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VOLUME3 XXXI. LAURENS, SOUT~H CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916. NM~R3 COOP[R AND ST K[Y HOLDING THE STAG[ Political Interest Centers Around Them THEIR DECISION IS BEING AWAITED Widespread and Increasing Demand Throughout the State for A boisliing the County to County Campaign. County Conventions to be Sounded on It. Columbia, March 4.-Although there have been no new developments dur ing the week just closed in the sur face view of politics still the jockeying for position among the politicians con tinues unabated and behind the screen which effectively shuts out the public gaze the maneuvering has been very much in evidence all week. Some things play crop out within the next few (fays will have a decided bearing on the whole situdtion. Those close in the confidence of Gover:er anning have not seen fit to make public any comment on the various announcements and near an nouncements of candidates, both ac tive and prospective, who will contest with the governor for the nomina tion at the hands of the Democrats in the cowing primaries for the position of Chief Magistrate. That. the friends of the governor are keeping ia !lose touch with , the situation and are watching closely every move on the political ches; board is known but they ai e not. talking for puoleath.n. They are evidently of the opinion that watchful waiting is the best poli cy which can be pursued for the present for they are known to feel that it is still too far away from the ' ,,campaign for the different elements and issues to be clarified. That there will be much shifting and changing in their opinion between now and the opening of the campaign. While Governor Manning has not formally announced his candidacy for reelection it is known that he will run. Several up-State papers this last week said friends of the governor had received letters saying he was in the race for reelection. Watching Cooper. The public attention is centered right at present on what Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, and Mr. W. A. Stuckey of T,hopville, will do. That both are being urged to enter the race for Governor is known. The attitude of Solieitor Cooper and M. Stuckey will have a most important bearing on the outcome of the cam paign in the opinion of well posted and impartial political observers. Foriner Governor Cole L. Blease has formaly announced that he will seek election to the governorship and his friends are maki ng an active cam paignu for hiim. Th'lere is a w Idespread andl Inc rea lng demand throughout the State for the D emocaientI State conivent lon to abolishl thle county to counlt y ennivass of thle candidates. The sentimieint for' the doing a way ot thIis archliIue, met 0(d ofi maimpaigling Is oni the iincs for imipart ial and unbliased obiserve rs dleclarie thaiit thlis polItical circus does5 thle State a great deal oif ha rm andl no goodi at. all. They declare that withl out It factional ismt wouldl die andi (andlidates would have to discuss is lIues justeadl of one anotper as it al most, Imperative unider the county to county canvass to get any attentIon. When the democratIc clubs meet in April to elect delegates to the county convetntions this mater will Come upi ftnd efforts wilhlibe imadle to send( up instructed idelegations to knock out the county to county canvass It 15 said. John11 TI. D~uncan has again an uiounced lis candidacy for governor. Mir. D unean declares that thle lieolle arie t Iired of thle factionialismi anid arie ready for a iiew deal. Antothier- (andidate. J1. 