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VOLUME XXXIIl. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNEtDAY, MIAY 29, 1918. '-UMBER 45 LAURENS COUNTl WE Red Cross Drive Brings 13 i Response. TWO TOWNS TRIPLE QUOTA Magiilcent Respolse to the Appeal of the Red Cross Made fin This County. Waterloo anlld 0wigs Triple Amounts Allotted to Them. Others Closevly Follow. Without a sianle exception every auxiliary to the JLurens U city Ied C 'ss chapter1' and ever branch of the bpter sub: ser ihed the quot allotted to it in the recetlit Red C ross ( rive which ( loiw"a Monday n ig-hilt, and in 10st instances the quotas weret dou bled. while Iln the case of Wat( eloo anad Owings the quotas were tripled. The total amount subscribed through the Laurens chapter, its branch and aux iliaries, is estimated at $31,471.50. Lat er figures may run this up even more. The subscriptions of the Clinton chap ter and branches, which amount to aiproximately $10,000, are not Includ ed in lhat total, so the total for the county Is nearly $42,000. The county's qjuota 'was $16,000 of which Laurens was apportioned $11,000 and Clinton $5,000. A considerable proportion of the contributions, as will be noted by the table below, came from the col ored population. Committees return Ing from the meetings at colored churches reported a tine spirit of ,)a griotism provalent at tlic meetings fand a splendid liberality. The young est subscriber to the fund so far re )orted was a two year old colored child at Mt. Vernon church. :Detailed reports as to contributions by gAmiliaries cannot be reported from ' GVy Court, 'Cross 11111 or Mountville, as'.their subscriptions were gathered in a general canvas over the territory. The subscriptions by auxiliaries.in the Waterloo and Owings branches are as follows: Waterloo Branch. Waterloo............$ 775.00 Negroes -............ 502.25 Iethlehem ............ 126.40 Alt. Pleasant ........... 146.00 Mt. Olive ..9....... ........96.00 t. Gallagher-Kings Chapel .. 250.00 Total..............$ 0wiigs Bramch. Qu1otaL Slubscrilied4 Owings Station ...$200.00 $ C1 G.25 1i rmony .. .... ..100.00 5.00 Mt. Carmel (col) (11-1.50 Blramlett's-Youngs 75.00 170.00 Friendship.... 100.00 5 1:1.2 fIreeiond--eulah 250.00 600.70 flcthany .... ........10.00 -193.10 Grays .. 1.0.7. . Duirbln (white) . . ,.100 12 Liberty ((.ol) ..... 1)11 ..$200.0ol$) 11.00 'Po a ...... .. 100.001 31 01.00 cootri a ed 1.00)I a 25.00 P3 00.70lmo th eiayesatt. . u Is At.5h WIurb i el) I.. .. f. 102.00il~~e Total subscrpt.on totalling.0 $3,1.01.0 Antbe response .~lis orerde $60oma Sbioewl io nd te lnto tiIerritory. contk veyblwr asribut~100i ery few.00 Th ia et~sIn the iyo arnatoa markd ar.1e ofaibeality has re0ore aong the epoyeeslat haestmrdy. 'r ho det a subsredyn toln it,42i.40. - t (oten .\)lil C10ls over $0 was .C) th ei an at110i)o te Lauren Ulassi Works everyi blater usrbe 50 Theli tfiiaeslt in litho~e na oat and stat I camag a o enanu ed p o lae (ou yteay.r The natyif h~ad alrady . one tits $1 uota.0 .Trinity aftdeno.n.and.expecte 629p.0 Or a........1)0000 800d.uar t1r: tio lumb....iareotd ovr 0. I~to rton.1......r..wic tle amount byor thVt. .m r. of 1th.0 230.00m GOES LL OVER THE TOP 1larmilony and .mL. I liI........125.00 31.00 Princeton. ....10.00 221.25 S..5y Sprin 1 0 285.00 Narni .0.00 109.00 Iocky Spriims .... 200.00 -135.00 I'r'u~iW~) .S .O0o 27.50 FrIendship i) II ( ni 00 111.00 Ta. o Zi ...$16.359.75 1 .0i1).00 10i ).0 0 5200.01, 9 .. de.. on .. .. ... 0 1 . 0 12.'aneIset, Colored llraniches. I..; l~i*.......................:'712.7.7 Itnlean Cree k i iatist.. .. .. I 76.0o .\nioch .. ................ 128.0q Mt. \'e 101.. 2.. .. ........ 1. liethlehe t . . .. .. .. . 176.00 liolewll .. ............171.O tlothel I3al..0.. ............50 White Plains ............ 