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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919. _NME LAUR[NS SCBOLS OPEN MONDAY Compulsory Attendance Law In Force, NEW PUPILS MUST REGISTER tEvery Child miust Show Evidences of Having Been 8 SucessfuilIy Vaccii nt ed aItd Each Child ullI be Oivent Thorough Mledeal Inspection by Physician. The 1919-1920 session of the Lau rens City Schools will begin Monday, Sept. 1st. The faculty which has been completed, is as follows: 11. W. Gasque, Superintendent. AN'illian C. Wolfe, Mathematics and .Military Tactics. J. C. Foster, Agriculture. )Iiss Minna ,Love, Commercial Course. .\lrs. Olive Ferguson, History. liss ?I.IIra liabb, Latin. 'Miss Catherine Love, 10nglish and Literatcure. 'Miss Ruby Anderson, 7th Grade. ,Mrs. 11. L. .Jones, Mht Grade. -Miss llattio Simipson, e-th1 and (;th G rades. Miss M1acle McArley, 5th Grade. Miss Mary Belle Babb, 4th Grade. Aliss-EIlla Roland. 3rd Grade. Miss Edmonlia Garrett, 2nd G1rade. !ttzs Aleene Franks, 1st Gra(de. Laurtens 31;l1 Srhool. Nlis. Annie Clarly, icipvI;,al. Miss Julia (hild( lesa,. assistant. Coumpirlsory AiteninI e. Attendance 11t school is reiquired of every child bet ween eight and four teen years of age. except. those excused by law. The act relatuig to coilpul sort attendance r(ads as foliows: E 4/ 'y parent, guarilan 01r other person Ahaving char)ge of any chIld between eight and fourteen years of age, must sen( such cliid to a pullic, private, or parochial, or to a competent tutor, subject to the a)iroval of tite county Superintendent of education, school for fou' consecutive months, or eighty days during the scholastic year, that the school attended is in session: Pro vided, That any child whose physical, mental or moral condition unfits it for ' attendance at school is exempt from the requirements of Section I; that such child must be (lesignated as unfit by a person competent to judge and appointed to do so by the board appointing tile attendance officer for that *territory. Provided, That any child living more than two and one half mifes frotm any public, private, or parochial school, and any child under twelve years of age living more than two miles from such school, tnay claim exemption from the requirements of Section I; Provided, That any pupil living within one mile of any regular. route of a school wagon may not claim exemption. Vaccination. Every child in 'attendance in the Laurens City Schools must show evi dence of haying been successfully vac cinated against smailpox, or shall bring a satisfactory certificate from a reputable phlysician stating that his 01' 1her attendance is without risk to others attending school, that is, that the child has had smallpox. Medica l Inspction. Elvery child will be0 given thiorough inspectfon by reputablc physicians for defects of the eyes, efars, teeth and throat. Wtritten recommendations swill be sent the parents asking thetm to ~ee that thte defects are remedlied. If 'utch requests are complied with, the attendance andl scholarship of tile cild~ *will be improved, as well as tile gen eral health, Military Tactics. A modified formi of military training ~will be0 given every able..bodied boy in the highI school department, Fifteen *minutes every (lay will he given to this work, which will consist of setting up exercises andi a simple drill1. At tile end of tile school sessionI, ai medal will e given tile best dlrllledl boy in theo igh school depatrtment. New Pupfils Re~gister. - All new pupils1 and 1)upils1 who can not pr'esent lpromotion cards should rdgister at thle Superintendent's ofllce this week, Tile office wvill be open be ~tween the houtra of 10 and 12 'A. M. and 4 to 6 P. M. The aaily school session 'will begin~ at 8:45 A. MI. and end at 2 P. M. with COTTON PLANS DISCUSSED THU111SDAY Senator Smith and Mr. J. S. Wanna maker Address Gathering of Farm ers Thursday. Sen. E. 1). Smith and Pres. J. .S. WanInaInaker, of the American Cotton Assoglation, spoke to a large