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V otLume xxx-v. LAURENS, SOUThi CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919. NUMBER 31 Signing Averts a Probable Crisis RUSslA S I ILL GIVES TROUBLE Field Marslui Focih informs Supreme Colnell of tIhe Signing of the Armis tice.) Full Contents Nt Yet Made Public but Provides for-More Stric tures onl Germans. Paris, Feb. 17.-Marshal Poch this afternoon informed the supreme couti cii of the acceptance by the Germans of ithe conditions for a renewal of the armistice. Marshal Foch appeared in'porson be fore the council of the great powere today and announced the acceptance and the signing by the Germans of the new conditions of the armistice. The signing took place at 6 o'clock 1minday evenling on board Marshal Foch's private car at Treves. The signing averts what promised to be a rather critical situation as it had been reported that the Germans might persist in carrying out t'helr intimations of a refusal to sign. The new terms, while still withhold. a.re understood -to restrict German op erations against Poland within certain fixed lines, thus removing the danger of a military clash, and at the same time opening access between the in terlor of Poland and the Baltic Sea. But important results will take form shortly when Marshal Foch re turns to Treves for submission of the details of the disarniament and de mobilization of the German forces which are being formulated by the military, naval and economic advisers of France. These are of a nature amounting, in fact, to preliminary peace agreement. Disarmament is -understood to in clude both the naval and military branches, and the naval authorities ex peel the iitimate naval terms will pro'ide for the dismantling of the fno ilicajotins of lelgoland and the Kiel Canal, the canal being opened for com mercial navigation. While the blockade Is not raised by the present terms yet it is expected that the disarmament under later and more complete termis will obviate the necessity of a further blockade an( permit such economic anid food relief as it is determined upon. The counell of the great pofwers to day gave a further hearing on the Russian question, but no decislon was reached. The feeling seems to be gen ral that no decision is In sight and that none of file pending plans offer nmuch of a piro.-net for arriving at a satisfactory solution. Treves, Feb. 17.---Unrmder the newv terms for I le enewalI of thle armi1st ice, as prtesented to t he Germans by Mlar shal I i'chl, Gernmnty mus11 abandon all oflens ive mnovemlets aiainst thle Poles and alsoi tmust prohibiit hmer Itroops fronm c rossinag thle H~ussian fronttiert at a cer taini line. 'Te ilie of demarca(t Iion ) betee Glerman y an PtIiolanid is outli Ined as fol - lows: I'ast of Grosser Neudorf (south east of Itrotmble rg)I, soth of Labischin, south of Schmodzlesen, north of Exin (southwest of htromberg); south of Satin, north of Czarnichaut (east' of K<retuz); west of irbaumi and enut - scheti ( wvest of Posen), Wollstein, Lis rm andi north of Wiernszow nntd tho~nce alohg the frontier 'between Silesla and Po imd~. (This line of dlemarecationi udvh.s to Loland~ a considlerabtle part of German Posen). it was provlided by the allied terms that 'the armistice must be renewed for an indeterminate period with a fixed delay of three days for the det nittumlt of it. The old t ermns of the armist:ice are to 1b0 carried out com tdctely b~y Germany. The German dlelegates reachted Trreves Friday mor'ning and Mlarshal tloh artrived at noon. Thle first dis (ilssion was at 31 o'clock Friday after noon- and was begun by Marshal Foch. Mathhlas Erzhterger spoke first for the Germans. Play at Hickory TIavernu. A play will be given at Hickory Tiavern .school lerliday nightI. The publ lib is cordially invited. CHILD.PLACING ' A VISITOR TIS WEEK liepretentatIve of Children's Riome So. clety of Greenvil-'e to bo lin Laurens this Week. Mrs. Amy M. Ireland, of Greenville, visited Laurens last week in the in t-rest of the Children's Iome1 Society. She expects to be here again the lat Cer part of this weck, and will stop with Mrs. J1hn 1iWhal. She will take pleasure il fnswering liy (tuestlons about the work of the society, anid will be gl-d to accept any contribution for this work. The poble of Laurens will be doubly interested in the society now, as two bables sent from laurens late ly are being cared for by