The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 25, 1919, Image 9
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V)UEXXXI V. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1919. ~yj~p4
GERMAN SAILORS
WIPE OUT FLEET
Sink Numher of Vessels III seapn Plow.
CIareful Plan1S 3lad(e. Officers and
Crew.s Now Uider Arrist. on BritItsh
Vf-sseli. soirne 34.0eet llth,
London. .hin, :ll.-1'ho (German of'
fi'tIrs antd sailors foriilna l thw com
plments of thle Gevrnini shipsl internl
ed aI et a ''t'o Sank iuiost of liir
ih at today. .\ill te ig "hips, th hat
flae ships nd hl crI islers, exc-epilg
thle lndenl. ailu numer-ous Finialler craft
wt ler s nk, %%hill. o thesi w ll 1:t I-ra
III :t half itit condition,
fli t o drtrovirs w r el It. hy-l g
h v t s; four !- r still alfloal, while
the remellainde. went ilder.
The whol le sirinng ofl thIc r
man ships, which wevre surr-lender(A
n e tw hrm of the armiji aie, was
nrefltlly arranged by olicors and
VI - eW . A.ll (posehad beel ro
(e1-Ind .1 Iri-efore, the only eans
of, dostroying thet fleet was by opening
Ithesl sencocks. The vhips wnt down
slowly with the eman flag, whllh
the crlws had hoiled, showing at the
iasthitdsl.
The crmws. composed entirely of
rii'uliuis, andl the terms of ie( arl
it ewhicb did 1not pel111jt of filrit
tish gitards ahoard. took to the hoasi
M1h-1 tim vetsols began to sethe.
\i\ile tnakin fhr the shore hee boats
were (.ball1-11" d( and) cnll(A Il tpon to
1-ii-lvlder. s In of them ig nored the
'lli1ll lii '1-)I N at fire tiulpon, t rew
[Ti strok lei piently was an in
fire itrllprise a t ei t. ews reach
-d London throt h a corresponden
who was. informedi by farmers Ii nie
nighborood that thle had se ld the
Gfferman Ships sinking with their flag
aloft.
The admiralty at first dnied the re
pAbut latr confired It. and Is
ned in offial statement. The Ger
mlaiin ofaliers and crews have been
madei prisoeri.s.
None of th oflcials toniglit would
offer ane opinin as to how they are
to be dealt with.
The statemlent which was issued by
the0 admiralty, says:
"According to the latest reports from
,.eapa F.'low all the interied hattle
.liss and haitle crulisers have boen
su1ni exc pt thle battleship l- aden ,
which is still afloat. iv I gih t cruis
a have been sunk bill thre have
ben' en le ( i'iin dightn ds lroyers
w\-Irc be ehod by1 1"(101 Ill". F'our d4
tr: rs ha . Sto.
"A (11ladir no to the
emnils frola thet, re now in
custody aboard Biritish ships. Some
boats- fr 1 the I ( hA i;);s - rcfsed to stop
whenl ordter.ed and werev fired onl. A
sinu-,ll 1llu1uber of ( ilts wel e killed
orw
"In arcordanc. with thet( rm of
the afillistAice thet Gterillanl ships were'
ituerne1(d wAith skel,-on (. rew\%.s as care
In ers and withlont I ritishl guards
a broartd."
\\heln the Gorman hig-h sesfleet
surrenered lst Novemnber and was
w Zm ed.
Opera House F
Children 104
tak(n to Scapa Flow it collrised nine
baitlesh'lips, live battle cruisers, seven
light. cruisers and 50 destroyers. As
fiar as is knlowIt, all (lhe ships are still
ill Seapa Flow.
The halitieships at Scapa Flow are
the Kaiser, Kaiserin, Woenig Albert,
fu.1yorn, .\arkgral" KronlprinlA Wil
hehnm, Pr-inz I~egenit Luitlpold, Grosser
Ktiueru( st. and the Frederich (er
(rossE' abollt 2-P.0100 tons each. 'iTe
hait'le cruisers were the Seydlitz, lin
Onhu.rg, .\like, Von ner Tannl and
O1*Uing ler.