3. D~esChiamps of Coluimbia has also aiiuineed is caindlidney for iov eriior on the deimocrat I tIcket, i~e is aii autthor andi lecturer and is niak ing an extenisive newsaper advert is ing camp~aigin of his platfoirm on whleh he will ask the dlemocrats of the state to nominate him. DemocrLts will cease their differ onces this week to ane what the Re ('ONFERIENCE AT HKAIDMONY. Methodist ('hurch Near Ware Shoals (ireatly Henefitted by Excellent Meeting. Through the efforts of-the pastor, 1Rev. W. A. Lamar, a lible Conference was held at the Methodist Protestant church at larmony near Ware Shoals. This conference con menced on Sun day morning, Feb. 27th, and lasted through Tuesday night services. Prof. M. B. Greer of Cross Anchor high school opened the conference with an address on "The Bible as Good Literature". The subject was pleas ingly handled and the characters and stories of the Bible well portrayed. lie was followed by Rev. Riomer Casto of Pensacola, N, C., whose subject was "The Waste of Young Life." As introductory to his address he spoke of the American people as a wasteful people, not only life, but land, forests and time. Ilis address was given the closest attention by a large audience and has been the subject of favorable comment. On Sunday night the first sermon was preached by Rev. Travis Taylor, of Ware Shoals on the subject of "The Rock Foundation of Peter." 'Rev. Ray Anderson- of /Laurens, then spoke on the importance of "A Purpose in Life". Ill spite of the extreme cold a large audience was out, to hear these speak ers, and was beneflted much by their addresses. The first speaker on Monday was Mr. Sas(o, who gave a splendid com pmrison bet ween "Religion and Life". lie showed the difference between re ligion and Christianity. Rev. .1. B. Connely gave an excellent talk on "Tile Command to Go", which was en joyed very much. Notwithstanding the sleet and snow of Monday night a fairly large congre gation was out to hear Rev. Sam T. Creech of Woodruff. He is a forceful speaker and his text and sermon on 1Romans 12:1 made a lasting impres sion. Three services were held Tuesday and Tuesday night. On Tuesday morn ing Rev. J. L. Hodges of Spartanburg gave a splendid talk on "The Still Small Voice," and on Tuesday night he thrilled his audience with "Songs of the Night." Both were splendid sermons. Rev. .1. M. Dallas made an excellent address on "Consecrated Giving". lie stressed the importance of giving the tenth. His address will have great results, and quite a num her of people have p'romised the tenth as a result. of his address. "The Old-Fashioned Iome" by Mr. Creech was a beautiful sermon. lie melted his audience to laughter then to tears. Rev. A. 0. Copeland gave a short but excellent fal1k on "Obedi en(e'." .\lr. Lawrence Poole of Cross Anchor played the organ for all the services, and Prof. 1". 1,. Fircloth of the Vaughn Pu). 'op1n1113' conducted the singing. Mluch of the success of the conference is dlue These two gentlemen for the inspiring music. The people of the community applre elatte Mlr. 14Lamar's efforts to give thleml such'l a good c'oilferene,. and1( lbefore adl Jiournling thley voted to mIlke it anniual. Thie church(1 is Ilivened~ an th1 le peopule feel that they are better by3 having had l his conferen2ce((. The 11nliuen'2ce for god is tlt inl thei en ti re ('Oil)mun2 lii uors of Tihrioughi Tri'n. Acrordilog to the (Green viille News, ruimors arec aftloa t in (1reenvillec to the effec(t that the K'. & W. C. and C., N. & L. rail roads are considlering implirov ing the service on tile line between (1reenville and ('olumbia 1)y putting on a thr~oughl trainl service betweenl the two cities, It is plrop~osedi, 50 the rumii or goes, that tile train will leave Greenville in the early mornling and return from Coilubia in tile evenling and that only the larger' towns wvill be mnade stop~pinlg points. Thell rumior' hlas hlad nlo conlflrmlatloll ' from otlial sources. To Dilg IDeep Wllis. .\r. Gary C. Watts, tile d(eep we'll diflg'er~ of Mllunile, has been award 0(1 a contract 1by tihe Laurens C'ot ton .