltative or Sheriff Owings at the county jail. According to court house gossip,! C. M1. Jornigen got into trouble on ac count of .his brother' who was already In jail. It Is said that lhe used various and sundiry "wiles" on Uncle JTack Olents In the~ hop1) that the latter Would give upl the jail key's. The uni suispecting "Uncle .Jack" d1id indeed go to sleepu under the'spell of the schenm lug Jecrnigen and wvas relieved of con:-I siderable cash money and other' vai aleis, but the keys did( not show upi. Som~ebo '/ 01lse(lid, however, and as a result of the evening's activities Jecrnlgen, as aforesaid, ia now serving time on the chaIn gang. Death~l of .tilrs, ,John i Anide'rson., Atri'. .Iohnm Anideromn, oif thle For'k sec tion neari Waterloo, died at her' home Thursd'5(ay' andi was huried at lt, ) Son was in the0 58th year' of her1 life. She is suive bV~ly heri hiusban md a ni soveral children. . \rs. Amnerson wats gr'eatliy blcoved by all -who knew(~% her'. Opensmm New ('afte, air. Jotu an;h. Wardl, of Grneevi~oeod, lias opene~d a cafe in thle .\l art in build( ing where them fjiurn 1.\mfot or C~ar (To. wvan formma'ly~ located. It' wIll lhe in charge of. his. son, Mm'. Willlie Ward. Th'ie Ameiej~ Cafe Is tihe name of the ne(w Oicoern. They expeet to give high class ser'vice in every rennect. BURGLAR CAUGHT. John We4dy Landed in Jug After Breaking Into Several Places. After breaking into three , places Monday night, John Woody ' was caught by the city officers just as he was entering the office of the South ern Express Company about two--thir ty in the morning. Woody first broke through the plate glass window of Todd, Simpson Company, from which he took several cheap watches. After this he rambled down into the wholp sale district and extracted about one hundred cans of sardines from the warehouse of( J. S. Bennett Sons and Company. After Placing his watches and sardines in his private store-room Woody decided to have a drink and headed for the express office. As he was about to leave the building with the night's haul, the officers nabbed him. Though he at first denied his guilt, he finally confessed to the two previous. robberies of the evening and to hiving brokeit into the express of fice several weeks ago. Monday night he was about to get away with seven gallons of whiskey and on his former visit he hauled off four gallons. It. F. D's. PROTTijST. Leeting is Held Against Combining Routes In Spartanburg. Spa'rtanburg, Dec. 27.-The Spar tanburg court house was crowded this morning with rural letter carriers representing the counties of the Fourth Congressional district who had come to discuss with Congress man S. J. Nicholls the proposed mo tor routes. The postmaster general has indicated his intention to consol idate some of the existing routes and have them covered by carriers usifig automobiles and covering much great er territory. Opposition to the change was general, many of the carriers speaking in opposition to the plan. Mr. Nicholls expressed the belief that the federal government would at no distant d LtO inaugurate plans that. would aid the several states in road building, but until there was decided imiprovement in the character of the highways over which the car riers must travel lie regarded the mo tor route ac 'ipracticable and would do all within his power to have them held up. Loule Lit the Rag. Louie Alexas, who sonic time ago, bought a fruit stand from Charlie H ondrqs, left for parts unknown sev eral days ago, aftey getting a lot of goods from local merchants on credit. After lie had run his debts up to about three hundred lie lilt the trail for other portions of the country. Yes terday he was found in Cincinnati and offlcers expect to go after in at once. A'r"IACTION AT MOIN TVILILE. Tle