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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1919. NUMBER 11 M[MORIAL AMPAIM LAUNiJ[D TIS WIEK Campaign.in Other Counties Already Begun LAURENS COUNTY TO RAISE $7,000 Campaign to Raise $100,000 to Supple ment $100,000 Appropriated by the State Legislature for Memorial to South Carolina's Dead Soldiers and Sailors. While .the Thirtieth Division was meeting in Greenville, the first anni versary of the smashing of the Hin denburg line 'was being celebrated throughout the state in a most fitting manner. The -anniversary marks the opening of the campaign to raise by public subscri'ption $400,000 to be used together with $100,000 al)propriated by the legislature to erect a Memorialito South Carolina's soldier and salfbr sons who gave themselves to the cau e of freedom. e The campaign was launched ay a meeting of the M'emorial Commis don and County Chairmen held in Colum bia Friday, at which Governor Cooper presided and former Governor Man ning and others spoke. In Laurens county Mr. Albert C. Todd has accepted the chairmanship and has aJppointed the committeemen named below for the various school districts outside of that part of the county which iwill be handed from Clinton. Of the $7,000 a-pportioned to this county Clinton has assumed $2,300 and this will be raised from that city and .the school districts of Hunter and Jacks. Airs. W. D. Ferguson has ac cepted the chairmanship of the wo man's organization and will make 'pub lic full particulars as to her campaign next week. Mrs. Ferguson has taken an active interest in all of the war - drives and is expecting the women of the county to support her in this cam paign as they have in the 'past. Subscriptions, so far as possible, will be for cash, and receipts will be issued by the solicitors at the time these donations are made. If, howev er, it should not be convenient for any one to pay cash at the time of sub scribing, a note 'bearing no interest will be taken, to he vald in either thirty or sixty days. It is believed, however, that the great majority of subscriptions will be paid at the time, thus saving the expense involved in a collection system. It is intended by the femorial Commission that all moneys subscribed to the Memorial Fund shall actually go toward the erection of the Memorial itself, iwith the exception, as a matter of course, of the small expense incurred in put ling on the campaign. The committeen; named by Mr. Todd for the var'ioums school dlistricts under hiis supervision, andl their apportion ments, are as followvs: Lanford No. 10, $50.-Wallace Pat terson, TI. A. Drummond, JT. WV. Lani ford. Or'a i~o. 12, $l00.-W. J. TBryson, D. N. McClintock, WV. 1. lBlakely, I. N. Kennedy. Cross 11111 No. 13, $250.-C. D). Nance, J. 11. Rlasor', J. E. Leamnan, HT. L. Mc Swain, Prof. WV. P. Culbertson, Rt. A. Austin. Waterloo No. 14, $i00.-J. C. Smith, WV. C. Wharton, S. L. Moore, Rlex Lan rordl, N. V. Golden. Mountville No. 16, $100.-C. M. Ful Ier, J. af. Simmons, WV. C. Hlipp, S. S. Frrar, M. 11. Crisp. sullivan No. 17, $50.--Grover C. Roper, Rt. M. Bolt, M. L. *McDanicl, (1. C. Abercrombie. Laurens City School District, $1,400. --(Committee to be announced). 'Laurens No. 1, $76.-Maxio Thoma son, F. J. Owings, S8. RI. Cain, A. Hi. Moore. Laurens No. 2, $50.-Rl. J. Langston, N. F. Coggins, John H1. Powers. Laumrens No. 3, $50. -TI. HI. Burton, lien Hellams, J1. B. Young. Laurens No. 4, $50.---U. B. Blakely, TI. Pimuss lirown, A. F. Templeton. Laurens No. 5, $200.--M. L. Motes, J. Y. Sitgreaves, WV. T. Senn, J1. L,. F. Su mer(el. Lanurenms No. 6, $25.-Nichols Anider soin, It. T. C'nunningham. Youmngs No. 1, $75.-LT. 5'. Cook, A. J. Ilughes, L,. .T. White, E'rnest J. Sloan. (Cntinuted on Page TFive. ) LYVEUM NUMBER SATURDAY. First, AttrKetion of City Lyceum Course to be Givenk at the School House Sat urday Evening. The ilrst number of the Lyceum course to be given in Laurens this season is to be given at the graded school Saturday evening, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. This attraction iwill be "Tihe Oxford Company," singers, in St umental musicians and players. " ~e Oxfords" is one of the 1919-20 C antanqua organiations and is a company of unusual merit, thought to be the best on the entire program. The personnel of the Oxford Com pany is as follows: Stella Sebastian Ogden, soprano; Hazel Huntley, con tralto; Claude Hart Ogden, tenor; Henry Allen Leiter, baritone; Harri son W. Burch, pianist. Mrs. Ogden, formerly of the "Bos tonians," is a soprano of recognized worth. She has splendid dramatic ability. Miss Huntley is a well known artist, V..aving won a reputation in Chicago as a concert and oratorio singer. 'Mr. Ogden, for a number of years was first tenor of the Oriental Quartet. He is equally at home in oratorio, opera, concert music or -ballad. 