the society. Sheriff Reid, Mayor Babb, Chief of olice Blakely and Dr. Bearden, Health (1Oeer, were instritment al in turning Ibe children over tc the society, being rquainted w it ti-e scope of its 1msi ness and kno)wing of the good work be Ing (one. The society has at present about 135 town one of its fiture citizens, a fine hcalthy boy a few weeks old. A lead ing physician has pionounecl hin the 'inest specimen of babyhood he has ev er scen. The society which Mrs. Ireland rep rosenis is a permanent, undenoinina tional charity, supported entirely by volunteer contibutions and devoted to th. welfare of tie needy and homeless children of South Carolina. Thore are tOre distinct departments of the work: Investigation of the alleged need of each child reported, to find out what ouht to lie done; temporary care of those received into legal custody, pend Ing final (isI)osition; supervision of the children after placing. The society 'has at present about 1v5 children in suitabel homes, under the solupervision of the organization. The plan is elastic a.s no buildings are ov er crowded. The headquarters of the society are at lloom 310, Union Bank Building, Columbia, S. 'C. Amnong the directors are the follow ing from Greenville: President, L. 0. Patterson: Sect., A. G. Gower; Treas., Perry Beattie; Directors: Gov. Ansel, W. M. thirgiss, C. P. Graham and B. 11. Peace. LI EUT. 11OLTi BlACK. Arrived in the City fromt Overeens Last. Week. Gassed lin Argonlle For ests. Lieut. Thos. C. Bolt, attached to the Rtainbow iDivislon, arrived in the city last week from France, havinig been sent home ahead of his divisioni ott ac coilnt >f gas received just three (lays before tle armistice was signed. Al though partly recovered from Its vr ifets, he is not yet entirely well an will have to report at. a Washington hospital wit.h it a few days for fillther trealment. Lieut. Dolt gives high praises to the fighting qualities of the IRainbotwv Division, 'whicht probably saw more figliling inl Fratnce t hanti any other division. A o. 11lll slates that before leaving Prance h& enlisted the aid of two com radex of Lieu I. Clamiue GIarrettI, who was killledl it an aerial 'omibat, and io (at ed his grave whlichi they mtarkedci so that it could lbe found in futuri'' years. ile said lthat the comtraiis o0 I atint. (aret't sptoke in the highest termst~ of his soldierly (iualitiles andu thI he ' wa amilong the most popul1 arI men ini his platoon. I et. I11 wal vus joined here byv .s. Illt, whto is leaching school alti ince ton. Loenli loardi Makes itecoid. According to r'eports given out bty the provost mnarshai getneral and inted in The State Suntday, thle lo cal excemplt ion board sent more mten to traininog camtps than any othetr boatrd int the state, 'the number being 1,4617. The Columbia board came see otnd iwith 1,4110. This (dos ntot intdi cate that Laiu'ens cotunty sent more men tihan any other' county, because sonme cotuntles, like Charleston and Ii ieh a nd, had several boards. The lo cal board, however, held a state-wide reptutat ioty for effliengy and was hight ly piraised On different occasions for its wortk. As first iontSitultedl it wa' ('omploscd of Hion. RI. A, Cooper, Mr. C A. P'owet and Dru. J. ii. TIeague, with Mr'. 'oopter as chairman. Mir. Cooper. nlow Gov. Cooper, was later relieved of his services when he bectame diistrict chiI aia of one of the Liberty, LAdui drives andl hiis plac'e was takon by A ('. Todd, Inqh, who became cha irmuan. Thle local hoard, like the remaining boruntds in thie stale, has cratIed Its ree or(tils reCady for shipment. and is readly jto c lose unl itsbuna. FIGURES ON POW Test of City's Consumptiol Which Would be Paid With Reedy River Pow in respoise to intittiries of The Ad vertiser, Mayor lablb y-ster(day gave out results o tests which had been i1mde at the ipover staitioni to ct iimiiate the cost to the city per month of pow er tinder the proposed contract to be Voted oin Tuesday, March -th, betwceen the city and the Reedy Iiver Power 'Company. Mr. labb stated t.hat three tes(s had been made. The first test, which lasted from January 8th to Feb rultary 8th, had to be discarded as of no value 'because it was found that the meter was inaccurate. The ;econd test nyas made for approximately one day by a representative of an ei gineering firm in Greenville, from which it, was found that the amount of power used at this season of the year was approximately 50,000 kilotvatt hours per month. At the rate stipu lated in the contract this would amount to $1,250 per month. As this WILSON READS D Constitution Outlining Le Wilson Before Suprem Paris, Feb. 14.