\ills to (1r111 neveral dlep) wvells 02n thme mill premilses iln tis (11ty. ilublican wllS h (1o regardling a state ticket. Thie reubilic anl stalt e (oil ventloll mieets in Columbia on Ties day' to elect dlelegaltes to tile lntilonal ('onvenition in Chicago and to dleele whlether' or nlot to put a state ticket in the field to opplose the dlemocrats, it is not likely that any state ticket will hn- nominated by them. INCORPORATION P1 City Democratic Club to to Provide for Primary posed New City Gover Out. Pursuant to a notice by it. E. lBabb, president of the City Democratic club found in another column of this pa per, a meeting of members of the club will be held in the court house Thurs day afternoon at -1 o'clock to arrange the preliminaries incident to the, hold ing of a primary to nominate officers for the proposed City of Laurens, re incorporation of which will be voted on at an early date. Steps have already been taken to comply with the law regulating elec tions for cities desiring to be incor porated. Wednesday morning, before many people were aware that the city was without a charter, census takers were out taking a census of the city and this was soon completed, it be ing found, it is understood, that the population of the city as proposed to be re-incorporated was over 5,000. A petition was then circulated asking the secretary of state to order an elee lion under the statutes providing for ilcorporation (, cities of over 5,000 inlabitaits. It is understood that, the ex-mayor andt the ex-aldermen were named in the petition as comttmisslon ers of election. No hitch is anticipat ed in the order for the election, so the citizens will doubtless be given an opportunity to vote on articles of in corporation at an early date. The nominees in the primary, motioned above, will be confirmed in the elec tion for incorporation, providing there is not an independent ticket, of which there has been no agitation, so far as can be learned. Tio ('andidates. Considerable discussion has been held as to who is to fill the oiees provided for under the new govern ment. There will be the same num ber of offices to be filled as before and it is understood that the former mayor C. M. Blabb, and all of the board of aldermen will offer again for elec tion. Others are being spoken of as prospective candidates and still oth ers have "t Irown their hats in the ritg". In the race for aiayor several naiies have been iteit tione( as possi bsle coiltest ants with .\Mr. Iiabb, among them being ,John A. F'ranks, .1. C. Ow Iings, J. A. '. .loore aid possible othI ers. in W :d 1, ('. II. Ga~sciue will be opposed bly) .1. iD:nk \\'at a. In Ward 2 I). 1Roy SIipson has announced his intentiol of oposiag S. It. Sexton. Al. len liramlett is also promiinently spok-t en of in this ward, In Ward 3 no op position has yet developed against Al deranttpi Ilellaums. in Ward -1 it is unat derstooi that. linckney Stll ivan will oppose A lderianl Switzer. In Ward 5, Alderman i ranks' ward, the atmnos phere seittms clouded, infornation be Iing Sear ic' ont hat side, itn Ward ii, Alerani Adamis is still haoldintg his on nt, buaat seviert a ar contsideinjg en terling the irac'i. Oather aare bing cont ;ide':ed it the( various wa'rds. 'hie atime for' hling thle pihimy wtill taiost probblly be' delcie at the imeetiang to bei ihld tomlorriow afternioon. 'The folloingL is thei Oiitatte which appltie's it ('ases whrli ities oi cf overa 5,000) inhatain t a desire to he Iitcor "Whenteve on' ie huiindraetd cit izeits of anty piroposed city of this state con 11. S. IBLACH WELL1 Stattedl Yesterdlay thtat lie Would be it the Race 'This Summtaer. II. S. Ilanckwell I. lsq., the wtell kntowna local at torney, matadot definite anniounitcemen'it ye'sterdaty that he Ir tends to run for' solleitior of thItis ciir etait ini the 'amptjaignt thi'e oting sumla imer. .\ ir. Itlackwelli ha: had the at Ser i undheri coitsler' tat for' some( t ime, hoFur inly come R oE a 0 nai~l dIe isioni yex nountced their ittentiont of aunitatng ar'e (Geo. TI. .