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V )LUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAR~OLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1919.NMBR0 VICTORY LOAN C LAUNCHE Dr. Aiken Issues Appeal for . Support LAURENS ASKED FOR $425,000 Iic Traii and Huge Army Tank to be Here Next Tuesday Advertising the Loaii. ('oimniitteemen have been Appointed iII Every School Distriet to Solicit Subsiptions. Committeemen have-been appointed in every school distict of the county to solicit subscriptions to the fifth or Victory Loan of the United States gov ernment. A list of committeemen is found elsewlhere in this paper. Dr. H. K. Aiken is chairman for this county and 1he is expecting leerful support of every patriotic citizen in the enter prise in hand. Laurens is asked to sibsci-he $125,000 worthi of bonds or about half of the amount asked for and oversubscribed in the last. loan. rrophy TI'rimi uid Tank. Next Tuesday a troplhlly train and huge army tank, accompanied by sp.eakers, 'will arrive in Laturens in the interest of the campaign. The tank will arrive from Greenwood early in tie morning to remain all (lay, giving an exhibition of tank fight ing oil the western front. The trophy train, name(d the Thirtileth Division Spe vial". will arrive from Clinton at 10:25 a. i. and remain until noon when it will start for Newborry. The same train will be in Clinton from 8:00 to 10:00 a. m. of the same day. Clinton's tank will visit it on AMonday and will arrive from Newherry that morning to spend the day. It is hoped liat people all over the county will take advantage of the opportunity to see these sights. 15 German Helmets. Tie local committee has been ad vised from state headquarters that ,aurens has been assigned 15 German helmets to be awarded as prizes in the loan campaign. After discussing the matter Monday, it was decided to give (ach) bank in the county one of these ic-mets to ho awarded to some oike buying 1hands through those banks. Af Ier the campaign has elosed, each bank will Iale the subscript ion cards on h-ind i an] award the helmets by a drawing. .lany different ways of awarding the helmet "were u.11gge'ted, blm this illan was adopted as the most fea 14ibl. It wIll be rI'iel illberet that h 1r ien-ts were captured by tile A mi lauan- ill a storehouise behind the C!h"1man11 1111s whei're they'' w'ere being h'd ostn-ii-ibly- for use in the ier man~ "xctedl i umphal entry into Paris. anspcalo wPIh Ie.11l (d i iliz0lo. Do Not Walf onl Committee-4. Although comilittees have been a p po)ntal fo eaclh school listrict alld lth- . ....... ittees ar ex' ......t-d to- get to work iniillediately, ii)r'. Aiken stated y''si4rdlay that no0 0one shoulid wait to I' i1roalChed1 1but should go to the llaitt144 n)en andc at thles m tii i me l (1n (14urai-.' (others to sublscibeh. .\ pay 14-In: of 1' 41r (dill wlill Ibe exieCtehd when11 buyersi.- sign fori h40nd41. Aplilical I in Worers. I41. Aiken has Issued thle tol lowing .41 l to the111 Vic-tory a in wor'kers in the county: A - a faithful and I-alue w111Iorke~r in 4reiou 1411 iber'ty Issun camilpaigns, y4our gov-ernment011 cllis you (1n1e moreO I and1 dloub tless for' the last Iihne) to wis inl lain g the fiuds n eeded to) I ay for ou r great and glor'ious victory. Irealize full11y the hand11le~ Ps uinder hI'bch the wVorkl will be (1011 this time. '(ash may lbe scar'ce, buit the credit of '14iur1ens county is still good and it is t he loani or use0 of t his credit that omir govellrnent asks for'. if the war had1( gonie On 'we would yegiven our all to save the cause. [ he Ipreplaraton we11 had 41( made to out last our enemy addled to thle gilt and1( de'termnination of ourm soldiers, dIs heartened tihe enem11y and Peace was wvm befor'e we explectedl it. Our boys did( not halt or' hold(1back at Chateiu Thierry, or hlelleau 'Wood or the Ar gonne becauseo tihe task was hardi 'As we reflect on what those names me~can 'to uis and .to mankind, there comes the call to return alnd ~ive than11ks for our deliverance. We have UMPAIGN D IN THE COUNTY CALL ON FARlMERS TO SUPPORT LOAN G(overnor Cooper Introduces Resolu tion. Urgent appeal to the farmnners to invest generously in Victory Loan bonds was voiced Tuesday by Charles H. Barron, State chairman, before the South Carolina Cotton Conference del egation which met at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, with members of the South Carolina delegation in both houses