Mildred Morrison Company to be at the Schoolhouse Tomorrow Night. One of the finest attractions ot the season will be at the Mountville schoolhouse tomorrow (Thlursdlay) ev eninug at eight o'clock. The attraction ist The Mildred Morrison Company and it comes tl Mouniville with the very' highest recomumendlations and with a record of having pleased their audi pnees8 wherever ap~pearing. The comi pany will present Miss Mild red Morri son, in, songs and readings, Miss Vera Anderson, violinist and Mir. Carl Thg gert, baritino and trombone. The sol lowing from one of the Texas pape-s shows how well they have pleased those who have heard them: "icach performance received numbers of en cores, whliich was aditional proof that -theh: program was more than had been claimed for it." T1ickets for the shot are on saile at lipp Brothers store. (Cetton (Unnnings. The ('ot in ginnii ngs for t hho county up I to Decembe lr 1 7th wvhen thle last re port1 was madle, amioiunii ' to 37,55 I La!". Upl to the sam dlim. ne last year 85 ,80 ba les hati been 'gInned. Thie itacrease this yeari, therefore, is over 2,000 boles. '(hovernor Oiers ipiwardl. Gov'ern'or Mlanning hs5 oIffered a re warmd of $ 100 foir the cap)1tire of (1riein. wodil iH4oger, wh'lo eseap~ed from the State farml abhoiut D~ecember' 2nd. .Grmenwood Roger's was from thhii county anid was serving a life ien tenee for the murder of Mir. Gleo. Youngr near Rlenno. SOUQR1T TREASURE OF ANCIENT INCAS Post ofilce Inspector leturning After Vain Search for Burled Wealth In Per u. Colon, Panama, December 26.-Har ry A. Barber, a United 'States postof flee instpector, who has been in the in terior of -Peru trying to locate the buried treasure of the Incas, will start for Waslington tomorrow, having, it is said, failed in his quest. Inspector Barber was sent to Peru to investigate for the Federal authori ties at Wilmington, iDel., the alleged existence of a $500,000,000 placer gold deposit, which figures prominen*ly in the McCune case, in which t. Du ponts and other leading De.L~ware financiers are mentioned. MCune, it is said, floated a large corporation on the strength of having discovered the source of the gold of the ancient Incas. lie finally became involved with the postoffice department. McCune is now at liberty under $10,00J bail and, ac cording to Barber, !a in Peru again endeavoring to locate the treasure. The mine is said to be near the head waters of the Amazon River. Accord Ing to the MlcCunc prospectus there is an exceptionally rich vein of free gold. Barber said that he spent six weeks niaking an investigation, but declined to state with what results. He said, however, that the natives told him they had never known of any gold in the vicinity. On his return to Washington Barber said that he would make an exhaustive report to the post oiee department. Returned With Fugitive. Rural Policeman A. R. Sullivan re turned from Offerman, Ga., Friday, where he had been to secure Sam Jones, a negro wanted in this county for a murder committed in 1901, four teen years ago. According to the rec ords in the clerk of court's office, Jones killed another negro by the name of Will "Mason near Goldville as a result of a row over a woman. Iimi mediately after the shooting Jones left for parts unknown. TlW sheriff and his offilals have been on his trail for some time. Attended 1lotel .Meeting. .