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V .LU..i .XXIV. L AURENS, SOUm CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919. NUMRD RHOMS ACCEPT FAMIlSTICE TEMS8 Signing Averts a Probable Crisis RUSsIA SVILL GIVES TROUBLE Field Mirsinull Foch Iiiforms Supreme Coieil of .he Signiig .of the Armuis. tice.) Full Contents Not Yet Mande Puhie ibt Provides for-M1lore Strie. tures on Germans. Paris, Feb. 17.-Marshal Foch th'is afternoon informed the supreme coutl ell of the acceptance by the Germans of the conditions for a renewal of tihe armistice. Marshal Foch appeared in .person be fore the council of the great powers 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 iunday 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 their Intimations of a refusal to sign. The new terms, while still withhold. -are understood to restrict German op erations against Poland within certain 'fixed lines, thus removing the da'nger of a military clash, and aLt the same time opening access between the in terior 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 disarimament 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 lude both the naval and military branches, and the naval authorities ex peet lie u itimate naval terms will provide for the disrmnantliing of the for tifleaions of lelgoland and the Kiel Canal, the en nal being opened for com-. mercial navigation. Whil( tlie blockade is not raise(d by the preseit terims yet, it is expectel hat tlie disarmament under later and more complete terms will obviate the necessity of a further blockade and permit such economic and food relief as it is determined upon. The coineil of the great polwers to day gave a further hearing on the Russian (ilnestion, but 110 decision -wa1s reached. The feeling seems to be gen ral that no decision is in sight and that, none of the pmnding plans offer 11111411 of L. re 't for arriving at. a sat isfactory soiution. Tlreves, Feb. 1 7.----inder the newv Itermis for thle renewval of the armiistlce, as presented to thle Germans by Mar shat l''hi, Germ'nany miust aband~on all off ensaiv'~e mlovemenIitsi a gaiinst thie Polesr anid also mulst piroibit her Itroops fr'oim (roessin g thle i Rsian fronmtier at a cir tain line. Tme Ilie of demarmeation betwe~ en Germanv aind P~olan d is out lined as fol lows: 10ast oif (Grosser Neudorf (sout Ih-. east (of Ii romb le rgh soulth of Lab1isciiin, south of Schodziesen, north of Exin (southwest of iiromnberg); souith 'of Rahn, north of Czanieiau (east' of iKreuz); wVest of Ihirbanum and en t schen (wvest of Posen), Woltein, Lis en andl north of Wiernsz/ow and thence a lohg the front ier 'bet ween Silesia aind P~o mnd, (This liInc of denmar cat ion iv~m to Loland a considlerabile part of G;ermIan Posen). it was providled by the allited terms hat 'the armistice must lie renewed for an indeterminate period with a flixed delay of th ree (Jays for the de' nimieintIion of it. The old terms of the armistice are to b)e carried out com pletely by (ermiany. Thme German delegates reached Tireves Friday imrning and Marshal I"Och arrived at noon. The flirst dils emssion was at .' o'clock Friday after noon- andl was begun biy Marshal Foch. MathIilas i'rzhieger spoko first for the Play ait ficekory Tiavernm. A play wvilIlibe given at Iliekory 'Tavern school Friday niight . The phub CHILD-PLACING A VISITOR TIS WVEEi Retresentative of Children's Home So. Miety of (Greenvil-e to be In Laurens this Week. Mrs. Amy 11. Ireland, of Greenville, viitsed Laurens last week in the in terest of the Children's Home Society. She expects to be here again the lIt ter part of this weck, and will stop with Mrs. .J'-hn Wham. She will take pleasure in vnawering any questions