The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 13, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1917. -- NU /iE 47
WITH FIRFIT
Party Received With FL.*.
fairs Are Tabooed. Ile
Has Arrived For Busineo
Afford For Celebrations
London, .1tlne 8.-lended by Maj.
Gei John .1. Pershing, its coliand
er, the first representatives of the
Amerleian ariy that Is to enteri the
lEuoipnit di ar semtbarked at a
lritish port after an uneventful v oy
age of tell days onl board tie White
Star iner Baitle. The party was re
eived with l inilitary honors, and
immllediately entrained for London,
where it arrived this afternoon and
was welcollied by the Earl of Derby,
the ministl'ir of ware; Viscount French,
commh1lan(leri of the lirilish holl
forces, and tile Ainerican officials.
Gell. I'ershinigs Vepersonal staff and
the illellbers of tile general staff who
will perfolIl tile preltimll Ilnalry work
for the first fighting force llulmber
fifty-sevel oihcers and are accollim
ni ed by ahoul lifty prlvates and a
large civilian clerleili force.
The American residents of London
:11id Various tiIritish ordalzations
have prepared alan extensive progralli
of eiterta illmcil for tile 'AilleiCall
larty, bilt it is doubtful if much of it
will be calrried 0111, as Gen. Pershing,
before ieing informed of tile plans,
exlessed a dlesire that there he a
inimm of anything in the nature
of a celebration of a social character.
The enire co tiintge . (ievoted itself
to the hardest kind of work of all
organizing natire throughout the
joun ll-1?y.
Among those taking an active part
on the variouB committees of enter
tainmient for the American contingent
are' irs. Joh %ator and MWt:- White
law Reld.
The Americans were surprised tc
VERiWlT'I('.TES AWA1DED TO
111 COUNTY PUPILS FIIDAI
Supierintendeit of Education 31ake
Aiddress at Exelcises in Grade(]
School Auditoriin.
One hundred and fourteen ,lmIh!
of the county sChools received certi
licates at colmiienIeeInenIt exercise,
hold ill ilie graded sellootl alditon11111
Friday evenig. The certifiates wel'
grillted to all seelitl grade' iIIbil
Iin the County who huaduersul.
;aseh a writIell i to exam a
ou'. and ola tr4 correwiled In allI1
of thle oelnty ;iliteniidil of edz
Oili konl. Th. cer1.1 ilea vs a re a1war Idi'
I y the t a I depart I mtu ent of dl ent I lol
l.ui v.t I Iht holder to enter 11
P-11
h im toi!- st ateldi'l. omuf
lia delivered the !I .C i n a I
e 11eri I tnd e1t . v. I 11 lar l
.ion es. iittf5Mok',A~
Ther1 were". il:enry. ofth rr
l 1 to ('lteIl, .te r( x aoing . odia
wh - Ich , .p--- ,d. From th e 1. a
inuln Owf hih Ell Ma Admaingc
SING LANDS
M14A ICAN CONTINGENT
i ary ilanors. Social Af.
rsolng intimates That He
;s and Has Not the Time to
of a Social Kind.
learn of the elaborate arrangements
for their cntertainnient made by their
cotlltryieln and also of tile plans to
facilitate their work. The privates in
tile contingent will be the guests of
the Blritish aimny in the barracks in
the itistoric Tower of. London.
.t tleir hotel tle !American of
flees met niany lirtish and Cana
dian olices. EI',very where front the
port of arrival to London the Amer
can and British officers scrntinized
eall othe1 withl] professional interest,
each sizing up the other.
There is no atinosphere of an ex
cursiol jaunt about the trip of the
American contingent, however. It
has been work, an( work of the hard
est kind, with ihin since they hoard
eI the steanlte. in civilian clothes
aftror she had hll her pier at anl
A\Inericanl port.
G"en. i'crshing said to tIle ASsociat
od Pross that he and his fellow ofil
eers were anxioums to get into harness
at I1he:r base in France as (Ilickly as
At tle point of d isemblarkat loll Gen,
'ershing's party was welcomed by
lRear Adiral Stilieman, Lieut. Glen.
Williaimi Piteair'n Campbell and oth
ers. The ship docked at 9 o'clock.
After the hand had played the
American national antleiin, it ren1i'
dered "God, Save the King", all pres
ent standing at salute throughout.
The voyage was a quIet one. Dur
ing the trip there Was a concert, I
which Gen. Pershing made all address
The're was great enthusinsiin oil boari
when three American destroyers camit
up to act as escorts.
gie Riddle, Alice Owings, I. (1. 1Hunt
Elizabeth U1arksdale.
Long View-Lidie Smith, Dollie .\a<
Cole.
C''l)el--Clarice Dillard.