gather ing of farmers In the court house last Thursday in the interest of the cotton growers o6 the South. Mr. Wan na maker did not arrive until midday and his speech was delivered in the after noon. After an introduction pleading for a spirit of deiiiocracy in the country, upholding the League of Nations, tak Ing a wlack at the high cost of liv Ing, praising the soldiers who fought in France, pointing out the Ieiefits of legislation enacted for the beneilt of tile Southern farmer in which lie Claimedt a large share, Senl. Smith got (own to the silbject of the cost of cot ton production and the way to secure a profitable price. Ple said that the cost of cotton production was esti mated by spinners and others inter ested lin bearing the market by the cost of labor in the South In tile past and that this cost necessitated the work of womien and children in. the fields and prevented t he children fron attending school. lie said that. a fair price (or cotton would take out. this considerat i onl and place labor u pon the same basis as it. is in the North and West where a price was secured Comimelisu late .with the stal(lards of living demanded by an enlightened and happy citizenry. The only method of achieving this end, Ie said was by organizing and demanding a fair .price rather than1 by takIn tle price offer ed by speculators; and spinners. Sen. Smiiith urge the formation of the $100000000corprationto finiance Cot ,il and tell the world whal the pro (il el wants for it. Mr. Wannamii aker, in the afternoon, (eIalt more in statistics ithan in ora tory. lie decl:ired that a Cotton mill executive had admitted that the mills 0ould pay te cent: a poun(d for cotton and then make a proilt. l!e ciloted miany fiumand enflimales to prove that if the southiern farmer allowed hiflmelf a reasonable wage for his own Iwork that the present pricc of coton is rediculously low. Ilowever, lie said, the Southern farmer (1should not consider alone the proftis on the pres ent crop but he would like to see him get back some of the money that he has lost o1 past crops. Mr. Wannaniaker urged the co-op eration of the farmers in the forma tion of the cotton association and said this would b)e Qio means of attaining the commercial freedom that would bring a brighter day to the South. in the course of his remarks Mr. Wanna gaker urged that Southern manufac turers call Northern manufacturers in to conference and lay before them the clpims of the Southern cotton growers and attempt to bring labout a mnore friendly feeling betwen -all parties. After his address Mr. Wannamaker held a conference with school district committeemien and explained in de tail some of the 'plans of the asso ciation. Miss Sallie A. lBurns. Miss Sallie A. Burnis, an aunt of Mr. L. E. fltrns, of this city, died at the home of her nepihew, '\Mr. J. (1. Put nanm, in Greenville, Saturday night after an illness of but a fewv days. Miss Burns wvas a resident of this county but had gone to Greenville to visit tier nephew. The funeral services were held at Chestnut RIdge church, this cpunty, Monday afternoon, being largely attended by relatives and' friends. The dleceased was 77 years of age andl besides a .wide family con nection is sutrvived by two sisters. Mrs. N. J. Putnam, of Greenville, and Mmrs. WV. -B. Parsons, of Fountaii9 Inn. ,Chlairnmatn (Carolinia Aluni. Mr. Jas.'ll. Sulli'van, of thIs city, has b~en apphointed chairman for Laurens county of the or'ganiization of Universi ty of South Carolina alumni formed at a recent meeting in Columbia for the purp'lose of advancing the cause of the University throughout the state. A fund of $30,000 panyabile in thireo an nual installments is to be raised in tihe state for the purp'iose of defraying the expenses of the organizaf Ion, which will employ an aluimni execu tive secretary whlo will be in active charge of the wvbrk of the organization. 