78.00 Mt. Zion .............. 257.50 Poplar Slprings......... 325.00 Total ............$2,313.25 Grand Total ........ $31,171.50 Clinton and Branelis.... $5,.000.00 $9,600.00 Total for County. .$16.000.00 $11.071.5) tIAIlI'ATQ UA SEASON CAME TO CLOSE SATURtDAY NICit"11, A Week of ('ombitned Pleasure and Protit Fittingly Closei with Paitril otic Spectaele. What is Come to be looked 111)01 now a.- the "-Annial Chaltauqua" came to a fittiln close Saturday evening with a combined mIslical and specetav ular exhibition in which the appeal to the vatriotic emotiqps was the out utanding feature. The evening was divided into three parts, the first two parts affording mostly an entertain men0ft In vocal and instrimental n'nsie. The last part. fron which the eniter taliment drew its Iame, "Dunbar's Revue," in which local young ladies appeared to represent cacti of the na tion's allies in the war, was a patrIot Ic sipectacle brought to a elimax with the appearance of the spirit of Joan of Are calling the allied nations to united effort in behalf of humanity's frieedomi. 'h Ilrograi throughiou t the week fully meauiirviled up to the expectations of the audience. as judged by the re ception the artists received, and tile annoncnmeint that the contraCt had been renewed for another year was given volumlinois applaus Fridav night. In making his farewell announce ments Friday iight uII peri lit indeit edll m nade a happj iy little spedechi of thanuks. for thle rece'pt ion accordled him n and2( the( othier Chiatatitia workers while here and eompi~limiented thle comn 11nuniily upon01 thle priogress:4i ve pii prevail inig lhere as ex pressedl in Its siuplport of t he ('haultauqua. TPhe fina nces of the 10o0 IChant 11anii (Ilua organI)iziatloln were con)slierably ;t rength lenedl by Ihiis season' s rl'C) ts. Tlhe net pr~otit to the local or'ganlza tion this ye'ar was in the neIghborhood of $300. Thed organiizatIion already had $60 in the treasurly, s0 after dlonatinag $100 to thle Rled (Cross thle orga nlza tion still has Cfunlds onl hand. Threi'sing Comimittee Formned. Puirsuiant to a call from Mr. W. D), IIyrd, count)11 food adm inIstriator, a nmlihelr of (owners' of thbreshers met in the cour't house Tuesday~l mor'ning and( forml~ed thle ~aurensl ('oiunlty Tlhr lesingi c'omm~)itte wh v~ose ac't ivit ies will be dI reet ed t owarid cornserlvinig thle suppily oif .ia in thIirough avoldanlce of was to i thrieshing. M. A. ('annon, oif M\ount viille, was electeid chairman and JTno. .\. 'Copeland, of Ronnmo, secretary. The'e two otlcers withI the ('oilnty Coed adlminis'tr'ator', .\i. Ilyrd, will forml ii5~ a 1la 1 1ommittee' whIich( will keep !tself Informed as to the9 pr1odule Ition of' distr'html ion of ur'ain in thit ('ountly. Mr I. flyrd requiests that all threshers in the coulilty send him their names io that lie can assist them, or they assist him, In the common work. Cadet Warren Bolt, of Clemson (c01 lege, has arr'ived home for the sum merF. [ND RELAJIONS Severs Connection For In. definite Time. CHARGE AT HA VANA TO RETURN Sn.vs Island (oiernment is Obligetd to li('ttate 3lesui51rs4 Affectiig .lexiean (t.over In ment and l er ('it izenIs. Wouild Rteduce Tenlsion,. .MlxiCo City., .\ay 2 . .l C o has seVer11(ed diplomatic rclations.; with C(l ba. This was learn1ed ofiicially lawe 10o1,%, after at reporl that thi .ll xican Charge Iffaires it llvana andIII the Cihn linistelr he4re hadIl been1 reccall ed from their resctive posts; had bwo colfirimed aI lie foreigl oiice. Tihe recall of the .