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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1919. Of[ W[[K ALLOW[D FOR HMS TO SIM German Mission Handed Final Terms TIME LIMIT JUNE 23RD \iiswer of Al lies to German Comiter I'rolmsaitIls I. ('omn'ete'l nd Text of the leply is Ha1nled to Gerimlaii Peace CommIIIssionees. Dotitbt as to Whliether or Not Hum, Will Sign. Versailles, ,lune I.--The reply of the allied and associated powers to Geriuany's counter-proposais to the I)eave treaty and a revise(d copy of the peace treaty tonight are in the hands of Cout von llrockdorff-Rantzau, who Is on his way to Weimar, t here to pre Sent to the Geimtan lationial assembly the final word of the victors in the war. Fcw changes have been made in the reviseid peace treaty. The original con tentlons of the allied and associated powers have virtually been maintain (A intact. Five days was the allotted period originally fixed for the Germans to an swer yes or no to the demands of the allie';. But two days additional have been gralt(d )cijaise of the insistence of the German delegation that not suf filient time iad been allowed for Proper consideration of the revised terms. This will extend the time li lation to Monday, .lune 23. If Germany's rePly is Yes the treaty will be immediately signed; if Ger many decines to accede to the demands the armistice will be automatically terminated and the allied armed forc es will take whatever steps they deem requisite to the occasion. With the revised treaty, containing interlinetions in red ink, where changes had been made in it, was a covering note written by Premier Clemenceau, president of the peace conference. it had been impossible to reprint the treaty in time for its presentation today. The covering note severely casti gates Germany for protesting against the treaty on the ground that the treaty conflicts with the terms of the arnis tice. M. Clemencean says Germany falls to underst and fihe position she occuples today in the estimation of the world for being responsible for a war which was "the greatest crime against humanity and the freedom of the people that any nation, calling it self civilized, has ever iconsclously committed. " Without ostentation, Paul Dutasta, general secretary of the peace confer enice, at 6:- 1 o'clock this evelilig plac ed the revised draft of the treaty and the note in tlie hands of German Lega tion Secretary Siion and Baron von loersner with whom M. Dutasta held a conversation lasting for several inuttes, explaining the nature of the instrument and~ the length of time alloted for tihe Germans to reply. Herr &imoni lrotestedl against tile short time gIven Germany to make known 1hcr Intentions. M1. Dutasta arrived In Versailles by automlobile from ParIs at 6:20 o'clock, carryling tihe monmentoius dlocumlents in two liarcels wrapped Inl prosaic brownl pa per. lie was receIved by 'Colonel lIhenry Master of ceremonies at Ver sailleIts, andl oflicers of the alilied is5e alerns, hnd condullcted to thle reading room of the IHotel Recservoirs;. liere theo party was gromuped along one sIde of the room. In front of M. {Duitasta wvas a large marlie-toppedl ta ble, upon01 whli,eh the docunments were placedl inl two plies. Therel' wasL a conl sliderable walt beforo tihe legatin sec retary and1( liaron von Loersner ar rived, escorted 1by twvo French ohlcers. The Germans took their place at the other sIde of the table. At 6:19 o'clock H~err Simon infor mal ly reached across the table amnd took the documents and1( handed t hem to Biaron von D~oersner, this act ually const Ittinrg thle formal reccilit of the treaty and the uilt imatum. A recipt from the Germans for' thle documents was reqiulredl by Mr. Dutasta. After the brief conversation between M. Dutasta and Herr Simon, tihe Ger mans returned to theIr apartment In the hotel, Von L~oorsnor carrying the documents under hIs arms in a green portfolio. Later Count von Birock dorff-Rantzau boarded a traIn for (Continued on Page Fiye, ) DROWNED AT WARtE SHOALS I JARES L~UTHER VAN IIOY FOrmer Member of Traynhamii Guards Lost ills Life in Saluda Jiver. James Luther Vanhoy, who recent 13 returned from France where he participated in all the battles in which tho Traynhain Guards of this city participated, lost his life by drowning while In swimming below the power houise daill at Ware Shoals Satuarday. The