30 minutes for recesses. The friends anid lpatrons of the schools are cordially invited to be0 present at the opening exercises. COUNCIL MAY SELL CITY HALL counic1 considering Sale of city Hail Property 1n14d uitlding on Cheaper Lot. At the regular meeting of !City Council held Monday evening plans were discussed for disposing of the present city hall, fire station and opera house and the erection of a smaller building for a city hall and fire sta tioni on less valuable property in the city. As a result of the discussion it was declded to advertise for sealed bids on the property with the right re served to reject any and all bids. It is understood that t'entative oOfers of around $20,000 have been made on the property. EnplOyees Tender Iesignat ion s. City Clerk Rtyon Workman, Street Overseer Riddle and Fire Truck 'Driv r l'Md. Crew*t all handed in their res gnations to the Council and were ac cepted with regrets. lirooks Daven port, who has been driving an army truck at Charleston, was elected to succeed Mr. Crews. Nho applications were received for the other places. Mr. Workman intends entering business in Clinton, Mr. Riddle intends going on the farm and Mr. Crews has accepted a place at the oil mill. Volunteer Fireman Thos. ). 'Downey, who has seen long and faithful service on the force, tendered his resignation later in the evening and it. was accepted. C. II. liuckett, Colored lumber and builder's supply dealer, came before Council to ask reconsideration of Its previous action in discontinuing'Its rental to him of a lot on the side-track near the power house which he had been renting for some years and on which lie had erected a building for his use. At a previous meeting Coun -it had agreed to rent tlie lot to Mr. Pluss Brown who is opening a simIlar s:tablisliment on the ground which has been used b1y Duckett bit which has been recently rented to lr. Brown hy its owner. Mr. Aig. I luff. Aldermani Dial moved that the action of Council be rescinded, stating that Mr. Brown had another lot on which lie could place his warehouse, whereas Duckett would have to dispose of his building without having a convenient place to erect another. Cotncll was equally divided wheon the motion was put and the tayor voted against tlie motion to rescind. An agent for piec' goods In dry goods a ippeared before Council and aked to have tle license ordinance requiring $10.00 a dav license for such business to be modIlled, but the re qtest was refused. Messrs. J. F. rolbert and 1. C. Ficting asked the assistance of Council in securin iWvater for build Ing 'turnoses on Farley Avenue and North Church street and this .was granted, little expense being entailed. GIOVEIRNMIEN'T SALE LAOS. People Do Not Order (4overnment Gro cerles as Anticipated. Planket Sale (Called Off. The sale of surplus army foodstuff at this ofmee is not as great as had bteen anticipated, stated Acting -Post master Norwood yesterday. There has been received upi to this (late orders slightly in excess of $350. The articles that are being ordered mostly consist of bacon, baked beans, corn, peas, soups, rice and roast beet and corned bteef and have been iplaced mostly by the better-to-do class of people. So far as is kno~wn now orders will conl tinue to be received until the amlouints alloted the local oflice have been tak en up. While several orders have al ready been placed with tile Zone Sur plus O511ce at Atlanta, Ga., by this of fice none of the items ordered have been recelvedl. Hlowever, It Is thought they wvill begin to arrive at an early dlate. For the information of the spublic lie war dlepartmetnt has annbuntced that the sale of governnient blanikets has been cancelled. Should It be deC cidedl later to place blanikets on sale postmnasters will be given niotice. 'New C'o.Operative Store. The Peoples Co-Operative '$tor'e is the style of a new business enterprise which has been organizd by thie'resl detits andl operatives of the Watts Mills village to deal in genieral metr chandise. The company is composed largely of mill operatives and~ is uti dlerstood to be run prIncipally for their benefit. The capital stock of the corpor'ation will be $10,000 and~ it will b~e managedh by Mr. M. L.. Motes, form erly with the company store. INITIAL MEETING LAURENS COMMANDERY Forty-Four Applications Iteceitei .it First Meeting. 