\lexican represen tatives to MidC and Sit Supdin g fot' an indefinite i ime of the sending ot a llw represiltative is explained oli cially as (lle to the fact. that becauise of the war in which Cuba Is involved, that governtment has been obliged to dictate measures that effect the inter ests o' the Mexican government In many instances. For this reason, it is declared, the maiking of representations that the Mexican representative would be forced to make to the Cuban govern niit would be useless and would re strict Ite liberty of action of a frielld ly liatioll "which is nlow inl all aillcted s-itulatlonl." Thee.\lexican elharge at lavana is Alherto C. lPranco. (in. Candido Agiflar, iniister of foreign affairs, tollight gave out a statenliellt for the anniolunced lpuirjpose of avoiding a llisinterlpretat ion of .Alexico's action. The statement fol lows: "The President of the reinIblic and the cabinet, at a special meeting, have decided thlat it was an imperative ie Cessity to recall the Mexican diplo matic represeitative to Cuba anld to su1spenid fort an indeflnite period the eidinlg of a new representative, be 'auise it was considered an indispens able meiausre for the high ideals and interests of the two nations in the actual moments of an acute world crisis. Tile state of war illi which Cuiba is involved has obligod the gov erimiient of Cuba to dictate measures which ill maninny cases affect the inter ests of the Mexican govermilent and her citizens, anll for this reason the Mexican legation would he called 111)011 to make frequelit. reprcesent atiolls to the Ciban government which would only be useless and which would re strict the liberty of action of a friild ly nation whilic is now inl all atflieted siitation. "in consequenUce, our1 diplomatic ef forts would not produce at this tinle any liractical results and would only prlodu1(ce ten)isoil ini our relat i Ons, which woldl have to be cleared u11 later to t he .\cxiCanl unlbroked lihe fraternal11 sent iment s of solidarity which haCve' 'ilys bound1( us5 to the0 ieoiple of1 Cuba) andi all La1 tn-Amelricanl mll rep111resen tat ives fro t'Cliubha, gives ieliIPient p roof of 1her (contsidlerli oln and respeict for Ite Sovereignty of a friendly governmlent1 whiich his now imssintg Ithrotugh ai crit iCa li Cerod. At the same timle, It furnishes proof C (coinfidenice, ill virituei of whllichi thle 1\iex ican igiogern~menit Cxp1cCts her( I ci t iznls Will he trleatIedi with al l t he benevo lence that thei laws oif ('uba andl her institutions permIfit, under wiche pro I e;t ion they w*ill rin i inl that re 11uli c tihe Same lilt heS ir own nii ona llIs. "tn so doing thle .\lCx icanI ~V Cover men~lt comiplies faithfully with thle Iline of ConduilctI~ wich III'rieient (aCarranza hias prIo(laimedl up on iniumz raleJ1 oc (nslins as5 tihe ighe(st idieal of a true1 soc'ity of nai ons , thle eqit 11y of nla tiona11 ls and fortignlers 111k like an comn I dote su binissionl of all to the niatlial sovereignty 3. Th'le crisis h av'ing palsedl as the 0one in Wliich ioriginiated the recvoluIlin In outr ('ounl ilry isissinig 0overi. .\exiho and1( (Ciba will b~e ill a betaer conlditilonl to irene*w dIiploma)11tic reClattons up'.on thle baCsSitto just ice an~d equl~ality otily and1( the grea? aspiraC 1(ions of the AMexican gove'rlnment in he'r neCw ilterna~ltional rel atilonls. .\iss .iuie Alae Jessie, 'who at tenldedl Irenniu tihe past yearI, is at hloml1 for tfie ummer manthb. TO RAILROAD MIN Increases Over $300,000,. 000 Annually. ORDER EFFECTS NEARLY 2,000,000 Womneni Will PlfetiN.e, br r Name Pay as .[(,it for t he Samo Work. 31111111111int of 55 ( cnts an 1liu 1.S. 3Dilgal' il, 1t - probably w I.- o 006 , a1y ar, 2a1. o h wil' b. i. . tibtedl wvithin2 a : ' -.'