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VOLUME XXn SALvevtiswr. VOLUME3 XXXI. LAURENS, SOU~ AOIA ENSAARL1,96 UBR3 RACIAL PROBLEMS WELL CONSIDERED Discussed at Slocialoglcal Congress. Menace of Lynching. New Orleans, April 15.-With the election of officers today, including Dr. C. H. Brough of Arkansas as pres ident, and a mass meeting tonight dealing with racial problems, ' the Southern Sociological cong'ess prac tically completed its work hero and was preparing for adjournment to morrow night following a joint meet ing with the Southern Conference for Education and Industry, Dr. Charles M. Bishop, president of Southwestern university, Georgetown, Texas, and the Rev. Theodore D. Bratton, bishop of the Protestant lpiscopal diocese of Mississippi, delivered the principal address tonight. Dr. Bishop referred to lynching as "the groat American sport" and said that in 1915 the record of deaths by mob violence fell below the average, there being 69 lynchings, 67 of which occurred in the South. "The preva lence of mob violence," he declared, "has dulled the public conscience with respect to the sacredness of human life and sanctity of the law. l ynch ings increase lawlessness rather than promulgate a respect for laws, de s-rade the itner sensibilities of the peo ple and aggravate race antipathy." The eradieation of mob violence, he :;aid, would be achieved lthrough the efforts of the press, pulpit and schools by a campaign of education to direct public sentiment against lynchings and in support of laws and order. lie also suggested that justice should be administered promptly by the courts and if possible laws enacted providing against delay or appeals on purely. technical grounds in cases of persons convicted of attacks upon women. A plea for cooperation by white peo pie for development of the negro along lines of efficiency was made by Bishop Bratton. "The prosperity of the South," he declared, as dependent upon the productiveness of its soil, and this depends upon the industry nnd intelligence of its laborers. With the negro 4 the principal laborer of the Aouti it behooves the white citizen to open wide to him the door of ef ficiency." REVIVAL AT CLINTON. Chester Pastor ('onducts Services for iMaptists. (l'itol, April 15.-The Baptist con ;wIttlon is enjoying a revival meet ing this week which is being conduct ed by the Rev. 11. A. llagby. I). )., pas tor of the First Baptist church of Chester, )r. Hlagby is a past or evangelist of much experience and is being heard daily, both morning and evening, by large congregatio. The Rev. E. M. l.ightfoot, pastor of the church, says that the meetig will con tinue for several (lays since consider able interest in the meeting is being, manifested, (Irant Wage httlueiren4. lliddelford(, Maine, April 15.- WVahe lnc'reases foir 7,000 cot ton mill oir atives were announcedi tollay by the Pepplerell Maufacturing comp jany of this city andi tho NewM Y'ork c'orpioraL tion of Waco. CLINTON HEARS YOUNG SPEAKERIS New berry Lad Wins Declamation Con test. Laurens Man in Finals. Clinton, April 15.-J. C. Floyd, rep resenting the Newberry high school, was awarded first honor over 10 other contestants in the fourth annual inter scholastic declamation contest held here last night under the auspices of he Presbyterian College of South Carolina. The contest was held at 8:30 p. im. In the college auditorium, which was filled with a crowd of interested spectators as well as a rminber of parents who had come here with their sons for the final contest.. With the coveted first place wl'ich was won by Newberry goes the first gold medal. This speaker chose for his subject "Lasca." Rome was the winner of second place, Finfred Goodwin being the speaker and "The Results of the War" being his subject. Third place was awarded to the I dttle Mountain high school, Olin Long being the representative of this school, and "We Are One" was -his subject. At the preliminary contest held Thursday night and Friday morning. 30 young nen delivered deelamatiolls and from this list the i I best speak ers were selected by a committee of judges and entered Into the final con test, last night. All of the speakers did well, and the contest was a bIg success and was enjoyed by a large audience. The schools which participated in the finals were as follows: Charles Barlow, Dillon high school; .lames Fleming, Laurens; .1. C. Floyd, New Berry; Hal V. Gaffney, Gaffney; Ja cob Jacobs, Spartanburg; Olin Long, Little Mountain; Adrian McManus, Greenville; Gary Newton, Furman Fitting school; Ellison Smith, Wal halla; Henry Spann, Sumter; Winfred Goodwin, Rome. BOLL WEEVILS ON APPAM, Cotton Seed on Prize Ship Swarming With Pests. Nol'fQlk, Va., April 15,-The 3,755 bags of cotton seed aboard the Appaml at Newport News, purchased by the Eastern Oil Company of Ilartfo'd N. C., when the Appam's cargo was sold, have been found by experts from the horticultilral board at Washington, sumoned by Collector I lauilton, to be swarming with boll weevils. On or der of Federal Judge Waddell and with consent of the Eastern Oil com pany the bags have been turned over to the Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer company. They will be soaked in acid to kill the weevil and then turned into fertilizer. liab'ey School IHonor Rtoll. First Grade: Onnie Blakely, Lou Abrams, Mary llenjamin, Walter Walk Third I~ti'uadu'. Ida Jacks, Mat tie Lou \Vnlker. V'on'rt'h Grade: Henry Madden, Alta dambrell Enua Adair, Chuarlie Madden. Fifthl Griade: Manning Milam. Sixth Grade: Roy Maddlen, D~avid Madlden, Robert liiamuiltoni. E'ighuth Grade: Emmiua Madden, 1nezc Rlnknv, Dnorothy Milam. (:* *~ * ** * * * * * * . * , e * I