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VOLUME XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAV, APRIL 19 1916 U -91 PIUU(KA I I CLUIBS TO M[TA AWDAY To Reorganize Ond Elect Delegates. CAMPAIGN CIRCUS HOLDS ATTENTION Interest will Likely be ('entered in the Question of Abolishing the County to-County ('ampaign. ('onvention 'will be Snaier than i l Previous Years. Political interest in the county is now centered largely in the Democrat ic club meetings which are to be held Saturday. According to the notice ap pearing in the papers over the signa ture of R. E. Blabb, county chairman, the clubs are to elect a president, one or more vice presidents. a secretary and treasurer, a committe on re.gis tration, an executive committee and such other committees as each club may think expedient. 1Each club will also elect its proportionate nuinher of delegates to the County Convent ion and on1e mtoemller of the (ounty Execu ive Committee. The ('ounty ('onven tion will be held in the con it house Monday morning, May 1st. So far as can he learned, there is only one issue likely to create any considerable interest in the club meet ings outside of the election of dele gates to the county convention. This issue is that of abolishing the county to-county campaign "circud'. Con siderable discussion of this has tak en place within the past few months and doubtless the sentiment of the mass of voters will be gathered from the reports from the club meetings. It lys been urged that each club express its sentiments on the question by in structing the delegates for or against this method of conducting the cam paign. Of course the issue would then come up again in the County Conven tion and the majority opinion of the county expressed in whatsoever way the convention may decide best. The County Convention this year will be perceptibly smaller in mem bership than conventions of recent previous years, on account of the change in the rules for the election of delegates. Hleretofore the delegates have been elected according to the number of names on the club lists. As names have often been duplicated and even allowed to remain on the rolls long after the death of the club mem hers, the number of delegates from each club has been in malny instances more than what the actual number of voters justilied. For instance, there were two clubs in the city of Laurens previous to last year and many names appeared on both club lists and some on the lists several times. This was not usually intentional on the part of the club member, but was caused by carelessness on the part of the enroll ing committees. hlowever it may have come about there wer'e about fifty dele gates from the Tilurens cIty (Ilubs. whereas In t he comtng con vent Ion there will be but twenty-two from t he conisolidanted clb. This year the del egates will be elected accordling to the numb1 er of votes actually pol led in the first pri ma ry of 191-1, a clu b belng en titled to one delegates for each twen ty-flve voters angl one for a majority fract ion thereof. The pol11 lists them selves would naturally be the best an thiority on wvhich to dleelde the repre sentation of qach cluib in the conven tion, but as these lists could not be conveniently reahod, The Advertiser has gone back to the election returns of 1014 for one office where there were two cnididates, viz, Judge of Probate. and compiled the total vote east and the number of delegates which etach club would be nohttied to, usinit that vote as a standard. it should be~ de~fi nitoly utnderstood, ho~wever, that the Advietis& dans not submit this as the official number of votes east In that primary, though in all probability it is correct. TPhe followving is the tabula tlon: . Name of Club Votes Delegatest Ora 29 1 Pattersons Stor'e 27 '1 Waterloo 06 h Mt. Pleasant 07 3 10kon ' 88 4 (Goldville 0* 3 P'rinceton 61 3 Watts llts ..230 9 'Tip Top . 