0. Frank Hurt and S. L. ,aiinm in Attendance. The initial meeting of the newly created IaiirCns )('onnandery was held in the 'lasonie hall Mlonday ev ening. Forty-four applications for the knikhthood were receiveat and an atis piciouls beginning of tie lodge was muade. Previous to tie Cormmnandery meet ing the Chapter met and the Most Ex cellent Master and Royal Arch degrees were conferred on 21 (andidates, prob ably the largest class taking the de grees in the history of Rising Stin Chapter, 0. Frank IHart, of Columbia, Grand Secretary, and S. IL. I -ainhllam, of Spartanbuorg, Grand iigh Priest, be ing present. During the evening a de lightful sipiper was served at the Cenl tral Cafe. COURT IN SiElPrEM HEt. Jurors Draw in for ('riminal Court Whileh .Meets Srcond .imondny inl September. The Jury cominission ers met In the office of Clerk of CoutiI Power last week and drew jurors for the terni of criminal court which convenes here on Monday, Sept. Sthi. Judge It. W. Meniminger, of 'Charleston, will very probably preside. 'The jurors drawn are as follows: Sullivan townshilp-T. .1. Coleman, J.4H. Tumblin, Lige Bagwell, W. Mills Pitts. Jacks-Il. F. ('opeand, .1. M. Ilatton. tunter-W. W. Iarris, ). F. Trib ble. Sam .1. Itasor, A. C. Bennett. Youngs-R. G. Ilarris, I. M. Mills, 1,. M. Pearson, S. J. Burns, W. C. Cathcart. W. It. Power. Iaurens-J. Arthur Ta3Aor, T. It. Blakely, It. J. Martin, R. L. Tinisley, .1. It. Page, E. \V. Copeland, J. J. Dgnt dy, W. P. lludgens. Cross II ll-J. C. Wells, J. Q. S.mith, .'no. W. Ropp. )ials--.Jno. T. Stoddard, Sam I . Ow ings, .no. W\. Siminmons, Jlno. W. Curry, 'J. M. Hendrix. Waterloo-M. J. Miller, Ino. E. Mc Daniel, M. D. Mitchell. Seuffletown-Jno. R. Donnan. Among the eases to be tried will be the case of Porter I rby, colored, charg ed with the murder of Will Jeter, an other negro, which took place on the J. II. Sullivan place several months ago. Curtis Griffin, the negro charged with shooting Mr. George Anderson near Moirntville about a month or more ago and who was brought back from Georgia last week by Sheriff Re id, will also most probably be tried at this term. 1RS. INA T11. MA')DEN. Wife of 'cell 0. Madden I ald to Itest at Friendship Yesterday. Mrs. Ina Traynham Madden, wife of Mr. Cecil 0. Madden, a young farmer of Sullivan Township, died at the fam ily home near Friendship church last Wednesday morning, after an illness of abouit two weeks. Funeral and burial services wer'e hold Thursday at Friendsh ip, the exercises lying attend ed by a large crowdl of sorrowing friends and relatives The deceased wa. as a dauighiter of Mr. andl Mrs. W. A. Traynhamn and was married to Mr. Madden about six years ago. 'She is suirvlved 1)y her husband and by two children, the younnger of whom Is a three-weeks' 01ld infant. In 'addition she is suirvived b~y several brothers and sisters andl a large family connection. Mrs. Madden. was an estimable young woman and had a large circle of friends 'who join the bereaved famn ilies in their sorrowv. She was a val uedl member of Union (Quaker) church, a devoted wvife and mother. Rosiating RequIsItion. W. ii. Carlton, a white man charged with obtaining goods under faise i're tenses fr'om Mr. Wi. .1. Bailey, of Clin ton, andl apprehended last, .week In Sal isbu ry, N. C~ ., has given tnot ice that lie will fightI requitisitioni papers made out. by Gov. Cooper upionl Gov'. ickettI, of Northi Carolina, according to in formation rceeivedl at the sheriff's otlice here. Sheriff Reid has been int communientlonl with Attorney General Wolff and~ plans ai'e being made to re sist the Iliabeas Corpus ptroceedlinigs which are saidl will lbe intstitu ted by Carlton. Carlton is actused of secur lng a loan from Mr. Uniley tipon lantd in Northi Carolina which it Is alleged lie (lid not possess ANNOUNCI.S 31ETI lE.IENT Snays He Will Retuirn to Spartanlibu r. at Close of Ills Term and lie.:ier Practice of ILmw Tihe Advertiser prints as folows C' letter from ('ongr'ssmnani Nicholls -vhilh Is evideitly intendedi to be and has been so accepted as an ailoince ment of his retirement from Con gress at the complellon of his present term: Washingtoni, ). C., August. 