about tthe work of the soclety, and will be gl:-d to accept atiny cont.ribution for this work. The peoblc of Iau rens will be doubly interested in the society now, as two babies sent from Laurens late ly aro being cared for by the society. Sheriff Reid, Mayor Babb, Chief of Police Blakely and )I. Bearden, Health lO'Ueer, were instrumnental in turning file children over tc Ohe society, being acquainted with ti-e scope of its bu'si ness and knowing of the good work be Ing done. The'society has %t present abolut 135 town one of its fi.ture citizens, a fine hcalthy boy a few weeks old. A lead ing physician has pionounced lhim the ;ineti speelinen of babyhood lie has ev er seen. The society which Mrs. Ireland rep resen ts is a permanent, undenominia tiolial charity, supported entirely by volhnteer contributions and devoted to th.' welfare of the needy and homeless children of South Carolina. There are hr1e distinct departments of the work: Investigation of the alleged need of each child reported, to find out what ought to be (one; temporary care of those received Into legal custody, pend ing final (isposit ion; supervision of the children after placing. The society 'has at present about lv5 children II iltabel homes, under the suI)ervision of the organization. The Wlan is elastic as no buildings are ov er crowded. The headquarters of the society are at Ifoom: 310, Union Bank unilding, Columbia, S. 1C. Among the directors are the follow Ing fron Greenville: President. L. 0. Pa-tterson; Sect., A. G. Gower; Treas., Perry Beattie; Directors: Gov. Ansel, W. M. Ihlrgiss, C. E'. Graham and B. It. Peace. LIEUT. 11O1,T1 BACK. Arrived iI Ult City from Overeens Last, Week. Gassed in Argonne For ests. Lieut. 'T'hos. C. Bolt, attached to the Itainbow (Division, arrived in the city last week from France, having beenl rent home ahead of his division on a - Count ) gas received just thrie days before the armistice was signed. Al though partly recovered from its (I.. fIets, he is not yet ent irely well an1 will have to report at. a Washington hospital witlhin a few days for further treatment. Limut. 13oit gives high iraises to t he lighting qualities of the - i Iainbow Division, 'which probably sow more fighi1ing in Franice th'ain any ot her division. Isbl< ut. Bolt states that before leaving F'ralnce hit! enlisted the aid of two comi radles of Liut. Claude Garrett, who was kiled in an aerial ('01mbhat, and 1 o fated his grave which they imarkedl so that it iouild lbe round in fumture yearms. lie said( that the c'Omlradleis or Lieu t. G arret spoke in tihe highest terms; of his soldiier'ly qula lities and -!"e:as amuonig the most popular men in his platoon. L ieuit. Bolt w.as joined here hy Mrds. I ol t, wvho is teachIng school at Pr'in ce ton. Local Board Makes Rtecor. According to repIortsq given out by the pirovost marshal general and iirinted1 in The State Suniday, the lo cal exemipt ion hoard sent mor'e men to training camps than any otherci board in the state, the num'bher being 1,467. The Cohunbia -board came see' ndi iwith 1,410. This does not indi cate that Laurens county sent more muen than any other county, because some counties, 1l1ke Charleston andi 11ichland, had several boads.l5 The lo cal boar'd, hiowver, held a state-wide re'putat iomfor efflcioney and was high ly praised1 On dlifferent occasions for its work. As tirst constttuted it wva 'omphlosed of H~on. R1. A. Cooper, .\nr. C A. P'ower and Dri. J. ii. Teague, with Mr. C ooper as ehai rmn. Mr i. C'ooper.