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0'. LAUIr,-NS, s()I.JH CAR.()LNA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1 1919. N~MR~ C0M[RCI4 BODY R[OMENDS BOND8 $250,000 in Bonds to Be Voted On SCHOOL NEEDS ARE PRESSING On Account of Liitteil Amn1tit of 11lnds Which May be Issued, New Legislation will be Necessary Be. fore all Elections May be Held. Ftulier progrsse toward the in (crease and Improvement of school fa cilities, sewerage, iwater and light systems and streets was made at. the Chaiber of Commerce meeting Mon day night -when that body went on record as recommending the voting of $250.000 in bonds for these various expenditures. The recommendatior took form in the adoption of a report made by [r. W. L. Gray as chairman of a Fipecial committee appointed to examine into the ways and means of securi.: tihe m11(1s. 'llefore i making his formal report, Mr. Glay- state( to the meeting that coisitutional obstructions placed a liimit upon the amount of bonds that could be voted for school and road purposes and that a special amend mien had ito be secured to the state constitution before suflicient funds could be secured for this purpose. r. C. 11. Roper, secretary of the board of trustees, had previously advised tie committee of the plans of that board which called for an expendi lure of about $125,000 to make need ed addition and tog provide for voca tional and manual training depart Mr. Gray's committee recommended I .55,000 in bonds he voted for schiiol purposes and $100,000 for sew ernee, water and lights be voted at. once and that the Legislature -be peti tioned to submit to the electors of a state a constitutional amendmen t to inerease the limit to which bonds of the city may be Issued; that avlien such amendment is adopted, that $25, 000 in bonds be voted for street im provements and $70,000 for schools, making a total, after all bonds are voted, of $125,000 for school purposes an( $125,000 for the other purposes. The committee also recommended that a commission be appointed to (ontrol and expend lthe sewerage, wa ter and light bond pioceeds, the L; islature to be asked by the Chai b;r of Comneree an( the City Coinell to create such a coimission, and that a commuilittee of tIhe (hamblier of Com ierce act wit ile ity C o' il in working out ldetail for Ihe uraftin of nII act to creati time coiimtljssion. Tie comilittee already in chiarg of tihe, deta1i lS of teil. bon tlil su w4a s i., I - strIuctr to nuirry t tho tt reem Mr. W. L. :.Gr aya l) be. f h I inan tie Commttit tie ofi thei One-linmid evrmini funtds sitbs~ere lby the va riou otamniidesi~t fitria survey atid am-hdc what dispiosit tion the laurtenie (it izensI wvoumld lke to haav' maide (if Ite mone1 (y. Otn miotioni of M r. L~ee thi meevtinli- went lil record as favointg thI r hurn(of the mionley toi the indi th cinunir'Iai bioiiis oif the townfs interesteid. .1atj. Tioddi to Speak. Please let yo-ttr insste this week carry conspicttously a not ice that 'Ma.Ii.I1.1.Todd, of l iarksdale, will ad dr ess t he soldletr boys at Itiramtilett church Suntday morning (Oct. 19th) at I t o'clock. The public andl especial ly all returned soldiers are cordially itnviited( ho be preCsenlt. J. TP. M!ILIGRl'l. FEnoree, SC., Oct. 13. OiY iFor fireeders%' Male. .Detnnis Culbertsoni expects to leavcgthe first of next week fotr Orange ulrg to attend the annual sale of the ll 'ksire Hireeders Associatiotn. H~e says tiint he would liketo i('e" a large nm er of Laulrens county far'mers atteeid the sale and lay a foutnantIon one good herds. TO 3HiMOlIIAL FUND Mr.I.. 1i. i'etersonII Sends in $13.00 froml seulffletown Schooll Di)stric(t No. I. Seiffltoii School District No. .1, J. W. Petericson, cialirman,. has won the honoi of senldiig in the first subscrip tion from this coulily for the Melioriali Fiuld to be raised tills month in holor of the departed dead of the Vorld War. Ni'. Peterson tuiied ii $13 rep rescenting subscriptions as follows: .1. W. Peterson . ..