The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 16, 1919, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919.NUBR5
WCT. H. H. WASTKIN
F[DRAL JIDG[
Nomination Sent to Senate
Tuesday
NATIVE OF
LAURENS COUNTY
Mfter Several 31nlihs of ii)elberations
iII Which 31any .Names Were PIt
Forward Capt. 11. If. Watkins, of An
di-rson, is Named to Succeed Judge
Jos. '1. Johnson onl Federal lench.
(Greenville News, Tuesday.)
Capt. Henry Hitt Watkins, of An
derson, prominent lawyer and citizen
of the 1Pledmont section, will succeed
the late .oseph T. Johnson as federal
Judge for the Western district of South
'Caroltina.
According to Associated Press dis
pqtches and special correspondence
from WrasIgngton to The News yes
terday ,thb. nomination of Capt. Wiat
kins .a federal judge was sent to the
United States senate by President
Wilson. The nlomination now needs
oily the formal confIrmation of the
senate, which will be given within
the next few days, in all probability,
and Capt. Watkins.'will shortly there
after assume the ollice. Ile will, in
all probability, preside over the fed
eral court for the irst time at the
speclal teri which Is to he held in
Greenville beginning he Ilrs Tuesday
in August.
News correspondence from Wash
in gton last night was to the effect that
Senaitor Dial has req uested Chairman
Xtlson, of the jldiciary-' commit tee, to
expedite action ipon ile nomination
of Capt. Watkins. Ordina'rily the nom
fn ation. with others recelved yesterdly
from tile White Ilouse, wouid lie over
until the next regular meeting or tho
committee, and th1en he refer red to a
suih-coimm itte. Ily tea sotn of Seniator
)!al's request, however. It is now vyery
11robab11le that the conflimation of Capt.
Watkins as inldgo will take place with
in a very short time.
The nomination of 'apt. Watkins
brings to ani end a contest for the
tdgeshlip whdh developed shortly
after the dloatli .oufge Joseph T.
.1ohi son on l ay 5. Tlh e n1:11es of' a
large number of protiietit lawye's
from va0ious lurts of the l'iedmlnont
section were proposed by thoir' ftrindts
and ai.illi'rers, and virtitally every
comuminity p;ut forth a candidate for
tihe vacancy.
The a)lointment or Caift. Watkins
has cattsed v(er'y general satisfaction
thrioughout the district, and after the
news of the appointment w\'as received
yesterday the opinIon was very gen
erally expr'essed that Cat. Watkins
would fill the position in a thoroughly
satisfactory maniier, and t1hat hiis
tnure of tile oille would he an honor
to lie district and a ciedit. to i im
self.
Henry I1itt W~atkins was borni in
Waterloo township, 'Laurens county.
on .Junie 21, 1866;. Ills fat he'it was
(Capt. I lenry II. Watkins, of Laur'ens
county, who ,was born Mlay 26, 1818,
and died March 22, 1866t. hlis father'
was engagedI in farming all his life
and never' souight or' held poiltical of
fiee, but was a captain in the state
militia uricor to the War Bet wveen the
States, and ser'ved as a lieutenant in
James' Sottth Carolina battalion. Ills
earliest ptater'nal ancestors to come to
America emigi'ated from Wales to
Virginia in the early part'l of the sce'
enteenth centur y, probably having
conmo over wvithi Capt. John Smith,
and s:ettIled in Pince Edward count y,
Virginia, whei re thle faumily l ived tint il
shortly after' the close of the Rlevolu
lion. Not long after the close of the
Revoluttion John 'C. Watkins, grand
father of thle present Ca pt. WVatkins,
mnovedl to Rot h CarolIna, and after'
retmaining for' a short -whiil e in Abbe
ville county, moved to Waterloo
township, Laurens county, and settled
at the old homestead of the family
on Rteedy r'ie.
ie wvas twice nlmrriedl, his second
wife being a daughter' of John Moore,
a Revoluitionar'y soldier of Laurens
coutnty, whose lands 'adjoined those
subsequetntly owned by John C. Wat
kins,
On the maternal sIde Mr. Watkins
is decendled fromn Robert Culbertson,
a Revolutionary soldier, whose family
emigrated from Ireland and first set
tled in Pennsylvania long prior to the
Revolution, and swho entered the Roe-o
OtUANIZING FAIC14iIS' Ti'tIP
TO CLIMSON COLILEVE
Farm lemonsrator Moore Hopes to
'ailke a Ilarge Party to C(leimsont Col.
lege Next Week.