.uek1s as backi pay as lum1 1 .11 S, ; m p)ing froni $ i4) to leiarly $2(0) cac(h. The di IecI rec general parited fturm the wage corn 11 isilon's IccoIeu ndation in tihe fol lowing particula rs. The principle of the basic ight hour day is recognized; but ow ing to exigencies of the war situation, Pours of em ploylmcnt 1 e not actually reduced and1 ovvi t'ime is to be paid to pro rata; so that adjusutnents of pay are to be mtade on t! ba! is of eight jhours. In addition 'o tie ordinary scale of inicrease, da y labor( Is eliploye-d mainly o) tra(, WOk are to get at least 2 1-2 ccints an hour more than they received laszt D(ecimber :1. A mininum of , eviits a liour is established lor th hll op trades, in cluding machini!ts, Li.ilirmtakers and black smithsw. Women are to i c(cive, the same pay as men for the same work, and ne groes are to get the samile as white men for similar employment4 To work out a mitultitude of in ettualities and oth r iijustices caused by varying rulks of employment and condition of organization, the director general created a new board of rail road wages and working conditions consisting of thie a'bor. reprsenl tatives which will conidct vXtensive investigations and re(coimiend wa,,ge and other employmlin(at ('hanges. All increases now tordered will be determinned according to a percentage seak. based otn Pay reCi'.'ved in D - evitmber', 1 17.. and ant tinreases which have been allowed wibin th:ti. kim will by dedulcted. In many cas.s i'aim itn pay itn the last t o yar a171d a 11 1' ar abolt etiual to the ier.a 2 now approved anl, consequtily thi. 1i., "e ;em1 ploye10Vs wvill MM little, or DU inorie. To cor, ,reet just Such -,1t1 ( wh 1n illjus tices are a1pparen11tt wil b(e one of the pinitpqal dIut1ieS 01 th newtI wage' boardl, wlhose t 2.tion was Sutgge'sted nto e'ases ate wa.:2 1 to' eleucdl. honruily, piece w.o'0 anI tr)! ain utile basis will ben ti: I vfy thenw' allow 11ay3 was ralis(ed 1 othgh epe ationt of the1 Adatmson m ,i 2.e to k ('eive from2I ictrease thani th:y :al askeli of rail Thet wag e: nter an.i'll to all emt pl1131: of t he Iilti roads now underi llt feder'atltianalenn 11, hur nhot to the soi-Called short liines unless thety aire retahe y t ht'l13 e glen t en (It a1fiter Juliiy I.It affects employ(.s of union sta1 tion1 21)1d swuin2l h (oini an2it I , lighut It'S, f( rrties and11 tu- oIwned' by 22ai1 r'oads1, butt ntor el oye1)2 (of 1railro0. boat lintes ont the lake., river' or' (1 cos w1 ie (ra I'. Ato g u m ner now arteit (undeon rin1 n eat io 1211 n, Sidesevnaly t otg rtinIt ma~neong Th 10 embers l of Tte sLaires Coun-I tint il the af~ttoon htour is. All t hose intero 'pstedl ini singling are ~ ited to hre nrtewnt. GERMANS RENEW ON I's JUDGEt WHIRllH NOW. 31r. J. 'N. Wright .Accepts A ppoint ment. of .11ml s(rate Succeeding Jitigo Ri. P1. TrynaIesignled, il r. J. N. Wrigh01, one of thei "popu ia rist young fellers" around town-a rea:O freinnter ' )ien iC 11nil dinn part ies where good via nis ar, f mid, al for yeais Ile chief xponen of e r!: closing 4- W til stores in) the Pv. cnin,. -has b)(een appo01int'darsi 1 tisR townuipi b11y fas llor d Mrvc.\Ir. Wri- ht ' viii he inIe-et !'I-. ( ronl June i .a .r w i h - s~y ."The boys- hlave g!_ol ..!hI r hom :*1-1 t11 fill(. t.) tili h hiL. hi I will hold." It wvill be recallel ThAW some tim :( 'I r. WrigIh anno-11n1ce 'hat It w01ohl et, a anslidiatie. for this oflice in the sum rlio maries. lie slates that this appointinent, while very flat tering (o hii, does not interfre witli his aspirations for a full term. "In fact," he states, "a little taste of the honor and grandeur wh IchI is present in the judicial atiosph ere and which gives it its attraction for ambuhitions men1 will lit me better for the perform ance of the dillies requirel of a futl fleigc justice of the peace. You may say for me, 1ud, that I am ep!y grateful for the appointiment anl il try to perform the do luts oi the oel-i wit.h fairnc$s and( dis:ach"I. 11l.:ASEI WIlL,4 NOT A%('t03Il'ANY - 1 3'AMl(,3 i:IA .