$5.00 c. F. Little . 5.00 W. D. Byrd .............00 Mi. Peterson reports that he will have further subscriptions from that school district to send In. Sen. DMal Sends Check. The first contribution for Laurens School District, rwhich embraces the city only, reached the chairman a few days ago from Senator N. *B. Dial. Senator Dial sent his check for $50. Hurricane school held memorial ex ercises last Friday and the children stbscribed $5.00 to the fund. Appro priate exercises were also held at Sandy Springs school last week and $4.00 iwas contributed by the children. The amounts raised in this manner, it has been announced, will be credited to the apportionment of the school districts in which they are raised. The committees heretofore appoint ed and whose names have been pub lished for each school district. are re quested to see Mr. A. C. Todd, chair man, and secure from him the sub scription cards which should be used by the canvasseirs. All subscriptions are to be paid cash. The Palmetto Bank of Laurens, has ,been designated as trustee of this fund. Committees will senod or turn over the money (ither to the cha1ian or to the ban1k. Committees will keep an accurate record of all contribu tors-. o that proper credit mlay be giv ell. Ihie commit tees are reqluested not to solicit fuinds from the negroes. A memorial will !be crdeted to the negro soldiers from this state and a cam paign will be made later for subscrip tions for that puirmpose. The 'Central Committee will meet next Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce Room. . All nIheners of the committee are urged to be present. Final ipreparations for tile drive to be made diiring the week of October 20th %will be plerfected. This is a very important meeting. 'Mr. J.. -i. Sullivan is chairman of the 'ommittee on speakers. If any of tie school distilet commiees desire a speaker to present this cause, and will call a meeting and let Mr. Suilli van kinow in time, one of several ;peake's . will be sent. It is hoped that a public meeting in Ile initirest of thll, Memorial Cailpa ign will be 11-ld inl feach school distrit, kilights Templar .Meet. The hirst re'gil r ii t I tingt of ti1 i.t '''ntly instit uted llareis Comii1Manldery itai held Wa in e'ie tl the ni iTepl a mi Ili. 0. I.'ramnk I al't, of Col liba, were'i pri"ii'nt and as~siste'd in confi. I ing the dovrees'P. IFollowing thle meeli ini lhi' Coitimndery was5 tendlc:'ctd a Iaier cn Star i. On netouniiit of thle larige Mri. D). A. \X'at kins who lies at the 1)1r. .1. 8. W~olff hiomi lace nleari Siloh, dijed hei.t Tueilsday mninlg a'fft('r an ie.ss of ablonut a week. The fiuner ial and buri iali ser'vlees -were held We'd nesday at kahaban Clhuirch, the ex'ertc'ise's belin g at tendoed by a lar'ge concou rse of' sorriow ing friends and relat ive's. Tihe dleceasedi is survi'vl'ed by hem' husband and( eiiht clildr1 ien, thle youngest lbeing a week-old infant, and by one brother', .Johnt M. Wise, and one sister', Mr's. I tampion Mchowell. Mr's. Wautk ins was an estimable wome'n and~ a valued mnem ber of Ilabun Creek Church1(1. HuiyM ltoper HoEti'. Mi'. .J. I". Olilreathi, wvho moved to the city sevol, wveeks ago to engage in the