Farm Demonstrator 1). .\. Mloore is
arranging for a largo attendance of
Laurens county farmers upon tile ag
riculttural course to be given at Clem
son college next week, The week has
been set apart as "Farmers' Week" at
the college and tho program will con
sist of discussions of ti mely toples,
demonlstrtations of tractor plowing,
stumi) hilling and other farm imple
ment work besides addresses by prom
inent speakers. Mr. Moore is desir
ois of having a large represent at ion
from Laurens county alId reqpuests the
utse of their ears by as many farmers
as can do so. Those Who (10 not have
cars are as'ked to Join the party and
pay a pro rata share of translportation
eCxpenses.
The present plan Is to leave Laurens
next Tuesday morning at 7:30 o'clock
and go by way of Greenville, returning
Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. A
valuable opportunity of seeing some
fine farms along the road will be giv
en. Mr. Moore asks that all those
who will go t.) notify him at once.
Among the speakers on the program
are Editor Clarence Poe. of the Pro
gressive Farmer, and Dr. Ii linter, of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Hunter will talk on tile boll weevil.
Expenses it tile college will be $1.00
per lay for menas and room.
Uiieiling Monument.
Cottonwood Camp, 725, W. 0. W.,
will unveil a mon)ument at Laireis
Mill C( emetery on Sutiday, July 30, at
1:30 p. ill. All other camlps are cor
dially invited to be present and mem
bers of Cotton wood Camp are espec
ialy requested to be oil hand.
It tiona ry arly from that state. Dilr
ing Ihe progress of the war lie Came
south and fought in. a number of bat.
tIes on South Carolina soil, and after
the war moved to South Carolina and
settled inl Waterloo township, Laiurtens
couitly Mr. Watkins' mother was
llannahi Elizabethi Culbertson WatkiriIs,
a daughter of Capt. .1ohn Culbertson,
o, aillaues co i3unty.
.\t tle age of 13 years .ll-. Watkins
eni ter'ed Furmian tilliversity, Greelville,
S. C.. and received llth degree of Mas
of Arts in I88:3. ills graduation
ocCurTed a few days heore i he becalle
17 years of age. ile taught school for
ighlt years, four in the piblic schools
ill the state, and four at Furman uni
versity, where lie served as principal
of thl preparatory school and secre
tary of the faculty. In the meant line.
he read law tinder Wells & Orr, of
GI'eiville, ald Nurri'ay & Muriray, of
Anderson, took the sit ercoulrse of
lectures tindel Dr. .101111 .) .\ililor, Utni
versity of \'irgilia, and was admitted
to the har in .lMay 1892. lIe immediate
ly foimed a partnership witi Major
E. It. .lirray, of Anderson, the style
of thie Irm being .M\urray & Watkins,
which coitilied until .Major \lirray's
deth in 1,41. lie then formed a pa't
nership wi'th G1enieral M1. L. Ilonhlam,
undl~er thle style' of ilonhama & Watkins,
anld this partnershiip hlas conlt inued
over a period (If twenty-five years tin
til the llresent. In 1907 Thlomas Allen
was adldedl to the firm, and the style
of the firm is no0w Ionhlam, Watkins
& Allenl. This firm hlas eitjoyed an
extensive prtactice, r'eprtesentinag a
numbller of thg mIost 1iportatnt enter'I
lrises in tile ntorthw~esternt section of
the State.
