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VOLUME~ XXXV. LAURIENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30; 1919. NME BUILDING OP[RATIONS D[LAY[D A CLINTON Home for Feeble Minded Being Delayed TWO CITIZENS . WITHDRAW OPTIONS Suits Entered Against T wo Clinton Citizens Who lefuse to Execute Op. tions Aiieged to ind Thiem to the eale of Land for State's Iome for Feeble 31indetd. In order to facilitate the erection of the buildings for the Home for the Feeble Minded, near Clinton, as pro vided for by the legislature, suits were 'begun yesterday by A. C. Todd, Esq., and 11. S. Bllackwll, Esq., against John H. Pitts and Harrison Copeland, of Clinton, to force execution of the op tions which these men were alleged to have given some time ago when Clinton citizens organized to locate the Yhstitution Ihere. The suits are expected to bring to a head the nego tiations which have been going on for soino time looking toward the settle Ment of these cases. It will be rememb ered that citizens of Clinton subscribed about $1.4.000 last year with 'which to -purchase sev eral adjoining tracts of land about two miles below Clinton and proffered this land, after options had been secu red on it, to the State Board of Charities and Corrections for the State's lome for the Feeble minded. The offer or the Clinton citizens was accepted and several weeks ago contracts were let to C. L. Rounds & Company for the erection of the first buildings, the sum of about $20,000 being involved in the initial contract. A few months ago Messrs. Pitts and Copeland Fignilied their unwillingness to allow the o1 tions to be executed and it is under stood that their action has held up the plans of the loard. No.satfisfac tory settlement having bei made of the case, the Attorney General in structed the Alessrs. Todd and lllack well to enter suit to force their exe cution. How long it will take .o bring the matter to an end is not known, but for the present ilans for the buildings are being held up. Parlous people in touch with the movement to -provide a home for the feeble minded of tHie state believe that the plant to be begun at Clinton, will 1lltimately be one of the largest in stitut ions under the care of the state as an intensive campaign is to be car ried on to alleviate the condition of this class of the state's population. Already abotut $90,000 has been appro priated for the institution and much more will iroally be added as tihe needs require. IHowever, the present suits are holding up the entire plan. LAURENS (4ETS C(O3MANDEll'. Local Kntighuts TIemuplair E~iled (ver (lraniting of P'etitionu by Grniad (Com msander. Local Kn 1aht s TIem lar werc very' much elated yesterdlay when Ai.'~ Lamar SmIth lit it lhe known that Grand ('om manr Jili'. K. Owens had advised him that tii'he etition of the JLurens K nights for a Commandery in Lau rens had b'eien g r~antedi. Tbhis brings to an end the friendly contest which has been going on het ween .l1intIon andl La dreas for the C'ommndery for several moathus past. In his letter tio ir. Smith, the Grandl Commander spoke veiry highly of the friendly rivalriy showna by lie Knu I hts of the two town; and said that while Clinton made a very strong petit ion the best interestIs of the ordler priompt cii hitin to gnant the i,aurieins petition. . Rteviral at lilghtlandl Hfome. R~ev ivalI services will beg in at 1ilah land lonme hI ap1t1st ('hur cii on Sun - (lay miorinite, August h0t h. 