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6I OLUMXU renOi, WN VOLU E XXI. ..AUENS SOUT'I CAOLIN, W DNESDAY. MARCHl 29, 1916. MM[. JULIA CLAUSSJ N NT1AUQUA STAR Eminent Prima Donna of the Chicago Opera Co. LEADING FEATIJRES OF 1916 odROGRAM hird 3MtIsqie and 'agt'anit, Wihite Ilus 'snrs, Pa risit tnyei'rs. illrney Girls, Sichumann quintet, Well Hnowin Lect.urers, Wentherwax Quartet, Said to be the Most Popu lar Quartet in Chautauqua Work. Announcement, has just been made by the Redpath 'Chautauqua manage ment that Jlnlia Claussen, eminent contralto of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, is to appear here on this season's Chautauqua program. Pierre Henrotte, concert moister, and Mar cel Charlier, director of French operas of the Chicago Opera Company, are the ..assisting artists. Mime. Claussen and her family, also the assisting artists, will travel over the Chatunu qua circuit in a private car. Julia Claussen comes from flice land long ago made famous by Jenny Lind. Hir versatility is apparent when one stops to think that during the Chicago grand opera season just closed she sang in German, Italian and French roles. On her Chautauqua tour she will sing a goodly portion of her program in English. It is said of Julia Claussen that she has never had an adverse criticism. A strikingly now note is seen in this year's program in the produc tiop of Percy Mackaye's "Sanc taury"-a Bird Masque and Pageant with special costumes, and with a woodland setting .secured thru a newly invented process for throwing pictures directly on the air without the aid of a screen. Ernest Harold Maynos, the well known naturalist, is to play the part of Shy, the natural ist, in this masque in the evening, and in the afteroon will give a lecture on birds and animals. The White lussars, thirteen in all, scheduled for two performances with Alfred Sweet, director, have developed a high standard in band music and they also appear as a vocal choir of equal merit. They have appeared for four years in trans-continental tours in which they have played in nearly all the large cities. On tihe third night of the Chau tauqua, a half-hour's address will he given by an authority on the place of the drama in community life, and this will be followed by The Parish Players in a ipresentatlon of a strong and timely one-act. drama, known as "The War Zone." "The Lady 'l'eazle" scene from ''The School for Scandal," will next be presenled, then a ro mantic play and lastly ia pleasing one-act comedy. The Weatherwax Brothers, a vocal and trumpet quartet, ' 1ho appear carly' ini the week, first a ppea red in Iown douring tihe initil caminpa ign of P'resident .\lcKinley, and have beenl uon0) thle platform ever since, del ight I lng gr'eait auldiencees in all Parts of' the United Slates. The Schuo~maiij Quintet, also on tihe Chautauijua week iurogram, a classical chainber mu csic organiza tion, with an established pl ace in Ithe innsical world, ia addition to their orchestral instruments, carry with them a real lpipe orgnm-a novelty iindeed for a traveling organmization. On another evening the Killarney Girls and Rita Rich, a company of six, attired in Irish costumes and with appr~iopriate stage setting, will prcsent a prIogram of iIsh mui'sic from the simple folk lore to the classic. Among the lecturers, Ng Peon Chow, former consul of tihe' ChInese government to San Francisco, editor of the first Chinese ipaperi in America, and long known as tihe "Chinese ?'Iark Twain," wvill lecture onm "The New China and Heri Rtelat ions to tile Wester'n World." Allen 4). Albeit, ipresident of the fnternatinai Assmociat ion of' Rotary Clullps, chiai'man of the Civic Federa tion of Miinnesota, priesidlent of thme Minnesota Academy of -Social Scioe e8, and formeri ediltor' of tile Minne alpols Tribune, will deliver an even ing, lecture on this groat program on phases of social welfare and conmmun ity problems, Williath Rainoy Bennett will ap pear on 'the' epening' di an in., HOUSEAL EXPECTS "VE(GE'ABLE YEAR" "Dlutch Weather Prophet" 11akles Some