.\ir. Watkins ,was one of the organ
izers anld directors of tile Savanlnah
RIver Power compiany, and was also
a diretor' and vice-lpreshdent of thle
Anlder'son Water', bight and Power
c'omp~any until these complianIes be
came 'onlsolilat ed withi lar'ger' electrtic
power compllanies. H~e Is now a diref
tot' In thle Hel toil Sav~i ngs and~ Tr'ust
('omp~any of Belton, S. C., hrogont
MllIs, Anlder'son, and Is vice-priesident
andc direcctor' of Peoples Btank of An
derson01. ile has taken a most actlive
Ilt erest' in educntional affairs. Tie
ser'ved on the fir'st bldard of trtustees
of the Andetrson graded school, was
for several year's tr'ustees of Furiman
uinivei'sity, of Gr'eenlvillo Womlan's col
gele and 'Connie Mlax well orphianage.
At thle or'ganlization of Anderson col..
lege in 1911, 110 was elected president
of this board of tr'ustees, and has
ser'ved in that capacity ever sinlce, [Te
Is also truistee of the And,er'son county
hospital association, and of the Ander
son [4Ibrar'y association, and is also a
mlember of the board of educeatlon of
the State Djaptist convetntion of Sotith
Carolina.
POWElR ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY
Toters of the City to Deeide Whether
or Not City 811111 Eider Into Pow.
er Contruet with Reedy iver Power
Company.
Iegistratton 0 books for the election
to be hold on tlie power contract clos
ed Saturday nIght and the election is
to be lieldl next Tuesday. Mr. It. E.
IBabb, in Charge of the iegistration
books, had practically 260 names on
tile registration list yesterday but said
t le litimber may be slightly more or
less than this as the namies hadl niot
been ca tefilly counted. This nituber
is slightly in excess of tihe number
:'gistered for the first election when
a total of 136 votes was cast, 38 being
for the contract and 98 against it. The
contract to be voted on next Tuesday
Is practically the same as the one
voted on in April except that it Is to
run five years Instead of ten.
The contract provides for a payment
by the city to the power company of
two and one-half cents per kilowatt
hour per month .with a minimum
charge fixed by the lowest bill for any
month in the first six months. The
previous contract between the power
company and the city provided for a
rate of $50 per horsepower per year
with certain reservations or restric
tions as to its use. The city paid the
power company approximately $11,650
iper year Itider that contract.
Since January 8th, when the old con
tract expired, power hias been bought
from the power company at the rate
provided for in the proposed contract.
-Yon January 8 to .July 1st, nearly a
six mouths' period under the new
rates, the total of the bills s11bilitted
to tile city by tile power company, was
$7,3:.5 I'stiiating the seven day
period to July 8th to make a full six
months, the total cost of the power to
the city for the first six months was
$7,580.51 or at t l tate of $1-5,161.00 per
year, provided the con0sull pt ioln of the
list six m1onIths would he eqiual to the
lirst. i nder the old rate the total
amtollnt per year was $11,50.
The followinlug is a list of the state
mntils rendered by tle power company
lo tle city since tile old contract ex
pired:
Jan. S to Feb. 1......$10.75
l'eb. I to Alar. .. .. ..1,565.50
Alar S to Ar. .. ....2,0:2.50
Apr. 1 to May 1.......1215.75
.Nlay I to June 2 .. ... 1.
.lune 2 to July 1........111.50
F uneral of 1)r. Ma11Xwell0.
The funeral of Dr. .1. I. .\-axwell,
the colored physicial wlo died last
week, was Iedl at te colored .\4ethIo
'i is t chur11ch Sunday evenliug. The
(thuich was ililed .witlh itembers of hi is
own t'race andl(] a nmnther of white peo
ple Who rendered him a last t iblte.
Eulogies of the deceased plysicia n
were Imtade )y a number of Ihis asso
(inies and his pastor, all of them
stressing his qualities of honesty and
Integrity, bo1. tti his prtivate and14 prlo
fessional life. A great mtany floral
tributes were sent to the grave, several
ha ndsome wrea thIs beinug sent by thet
white phtysicians of thte city. After
t he ser'vices in the church the remtains
wetre laId to rest in thte c'olored'( celti
I ery on the western edge of tht 0113'.