funeral was held at the home of his father Sunday afternoon and bu rial was at Ware Shoals. Mr. Vanlhoy was one of the oldest men in point of service In the Trayn ham Guards and wenLt with this com iany, later known as Co. 1), 118th in fantry, to France and there fought In all the engagemuents leading up to the breaking of the iindenburg line. Al though in the midst of all the lighting he came through the war without a wound. Besides being a good soldier he was a poptilar comrade and was greatly liked by all the members of his company. lie is survived by his l)arents, one brot her and four sisters. WOOIMEN TO OATH1'1Elt IN WINDY'CITY C. A. Power of this City, and J. IE. Jlohinson, of Oray Court, Among Those to Attend. Oileial notice has been received by C. A. Power, Past Hlend Consul of this State, that the Sov. Camp W. 0. W., will meet in the city of Chicago on July, 1919. Those who will represent this state are as follows: Robert ILide, Orangeburg; W. 11. Hole, Rock 11111; F. If. Me.laster, Co htim bia; Rev. D. WV. Illott, Pickens; M1. J. Spears, Lamar; M. W. Hobo, Spar tanburg; J. W. Mansfield, Spartan burg; J. E. Johnson, Gray :Court. W. 1H. Brown, of Spartanburg, Past Iead Consul, and Jino. M. Daniel, Head Consul, are members of the Sovereign Camp by virtue of their oflce, C. A. Power, of Laurens, Past Ihead Con sul, Is a member of the law commit tee of the Sovereign Camp, and will go in advance of the regular delegates about one week. W. W1. Bali, LL. D. At the commencement exercises of the University of South Carolina lit Columbia last week the degree of Doc tor of Laws was conferred upon W. W. Ball, Editor of The State, a former resident of this city and editor of The Advertiser, a deserved recognition of thorough scholarship and signal ser vlee to his state. In conferring this honor the University places its seal of alpproval and offers its encoiragement to patriotic and unselfish endeavor to uphold ideals of right and justlee in the face, sometimes, of popular dis favor. The honor was well conferrei and will be worthily born by its re elplent. To Tour the North. Next Tuesday morning a party of Ljaurens p~eople will leave for Savan nah, where they will take a steamer for flaltimnore and from there wvill go North and East to visit New York, Buffalo, Niagara FallIs, Toronto, Can ada and other points. They will r'e turn by way of Cincinnati andi the Mfammothi Cave of Kentucky, remain Ing away for about two wveekcs. The puarty will consist of Mirs. Sallie Nick els, Mirs. Rt. It Nickels, Milsses Esther l.owler, Prucle Owings and MarthL Owings, Lucy McPhiali, Ruth iiIagwellI and SadIo Sullivan. (Comimissonmed as I~leutennt. T,. P. Caldwell, recently discharged mc amber of Co. 1), 118th Infantry, 'l hir tie'th Division, who has beeun making his home in S partanbu rg slice leaving he army, received notice last week of his commission as a second lieutenant. tLieut. Caldwell took the oflicers train ing coiurse while in France, but the armistico came on before lie succeedi ed in get ting his commission. Advice of his promotion was received by his irelatlves lhere Saturday. Sen. Dial at Homei. Senator N. H. Dial came dlown f rom Washington Saturday evening and re mialned until Monday ervening. ~He came down principally on personal business and had nothing of a public nature to give out. The Senator stat ed that ho is getting more accustomed to his dutties every day and soon ex pected to ho as mutch at home in the senatorial chamber as he Is in the Enternrise Bankr. ODD AIRPLANE ACCIDENT AT ROCKAWAY strn Newspapc~ no One0 of thle little hydropineits lit the naval flying station at Fa ir Roelatway went into n tall spin aind dived straight int1o the hydrogenl tank1 shown InI this photograph. The machine Is seen resting Inshh-e the framec of thle tank. The ayiator~s killed were Ensign Adams and C. 11. (). Carov. IN C(IIENT Olt (A1'J'Li Enlot-ty Questionl Now Disturbing the Sleep of tihie 0ountyh SuIpleriIsor. Whlt Ab1ou1 the Dog Folntin iiln What to surface the walks of the Couirt bouise lawn. in, is the problei which liow fiacvies tle county supervis or-, the problmtii of actually planting (the grass and bulilding. the m curbing having leer fairly well siolved. ''hie sipervis:or says that hf- can go ahead and siilrace tit( %walks Willi gravel, Withli Culent oi' vith ally other ma teia! tor such