Tr'inity-li iclge-.\31arie inislecy, Lu
nette liarnlette, Lottie Lev L.angston
G reenIond-Annie Lee Cuirry.
. 1. Gallagher ---I arvey 11111. Glady;
.lMartin, Hielen llobbitt, Florence Man
Icy. Nellie Boll.
Woodrow Wilson--.lMagiv Lee Crad
l'r slw t -No!ie .\adden.
.\lountville ayilla Sulivan, .Ioh
-'.uller. .\a ie rysai, l11i (ran t
h ,lWatIts, < 'roine .\lotf
l ys -- .alneI I fo~rou(.. .leinie L r4
. \i- l t c o h.
I i11lly -E-1.1' Wl ~l lr Rol.
I. ()liv --.\lYrh' Hill. Gertrud
n ,l y Cudlhertso , i (is .
1,k Mridrge -.vfk 1)iiT. Wo:
c Ed 0l' ward t 'andter, .\el d
In \nwy laenioe(wn.l
bly in .lnetHal win. I
I iIds ip-- In h I Cox.r~ :'
Youn II 1 . .\rth r I.lx el il .b
i, l, .ihu(~obt W iat. (llloa,.
GiTlF, PG 0I1
Iother fiowad tPfrivthe boy
So CrDener ion tywa caktn this wre
MORE SUBSCRIf
Laurens' Apportionment of I
Only About Half Mi
scription'
"Only about half of Lairetins' ippor
tionient of Liberty Loan londs have
been sold," said Dr. 11. K. Aiken.
(hairnian ei the local colini ittee yes
te(rday. Laurens is expeC'td to sub
Scribe at1 least $15,001) to the bon(d
Issue andl less than $25.,000 has lbeen
su bseribed. Since the last report, inl
The Advrtiser, whlen $12,100 war e
ported, Iie total has been brought 11
to $23,10, the Enterprise National
Bank sibWeiribing $.,000 and the
lParimers Nat ioallan1 11 k $1,010. Indli
vidual suhscrpl ltions have lilade utp) the
rest.
Dr. Aikein stated that I:e hoped to
see the full a noun t. of I .auiirens' ap
portionlment subseiibed before noon
iPriday,. when the sale of bonds w'll
close. ''le !Iniount Is a compaliriiatively
small one, le said, co:npared to the
Issues at stake and the suberiptions
are safe ilivestniells though hardly to
be colsidered as profitable as Invest
m1ents 'go ill tis section. The (ai
paign will be pulshed up Ilitil the last
1iin1ut and if any are overlooked by
the solijitois thcy are reviuested to
enll : all of the banlkers who will
see tlit subhscipt ions arie take'.n Vl'e
of'. 'The foliowing I.; the toial salt
sz-ription o dait(-:
1'. . Si so .. . .. . .. 1 .0
.\liss ....y lPervwson .... . 0
King's kilughters . . -30.0
leo. I. .\llen . 111.100
.\. 1'. Copeland .10 .00
Ross 1). Yon~fl g . .. . . . . 100
11. E'. Babb .. .:. . . . 10.011
DickC wAings .. .;. - . --. 10-00
'.\rs. Lydie Garlingtlonl .... 1410.400
H1. C. tllh, .. .. . . . 100.00
0. M. Sitgreaves .......... .50.00
S('NDAY SCHIOOL OFFICERS
MET 310NDAY AFTERNOON
i'. I. Meice Nickels Eleed PresIdent
of Lanurens District and 31I. ,1ns.
11. Sullivan Secretar3lrensurer.
The olicers of the Laurens County
Sunday Sel'ool association held an ini
portait tineetig Monday afternoon In
the court holse. .I1r% 1"k. 1). Webb of
parttaanhug, gaeneal ecretary for tihl,
slate, was Preitent. I1( presinted a
(efinikte ouitlinet for the year's wor
which w'' dlscussd and adonted a
follow.:
I. T<' r> ise thi '" nt:- Atandlard
'r dom i I -a
I y aii .ou : o r I-ii i a h I
. le o. ini l :i \ o l. 1-a i.
- latme worken \'"an."oa
frThe :,'eor if te ae a. liiiam
k . iTo hoitld a ony '.8. en*nM
r eie oi 1, 1 c.11 . Aii .. .. . Id lo w ml
I w t t 1 h a
Dl' bi chareb.
pro res iniv
'ire tem tof .\ttclIIP ui o
- h'ltnow o e
ITIONS NEEDED
iberty Loan Subscriptions;
de Up. More Sub.
Needed.
M rs. "ora C. Iteas ........ 1(10.00
. '. W. Thonipson .............0.00
\l iss Itoberta Dorlh .. .... .. ..
