The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 03, 1917, Image 1
VOLUME34 XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH-I CAROLINA. WEDNE;l-1DXV, OCT. 3, 1917. 11
FIRST N[GRO INCR
MINT [[AVIS SAT,
Fifty-nine Per Cent. A! ".1
ble Friday
26 PER CENT
OF: QUOTA
Noitlees to Th1is E-:feet Were sent Out:
h.y Local Exen iptinl i r 111114 a1s1t
Week. Will ,LvaIp on -arly ''Train
Stiduray 3orn!int. To Assemble Fr.
day.
The fIrst incerementl of the niegro sol
diers rrom I autrens Counthy wIll leave
Soturday morning for Camp .1ackson,
Coltumbia, where' tey will go inl train
ing for service ii the National Army.
The men ar exwectedI to arrive in ihe
(,ity Io'tiday and will be ie th rin
stlictiolls by the excniptioln board this
mnorning. This body reprecsents 26 per
cent of the( couty' s ioa, forty-five
pvr cent (of 11he tot11. all being whize
n~in, havip- lm one down1 previoulsly.
The mni areN eeto- Ito report inl
frtw W th11 w <h1 r!< (f ct ourt. i's I L llefW at
I (')clock shlarp. \\ huwil '(elpl ar' re
qlu!ted by imh4.onit i nform the
neitn attd ssist th m ll getting lhetr
onl limeia a great leal of work is to
be done. The followxing" is- a list (of the
men 'who have 1,'4 t enlled llt go sat
Itrday:V
WVillis t'aine, Lamrenls.
Arthur11 Pl' io , I'llnrens. [It. 5
Oscar Smith, .\lountville, It. 2.
Rex L,. Shaw, Ware Shoals.
Toml P le .tr, Kinlards.
Osear Kern, IHenno.
Nicholas .lons, IHenno.
Spurgeoln ''avlor, Clinton.
Sam Ilailistoek, Laur1'Cenls.
Guy Cuinninghiam. L~aurens Rtt. 4.
W!!! 'TodrI. Laurens Itt. 1.
ANz Dillipres, Cross Hill.
Ernest mppi, Ware Shoals 1t. 2.
George Speaks, Cross 'UIll.
...lawm WYoody, Laureune Rtt. 15.
.(ohn Young, 1.1,trenls 11. F. D3.
Clarence H!1111'rt, iWare S'hoals R.
F. 1).
TAron 'McKellar, Cross 11111.
.lameps Lit tIe, Clinton.
lleed Garlington, Clinton.
Albert Campbell, Mountville 2.
Luther Irby, .Laurens Rt. :3.
Willie Wright, Waterloo Rt. 1.
Isaiah Speaks, Cross Hill.
Cleve Rodgers, Laurens Rt. 6.
James Comwell, Laurents Rt. 2.
Roy Simpson, Laurens Itt. 5.
Anderson leild, Barksdale.
Willie Mills Frauklin, Latrens L :t.
Will Mioore, Laurens.
Ilivin Check, ILanford.
Arthur Irhy, Clinton.
Fred Daniel reeks, Ware Shoals R.
1. D. 2.
Henry Davis, Lautrens Itt. 3.
Arthur Cunningham, Cross 1111i1.
.L. 1). Warring, lAturens.
Laurens Milam, Laurens.
JEarly Thompson, Laurens.
Sam mats, Cross Hill.
'WIlliatm McCoy, ClInton.
John Martin, Fountain Inn.
Currilous Matrt In, Cilnton.
Miller Mc~owvan. Cross Hill1.
Willie Chia ppel, Owings.
Steve Mills, . Lurens.
10tgetne Ph ilson, -Lautrens Ri. 2.
Warrten lyrd Lfrd. 1104.
Dav'id D)owns, (linton.
Tomittle Jones, ClInton.
o~lo Johnson, iFountaln Inn.
Scott 1111l, MountvIlle Rt. 2.
Alberl Pasley, Rlenno.
WVill WVard', L aurtens.
JIamnes IF. Ligoni, WVat erloo.
Clarence M~oody. l4infIord(.
Spenc er llayes, Waterloo.
G)eorge Anderson, Laurens.
&lecimnen are Returned.