\Mr. Ii. C. Rohr, proprietor of the 1411reis Ilotel, attenled a meeting of the S. C. Ilotel Men's Association, held In Columbia last week. Mir. R1ohr took a prolilnent part in the discuissiols in the meeting and was elected vice president of the association. John .1. Cain, manager of The lefferson, at Co lumbia, was elected president. M1r. Rohr is considered one of the best posted men in the state on hotel mat ters. ORGA4 RECITAL TI[iRS).ty. Dr. John A. Earnshaw of Columbia College Will Give Recital. Ink Meth4 dist Church. Dr. John A. Earnshaw, director of music at the Columbia Female Col lege, will give an organ recital in the xrethodilst church here Itomorrowv, (Thursday) evening beginning at sev en-thirty. Dr. Earnshaw Is well known to the music lovers of Laurens and is considleredl a leader among Southern musicians, The following priogram wvill he rendered: Great Fantasia in 0 AlInor J, &, 11aeh Slavonle Cradle Song Neruda Golden Wedd~ing Giabriel Mlarie Toccato in E~ Minor Collacrts Adoration Borowski Grand Choeur Glulimant I nuoresque D~vorak l"antasia lit D) .\inor' Bach .\octurne Chopin 1Round( the Fair os Chi]stmas~i in Sicily YOnI Th'le recital is he:!ng g'ie lundeir tihe amuspleecs of thle D av ies Ilssiona ry 8o ('iety of the \ethodist C1hurch. lur ing the eveining ai silver' offeriing will be0 taiken.* 31loies i'romi 1: p ira nb ii . 3ir. A I?.I)"in ,orb whon hs; ben this wt'eek to the l'ne'e lhe recently ( der- 1i1.hopi. .\!'- .\ni '' 11> liroxyder', of \Moumnt v''5 r \'i ' -m IHimhop, of K'~innard-. * -e '' :' Cid at thle home otf Rev. WV. 1i. :'iurray, at 1<inarids, last Satur'day, T'ev. .Murriay performing the c'eremonvi 1. 1 Ii arie popiulari y'oun i people ini theli' respective com munities. Thoy will reside at Kinards. NO CHRISTMAS TRtUCE FOR MEN IN TRENCHES No Heavy Fighting, but No Truce Efther. English Government Under Newspaper Attack. London, Dec. 2.-Chritinas passed without-beavy fighting anywhere on the European fronts. It passed also without a truce, which gave a touch of humanity to Christmas 'k year ago. The United Kingdom, however, wit nessed a general abandonment of the truce between the political parties, which was observed during the early months of the war and which appar ently was cemented for the duration of the war when the coalition govern ment was formed. The past week has seen a steady growth of the newspaper attacks on the government, the general burden of which is the, slowness, the lack of foresight and decision and the mis management of the Dardanelles en terprises. While al i newspapers dis claim any partisan moutives all tile more prominent ones participating in the opposition belong to the conserva tive party with the exception of thn Manchester Quardian. The newspapers generally hold Premier Asquith responsible for the conduct or affairs. The Northcliffe group headed by the Times and the Daily Mail with the support of the Morning Post was Joined today by the Observer which is the foremost Sun day paper, and the Referee which has a large -audience among the masses. David Iloyd-George is the only candidate advanced for succession. He commanded Lord Norcliffe's suil port sometime ago in his speech charging the government with being "too late" at the most important crisis of the war and at the same time gained for himself a larger fol lowing. The two latest couits of the indict ment of the cabinet. are tile postpone llent until after tile holidays of the munitions )ill and tile postponellent or giving the country ally insiglit in to Lord Derby's report oil his recruit ing results. In the Imleantilie tihe verdIct of ti lol labor, Oil Mr. ILloyd George's appel to relax union rules in munitions works to perillit of the eitry of XO,000 unsi0killed laborers is awaited with interest. One Iindred and fifty delegates of tie li engileerillg society met In I ondoil this week to consider terils for settliIg all differ eices with the government. The Salonlki Sitiuation. Speculation over the develoPm1en t of an attack oil the Allies at Saloniki, continues. Some papers credit tile Central Powers with a plan to bear down on Saloniki from three sides, the Germans