\lagill, 108q., of Gr'eeitwood. antd lIOWard Ti. .\toore, (of Abbih'lhle. TI'he ciricuait inatcIludes Abhbev' ilhe, (Greent wood, New berry aitnd t Larents couniles. Mr.~ llackwell is a native of iDae West, in Abbeville cotunty, and receiv ed his college eduacatin at Erskine college. lie taught school for two yvar and then antered Mercor uni DNS PROGR[SSNG Hold Meeting Tomorrow to Fill Offices Under Pro nment. Candidates Corning (aining more th;:n .3,000 inhabitants shall desire that tite said city shall be comle incorporated, they may present to the secretary of state a petition for that purpose, setting forth the name of the proposed city, the proposed cor porate limits and the number of inhab itants thereof, signed by at least 100 free hold voters o said proposed city. The Secretary of State shall then is sue a commission to not more than 10 nor less than 5 commissioners, cit izens of said proposed city, empower ing them to proceed with the proper registration of the electors within the proposed corporate limits of the pro posed city and to advertise an elec tion for twenty consecutive days in the new/papers published within the proposed corporate limits of the pro posed city and if there he no newspa per published therein then to adver ise by posting notice of such election for twenty consecutive (lays in not less than three public places withiin such proposed corporate limits and to ap point managers to condutet the same, which election shall lie conducted as all other municipal elections and at which the electors shall vote on the following questions: 1, Corporation; 2, Name; 3, Mayor and aldermen, vot ing for one alderman from each ward and if said proposed city be not di vided into wards, then for six aldermen from the proposed city at large. Man agers of said election shall make their sworn return of the result of said elec tion to the said commissioners who shall certify the same to the secretary of state which return shall show the number of those votinig in said clec tion together with the number of those voting on each of said questions. If a majority of those voting in such election shall vote in favor of such proposed territory being incorporated, then the aceretary of state snail issue a certificate of Incorporation of said proposed city under this article. which certiflcate shall state the name of the proposed city, and those receiving tle highest number of votes for mayor and aldermen respectively in the election hereinbefore provided for shall be the inyor and alderimien of said city until their successors shall have been elect ed as here;nafter provided for. "Sah1 city shall be governed by a mayor and aldermen or in case of municipalities being divided into wards, one abiie:man from each ward, who shall b' and be known as the city coineil of said city. SahIl mayor and a lderimen shall be naliiled electors of this state and of the county in which said city is situated and they shall have resided within the corporate limits of said city at least six months inii i ately 'plrecedli ng the day' of elec iof. it thle city Ibe d~vided into wards, thii fldermuian fromi each waird shall be a1 fini ail elec'tori tI i h rofiand shll be eleeted by the (luiflilledl ilectors lihere of. The saidi miayir fand aldrenf shc'11ll e eleccted cvery. t wo) years on suhdy amitl atI such laice. in .1bI ciya huall be desira'ted by the clv io ine ii of said (ity3 teni dayis iuli nioticee thlertof beling prev iously riven. They shall hohl1( their o!iees for a hform (If I) years and uiii iIli Phi successors shall have been elect ed fanud tinified 1." versity at Miacon, Ga2., whlere lie re ceivedl his L. f. dlegree. lHe was li Ccinsed to practice In the courts of Gteoirgia in Many, 1906' and1( in the conurt s of SouthI (Carollia in Sept embher otf thle samie year. lie opienied an' oflice fo r the iract ice of hiis piroiession in iiu rens5 shouty 1a tfter' th~L is and establhiish ed a relatitonshipi with the latte Cot. JIoli .