Forceasts. Preclpitationl Ami. ple. April will be wet, therchy tracking Irue after tradition, j ust its March has dlone by blustering. Such at, least is the opinion of William P. Ii 2seal of Columbia, known somewhat more than Locally as the "Dutch .veather prophet". \Ir. Ilouseal said recently: "Seasons of abundant precpitation will prevail throughout the spring and sunmner. The intervals governing these periods are from 21 to 24 lays apart. It has usually been believed that these changes were governed al together by the Idnar' periods of seven dlays or multiples of this number up to 28. The pulsations of the suit, in connection with the propelling power of the planets in their varying post-. Lions with the earth and the sun, are no doubt the cause of the varying p~eriods of iprecii- tion, heat ~' nd cold. Had for Fibre ('rops. "On this basis the indications lead to the forecast that the spring and summer of 1916 will not lack for suf dielent moisture to produce herbaceous crops, that is, it will be a 'vegetable ear,' similar to 1915. Field cro;ps are included in this forecast, "A prediction for a big cotton crop is left out of the question; It will not be a good year for fibre crolps. An economic problem enters largely this year in the production of a large cot ton crop. hieing a careful student of meteorological and economic en -di tions must come to the conclusion that they produce normally, the same results. In a forecast last year it was predicted that the cotton crop for 1915-16 would show a decrease of one-fourth as compared to the pre vious year. It was a plain case of too much moisture for the fibrous cotton plant, the most sensitive plant physically that. grows On the earth. The cotton crop -fot;the present year, governed by practical ly the same meteorological conditions, will be the same size approximately as last year. "While precipitation will be abun dant, it is not apprehended tiat freshets of a serious character will prevail Itis year. ('old Spell In April. "The winter has not entirely gone, although the tre's of Colutmbia are beginning to loin their dress of re freshing green. The temperature around A pril 1i-17 will be a reminder of similar (lays in March when in somite seelions of the country the weat her lwas Ile coldest since 1871. F'orty-I wo years ago, April 19, record ed tettperatur e in South 'arolina as low as March 1u1, 191G;, and killed the fruit and vegetables entirely. Similar meteorological periods are ecu rrinug at tils time, the intervals being the same for the years as for the days the numbiners 21 to 21. "Th'lis Iteriod of lower tempeirature wvill he followed att Ldaster by mtuich warmiie r weather;I ind(eedl, the '1)u c h w~eatIher iprop het.' miakes t he forecast forl ideal wieathier at thati se'as~on, coin Itiar to the ailmtost un11versail oiion hat there in 'alw ayvs a (ol spell1 at Easteri'. It is not t rue thtat (01(1 wea thler al ways prevails at Easter. The reordls will pro ve t hat t.Ihe weat her at Eastetr, 03ne year coimpar ied to another, Is as variable as it is at ainy other1 seaison."-The Staitf. spir'atlonal lecture having to do witht theo elements of success andl entitled "The Man Who Can." Mr' .lDennett! has had tihe experience which enables htim to talk on this subject. Ho started his college coui'sc with $10 and )araduiated w'jthi money in his pocket, having paidl his way by sIng ing. Lir. E. T. Hagerman whlo has oc cuit ed the six leading Ililts of is udenoimination in six citIes, a geiius in wVord( paintiing, and( htis thoughts emphasized by natural wholesome wit, has thte gIft of putting ful(ndaetttai hiaths very sImply, ie will lie hbaied on the ecing afternoon. A few other' itmportant featuires onl the prtogr'am willl 1)0 announced later. The usual attention will lie givent to mernting hour and the children's play groulnd work; in fact, the story tollet's or playground workers will remain one day longer in each city titan they did a ant agn. AN OYEI SUPPLY OF IURIAL POLI('EMEN Tangle in Itural Police System. Seveji I't.'jOeelntn J4ad Only 1 live dlobs 