On account of physleai disqualifica
tlons discovered after their arrival at
(lamp Jackcson, tho following men
have returned home andI will proba
bly be permanently exempted from
abtrylce in the draft army: Ben Jones
Pearson, Henry -Mason Baldwin, John
Ansel Poole, Charlton P. Sullivan, C.
ljum'bert Stullivan, Lewis Knight, Gary
C. Spearmnan, C. F. Blobb, WVill Prince
aid Wi J. Bolter.
' Mrs. Cora C. Lucasl vacated this
week her home of many years facing
the Watts Milla and has takes apart
nients for the present at the iaurens
Hotel, Mr. Harold C. Smith, agent
ahd general manager of the mills, wlli
Joqvte into thte houtse she vacated at an
early date. &$
PLANS WINTER WORK
Lessons To Be Given in,
Knitting Supplies.
STORE IS SECURED
FOR HEADQUARIERS
lHim's 11b Ihe Left i'lere Old C loth
lomr, 0ld t,|loes, Old Sil4er uand Oth
er Contihb utions 3111y be Left. Manly
lisearded 1Tints -an Now he Used.
The \Wolian's Service Leaogu held
a very enthl u1siastle meet uin on .\lon
(lay afternoon. Quito a Ia 'ge -crowd
was Presenti and thoroughly enjoyed
the pageant. "Our Allies", which was
presented by the eleveniti grade, liII
ler til' slpervision of I I"; ca pa)le
teacher, .\Miss \\offord. This featire.
of entertailliinn inade the leagut(e
membiler;! ralize their djuly not only
to .\mgri'a hu'11 thejir brothe1rs acro : ;S
On ne: Monday af11,4-oon. October
Sth, a f -itr o'(lock the mor' ro4in
noxt to Il' ' hotlf- w'ill 1. ()1)4 1. A ll
lill in thlown anld counlty w!im
w11h to 1enrn Im\'.'w 1t 11 4i, surg-pical
wipe'4 and wash c'11,loth will Ieet .i31ss
eF1-ranlces Tluunesv :lnd l1es1 lI odd
at isi; 1la4 . On 'I'esday Imloriitg at
ten1-1!hirty. .\ -.;. HItohr anld M\rs. DunI
1114 will be the instrieliors and teach
how to tilit a w'eaters anl wrisliets.
ling ianly thread and needles you
have to lear-n on an1d the ladles will
gire rili[ instruction wher4 to pro
cutre mnaterials.
Wednesday afternoon at four, Mrs.
Vill .Meng and Mrs. McCravy will he
at this same stand and give out to
fill who care to help, trench shirts.
These are very easily made.
Quite a number of the ladies of the
town and county have offered to knit
socks. We greatly appreciate this
kind offer and will ' send thread as
son as we procure it. At the work
room will be a box and we want 3oiI
to stop in and leave your oldI kId
gloves here. The government Is ask
ing for all discarded kid gloves. It
has been found to be true, that. these
make the best linings for the Jackets
of aviators. The lea-gue will place a
box at Fleming Bros. as a receptacle
for old silver. Any worn-out thim
bles, mounting of combs, blotters,
broken tea bells, or even a well worn
(1imtle i\ll be welcomed.
The sinuer has passed, our larders
are full of enned goods and the rain
has just, come in fime to bring up Our
winter gardens. Since we have siue
eleded so well with our summer work,
let us now turn to our winter task. As
we sit. by ourN warm fires enjoying the
many Comforts of home, let us sew,
knit. and pray for our gallant sol(dlers
who have been called to the field and
our valiant tars upon the high seas.
Mrs. R. F. Fleming, Jr.
Secretary.
Atte'nded Rtesemi Ilank Meeting.
AMr. N. B. D)Ial spent several dlays
last week ini ichlmond, Vai., where 1he
wvent at thle invitation of the priesi
dent of t-he Rtichmnond Federal Reser've
Bankil to dliss financial matters (con
nlectedl withI thle proottion of the wvar.
From the spee(ches heard at the meet
Ing, .\ir. ial was very niuchi Impress
md with th1e necessity (if whole-heart
ed sutpporiIt of the government if thle
wvar is to be brought to a siuccessf'ul
conclusion.
Itaptists In Session.