'IRhe .pas tot', llev. Graves I,. Knitght. will lie as sisted by II r. lIoma r, of I tenderson vil le, N. C'., whol is spoken of as a lureaicher of kreat ?ore and intell ctality. A .1. A. Armustrcong, .'ir s. 11. A. -'inAiss Nani iK ate A riistrong 'nd Mir, Iufu Arms.'trong left yester (lay by auitomobile for' A:Ahmiilli whlere Miss ('ora Armistroing has just finishied a course in thle sitni ner1 se hool . Mlisis Oora Armstrong will join the i~rty there and alli returiin home in afw anys. 1.Y EAR ENLISTMENT PElI0DS FOR N. 0. AdinJtant Gener1l' Received Orders From Blureau Rlegarding Now Mill tia lan Columbia, July 24-One year and three year enlistments in the -National Guard have been authorized by the war department, under an act of Con gress of tho 11th of this month, and advlces to this effect have been re .ceived by Adjutant General W. W. Moore and made public today. This Is tho enlistment plan advocted sever al weeks ago by Governor Cooper and Adputant General Moore, when they wired the wor department asking for authority to enlist men for one year. The aim of the governor and the ad jutant general was to secure men for the National Guard who would not en list for -a three-year period. The one-year enlistment plan will make much easier the recruiting of the en larged National Guard, whleh 'will be begun in this state at an early date. T1he adviecs received by the adju tant :eneral are from the Major Gen eral J. McI. Carter, chief of the mill tary bureit in Wash ington. The general makes public, as advance In formation, Vertain Ixtragraphs from the New Nationil Guard regulations. General Carter'sjletter says in part: "Thoso men who served as enlisted men in the United States army, or in the organized militia of the several states or the District of Columbia. since April 6. 1917. andI have been lion orably discharged may, within six months after Jlly 11. 1919. or if dis charged subsequen1y to July 11, 1919, within six montis after such (11 charges, enlist in the National Guard for a period of one year and may re enlist. for like periods. "All other qualified men shall be cnlisted for a, period of one year, or organization the proportion of one for a period of three years. In each to two, and in determining this pro portion all enlistments made under (a) will be included. Tbhis proportion of one to two applies only to enlist nments. The requtirements of law are met if enlistments in each organiza tion are maintained in the proper ra tio, regardle ss of substi ent changes. T'IITUSTiE ES A NI) TE'.A(EliS TOV .iEET AUG4UST GTII W1ill Disenss New School Laws and Oher Matters of an Edun'ilt-ional Nature. A general meeting of school trustees andI teachers of tle coun ty has been called by Su11t. of Educat ion It. 'T. Wilson for Wednesday morning, Au gust 6th for the purpose of discussing the new school laws and other mat te rs of an educational nature. Th'e meeting will be calle in the court house at iI a. im. Among some of these new law.s aie tlie Compulsory School Attendance Law, the law re Inating to the hlilgschools; the ti'm extension law, and many other laws that were passed duiiring the past ses sion of the legislature. State Superin gen. will lbe p tesenat to dIiscuss these lawvs. .l.Witlson hais addiesed Ithe fol - lowing commuinint ion to the trunst ees of the county: 'l)car SIr: You are asked to meet with thle of leirs and11 trstees of thle county for a genecral dilscussion oit school laws. Among Itese will he the compulsory ait tendantce law;' lie termi-extenslin net, and the high ichmool law. Tihis imeetnog will bec held August the sixth ning at elevenu o'cilc. ieally13 Taikes libi.her Itte oni ,11uly 1st. I oyce .\l. Ediens, Soultherin I )i vis ion irectori of Iniformailtion ServIce otf t' lied C'ross, has sent the following no'tice to all hlomei strvlcio sect ionis ini Itle Fau thein division of the lRed C ross to which the' soldier's are askedt 1(o giveO their attention: Oi * .lily 1 st prei umsii. oin all Gov' iirnmenit I inl insuriance piolicies an tuomatica'lyx incretased to the nlext high tir rate. 1tegardlless of daite oif birth doy, all Govern ment policy hiolders foir the age following that for wh.iich Ithry have htn iini ItI should be bornie iini min ld hat thi chango ini iates doeits not apply13 to pol sOle alreadyv converc tetd to one of the :! " standardii forss onl wich the j're imilnmt ete. ni level. TO 311 E'T AT IURRI1tICANE It. D). Webb and14 31148 oa llln to Address Auuml 31eeting of Sun dlay School Association. 