ottingbusiness, has purichasedl the Mi's. Emma Itoper propet'ty on Iirby Ave(nuie recently bought fromi Mi's. iloper'i by Mr. it. 11. Clard'oy. The sale was made through Mr. ii. M. Wolff m"n l estat agn ent. TRZ' M-111-:111-110001, 'TO 1(1.' ItAt SClOMtISI Schlools 4f4 eroatdTwso Iore than 00 11(1 n liltantis not E ligi lle to Enter ('ontest. .i ss Al1(a Garrett, coillily o1", ani11izeV'r of rU itral scool tim1) roveieit asocia toins, is s'eek i ng to lierest the rural sclhools of the county in the s chool imli proveinilt prizes biing offered to all rural schools of the state which show the most iiprovement along genieral lin eis of school endeavor dhiring tit( 1919-20 session. Miss Garrett urges all the school im Provement, associations of the county to compete for the prizes and they aro reqitested to send their reports to her each month promptly. Thle following trnnouncemienrt as to the prizes has been issued from the Departiment of Education at Columbia: 1. Twenty-flve prizes of forty dol lars each will be awarded to individual schools making the greatest l"'prove mont during the time between March 1st, 1919 and March 1, 1920. Each school competing for this prize must file its application along with the of ficial Prize Score Card. The school improvement score card must be sign ed 'by a representative of the local as sociation, by a member of the local board of trustees, and approved by the County Superintendent of Educa tion. 'hotographs of niew buildings are iisui ally helpful to (lie committee in determining prize winning schools. In corporated towns with a populatioA of .100, according to the census of 1910, are not eligible to compete. 2. One prize of ten dollars to the local association in eaelh county rals Ing fron outside sourtICs ald der'ioslt ing with the County Treasuirer the Ilarge'st anount of iiioniey. The foriy tiv\e prizes inl this class are litilded to stimulate local school im proveien I work in rach of thu forty-five con - ties. . Oine prize of flve ollars to each local association sending in twelve re ports to tle County Organizer for twelve regular monthly meetings be tween March 1, 1919, and March 1, 1920. These reports must be signed by the president of the local school improvement association and approved by the County Organizer. 4. Forty-six prizes, one major prize of fifty dollars and one prize of ten dollars for each of tle forty-five coun ties to be awarded for growth, up keep, effleiency and community se Vice. ' 5. Forly-six prizes, onie major prize of fifty dollars and olone irize of ten dollars for each lof the forty-five coiln ties to 'be awardIe for (lie haltilh and . taitary condition of the school. Applicationts nttt:[I h ie 'at inl by .\i arch 1, 1920. .\ll prizes will ho aw.arled by the tale lExi-otlie l'olmmiftte o f il' Ihe( ilhol mp:-ovemen-llt A :. ociationl at 11is nu'tilg in the ring, alnd (th' awards w ill be alouiced. if pirac lic1bc', dur1 In th(. m ( tin :,,4f : he State! T( acbfer.i' .\ss'ociaion. The prizes will be' 'vrnt cciwrintendenlct ofii -:detion i to thc bec licrit fori the tfurther'u improil m-nici iof the pri/c . winning ;c'hooli. Iniutlity~ '4 . lclt wr bt~ rlis t thr yi 'Irl [eoi Starte, andu it. invyites tlt ir ''u'minciedc 'co-oprat tiln. Ilhist piz'e offe''rn, wrPe thei ('ouncty Orga. n'jz'er' or ithe lcr'.siih ni of thle Sltate associaltion. ('O't"I'ON'I TAki-:s ,I1'3l', S'ftple tlirs 'Thirty-F"i a (uents oil 'lTie cotton inarket took anoitheri' jimying Ourlity-five cents all clay. The hiighi level broiughlt out many13 s'l lers andio over tr thiousa'nd braltos wvere said o have' beeni sold oii thle local market~ atone. Several big lots swere released, I le largest tot on (te local mariiket bce Ing sold tby G. W. Locng & Soiis, whoi( sold 300 ba les. Yariboiroiigh BUrothercis, of Crtoss Anchor, sold tabouit a hun died bcates and nuimei'oius sinallet' lots were released1 tiothi buyei's anid setll ors seemeod to be in fine humoi', Ibuy er's being witllng to take the uttaple In almost any qulant itles. 