b'urpises, but. that lie W'olild fra nkly like to have tle views ofi a fev pe'ople on it. Somie popio prefer the ceimient Iavinu'i, beause of its perimnnce and ease of cleaning. Others disliko the paving because of its hei and glare. ome piople pre fer walking on a --,oflie imaterial than the pavinu-. Others look at the cost of both and prefer the latter. M'r. Walls thinks that in the long run one will lie aboit as cediap as the other. One gathers froim the supervisor hat the opinions of lie ladies will have iiili Weight in decijing the uiestion. Another (question that is agitating the niind of the supervisor is the bird fountain erected by the ladies of the Civic Ibeagie on tile north side of the coir. house. It is.(- commonly known that lie birds would die of thirst if hliy had to d:iepiid ulion this fountain for water, but it occuifis a very proit inentl part of thle squnare nlevertheless. Arlistically inclined people iinsinuate that tle foiintaini is not a Iiiodel of perfection in its linies and curves, buti tie sipervisor is not greatly concerni ed abou. that, bike the great ruin of iortals, he doesn't know whether it. is artistic or not, Ile would risk this stiatel enI. however, thit lie thought its beauty and value wvould be greatly enhanced if tile water were ii unning in it. As It stands now, lie said, it looks like an inanimate pilece of me c'hanism, while a stream of water pouring from its sides would give it an appearance of life and vigor. Some people have stuggested that it be mov ed to tile school house grouils where there are just as many birds as there ai'e oin tile public s(luare., TWO L.WitENS OFFICERS. ITED 1Y (1EN. PEIRSHiN( Lieut. T. 1). I ake, l)ee'nsel, andi 1le1. .tames C. Todd Cited by 4.en'eral I'ershiig. Mr. T1. Ii. blo rcei'ed last week ani ollicial citation signiid by (en. l'ershing awarded to his soi, lirst. Lieutl. T. 1). Lake, .t.., doveased, It.t dliStinlVishdii and 'xceptional gallan 'ry ill action al [Ils'y larm. France, inl theoa ();t-1ions.1 u; :hki.\:ea i'xpeditiolary Force. First Liet. .aines C. Todd, also of this (ity, re ceived a silniar citation on the same day. L'iIt. b.akIe was killed while leading his ieni11 into action. LieuIt. 1odd r(etirniied with his regiment and w'as given hi Is discharge several :monitIls ago. hIth wero ofleers in the 371st Infantry. At a conigrecgationiai l m'nting oif the Fi rst Piresbyterian clhuir'ch iast Sunday moin~i g four' [ulin g 10lderis wvere ('lectded and thle salairy of thle pastor iincreasedl to $2,100 a year. The move men t to r'aise thle pastor's salary was miadle ('nt irely withoii. thle knowledge of iter. Sitires'i', the pastoir, anid ini token11 of appriei'a tiron of his serv i(es as a lireachieri anil 1pasor1. '['le tlderis electedl wer'e I)r. I1. K. Aiken, M\essris. S. 11. D~orroh, b. 11. iBlackwellI and M. II. Ilunter., All oif thlese with the ex ceitilou of' .\lr. )oirrohi werie alrieady diea('oins O thle 'iichri anrd thiri eleva lIon necessitates thre i' elcion of oli cci's toi fill thii r places. Imprjiovinig W~est .lalin. Street force's ar'e miakiig nim'hneed ('d repmairs on thle t arivia piaveiment on Werst. .\lin s trei't. Itha t had becomei v'ery mu ich thie wor'se for wear dourig thle past. few nion ths. Th'le w oi'n out places air' binig filled in and covered oiver and may lie ais good as inew whieni linishied. Th'!e parts of the st reel bie in g repa ired arime bIn g ha rried to Itraf lIe unlt i Ithn e is all owed foir the tar preparatl ion to dry'3. Of Iintere'st Here. Much Interest is felt here In the marr'Iage of Miss Or'a Smoak, of Or'angebui'g, and James Rlobert Pratt, of Rlaefoi'd, N. C., which is to take place at the home of the bride In July. Miss Smoak has vIsIted Miss Sadie Sullivan hero on several occasions. She is a member of the graduating class of Lander colee thIs year'. '. 8. TROOPS AGAIN AFT[R VILLA Short Campaign Successful In Purpose SOLE PURPOSE FOR PROTECTION -ri ca iT ''rop, 1isperse -'mIlaists At iieking City of ,Juarez lIeld by lexculen Felerals. Attick Tade to Still) 6hl Firinig in Fjllirection of Aierienn Litte. Troops are With. driwnit. El Paso, Tex., June iU.