Big Sintgitng (onventtion.
Tho Laurenis County Singing C'on
venitiotn is scheduled tor' a big "Sing"
ini thte cou~nty Cout H -ouse On t he tlrst
Sunday in Autgust, the 3rd1 of the
tmonth. A large numbiletr of singers
from thle surtrounlding coIunlties aret ex
tpected and1( an enijoyable day is bleing
looked forward to. 'lThe programl will
ex t end thItroughout m.lost otf thle (day
wit h the exep t ion of an itermuission0
for dinner, which Is to be brottght by
those in at te alance. Thel 111) ulic is
Be ictrs Froti Over'seas.
1lThe nmany friends of Alrt. Gleo. L~.
of IEdul(at Ion of this coutnty, will be
glad to know thtat he htas returined
safe to Texas fromt overseas wvhere hie
was enigagedl In Y. .\l. C. A. ,wotrk dlurt
ing tihe wa'. Since his returnl to Texas
he has located at Tyler wherte he will
contInue the Y'. .\t. C. A. wVork. Mr.
Pitts wrItes to a friend~ in Laurens
thtat heo lIkes Texas better every day.
Preaching at fGray (Court.
Tho Rev. C. T. Squires will fill his
appoIntment at Dorroht Presblyterian
churc'h, Gray Court, next Sabbath at
4 n. m
CORIN AVERAGE INCIEASED
ABOUT 41 PER CENT
Field Ageiit II. It. linre Gives Stitistles
as to Agriciulturi Products In S. C.
A report issued by 13. 13. ltare, South
Carolina Field Agent of United Bit
reau of Crop Elstimates, shows an In
crease of I per cent. of corn acreage
in South Carolina over that of last
year. lie estimated acreage being 2,
310,000 acres. Condition on Jilly 1 was
81 pe-r Cent of normal. eq tivalent to an
averai-e yteld of 17 bushels per are.
The early plantings range from "fair"
to "good." Intermediate plant ings are
generally "good", while lato planting.;
in various sections are suffering from
too much rain, many fields being foul
with grass and very much in need of
cultiivation. Considerable danmage is
reported to bottom lands from over
flow of creeks and rivers, caused by re
eent excessive rains.
The aereage In Irish potatoes shows
a reduction of 6 per cent as compared
with last year, while the acreage of
sweet potatoes remains the same. Con
dition of the former Is 85 p)r,cent and
the latter 90 per cent of normal.
Acreage in tobacco has increased
from 86,100 acres in 1918 to 112,000 in
1919. Condition J1 uly 1, reported at 85
per cent of normal, equivalent to an
avera-. yield of 765 pounds per acre.
Acreage in peanuts has been reduced
10 per cent as compared with last
year, -and a 5 per cent reduction it
acreage of sorghum can (for sirup) is
noted Condition of both is 88 per
eent. of normal.
The apple aild Ieach crops are both
reported at 58 per cent, or 2 per cent
less than one-half, or a normal crop.
The condition of other crops is as
follows: Ilice S! per cent of normal:
whr,.lt. 75: oats 80; rye 86; hay S I; al
falfa 5:' millet N55: eowpas N.i; tonia
to, 8.5; cnbhatges 85; ontiotns S;:
Lrapes SO; pear.-; 5;: watermettlons Sit:
cata ,t lulpes and nti:kmelonts 7R.
Thei estiimated production of colnt for
t !1n, titir t'initedI Sta1te is 2,sl1.,0M0,m00m
ushiels, ats auaiinst 2.X:.,i:,o00.000 hush
,ls la.i year. ie proielion of tot
tonl inl round numbe11 rs- is feillnaled al
I.nAO,00 hliles as coipared wilth 12
1011ul,1) bals it 1919. 'T'le produ lion
of wheat will approximtathe 1.110'0,0t00t,i100)
blushols, or. 211.0m0,000 buiht;els more,
1han lat yon" and 3711.000.110 1 bishel
wore tha tle five-vear averago froin
It:1 to 1917 inclusive. Th e price of
whiat per hiushel ont .11uly 1, was ..22
'ito of last year
MIA ilii.\ L LA.\W ON
IN 'TE-X.%S ('O''.\TV
linlev ltiit Inl Grea ..'. ('411nt1y, Tex,, lIe.
silts inl lstaislnent of M ta1l
Law. lesidents -'oreed Io Tuiiirn li
Fl'ireartms'.