1Mris. J1. Nt. Stonecy ari'uvedl in the nity fi'om Clemson College Siunday to sipendo some tIme with Mi'. atnd Mr's. S. RBnntkwn1l and .ilr. .hli, 1 .(B Cannlon, of Spar 1inbrlii. aire lE'i'e.d, .1. K. Bireeden, represenl tinlig tihl state headquil arters of the SoilIh Ca ro lilla Cottoin .\ssoviation, will arrive in le city today working inl tihe interest 01 tile 'South Carol ina Cottoni Asso iation. Acting upon a reqetis froi the state headluarters, Mir. C. A. Pow er, tIilng chairman for the county organlizati lon, has called a meeting of the association 11 members and the pub lie generally to be held in he court. house Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, when Mr. TBreeden will make an ad dress. MIr. Power was informed by letter that Mr. John 13. Cannon, of Spartanburg, iwould be available for the meeting at tho same time and an invitation has been extended to hIm to be present. MTr. Cannon will prob ably devote the main part of his ad dress to tile discussion of a warehouse association. Friday morning Chairman 'Power and Acting Secretary Lee canvassed the returns of tile various soliciting committees and found that nearly two hundred members had already been secured for ithe Taurens branch of the association and that. over $1,000 had been paid in as dues. A deposit of $972.2'i cents was placed in the bank and a few checks which were dated ah ead aire still on hand to be deposit ed. Silce then a number of memi1ibers have joilied and a few' small amounts paid in as dues. The Association al ready had on hand a balance of $28.47 (olltributed by individuals whlen the campaign for the Association was first iliaugui rated several months ago. REST R0031 OPE ED. Stendy Stream of Poplp yisIted Opei Ilig of Best Rtoom Friday. A steady stream of people found its way to the adies' est 1100111 which had its formal opoilng in the Court lottse Friday morning and afternoon. The rooms, already convCn iently furnished for the use of shoppers and others vbifing ie c!'l , had been giv en ni extra touch in decorations on account of the special event and made a pretty and restful appearance. The visitors were Awelconed by .\lrs. W. S. ltagVll, wino will be inl charge of liel, and were Inviled to make an in. spection and feel at home. The rest 1r'0s1118 aK IW ill 1111111 er. The room on Ile iorith end of tile building is tilhe iiiiipailiil o(e of the Iwo. l('re are comfortalie "hail's, a lonnge, a small hed for babies. a -rit ilg desk with statliollry and otler ion veniijelnes. day wa i asml pillow on lhe baby,. hod ive byv Mrs. H. lla1ydov1k, wife of Ill- 'pastOr at thw W a tts .\ lll. whIich was nioa'd by lii- le etsid -;() -\wl l abotm ten years oibl. .\col panyii t he h'illowv was a letter. fronti Alirs. I lay (hi'wk I ii a hi i ory of ' in p illowi A andii slat ina thiat II il m liir :.av:i p i lifiIi et oni thei hattl liehl i n'anic. fo heu of I he wh W)Cre tol brn I'11' .; V w i h tii m. ller' arei fundi aovil usao a iceIaie m l e r(isin (Jon , ht l o - ilt2 i, e hi -IV i o(flices. Th'le funds, ni :ili lai thle merichani~ts; of thel epyv. Thliri m ar 'ufo th14 use' of' allI t hose whoi 'ari' tio take adivantiarei of I hem ainil ai sli ihial iniiiitallion is (xt endedt to lieoilli firoim thei irurial dtistricits to mlakle luse of ilbemi' whie lier'. T1o lring l'ilsoiner linck. Sherift' Ild left last night. for Wash In gton. iD. C'., to bingu baaek Earl iPrice', wit', wiant('d ini this county for dlispiosing of anl auttomlobile tinder mior'tgatg'. 