'T'his Month. Dlyo lmaterials may be scarce, ('hem ieals high and many other llecessary articles scarce on account of the E'iu'opean wear, but. Laurens county, for 50m0 other reason, is plcntiuLlly sup pled with rural policemen right at this time. In fact, as the manipulators of the cotton nMarket so often say, sh. is "overstocked". Tihe over-supply camne about t hrough the commissioting of this year's new supply before the old stock had been exhausted. The live rural policemen recomnmended by the legislative delegation were coil nissioned to begin' their duties Lfore the commissions of the old set of olli ee's were due to expire and thereby hangs a tale. Rural Policemen Kel lett and Sullivan, with the three who were re-appointed, hold pomllissions due to expire April 7th. The two new ly appointed policeen, Leonard Abercrombie and Columbus Owens, with the three-reappointed, already spoken of, hold commissions due to have gone into effect \arch Ist. There fore, during the period between .\Iarch 1st and April 7th, there are seven rural policemen with commissions. 'I The law, however, only provides for i1ve. Kellett, former appointees, are still at deputy sheriff, so doubtless he will be content with his salary for that otlice, but Policeman Abercrombie, newly ap pointed and 'olicemen Sullivan and Kellett, former appointtes, are still at work. The question arises, who will be paid, the new ollicer or the old of fleers? The amount at stake is about $90 for each of the contesting officers. The old policemen, it is understood, take the position that they were coin missioned to April 7th and that their commissions were never revoked hold ing, therefore, that they are entitled to continue- their duties and demand their salary. The new policemen, it is also understood, take the position that they were commissioned to begin their duties on March 1st and that therefore they are entitled to work during thia period and, to demand payment there for. The solution of the question will probably revolve around the question whether or not the governor had the right to connniIsson the new policemen be fore the expiration of the commis si(e is of the old policemen). Another question also arising is whi ler l'olice'aman Al1cr(mnbie is en tilled to the salary deimlanded by Po liceman Kellett or that demanded by Policeman Sullivan. While it is true Chil the i,,(' < ni2n are assigned (lefl nile tel ito: by tihe sh'rtT, they are not c(oill iSAioIlne.t to nct in any par Ii(''lar (i..tri: . :o .\ir. Abercromlbie coul mrdl'.y Set up a c'laim as a sue cessor to either Mr. Kellett or Mr. Sullivan. So, if inl contending for his own a ary he is ale to prove tor lht one of these two mren i5 holding oflice ii legally, the conclusion is evident that. both of them re. In that case It is reasonable to suppi)ose that the county woul be' lle for1 .\i r. Aber'cr'ombti's salary bitt nolt. te Halary' of either of t he ot herI two an ince 11( r. O wens, tendling tfor his: salarmy as a rural 1:0 liceman, be'ing contentt wvithi that of' diety3 rib. the' :salary of at least oneO rural ;(lh''mlan would theni gto beggintg. It wvout .-,ut, then), thlit there are' hov'erail tt.il solli ion:011. One is to sus5ta1t intir poDs1Ion and will lie palid for t helir services. i. Aber~mcromi 1)10 woutld t hen lhe thle loser. An (tote is thmat i'olicemanil Abcr'tombl~e woiuld lbe able to sulstain his 1p14 osti and then the two 01(1 policenmen wvould in that case he tile loser.* Still another Is that a conmpromise mlighit ho arrtived at. in that case, well, It won't (10 to sp~eeulate on wvhat will hlappleh then. In alny case, it looks like som1eb)ody Is gollng to dlispjose of thleir services at a bar'gain, the supp~ily being greater than thle dlemand1. I~mater D~ereloipumts. Since te abov'e was wvritten, Mir. Claude OwvIngs arrived In t he city to( assu11me the dI t les of (depulty3 shermiff' and1 Mr'. Col umnbus Owens hats llegun wvork as rural lpolicenman. Uthi H Townshtlip (Contest. 