TPhe annual meetiung of the 'Lau
r'ens Baptist Assoeiation isalieing held
in Clinton this week. The sessions
bogani yesterday and will close today.
1Fvery church In the assoclation ex
cept one was represented by delegates
yesterday and the finest financial re
port In the history of the body was
heard. C. B. flobo was elected mod0(
crator, WV. P. Culbertson secretary and
0. Hi. Roper treasuirer. Last, night the
association listened to a magnificent
address from iDr. John A. rWihtte, of
Anderson and today addresses will
be made biy Dri. 'Poteat andl Dr1. Ram..
'joy.
Mr. J. T. Medlock, president of the
iNational Loan & fidxchange Bank of
Greenwood, was a business visitor
here Monda1y. Mr. 1afedlock Is a na
tive of the western part of the coun
ty and Is, pleasantly remembered by
mnny friends hamr.
LAMCH CAMPAIGN TO
[RIY L(
Meeting of Bankers and R
munities Without B1anks
ternoon! Citizens Calle
to Furnish Slecivs of Wt
A mleet ing or oneI 0 011 11101 reIpIsn
latives irotili every bantk in Ilhe votIM
ly and a voItIutelo dIeleg:Ite 1froin Cv
e1ry (ommunlltI1lity in the county with:;
i. hanlk, is.- hereby calle11:1 for Thttradiay
eloh e'r Ith in the Col:ri llouse at 10
A. .l. for tle Pr11::e o' ini ell, il aFel
ing m a11111ligi for ihe seo id ,ihIery
1oan1. The calilaig'wl l v os! I (1to!( 4v
rywhere oil SatOrday. October "ith.
19 17.
11. 1K. A\ikent. Chirian,
C. I1. Roper,
(0. G. al."J '.
. 1Y. Iwini .
to ii I Wo. . .\l i'* . ( 1
'entra11 . for 1ai Im. a Wrh.
|2 1111 s i ll'' 1114-1l. i n i r. ) o ! t~
hav: hi lltw )vuvp- by whioill 1n
mOr bou tr ioll frm~a i:., a war fl"or
else by taxation. \\'hon you bully a
governen11t('il. honl, you lolln your0 "ov.
ertnmenlt that. mluch of you111 tOmv ,v
for which it, augrees to pay you back,
With interest. just as any individulal
would. A failure 111)11 the1( part of
anly people to come forward antd loanl
their goveInll men1t the Ieeded fluids
forces It to exercise thle inhen1lt pow
er of collscripting the financial re
so1reesm of every CillIZn-that is to
levy taxes. The highest effort of leg
Islatioll is employed inl an- alest n
deavor. to distribute the14se4 equally and
to tax luxuries, excess war protits. and1
)PerIsolal effects flrst, bult should these
efforts prove Insuffileient any govern
ment hias the delegated power to as
sess or tax necessities ald real pro
perty as well. As long as tile war
lasts the expenses will be3 ilet an1d
TIE A Cl!E Ri S T1O M1FElT.
To JluId 31lthly 31(etime Saturday
Interesting Program.
The first mleeting of the Laurens
Conity Teachers' Association will be
hiel( inl he 1aurens graded sc hool
building onl Saturday, Octoh 0i C at
ten o'clock. "i'enmanship for tile
(Grades"' has been chosen for tile sub1
jeet of tile first meet.ing and at least
two exri)qtts will be presenit to help
the teachers with their (lilIculties on
this subject. Wintbrop College will
send 0110 expert an1(d Ohe University of
Georgia wvill send1 another.
l41a1renls coutliy Is 011e of thle first
4 oun ties1 it thle state to takhe advantllage
oIf Ithe Extension Service of Winthtrop
college. Th'le program committee 4 has
arranIgedl with Ithe E~xten IC! onlard (if
Wint14hro)p col lege to give thle tecache'rs
in thle field a cou rse o' st udy ini sIx
met(etingsl~. Thie cou11rse4 will beginl iSat
urda andil itenehers1 10 w Ishing to) takie aid
vattage (of thiis couirse arIe a shed to1 be4
presenlt 50 ats to get (iredit for ali six
lec es 1
Mr. II. K. Dlerick of Newhorry, has
b4en inlvi ted Ito lecture to 1th1le teach
ers at thle g(enrllmeetin1g. The elev
en1th gradeo will condulct opening exCIr
eines4, the subiject. wvIl Ibe "Our AllIes."
