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VOLUME XXXIV. SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JANURY 29, 1919.8 D[SQ[AT[D SC[N[S Visits Chateau Thierry and Rheims DOZEN VILLAGES ARE VISITED "No One Canl Put Inito Words the III. pression I H1a1e Iteceilved" Hls O0y Commtent After Vliwing phe Rulins ani(d De-vastationi Left. in the Wake of the German Ariuts. Lies Now Uit der Snio1'. Paris, Sunday, .lan. 2G.--President Wilson today iade his i rst trip to 1e haettle froi 'a ld devastaled (e gIonsX, vising Chateaui 'Thl'ierry aid Riheilis. At Ite close of a tour' thta took hin trough a dozenl razed vil lages, eildiig inl ithe rtinus of (1w his toric cathedrl at Ilt is, lie iiade this comilient: No one call il Into words the impressions I have received amiongst such scenes of desolation and ruint." That vts' 3.i Wilson's only ex pression of his feelings after a tri every Frenehmlan has beel lojig he Would lale before he takes part in deciding vla t is to he exacted from Cermany for the devastat!on of noth ern France. Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Ad miral Grayson andi a very small party 'Mr. 'Wilson left the Murat. residence early this morning, foregoing attend anee at church and the rest 1which he felt he needed very much to perform what he said he considered to be a duty. The party first motored to Chateau Thierry where lunch was taken on board a waiting train. The party then proceeded by motor to Rhelins, passing through many ruin ed villages and along the olo fight-, ing lines, where evidences. of ionmbat are still to be plainly seen. After visiting Rheinis the President and Iis pa'(y abandcloned their motor cars and boarding a special train, return ed to Paris. The 'last part. of the io tor trip was iade in a swirling snow storm. 'The 'first fighting ground was reached as the party neared Belleau wood, imm1itorialized in the history of the war by the gallant fighting of American niarines. The motor cars inned off the main roads and crawl ed perilously through back lanes to bring the President close to the place where the fighting took place. The country folk in that neighborhood are striving to reclaii their country from war's desolation. Tihe farmners were plowing the shell cratered fields as the President stood beside the graves of one hundred or more Ameri can boys who gave their lives at that point and looked across the strategic valley to Belleau wood, a mangled mass of three trunks and inderbrush, but now a national ionumiiient to the marines affer whon the French gov -nmen1011t has named the 1)lace. Colonel -1d wartd 'M. WVatson of Mar t insville, Va., who 'ommtiatnded an at' *''lery' battalion in the fightt and was later chief of staff of thle seventy seventhi division in tihe Artgon ne lit - inig, stood biesidle Pr'esidenjit Wilisoti "od Brigadier General Willilam W. Ilarits and told the st oty (if the baftle in detail. Then Mr. Wilson dtrove til fte 1hll over wiIcit thle Amtneriean Itroops smashed the (ernek Prttssiani divisionis mfulsteredl thercte to crush the "'greetn horns" and whtere thle ad~vanlce on Par'is was chocked. This wvas -near Chat eaui 'iIerry' anid thle shot prott tses to 1be a mecca for Amnetreans for many years to come. Mr'. Wilsoni ,w the truins of bridges over which the Americans thrust 'hek the etnemy af flhts nearest point to 'Paris atnd the shell matrked hioutses 'which sutr vived the baffles of those tmenmorable days. On entering ('liteatt Thtierry the mayor 'geee i. Wilson, wh'lo te sp~onded <quite informnally. I~e fthen drtove on1 towartds Ilhleilms, passinig along the old hat tie l ine bet ween long lanes of ba rhed w ire en t:ingileents now r'usf ing a way in the first winfer of peace; bet ween long muddy trtenchi Os r'eachiing over thle hill s and down into hollows as far as thle eye could see, and p~ast the