4The warehouse commissioner theon w-" it I i address t05, a wvell wordedl dissertation economies in general, and on certain phases of life, lHe dis eusses wealth, compe1lititlin, politic.s and so on. The essay js about one thousnand words in length. ('olumbus Owens Is Selected as (hief of the 1i ural Police Force. 'Ile five new rurl polleemen Com .missioned by (o'. Manning duI'ing the last session of the legislatiire, met on the enll of Sheriff Wats Satu.:'day and( oi'gaiz lfor ti:eir work. A general dl.(Ie :;:on of th'' uties of the olileers look place and dI st rie ts were assigiel for each'l of thu to operate in, In order that the work of the pollee men might' he n: re sy.steiatized th.e sheriff de uitized Poli einan Owens to act in the e:'paity of chief of the rural police systetli. The policeinen will op erate largely under the direction of Mr. Owens who will keep in close touch wit Ii the sheriff. lr. Owens will have his alloted territory to cover, however, just the same as the olher officers. Calls for rural policemen should be telephoned to the sheriff's ofllce, eith er to the sheriff or Mr. Owens. The districts assigned to the officers are essentially the same as those cx Isting lase year. Policeman Abrams was assigned his old district composed of Ilunter and a part of Cross 11111 township. Andy I. Lloyd retains a part. of Cross 11111 and a part of Wa Ierloo towniiships up to.the Ikoni road leading to liasors bridge. Leonard Abrecromble was assigned Policeman Kellett's beat Including the remainder of Waterloo township, Sullivan town ship and a part of Dials townshIp. Vir gil A. White received his old distr' in Dials and Youngs townships. Chies ('olunigus Owens has Iaurens and Seuiletown townships. EXTOLL JUDGE McGOWAN. liar of Colleton County Pass Resolu tIons Commending Speeial Judge. The Advertiser has received from D. B. Hudson, Clerk of Court of Colle ton county, the following resolutions passed by the bar of that county where Special Judge F. P. McGowan, of this city, recently presided over the court: "The regular Spring Term of the Court of General Sessions and Com mon Plea:; for Colleton County having continued for two weeks and being now about to conclude, it is gy tle Har of Walterboro hereby "Resolved; That. this lIar does here by extend to the Special Presiding .fudge, the Ionorable IP. P. MeI(owan, of ILaurens, S. C,, their sincere thanks for the able and conseieli ions man iW r in which hi: has discharged the arduous dilti's of hIs office during this term and for the uniform kindness and consideration shown to them dur ing lie sii0:ion and that they express to hnti their deep aptreciat ion of his unfailing coirt(sy aind tIhe pleasure that Ihey l:;ve had in his aeriuaint ance. "'Resolved Fnrthe'r; Thalt the Clerk of this Court is reqiuested to ::end a copy of these resolutions to the Lau rens papers will the I'ediuest. that the sanle he t(eein putiihed (and that lie he fur'ther' nmiested lto spread thieuu onl the inuites of thids ('ourt.'" .M1de1 Te'st s aiii. anurras .1Ill. .\l ititn A. Sulliv n1, soin 0o' Win. I). Ka.illivan, Sr., of' Tu'mbling Shioas, and hi s friernd. If. ( . l aaan, of Lakellanda, lPhi., bothI senior's at the G;eorgiai '.ehiiol o0 Thech'nology, niaul' ani (Ongine andii holler efileiency' test at t i'he La i'ens Cotton miU last week, thle test be log made as a part 0of Ihetr college coiine, Th'l y wIll use the insult of thleir findlings as iiaterial foir a grad~u at Ion thesis. Th'le younig imn were (emi I loyed in thle work for abou11t a week and hiad aibout a dloz,' mIll emloy'ees assIstinug them. Their work was (done In a bhorough andl accria te manner', accori'ng to the offlelals of the millI Smaill llaz'e in hdle flour. Considlerable exctitement was ('reat ed idIay afternoon In the vIcInIty of lie I dle 1 lour' thea trie wh'len a e~all I bla'ze was dliscoveredt itnar thle celliig of the thleatie. Prompt act ion on the part of the eimployees oif Ithe tthnatr'e in using handy tIre aplparaltus kept ini the buIlding prevented thle spread of lie luiimes. In thliIs way the blaze was kepit dlown un ttIl the ari'val1 of thle ftire dlepaitiment whleh was on the scene In a few mInutes. The damage was inslgnflelant. and the show was Inter rupltedi for only a shoirt tIme. 