of congress. Following the address by 'Mr. lBar ron, the following resolution was In troduced by Covernor Cooper, which resolution was unanimously adopted -by the members of the conference: "\Vhereas the main industry of the South, cotton, has been stagnated upon the markets, because of the mnanipulation of the markets. and the cotton farmers may not now he in pos session of an abluidance of ready cash, and, o "Whereas, the government needs the money of the farmers of the South and has prepared a loan nipon bonds which may be good investment, therefore, "He it resolved by this comm itt Cee. representing the Cotton Association of Soulth Carolina, that the farmers of this State be urged to let no Con sideration come between them and the purchase of bonds in reasonable tum ber, as many as they can acquire and hold withoui absolute flnancial Injury to their farming operation. "Second, that the cotton farmers of this ,State, along with all others who love chivalry and glorious military achievement, can not at this time humiliate their sons whose valor on the fields of Flanders is a heritage for America as well as for their na tive state which taught them to die, if need he, that honor, patriotism and virtue might endure forover. To andI to the limit, even at great sacriflee, and to limit, eve nat great sacriflee, wonld be to dishonor tile memory of our sons who endured." Charles Thompsion Did Well. Those who attended tlie Oratorical Contest iII (reenwood Filday were disappointed that \ir. Chariles Thomp son, who repei'sented the il niversity of Pouth Carolina, did not, w%,iI the (oveted laurels, but all agreed that he imae a splendidl speech and rIIflected cr'edhit upon himself and his instit ii tion. First. place was won by E. 1". Kolb, of Furman University. R. W. Wilson, of Clinton, came second andl A. Stoke; Klng, of Wofford, third. Suecessfi1 Sea1son Cosed. h'le ann ual meet ing of stock holders of tihl. Lairens Iive Stock Company was hield here Friday adil a gratify lng report made by the presidelnt anil ma nager. AMr. I). Ii. Counts. A sa tis factory di videndi was dIecla red an 1)1 r. TP. ). Lake addeld toi thle hoard of di re('tors. A\ rsoluitionl was adopte'd to purcha(lOsi thle p4resentI1)1 buiding bieinig occupied by thle ('Oh) 11any and 1( wAI' by i. 10. W. Mlartin. a Jrice of $.'4(mI havinvl hieen s4t upon1 it by Mir. Mlartin. :ui omanii : . to show 01ur gratliude 4)11e In to whoin wei praye3'd that .llle:s li v(s were spared and fuith 4r .mfferinig an loodshed0151C avoided. We, whlo have not suffered, are asked out of onur abu ndance to show whbether(1 our patriiotism is an abi)1dintg or a tleet ing attr iibu te. Mlany of our' boysg are still "over t her'e". TheseC imust lbe sup. luortedi. 'The Cost. of that propariednenss hat made P'eace possible will be paidI, for Uncle Sam has never' defaul Ited on his obl1iga tionrs and never will. The people of youri dilstr'ict need to be seeri andl given the infor'mation. PublIc spir'ited men and women mnust (10 the wor'ks Let's standl toget her and~ pufi together' until Taps ai'e sounded for you and we. 'roo many ting's that "er'oakers"' said1 could( not lbe (lone have been put over' in the last few yearns, to make this an excuse foi' not trying. I wIll send you literature andI Suplplies as these are sent me andh I want you to distribute them. Watch the county paipers for noties of meet ings and conferences and conic to these. Yours for the Victory Loan, Contv Chairman. 1IAL WAN'T'S STATE TO BUY VESSELS Junior Senator Thinks Purchase of Ships from Government Senjsible Venture. Releve Conigestion. \Vanhington, April 20.--One of the best suggestions for stimillating cot ton tra(de in the South and for always having ships at hand to move this valttable crop 'possibly ever made was Put forth here today by N. B. Dial, of South Carolina, who 'will take his seat. in ,the Senate as the successor to the late Senator Tillman when the extra session of Congress begins. M'r. 