59 2' Croan ill 200 8 !COUNIY SUO[ FAIR DR['THOUS DS Children Marched while El ders Looked On LAURENS TOWNSHIP SCORED HIGHEST The Annual County School Fair Eclipsed Former Fairs in N unber of Children in Attendance and Num. her and Worth of the Exhibits. The Third Annual County School Fair, held Friday, was a pronounced success in every way. The exhibits in arts and crafts in the court house were varied and of exceptional merit. The academic contests in the graded school developed keen rivalry between the various schools and townships, bringing out talent of a high order. Keen rivalry marked the athletic con tests on the school grounds and many high records were made. The parade during the morning hour was an at tractive feature of the day, approxi mately 3,000 children, teachers and trustees marcling in line. Lastly, but contributing to a well-rounded day, was the immense crowd of parents and rcelaives interested in the welfare andc advancement of the children. The day was an ideal one, from the weath er standpoint, and tle very best was made of it by the large crowd, both socially and educationally. Laurens carried off the major por tion of the honors in the class room exhibits, literary contests, athletics and declamation. O. 13. Simmons, Jr., of Laurens, won the highest honor in the high school oratorical contest and was awarded the Minter medal. Eu gene Richbourg, of Clinton, came second ,in, this contest and. was award ed the Association medal. Curtis Teague, of Mountville, received hon orary mention. The Laurens track team, Harry McAlister, captain, was awarded the Fleming cup for the high est average in the high school ath letic cotnests. The prize given annu ally by the Henry Laurens chapter, I). A. R., to the pupil of the rural schools submitting the best original essay on .'nited States history, was awarded to Miss Lillian Martin, of Cross 11111. Alvin Power, of Ora, came second in this contest. All of these prizes and awards were made at the close of the oratorical contest Friday evening. It was the concensus of opinion Ihat Ihe contests and exhibits in nearly every departinent were of a higher order than those of former years, thus furnishing good grounds for belief that the s cools are maling great strides in effectiveness. rl'o single outc any individual exhiblit for special mention would do others of great merit an injustice, as there might be varied opinions of the relative it portalnce of different lines of school endeavor. It Is suflicient to say, how ever, that the exhibits, wit hout ex cept ion, were such as any school might. w~elIlibe proud of and the 'omt binecd exhibits retlect gr'ealt credit upl on the county3 and its educclatilonal forc es. Th'le following awards were an nu~inced by thle judges: Nehlooi Exhibits, (liass loomo Work. liest IExhibit in County: 1st, Laurens City School. 2nd, Watts Mill School. (Cont inuedi on Page Eight.) Gray Court 183 7 Clintoni 270 11 Poplar Springs 117 ...5 Taangston 83 3 Wado 50 2 D~ials . 54 2 (lInton Miills 178 7 hiooieweill6 2 Lydlia Mills t;n Laurens Miljid 15 -' 7 Mouintville i'~In 4 llehndi '' 7g 3 Powver 14g 8 PledWisut Moundl 59 l3aiels Sloro lot 4 Laurens 548 22 Woodvlle 143 i Grays Store di 2 .Youngs '96j 4 Hickory Tavern '141 6I L.anford 44 2 Cooks Store ' 79 3 Stewarts Store 43 2 Total 3834 -156 Clean Up and Paint Up Week April 20-27 'I'rlllvday--rliC Prevention 1)ay ('Ieaul your, ecllars1 anld atties of rubbish, greasy rags and waste paper, wherever possible. F' riday--FVron t. Yard I)ay Cut lawns, plant flower beds, ele an walks and gutter's. SaIt eracltks in sidewalks, exterminate .pnts. Business houses elan windows and'rep lave old a1wniigs. Sat urday--Vacinut Lot and B ack Yard Diayv Bloy Scouts atnd school ehildre eclean vacanit lots. reuoving tin vanns, paper and brush. Plow and plant rden plots if possible. Monday --Weed I)ay Rid y(or laws of danii delions; triml) bushes and giardens. Try to rid this iity of the weed pest. Tuesday - Paint I)ay Paint tp insideI and out, porehes, fences, wood-work ;and poir(lh hairs. Wevdnesdal~y - 1 'Preventio n anld Finlishing IDay ( leain alleys. repauir I'enes and sheuls, screen glrbage eaIns. P'11 11y I raps on lgarbagl!e ('ans. Puit onl sr1eenl floors. ('om p)lete( the" (eh-aning) aup werever" needed. Thursay la\ I 'lasur I )ay Iluiojv a clei ian. hal thy eit v. RALROAD M[[TIG Laurens Sends Large Dele. gation to Cross Anchor ANOTHER MEETING NEXT THURSDAY ILarge LIurens Ielegatioin A tttended the ileeting anmd Pledged the Sup port of tihis ('it.y in the i1iilig of the Line. .J. F. .lucobs Named ('hairiman of committees. Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock a group of representative basisiness moen from Spartanburg, Gleon Springs, Woodrut, tinion, Iiobbysvillc, Held Ville, White Stone, Cross Keys, (Tin ton and LIaurens, met at (ross Ancbor for the purpose of tortntlatig some definite plan for the building of some kind of railroad, either steam or ('elee tric, adeqluate for the hatdling of transportation between those points. The meeting was 'alled to order by i)r. l'atton, of Cross Anehor, who intale a short add(res;s, a1 the end of which he nominated .\lr. .1. ". .liacos. (If linton, as temp~orary c"hairmuan (of tile teteing. This notination was l caurried. .\lr. .Jacobs then outlined gla, purpose of the meet ing, which, he said, was for the purpose of arranging for somec mode otf transtportationi for this section of the country. lie stated that he, as a representative of the ('ham her of Comime'ce of the city of ('in ton, had over five hundred dollars to offer for a preliminary survey of the proposed road; that Clinton wanted the road to conic to that city, and that they would do all in their power to help Cross Anchor secure it. The meeting was then thrown open to the house, the chairman calling on repre sentative men from every city or town along or near the proposed routes. All of the representatives from the above mentioned towns and cities stated that their towns were heartily in favor of the new road, and that they stood ready and willing to offer all of the support possible. The meet ing then got clown to 'brass tacks". Mlr. W. 1. (;ray, of l tanrens, said that he thought that in order for the pre liminary survey to be made that tle route ought. to be decided tpon: and as a reslt of this statement .\r. (;ray nutde a motion that the new road start from Spartanhurg and go by Wh'1ite Stone, Imobbysville, (lenn -:rings. Walnut (irove, Cross Anchor- to La rens, and thence to Clinton. .Mr. (irav thent went oil to say that the citizens of Laurens not only had comne to the' meeting with offers of good wishes and contributions for the survey of the new road. but with plats of a pre liminary survey of a road from Letu that. lie wouhill he morc thantl ghbid to submttit t his surv'~ey. \ fler muchi arl wihmion wasCl sconced mad ar. A generl exchanlge of aidvi. e lol seemiedl to agrjee tha thl Ile roadit wVould1 ml somet waly tonnject with Iiro'ss An - v'ille wanted tile road(. Sc) .\i. (;Iay v'ille Wated ' thle roadi. So. Atr. ( raty made anlothier moitin to the effect that a ('om1mit tee from one to thiree men fromeachcommujnity Iiterestedi be elete frm heir respctive comu)Iltn itles andi this commnlten meet on the twenty-tfith of this month at Cr'oss Anchor, for said committees to come preplaredi to offer enloughi to have a piinnary $aurvey madecl to their re spiective towns if they so wIshed; thatt the startinug point, and the detiatifton of the iroadl he deeldedi niPh later. Th Is mtion ol WiA uti nnImously car iiedl and i thtioinmitt ecs elected. Mir. . W'. .Incobs was elected piresi deli of thle cornmmIttees antd Mr. l'aul Mcorte, secrietary of the Spairtantburlg Cha mber olf (Commerce, was (eheeled secretariy. The meeting then adi jou rn ed. About 50 or 75 representativts at tended the meeting from Lasi-ens anti the Laurens men played a bfg part in the deliberations. Mr. 