TOLD YOU SO! * * * * . * * * * * * * e e * * * * * . * (By Wim. D. S.) Told what? If you go into Mexico, we will have a fight. Our old men called it "Moxiko". We will have a bigger job than the one of 1847. That country has increased so much in population it will take a large army to.con(luCr them. We don't want their land, just to teach the Mexicans some respect for our government and to protect the property of our citizens who have done so much to develop the industries of old Mexico. I fear when we get our men on the march, that we cannot stop them this side of the Panama canal. In the future, it will be necessary for us to have a controll ing influence over these Latin Ameri can states. Ilayti and Mexico both will have to be taught a lesson of re spect by the United States and I guess the sooner it is done, the better it will be for us. The European states have too much to do at home to bother us in our disciplining these countries. We are no land grabbers, trying to steal the land of Mexico. To our honor, we can say, our entry into Cuha and the Phillipines have been for the im iprovemlent of their population. We have spent our money with a lavish hand in building up the prosprelty. the health and morals of the two co untries. So It will be in Mexico, if we have to continer this people. It wil he for their good, not to their injury. I trust our soldiers will not have as hard a time as they had in 1517. An old Mexican soldier, lItradley, amused us boys by relating his exploits after General Santa Anna, as the march pro visions got so short that he saw the liver of a dog sell for a silver dollar. This reminds me of our old Confeds finding the mule beef in the beef bar rels. One man said he drew out a mule foot with the iron shoe on it. I am proud of our United States, for what she has accomplished in her territories in the last twenty years. It is said that the spread of civilization over the world will have to be done by our Eng lish speaking nations, the tUnited tales and England, Cihautauqua Man Here. Last Saturday and Monday, Mr. W. W. IEichborn, the first advance of the lledpath Chautauquas, was in Laurens and placed nunmelous pole daters and awning daters. Beautiful lithograph sheets of Julia C'laussen of the Clilea go Grand Opera ('ompany. and the Hi rd Masque Players are to be seen in many of the siores. Also many small inside plates on every hand. The chauatauiquma prograi for this sea son bids :air to excel all pmrogranms of the past. leturns From Russia. New fork, April 15.- -George T. Ma'y'o, ,r., who resigned recently as amnbassador to Russia, arrived here todlay, accompanied by Mm's. Ma rye, on thle NorwegIan-American line steam shitp Kristilanlatijord from Sca ndina vian ports. IHe sidi lie w'.ould go to WVashington probably within few THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEED.TO HELP YOU DURING "CLEAN-UP" WEEK Don't try to do it all yourself, let the great chem ists of the world assist you in making your prem ises clean and sanitary. Here are some of the articles that will help you: KRESO: the reliable Disinfectant and a shield against disease. LYSOL : another excellent disinfectant. SYNOL SOAP: for sterilization of the hands. SULPHUR CANDLES: for fumigating unsanitary places. FORMALDYHYD FUMIGATOR: for ridding the unclean places of dangerous germs. CARBOLIC ACID : the old reliable germ-killer. CARBOLIC SOAP: and SANI-FLUSH : for cleaning the closet bowls, the bath tub and sinks. BON AMI and SAPOLIO: for cleansing almost everything around the home. SOAPS and SCRUB BRUSHES of every discription. GOOD FEATHER DUSTERS and many other articles that are needed in giving the place a general clean-up. POWE DRUG COMPANY = __ MOA__ = E UNDERTAKING NOTICE O1 ELECTIN. r who exhibit their ta riceiptsand reg J(S14E' R S~ talte (II South ('arollnl itraio tertVificte as reui ed nloel KENNEDY BROS.,C if 1aens. to g r(tbe. Undertakers and Embalmers 1)0th 1011 Siglicl by a legal 'T'hose favoring the 1 ill tax shall nubr fte uliidelectors and vol~ ~te a bltIlot 'onla~linintg the word(l C. oll answered any I curs, day or night, fiee-holders residing i punter :cdool ''aS writ en or pited the z'eon* LAURENS, S. . (istric No. 6, Laurens county, .outh those against fhe 1 till tax shal voto Carolina, asking for an electionl ltpo a allot. containing the word buiO - the questilon of vot lug a "1 tmill tax it l'- witien or' printed theraeon. ],oilIs on the propertney in sain school dnstEict shall te al. tle iour of s oclock in HN S BLACKW ELL to be used for school purposes, have the N., w oon and x t al rei open Satefn tiled w ('alit te connty bt ra unti ne oroti of oasloc rk Ii it - 4Attorney at Law eflduations, all elect ion is hereby or- I ('moon wvheni they X11a11 1w closed, and ('ered upon id question sai election the hallots countbea. to he held on the 271to sily of leal The trustees s 4al iellrt the result. P'romupt attention given to all InaHt3ness 19161. at G;oldv'ille school house inl said( of the elect ion to the county auditor Montey to loan Oil Real Estate (list rict , n b er the limanageent of the and oa lt uperintinent e educa frustees of sai i school (list"Yt. 10on within ten (larp tle ereaft on. Ifee Phone 350 fleadence Pdhone sF Only such electors s retur real ToAMsI aig. th'em ll lvN. Ollic c'.ainons BuildCng or persoin, askpity for taxation and 38-21. By order o te uty oard. THE PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY IS THE CHAUTAUQUA -4 SREDPATH CHAUTAUQUA ONLY ONE PERSON IN \ V, _ g SEVENTY GOES THROUGH EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO THE UNIVERSITY. ATTEND CHAUTAUQUA. CHAUTAUQUA WEEK 'IN LAURENS APRIL 28TH TO MAY STHI