'Dial pointed to the fact. that as the inited States Shipping Board in now selling many of the ships which the government owns, nothing better could be done by the different States, especially those of the South which are frequently embarrassed because of a lack of ships to carry the cotton, than to buy some of these. Ie would have the peoplo of the dif ferent States get together and form corlorations and thus buy from the government the ships which it is of fering at a large financial sacrifice. "I believe that if the people of the country-take South Carolina for In. stance---" Mr. Dial said. "Would buy some of these ships and operate them from 'Charleston they wonuld not only iave the means on hand to move 1teir cotton whenever they wanted to do so but to whatever port. under proper governmen t. ruoles, to which they might wish to send them. We would aLways have the question of transportation solved. "The next step would probably be to name these, for Instance, 'The South Carolina' and have her home port at Charleston. Or they might. he naifmed the Georgia or the Florida, according to the State they would serve. We could thus be certain at all times of having ships ready to move the cotton and other crops 'which we grow and, at the same time, stimulate shipping interests at Charleston, Savannah and other home ports. "I view this from a national stand point. The great Sitates of the West --the wheat and 'corn growing sec tions of this country-might also greatly profit by this plan. "These ships are going to be sold much cheaper in fact than we may ever ex peet to purchase them or build them hereafter for the simple reason that the government now has no use for them and finds it more feasible to sell than to hold tIhem. "There are tremnen douis op portuni iii ties for the South and the whole coniltry to realp great. benefits at tle present time If they will but take ad vantii ade of them. Amtuong otherl things is the fact that we are not using the lederal Reserve Ranks as much as we shou11ld do. Ilore is a goverl"inienti twhich is begging us to use these In stitutions freely and liberally and yet we are not doing so. "i'liere are otlier oun nitless oplior 1n itles lying all around us if we will bitt use thtem. Take th is shiip-owning plan, which(1 I hav'.e meti(0 ouned -it woulId solve moany of our most vex ing prtobletms and open tihe dloors for in ion atbonal tade 'hot h by carryinog our Crops nut and bingiing iln i lIat es aunt other commiodlities5 to stuel, anu extent that we enn searcely dre'ami (of it."' \Ir. Di has had large expeience' as. an 0organizer m Rost sutccessfuliy a nd thei plan whIch lie has Just suggested is wor0thyl of itmmedliate cons-iderationi by I le people of this countrty. A lien-FranukN. Alrs. \bittie Allen, of the Watts Atlil villa te, aiid N r. JTohn Frain ks ,or thle same enommnitty, wVere nmarried at Itie resiidenOce of R1ev. 1 laydock Nlarchi .4h. * * * DETrAILS---VCroTR LOA, * * D)atedl-May 20th, 1919. * * Paymnents:10 1per ccent with ap-* * iplietion ont or before May t10ib. * * t0 per cent Jly 15th. * * 20 per centt 'Atgustt 12th. * * 20 1per 'enit Septembiler 9th. * * '20 Per centt October 7th. * * 'With acerned initerest otn de- * * ferred iuistahnments. * * Payment in full canm be made * * on May 20th, the 10 per centt re- * * juilred wiith application hav~intg * * been duly paid on or before Maoy* * 10th.* * Denominations of notes as here-* * tofore. 4 * 111011WAY COMMISSION MET YESTELDAY Al101ts PrInce'tnIl 1load 11 OIe to be Projected at iEarly Date. . Engineer Employed. The county h ighway comlin ission, having in charge the expenditure of file road bond money iI this county, met in the omec of the county super visor yesterday and took note of the progress being made in the survey by the gtato highway engineer. A prelininary su rvey has now been made from ithe Nowberry ile to Barksdale station and the en gineers are now going over the line again checking up the levels. III some places two or more tentative lines have been surveyed to secure the hest and mnost economical line. Civil Engineer Hughes, who is now doing road twork in Cherokee county, has been employed as road engineer for this county. The road work is to be done by contract but will be done uinder the superivsion of .