'l'hie ('harige Is that lie biought an auutomobiile in ColumbInIa and sold it to Mir. Harper, (lie auitoiiobile dealer in ('linton, withiout telling of t he mort gage. Mri. lirper'la teir sold( tile ari to0 Mr. L~awrnle Kenneldy, of thIs ('1ty, bult before ..\lennedyl~ (could( ride ariouitnd t he piuli c sqiua ic more than a lime or two the original own cir in 'Coluiimbia had It s('ized toC secure tile miort gage. Mr. Kennedy wvas r'e iturnledi his mi Uoiney by Mr. I rar'jer and was muneh relieved to get fr'ee of furthe ntninnemant. r"' il s Asointion atre AI imintal. 1ahtle Iltny Talk-. D~r. Thlonta.. .1. Walls. slate direccor of publkiltf ane of the speakers' hu r'emi, for Ihe IHaplist 1.-75 iillion caiil aihan. at his loaelluarters inl Green vill4 .\11i.A l (. iiay annonIc( l thie iani-s of1 Ii thIappoinltcd to date in the Iaiitens association as four -ni ifnute speatkrs in the drive. Thest speakers are to avall them selves of every opportunity to pres(wnt the cattses for Which the campIaign is to be wagedl during tlie eight (lays from Noveb1er : to December 7, but will it aIll ties coifile themselves to four minu11tes. The speakers appointed are: 'lethabara ChIih4----M. N. Corbin, J. P. Griffin, W. S. Atchison, It. L. Cor bin, Mrs. CIhas. lloazman, ..\lrs. Lillian 1Hill, u r.J. 1). Ifill, Mirs. .1. H. Camp bell, all of Cross 11111. M 11lville Chitichi---.J. C. .liller, J. L'. Boyd, J. If. Motes, Clauld Coats, .lrs. C. 1'. Coats, all of .\louiiville. 'oplar Fprings Church-.1. P Sii monls, W. L.. Walker, C. 11. Simlpsonl, I l'1:gene Situp.on, .1. 1.. Davis, .lhn Sitmpson, .lr-. II. 0. Walker, Mrs. \V. Ii. I)avis, Mirs. Mu.gen e Simpson, .\is. Stepp leeks, ..\liss .\Maggio Booeks, .liss Ithil Ilalleiline andl A. 0. ('opelatLd, all of Warp Shoals. l'!Aln Church(1 C. C. Calw,.ll, 1'. C. CIIIl h rt son. .1. K. (4ooper. .1. 1". Wall ir, .\MIs. It. M'. lloyd, Alt's. .1. W . Fowleor, A.\,m.lsi Clhervitsonl, If. Y. 130<1, all of Laurens, Waterloo ('hllrch---W . C . Wharitonu, Wat-erloo; (Co1, J. If. Wharton, Water 101): Mirs. W . .\. Ifemi'r. ,n. .\ 's. . It. .\nderson, Airs. It. C. Fuller, all of Wa ' rl00l. lpi a Avn. Ihrt.-t .\. Gilles.j( DI .. .lo co b ,I:. G;. .Jossev, It, IA1. P; ow\\nh-. , A. .t. Alien, fm.o. Slew.. art. .\ r:. Il. llaydock. .\lis. Geo. SWtw art . A.\ , . '. Cothitani, .\ M i.e .lar :a;ret. UIrownlee and .\liss Elizabeth Gwin, all of faireis. Langston Church-W. It. Anlersson, C. I). Ilenjaiin, Wim. Myers, W. A. Poole, J. L. Chaney, all of %'linton; .1. F. Davis, 1aurens, Rit. :!, laan ford CuiiirchIli-O. C. (ox, Will Cooper, J. W. Lanforid, Miss Maggie oloper, ill of Lanford i ation. Iiaurens First Chi 'ch-J S. len nett, .\L. J. Owings, L. 1.. Fuller, C. It. Bobo, C. If. Ioper, Fred Burton, C. D. larksdale, N1. L. Siliti, It. ':. 'loimlp son, IH. 1). Barksdale, B. It. Clardly, W. P'. Brown, C. W. Kitchens, ). E. liarnett. 11. 1). .\lhaffey, C. T. Pranks, W. S. lPower, C. Y. Craddock, W. 1. Thomason, .\L. ). .\loore, .\rs. C. R'. Itaperl, .\rs. E-. T. 11,abb, .rs. C. 11. I o o, .\,s. I. . Owv(ns, .Al . ':. W. .\ l -111 M tin. . rs. .1. . "lenm -t 1. .\If-:. S. I I. T1AlnlOi.:ltn, .\I.-. G;eo. .4. .\le(rary. is. Ola tlramlet i, Ali s .\la ;'-' Mat' tin, .