'Tihe Latreis County Saunday School Association is to hold its annual con vention at Hurricane church Wednes (lay, August 13th. Among those tak Ing part In the 'progran will be r. 1). Wiebb, State Secretary of the associa tion; Mlis Cora Holland, of the ,Iui venile Department.; and the local county oillcers, consisting of R. T. Wilson, County l'resident, anild .as. II. Sullivan. Secretary. In order to more fully explain the ieeting the following coilmilunicat lio has been addressed to the - Sunday School workers of the counly by Dr. 1). J. Brinim, of 'Clinton, district presi dent of the association: The Sunday School 1)pople of Lat reits county are planning for a big re vival in Sunday 'S:hiool work in our cotil ny. During Ite war, when every body was b)usy with war activities, Sunday school work -was allowed to sill) back into old rits and get into the background somewhat. As an out colie of the war, ((ondit ions have aris enl which make/lit. intuperativo it the minds of all Sially school workeri that strenuious efforts be made to have 1he Stunday rclool press forward as a powerful and Imuich-neiieeded Ioral agency. Other coiltie.s lin the state have liecomie wide awake and are forging ahnead. Laiurens county has been rather tardy and torpid. A rousing County ocnvention is to be held at litirricane church iear Clin ton, on Wediiesday, Auguist 13, hbein ning at 10 A. 11. and consuliing the entire day, with a basket dinner for eitertail nIent of all delegates. It is planned to have every Sunday school of every delolination in the coilnty represented. This Is i it er-d enoni na tional and workers vill meet together and collimi' notes al hellp one an other to better things. It is hoped that every active Sunday school work er. will see to It that his Sunda'y school Is reprosntd by ti sul 1)tperintlenident and several active workers. No mat ter low good the denominalional work may he, eachl caln help by passing Oil good it'Is evenI if he does not get any valuable ideas for himself, but imiost likely he will get ide:as that will he heipl1fil in his own school. ie will hear t ate workers of wide and rich experiencie. Vach must1- co-operate to 'iake thil; truly a vctory oilty (,onl vention anmid show Ithal old Liaunr'ns has as inuch pep in her as any couity in South Carollia. SI'l'. WIlSON TAKES ('liimAiWE. .1Mr. It. T. Wilson Taikes Formal Char'ne of SuperiIntendeit of Eduen tion Oflep. .\Mr. It. T. Wilson, County SupeMrlin tendeit of E'duatiol, havihg recover (0 from Ik recent illnets, forilly look chare Iof* his oilice Iast week. In v'Ji'w of the fiet ibia:.t . 1many new siOoo lbuildlini.'s are binxig ('deelid over' thei( COty,1t' for' tie l'resenit lie will be forced to give onily Ithree' dhays of thme week'l to ollice work. lIhe will be in his 011iCe (in .Alonday, Tuesd~iay' and Satuuda". Dur'ing thle other'i days oif ilhe weekI hei will visit nlow schlool buiildinig: and ku (p in touch with the gr nerial jpro:;ress of thel schools oft the( ('api, P'ete II udtgens liere. ('alpt. l'ele lluidgenis, of .hoiiunlvitll', Infantry'3 of the 3th ii visionu aiid whot wais severely13 wvouinded in thle tighfiig ini Frante, -s-:ienit severial days ini .\louvillleb aniul I ~aurensIi last week with r'latilvus. ('apt. I iudgenis has beeni lin a Washringltonl hospital since his re Iiurn firo m'anice anrd has not y'et. re ('overed fromi hiis woundths. liIe ireturnii cid to Washiniigtonl Surilay,3' hioping to reeie his: dischiarge at. ani ('arly (late. thoui::h he( has ye't atnothier operat lion to under('igo. (Capt. I ildgenis w~as ac ('omplanied 1by hIs wife, wiho w'as a .