There wvill be a gencral mneetinig at
tenl o'elock in the school auditorIum.
After this willl lbe held( sectIonal
meet01ings it the different class rooms.
'rie hight school andi inltermeldIteO
teachters will eomiine for thie obsqerva
'.IOnI of a demilonstration lesson tauighit
by the rehpesentatilve fromi the Ulniver
sity of Gecorgia. T[he lpr'imarly teacheors
'will observe a dIemontstr1ation less5on
for primary childrenci taughfti by thle
rolresentat ive from WVint'hrop co1llego.
A full attendance 114 urged for thIs
first meetIng, as all the plans for the
comlting year will be outllined and dis
cusseod.
To Hold ('ommunilty Fair.
A Community F'air will be held at
Barksdale school hlouse Saturday, Oc
tober 13th, to which the Public is in
vited. A bar'becued dinner will be
r'vedi on the groaunda5
8[tL I.B0
'A 8 IN '1118 COUNTY
ipresentatives From Com.
Callcd For TomorroW Af
d onl to Join ii Campaign
r.
1he mo ( - t111 t h will be rain d
!lilt ille iwlf !m;v ofI .1h i j,(p I . the( by(sj
V f an eo n tt o is par . Inl
rennfilr thlt l1ibety, m-1otec4tionl anid
21(1 ii ~' l o ;I111 (11jol tol
fro I on ha w e ll- e jy v r n
of 2: 1w : li r l ovI n ur it p t
Wild een e''. ('U!, -'II'I, nI r ( i n -I iefo
w I o u1. Thec. honor of!,
'fah. ando enu t l om nn it and ou.:
;os who %-)( w\ijllhrl he inlth iem-.
( . a -ver ri 'It to expov: I.,
tire they s rve with j i all
and ak I I I fe nd i f ;- y ., d
ren e b s fori ther
I I llU4~i I ' e ' ll c IVIe
m i. he ri ni at on. .\ tiberty lan
illimittenv ill eve'ry town in the coul
t* will bef needed Ii. roach inl -;()ilt way
evey prenin !0county whloisbl
to .u ti eIle i'e in solicitat ion
W i l n ssVary !o sell the honds.
l.en wit hil iity'uy -r will wait for this
n111d I lien I he re a re 'slackes'. The
bankers have beeni asked to give of
tl.eir tim and energy and handle the
Im1achintery of ithe loan and i iey will
cheerfully do it At the saitie tiine
they will gladly accept the help) 'of
any.\ loyal citizen who reads this and
wants to help. None of uts Wantt th(
war to go on but. it. Ia a fact. that by
ieasll of this very, war 'the plu'olets
of the grounid will this year, thrloulgh
ollt tilt whole country, be 'of gteater'
Value than ever before and (he southit
s exceptionally prose1rouls. We can
'do it, if we wanlt to."
itEAL ESTATE ACTIVE.
Numberl of Transfers of fleal Estate
.1de Through Dallis It'alty Com.
panyi Afoney.
Considerable activity is evident in
coit*y retal s('tale business, judging
by the sals being reported by realty
agents. Diiiing tilt past week Ihe
aiis Really Company has engineered
a number of deals through Its olce
in tils city. While prices are not made
public, it is understood that. values
have taken a sharp advance since the
ise in tle price of cotton. This con
cern rep~orts tile following dleals as
beinig madl(e r'etent ly:
L i. II. Nitlhols to W. I'. Fower, 704
a'cr'es in i':dgetleld c2ounty;
., 1. Iturnis tol W. .1. Cooper, 100
acres In tile Warr'ior* Cretek section;
flailh & Sulliv'an to G1eo. F. [1olt, 14t;
asre iiin th l Trinitlidg plcmmn
M. AI. ICooperi to Wilso llrother1s11,
acres in tile Warrtior ('reek section;
.Alrs. 0. P . Vowlecr to AMrs. Snydler,
30o acres in the Warrior ('teek sect ion;
l'nterprise Nationtal Bank to B. G.
Coope1r, 52 acres(' in the 10komn section.