21, 1919. Editor The Advertiser: I am receiving so many letlers fromli my friends iII the district urging m1e to stand for re-olectioll to C(ongress and asking lie to tell them ltwhat I have decided to do that I feel in Jus tice to them anid to tile men who as pire to collie to Congress that I shiould make a statenent as to my iposition. I woltld lnot have been a candidate for Congress two years ago had it not been for the fact that I held high rank on the most iimotalit commllittee in 'C'ongress during the war, namely, thte Military Affairs Committee, and I did not beileve that an.y other man from 3' district, who could not possibly have been appointed on this Commiltee, could be of as much service to the boys at the fronit ain( to the people at home as I could. Now that the war is over I feel that I am not called uipon to serve here any longer. I have stayed in Congress at a financial sacrillce, but. I have en joyed the work and I appreciate more than i cnn ever express the honor which my people have conferred up oil me. I hope that I have in .Part lived up to the expectations of my friends. I want the people of m1y district to know that, the fact that I am not seek ing re-election to Congress will have absolutely no bearing uponi my activi ties here. I expect to work for them in the future as I have worked for them inl the Past until my successor shall take the oath of oflice. I will re turn to Spartanburg at the close of my term and re-enter the practice of law. I wish to take this opportunity, Mr. IEditor, of thanking my loyal friends for the splendid manner in which they have always su.pported me and stuck to me. As long as I live I will ever be grateful to them, and whether In private or public life m11y ambition in the future shall be to give service to iy people. Sincerely yours, SAM J. NIClO4L4S. ISSUES FAIR PRICE LIST. Fair Price Committee Makes Up List of Prices of Groceries for Laurens. The Advertiser has been handed the list below of grocery items and pric es gotten u11) by a commitee .working with Mr. W. ). Byrd as chairman, which is supiposed to represent fair prices on groceries sold on the local market. The committee is working in conjunction with the attorney gesieral's oflice at Washington in its fight against the high cost of living. The commIttee Is com-posed of W. D). Byrd, chairman; D. B. Swygert, J. Mills Hunter, L. -N. Owens, J1. M. Philpot, J1. A. Armstrong and J. 10. Switzer. The list as formulated by the corn mnittee is as follows: WVheat flour, plain, 24 lb. sack . .$1.60 Wheat flour, plain, 48 lb. sack .. 3.15 Wheat flour, S. Ri., 241 lb. sack .. 1.70 WVheat. flour, S. R., 48 lb. sack .. 3.25 Corn meal, per1 bushel . . .. . .. 2.60 WVheat bread, per loaf . . 10c and 15c Rice, b~ulk, per lb .. ..........15 Homniny .. ................07 Potatoes, Irish, lb. ............05 Beans, lma, lb. .. ..........15 Onilons, lb .. ..............10 Canned tomailtoes, standaliird No. 2 .15 Cann ed Tomatoes, No. 3 .. .. .....20 Canned cornt, No. 2 .. ........20 Canned peas, No. 2 ..........20 Canned salmon, tall, pink, o. 1 .25 Canned salmon, flat, reds, No. 1 .35i E~va porated mIlk, 6 0?z.. .. .. .. ....10 l1lvapiorated milk, 12 oz/.. .. .. ...20 Conidensed milk, II nz. .. ......20 Condensed milk, 13 oz. .. . ... ....30 Pork chiols, lb. .... ........ .40. Round steak, Ib. .... ........ .35. IEggs, counti ry, dozen. .. .. . ....50 Cheese, Amercani full cream, lb. .45 Compound lard, Ib. .. .... ......35 Ilreakcfast hacon. lb. .. ........60 I tam, sliIced, lb. ............ ... htanm, whole, lb. .. ................45 A21 Day SInglug. There willl be an all (lay singing at Warrior Cr'eek Ilaptist church on the Feift h Sunday of thiis month. The pub ic is invlted. BLOOD F1LOW IN CHARLOTT[ STRIKE Three Men Killed; Others Wounded ST4TE TROOPS CALLED OUT Strike( lireakers anld Police Officers Exchniuge Shots in Strike of Ei Iloyees of Sontherinl l ' bile 1t Ities .'tomlpanly.;' .Vo C'omplanies of Troops onl 1111nd, Italeigh, N. C., Aug. 26.-Foir con lan ies of state troops were ordered to day by Adjutant. General Royster to Proceed immediately to Charlotto wiere disor-ders ini connection with a strike of street railway ltotoreilni and conldictors resulted last night in the death of at least two persons and the injury of a dozel others. The troops wvere ordered to Char lotte at the reqIuest of the mayor of that city. Companies ordered on duty are stationed at Winston-Salem, Statesville, Lexington and Lincolnton. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 2.-Iteports coin lg to pollee headqiiarters early this morning that a large force of out siders, comiprising imbers of railway workers bent u0pon atoning for the death of Engineer 1louston in last night's rioting, was on its way to Char lotte, stirred speedy action this morn ing to combtat further attem pts of or ganized violence. Two coml panies of sale troops are already on the streets and hud11(1 reds of citizens were depu tiz ed this mtori ing by Mayor MeNinch an1d given shot guins for patrol dtity. The thirty regilar' police oilcers who have been conltiiuo.isly oi (uity sinceo rly londay morning are being re lieved by citizen polilcemen. Other troops have beent asked for. The results of last night's rioting at the car barns of the Southern Pub lic Utilities company h'len strike breakers and poliee oflicers exchanged shots with a mob numbering m)oro than 2,000 stood this morning as fol lows: The dead: Pat illnson, Walter F. Pope, formerly of Concord, but em ployed at Charlotte for the past three weeks; Caldwell Hiouston, Southern Railway Engineer. The wounded: V. A. Kincald, pain ful Injuries in face and arm; Will llammond, shot through throat, spinal cord cut; paralized, expected to die any moment; Tom Ilead, of Hunters ville, two shots in chest, expected to die; --. -. Aldribh, flve buck shot wouinds in abdomen ; considered very serious; A. T. Baker, Elizabeth Mills, shot In chest, 'consl(lered very serb ous; Clein Wilson, slight face wound; lb. N. Seaman, shots in the abdomen, condition serious; Everett Raymond, shot three times in arn and leg; Geo. Smith, shot in back with buck shot; Lewis Wilson, weaver, North Char lotte, shot In back with buck shot; D). M. Miller, shot through large bone in thigh; Walter Yandle, shot with rifle In both legs, Injury plainfull bit not serious; Robie Stuar't, 'shot -in thigh. None of the pollee ofilcer's or thoso guarding the ear barns were Injured. The street car company d11( not start their ears on the street early this morning b~ut announcedl that hey wvould be operated during the day un (let' srtong guard. WVM1 Crale R4eoversu. Will Or'aig, the colored boy who wvas ser'iously injiured by the explo slotn of an automobile linne' tube at Waldr1o'ol's Garage last Wednesday, has made a suriprising recovery' andI Is nowv almost wecll again. While re placIng ain in Ilated atilomobil e tire on a cat' at the garage, the Innet' tithe ex plodled causing a shiarp edge of tihe tint to strike him In the head and1 len ettate' his skull. Pot' a time It was Ithough t thatI he wuas moortally3 wvound0 ed, biut after blin tg cariled to thle hos litat hte regained'( con)sciotIsies and 01( uiiliiimately paifssed ott o(f dant)get'. Cotton Graduer' A irhes. i'. W. C. Wells. the gov'erinent cotton gt'ader recently secure'd for' I this city, arrived Mlonday atnd is look ing over' the town' prtepratory' to the openIng of tihe ('0tton season. Mr. Wells has not securted his office yet, bitt is expectinog to1 have thIs placed at biS rtinnonani in a few rli's