-The lirst world con sAtution was made piublic, this after noon when Precident Wilson read Il draft of the league of nations organ ization before the general peace con gress. While not containing a provision ltr any sort of international police force, the constitution inclides strin gent. measures dosigned to prevent fu ture wars. In case any nation makes war without first submitting~ the (quCs tions at. issue to aititration thbre are the following possiLole Courses of to the league: Seveiance of dil)lomat ic relationus hetveeni members of the leagiie an Ile reca Icitralit power. N'eonoimlic blockade of the niat ion I fusing a rbitrat ion. I coiinendation by the execltive coneiil before thle use of force. h'lle use of force. however, vith leave to each power freedoln of action mider its act-on to inake lie necessary declarations of war. The international police force or geierai staff u rged by the lFreineh andl put to a vote yesterday afternoon af ter a stirring speech by F.unatlor I miourgeois wvas overwhelmingly defeat ('4d. Only the French and Czelio-' vaks voted in favor of it. Witl this featulIre eliminlated the conlst itution was adopltd iuinanimiously. '1he const it It ion il(fiides a prealli We an(d 2(6 articlvs, hiaving been in creased from the original 22 articies F"Ot(EF~iI SPE A h itU (0031IN(. To lbe at irslt Haiptst ('hiirch Febl. On Wednuesda y evenlng Feb 2Ih at ist itaiptist church ;ii 7:" l'. . thle peole of ii renis coiunt y will have thle opport unity otf hiearing onec of thle m ost1 forceful speakers )n h te Amincri enni llat form. ie is a s secialist of wvide ex perience and wonderfuil results ini the fidd "f wvork for and a:nong young pI0op0; in thle chuiirch, the Sun - day schiool and in societies of thir own i organIiing. No matter what thle namue of your organ izat ion y'ou will get encouragement and now ent hus iasm for youtr work from this miagneticr eneirgetlc, enthusiastic, consecratedl Chiristiani who does things and can get others to (10 things. 'The occasion is a Rally for Youing People (all iundrer 85 are includedh) and the speaker wvill be Carl Lahmann, a natIve of Denver, Colorado, but a citizen of the World. Puts Virginia "Over the Top." A telegram was received by frliends oif M;r. Frank MleCravy Moniday morn ing stating that Virginia had gone "ov er 'the top"' in the Armenian-P~yrian Relief drive. Mir. AMeCravy was the l rector of thle dive for that state ando Iis work was done so well t hat lie has been iiran sferred to West Virginia to novh thue work! in that state. itis friends here are d1eligh ted to kinow that he suicceded so wveil ini hiis first big (for hi fihnt line. ER, CONSUMPTION i of Power Shows Amount Under Proposed Contract er Company. test. was m1tad4e da:nlg 80uch a sho I period of fir- ' F. Philpot, vity vielcticianl, w in-1ir1eled to mnake (Iotherv1t test for a plwrod of siX . Th'lis period enldod Yesterdfay rir and MI r. Philpot's FUgire; showed t1hatI tle cont to tihe city for that period of time was $259.50. .\ motith of litIty days Would therefore amount to $1. 292.50 and for in (ntilre year $1 5. 78(i.25, phus or minus any amounts that would have to be added or deduct ed on accoilit of heavy or light. loads. The constimption of current in Juan uary and Februiary is generally con Ceded to be above the average con stniption for the year. The city un der tile old contract paId to the power coipaniy the sum of $11,650.00 per year. The election on the contract is to he hel( Marci 4ith. The time for -eg istering for th eleclion will expire Friday of this week at noon. RAFT OF LEAGUE ague of Nations Read by e War Council in Paris (iriing yesteriday's session of the league comnwittee. The last articles are devoted to purely parliamentary matters, the others covering organiza tion of the league. FNxist-ing secret treaties are abro gated and fiture treaties must be re ferred to an internatio1Wtl tribitunal giv ent fuill pubilhi(ly. Anl international labor bureau is established. Former German coloniles and Turkish provinc es are to be placed under prolector ates, the latter on the basis of self de termination. All armatuents are to be reduced to a point consist(nt with na Siontal (u r111 