Entcou rages W heat Orowing.
In Its half pago advert'isement to
day the En~fterprlise National Bhank an
noulnces at prize of $25 In gold to the
farmer whlo mlakes thle beat acre of
wheat In Laurens counity. There are
no strings tied to tihe offer and every
farmer In tile coutnty is elIgible to en
ter tile contest.
Thle regutlar' monthly meeting of the
Chamber' of C'ommerce wvill be heild
next Monday evening In the (chamlbeir
rooms. As the main bus'iness season
of tile y'ear Is beIng utsher'ed In, It is
hopedi that a large nmtmber of mom
bers will be presenit as important bus..
Iness maiy come uIp.
Earl i.angston, J. 0. Powers and
ilugh W~orkmaon, of Co. D, are apend
|DR a few days in thnelf ciyn furlough,
OUTLINS JAPA'S
POLICY A8 T10 CINA!
Viscount Ishii Outlines Jap
anese Policy.
DOORS REMAIN OPEN
TO WORLD TRAD'
-:I IIerIIr i i n'! I . . I ii oy r'o
El lm 1 1 nro 1111t 'd I of (1 -'
I-:nsi, "'I9414ur i 017 l'EtiI(' to4 lbe li. -
lo'.n'l by3 liis Goerinmeni.
New4 Y. Yor , sv;o. ,,.I ' -ainti
.lonroo e )oct! inl- of 1th Ek . \i.
'onIlI Iishii, 1 ' d:1 ( i: h . n ' illis
sion to theo t1n*d1 au;,war elth
enniury ~ ~ ~ ilI wilntthren~ Ilns
- f (' in . A t lih- :I!- h h d.!,d
t411 I V wr 4 I tHE ' IL:4 hill, ! 1
IH : h t mI
fr4 Chni ';i
0:1 I'M 'S
right.
; Ii th. ' o h nds il' po icy Of
his government.
We wish Io be anl,, awa 1 o <.n
tinue to e.," lit' declared, "the s Iin -
frlien Id anid helper of1 oinr neigh.1bor for
We r m11 r 01, interesled 0th1a anyone
('1se, vX14'-Il Iila. ill g4ood go' vernmnw III
there. Only w1 mst at all timeics for
selif-protection preveit o1her nations
from doing what we have no right to
do. We not oly will not seek to as
sail tle integrity of tihe 1overeiglty
of Chinla, bwl will hvnual e pre
pared to defend and min1tain the in
tegrilty and inde(ptn'1dencve of China
agaillst any aggressor, for we know
11111 our own landmarks would be
threatened b4y ally oitside invasion or
interference in China."
While h bIoldly warined the world
against aly tf t emt to invade tie
riht o411S4)f IChinIn.I V Is voI1nt Ishii proml
ised with eri4al earnes'tne4ss that hit
door to legitiate Irol1 in China
WOUl li ter he(. cloed by Japan1. This
tieclartio w chelred by i0ti 1111b
Hie mlen, baner, erchanllts anld (,ait
ta ins of industry , who leard him.
"G'ntl'114men1, I asslulre you 11hat a1
closed door in China has never been
and never will he the policy of my
governme n. l 'IThe doir is open(; the
field is Ithere.'
Viscolnt Ishii a1t1ributed to German
machination sinister rumors of op
pression or the false suggestions of a
1)o1icy dhirec5ted( a1gaIst ChIina14, "'where
upo Japan141)i 0or Am11erica0 applearedl to
malike plrogress ini that lountr1 y."'
The envoy d1clared I emph'It~~atical1ly
tha't thle genltlemlen 's agr'eemient , en
t(re into by90l~ lillu Root, whlen he
d (or P Tkair 11 ould) b4 e siiftleient guar 1
an1e4 ( o'(f (')1941n t i 'u d fiendly3 reltion.)1
hSIetween tile tw n4Iationus.
lReferrin g to 914 0114llince be'tween1
Amer1'('i an1( d apan1 in th4 war, lie sa4id
"W'e mu40It. will, so 91ha4t when4'1 pc'e4
shall.1 ('ome4 the1 hosts5 of immortal: deadL(
iiimy lest in 11onor1 4411( thle 11osts of
! ving thr ouighot all (001 1etuies to
comle 111ay 14l4ace 911he1 unbrleakablhe seal
oIf pe'rman11ent aijproval upon) the~ great
ailliatnce o~f today whlich forever set a
wvhole world fr'ee."