'Mr. Leiter has been with the com pany six years and is known as an ac complished soloist and ensemble sing er. Mr. Burch is an unusally gifted and talented pianist. Ile is a conscientious student. of music and occul)ies a high place among the younger American pianists. The sale of season tickets has not progressed as rapidly during the week as the guarantors had expected. The course, which is one of the most ex pensive that theu bureau puts out, will cost over $800 to stage and may reach $900 counting; lo'al expenses. In or der for the guarantors to be saved from making up a large deficit many tickets will have to be bought by those who care to encourAge such forms of amusement and edocation. Should the courso prove to be a financial failure, the guarantors will hardly undertake to sign again for another year. COTTON ASSOCfATION GROWS. Large Increase in Membership Follow ing Speech Mamkig Campaign Last Tuesday. Following the speech-making cam paign in the interest of the America Cotton Association in this county last Tuesday, a considerable impetus was given the 'movement and a large number of names added to the mem hership list. In some places the speakers were not met by the 'people at all and conserluently no ground was gained, but in many parts of the coun ty group meetings were held and con siderable interest aroused. As a re suit, very encouraging reports have come from many parts of the county and a large number of new members secured. Chairman Power, of the county or gan izatilon, saidl yesterday that it 'swas his intention to file a report wvith the state manager at Columbia Saturday. For this reason he ex-pects that every committee which has not yet begun its work or. has not finished the task allottedl to it will complete it this week and a rep~ort sent in b~y Friday night or Saturday morning. BIIITISII RAIL STIKE WAhtNING Government Very Optimistic Over Pro gress in Delivering Food to People, London, Sept. 29.-Oovernment oillc lals were decidedly optimistic this morning in their expressions regardl ing the trend of the strike. The cor respondent of the Associated Press was ofmcially informed thuat the ma chinery for the distribution of food is working so well that it is possible to announce that adequnate supplies are absolutely guaraunteed to the country. Miore than hh.1) trainsm are operating in the varios dit~ v:Ns end the num? r is increasing daily, some' ct the or eratives being volunteers andl others union men who oppose the strike. Thei govegnment attitudle is unchang ed. Trhe government will not recede one inch1, the corr('sponldent of the As soeilted Press was told b~y an omielal. An indiention of the eflieey of tihe machinery for the distribultin of foodl was to be seen today in lhyde P'ark, where great quantities of milk andl foodstuffs arrivedl. Torpedo boat destroyers are being employed to dis f rihnute fnnd nlong the cast. This Couity Clled on to Raise $1,200 for Y. M. C. A. $50,000 for State. It. Rice Nickels, awho has taken ac tivc Part in war drives and other cam aiglns of local importance, will be county chairman for Laurens county for the statewide financial campaign for su-pervisory agencies of the Young Men's Christian Association. The ob jects covered In the campaign will 'be the different departments of the State Assolation program, viz., the execu tive, the industrial, the 'boys' work, the student work and thacpounty or rural work, also the support of the southern field of international work; the for eign work with its annual budget of one and a half millions; and the tmin ing agencies of the association In the south. Recently it (was found necessary to separate South Carolina from North Carolina in the "Y"' work because of the remarkable progress and the in sistent demands for closer supervision and more eilliciently occupying the field. The association goes hand in hand with the churches and other definitely religious agencies and is taking deflnite forward steps In order to carry forward a state,wide program of uplift to all groups and In all sec tions of the state in conjunction with the protestant churches. A state execu tive coinmittee has been organized with 0r. D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop college as chairman, and with such men as Ex-Gov. ianning, Allen J. Graham and B. E. Geer, Greenville; Mr. 