ity and privaIle ttiatufa r I m - fllr- of Inun11itionis will be proohibited. The affairs of fit laIgue will be ad niinislered by a "body of delegat ' inl which (ach m lember nation will havi' on1e vott, aIt execultive cottnell, ol 'wbich th l'';ted Slates, Grea. Brit ainl, rance. Italy and .lata 'will be lenreseited by one mitetmt ber each and the other e mb1her's by foir represiIa fives. and a Irmani tientI. secret.artiat to be appointaed by Ile executive coun cil. Conlgraluiationls onl seentring adlop tionl of Ithe league const ituitlln poured into Aierical helivllull'te's at te 1Hotel Grilloti befor'e this afternioon 's plenary session. Mellbers; of fit Ieagutte to enforce peace declared thi "is the goiden day in the history of lthe woril." h'I'ey decla'red that do 21jile rum1 lo'' 'irclatIed in l'r is. France is solidly behilld tile Ie:mtie pla n. IMrs. I":noi' lailey, of Clinon, 'widlow of thle lat' Milas liiey, died4 at bet' homte the-ry lFriday morintg at I 41'2!0ek atnd w:; buried in th l're'shv 11 o'c lock. Th'le ertv ice2s wieret contdut ed by her Past or, 1Rev. Long, of the Fitrst. Hlaptist ('hurch'I ando the blhlwhear ers were heri six nephtews. Mr is. Hail1ey3 would hiiave beeni 88 year's of age itn Sepitemiber. Sh~e is surt vivedi by Meissrs. C. C., P'. Ii., R1. L., and G1. WV. Halley, Mtrs. M. A. Sumtierci andl Mrs. D~ave Hobo, all oif Clinton and1 vi eiiy anid Mr a. S. D). Halley, of Green ville. She Is also sutrvlvedi by oneC stepl sotn, Mr. M. S. Bailey, of Clinton. Tlo Operaile ('hero ('ola Plant. Mtr. E. 0. Anderson, brother-in-law of 'the late A. TI. Sanderts, plropietor of the Chuero Cola plantI, htas severed his connect in wIth the( WattIs Mills, where lhe htas been book-keper, to opetrat e thle Cher'o Cola p1lan hIie will nanomc chari tge abhout thle first of the apprltoachting tmontth. Electihllon lotpoedl. was to have been he 4~ld in thle Sh il oh Ischool dlIstriIct on Febirutary 25thIi has beenli1))5 posti(ned to MIartchi 5thI. liepots fromi that sect Ion lindiente that the peo(1 tile of thle ''mmunlliity aire geneirally ini Ifnavor of thi nririteslVe move. SE N,. OWE.NS TO 'ELL (1F AoMP AT BRESTr Invi.ted to Describe to ('ommlittee ('on1. dltloi.. at Embarlkion ('mlp. Washiington, lFeb. 17.--Senator Ow ens, of Oklahoma, will e 1invited to tul thie 'S nate .lifitary CommultIete' or :) c-li at be t which he siar'ply ril imfl in a stat ('t'1'. today afttei hi: arri l In N'w York from France. r 1a 11 akk r also expects Senlator Ow,:N) * all at tIhe \\ar Departtment srool to iorm ollb-ials t here of wlat he s'1v wt this Im uch discussed center of the American army's hoileward 111mvceet. Sertary fiaker aild today lie was delighted "hat 'm'natior Owen had been t.i the caltli ali mI what the senator had to say, declared that tle War Departileit was comubining t:',evr souice whier additional shipping to bljug the troops home might. he found. "As to the crowding at Brest," the secretary cotitnlied, "I have not the means of knowing what the answer to that is. T have been told and I do not ike to say that I have been told be cause it sounds so unautlioritative, bti I havo been fold that the French rail road coiltestion Is such that It is nec nssarv for us to use the French rail roads w'hen we can get them. They are Is'ig them in t.heir own dlemobiliza tion anid for the British and as a con sequence we have to use them when we Can get them." The secretary added that returning oficers and others who had passed thro'uifh Rest recently had told him ihat food conditions were very good and that outside of the weather and the mud they sa iwlittle o coml lain of. Ie said lie could well imagine the feel ing of the men waiting In that camp for returin ing ships, however, and fil ly sym!at1itz1ii./ed with all the discontent and unhappiness litat this waitilg un der tun le"asait conditions entailed. UROFS. tED)U("vroN ('O'T"TON ACRE.:ACR1.: Lon isiant Go iernior, it Address it. Conifereni, I' res Iolding of Crop. New Orleais, Peb. 17. -Viritally all of todaI's sessioni of the confreeiii called by (ov'. l'leasant, of Louisiana, for tIihe pirpose of eons id riig redu tion of cotton aeeIge next year aid holdii o tihe prt'sent (p for bot tir prices, was taketn u) with idress cs Every tale itn the 1coto growing group was represenited by bankirs, meca tpienlters, and farmlers. G:ov-. rtoir P1lesant in ai aldress ui rged vrowers to redute eotton