Cottoni Market 1tislug,
Trhe department of agr'icultu~re's
cotton condilt Ion report, showIng a -
terlIoation over almost tile entire helt
presaginlg an eistimate'd ylild of only
on 'the New York and New Orleans
mnarkets andl carrIed (otton onl thle lo
cal mlarket to) 25 cents thle plound yes1
terday. Not a grea.t dteal was offeredt
at that price, hbut at conalderable
amlount was' sold1 on tihe market M1on
(lay all1 tile way from 23 3i-4 to 241 eents
tile prevalIng pric~e dlurIng tile latter
part of the day beIng 24 eents.
Mr. 0. M. Ilarlan, of L~anfor'd Sta
tIon, wasB amiong tihe visitors In the
ciy Saturdav_
Fair Association Mlet Last
W. D. 3YRD IS
AGAIN AT HEAD
Th' o n n n
V II vb . .. i r
Nv I:
S d ii to
CI(N id Ixi p ii
t o t . !y (, !1uv ., h I IIIII v .-r t I AIi 'in toi
enir:e'" to te'oen w tith .\li1 3 liis
iaris'I+ , 11ilte llionsti-t1ion A ilt,
13 charge. It is probable thal ot her
splheres of womncii's aclivities, sulch as
art andW nuodiework. will he given roe-.
ogition inl this departtnentl. Although
closely aIlle( to it. the field erop de
parmiilt will have its setparale place
1:nd be inl charge of .\le-srs I limler
.\ltore and John II. Power as -tperin
t14Iete . T'he T ( bt It di-play that fic
fair has ever had is ex\-ted Inl this
department.
I'nless plans are oilithrwiso altered,
Iliere will be no ring events thi year.
It Was the conlsensus of opiniionl at. tho
Imeeting that this could veiry well be
tlf on11 this t1ime as tie salme effect
'onl1 hev had from) the- hial!4tr and stall
displays. It was nguesled ! th'
Iluoctinit that the ( large merease inl eat
III and hogs ouight to lt il l harge
dlis-play (f solk on acrotl of i the op
potl 111nity' which the' fa ir afford: to sell
it.
Th'le following ofllils aInd comlmit
tve' were elected f'r th' 'isiintg year;,
Presiden WI . 1). Byr4d.
Vice Prom.- - Dr*. 11I. K. Aikien.
See. and Treas.-- IZ. R. Nickols.
Supt.-WN. Curl 'Wharlon.
Asst. Stipts.--,l. 1). W. Watts and W.
RV. Mcutn
C'omillteu on Prtizes- .\l. 1t. lInnr
C"ommIittee ondl (Grtondts -IDri. WV. If.
D ial. ('. II. (asqute. .l. (. O)wings.
S up~ern 3enden41i .
W\om's De)partmt .i i is 82t)aisP'
Al1or 4!and John i1. Ptower 3.
I l41','es. Xinie's and1 Ass-e's Jack I r.
Ilavis and14 J. Il. 1iieks.
1'atlth' Dlepat'rment - W. II. W\harton
and .1 I\. Sumt~erel.
Swinte -I. IE. TJodd an 14I. II. Stew
art.
Poutltrty-T. A. WhIite awil W. P. Mor
Henci{h iliow-.as. O'Shieldls and
lANID SALES MOND)AV.
Only Two Sales4 Made by (Countfy Offlt'
eers. IHotih Small Tlracts.
Monday was one of' 1he qutiotcet
October saletdaytl -1n re4cent y'ears. On
ly two tiales were made, onte by' the
elerk of court and! one by the .i'te of
In the case of the llome Triu ' (C0m-.
lpanfy vs .Roy 10. Good~w in, et 'th
cler'k of (:ourt1 sot'ld % aires - own
as the liairstotn pla4'e, to the init
for $325.
In the case of Mar-y uI*. Pt Lt va
S. W. Puckett andl Marnie I' nithi,
10-1 acr'es In Waterloo townisl wereO
s old to . T. Mlowk, of (Ir mnoet