\li icia Ii l i 4 l . :i . T. N. i::ak d h, 4 \l4 . \\. It a y A -41r n111, \!-. .l . I ). .\oor ., M.\ . J1. \\'. Icl nder' \\4' lit'amt Cra nwl\i: . :: i'.'risp,' a'll au rtnef it ' 't i-' 1: W I i( st tarks dili Is as ciit('1tri a 25 (, .lit . TIi( id 10 '- aloi' h~-as h i-en s $ n1. tai Iim aelne (attnd Ie-halftfar. fortheli T'(i'lket(s 5(ill 11 go on i al ae lou0 te aperir. the orpenfing the biil)In noad evit, w'it a114 tom limi toi mid howenhth age of'.5 an. 'el t years wil' be netilo athe 6 rate wher'e th'sragh Wannamaker Speaks for Southern Farmer FIRST'CONFLICT OF INIFERESTS 4'(on t41rlowers of Oklahoma lWanted It lave Conference Endorse Speeci of Presideiit. Wiiannmaker as Ex pressive of tle SeItntiet of Cotton firowers. New Orleans, Oct. .13.-)eclaration by .lohn A. To(ld, professor of econom ivs and Oxford lecturer, that fiurther restriction of cotton acreage in the l'nited States would be "nothing short of a calamity" and a demand that eot tol contsumeis pay "enough to make cotton as profflable as other crops," by .1. Skottowe Wannamaker, of St. .hews, S. C., presidentit o; the Aneri can Votton Association, featured the secon1d general sssion here late to datiy of delegates to the world cotton conlferenlce. .\tr. Tod(d's declaratiol was miiade ill li. course of an add ress in which he presented figures showing futiuro needs of the world for cotton, past crops alld tle pretSc'l [ prospects. "'The woild'si reqtuirements," said r. Tod(l, "ar, practically unlimited. I;opll- e and11i Asia are bare of cotton goods. The poositio today is tile same IA befor tile war, only Worse. Tle w\\orld wants mmire cotton than it is ,vtlinm mlid must have it. The more linanicially 'inbrrtsst( lhe' pCopl of u' wvorl are, the oe cotton they wI tlsl ue, Il .\merica, an increased 11111'a11,d isUpobale Thlt holl Woe. vil adi s'llcity of labor are serious handica's. Te onlly solution here Is an incra 'i el d per ae. The aver age cotton yield inl the South, to say Ie least, is (iscreditable. .\Iore cot ton is wasted annually in America, thil it has been possile to raise la Africa outside of Egypt. "lrti't her restriction o' e'0 ton acre age in America would be nothing 1short of a calamity. There 110W is and a!ways Will be a demaid for all tho cottoll tat can b)e raised allywhere, lhere is rio need to re(str'ict tile sup ply bit.l rallher it sliould be increased. "Of course the first necessity is to 1ssure tile plainter a reasonlable reuil nerative price. 1)espite tile great in ('t1rase inl tile cost of cotton today, It is -,fill one of thle chleapest products. It 1n:s lot illc icased ill proportion 1 ,other .ommllodlitie." Mr. WitnnIiatimaker. .\ir. W\lanarnktr hreflaced his ad -r i l Hite delaration that cot tonl lmsbet a ur e to it oithlerntl. tals. Ifit had nlot beenl for the h rm t r tntaei (If illiterates in to-i d Ii i ty terrible to; ' and ja :,nk' rty. Sn thl Sout wher' it lIs b b h' Iirli woring linl tt \Val, whie an bin ne d 10~ nae Iti aan t ano brict ispad. o bii til coierlc justif is Wittllit akllg hi(1h wt ll ring ourt -i't t''tt e it ack tio it tie iotton e Ti the pric must ateae th larmi 111te to make nlt~t tae tae a \ egtl ci. ebTlhe growrern hasn to tar hian.lak'd'othv Ansi intantion oft gingl ta thIel ctone sit if thit s cone~rensltgci adjournsI itoueot kin aftepr r. icreaeh y't(iel per nrs :ithi's. doin Ah. issu There willet hei' nytincreal d ahoa uere aret buf the miout haet' inioase ofteld adlt t ile muset take I tare o viieloel soyft Mr Waninakerh g'iven to tihe press5 as tile sentimnentst of thle growers division. W. it. TPhonup (ontInned on Pano Fonr.