acn age nexi yar a. least onte tiird of the normal ant hold thi' presei t. crop fotr hiigher pr Hces. W. T. hom pson, presidenti of Ile New \ rlas )oek Board, advocated the subidividin. of the cutlire ,otton giowing area into state, coity, wNard ld owislip organhizatlotns it) secure wrilttn pledges of its members to til at in cottoil on-4iird les aerag in 1919 lthan wtas planted ini t19t . Ilie alto proposed at .central organtialin ini aceb iiolt'n produ.cei, i bane ier(chts ando hi fmer ereesoted. i ( \\t' a mist0 hld' i' t ip ('4 io tht we11 nowilt have omf sa. om i the d lyo don'i ian dour~ etistoyu man't have' Iote ei t" I hl sd o\'f.yu r h 7sin f. withl yitou." e Yrk laelno Parkorof troow Oromns stati ftate atminedint fev ork frisi, lie sente. to (the .ofaesote fot dermo etI I at t f Theckig i m entrmni simi lar in ihe adoptLeu o -: Jaiesing Toil sumo'aitin lie otncetsr In ithe reisnis ofni t I ave P i i'ea' tuan eir ofarker' aril, yotawinl that thay exvect oon ' lnter' ill dit, ;as bowi~ may hal 2l. rle andi isoe of.'ljtl iif th lleimetil i ~ N eYork. :IoTego 371slitReImenlti citmposedt TROOPS IN RASSIA TO B[ WIi1DRYM Withdravii to be in) the NOTICE (IV-N B Y PRVESIDENT (eneral Illiss ('nbles irom laris iat Wit irllaisl Will Bevln as Soon as weatier ('oliions Iernit In tho spring. 'Two companies of Eii ginevers. Vashington, Feb. 17.--Ainerican and all ed troois operating in North RJus sia 'will be witlidrawn at "the earliest possible moment, that weather condi tions in the spring wvill perniit," to facilitate this moveiment and to 1n prove lines of commnllcation for the supplying of the forces that have pone trated into the country. President Wil son has approved the sending of two additional companies of Anerlcan rail way troops to Archangel. This information cabled to the war department by Gen. Tasker It. Bliss at Paris by direction of the president was transmitted today to Chairmen Chamberlain and Dent of t.he senate nd house military committees, respec tively, by Secretary Baker. The an nomil(ients broughlit exiressions of a.pproval from several senators, in cluding Senator Johnson of California. PIepuiblican, who has been pressing his resolution providing for a declaration by the senate in favor of wi.hldrawing the American forces. General Bliss also informed &cre tary Baker that Great Britain had de cidei'd to send 2.100 additional soldiers to Archangel to reinforce the army in North Itussia. Secretary Hake'r also said (Gen eral INss had informed him that the Brit Ish il ihitary anthorities felt no appre hiension as to the military situatioU at Archailgel. sctrrlary Haker's ltter, Which was sent to tle clairmeni of both the 11hous amd senat mlitae yiltary ( mittoes, said: "I have jusI received a cnble-ran from General m ili, setl by the presi dent' dirct io . ll which 0.m told 'hat the rit has 11)pr1oved the .-i'i ng of t'vo American railway conlipallie.. to .\lurmans-k for tile fol owin:-ii )o.iocts: First to ssure greater safely diuing this 'winter of tile allied forces both along \lurniansk alld at .A rehanellv and solu11 of Arelaigel; seccold. the mu1ich hbet'er suI 113ply and if necessary the reinforeement fromI \.\!trimank of thl' alvale detcilmelints soltlh or .trmansk ani Archangel; thi;rd, to facil"Itt fihe prompt withi drawal of .% crical al all ied troops 'n Nir Vi i:n at the earliest possi ble tu1omenti t'e-)t weatherol Ionlditions inl til, spring will permitf . The preto:idnt lIms direlted m)w to fom un ln e po tming to it' iieads of the ailied I overln ment s whbtIe I have don(1e1. Thic 'ilreln ti dsir V t' hat h iis act ion aot El the Flneo' fe.~t or tlmte ai da to11 t- ni 1:sei (1 lit'r - n e fat lila.. -ot--itn itt I1 ro e il fet rinenforation. "Ittn it io 1' t i S Ilem f.xremi e ofa til Wlmwn toa .aank amt theoatote have riiis sta d t'io shel cooera yelio o te lire btetC the exlltmenn of r ico Coies of(1t 1i1w(y 811rilopis aov Arefer rfl( t.he tdesir sor theo Arailway teraos isals iformted f that thpen andt~s mlta autnforitmens (10 Arh eany a durihenwint ave to go1 i ar3 pit :ia thet rotern xtreme o th'ite Seora nd tha th le operacctiono fo( reient, In tsuppli toi Arch~age tand t the topst s'ollth of Arhng Genai 0' liss alsoiinfored n11 stat fee alin areson tlti1a t whe mii '.ary litutit' at'is A rcngel. iiv the reiet, 1t t'ast' thi informea tionto thert'' \ete : 11' commtee onli-n (enCed ti ai ed aon for the refun ,