--American I roops Sent iito Alexico last Lnight to stop the inid iscriminiate tiring across iie horder fought their iirst general entgageinit with tlie mexican rebel forces of Francisco Villa at th Juarez race track shortly after 2 o'clock this morning aid the Americans were vic torious. Viila's troops were driven from the race track by rifle fire and machine guns and many prisoners were reported taken by the United States cavalry which took up positions on the east aId sotieast of the track, aeorini g to ani othicialI report at mili iary headqiiarters. The Nlexican rebels and federal troops fought il I lie strects of Juarez Sa tu1rday nlight and Sunday night, imany onl both sides being killed. Alany lullets from the rebel guns came across the Rio Grande and two per sons were killed and seven wounded on the American side. When the eMexican bullets became too thick for the safety of citizens of El Paso, Brig. Gen. J. B. Erwin at iI o'clock last night ordered Ameri an I troops to cross the border, and in ten minutes after tihe order was is sued :,600 United States soldiers were in Mexico. The first troops to cross the, border were the Fonrth Battalion of the 2Ith infantry, a battalion of tle 82iid Artillery and the Fifth and Seventh Cavalry. After the Mexican federals were al lowed to retire into the town of . .a rez, Col. Hladsell's negro 'ifahtry" opieied with a terrille rile fire on the Ireinches ian king the race track. They advanced in open order and succeeded in dislodging tle Villa forces who lgeld lie sirongest positions as the negro Iroopis were forced to advance aqr a comimrative lv open plain. The fl t valleyvs from the1c riflemen were an sW (r Id shot for shot by the Villa troops who seeied to realize they wore trapped by the cavalry in the roar ad tlie infantry in front. American machine guis started sputt ejing froi ahove houses neatr tho rae triack and the preponierance of rille fire was soi with -time American forces. T11 preliminary artillery pirepa ration having been completed, lie shralmei guns became silent as the ifles took up tile work. The ex iploslin of M\auser and American cart rid~ges cotuld be p1linly distinguished fronmi military hieadol uarte rs in the Mlills huildiing in 1El Paso where Glen l'rwin was aninte rested spectator from his te4I Ih story windowv. dAs the American cavalry3 maneuver 1(d over the-J1ua rez llainl their posi tios were mtarked by grteen rocket hinaes aindl were anisweredl by similar star shll s froum the tolp of the Mills buil inig. .\t '-2: :0 o'clock Ithe rifle irnintg hado dIiedl do0wn, in cating the Villa forces were dlefea~A be'iing Irniven itfo thehr by3 thievdnited States dAlr'y. The A merican. art illery' was statio1 d 11m0 11ositions fromti which' the .lua?r act I rack whetr( thle Villa rebels were <quaritered conid be shenl led withI shrap nid. A flaniik ing nioveumen t was begun it ani effort to p reveit Ithe escapie of thle rebels. IIn ann totin(1jg hiis acatIion in order jng Amneirican itn iito Mexico, Glen. Er.. Iwin, In a former statenmen I said he Itad done 5o to preveit thei ( itndiscrim nnte fiinitg into 101 P aso 1)y rebel sol d iers, endalan gerinig thle lives of Ameri Cans. I"Itbii ont Ino accoiit wvere they to un idertake ant invasion itto Mlexico,'' contiued thle statement. "A soon as the Villistas havo been dilspersed and thte safety of tihe citizents of El Paso has ben assured, thme troops of my command wIll be0 wIthdrawn to the American side of the border. Major Gleneral de Rlosey Cabell, commander' Southern Department of (Continued on Pago 1Four.) LIFE SENTENCES FOR FOUR NEGROES AIen Williallis and Cl'eve Gnrlington Found Guilty of Murder and Recon. mentled to the lercy of the Court for Death of Wash Iteeder at Clin-! tonl. Tihe Court of General Sessions con vened Monday morning, Judge F. B. Gary, of Abbeville, presiding.and the other court officials In the accus tomed places. The court has had sev eral pleas of guilty; anong them that of John len'y Wililams tried at the last term of court for the murder of Sam Burton, another negro, at Cross I-1ill when a mistrial resulted. The court has been engaged in the following cases: Jno. Iienry Willianis, plead guilty to manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. This is the Cross 11111 negro tried at the previotis term of court for killing Sai liiirmtol oon Mr. Carrol Nance's place at Cross 11111, with an axe. Will Washington, house-breaking aid larceny, charged with entering .1. II. Nance's store at Cross 11111. lie was givei a senteneo of o year at hard labor. auimus Gelder, plead