Luong View Texas, July 1:.--Martial
law was declared today in lbong View
and the rest of Gregg County as a re
stilt of a race t rotuble here precipitated
bya tIght early Pridlay between white
men and negroes and marked thle
slaying of one negro early today af
ter' lie had resisted arirest. T1here was
no fiurt her d isorder' today
hirigadler.General it. It. .\leill, of
i~allas, returned to Laong View today
and immediately took command with
mnore thtan 250 cavalrymen of the Texas
National guar d uinder his direetioni.
Th'le prtoclamat ion of mari al law was
signed by Genera I .\l c lill and blient.
(Col. II. C. Sm ith. iepresen t ing the state
adtl tant generta l's depatment.
All re(sidents of Long View weire giv
en ut til eight o'clock tonight to turni
ini bhlir firearms to thle military au
thorit ies.
Fur thter' arres5ts5 arte expIected tom~Or'
iow in connect ion with the clash lFrl
(lay betw~ieen tnegrtoes and whtit e mten
Iw Ithih r'esulted whten a groiup of' whites
went ini sea rch of 8. L.1 Jones, a negro
school tecacher accuised of writing an
atile apIplenaring im a negr tniiewspapher
dlerogatory to a white woman of this
(ouin ty. The n egrtots arirest ed F'riday'
have not been i'etmovedt to anot hera city
as has beeni llannied.
Te tnegrto killed early3 toiday was
Marioni Bush, sixty yeats old1, fat her' in
law of Dri C. I I. D~avls, accused withI
Jones of being a ring-leadier of the no
groes,
Both Jones and Davis ar'e missing
The'sher'iff and dlepuities had gone to
Bush's home to ar'rest him. After' mild
ly protesting they asset'et, the negr'o
went into his home, reappeared with a
plato01 anid shot at them five times
CAPTAIN WILLIS
SU((EEDS IRE("rOlt
Governor Ntimes Sherlfi of Greenville
('ounty. Yoing ArImiy Oflicer to Fill
16htlee 31nde Vacanlit. by Itecenit Kill.
11n4 11n 3luntin ('ity.
Coluimlila, July I1..--G'overI'nor Cooper
last night appointed Capt. Sam 1). Wil
Iis, of Greenville, to be sheriff of
Greenville county to fill the vacaney
Crentled by tle recent, killing of liii
drix Hiector. Captaini Willis is only
2 years old and is possibly Ith oung
est man In the State to fill the ofiee
of sheriff. lie was recenit ly 11111sered
out. of the service, having served inl
France aIs captain of the ituller
(uairds. the Greenville company. inl
the Tilrtieth Division. lie also saw
service oil the Mlexican border.
There were a full dozen applicants
for the place. They were: J. L. Dal
lenger, Greenville; 1. .l. Wood, Greer;
P. 0. I lolizelaw, Greer; J., \. Lit
tie, Simpsonville; J. Ben Watkin s,
Greenville; W. A. Alison, Greenville;
.1. It. Bagwell, Greenville; Vapt. Sam
1). Willis, Greenville; .1. P. Charles,
Greenville; 11. D. Capell and Dr. J. R.
Tr. Neal.
In connection with the applointment
of Captain Willis, Governor Cooper
gave out the following statement:
"it is a source of real regret to Inc
that it is necessary for me to dis
appoint the other applicants, some of
whom ate very close personal friends
of mine. Only one maII coliId be ap
iointed, however.
"IL is appropriate that I eg II iitten
tion to the spirit In which the various
a pplilennts have. conducted themselves.