wvreeks of dhugoiuts, ammunition dunttlis, aviatilon sheds, hiosplials, barracks and all the othier litter, left behinid by the efeated enemy in bla flight.. It seemeltd an if the finld had heen POWER CONTRACT STILL UNSETTLED Council Objects to Now Provisions In. serted in Contract Submitted by Power Company. When City Council Monday night came to consider the written agree ment to be executed between the city and the Reedy River Power Company In regard to electric polwer it was found, in the opinion of the council, that the written agreement proffered the city by the power company was iI different form from that verbally agreced upon several weeks ago. For this reason a committee, composed of the layor and Aldeirmen Easterby 1 and Il~ul, was appointed to revise the con tract to conform to the previous agre ment and lien refer it back to the i)oW (T collipa ny for con firmiiia I !on. The neW teimis il the contitract pro vided that tile power coipaiy should have the right to cancel the contraet on feli days' notice, to sell power' to tle Lattrens Mills village, that the mini Itmi was to ie ar'i.ived at by taking an avertage of the Illst six mionlIts con 5umlption, thit tle Owniers of Ohe piOWeri Company were to have Ile privilege of taking power. over h(fe city lines at. the not cost of 2 1-2 cents pr kilovatt and conititied otier inew dektils of a telcl nial nature. 'T'he connittee 'was Ii struct(d, upon a motion of Aldettrman Sextoti anI a secon( by Alderian Eas terby, to stike out these provisIons and close the contract: ion the terms "ft standing. Although a resolution to that effect has not. yet been introduced, it Is understood that upon the execu tion of this contract it will be silbmit ted to the voters of the city for ratifl cation for a period of ten years. MIr. G. Wash Long, who lives just outside the Incorporate Ilimits of the city on South Harper street, petitioned the council to allow him to use city water and lights at the regular rates provided lie pay all expenses of extend ing the lines. The matter was left. op en pendfng a decision from the city at torney as to the legality of such a -pro ceedure. Aldermen fishop and Jones were ab sent from the meeting. Hogs Ilrought iarge Prices. A large numher of ipeople attended the Duroo hog sale at the farii of .lir. W. P. Smith, near Kinaris, Friday. Fifty-three hogs were sold at an aver age price of $102.60, tle highest ptce paid being $275. lefor'e the sale a bountiful turkey dinner was served those attending. (otton Oiniings. .r. V. V.-%NMeCravy, county cotton agent, reports 37824 bales of cottoni ginned to January 116th against 31615 bales ginned to the satne date last year. Death of anl Itnfant. Dorothy Switzer, the seven weeks' old infant of 'Mi. and Mrs. John Swit zeri (lie(l yesterday afternoon. Ar rangements for the funeral had not beei made last night. sowe(d by Mars witi the wastage of wart in the hope t hat it woitld take root and1( blossotm. Americatn as 'well as ierenchi graves lay alotng the r'oadI sidle. TIhietre were G ermian graves to bhe seeni 11n. D~esecratred ceimeteties wier'e foundll in many eases. At every Inurn of thle roadc was a farmil, diesert ed andc In ruins, its fields dot ted with shi'll holes tilled with water and crust edl ice. Tihere was a 'oinst ant panora ma oif d estrPoyed ori ('harired vi neya rds, gar dens1 aind homes. Th'le P residenit was welcomed at ihteinms by the miayor' and a comilt tee 'toi whomt Mir. Wilson expllained that he bad not comie to the dlevastat Id ret'ions1 soonier ibecauiise lie had bieti wholly engaged at Pais with the bitsin ess of muakinug peace. Blefotre goitng to thle ('athledriaIlihe passed thirough thle streets of a dle scirted city whIch wams once the hiomie of I (5.t0fl people, bitt wher'e less than 5,000 are now eking out an ex 1' tall e amomiii thle ruIits, lie visited Red