\lss l'iriman, of Gr'e'nville, and whom lie enaried shot?1'ly bfor'e goinig ovi'r lee ('reamIi Suppe11r ni Walt Is. An ice cr'eami suipper' and ake walk will Ibe hld att Watts Mliil Saturldaiy cv ccning, beginning at 8 :30 o'clock, for' lhe bmietl oif Watts Mlills (onicert ihn. h publ,1ic Is cordiall iv nvit ed1. l'The metlrumntos fior lis baud ihve come '-id t he i'. lmbersi' of tile hanal hioe to bed making mulisic in the neat'1 fiattl'P. MASS MEETING THURSDAY Fo o'i"r'ON ASSOci AI ON State Manager and State Director of Cotton Association to Med ivith Fairmers Tomorrow. \ir. W. L. Gray, chairman of the Laurciis county organization of the ISot uth Carolina Cotton Assoulation, has called for a meeting of the coun ty committee and all others Interested in the cotton association to be held in the court house tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. T. The meeting has been called at the request of Mr. B. F. MeLeod, state manager, 1who will be here that day with A. A. Prot'.man, stat~e director, to address the meeting. The letter of .\Mr. MeLeod to Mr. Gray is printed be low. Very probably other matters of iiportale to the faimers oi the county, Including the employment of a cotton grader, will be discussed at the meeting. In calling for this meeting of farm ers, Mr. Gray stated Saturday that he expected that whatever interest the farmers had inl the association would be manifested by their presence Thursday. Mir. Gray said that he felt that he spoke for the local committee in saying that unless the farmers ex pressed their interest by attending tle meet ig that the committee would not feel justified in prosecuting the campiiaign further. Ilowever, he said, he was very interested In the cotton organ iza tion himself and thought that 1uiich good for the cottoni growers could come olut of it and for that rea son hoped that the farmers would sup port it. The letter of Mr. \leheod, which is self-explanatory, was as follows: "At the request of the South Caro lina Cotton Association, Governor Cooper has called a State mass meet ing at Columbia, August 6th. This is to be a meeting of farmers, merchants, bankers and professionial men from every county in the state, to perfect plans and receive final instrictions from tile big meibersl hip Campaign in the State Cotton Association. "I have beeno elected State Manager of the South Carolinia Cotton Associa tion to aid in Ia u nchinog membership campaign, and through the'coopera tion of the county comiimittees, maniy couin ties have already beena organized. "it is very desirable that, a preliini nary ieeting he held in every county before the state meetlOig on the tOh. I am writing therefore to ask if you will call a meeting of your committee, iogether 'iti any additional farmers, ierchan ts or professional ien tlat you tIhink should be invited, for Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock, in Iaurens, at which time \rIt. Protzmaii, the State Director, aid myself will micet witi you, go over the plans and aid in perfectinlg the organ izatlon in Laun rens Count(y. "I ilentiont the time speilli ally, be cause we exPeet to have a similar meetiog at Chester, -1::3o 1'. .., the same day. "Sinerely yours, '11. P. NAl (hod, "State .\anager."' .iesrs. Iell and ('ratg let ('ontra.t. \l(essrs. J1. ). ltell and .1. .\ (Craig, whoim hiought part of thme ltber'tsoni tiroperity, have let Ite coniitract tfor the erC i(tioni of twiio landsi~ome bick' stoiire roomt~is on the lots inext to thle hoitel biuildling. The huiblding will lie iabott st reet. C . L. I ounds and Sonsi a thii ('ontrac(tors5 and the work w~It hi'. gin nix t week. ent ertained ont las;t Wednelusiday at their home on Sooth I arpjeir str(et. As thteir guests they had thle foltoinii. Win North; .\tiss is' .t:utiini a i \tiss ti lt ie Isihii'urges, oft Grer; .