Not one of themt has said anything to
me against any other applicant. and
while each has very natiral'ly and
properly beell anoxiolts for the oflice.
it has ben the rule that each tha said,
in effect, 'i want yo to 1iame the
inan who vill he of moinsf valuei to tihe
county, for t1huit Is he important
It iIg.' T do not recall having- iar
liciplmied inl any~ mat:ter of 1hi., hind
whore Ilhore was\. such unlv~lrying .good
fiit1g and sincerity. There was not
II apilicant who "showmcd himself till
wortIty, andu nithtr was il're an a;
plicanti wh~o would. inl myI* opinion
havc made a failure in tei ollice had
it been1 givenl to him11.
"In Ihis oillitctliol I wish to add
thisA word: All o1ille is Alnuist hielpless
Sa whevre he is bIcked by public
otpintioin. T shallI, th.cfore, Ixpiet
those tIen) who have indorsedt.l ('aplaill
Wi is, 11 all o"hM r citizins as w 1,
1o 1r1a.1,h kind of :(.n1ln -nt1 that
will enab11le amd indeno only 1;1e
shtrift, bu all otheor pcaot oll-rs to
dio Mheir 1ut1mo.I in llhl of the hap
ty.
Fl-'Ilms Stock Show Octobier 3rd,
l'tidlay, OCIober :-, is been fixed as
tle day for iholding the F.ai view stock
show this year, according to an au
ioIiieniement Inade recently by \V. F.
.\edlock. The event Is usually held in
September of each year, btit for good
and sufflecien1t. reasonis was postiioned
for I ItIlI uti til the mthlltI foillowIng,
'fThis will ha- the thirtty-thi1rd annual
show.
Iis hoited t hat this year* tile at
tindance wIll be the largest ever, and
ani inviitation is extetnded to the pubtl
lic, and1( esliecially to veterans of the
war with G;ermiany3.
AltIhough the piremittm list has not
yeCt bieen prepa red, indientions arc
thlat. it wiillI consist of miany3 baluable
prizes for thle best livestock of vai.
ons kinds exhiimed.
Locali Olticers lietigun
.ieut IenattIs lien A. Sul liv ian and
C'has. I". Fltitig, w~ho have been with
thle army of oceilPation)1 in Geritmany13,
atrrived inl the city Sat urday and11 halve
arrived at New Yor-k on the st eamshipi
l 4iviathant ti-n days ago, having beeni
ilthI thei contingent of over 5.1) of..
fie is whoit took (l tar-ters1 in tihe ste
ago- to get hom10e a 1ly. Lictt. \W. F.
\Wright , Jr*., who has also be-in withI
thle artmy' or netInpat ion, artrtived in thIie
a fewv miiles fi'rm thei city thle same
eveing.
Nowr lins Swee'it Potatoes.
Mir. .1. 1. Reddenl, who lIves near
\V'Iare' Sho0als, was a visitor in (lhe city
Thursday-. i. Redden said that. while
in his sweet potato patch the other day
hie was surprised to find nice large po
tatoes tinder the vinles. H~e intenided
to biring some to town with him, hut
fotrgot thenm until 110 had gotten too tar
a way from home., ' TW~
BY DR. DAMIEL
Urged Loyalty to Town and
Conntry
URGED CLOSER
RELATIONSHIPS
lir. l1. n is-I iLayed Stress on the De.
silrability of Closer R16dn1tionshiip be
l-it 'Town and couitriy nl Ietter
i'irovisiols for SocinI ('omforts for
Ioth Town 111)d1 ('ountry.
Ili ntit elotient address before the
Iaauriens Chamber of Commerce and
invited gulests in the court house Mon
day evening, Dr. D. Wistar Daniel, of
Clemson College, left a chailenge with
the town and ocunty that will be help
fill in )r0]lotilg, the common interests
of (lhe peole in this section, and will
long he recalled as a very practical
speech, replete with timely suggestion
and friendly advice, The occasion
was a regular meeting of the Chamber
of 'Comltmerce, with a special program
which included the address of Dr. Dan
iel and the serving of refreshments
at the close of the specli.