forming the center with the Turks and Bulgarians on the light and right wings, respectively. From different corres1)oidents coimle various reports on the situation in the Balkans, some contending that the Butlgar'ians hlave accompii ~lhd all tile teritoilal gains withtin their um mediate amnbitons9 and therefore will nlot move furthLler. Othler corresp5lond enlts represent them as being deter inedl to extend~ theu' boundaries to include the impllortalnt por't of Saloniki. Germlany probably Is confronted with theC pr'oblemf of reconlciling thiq conflicltin~g ambItIons of hecr two iBal kan allies, Tturkey and flulgar'ia anld atlso~ trying to k(eep) the1 friendshl ip of Greece whose sutppoit slhe is t'cditedl with still hloping to gain. Grec's Latest Move, Theli latest re ported Grteek mlove is he iprohiibition of tile expIort of food( suppiilies froim GreCe(' to thle l'1ranco llritish armly at. Saloniki. G'eineral ('~eelnau, chlief of the Frcelh genl tiral staff hlas vilsitedi iliing ('onstanm lIne~ and( met thle Grmeek ainiy staff trilts, liing~ Peter' of Serbia ha's am' be' the guest oft liing \'i< tor limmiia in the moyal h'ailai M ora It'; lh od itt:ttu ii'e: i'. Tha ter tI li i dw tlifi ralen ami dth la - ietmi e a yll to ste tt iall luii t and (ent SItsaai REPORT OF PROGHIESS IN LAUlENS SCHOOLS Figures on WIcl was Based Award of Second Prize iII Scl90l Contest. The report below was made by Miss Wil Lou Gray, county rural school supervisor, in competing for' the state prizes offered for school improvement. It will be remembered that this coun ty won the second prize, Dillon win ning the first by a narropy margin. The report is as follows: Detail Improvements iI Laurens Coun ty-1914-1915. School Community Trustees Laurens City .. $ 100.0.1 $ 400.00 Laurenc 1111 95.00 *Trinlty Ridge 345.00 250.00 *Prospect .. .. .. 5.00 10.00 *Woodrow Wilson . 38.00 30.00 Bailey..... . .15.15 16.20 Copeland .. .. .... 17.00 550.00 *Fleming -50.00 Watts Mill 10.00 50.00 *Oak Grove ...... 20.00 141.00 *Lanford .. .. .... 51.00 10.00 *Ora 85.10 65.74 *lcernezer ...... 32.30 24.341 *Patton .-.-...... 8.00 11.84 *Friendslilp ...... 66.00 30.00 Varrior Creek .. 10.00 '10.00 *l~lddle's Old Field 8.00 11.00 *1luntersville 5.....50.00 3,120.93 *Grays....... 37.67 Central ........ 4.15 *Youngs ........ 105.00 165.00 *Greeipond .. .... 263.15 10.00 *Eden ..........100.00 2,600.00 Shiloh ........15.00 1larmony ...... 5.00 43.80 *Gray Cou rt-Owings 253.00 20.00 *llarksdale...... 66.41 211.55 Dials -.--..... 10.00 40.76 Merna........ *Princeton ...... 64.00 22.00 ML Bethel 42.02 Poplar ..1......15.00 66.12 *Hickory Tavern *00.00 37.45 *Friendsi2p ........20.48 *rewerton .. 25.65 13.65 *\Wat erloo ...... .0.00 100.00 Mt. Ghtaligher . . .. 40.00 :10.86 *Palni to - . . . 10.00 30.00 hoth lehin .. .. .. *E 1om - - -.- . .. - - 30.00 Center Point . *akvill..........2 25.00 650.00 .lt. I'leasant .. .. 30.00 10.00 *Nl1. Olive ......228.20 lleedy Grove... ':-Cross Hill1 .l . .... .I I6.00 566.30 Long View .. .. .. 1,000.00 l'ine Bluff ...... \\a(le . ...12.00 *Pi1ne Grove .. ..... 7.00 *\oullntville .......313.01 16.50 * .Lisbon 8........ 38.15 20.00 Rock ... .. .. .... * Rock Hridge . . 155.00 Wadsworth ... 25.00 600.00 *hy dla Mill...... 20.00 10.00 *Goldville.. . .. .15.00 53.00 1elfast .- .- .... 6.00 Youngs .. .. .. .. *Hurrican e .. .. .. 85.00 117.81 *Shady Grove .. 30.00 2 1.62 *Renno ..1......110.00 121.15 I luntington-Ne w bu ilding being bull t Odell's.... ...... *Lonjg liranch . . .. 22.20 10.00 .\usgrove . .. ... 5.00 69.22 Langston .. .... *Sandy Springs .. :35.00 10.00 TotaLl.. . ... ...$3,01.2 $13,109.27 *-Thle schools which have organ ized School IminprovemientI Associations. M is('ellan eouis Fact s. One-t 'acher .. , . .... . . Tw'~o-teaecr ........ .......19 Thliree-tencher................. Inour-teacher .. ............2 1lhigh ............... ....... Tieaecers; 160,o le'irst grade ........ ........5 Seconid grad.............. .......21 Thlird grade .. .............. Delhany .. .. ...,0 1.9 LonIg View '..........,000 Oakvilll'........ UD 750 Capchuel e................1.0 !II: O81k ftib. I 1' ' h 1:3 1 aurn: . , \ ot-ing hondI\a 1: 1 . a1: !. I:t year.x (C'ontinued on -Page IEight.) TORP[DO CLAIMS 80 MOR[ LIV[S French Liner Victim of Un dersea Fire BELGIAN STEAMER ALSO TORPEDOED French Liner Sent to lottow Withouj Warniny. Not Known Whethier or Not Any Americans Were Among Those Who Perished. Other News fron Various Fronts. The French steamer Ville de la Ciotat, iroceeding from the far cast for Ma rselles, with many passengers aboard, has been toli)doed in the Mediterranean. The loss of life anlong the p.ssenigers and crew is estI Inated at 80, the sur ivors' being licked ilp by a Biritish steamer and taken to Nialta. The oflicial an nouncleernent of tlie attack from Paris says that the vessel was sutik without warning. Casualties likewise are believed to have occutrred in the torpedoing of the llelgian s(eaner Alinistre Berna el't, two boatloads of tile gerew of which are said to be unaccounted for. Suibmarines Very A ctive. The activity of the submarines of the Teutonic allies is further evidenc ed by the fact that within tile last few (lays they have sent to the bot ton lritish, Frlench' and Belgian ship ping amounting to a tonnage of near ly 18,000. S-hould tile American citizenship of one of the survivors of the Japanese steamer Yasaka \laru be established, the sinking of that vessel by a sub narine, it is announced from Wash ington, will be nuade the subject of diplotnatic negotiations by the Anieri call government. The iIIritish Indian ariny corps has been wilth'ldrawn flnoltl the front In Fralce "for a11oiheir iel( of atIon." King George, in a .ssage deliver ed 1o tie depaiting .ldieirs by the Prince of \\als, itighly pralises thern f(or, Ihe 1 ourage ind en(dtrance and "'(.e(dS nobly donte inl Ile days of the eveV-Ilie illnor1ah b"e (co1flict." British Flght A rabs. Again there has been 'onsider'ablo fighting helweeun the Iritish and Arabs in western Egypt, nealnr the Triploitan borler, but the iesuult Is Soniewhat heelouded, owilng to the divergent repor-ts of L.ondon and Con siantinople. I ondon cailuing suecess for the Biritish and ('onstantinolle for the Arabs. The lritish have put down an at tack of the Tunt rks against Kuit-el Aiara, in Mesoliotamnila, wlerr the Turks had succeeded in breaching the fortified positions and entering the hastion of one oft) tle forts. Tile Turkish losses in the several eligage tments are estimated at 700. The Itrit islh kill d and wolntl2Aded nu11mbher edi 110. Little fIghting of contsequlenc(e is go.. ig on elsewhere exceplt by means of artillery and sapping oplerat ions. Both Pais a ndi Lotindon iepiort the Intl Iction of dam nage to Germiani t renches; at sey eral points on the western line. On tihe Austtro-i tali fr'ont the Ital intlno ha rdttnent of I the Tiy rol (ani see tiotn has gr'own ini inltensity and( on the I sonzo.( fron1t the big gn u s of both sides arec exchtanging shells. On th liu lssianh front and in Onll ('ia there is 1no ('hange inl the situa tion, while in the Italkan theatrI e thio fighiting euemlingly has enmded, ex('ept for isolated battles in .\Tntene::ro. he -requestedi liuberbi la u \ i:Mrlaw anthelii rep'ly of Muhia ~is 4ote to be saiti' factory rn m io - a t of tia ra n o Th adver I 'iin'i' in c at ii~ . I \l''n . lo h i - .1.anuary. 1 or ih : 1 e b8 node great redue?'ev -1 invIces on Ull gonds and Oemeert to here unother of their suiccessfutl sales.