\iss itiuce l~urenils. Capi1. W\. It. Inchi'y has called for a m'e'eting~ (of W\orld Wari veter'anis to lie hild pm thet ur~it house F-aturday' 'v t ii C' tha,, it pi' vel1libe takeni to w ar ii eiori''anzizintg the loial military ('ompanyI wichI~'l w en t out ef existencie weni mlhe Tranhilaim Giiur: was lilac ad in the fideral service. ('a l. hliehiey eta tel yesteday Ithat h e hoprI fori :a CLOSER LOOKOUT FOR SM3UGLElt8S Aris 3Must, Not, lip 'heTken to 3Iexico. Sharp Warilug omes. 'Washington, July 26.-Ouistanding develo~plelts today inl the Mexican situation can be sinunmarized as fol lows: "ledotibling of efforts by the goy cinment to prevent smuggling of arms across the border and a warning by lie president to citizens that viola tions of the anti-sniuggling law would be rigorously prosecuted. "An address in the house of repre sen.tatives by Representative Iluds peth, Democrat, Texas, urging with draval of the recognition of the Car ranza government anid military occu pation of Mexico by American forces until a stable government, has been establishied. "The dispatch of messages to mem bers of the .exican senate andi house by llenry P1. Fletcher, the American ambassador to Mexico, asking their cooperation towards securing more ellcient ald adertuate protection for American lives in the Southern re public. "Reeipt. of advices by the state de partent-t that Piiiiii) Tiomplson, 1-1 year old soil of an Am) erican ciitizen, had been kidnapped by bandits from his father's ranrch 30 miles from Mex ico City and was being held for 1,500 pesos ranlsom. I eipors of a new outbreak of anti American propaganda by Mexican newspapers, especially those recog nized as Carranza organs in Mexico City, olicials believe the kid napping of young 1'homn psoin is a direct result of the inflammation of 'public opiniion by this propaganda. "Issuing of the statement by the Mexican emlibassy declaring that lex ico today has a stable government, al though bandits are at. large in some districts aid reminding the American people that it was several years after tle War Between the Sections before order was filly restored throughout. the Souti. "The time has arrived," declared .\r. Itridspeth, "when tills government should say to Carranza: 'You have not fulfilled your obligations in the pro tvction of American lives, so we with dra,w recognition of you and will put, troops in Mexico to protect American lives unt il order is restored theCr.'" After reading the resolution recent 13' adopted by tile Texas senate, which asked the federal government either to use troops or perniit. the State to act, Mr. Hludspeth added: "But that is not. r'cessar'y." "That flag," he said, pointing to the Stars and Stripes hang uig over the speakers desk, "is suirlicient." This reiark, as also his declara tion for military intervention, was ap plauded by the members. In urging iiLlitary illterventi on \Ir. Ilidapeth d'eclared Ie was "not a jingo" and that he only asked for the protection of .\merican lives. IILF.:SI: .MA.Y ll'N. Foirmuer (Jovernuor, Il owevier, Quroted as 'lims ie w',ill nmot E~nter 1'rmanriles. (Claimis IIe Is Not. Holtirng the Panrty. (Columbriia , .luliy :8. --The r Columnbia Recordl thIis afternoon liub)1lishes an in I rview with 'ole l2. itlease. in which ieaset is said to be a canidate for (oingreOss fromi thle Se ven th 1)istrict. The It ('(ord <t uiotes thle fonrmer gov cruor as sayinig lie is (lone wvithi the primaries and will go into the gen iral election in the eent a certain (anrld~tte fi ihis chice is111 notnoinat ed . INlease refuised to des.ignate t'he 'part iciliI~ilulan Iat hre hadr ini mii nd. Canida~btes in te Ifih are George I tel l' T inne~ran, of c.xigton; id (. .\lanni, of St. .\tat t h w; II. I'. l'iinmer, oif Norwl\ay, Oraingetiurg ((ounty, and ('olin s'. .