Ci'oss eanteens where huntidi'eds of (lest Itte piersonls are fed night anld (lay and1( thle hospit al whiere thle sick and inijuried ate ear'ed for. VTe chamn Imanc cellars beneath the ('ity, said4 to contain some seventy millIon hot iles of wine, were niot visited. A light blanket of snowv coverecd the ground as the Pr'esidenlt driove upl to tho 'hatledral and Rheims, ravished andl naked in all its misery and deso lation, looked like a grave yard in the moonlight. There wyere more crows in -the air, eJ relitng over the ruined town than there were' human beings Unio0W in thn littar'c1 srnata. WILL ASK CONGRESS TO AID UNERPLOYED Senators Want Immediate Action on Emergency Public Works Bill. Washington, Jan. 25.-4iaving dis Pensed aid to Ehirope's starving mul lions Congress next week is to -be call ed on for (luick action on the pressing domestic probleni of unemployment. Senator Kenyon and others to whom alpeals for emergency -legislation are coming from mayors, governors, cham bers of commerce and plain citizens out of work, will demand immediate consideration of the bill creating mn em'iergelly public works board with money to employ thousands of muell. "We have voted $100,000,000 to Eu - rope's hn1igry," said Ki\ny1on today. 'ihIre we refuse to appropriate at least an eiual suml to keep thsala > Americans from going itungry?" Neynsbill pridie,; A100p,000 Ul anelergllcy fund to start publie workcs. "Of the moley 'we(. spend for food for 1 1)ope, 11111 will lever be return (A to the piblic reasury, ai we don't gruldtge it," he( wentl oil. "'ltt every dollar usied now to put aIn Americin to work mea0;nIus livind(lpIts to America. uliblic works provide per manenilt improvlivemel. II addition to being producers, Ameri(ans at work are better consumllers. Froim e V e ryV angle, tihe best ilvestmlent the coutniry canu make is jobs for its meno)." III spite of tile evidence of unei ployment cartried to members of Con gress in letters and telegrams every day, there is all active propaganda on foot to convince Congress that somebody is trying to create an "un employment scare" in the country, senators charged today. One is the charge, made openly upon tite Senate floor recently, that Ameri call workers are demanding more than a fair wage, because they think they (an frighten employers into giving it, with tle Ihreat of bolshevism if it is not granted. Another is an attitude of scoffing at reports of unemployment. Con gr'essmieni LIe told that. reports ale "grossly exagerat.ed." Still a third Is that mnanly returllling soldiers are finiicky about the (]I( of work they want ald that they will not accept jobs tle,' Ilad before t h "Such lpropaganda, said Kenyon to day, "is an even greater menace to the country than ttnemployment. It Is designated to create distrist and stspi-ion of the Ameriean worker. WIatever lies may be told, tile fact re mains that the list of uiemployed is growing by leaps and bounds and It Is up1 to Congress to shake off its in ertIa and (o somiething at one.1" Pstmaster T. .1. Hloyd De11ad. Mounlville, Jan. 25.-Thomas WVIl liam Boyd, aged 17, died .\onday after an1 illness of oily one tweek of Ipneu monIa, superinduced by Influenza. Mr. 1oyd has been the postmaster of Alountville for the past ten years, was \veii liked by all w'ho knlew him,11 fort his genlial disp1ositlon won1 miany friend(s for' himlli wer'eer he w'as known anid lhe wili be greatly mnissedi. The blody was laidl to r'est with Al a sonlic honor's 'lTueschiy a fternoon01 ill the .\lut viille Cemieterly iln the prlesene (It a IarIge num111ber o'(f friendns andl rol a t ives. .\lr. it(oyd( Is surlvived by is father'. .1. l3. lBoyd, four' sisters, .\rs. J. Ri. 1lrysonl, .\f's. S. I'. ('risp, .\ I'S. iHutssel lnton an r. 27. -A' i1ichardson al~l Olof ltie and51 itonlel brotrl\\al (Ifr hiBsoyde of Uion. In hiis death~ Fthe evenin fter auneville los one f ten Mr.hu PLttle Di eerof Ilulaenz ut1( I 'atle'o h e ie linton's la tont an .s 27.