* nowy Goy. Cooper, wvas later relieved of his services when lie beca~mre distrlct chiman~u of one of the TLlberty. Lon div es andl hiIs ladce was taken by A C. Todd, Esrq,, who beename chntaia. The local honard, like the r'emainin11g heatrda in the state, has era ted its r'ee ords1( readhy [for shipmeniit'i an ilai ready to close ull its buisin ess. FIGURES ON POW Test of City's Consumptioi Which Would be Paid With Reedy River Pow in IresVponlse to inquiries of The Ad vertiser, Mayor labb yesterday gave out results of tests which had been ilmde at tlie power station to estimlaIce lie cost to the city )er. month of pow Or ilider the proposed coilt ract to be) voted oil Ttities(dy. .\a rcl ith, between the city and the Reedy Rliver Powper VoIllmany. Mr. Babb stated that three te.ts had been made. The first test, Willci lasted from January 8th to Feb ritary 8th, had to be discarded as of no value because it was found that the meter was inaccurate. The second test iwas made for approximately one day by a representative of an en gineering firm in Greenville, from which it. as found that the amount of power used at this season of the year was approximately 50,000 kiloWatt 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 fIrst world con sitution was mado public, this after noon w-hen President Wilson read 0 draft of the league of nations organ ization before the general peace con gress. While not containing a provision tar any sort. of int erIaI tional police force, the constitution includes stirin .ent measures dosigned to prevent fu tiure wars. In case any nation makes war without. first submitting the qcues tlions at. issue to arbitration tihbre are the following possible courses o to the league: Severanuce of diplomat ic rel ations heitween ilembers of the league ailo 11hv recalvitlat power. i~woil0onoic blocklade of the na.1t ion re fusing arbitration. iRevommendation by tle exective conlIicl beforoe the use of force. 'T'lhe use of force, however, with leave to enelh power freedom of action tilldet its net-ion to make tile ilecessa ry declarations of War. The in I ernationi police force or goiera l staff it rged by tile French ald put to a vole yest erlday a fternoon af tor a stirini g speech by F-na ior Hllirgeois was overwheliningly defeat ed. ily the Frecli al(d Czecho-s8 vaks voted in favor of it. With this featurle (eilliliated the const ititionl was a(loptd unllanlimoulysl. The coist itltlol iniefuldes a uream bie and 2G irticles, having been in creqase(d from tle origiinal 22 artich-si Ta' he nI lii ta ipi l't I i ire Felb. :6th i. Uniiion 3Iee' Iintr. thle peotile of L auirens counltyv will have lie otpportlunity (If hearing one of' lhe most. forceful speakers on lie Amneri cani pinatforml. lie is a slpecialist of wide1 C eeiencee andi woinderfiul results in the hld of work for andi amiong young Pt00l0; e:In the cliurmch, thle Su n (lay s(cho01 an 111In soclet ies of thIelir owni or'ganizing. No matter whta t lhe naltme of your organ izatloll you wvill get eclouragemnent andu nowv enithius lasm for yourI work from this magnetity eneriget-ie, enthlusiastie, consecratedl Christian whlo does things andl can get other's to (d0 thIngs. Thie occaionl Is a Rally for Young People (all untder 85 are includedI) and the speaker will be (Carl Lahmann, a native of Dlenver, Colorado, but a citizen of the World. A telegram w'as reeivedl by friends of Mfr. Frank Mlc~ravy AMond(ay morn1 ing stat ingi that Virginlia had gone "ov er -thie tot)' in t he Armen ian-S'yrian Relief (hive. Mr. McCravy "'as the dilre'toir of the dirive for that state and~ is wvork( was done so welhl thlat he han b een trian sferred to WVest Virigin ia to 1i115h the worik hii that state, Iris friends he re areC deli1ghted to know tha.t, lhe sllu(.et'd so wvell in his first hIgte flo't Int ihnt line. ER, CONSUMPTION of Power Shows Amount Under Proposed Contract er Compaiy. test Was mae duSig such a :.;ho t orliod of tir- . Phiilpot, city vielcticianl, wa,: in-1tracted to mlake :i'iotler test for a mil)ot of six y. This period enided yester(lay mnorin i and Mir. I'hilpo t's P'gurest'. showed tlizil the (o.t to the city for that periol of time was $259.51. .