'Mixson, 'Mr. Smith and 'Maj. Raines of Charleston; 11. S. Raveiiel, Thos. M. Lyles and Judgo S. T. Lan ham of Spartanburg, as inenbers. A staff of workers bas been engaged and i)liced in the field. In this work South 'arolina has on tered with thirteen other southern states for a simultaneous campaign for funds for 1920, in October, and will raise the sum of $50,000 for the causes enumerated above. The allotment which has been ac cepted for Ixturens county is $1,200 and Mr. Nickels is associating with him a committee of leaders from dif ferent sections of the county to put the camipaign for this small amount across. It is not considered that there will be any difliculty in raising the amount, as Laurens always stands to the front in supporting worthy causes. AN ELOQUENT )ISCOUISE. Bishop Win. T. Guerry Preached At Episcopail Church Sunday. Rt. Rev. William T. Guerry, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, preaclied at the Chiurch ofi the l,'piphiany Sunday morning, delivering a powe'1ful message on the srhject of l1orgl lness. Taking as his topic tihe Paral e of the Prodigal Son. the 4ishop pointed out that the father did not requ ire repentance andl the admis sion of sin as a 'prereqiuisite for hiis love and foregiveness, but receivedl his son hack into the fold without ques ion ing h is past. TPhe t rue Chitin, lhe said, shiould( hate sin buit. leve and forgiv~e the sin ner. Applying th les son to present dlay aff'airs, flishop G;uerry took Issue with t hose who would dleny forgiveness andl fellowship to the count ry's enemies in thle late war until they had offered evidences of repentance, aying thait it was ihie Christian's duty to love and forgive when the fortunes of wvar had made it no longer necessary to fight its country's enemies. In the indivlidual life, too, lhe salid, it was the Christian's dluty to forget and forgive, following the example of the Savior upon the Cross wvho forgave his spersecutors while still rackedl with the anguish andl pain of crucifixion. Following his sermon, the Biahop confirmned a class into the ordhinances of the church and administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Miiss Sullivanuj iesigns. V iss Sadie Sullivan, who has been in chiarge of the Ilonie Service D~epart nment of thle Rled Cross sinice shortly af tr its organization, tendered her resilgnaition to thle dIirec tors at a re (enit meet ig antd sev(ered( liert (on nec lion w ithi the I Fome Serivice otil ce yes terday, She wvill he suceeded by .liss Louise Simmons, who has been asxist lng Miss Sullivan in the~ pmnsi indl is well in touch wvith the wyork. Miss Simmons en ter's upon hier dutties t his TO VISIT L.iAENS ieeriiting PWrlty from Camp ,incksont to Arrive h the City Latter Part of Week to Stay 'Twvo Weeks. A party of regular army recruiters will visit Laurens the latter part of this week on a canvassing trip of this section of the state in the interest of the general recruiting service. This party will consist of one commissioned officer and six enlisted men and they will travel on one of the large statf observation cars which were used bn the battle fronts of France during the recent war. The party, which has been canvass ing the State for some time, will make Laurens its headquarters for two weeks and will visit all the adjacent towns. The army is offering some wonderful Inducements to young men at this particular time, the most prom inent of which are the educational and vocational features. In its fight against illiteracy, the army has estab lished primary, grammar and high schools at Camp Jackson and has also arranged for entrance to the Universi ty of South Carolina of any qualified man desiring to attend that education al institution. 'Many are now attend ing at the expense of the government. In the vocational courses, the army of fers men their choice of n'iward of 60 various trades and in addition to the theoretical instruction as given In the classroom the practical work Is also furnished. The Motor Transport Corps, Construction Division, Ord nance Department, Signal Corps, Med ical Department and Re-Mount Depot all furnished valued experience to men desiring first-hand experience. To men who have had former army service, enlistments of one year are offered while three year enlistments are required of all others except that the Medical Dopartment and Quarter master Corps hold out the one year term to all, regardless of previous ex perience. The pay ranges all the way from $50 to $105, with all pay, board, clothing, amusement and medical at tendance gratis. The recruiters will arrive in this city the latter part of the present week and will ha glad to have anyone Inter ested interview them at any time. HIED CROSS WORIGt 11ERL Maj. C. S. Mason Met with Few Mel and Women Friday in Interest of Approaching Red Cross Drive. 