\lnteith armd .loh~ nlies (aopr., of (ouumrrita~. liease hase is lre:ord sa::s hi wiili have a iplat form Pierile at 311. Garrlrinhr. Ti me'..i of lIrewerlon l~odge, .\ iP .\l. a n .\li. )1 i vc arid .\lt. (tiia ab .rictunsirW. \O. W. are planin 9t xte im1(e atii a w.i olhne.d~yevn in~ .lurly 31t . at. 5:t3. All membrters' rnd noher:'7fohrcmp r e IN CHIIAGO RIOTS Whites and Blacks Clash in North SEVEN DEAD; MANY INJURED Fighting i Chicago's Black Belt Breaks Out Anew After 'Fighting Moniday. Casualties Greatest Among tle Negroes. NatIonalt Guard Regi. mteints Put Under Arms. Chicago, July 28.-Seven persons were killed aind more than two score wounded, many of them seriously, In a renewal of race riots in the Chicago "black belt" tonight. For more than five hours the fivo mile area on the South Side was a battle ground of scattered fights be tween whites and blacks and between policemen and negroes !who fired from house tops, from dark alleys and oth er poilits of vantage. The call for troops to qu1ell the out breaks result ed in four regiments of iational guardsmen being mobilized, hut at. a late hour tonight they had iOL been dispatched to the disturbed district and Chief of Police Garrity expressed tle belief that the worst of the disorder had passed. Five of the dead are negroes and two are whites. The wounded in most cases were hurried to hospit alIs. atter which t hey Were rImoved to their homes when coilditliois permitted. There wvas no concerted hattle by the blacks, the outbrealks dotting a large area. Every police station in the south side was flooded with reports of deaths an(d in.iuries. Chief of Police Garrity, at a late hour, said that it was impossible to make an1 exact. estimate of the casual ties Iecause of tle contradictory re ports. Chicago, July 27.--A series of riots in the negro district late today re suIted in the drowning of one negro, tie reported drowinling of a 'white man, probably fatal injury of another ne gro, the wouiniiig of a policeman and injury to a score of white people and negroes by bullets or missiles. P'olice toiiglit said they had the situation well in hand. The trouble st arted (at it lie 129th St reet beach where white people and ni egrocs are segregated and soon slprea( to State Street. the main thorougifare in i!he hia rt of the negro distrit, which ext ends about five im iles. Shoo ling sta rt ed nca r the liach, and there was also some shoot ing in the vicinity of State street. Although ill feel ing ibet ween the races on the Soultl Side has extended over a percil of mont hs, emphasized biy bomb explosions, some shooting and11 numeriOusti rijgh't today's riots seem to ii re hadl their st art in petty iiuarrilinig at th le bcachi. Twentyi -inthi Strceet was soon pack edi with white peopliie anid ne'groes, t he lat ter iredoiainlllg. More fighting uieni reid and1( a fewi shot s wvere fliredl as somle of the negroes fled and( ipatr'ol wagons loadedl withI blue coats raced to the scene. A fire broke out in a smallilhuihiing an t he apparatuw was locked lby thle throngs. Negroes aro saii to have i ed to drag the fie. imi'n from t heir sen'e. l~uring thle liightinug, iocks, bricks aiii oitheri missiles were hurled bofth at the beach! andl at various points aliong T lwent y-n30ith Sd rel. andl along St ate Street . Whlite men were fre iluentlyv beaiten ion State Street, the pol ii, sa id. At thle beach while is itswere flying a negro on a raft Iwas replorlted to havi e 1been truck with a rock ainid hled'i inito the lake. Later (Continued on Page 1Four.) PI'Iit. ilW19\3 \hlout Ii!:. y'eerday eveing niter T he Advertiser budl run off * ai fe 01 itpaer is loio of lpbc- * Iure~ thims In the Opiera 110ouse * ca used seiouus damaii:ie to'lie pic.- * As ai re'su4 thle pileture show willt * le closed for S se'rad~ idays, T ihere * uns~ itry little danuie t'u 4ho * buld iimx iindi ot he r eui pment. 4 *In su ran ce es carred oni bethI. esees e~ee eese