guilty to man slaughter and sentenced to 1. o years. lie killed a negro, 13. Sullivan, near Ilopeweil, in 191:1. Timothy Hooks was found guilty of house-break-ing and lamvceny, the charge being that of stealing cotton from the ginnery of the Reedy River Power Company; sentenced for two years. Allen Williams and Cleve Garling ton, two of the four negroes charged with kiling Wash Reeder, also colored, at Clinton, wcre found guilty of mur der and recoinnended to tlie merey of the court. This carries a penalty of life inprisonmept, but, sentence had not been passed yesterday. Sam Ilice, another one of the no groes impliented in the Clinton killing was found guilty of Inurder with recominoendat ion for mercy Ilate yes terday evehing.M Charlie" Ferguson, tihe foirth negu'o, received a sinilar ver(liet by direction of tIhe court. The four negroes were given life sentences. After the coinmpletI i l of the above trials, the court a1djoiu.n ed sin( die, The Grand Jury complIted its work yesterday and handed in tlie following Presentnien - Presentment. of Ilie Grianl Jury. We have passed on il bills handed us by the court and reported on same, in otir formuer presentment we call ed attention to the unsanitary condi lion of the present jail building and we are glad to report that ofileial ii formatlon has reached us that the committee alopoined for that purpose will in the near future let a contract for a new building. In our opinion the magistrates of the (ounty ehouuld he bonded by a sure ty company in a sum of not less than Two Thousand Dollars for the faithful performance of their official duties (Continued on lditarlal Pagre) SECOND ELECTION ON POWER CONTRACT Same Terms us Controct Voted Down lin March with Ixcepton of Length of Contract. At the meeting of City Council held yesterday evening a second election was ordered on the ratification of a contract with the Reedy River Power Company for.the furnishing of electric eurrent to the city. The election is to be held JulY 22nd. The only differ ence between the c'ontract to be voted on and the contract which the ciizens turnled down inl March i. as to dura tion. Under the first contract lhe duration was to .bhe ton years, but un der' the second the contract is for five years. Til, decision to place the matter before th people again was reached following a meeting of citlizens in the (ourt house shortly after the first election in Which a res(o hition was adopted callinig uton the cowunil Io nrider a new election With theo revisEvd terms. A conin ittee from the t'ha oer of 'Commerce appeale'd before the (oun Il to rectuost. a dellfite rate onl (lee triily for cookin g purttposes. .\layor ltabb stated in lhw mieting that the cotuicil was not inl a position to make a 14e'mttianentlyN low rtle at this time onl ncoint. of the li ncerta i nty as to the cost of power inl the fitire, no eont traet or othor arrangement having beeni m(ade so far for electric Current. lie said that file rate proposed for electrie cok ing last year, was based on the cost of powei' at that time and with the understanditig that its per maneni)Piice Would depend upon1 lie abil Ity of the council to secure the same rat e. TilIs having so far proVed Im possible, tile coniell was unable to al low that rate. Aftr this statement and other mmini discussions the mat ter was Indefinitely postponed by a resolition to reselnd tlie rate made last. year. Uri-. Coiper Not Offered the ,Judgeship The following is from The Sfale: Rectiily a rumor has been currQnt that ihe federal Jt'dgeshi p of tihe Wes ti'n district of Smth Carolina had been offeret'd to (over'nor Cooper. The illef execiltive said yesterday that the job had not been offered him, despite fite some what persisteit rmn tor. This place was made vacant. 1)y t lie repent deiath of .J ud1ge JosephI T. Johnson. There are a Iartge iumber of appli Cant s from tle har of the State for this position, which is to be filled i mme diately uipon Pr'tesidn t WIlson's retu trn from irope. Ited Cross O'llees Combined. Ptirstiant to Instructions from dis triet head(itarters In Atlanta. the Laurens and] Clinton hone service de iartments of the Red Cross have been combined and all work of the two chapters will hereafter be transacted through the Laurens offlce. of which Miss Sadie Sullivan is secretary. The Clinton office will no longer be kept onen.