\lr. I lughes, who will give his CiIre tilie to this county's work. Ite is expected to re port for work in about six week!. about which time It is expected that ainal operations will begin. At lie meeting yesterday tile colm mission adopted tile Princeton road :one next to be improved after the Kion Irds-Vonnota in inn and ilnoree-Wa teloo lin e have been completed. The board has had tiis road unler consliderIat ion since resuming activi ties several weeks ago, but did not see its way (lear to formally adopting it until yesterday. No action was taken on the petition of citizens of the Ty lersville section for a road to Yar borough's Mill, but was giveit consid eration -along with the claims of other sections of the county. Tihe chairman of the conimission was authorized to send out question aires on rights-of-iway along the pro posed new lines with a vierw of ascer taining the attitude of various sections as to granting free passage where new lines have to be projected and old roads widened. The attiude of the landowners along the preliminary lines Is expected to have considerable Weight in tile adoption of the final lInes. ox Suilper at, Oakville. TIheicre will be a box supper at Oak ville (.hoolhouse on aturday night, Ajui! 26th. Other refreshmnts will be servied, snch as ice cream and cake. 'T'le public I; cordially Invited to at tend. ''le proceed will go for school ill rovenlli. . Sniit nntributes to Liberty 1o3n1. Attention is direcled to lthe adver 1 limen inl thi, issue of Swift & l'om1 panly. Tis hir1ge conceern is conltr hutnilie to Ihi Vieiory TAibert y Loan cailumaigni thOit spaice that ordinarilv wo'll ih , he ie d ring. thll week for hi'tiicalionalu advertisie .it llilblie', Old Illeed Schooilhouse. ('apt. WV. I. hlichey hias ne'(ceptedi an invtittion toi miake an addruess at IHid ildh: Ol liild schioothonis, Su nday ernoi. A pii '!7th~ at I 1'(lo4 k:. The .li '. * ord ialiy iniviteid. ( omer andl * *' *~ *. *. *' * * * *. * * * * * 4* OV'-:ll'hlIOW1N. * .imsti'erdam~. A prIl 2. Tlhe' hli- * *gairianu Wii ernimeint headed by * * lielail liin lui s reslignedi undelr pres * iure' of Itumanian1111 troops, neC(ord.- * * intg to a dispatch to the (Cintral * * News fronm Yleinnl, quiotinguu re- * * port1s recel i'ed in tht et' bmy * * nerl inn mal from Hutdapest. W~ ild * * ('halos is said to pirevail In the * * llungiiarian eniltal. * * It is re'porte'd tht Czech fore- * * s ae ie the Iinniigariin so- * * Viet troops. * * * * tEVOI'I~ON IN T'rll(I;Y. * *Paris, A prIl 22. - reloltion* * hasi brokeni ont in Turkey andu a * *40 lovit woviernmienit hats beeni de- * * elared. A revointinary comit- * * tee hats bi(en establlshed at ('oin- * * stan'tinople, according to a tele- * * gram received here from Eliev * * quotIng the Hholsheovik represen- * * tat.ive at Odessa, who says -that * * the Turkish consul there has re- * * eved1 offieial announcemnt of * * 4 the change in the govern~ment.* ITALIAN CLAIMS . CRE T11(ICAEDV IN CROSS 111,1,. MrIs. 311ary Ow1enss illi Foumi InIng ,ondition II Outhouse near iier 1101me. \irs. Mary Owens Hill is dead at her lioie inl Cross 11111 as a result of a bl1let wouind in her head, thought to have been self inflicted during flit early hours of Monday morning. Irvin olden ill, her husband. testifyi ng at the Inquest held during the day. sald that lie discovered his wife in a dying condition iln the feed house near their home early that (lay after he had missed her from their home. She lay oil the floor inl night attire and slip pers, wih his pistol on the floor be side her. Neighbors also testifying at the Inquest said that they did not see the pistol when they arrived, but lr. Hill returned to the stand to say that he had picked pl) the pistol and put it in his pocket. The coroner's iIry', presided over by Coroner R. R. Owings, returned a verdict to the ef feet that she enme to her dea t h by ziunshot wonilds inflicled by parties uink nmvn. .\r. .1m1i .\rs. Hlill. :1 young. coulple wXith a six Iliollths' old child. lived a hoir distaice from the cen itir of the 'ow.n and Ir. I i1 clerked ait Mount v ill e. hlley had belen married about. Iwo years and he was recelnlly dis ('lharged from the arilly. They were up Monday light until ab1)ouit I o'clock imrl.ilig the child. Mr. ]lilt awoke (arly in the morning to discover that his wife was not present. Being too early to expect that she"had gone to a neighbor's house, he began a search for her and' found her in tie feed house nearby. Before medical atten tion could lie secured she had passed a-way. Tile feed house was a small frame structure flanked by sheds, according to visitors oil the sCelle. The house itself had an only opening-the front door through which ile deceased on lered. Evidences were present of two shots being fired--one which entbred the'left side of the head of Mrs. iiill alnd another directly Into the door, both apparlen tly ha i ng been fIred fro:n tile ilside. I'NITII-,1) W \lt WORK PA.M:NTS N'Il.1. STL 'l: .nrue .