\ month of thirty days Would therefore amont to $1. 2:12.50 and for an entire year $15. 796.25, plus or millnus any amounts that would have to be add'd or deduct ed oil accoulnlit of heavy or light. loads. The consumplition of Current in Jun tlary and Fehriary is genej-ally Con ceded to be above the average con smniption for the year. The city uin dler the old contract paid to the power company the sum of $11,650.00 per year. The election on the contract is to be held March 4th. Tie time for leg istering for the election will expire Friday of this week at noon. RAFT OF LEAGUE igue of Nations Read by e War Council in Paris during yesterday's session of the league coinit tee. The last articles are devoted to piurely parliamentary matters, the others covering organiza tion of the league. Existlng secret treaties are abro gated an1d future treaties itist be re ferred to al intfernationid tribunal giv en f1ll pibillity. An International labor bureau is established. Former German colonies and Turkish provinc es are to be placed under protector ates, the latter on the basis of self de eriniiation. All arniaients are to b iedcle(l to a point colsistlit with ia tionial seculrity and private manufac11% - 11ure of mun11ifionls wvil be prohihiled. h'le afftirs of the levagule will he ad Illiste('red by a "body of delegates ' in wiliel each 111ember nation will have one vote, an execultive C cliel1, oil which te ' nited States, Great Brit ain, France, Italy and Japan Nwill he retlresen ted I by one mlimber each and the other miebllers by roilr represlia lives. and a tirmanienlt seCretariat to be appointed by the execltive Coilliil. Coligra tuilatio s oil securll'i ng adop Ion of tei lea.giue constitution polred ilnto Aite ricani lhmiarters at the itotel Grillon bef6re this afternoon's plenary sessioi. Mlembers of the leagie to 'nfore peace declared tills "is tei golden day ill the history of lie worl.'' Tiy deliaredl that, de Frallec is soli ly behind the lea,' neit plan. Mlrs. Pannie lIaitley, of Clintfon, 'widow oft thl'e lt' Sihis Iil ey, diell at her home thter' lridayV moin~ilg at -I ter'ianl 'emeitteiy Saitur' dy mor11ning at I1 o'lock. 'T' serv it'es were conduct. ed by her' pastor~l, 11ev. Long, (If tile First Haptist Chiur'h and tile l:ail heal' CIrS were' her' six nephel~ws. Mlrs. Bailey woul d hlave been 88 years of age in Sept embeir. S'he Is sill vivedl by Alessrs. C. C., P. 1., R. L., and GI. W. Ilailey, MrsA. M. A. Smteirel and Mr's. Dave Hobo, all of Cl Inton andl v1 cinity and Mr'. S. D., Bailey, of Grieen ville. She Is also surilvd iby one step soin, Mi'. Ni. S. Halley, of Clinton. To Operate ('hero Cola Pitant, of 'the late A. 1H. Sandercis, prloprietor of the Obhero C'ola pllanit, hlas severed his coinnecti(oll withI thle WVat ts Mills, whiei'e hie has been book-keper, to Oper'ate tile 'her'o fCola plant, lie will assuiime elharige abou th11 ie Il st (If the Election11 l'o] tned. The electtion on1 schlool bonds, whI ich was to hiave b~eln hal ciin thle Sbhillh 5(chool 'iret 011 FebiruIary' 25thi hias been po Ibmnedl to alrchi Ih. iieport s from that .:'tlon indienate thlat tile led) pie t'' thie ('mmuniiiit V are gener'ally In favor of tii nrlogreCsslve mlOVC. O'F CAI P Ar llWu r init 'd to )escribe to (Colmilittee Col. dit ions~ at EmbaratioiiI11niuap. WNA hngtoll, Fe.ii-SeaorO Oils. of Oklahoma. will bie invited to tell he So a l .