\1. C'anni'on, with whom lie prafe I i('ed for a iiumb oi ii f yefrs b5 leiniig em plOyed in a large numbesr of cases in the courts hiere. lie has hafd a wide (outiliy, as w.ell as iin thie civii shte of lie couri ts. ie hasi received a g reat dleal o f enicouraigemiienit whe r eer lie has muentioned(1 his (anidalilcy and ex: peels to come otut. on to ) in the ('on test. Ilon1. II. A. Cooper, thle lpresent so licitor', has miadle 110 ainnoun~cemen('t as to his pilans, as lie still has uder consideration the adlvisability (of run nling tor governor, P'ICKS NEWT'N Ii. BA(EIR 'FOlR NE('ItET'l't Y OF W. ilt ('resident. Will hnd In Former Clev~e land 3laiyor's Nanice Today to Sue eed Garrison. Washington. .\ardi G.--Newton I). IBaker, former lmayor of Cleveland. has beent selected by P'resident Wil son for sevretary of war. His noini nation will go to tle senate tolinor row, a1,d4 admlinistratton lenders ex peet (liik confirmnation so the( new secretary ciay take active charge of the war depart ment's plans for army increases and reorganization. Mr. laker is a lawyer, and as a leader among Ohio Democrats has been. a warns sutpporter of the \'ilsoi policies since the pre-convention campaign in 1912. lie has been a close personal friend of 'Mr. Wilson since the later was his instructor years ago at .Johns 1iopkins univer sity and was offered the post of see I retary of the interior in tihe Wilson cabinet. lie is understood to be in thorough aceor-i with the president on the pre paredness programme and foreign c(liest ions. All offer of the war secretaryship Was made to lr. lBaker by telegraph several (days ago after tle president had spent more than three weeks carefully going over a long list ot those suggested to succeed Secretary Garrison. l r. laker accepted and upon being notilied today that he wi oluld be nomninated at once, tele gaiplled that he would lie in Wash in on Thursday. Mr. Ilaker is -1-I years of age. lie was born in Martinsburg, W. Va., and at the age of 25 was appointed prl vate secretary to Postmaster Gen eral Wilson in President. Cleveland's cabinet. In 1897 he began the prac tice of law at Martinsburg. lie later moved to Cleveland, where he be came city solicitor in 1902. He held this ollce for 10 years until his elec tion as mayor. In 191-1 lie was re elected mayor for a two year terin. Mr. Blaker has received degrees at .ohns I0lopkins and Washington and Lee universities. FIor years MIr. IBaker has been closely identified with the reform ioveient in Cleveland. Whell Mayor Tom .lohnson (lied Mr. Baker took up the fight for lower street. car fares and finally brought about an adjust Inent of street railway franchises In Cleveland. .\t the tile of the llaltiiore con vention Mir. IBaker was prominently 111(11 tie for the vice iresideney be (;ause of the light he made for lr. 'il Son. \r. Baker has been known for yer11s as a leader of the Ohio har a nid is highly regarded by the president as a lawyer. NIr. Wilson wanted the place illed by a lawyer because of'. legal questions constantly arising in the adi nistration of the war depart ]ruiest, the Philippines, the Panama canal and Puerto IRico. S.\Li ' .\ST .l IONI).iY. Thug Fair: ('od was Pre'(si!I' e 'Vhi ('. Inday wasi (ale'day an a: 'o fily ('a; owd was prd i~est'Ther were Not Iah-iib t~ihe' lhiff$12. to ale .ludre and vne ipridaete. t~'e he l ieinan plac loQutarry lentlied ftrol Pliet wasel sol ty thiie 11lerk' to .\lr. copny Niore f1or $t.(.30.n ine Ilie set teant0'te ife statr an r e lcm an vgi llle. it 1-re1 ar1 nell ank ste e, p1ac aotree In il(ets toan tockpand o $:1 hars0.00. t t ins toe selemenit.o tile esltaes W. .\ tt, I. lliyson. ftepo et d rlens llanktitt stock t10 shai're t ofPlie tof lilank N stoc andl 20 sharele t \V lt .lials stokwt ere solad tor.'N the amhis taor dat. .lrsn Th 1el Adver tiry av iwo moeian ofb e i ff. l .