\nnonunees That Ili D 4e 11e11 no f *ine It Follow Itinerary Nappe0l Iut State 'ommittee Ulness Tilma n 1lakes Canvils. Columbia, May 2!.-- 1 :x- ov rner Cole L. Ulease, Candidate for the Unit ed States Senate, in a statc-ncnt to day, said that lie does not intend to 'follow the regular itinerary, asImapel- 1 allt by the sub-commtnittee of th state Deiocratic executiv conimit e, - less S-enator 1. I. Tilli tma, in th e r for re-elct ion, malks t1 ermi ty-to coun ity eanvass. The orm1r g0v1 r'-nori reserved the rIght to lake anv ef :! regular meet ins he -es flit, lt n iiou nieil that ho i a pear :m il those at which Sc-naao *Tilman 'ill speak. Mr. fle n sa l "hat ht -: .. :.1 annuilontnee his i'th'-(ntiin! 4 m. r.4-- V l'Meir, whlich will oat-n nar TI::r .~ I, Clarendon Counti y, 'I ay :1. "T propose 'o ire - vrman :n South Carolina who ,vann:4 'q )ar in. peal.' 'said .lMr. ll-aw' s': mn t. "6and give hIm th oh. rt :i. ly to hear me, hu :1 I-% m-: tion which he dei e' : olce to any mn:1ri r!:l I - Io issues of the campan . ,itor Tillmai EnIt ' toin, re(fuising to C a:' ''at' h peoD1414 of* this stat '. I do4 ''l0 to he used01 as a d!raw i-: ' 0 - whoi hiave absoiitu'tx no) '-a: senati al race-- wil ni, iaui e i rom ll t he ii 'inform:t 1.i 1 -- I rce''ive ai clear niaj1:-y -r'fi Vh of all lhe wi te' 'obt -a . f: - lina." r. Geo. A. lelh n.lei 1) 1 - tier 'vs da a fial n: 1 II1 a.- 1ie(ty. Il ", and .~l :n~ a .1 - - . WaO a a tI,. iIizh a w l '-- ' kn s n Tii -i dayi nihtld i timl e . r 4 i nV nesida: afIternioon. li.wa ab t ' i Iear of age and !a rv ived by his younge i tr ' othert. Luita r Ihitfih, th~e twe l ivlin togbcrh at the old iot'i nln ae. DRIVE WESTERN FRONT Strike Near Ypres and on Aisne. ALLIES -OLD LINE FIRMLY (Grounl. Glirlm Mo loiw ils sud. dont with onl., B-ivi \r-1,1lery Pre. ir al . Ib b:V 'i 'it ina ' l iit norh o n This is knowi0W aI the9 .\i~n b" 'Sector.1 Inl Flaildrs the Geram c hve gained virinall., nothing. HMfarther sonthi te i, lin oliial .atement chialins that the German Crown Prinee's Iro I inte 'arrit 1 Olth whohle rid.ge of 01h, A'h iln-Des-Dalnes and ow' ar e fxting n t he . . river'. The Gerian a ltack in Ilanders is aginlst 11. 1 ' ken b ;1" Frenchl I.iY 211, wh n h c a tar !le is uI 0 1 I.oer :421 -1 tie 4t h ' t heir lie] I9 .(w I ii i i ,- t~ li vh no ol li M;i l' 1n t ' \. . a r -I b - rIe ot af i a t ; Princ I ura m osIiI!1- l . n agaIn% th "1 cr-1s1he al he : fo. 1,:1.1 :: ts . ty--live divis i s Wll ed a -- -.1 l i ; Germianl.1 attacks al ong- Ithi.- 1 n Mrlo The attack here is really Mn "he Ila t ifre of I l ine si ra ightenivn g m e: rat ion. I I is being 1:anneh.1ed from Eaton :(ts a, tventer and i s :1imnIed at IthI-e ei mow ist the line formed dt1rng th. ht in in Picardy il Mnarch and Ap-I!. ii.ro, how(ever, thle Germanll Is mnlsl famw per .:tanenj't' works which ho hav been OVen.. lied by Ilh, Frn11 for lonl,- period, 'M19 which can be d11-felled o'tite eas:: M0(- .I E 1 E TO CA 1 IS. Tell .1ln o Cam p W1 atdsworth anh d :.2 to Camp .111 ckson iRevelntly. Forty-fwco mor' 19'n1. all whife, left Larn d in I h Ia-t Ie day. r ! ting t-:. s. Tel wveni to "imh aturday aId 12 to X s:irit :1u4 appear\d anx 'IS tii be it-er t ra ining. AX ilrge A;!( was vset I to I - a1. T11 of! 1 and Is .- wrr i.iven a h tliyv fa1ewelh. Stos Iceavin:: .1 l th'e ampie to n9 hijeh a ":et tta as follow-: b' r - '''i b ' c i1. au 11 itz-. T 99,n J9n. ' re Frnk \* W I o' a b I ( 'bslpe.' I ha -. 9 .1 Pil a Inutr' n L ther 0'ahhn, 1 It~' I1! 111wn9, Frank. Iox Ds'~.. ar II v.1 Fri kin11lisek, Owicls 4 u \ \ t iard~. G y F llr ha9 ek on lThot ns -ThomIat .1r-. na19 .\l9'4tviS' . Taspe iLee Cun-h)a3 .l'h I ab 01 1c laili'.ront ie iney Ir li Iolker. 'i l iCI (I y Wass1'onv :j hlt tJo gh iln IIli. W'til o n Frilik Will 1an9dl . 'C;'Cri .\l' aon OsbVicorne,. - IhD haui2rtWilr.