'Th1'irso, -cot land. lne 21.- -The
hoi1ti (of a red flag at noon was thte
siuul for the crews to ('suttle the Ger
iiti war-sips at Scapa Fiow. T)he
crew(s took to the boats aid rowed to
ward thle shor~e. The guIard ships fired
at the Gerinan11s, Who Jumped overboard
and swalt ashore, where tihey were
tOun itded up1).
PRICE OF POTASH
TO BE INCREASED
Tax WiN4 be Piaced oil Cotton (Arow.
Washington, June 21.-It is appar
(it iere now, after the iaring before
Ite house ways and tmteais cotmiittee
onl ilt' polasht sitiation, that the in
creased (price will untdoubtedly go In
to effleet withinl a shtort tlime, Ithe whole
(onatre.ssiontal mlachitery being ill Re
publicanl hands, anld that lite vo.41 will
cote out of the cottont growers of the
As cx plained by those who have
kept. track of cottoil legisilatiot for
many years, this plan of placing tite
cost of potash at a high figure is blit
another Indirect, method of liacing a
tax tipon raw cotton. The plan is both
injust. and unfair to the cotton grow
ers, considering th present labor
situation, but the facts may as well
be faced by tie people of the South
thnt. despite the best efforts of the
national legislators from that sectioni,
the tax will go on in a short time,
making each bale of cotton cost from
$10 to $12 more to produce It.
Representative B1yrnes of Southit
Carolina presented ti the cho ommiitee
stateient of tile dirc'tor of tle geo
logical slurve'y and of oflicials of the
State of Nebraska eindling to show
that the Western prodicers htad I)r(
duced polash at a cost of $120 a ton
xclusi(v of l reightt an 11d ShoulI h4e
able to prodlce' it for lIss in th' I
tire. Ile stat t h at d1. ing h wI a r
thoy had s old thir prodicts 'Is lheh
as $00 a nand 0their proilitS had
beenl stillicient. to cnver. their total inl
VestetI it andfl 1 tat a price of $2.u I
toil would siliply enrich tlei at the
(\'Ipnse of the (o0n1( farmrs of the
Soith. lie stited that it maitcred not
vhe(ther a price was fixed by a licei:;e
system, ori a tariff (utty placed(I ol il
ported potaish, that :r the cost to thle
farnier xeee $100 a foin It wolid
be a proiitlltve priCe and the farmers
voulld not kuse it.
HER WAS a
.on~e o MR
ciay T is ek
: dus 0c
TRIBUTE TO LATE
JUDGE JOHNSON
Iesoluations Adopted und Are Spread
on I inutes of Coit for Slmtanbitrg
1111tr.
Spartanburg, Jtni ' 22.-..The Spar
taIl bIt rg I hi r A s soc iation 1 ycsterday
mlorning paid honlor to the mlemlory) of
Jidge Joseph T. Johnson, of the I'iiit
ed States districlt cotirl for the western
district of South Carolina, and prior to
this for 11; years t he lepresentative
fromt this district to the lIOIso f 1el
reseitatives, who died here several
veeks ago.
The coutt of GeneraI SessIons Col
vied yester(day Ilorning at 19 o'clock
and all1 businless, was dispenlsed withi.
C. Eiskin1e Daniel was first, to pay
tribute to tie late J1utdge Johnson.
Thent Several others spoke inl respclet
of his iiCIory.
Addres-ses were delivered this Imorn
ing by Dr. ID;niel, Hlenry K. Osborne,
lolbert .1. Gantt, iLeitd States coin
m1 issioner for Spartanburg county; 11.
i. Dellass, Jesse W. Boyd, Howard B.