'Maj. C. S. Mason, who has been ap pointed to sipervise the campaign for Red Cross funds and Roll Call cam paign in November, was a visitor in the city Friday and made an impres sive talk to a few men and women in the court house. Major Mason is a vet eran of the Canadian army, but has been doing Red Cross work since being invalided home after nearly three years of service overseas. Major Mason spoke earnestly in be half of the work which t-he lIed Cross has done and s still loing. AIth ough lhe wvar is liractically over, he said. atnd .will not he~ endedl until all of the wounded meni now in the htospitals are cared for and all of the voluin teers and dIraf'ted men arc back in civil life again. Mr t. A. C. Tiodd, whIo has been chir m man of t he local (chaplter of the Ried Cross practically since the United States enteredl the war, has sent in his resignat ion and Mr. Lamar Simith will succeedl him. Mir. Todd expects to take an active pa *t in raising the coun ty's apportionmeo' t of the Memorial Fundl nowv being eundertaken. Mrs. . ii. Teague has ailso sent in her resig nation as vice-chairman for the coun ty. No successor for her has been seleted. Anderson lfigh vs. Laurenis liigh. The Anderson high school football team will meet the local team on the home grounds next Friday, , October 3ird at 4l P. M. All who attend may ex poect a spilenidid game of football as the local team is in excellent shape and from all repiorts the team representIing he Anderson high school is a strong one. Althbough dlefeated last week by the strong Greenilei I tera m, the Laurtens boys put up a stiff' fight. CI'larly ott weigheud and morte inte xplerh-etted, they went itnto the game with a dt ertmined spirtit. iThe ittanid ot footbhahi the local boys are liut tin upW tIt i deservin g of btter patronage. It is earnestly dle sired that a large ecrowd will witness the am ie lhere on Fridhay. ilThe price (it admission is 25 antd 35 cents to all who do not 11n1(1 snean ticktas OLD ICKORY M[t [NDOR8[ TRATY Endorsement Follows Ani mated Discussion COL. SPRINGS MADE PRESIDENT Men Who Broke Hindenburg Lind lave Great Gatliering in Greenvyle, Gen. O'tyan, Commander of 27th Division Among Speakers on Pro gram. Two )ay Session, Greenville, Sept. 30.-The Thirtieth -Division Association, having a mem heishii) of eighteen thousand men, mostly from Tennesseo and the Caro linas, to(lay at the closing sesion of its first annual reuiIon adopted a reso lution favoring the immediate ratifli cation of the treaty of peace with Ger many in its presnt form without amendment or reservation. 'Thie resolution brought about a spirited debate but was finally adopted almost unanimously and it memorial izes the United States Senate to do its part to ratify the treaty, including the League of Nations covenant. The elee ion of ollicers, the selection of th6 next place of meeting, the adoption of other resolutions and the presentation of Distinguished Service crosses to lrigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, of the 59th infantry brigade and Cor poral lerman 1Mcanaway, of the I 1Sth infantry, wero among other features of today's session. Colonel Holmes B. 'Springs, who vomnmanded the trains of the Thirtieth division and has served as chairman of the organization committee, was elected president of the association for the ensuing year. Frank P. Bowen of Unionville, Tenn., was elected see retary and treasurer. Major General O'Ryan, of the 27th livision, who heard the statement iade by Major General E. M. Lewis, and Brigadier General S. L. Faison today that tho Thirtieth division was the first to break the famous Iindon burg l1ne, did not mention the Hlin denburg line in his address, but coh fined his remarks mainly to the com radeship that existed between the of licer.s and me of hese (.wvg divisions, whie hwere brigaded together on three separate sectors in Flanders, in l'icardy and later in. the Lo Marno area. The 27th division commander, lhe otly national guardsman to be made a major general in the war, coni simed the major portion of his ad iress With stories of soldiers on the hattleflehis. Ie prefaced his remarks by stating that he felt embarrassed in his efforts to spealc after the oratory of those who preceded him on the pro rami. In introIticinig General O'Ryan, ajor Generai E. M. Lewis, who con imatided the Thirtieth said that tho ThitijethI felt mote attached to the :7t4, than any ot her division besides iihqir own, hiieeauise the) two divisions f hi biesid es ea chc lier. The Thir let h i ieved thle 27th uind t ho Ndw Yorkeri.s r'el ieved thle TIenniesseeans and North anid Sotuth Carolinians. HeI said thle Tihirti ellh, because it was so locat i'd, was the first to go thbrouigh the HIn dlenburtg line. Heo referred to the valoe andh courage of the 27th and said th is division glorioiusly helped to wyin the war. He( asserted that ho would repeat what General Tyson hadI saidI to the 'ffect that the 27th .wvas t he finest di vision in the U~nitedl States army, after the Thirtieth. General O'Ryan was given a big ovation. 30th Broke It First, Greenville, Sept. 20.