\ilitary (ommlitI0 of < enditiln l, !1 n- o\merica embari : ('-1r.' at iresl wi h h' sharly < p ji: i in a sttemen(It today aftor hI:. mIrs' t in N''w York from France. r y 1ii:;k r also e cts Senator I ) all at Ihe \ar DepartV in vo0:1 to II'1or) m )Oll(eials there of what h1 saw it this tIttch discussed ceiter of ;he Am1er eill army's holleward Ilovement . Scrtar" Bal('r -aNid today he was deligh ted that nator Owen had beeni a'. (he camnp allai , I! wimlt the sellator had to say, declared that the War Department was comlbining tvery3 Sour1ce whervg* additional shipping to brIjig the troops home might. be found. "As to tie crowding at Brest," the secretary continued, "I have not the means of knowing what the answer to that is. T have been told and I do not lPP to say that I have been told be Cause it sounds so lnauthoritative, but I havO been told that the Frenel rail road colt'gestion Is such that it 1 nece ess.ary for us to use the French rail roads w'hen we can get them. They are ising them In their own demobiliza iloln and for the Briti sh and as a con sequence we have to use them when we cnn get them." The secretary added that returning officers a.nd others who had passed th ro'lwh IIeest recently had told h11 liat food conditions were very good and that outside of the weather and the mud they sa iwlittle o comi lain of. He said lie could well imagine the feel Ig (if the men waiting ill tiat camp for rettirning ships, however, and ful ly symahllizied with all tile discontent and unllhappiness litat this waitilg 1111 de4r 111li'11 salt Conditions entailed. UREs iET)rrION COTTON A('ll:ACI. ouisiania Governor, lin Address i, Conf elnce. I'rves Il1ol1it of Crop. New Orleans, Feb . i. iirItually all of loda 's Session of tit coll erelce called by o. Pleasant, of Loisiana, Col the pillrpos of oconsidering rodue lion of cotton aIereage next year and holdill of tl( prerentop for 1el ter prices. was takel u1p with address I's. r state inl tile cotton g,rowinglll grolp was replesentsied by bankers, li4'eh1ialIls, plillfers, and farmers. (Gov trnlor Ple l lasalt inl all address urged 2rowe04-r.S to redice( Cotton aerage tex year at. least, 0o third of the 1101111a and hold dh prlsent , clop for hih1er plwices. V. It. Thom I psoll, presidn'li of the N ow Orleans Dock Board. miOcated fhe osividing of the ('ntire cotton growing area into stale, county, .ward ;,l od to wship orkganlizations, 14) ;1,-m-,( writi b plvedes of its mellibers t) lilan I in cotton one1-tIhird lss aereage in I!1 I tI4 hall was iilant ed ill Il. Il(. :a o iroposied a (i'ntIral organlizati011 mlHerChan Ian (ld farmer5 lie represented(. "\\' 1 n sI hohi( (1he cotlon that w no0w ih)ve a 11 i 1(" ito heworld 'If yoll dton't w'an our 0019.(1on) you don't1 ha ve 1to taka il " he 4 aid. --\\-he youl m-t husinessith y4n." .al i Ihn (I Park e . ill (ew (Orleans, Silt) 101' 1(4 IhI'a' i(4lteil 'a's tailing ('On (If till warI. P3y 1111' hlan, .\1'. Par11kerl I Ian11r0)' Ir~01jg, julst how many13 1hal1es I.e raised and1( (:i~ lpsedi of. :iIsi. ltegimient in New Yor'k. ''The Ul7 st Rlegimlent, c!omfposed largely oIf colored1 troops from t his state, aIvedlC~ in Newv Yor'k fromn F'rrance last wee(k and( is expected to be( senlt to Canmp .Jacksonl for deml~ob ilizatiloll. 'The reOgiment hais a ntanmher of menl in It fr'om 'laurenis. ('14pt. WV. R. I RichIy anti 1Lieut. James10 C. 'OiTd areC among1lI te Oflic'ters of the4 reg]im1en1 and1( both1 14 EI hav wir(d 11(om1 (of thleilr arivalI, stalt ing 111at they expect to be' hom ( n14'IOw ill a4 -vtery short1 timae. \Pr. .Iool SmithI, (If Au'ev iil., is smlinilrg pome ime 1110in the city willh heri Ilarents, Mir. and Nlrs. IX Ii. Wilkes. TROOPS IN RSSIA TO BE WITiDRAWM Withdrawl to be in the NOTICE GiVN BY 'PRESIDENr (eneral I!iss ('nbles fron Iaris 'E'imt 111t irnwal Will Jlevin as 8oon as Weather ('oil itions Permit in t1he Spring. Two Cornpanies of -E ginevers. Washington, FIeb. 17.