'The tire was caused from a defective flue, sparks dropping down the chImney from Thn Adrteltao ofnnco ton. 31 iC Capital Found. Clinton, .\larch 2.--\lore or less in terest is always iiianilest'ed toward tie 'a1n101t11 0f minutllfactur1ingt loisinecss dlone in a eltnumunity. Intluilies are of i mIade as to Ile vo1lme of busi tiPss, the nuluber of peole employed and tile ainoltl11 of wage:s paid. Such Inuinf ial ion has just beet gat hermi and c(ompiled for the town of (lin ton and P resents many interesling fIac t s. The report. ik ldea those es llbi'shmtietsit loeted in 'linln and liottlh Clinton. As the figure. are furnished by the mantfacturers t hem: selves they are bit compl t e and accurate. 'T'hey cover the calendar year 19I15. or the fiscal year of the establishtuCn falling most nearly within the calendar year. In some l instances the plants were closed a part of the year. To reveal figtres that relate to any I'articular Iirn would not be fair and for ilat,( reason only aggregate to tals are given. Included in tile re ports are establishments that maniu faeti:"e yarn, cloth, cottonseed oil and 11he by-produits of this industry, com mercial fertilizer, marble yard, hot IIin:g plnt. ice, engraving, electro plating. printing and publi:hing es Iablislit io t;, general wood works and the Shoe shop at. the ThornWell or h:tnagr where 500 pairs of shoes are made each year for the orphans. Sat isties are not. Included for estab lishments having products for the year valued at less than $500 nor for those lines of industry classed as hand trades. The total amount of capital invest ed in Clinton is $1,780,494. To a large extent this is invested in lands, build ings, machinery and tools. This total does not. tally with the capital stock I of the firms as part of the amouint In vested may be surplus or borrowed. In a ! Iistances the ljuildings 'ise I by it ninetu.11! tring enlerprises are ' <co (d but IPelr value is not included. The number of salaried employes which constitutes mainly (lie ofilce force and includes oflicers, superintendents, man agers and stenographers is 28. When the figures Were compiled a few ';eeks ago, on that day there were 913 wage earners employed, 61.5 of which were male and 208 female. Of the wage earners 78 were reported as hena un der iii years of age. The total amilo.tint 1:'d in s.a hiies and wages diring the year was $317,16-1. Neither III,,- nlm her of wage earners nor the .tmtil'lnt (ahli them include:( the 30 or more boys who work in the shop:; at the Thornswell orphanage for whiienl th'y rle.'r'e.e their hoard, clotlhing i i ct'' e'atini. 'ih cost of all hinter'a '.hih inc11l udes 'uel. freigllt and ret of poxwerut wias $71(0,1117 and rielat:es I:) iliul actually used during the year .ii(h'l t:ay Ibe mPo:'e or i'ss than the tlnliflnlt ilrebased. The fIel was use both for hunt and lfoyer. The principal iiem of fuel wias t,99 tons of coal. Te ell111ingvalue atI the' tduory or workse of all products(' man t--letlr i( during the year', which~ !nay be diff' Thei totai primlary hort'epoweri ge: criteud by Ithe establishmlenits lus: lhe hor i'eower. This does not ('over Ilhe ('lectr11'iepwer dlevelopued by thle il I--ycr Wer of' thIe eelt a li. !anentlts them relv es, the incluttsion of' witich wul d evidthitly restult int dlinIti. 'The '1 otn mills operate I ,!i8t lotms andii 8t,-180 sptindles, in these ittllls II ,38'2 bales of irawi cottIon wetre eon sttimed. It is estimated that. Clintoni Curnll~ihs a mnaiket for all aver'age of X,500 bales. If left. to its own r'e sour tces, Clintonl's Itradhe area wvould not sulpply miote thian 75 per' cent of thle cot ton usedl by her mills. The total circulation of Clinton's weekly itmblicaenti Is 6;.300.