The meeting was presided over by
Dr. Dial, president. He was delighted
to introdltice the speaker as a Laurens
County lman who had achieved success
in his chosen field of endeavor and was
kliowi far antd wide as a public spnik
or anid (Aluentor. Dr. Daniel was very
ippy inl Iis references to Laurens,
his native (01111ty, and after relat.ing a
0eri is of aitcdotes lie aui niced his
gene1ral subect. "Iorces that build
colunlilities'. Aid from this ,.bject
ho trat ed fopitally "cheerful loyalty,
cot-opr iation, (lcht-acter anid cash."
lit ti(. hiiling of a towi or com
munil t th;eeal;er said, there must
hw lovyalty on the part of every plrsoll
netie.. f tin. Lot the slogan be
l -ns is tmy town". .\id if one
!inds, 1hat h1' cann~ot adopt this ml tof.
l i waIs paisinzg sotie otler see
fiotn oo uiy, ht-- ought to gt out.,
tlt (ilivker t leter. Ili tilis connec
t:mn 1"r. lilifl s:olm of flith ' lfi loyal
ty (1n flit- lt 111i of inlost. all .\mericans
fibollh (lie cl-isis whi;N-lich this colntly
hs .itS pas:el but I 'aused long
mfnaugh to sa that thire was Ino rootn
h - 4 for slr1!-1o--l-., hth -li tie war is
I r. lft ld he mel fe. all pro-Cicr.
lo go it) ,aV or anyIvw here
lhey watlld 1, for - il-y ar- not
dfere. Loyally is absolitely es
-elili in bil ildingti Iti th city andl the
ullnnillity, aid withoul it II tIe- & will
- br he ally progre~irss wcotIlh while.
Dr. Rllicl :aid thalt every citizell in
lhe (,;I ot\- to b a memiilber of the
(hainher- of Comlmiet aid all the
farmr (S tight to be intvi ted and urged
to joiin alld (ndIi hi. lin1d and influence
in promlotiniu tlhe. growth of flt entire
(tiltly, for vitiou. sich co-operation
thr could not he thait dvelpment
andI expanisioni ill all lines which is so
lit at in th ese priogressive tmes. HeTo
suggoetidi that te people of' the cit.y
ma10ke sieclal Iefforts in the mnatter of
fbringing tilt pleople of the county into0
elosert bus-1iess and social r'elationship
ltouighil t'e o-opert' ativye methods. L.et
towni mer'chant andi other business mant
ste to it that when the w'.omen, bo0ys
antid gil h-S '0m1e to town frotm (lie coun
try that they have aecess to the comn
fortfs and con venionces of t he city dur..
inig I heir' stay, rest r'ooms for all, fresh
w~aterI, etc, I It applealed to the city to
roide iilay g-ottnlds N' thle -hi ldren,
to) beauitti fy lie ei ty in every liossi ble
way, to keepi it cleani and sanitar-y,
thus llrote-ting the hlnth of fthe peo
file atidl mak inig Laurniens a fit 'placo
ni which to live all thie timie. Ther-e
wviIIlil be n fitl lijoymeint. of iutospei
lv unless ft' charnecfer of the c-itizen
shipit is well gtrounIidted a nd establ)1ished.
fli-i- must15 hei obiencet-ti- to law. And
t his alie ito t all miandtat es. in or'der
t ha ft e unborn011 g-enraiit n may hauve
pure tminuds anid unspotted bodies, tho
Jt-' sc-nt oenei''(On mu11st lie right,
ftlen nlIiv'es. Of' conursc thle n laws of God
tnd of man01 are tdatily viola)ted. he said,
butt slit-l influtences tought to be thro'wn.
010oitnd thi bii'oys a nd girl-s, men and
womeni--. that1 it will lhe harid to brealc
ltest laws. Pulici sentimen'tt and l)ub.
lie opitiion ('oun1t fot mu1ch1 in dir'ect.
lng thlese matter's.
Tiher-e. are men in everiy town and
t-omm unity~ who kick about taxes, and
fthe speaker said lie suipposed there
w'et-e some here- who weire oppiosed to
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