-The glorious record of the Thirtieth (division writ en in tiame, carved with steel and sealedi wIth blood(, described here to day in el'oruent addressqes by states meni andi soldiers who thrilled several I housamnd by t hr'ir pr'aise of Tennessee - ns, North Carolinians and South Caro linians who, a year ago today, won itmperishlabile glory by breaking the ii pIo1)ed imp iregniablo 1kinden cbutrg lin''. Sp'eeches: by Go'.. lrToas- WV. RickRet of Northi Caro(l itna, Gocv. R~ober'tt A. Coo'erc of South Car'olina, ('oh. J1. K. K iir, (chief of staff', Urig. Geni. Law r'eice I). Tlyson, of K noxv'ille. and Maj. Gen. l'. M. LeAxi'!, now of Camp Glor-. deni, fe',turedc th'e opening session of (Continued on Pae Five.) 1) EA'l1 OF W. F. WItlGHlT. I liily Esteemlled Citizeni (if Sandy Springes Colimun itiy Passed A way 3Monday Aiternoon.11 Ir. V. F. Wright, a highly esteemed citizen of the Sandy Springs com mutnit3, assed away suddenly Monday afternoon at the age of 62 years. Mr. Wright was at home singing while his wife was playing an accompaniment when he had an apoplectic stroke, dy ing almost immediately. The funeral services will b)e held at Sandy Springs Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. .\ir. Wrilght was highly regarded wilerever it., war known. For many years he had been tan active member and leader In the Sandy Springs church, having been superintendent of the Sunday School for thirty years or more. le took a great deal of interest in the welfare of his community and could always le counted on to assist in any worthy cause, his name having been taken from the list of men ex pected to hell) raise tie Memorial Fund in honor of the departed (lead of the World War only when it was learnedl he had passed away. The deceased is survived by his widow, who was a Miss Greneker, of Nvewherry county, where he lived for many years, and the following sons and daughters: 'Messrs. F. G. Wright, of Greenville, and W. F'. Wright, Jr., a lieutenant. in tile twar and now taking a course in electricity in New York, Misses Irene, Annlie, Carrie, liallie, Byrdie and Beulah. lie is also sur vived by, the following brothers and sisters: \lessrs. It. D. and liaskell Wright, of Nowberry; Julian, of Texas; Zack, of Whitmire, and Mrs. Margaret Taylor, who lived near him. STOLL NOMINEE SIXTH DISTRICT After HIIearing Contest State .Executive Committee Gives Kingstree Mail Place. Columbia, Sept. 29.-Philip II. Stoll, of Kingstree, was tonight declared the Democratic nominee for congress from the Sixth district to fill the va cancy caused by the death of the late Congressman J. Willard Ragsdale. The election was protested by 1. .1. Sher wood, of Conway, who contended that enough irregularities had obtained at Andrews, in Georgetown couty, to change the result, The executive conj iittee Was in sssion from noon today until 10 o'clock tonight, when it gave the place to Mr. Stoll by a majority of 12. Allowing returned soldiers whose names were not on the enrollment books to vote and an election in Georgetown simultaneously with the second primary on the stock law issue caused the confusion. A prot est is to be heard in Georgetown county tomor row hefore the county execitive com mittee on the stock law ballot protest, a question which (loes not come before the state committee. Mr. Stoll is a gradiato of Wofford college in tte class of 1897. Ile serv (e( one term1 in the legislature and was solicitor of the third c'ircuit from l108 uintii tihe spirinig of 19~i17, wthen lie re signed to enter thme army. lie went into0 the seryjee with the rank of ma jor in lhe adjuIt anit generalIs' dep~arit mont, and1( was latecr liromoted toC t he rank of lieuiitanit colonel. lIe was stationed in 11oston tell monthIs with thle inorthIeastern dlepartimentI. lie was hen tran~fsferredl to the twlfthI division, in wh ich lie served uint il he left the service, lFebruary 6, of this year. OVElt TJ1~ItE JIUNDItED L~OST1 LIVES IN 1FL1001 Corpus Christi, Sept. 27.---A tevised summary of the casual ties made piub 1lic tonigh t b) the bureau of i nformna tion places the known dleadi in the vi cinity of Corpus Christl as thte result of thle huriricane andi tidlal wave which swept over the soith Texas Gulf coast Septembier It as 320. Of tIs numiber' 137 were ident 1ifed, leaving 1 63 in the list of those still unidenttifie'd. Time known dead in te vicinity of HlockpIort, Arantsas Pass and P~ort Arantsas, is oftlcially giveit as 25, brli ng ing the dealth rollI ini th si( tormii swepit area iup to 3.15. In Corpus Chirist.i alone thle list of lpersoits still uinac ((oiuitedl for (onttatits 275 names, mak inig a griantd total11 of 620 for' t he a ffec ted distriets. incliidiing known dead and missinig. Met'i ng~ of U. D). V. The1. It. lKersha :w ('ha pt i, 1'. 1). w., wtl meet Montday afterntoon , Oe tohierI Gib, at four-thirty o'clock with .\frs .1. (1 Sullivan.