--T'he State. Antothuer for ShterhYI. Otne mlore eandidate has cotme out Cotr the ollice of shierifft in thie tierson of iI. A. Whaltoti, of (Cross 11111. Air'. Whtarloin has bieen cotnnected wIth the int utran; e c P(ommilissioner's Oflice for' son 'e timl:e an 111Is we!Ill known over thle Buyjs D~elivery 'Truck,'l Th'ie 'l11ia1 Cash (Grioc(riy St ote is now~'. "Cording" Its mner'chandise among Its happy cualtomers. Last week they put a newi Foid cair Into deliver'y service, havIng previoutsly Outfitted it with a South Carolina madn deitvery body, Against Nachinatjois MAY BRINti FRICTIO. TO PELWILlOUS STAGLE l'residentl l'o:inh Ouri l't Tha Wild or 31aa" lirious Si 3ic May i orce A merica nod texiro Ncar i to Wir, Ti'r-es ('lre and Iliolesty. Shouild Show Clean lntiis. Washiingtr;n, .\arch ''.--Piresident Wilson tonight. issied warning that. 'sinister and unseruiopulous influence:s' are spreading alarm1ist reports about the M.lexican situation with the object of forcing intervention by the United States "in the interest. of certain American owners of Mex ican irop erties." In a formal statement the president: told the people to he on their guard and not to credit such stories. lie called atlti tion again to the gov'erl mient's annoUtnceenict that the sole ob i(c(t of Ile pinitive expedition was to punish Villa and his tollowers. The news sertvices had been aded the iresidetit said, to assist in keep ing this View constalntly before the .\Mcxi(an and Am ierican iicoile. The wt'nilg was issued llf te' ca eflt consideration of many olicial rleirts from throughout the 'nited :.rates and .\iexico saying that. alarrists' stories of the intentions of the \ 'ash ington government were having tu. un desirable effect upon the Mexican people and the American residents in Mexico. The possibility that (ten. Carranza's hand might be weakened to a perilous extent should the Mexican public mis understand the American expedition has been a prevailing factor in the en tire operations against Villa. Drastic steps may be taken if the warning is not teeded. The president's statement. follows: "As has already been announced, the expeditio.n into Mexico was ordered under a greement. with the tie fae to government of .\exico for tle sin gle purpose of taking the bandit Villa, whose forces had aetually invaded the territor'y of the t'niled States, anid is in no Sense intended as an invasion of that repiblic or ats an infring'timent of its sovereignty. I have therefore ithsed h'he several new:s services to be g nol ugh to is.t 1 the dmini:,tira tion in keeting thi- view of the ex iwdiition( counns tci'l before both ith people of Is!, coun1try' Band thet dis tre:ssed andt i iiv people of .\exi co, who are verly sus~ceptibh-! inde: d to tiluprjlettons receive(d from!) the .\merii eall prless tot only bilt als.o very" :eadly to belie\ e that those illprei't .os pro.. techd from the views and objectIs of our gove"rnni:1 n1 itse:f. Such conc(Ilsons, it mui itt be sai. ar nc ot iinnlaturial be' iaue at mail hift'I!' theiI oy otrii jd ith ofi thilorer it thei palie pe of lhe t oited Stat's. 'itt ordert to auoitheii ('etuLotn of ini i t wa~y, I hativt ('ialled t u o t' sa'.Tiral tnews ann icO'ies loS s t lhit wato w.atithhold sitories of tro wihi might, be givenl tht O intrprei tilnv~erIilied ittumor1s 01 unr iest in 71 .\le leo. I feel t hat it is miost desiriabiile to impress5 upionl bothI out' own pe'ople anid the people of M\exico the fact that lhe CXexpeit ion is sitpl 11a Unlecessar'y tiltnitivye Imlealsure, a!mIled solel y iat tile elIiinat ion of the miaraulders w~ho ratidied Columtbus atnd who1 Infest an unllprot eted (listict near i'thle b1orderC whtichi they useC as a base Inintaking tt Iack up1on1 thle iive and111 poper~lty of (ourt cit izens withi 1 our 0 own terr(''1i (Iory, it is t he ipurpose05 of 1ur1 comn mandersC''t to) cioierte 'In e'veryv possi ble wayU3 withi the for'ces 0f (hin. Untr tin to bothi governmeni'tts and to r'etir'e from1 .\1ex icanl terr'ti tory as roon~t as ltat ob~ject is ac'otmplishted., oif the Ilinitedi Sttates t hat thlere are personsli al l aotng the btordet' wh~o arel' actively engtaged in origiinat ing aind giving as wide currtency as they can to rumlnor' of thle mlost senlsationlal and, (Continued oni Paen en)