Ceuetery Tiruntees ..... ... . . . 4.
.1. J. Adams . . . . ... .. .. l.(
Chas. T. SimPn...........1 I.;0
Tho. . Swygerl Moll..........0.0
S. '. 1)abb. ..o...........1111.0)
P. .. Sinlith .. ..............100.0)
Pda rle \\ilson l .. .. 1..l
1'. A. Stillivan... ............ .i0.Ini
I,. C. larksdald .. .... ..... .30.10)
\l. I . 1111 1 er jr., .. .. . . ... 70.10
Dr. \\'. ). Ferguson...........0.110
:Dr. .1. .l. ..ear.kn J..... ......1)0.00
.lohn lOlnry Powe 4...........100.1
11. Y. Sin ................111.00
Cash .. ............ ..0...0.111
V. C. llellai. 1. ........ .. 10.0
.\liss Annie \\orkinan .. . .. .f.(10
.las. 1. D)avis . .. 0.. .. ...... .00
T. l.. Todd .. .W. . . . . .0.11
C. 1'. \inet .i. ..0 1 .. . .. .7. .l(
\\. 11. Sloanl .. . . . . . 0 .00
.\. .\. Owings . .. . .. . ..200.400
.L. .1. Owings 20............ 211.1110
F'nterprise National lank . 1 ..000.oo
N . Ii. l ial ..1 .. . um.. . 1t0.01111
M.\- , \\. !1. Dial .. . .. . 5 .0
I. .li. \asonor a .. l.. wo.. n i 1
.\Miss F tnne o ri n .P . ..r .. .e0.nn
.\ lth.\ear ltret Zvline, wa' I l.0
.Ino. \\. 11 1 . . .. . . . . .~:0
Tho . 1S .y ly atr . ..r ..a , ( a '1.1111
i ll.s A.ndier ill . . . . s. n a .. l.0
C. .\rIl-ar O'll l . . . .. . -00
Thos. din,11 Kenl rtick .. .. .. .1
.\iss .\ary 1.. Coplanel .. . .0.0
.liss ll ean ort 1". Colleland . .3' .0l
.ltO. \N. 1. 0 1Oal . . P.'.. .. . -3 .
.. .n . .. .. .. 1"1.
It. 11. Terry .. . . . . . .100.(1
Farmers National Ba k ... .. 1000.m
NEGRO WOMAN KILLEDA.
Lill1e Croinler Shot andu Mort[W1
W onllde1 by (' ihiae White, Alsi
('olored.
IMliP roiner, a volor-ed wonian liv-.
Ing In the lower part of fie count.
nevar the Newhierry line, was killed 1as1
h1111rsday by a ni'grom, arlk
\\'hit, alas \\'ill \ hite, uising a pisto
According to fihe t;timony a( the in
(Iuest held the following.. day, the dil,
fieity which brouaht onl the k il Iin,1
S froi Wh0:1, left 1.h
-work inl the fivhl and wolnt 1o the hwans
\wre U11lli Cr-wme. :111dsen Cook
ui her nIoIu' w "n. wa r . Iti e o
a a (ki 111rl-o will tOurish: d
si ! 'chc i e i .. D: on
I ' li 1 i , xl ' I Ii a
t a I l I . n : :
n 11 .
neere e.; n rai n G i~el
wh ~uer sh1i wai..o N:! ..! ':t' tr atie
Y leer an t intt in)I s iittl. Off
Arr10" I' 1e1le fl 'e rle . (rion :
manorom bw ne-.hpel
D[CR[ASING SCAtt Of
BECOM[
Active In Published Voting I
Race is on Home Stretch
is Being Made. Few Si
Winners of Capital Prize:
111r3 ! ilurry ! lltrry !
TI" de liin vote scale' Iiak
premilpt actioll ituperiative to success1
!n th. race. tor' the ilaxwc!l and oth
,Ir . ri/i.. The lable printied biel ow
l il. t , v ie \ vol e 14 of* tch s u le
ti (n'. N vlj w(e k it will be ,ml l as
'ol e' \%d wilt (e ilit)ge tit-es ]low
sllow . ' I'llere wil! be nt furth,('k er oIlle,
offer. nolhing in ithe nay of axyt raI
V 1.14. Thi : we ve'k I Iee vs I I t ; t Ioas
ae o tI'he cont(st to obta Ii lage t
nulue of, votes oil usiptios
On(li i i Gear.
Col.e ianls who are alive to their
opport ii u it ll et iti tet their call i
I 1 t niythis week. Tis is
Ih "olti stirethl and Iin nany in
~.ia1nce two o1r1 hve stibsecription
wil Inable one of lie cetdidates to
;S (1411 ehth pelilor. There arevases
where a lit ll.e s I iten or twelvo e s b
e i i No 0114' la b t lIe 1 conteianli
Ianld fir:-; place .1en" or 1welve, dollars
I v f. . u pion" ea inay
h0'u ( r114' a $7,11 prize.