---Arthu PLei'ttle, one of' thel mlostesd' pr 'ient talmerats asveninfes a sevl.ere Wllnss1 of ten daysC diieth beind duej~ th influenza 3ier. aLit was geeraoflllanager and friensrer ofth the Statiie. Cliton's ariest and' lmisto roest deatrmen tor.,Mand Tpotles11%ed by ttInmlns asfe abuines mvan. Mie woas onieyf two denlceilindlr'espeon bothr ndber.o POLICE RECORDS OF AMERICANS Figuris Ilven for Monath 6f December fin Cty of Paris. 'Paris. .Jain. 27.-Thirty-four mur ders, 220 day anIfl night assaults anll nearly 500 serious fights due io Anericanl soldiers occurred in the departiment of the Seine during the14 month of ecentblr, says tle Matin today in reverting to the .,ubject. or the( re-organization or th e Ameilean 10 iCe in Paris. The re-inforceiielnt of t.he pliee eon(Ingent had )(el,,n de 11imo(Jell by iiga ldier (enral WI m. W. 1l111ts, th' nesaper asserts, andI wihil he 0 n w(ly orgallizatiol t[TleII polie opi I'0io l s 11a1Ve been ('i oul oi I w lolI) v S1 le . vspecialy ill the Mont AI'la r4e sltilovl. r;p, the aretof ma"ny Americ-an deo.-l.t The 4oei'j'' p'. oli ce in lin'.; is h-1 I.evi In: I v heeI I hif'v i ited, the I , til 1 i Ients oil t o a1mon .\ill , ofoice ad . SoldIiers wo h -1 aI 11 \v""'I u - fI dI. TIh , ir ma II Iin dut- w . , (1i1ve11 infrmt io to .\mei'-e n 441hliers4 tin t (t v re it" andi(1 to reg late 1-in'j4'l t ffenlses; am1 n ( arrI y out1 1 nighII1 .1t atrol. ATe i:.nrt of thle memberIl''spaof th. force. how Itr weeot ale v r.,0 or dealing with sorious rieadds th)( newospper, which eites thev Ih-cemberol statistics p" proving thle Inll fiieney of suchi policing. Anotiter of thle P1ar-is newspaper., 11h0 [intransigeant welcomles thle revin forcement ofr tihe American police service in ti(se (lays when, it. says, att-acks by% armeil men were becoming m1oire (mmllinion 11and jewvelr1'y stores W(erec being roelld in fill] daylight on tlie main street. I"or It must lie sail," says tihe In transigeani, "and our friends of tle United States deplore the fact like ourselves, that the audacity of some of F'eilr 'had lots' lias gl'own inarvel Oul sly silce (ithe armist ice.'' The int ransigeant adds that tle har' of Maxill's has been Closed to, of fliers, Aierican, French and others, boeause, accolrding to the prereetiI I of police, of violations against tle Ii (liolr selling regl 1at11ion.,; and Iot "o'w ing to widely ruinor01ed inceidents." 'T'liese'I 1111os, the w11mspapler adds, vele( to the ifftect that a 1ight occur rvd il the bar ill which American oil c tors tok part, some of lie reports having it that. ono of the participants was killed, another' that a Flench of l had been killed, while another vrionw was that two Americans had been killed. 'I'll recent theft of an automobile added to a long list of such thefts Is attriilited by the Intransigeant to two Americans who are making a specialty of this kind of crime, driv Ing an at1(oobile of their own and taking in tow any car whose owner had left it alone with th l ignition cut out, tihe gasoline lank closed and the magneto Isolated. Death of 31r. Ahielt. II lghes. The many friends of NIr. Albe't tilghbes w'il regret to lepr n of hiis de'ath wich occurred at1 his home onI .\1)on ing (1ue to) heart faiture. liis rema144ins Iwerie Carrliedl to TIrinity 11 4huebyard for' fol low ing. ie had been1 a4 memblier ('ra1 sericles wlere ('onduc4ted by iter. .\lv. ('I li tly, his formelr Jiastour, as5 siedi 'hy~ Rev. Mir. Klley14' a1114 Rev. Nil'. l'rinc4e, oif l'nor'e(. .\ I. IIlughe4s was abouIit i;N. years (11d. lii' was4 a1 we4ll kow ciIU 'tizenl oif Spartanhurillg county11 44nd1 has4 been en1gaged'4 inl tarmingl forl a1 numbe 44 o[' i years. .