--Ancrican and allied troops operating in North :Rus sia %will bie withdrawn at "the earliest. possible moient, that weather condi tion.m in the spring will .permit," to facilitate this movement and to hi prove lines of commnilation for tho supplying of the forces that have pone trated into the country. President Wil-. son has approved the sending of two additional companies of American rvil way troops to Archangel. This information cabled to the war department by Gen. Tasker H. Bliss at Paris by direction of the president was transmitted today to C1hairmen Chamberlain and Dent of the senate and house iiilitary committees, res-pec tively, by Secretary Baker. The an notin11ments brought. expressions of approval from several senators, in cluding Senator Johnson of California, Republ)lcan, who has been pressing his resolution providing for a declaration by the senate in favor of wl-thdrawing the American forces. General Bliss also informed Secre tary Maker that Great Britain had do Cided to send 2,100 additional soldlers to Archangel to reinforce the army inl North Russia. Secretary llaker also said General Bliss had informed him that the Brit isli iilitary anthorities felt no appre hnilsionl as to Ile military situation At Achlanlgel. Scvret a ry ilaker's letter, whichi was sent to the t icha iiomn or iothl the house aild Sellte Imiilitary Comillfittees, said: I have *j iv received a eablegrai fromii Gneral iMks, so-nt by the presi deint's iirrctioni. inl which T an. tcid tlat the li(-eniti alius aplproved the -ending of two American railway enn: ielIc, to \lurm11,anisk for the fill :ovvi;- olioct': First to assure greater safriy duini this .winterc of the allied forces- both1 alonig 3TiAlurmansk and at .\r eihangel and11 south of Areillangel; :i(eonnd. the much t bettr supply and it nwvessary the reinforeement from A!,1-muansk of 1111i adlvance delachmiients soutIh or Mi I-ma I)sk and Arelangel; hird, to faelhIte thi prompt with drawal of im ] ind aid troops 'I No-rth llu ,i: aI thIlle arlie't possi ble imiomintil C)1I wca lhevr conudition; in tie spring will periiit. The president ias direut edl mu to cmilliiunlcate the, oresoi-noiig o lie hlias of the allied igov-erinm entIs whlie-I I havu e dlone. TPho pi-i-solni t s~nes Iib:iI hiis alction andu ihe ina onm toi -'; a he- < 'o it I is -d li ni hin ii ie ito ifore:Hinn. "I a dilo in 1:- firec-- i i(;i - I'l miein o Aarmaniisku andi that they pri;elhent to he hi-lx'nt fr tw I com11 iui es f iriatway troop1i~s aboiive refe-r-. rdi tie. Thle desire for thei r-ailw'ay ifroops is balsfed uponi the fa-ct. that siupp~ lies andl reinifoemOents for Aic-i-i anip i during the winter have toi go by i -oadl51I so tfromi Muirmanoisk to a eelinat i:ca r thle sout Ihern cx t-cmme of the W~hite Sea andl that the oplerat ion of thuis rai ea I -1Is bellev-ed by th e 1 rit i 'h to bef abosol ut ely ne('essariy to guair aee thIle piromplt movemnent. of rein ror'*-ieuets and( supplies to Archangel and thle troops south1 of Archuangel. General TBliss also informed ithat the British imillitariy a uthor-itis (10 aot feel any apprehension afs to the inill tory situaotion at A rchangel. "'In accfordanc-e with thle dhirect.ioni of the ilresideit. I transmit this inifoirma 11011 to thei senal~te comititee' on mill Seinator . li anseon hile'd Ihiis sial mient: "'When oin D~ecmbehir 12 last we c '-i'inced thel a"-it ion foir lhe retur i oo in Uniei* [for the soe-lc pir 710: - of si' inc th'- 1i'ui of American hoys thiete, we h;-e 10 i!I symip:.thy and1 (Coninuil ied on Page Ten.)