'N. L. Gray was spoliesman for the I4Xurens dele gation and repreierii Nhis city ably in theo discuissidus. IssuPROCLAMAION ON CLEAN-UP[t[ Mayor Calls on All Citizens to Co-operate. CAMPAIGN WILL START TOMORROW Proprraini ihas Ien IbrawnH filp for 11Io Week's (ampaig-n and Eiery Owner 11nd Itent'r of 'remises is Expected to Do Ills ('art. in ('eaninr 'p. The "('lean-up and i'aint-up" cam paign, inaugurated by the Mletter Iaau reni ('lab and heistg jo1ined it' whole heartedly by all Ihose who feel an in terest in the '-eauty and healthful con ditions of the city, starts tomorrow. The catpaign has beon careftully tap ped out by a cointuittec, so that the Work will be sys;tetatically carried on. A great deal of enlthu siasil has been. sIirred 1up over the calpaign and woI derful results are expect d 1o ie se ('1t d. layo, On% ings has issued a pr'(wlarniation otlicia ly desiaa in." Ihe we'k of A pril 21-27 as "'lean-ulp and l'aint-ulp" w and has prolnisrd the co-opleratlin of the city for(c':; in d1o ing Ihe job thoroury;hly. The e'ily gar hage wagons will all its the residenceo dist iils I' trash on the 25ti anti 2.ll. 11tor's l'ros i.nnnlatlion.1 Thel following is the proclamtation of the mayor: "Piroclanuit.ion. "The ('ity of 1411 trens, acting togeth er with the iletter Laurens (lub, has designated the week of April 20 to April 27 I inclusive) as the ('Clean Up and Paint Up week for Laurens. "During this week every citizen of iLaurens should Inake an effort to clean up his house and property so as to avoid fire risk and make his proper.. t'y more attractive. He should clean up his front and back yard, abolish all places that inight breed flies and mnos qlitoes, paint his premises if neces sary, eliiniate dandelions and .weeds and Help to clean up vacant lots. ' "Pitizens should not pl'e their rub bish on the street or sidewalk in such a way that the wind can scatter it. It should be put in a box, can, or bag so that the street department may easily load and eart it away. Boxes should not be so large th it two m1en can not lift thern . 1' ('very citizen will do this 1litrens can he readily cleanld. 'I'llo city forces n ill call f(Ai and cart away trash placed on street. (urbing oil April 251ti and 26th. "This is an opporltnity for every ('itizen to show him civic pride. No city is attractive ifi it i lirty and littered up. All should he4. willing to co-oper ale in cleaning up not only their owni premuises. bult inl helping to acan utp the premuises of others where. help is nec'essarIy. "l11et s all put our sholers' to the whevel and (lean lip and paint up au rens during this next week. l.et t, all work together and keep it that way lilanlt grass andi tloIwers thlat illuren Th islt will lbt a ('hlaner, healhier, hiapp~y, andlt biore1 attrattive ('ity. I la. il'ilay ~l'~l Y aiii '.\ty a tir." 1"lTonorrow il b'ire lsay'eenltio IDay, b'riledas t a rd ('X~ y.' tur a d1ay of rest anti recreation aifter' theO week's task Is completed, when the red suits of the lablors may be ('njoyedl and the enhanced boauty of the city ad mliredI. Tile following resohutionls were sign ed by the officials of varIons or'gaiaI tions: 'We1 the( und~ers5igned presidents of thle varlius organl'iz/ations5 of il'ren, Ipledlge our1 co-operat ion and su pport inl tile Clean ii p anti Palint 'p ('aml ilaignl Which is to be obesrved'i frot Apr~il 20 to April 27: TI. .I. Me~l Iister, Scout. Master. Mrs. W. 1. G ray, pr'esidg 6$rwo tem1. Wednesday Club. .\irs. .. it. TeagueO, presldenlt theo King's Daughters. Mrs. Hi. C. I'ilminlg, Resent D). A. R,. 1Miss LUlla Todd, who is attentdig Brenau College and Consqgv~tory, t at home for the n~rt'tag Qt her siston\ Miss Mary To4k to M'., U& V1 Iby. thia evening. SENDS FINAL NOTE ON SUBMARINES Only an Immediate Change in Submaraine Policy can Make Possible a Continuance of Friendly Relations, Says the President. Washington, April 17.