\lr. Illuthes1 leaves 4a numbe oi i''(f friends who 4'xtend( their11 d1epest. sympathy to the bereaved famil ily. 114' was marrl'lied thllr I hues anid lea1ves a w1liow( and14 te i'i4ldrIen, four l by3 41he first marr 'liagen and1 5 s 1by thel Iuist mai4'lage. Th'leir names14 ar1e ais fol l4Iws: .lohinie llughles, of ('linton: Nbts. Tomill I~dwarl4,, of WVattIs Mill;Zb Ifllbes, of Matssal'huselt - and1 .\rthur14. ito! f, Miss Iris, I,aw'rence, llohiert aindl ('olie I lughes, of thle lat ter' marr11iage. 11i' :'!s 1141 h.v(s one44 brother,'l 11ne4 half brothr an''.Iid two sistersl' as folows: Mr. .Iim ifughes, oft Spar4ltanhurali ('1n ty: ('raw "ford 11 lghies, of I SIuren .\1ill: Mlrs. Kate ('low, of Watls Nbil! and Mr1 \ts. (Ceni IcI)enson11, (If I"Ountain4 Inn1.. .lI'rs. Erniesti~ne F. ('onnor(11. .\ I'S. Erneiist Ine T"ull(r C'onnor' dlied on Januiary 26 at thle home of her sister Mlrs. Brooks Nelson. She "'as thle wilfe of E"gt. Cland M. Connoi', now 'in Fennen FROM OVElISEAS Fighters from the Front Lines (Madly Welcomed by Jionefolks. Wladl to (et Home. During the iast week a number of Laurens soldiers have reahedl lomtie from overseas. Most or them arrived ahead of their comilanis ol account of Woulnds which they iad received on .he western front. All of .ilci have been giveni a big Welcome by tie lflti('tolks5 and tllhey inl turil a're glad to get back holne. Ikielit. ,los. F. F-mit h1, of 11i old Trayt hii:tt (:Iards, arrived thie ltter part ot '1st Week and spetf. severll days liv" Whilie ol Iis Way t) tlie hospia I Ca .111 Jaekson L i. i . Siiit h had a.. ' f0c1 eemerd from lhe qllfl.; of his \.0111d andl .."s rececived ()Iigge !I' onl the liindehtliri ig linl-. Ifle brol.M11 ha:ck a1 glowin!g aecomlit of 1114. comI. P a reecord in il r, ic aniid 1 hi ( haIt t ire outfi ll uht lil.re ve itra :( IJaitul. Si ithf thilis1 lf &:ls ied p!-2htll uh1-n flt, Thir-liethl IDivis-ion nwale it. fmous t trivt p( os thel lintoiriri lint asit hall been put (It: or (aio .i;s a foew days ef vior, I t it- w )I t aid dui;.l all of the fii rcv lit h tin og j wvhich) his compmny par(letipao (I IIr' vious to thlat. As is Well knlown-, the Thiri(t and Tenty--seventh diivi. sdonls were brigaed Withi the Esnglish -flt foulght alon" thle north11ern vind of the liie iost of the (ine. The fl'it.ish, he said, were very mnucih disiiriteId wvhien they arrived and appeared to lave given up Iope of being able to itold tlie Germans back. One of the high comiianrding offlcers expressed grave doubts about. holding the line and said he thought that the Americans had come too late. The arrival of the Americans and their first victories, however, pit. new spirit into all the al lies and this in large part accounted for the final victory on November 11Iti. bleut. Smith conflirmed the fjet not generally kiown that. a considerabie bod yof. Minnesota troops was with the Thirtieth Division and these men, he said, took a gallant part in all the hat ties in which t Ie division part ici pat ed. Monday evening Sergeant Walker ('aitlpbell, son of Mr. anld Mrs. .1. M. Vaniipiell. arrived In the lily fromii ov erseas. Sergt. Campbell was contlIned to an lng lish hospital for 5overal months on account of wounds and gas bit appears to be in fine condition now. ie also brought a glowing account o the itirtieth. Yesterday afternoon, Sergt. John Whaley and Sergt. 