\at . 'lock . K1Iellettli of liillownvite ad .\r oie. o a1.lirs iLeeinro atl bekrygTaern BOLD S[A RAIDER R[ACH[S HOM[ PORT German Commerce Raider Safe With Large Booty ELUDED CAPTURE BY BRITISHERS l'erforni4d One of tilie Most S pet eu Iar Feat.s of the Walr. by iteaching (Grent (erman lise In the North Sea n hieh nas ('losely Patrolled by Brlitainl's Fleet. Berlin, Marc 5 (via London).*-Ti''' Gernan commerce raider .\loewe has returned to a Germuan port with 199 prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars, according to an ofilcial an nounceenit today by the naval gen eral staff. The statemet follows: "The naval general staff states that ll. M. S. \loewe, coinmander Capt. Hourgrave Count von I)ohna-Scholdlen, after a successful eunruise lasting sev eral Inonth s, arrived today at some honie port with four British oflicers, 29 llritish marines and sailors, 16 Wien of crews of etelly steatliers, alntong them 11)3 lIndlians, as prisoners and 1,04;0,1100 anark'Is in gold bars. "The vessel caplurcd the folo. ing eneny steaners, the grieat Imtart of whicl vere sunk and a sinal pla of which were sent as prizes to c;:i.ral port1s: "The llritish steanmers Corlbrige, :1,687 tolls; Au thor, 3,-14 tons '1' r alcr, 3,608 tons; Ariadne, 3,035 tons; I)ro monhy, :1,627 tons; Farringford, :1,14i tons; Clan Mae'l'avish, 5,816 tons; Ap pam, 7,781 tons; \Vestburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,335 tons; Flamenco, 1,621 tons; Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons. "The British sailing vessel Edin burgh, 1,473; the French steamer Ma ront, :1,109 tons. "The Belgian steamer Ilu xem hou rgh, -1,322 tons. "At several points on enemy coast the .\loewe also laid out mines to wlicl, aniong othors, the battleship King Eldward VII fell victim." The Moewe's capture of two of the 15 vessels listed by the German ad Inialtily h1:s not been reported pre viously. They are the Saxon Prince and (lie \laroni, both engaged in the trans-Atlantic service. The Saxon l'rince, 3,171 ions gtrss, :52 Ieet long and owne i by tlle I'rince line of Ner aeIstl, Ing., w:s hl !t: in Suiierland in 1599. She was last re pIorled a:. :;ailiic ftrom Norfolk i'eh ri:ary 12 for ,Manchester. Tie \laroni sailed I-it'ebruairv 19 f'otn I ordeaux for Ncw York. Sh was owntil by the Cenpitagtnie (ieneral Trans-Ai lantiltue of H lavre and was :12 feet long and of 3.109 tons gross. The Moe We, previously Ia do fa inouts by her extoits. has performed one of the mnost spectacular feats of the8 wvar on the seas by reaching a hiotm pelt ini safety. The grea~tt (;er i ian n vatltitrt of \\'iIlhe tlmsavent is ton the Noilth Seat. whtitt is eitrolledl u Imips It is thrtoughl thlese wat ers for atril byv t diffuetnt Brtiish nits tht I thei.\loew tliust ha vi lth:waded li-i way. .\t leaist pail of the gold (lapltrel by thle .\ioewe wax takeni tromt the .\piptami. whc hput in at Newptoll News teeaI weeks ago unde r comnuttand of .I dc-t. IBecrg wvithl a Germnant prtize crew. Anunoincenment wvas maide in Lonitdon .lanuary It) that the lBritish battle.Ahlp King Edward VII had been bilown lip by a mIne. The pla1ce at whiIcht thle dlisaster occurred was not r-evea led by the rit ish admita'ty. It was~ '-aid no lives were lost and only two men were , lihn 31Ills Dhead. .lihn Mills. of liitlhet fordlon. N. C. tttil rIiecintly Ipresiditl oit Ithe Comt tncrial Natilolil h~tink of that tilace, dliid ytslterday at his hitome in Huith etfordlltti alter an illii of5 seteal mothiitIs. .\lrt. ,\lis was a colt in of ma atrlative ofi the late .\lra rn (oxt, oh llthelrftoln. lIe i.s sur l ived by his widowv whlo was 'Ii.n Norai loole, a thattehier oif IDr. ..T Ple(, of l~aurtns rounmty. tt. lx ('arson, of this city, atI ptetrhaps itht er fienuds of M\r. M\ills will attend thle funeral services whiichi will t ake place In Rut herfordlon Sun day-Spar-. tinnhng 1-Henl.