' Ii f t' lirt n iy elha o . tn e m tf :
e I ; havec is sI I I Iy a.s t (ndinIIg. Iti is
it . ttl i r lie'of no tlie cont et has
:1 4 d 'uced inan y0 o uh ron . In
ta I lies the 'rl n of lo excep
TI'l winl thev Aaxwell w ilI not frost
n1" en~t. A few days of hard and
co nls istet w 3.therig silsrip
tinisthe only re ite.
1:onte of, the( canididates. do nlo takhe
t i uportimy srisly-hey reval
iw I halI th Iey h IavAe t itrn-led inl butI a
ulodlest nuueir of sb)scri.ions. Iii
if thley% could see thle contest records
thevy would realize that no one lse
iuas dlonl( muchi heter. Thle slowness
ot' lthe race Is, inl itself responsible for
tih rare opportunity to win something
h)ig-,. No one has obhtained a decisive
l0-d. A vigorons cami paign each d
I'or one( -week will land youi onl top inl
"pile of your ina1ctiveness of thle pa-t.
It will De of no satisfaction to yo
'''er ihe closing of the contest to
Atoint o.1 lit, l"10 that .1 dioz ln -)h
ions 0r -oud have won a A33:
r! I'm* frYou. To win1 a W!.
4 cI d N . il t i nk hua 'i, j
!I 3.1 )1 1 1 I' ' . .3:3
- in no h for you t'I ul
\ HI ine iholi .; )1, 1:4 n -1
I( I' v 'r ' n
\ ~ e 'ni'n ... ....l4I .I ..
V(OTES 10
'[FtCTIVE M[XT RE[I
Excites Interest This Week.
and Most Strenuous Effort
bscriptions will Separate
s and District Prixes.
to necon i l Ion lhin1; , voilr. ienlds,
,1 i 11!: t l0 1 to a inin, an4d g l y.
TeClosing.
(ollipleti clo itig ules wi!l be ;ih(-.
li: h.cd soonl. Thlreediitees and
rii os ih ger1. ler nen will v t :( - Io
lest .illdges. Vot s v.;ill bev insm(d 11y)
to the finish i fi Ili same ra nil r l
heiretofoe. A ballot l.ox ill he plac
ed in tile o1lice a few dlayv bt-forle he
closinlg, locked anld eah d and the key
placed in tiht (are of the judges. hal
lob; t:l at held ill reserve will bo
placed inl the halhot Lox any tinm til
to (losing houlri of the (oitest. \\'het4
tih 1 onlteit entis the judges will ope 1
th hillot bIx in th lresence or all
who vaire to bw presentl, and inal'.v a
eireil o tiva ls f he bal!ots (ontain
edi it. Thlle couni of 1he baliol ron
tie b alltbox added tothe O la: pIub
1l4hed s4nd1ai t: ilillak til - total
of, each <,c.Antn I's vote, wi!dte
"iie which.1 pilze ,1h1 w ll win.
Comle.0tv or of, 4.ach a ip
tio Iv't2' 1 i::. on 11l4 a the o(h. - and
ill ' 'l:+ iid at the di.';ta :f the
co;,. t . iilt e A (111pli at each
I'(t is rt 'nl ed a: the ("Vice fo- h e' nIu
ati na with origintals. all nlh- tation
c- lha2:e of any hind in the oriinials
will i he themi voill and cause I1h0,nt
to e eleiintinated troin l e ii. The
prizes will Ibe a wa riled the cl(osing
night of the conitest. As 1 it a lie
ilidge' opli1ete their couniit n11d ren
der deeisionsa. in 41 ig t he va rlous
prize winnlers.
Sulbrcriptionis and hOAll,; may hen
turned in right up to the riiute of the
vlosing, but not a. Single minuite later.
IComplete closing riues will lie pu1b
lished i later.)
Whalt'Is Ihe .1latItIer Vny Co ur 0
The teriory served by Gray Court
mail r-outes is onle of IIhe strnlge's; sec-.
tions for ' Ilai I per. Literally hun.
dir ids of p ol(ei resiing in !hit terri
lory read The Adtverliser.
For "imw reaso!) onevXp"l1jng-d tlat.
l r 1 hi 1 not hb : I t's own in thi e
u r 4 .4 nel s K 'I and payme t of
The large number o-;Iu
v. 1 n a
iin h 1l
.0
C tin d tn e titn
NTESTANTS
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.imber One
nur~ber Two
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