1High 'Vorkman, both of the same company, were reported as arrived home. Sergt. Whaley was seriously gassed but is rapidly recovering. Sergt. Workman, who formerly worked at. Powe's Drug 'S-tore, had a shrapnel wound in the cliiii, but skillful work of (he army surgeon have largely removed all signs of it. Sergt. Roland Moseley, son of Mir. and irs. C. D. Moseley, who has been in the clemtical departnent in France arrived Monday. Sergt. Moseley said lie wvas uniaile to get into thie frott lines, bitt 'his wvork wasi nonie the less interest ing on ac(Eoun it of' that. Moore li al canme hiomie yesteriday. lie hais been ini ithe hospitalih lmo~st thle eni (ire timte sinc~e he .ioinedl the armyi~ abiout fout mothis ago anid wyas not able to go act oss. city. C'otrora Simier'al miade a r'eord for triaveling whileir in thle army, lie was inducted inito the ser'vice on Sep-~ teombier I i th, a fewv days later lit was a fiull fledgedl sildier' and on Is way (to ani('i emarikation iloit, hle was in Franctie a few weeks afteri getting hiis itform, was tight behind the frnui l ines whlen thie biggest bat ties werte in prongress, a ftr 'thle arm'iiistice lie started toward G;ermianiiy, almost reachied thei German border'II't, was senit black htomte been a way fromt hiome hl a litIItl ore tan four' mionthis. li Ifinenza Situtionbi Be ier. 'Tihi intlutenza ellidemile, whtich has bieni at a htight stage for the last sev etal1 weeks. Is thioutghit by (ity lphtysi - lit ns (t hve imassedi Its highest staS(e and is gratdiualy on the wane. Most oif thto's whio htave been ('ritieatlly ilt duiiting (lie past wveek ate rep orit ed bt -- tei'. 1 lowever, thtete is nto talk yet oif temnovintg the quar tan tine. .\liss Naniiie Ka te liiidgeis, whlo w~as ver'y sick at (lie orphiaiage at Grtei'nI woodl fot' soniel tme, has come home fot' a shott titme to irecuenne. IS MKING N[ADWAY Great and Small Powers in Agreement GERMAN COLONIES ARE DISCUSSED With 1ul Atihesion to Plan11 go( File (I rvI li I erS ("en In li Nm1 -01- P111m Of L'enee 'l it'nie s. Prsident ill Emieerne With Satulie! (ip, r-, P!'t ri .. . l7. Th oea < n', rt. Imlay ImIde a distinct t i w . lo 1l 19 sin ll power. v 1 : -1 to t e rnaoii za ftion for('niI uiW'.' I-y tti 51(11'(Wet' th iV(ilig IiUY! ;L lil 4l~~ gre t 3 oersc t tIl m-u ie.. I ji frOil of the reat a )nd mers ,. e-, ! t thI I titset of athe workIn o eit .g subjecit eor~' th1e ill tile 1cr of . Itl o m n1:i1) k. Thin whe iie l 1 ( t 11 a i :i1 directin of .lles (Camo. Fr,-aPa d atlegat th alu formr emazi-o Washingt'tonl, Mwho was de,(IcS ignte hv 1 he council of the eelat powre 1-e,. Side over te, b td mee ting th tie powers held this afternoon. This Iru tting collven'd 1t the foreiln i of flee at. 1 o'cloel., at the -samo time , o coanil of th great powers milet, the two separate gatherings -Proceeding simlitlanevously, onle inl the oflice of MI. Pichon, the foreign minister, a the otlr in the Salle de la Paix. For a tsioe there was somte appre lension of lie sequel to 1.he lifferent viewpoints ex pressed at Satuirday's conference, but today's met.in.g of the small powers Was .ithout incident or relnewal of thle claims Ohn set epn for increased represenltationd Oni tie vari Oti commit tees. liegium, Serbia.h Roul mania i d all the otel m1l1111 poiers had their fill delegations at the afo 110011 m ie tillg. .L' lg tnhlao , lin openling the m 1:1eting, took occasionI to allude to the ' reat part Belgitim had take in tile wa. oie On paid a tribu1te to thie Pat" played hy otrbia, Hotumania. rleCe and tle other. This dissipated aniy lilln"ring Shadows of disag reeloment, and tile meeting isoproceeded wthntire haol te hiso designllatl Ot membe-rship of tihe sman 'owers oil lh ienminis sioll. In tihe me, an'tim i le the council of hIei great. field t1wo sssionls during tile dayll', resilting inl tihe formira tion of two new comm Il issi lolns to deal ith fos.hianial subjects and the ques tion of pr'ivate and maritime laws. 'hile tle Otficial comimunliques -ive no indintion of the nature of the ' iiestion Of maritihne law," it would seitn to i a termi llbravlg( P'residmit Wiklso's sevonld point of frevedomn of the seas. iThe colinnil 1alo proceeded to iccar ogs ofle disposition of the conquer thusFa lelist ina('sl onli n ti no111 l b1en reahed The'(1l 1~I 1onfrenc i'1ias giv-l COmmtOi5its wierl naed.11 and ot of'' ofthl'e connuti er on0141 the' lasl't of tnl ..