\non iiiof 31oney Snie'arihed inl Ihis ('oity Still 1'npaid4. Prompt .1. . \\o d ull ry, frein state head 'puait ers of the Ulitcd War Work 1n1111d in ('olt ihia. wa a visitor ill tite it lat week. . '. \\Vultni ry i- vis itin: various co1n11tieS inl I te staI I where lar 111sub rcrilltions titoh lnit #-d \\ar. \\ork emnia l n rema n an paid i l n re c"11-" ounlty Is- inlh-d- inl [lt litm\r. Woodhuiry behid a coniferecek it hile local t rtasuiri r, \lr . trotspectts of ttlart p:yitn in thit na r fuiturie. .\t!r.IhaI \\onhar- 'I -u thit the vai t-niltorganiztio : rtl in thesi ltoi. l ite t 'ali llasillg n t i -ad l'e l i r i 0 rowtedh- lt ignat tpon hi- he -iti-I anidt in li e e i a i .a st I t'h e er t la I -- d 'eimed . N' thra it noi' f . 'oiiey rfmin ('0 paicdl, .. saidel tha tk >nganizsatins1101 i ar 'si bl Youmgarra ied ove the situalt '11ion. th< mat' i-o ctna of theit3 rsoelive tdisi i tos ad'mak' stol'htiona ti ri(t that te aobliealtma boeg mit a~m thoe lreit ofe 11h' stat ii' n warwo isn mak iing theasult onmte ofrsoni I" Young' Adair I the asinat theoloin th oferosea Setingf thoo it smay ih Gounay nighop ur' and Adair. H ml in Hobl h lrsetrnd will akeiliad rock hee ontiby Adair. Murff pbi is Pop'larl Inited tol ton May NOW LTE ACUTE PHASE Desirous of Obtaining Dal mation Coast MAY DISREGARD THIE LEAGUE tain u Issue (ve~ Adriatic Coast hats iteached Acute State. DleCISion Must ie Ierived al Once Fixing Question One Way or Other. .\rmy Said to be Supporting Italian11 Olaimis. Paris, April 20.--The Italian issue over t he Adriatic has reached an acute stage, where a decision one way or the other cannot longer he deferred and a decision either way i., fraught with serious conseqiuences. espie~ the Easter calm, which brougit vast cr'ow(s to the churches and ~1~bulevards. the t conicii of four continued its sessions at the "White lollse" Ieginning at 10 o'clock this morning. 'I'le Italian Premier Vit torio Orlando and tie Poreign Min istr Sonnio. were both iVesent and imide it k t 1ht th1e opening of the Italian parl iam2 en I on Wed tie:at avhaSy lVeCe:'ilatd theirej leaving Paris alon <lay witil definite kle 'tldge of what is goinlg to he done. Il aron 8onit ino voitiiued to oceupy the ext reine position, insisting uioi iItegral fultitliisnl of 1h secret treaty of London, giving to Italy t li entire l)ilmatian coast ani t islands and also claiming the (ity of Flume with ouit In teriational izat lion 01' division with the Jugo.Slavs. l'remier Orlando was rather more conciliating, though a telegran which lIe had receive(d from the heads of the Italian army declared that the entire army was hehind him ih upholding Italy's aspirations. Captain Tozzi, of l'remier Orlando's staff, said the lelegram was In effect an tilltiiatum and disclosed how hu veisal and deelp rooted was the Italian determination to secure adequate pro I tetilon on the eastern Adriatic co - lIe added th11at if these rights were not rep(ognized Italy would undoubtedly adopt her own* ) cotrse without. refer (tnce o the ( conferentet , and ovclupy I the re1gions to 'whIichl she considered her -rlf ntfitledI. lPresidentf Wilson's- !poSitionl wa ad It' be ('qually dltermined against any I (eo:niit ion oft Ihe s ret 1tre:tV of Lon2 don. Rieports of :1 comlpromlise (in the basis of thitalan 'getting the Itallian lliarters- of' FI ime an~d the .Jugo-ISlavs "ofting their distri'ts were not (ont firmed. as it. waus saidil tie' plan had n lultiorwan to the l I Ita.is hut. no, :'weepted. liuit early reports indf ;atd that the sesstitn might be pro I td irou h ' hed y ill 1in 1a effort to .R .1-h a middlbs 'romnil. Thell oxtent of fils "na1:rantlev Which \ tin--~t rent w hd li i er'n tc iiks n tinusto l te forImost tpiei in thef 'itr o n a li:' nn iTt: he i Iiitt tI' iit n t'ato the thre'et ow'ri th leu ofltat ion willt'deur Bt * tlt'o tihe ai'hl s h igning of)h Thu(iel Amr icoti al wihoh.em l'g'n iilintthe W isor's ('htt is known, eith. thet lau nmnhs of1g propoars at:-le ben broe u'h forwardi: s t uar ifoant milienty aessistanc of lthe 'ifr'ench twhen the lad: ofThat Is affordte. iutn noe of pe;I Irps al dulen uap iroed hv i ~ours a glto. gi'slnI baenefhatite legumn- wa nhear tin vhli wha js stpotilft befor a lotnaroy ssi'o 'ne of th'uonfmncewhe he inal "Thans fo rdetfingt thean tahv thelewarld aant ealresind ista defineite luiranteeit agitd for ciplTh ecypalt fotreceivin offhea 'ommutnttn't on w'll 'be isued after - the tr'eaty has aefually been delivered - aninounei ng thIs fact. Exetfor this (Continned an Page Four.)