Carlisle, president of the Spartanburg
lia Assoclatioi; Thomas M. Lyles,
lorace L. 1oi0mar and Ralph K. Car
son2. The nin1e attorneys all spoke in
terIs of hight si praise of .1 udge .ohlin
SOn11 as a linll, a neighbor, a lawyer, a
congressmall and a judge.
Following the conclusion of Mr.
Carson's remarks, .I ndge Sense him
,;elf paid an1 eloquen~t tribute to lite
IemIIiory of tihle late jurisl. .ludge
,-ease Iambinh the distinguished m)an1.
'le judge then Oridierd the colit. to
si :Ind ad.journed siie die as a fiturther
mitark of re(spect to the mliem1ory of
.Judge Johnson.
tesol ltolns A doptid.
"On May 8, 1919, .oseph Travis
.Johnson, judge of the nited States
district court for the western district
of Solth Carol ina, died it tle age of
61 years. As a capable lawyer, a dii
gent and effective congressman and
an eminent judge, he rendered distiln
guished service; and his silmli city,
sympathy and kindly patriotism en
deared him to all.
"Wherefore, he it resolved:
"First, that we lament, inl his death,
the loss of an ahle and upright jidge
and a Citizen of highest ideals and
splendid aeli leven et s.
"Second, That his imemory will be
r'vered by all who knew him and
cherished by those wllo Iew him
bies t.
"T ird, That the Iottrii oder t , Ill
IS arimC anelt nwiloria tse r etso
]lit ions he. (.ntered onl 11Il. minutes .L of
OhIL couri an-d ;I ently rn nit to
"Spaianhug Bar Associat.ionl.
"C. Erskine 1)ani~el,
"Italph K. Carson.
"('iorge W. Nicholls,
"It is so oriered,
"ThNF oms ES. S 4se,
* * * * 4* * * * e o *4* * * *
**
Lanlford, .11une 2.1.-- The Ituraml Im-n
lirovemen'lt Association enijoyed at very
inItetsting progirm Friday lift ernoon
ir st was a song, thlen replorl of till
State short coturse of dlemuonIsirat ion
by Mtrs. C. Ib. Wa 1lrll; several p ianc2
salos by3 t1isses Palin te antd Ma\Iagarte
Waldrep, Lilly .\lay Cox, ('atlbline ani
Mlyrtle IPthy and1) M\ay lile; addreli.i
by M\iss Dai lsy I Tatris, thle home dem1
(1nstrtator;: social houi' and refrteshi
metts by .\irs (. L. \ dalrp anid .\ts
C. D . (Cox.
tIon. Quite a numbi of111 our 1) ol5di'
Ser1 t I) a nkc oru Hilli return.
h'ltist week I from I ranc, a In hrt.
Tuo8 I Ii mirrho llif toh \li1 s. tI
\'ltrnon, oft Sparl~tnbur'g, an2d .\ir. Sam
11el Drummnoti to M\iss Ethl (ulbeit
son1, of Wanterloo. Th'ley ('am211 i
surtpise5 to th~et'ir many frieinds here
yet ouit best wIshes a1l1end( t hese liapp:1
y'oun g ele1 and1( ext end liearty conl
gri'i lations.
MIss CarrIe Fowler leaves this weel
for Greenwood to attend the Suinda:
Scool ConventIon to 1)0 held( at Lan
decr College.
Mrs. M. W. Fowler and Mr. T. A~
Drummond and famIly vIsIted relatIve
In Troy last week.
Mr. Hnnry Ponle and family of Uin
ion, visited Fiss Fannio 1larinon last, 1. . II i gi1,. Mrs A. I l011)11 is ill
week. ,he l I 11(I 1fith tI. 1))
Aliss Othello Johlis sent. the 1
week-enI at. h 1onic will: her fatier. er
Mr. an( Mrs. 11. T. Ferguson, of Mi. John (olwr t ii ill i*i: lr1: visit 1112 t(110
Startanburg, sIpvnt. Sunday with Mrs. his r, .1. W. i'ito' I lilo (1.1 0 D .1. \V Alen.
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