--The com- imarines on merchant vessels since munication which has been drafted as Germany gave notice that ships carry the last word of the United States to lng guns would be considered as ves Germany on the submarine issue was sels of war have been closely studied completed today by President Wilson. by the president with the conclusion It probably will be dispatched to Ber- that promises made by Germany have lin tomorrow. not been followed. When the prep The document reviews Germany's aration of the case of the United Germany's submarine activities since States was begun it was found that 615 the Lusitania was stink and makes vessels have been reported officially plain that only an immediate change and utinotlletally as having been attack In the Gerna n policy cnin make pos- ed without warning by German sub sible the continuance of friendly re- mailes wittin Ile last few weeks. lations between the two nations. OttIda riports lave not contirmed .ll As the ipresident was pulittng the Ihese incidents, however, and thlie finisling touches to tlie note oflicial fore all will not te incluled. word was received by thle state de- Tie attack on the channel steamer partmen: tla the lies of two Amer- Sissex, carr'ig more than a score leans had been endail gered bty an at- 01 \ti tins. ti been I11(1(2(1 in tack on hie Itssian bark imperator, 1 he evidence of itls iii ted States as 1)01111 1 from (Ji:fprt, Miss., for Mar- 0 o the sirongest proofs of (1er seilles, by an Alff'friatn submarine. tiany's failure to adhere to lier Clark hailey Ilurst. Amtericatn consul i'ontis. eneral at harcelona, Spain, who sent I tiolicill it'lis from lilii il the report, said the attack was with- (bGermaltv was willing to meet the out warning. One of the Atericans United Stales "more than half %%ay" was wounded by shrapnel shells. Laye en'ouraged officials lete to hope A full Investigation of the incident that the ( ;ii gove11me1t clay report. is borne out, it is probable mala 1 on1esions whi wul1 pre report is bourne out. It is probable lAO I a brea in lindly relatis. that representations siimdar to those '1 preskent, however, was iepre about to be made to Germany will be se Imlay a.; biing deteinel to sent to Austria-lungary. I force tle question to a speedy setile As soon a1s the president hadflinish - ileit without. ibling or diplo ed the ommunincation to (ermany he tit discussions. directed that Chairman Stone of tle! Ambassador ieinstorff cam to senate foreign rr-lat ions omminittee he Washington trot New York tonight. Invited to the 'htite louse in order is ret on Isle eve of the ispatch that he might be informed of the in- of tie At t'ean note glve ise to tentions of the administration. Sena- considerable speclion as to w'eth tor Stone probably will see the prest- er le had received inst'uctions from dent tomorrow minrnig before tile his gvernment which might Iiluence cabinet meeting. Mr. Wilson himself the corse of the United States. it was the only offleial familiar with all was stateu at the embassy that the the details of the document tonight, ambassador had no new instructions, but it was learned authoritatively that although it was possible lie would call it is the most emphatic and vigorous at the state tjiiartmelf tomorrow tQ diplomatic paper the prefiident ever lea'n the views of tie united Mates has approved. and Infotm Secretary Lansing regard Attacks without warning by sub- jug those of his own government. Pliity at Prrieidshii Mftiihk 64 iWAW~i Lititii (iui,. The pup-ills of the I'riendshll i~oil 'rhei'e will le a public meeting of the will ghvi the reirY "'Mist. 'iggs of the .Bet tel'Ia rets ('ll in the graded l'61ulti' Yard"' at thlie schoolhouse next school aiints,1hhl on Thursday even trirY nighta April 22nd. It is givenot nle ' the benefit of tile school andl all are 'og'ai t1a1k ben tlannel. tverarod invited to come. The adlmission fees is invitedl to lbe piresent. are 10 and u1s cents. ''l(meeting oif the South Catholina I Mre vig Mahaffey Alied 'at his 'resbytery, held tit Hock Springs ione ofin illiamston, a irr y after church last week,wa' largely attend- noon. lie had bee i sick sve t'al ed and greatly en(oyed by the dole- weeks and the inlringatves of ol age gates. The delegates were entertain- cause of his death . lie was born In ed in the hhomes of the hospitable Laurens county, 89 years ago. lie people of that' ejnmufltity and the married a (wrens lady, Mtss Mary stay of the Presbyte~'ians ws made A. Garrett, who died several years plnaent and profitable. a d.-au ys ben Daily Mati.