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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER 26, 1919.NUBR1 May Later Go to the Presi dent N FINAL POLICY MAY BE ADOPTED (arlleld Announces Flye Prineiie Which haeGoverned 1111m anid illh Associates. Dr. Girtield says Pub lic will not Pay More thin Norma Profits. Washington, Nov. 24.--Settilement o the controversy over a new wag( agreement in the bituminous coal in dustry tonight awaited action b; President Wilson's cabinet. At the meeting of the cabinet to morrow a definite decision of polic regarding all phases of tle strike sit uation is expected, and if the eabi net is in disagreement the whol question may be put before the Pres dent. Fuel Administrator Garfield, speal ieg to the joint wage scale commi tees of operators and miners, at noinced five principles which hav "governed" him and his associate but different interpretations wel placed upon its various provi ions I ihe workers and the mine owle rs informal discussions after the nTee ing. Dr. Garfield called the miniers at operattors together after a lengtl conferene with Attorney Geiw Palmer, )irector General iilles, al Assistant Attorney General Ames. Owing to the disagreeitent wil had arisen as to the amount of ti increase il the cost of livine. a' * consequtently t he' per cent of wage a vance needed to emeet higher livi costs,'great suggestance was attaW ed to Dr. Garfield's d'elarat Ion llth "the average total increase in p over the 1913 base, which was the ha considered In 1917, should not exce the present increase in the cost of I Ing over the same bmase." "It is also to be considered that I cost of living will fall rather th rise during the next few years," added. Operators construed this staten as in conflict with the contention Secretary Wilson that miners shol )e given a :1 per cent wage adva to equalize the margin between pr' ent Wages and a 71 per cent in rise living cost since 1914. Pointing out that wartime e prices were lixed for the purpose stimilating produelion. 11"r. Carmll declared that the public would now pay the increase over norn profits allowed during the war. further statement that any wage crease should be "horne by tlie 01 ators or the publIc or both'" was 9 erally taken to mean t hat pairt of Iadvance must come out of the ex( profits of the mining companliOS. The five pr'lin'ipldes aninounced Dri. Garfild wverc' "Firmst-Thme pubhl ic musit not asked to pay more thtan it is paying for' coal unless it is neces: to do so in order' to provide rea able 'wages to the mine wor'ks a reasonable profit to the op~erail "'Secontd-he arrangemtent ent Iito hetwveen thme operator's, the 1 wtorkters andt tihe fuel administrta with thle santmtion of thle P'residt'r t he Unted'( States in October. wvas ineedt to equtal Ize the w of all classes of mine workers aml be sufficient to ece thle p~eriO the wvar, but not beyond March 1920; hence, the only Increase in of living which cati lnow lhe ('onlb( Is the increase abiove that pro' for by the average Increase in that Is to say, the average tota crtease Iin payv over the 1913 which was the lbase. conisidete' .1917, should not exceed the pr a ~ver'age incr'eaise in the cost ofI Yer~i the satme base. It. Is also conaidered that the cost. of living ~ all rathier thtan rise durling the few year's. "Thiird-TheC ili madium jitef' by tho goverinenit ott co0l *vt eulated to increase piroductioni ol ior AOwar putrposes. C'oal was and tho increase imperative. su~blic ought not to be asked t: 4d will not nowv pay the Inc Vei' m'tormatl profits then allowc FOl CITY HALL City Couneil Again lnd up Considera tion of Saile of City Hll Property I Cily Council held a called meeting yestei'rday at whih 11-he consideration was again talkel up1) for the sale of the City 11111 proprt'y, according to 011 of tile aidermen when asked about the iatter yesterday. Nothing was done about the matter, however, both hids on the propery being turned down. It Is stated that .Mr. John A. Franks, wiose present place of busiiness was receltly purch'sed by Mr. J . C. Ow ings, put in a bid of $22,000 on the property and I.r. (. Ii. 11i6ks, real es tate dealer, put in a bid for $20,000. The Council has also had under con siderafion, It is understood. the sale of the ciy fa(' 1rm of abou:110t" acres just beyond(l the Jersey section of the city. It is reliably stated that th1e Councll has lixed a tentative price of $125 ieri acre oin this place. KiLLIN4 AT CLI NTON. ,l ohi Mllpaiss. Cotton 31111 Operative, Shoots .lolil Crocker ivith Deadly Effect. p .ohn Malpass, an operative in the - olnt0n Cotton ills, sIot and miortal ly wounded John Crocker, another op V (rativ', Iin Johnson Hrothers' store in )the mill village Saturday morning e from th e effects of which Crocker died y in a few minutes. MIalpass Ised a pis a tol, shooting four thimes. each shot - taking effeet. Crocker stumibled out of the front door an(I fell within a few d feet of where tile shooting occurred. y Mal mass was later arrested and iI brought to the county jail. A it shooting was a setuel to a iight the two had about a week before when h11 Crocker lilt Llalpass over the liead Ie with nlt ron irod, the effects of whIlell d Ar' still seen) oil the lat er's lead ii l- the jail. When they met ill liobinsont I store. the trouble was renewed ani i- tile homicide resulted. -Crocker wa it uIa'niIed. ly A~torney 11. P". Blabb secuired ant or se der for bond before .Judge Pucrifo3 d at Greenville Monday morning, bu v.. .Ialpass had not Complied 'with th< t'lms yesterday afteriloon. It is tinl de (r)'stood that lie will secure bonds 'ill men today or tollorrow. Death of I Child. .1. 1'. Nb. Irby, Ji., the 18 iontils oil lt baby of Capt. and Mrs. .1. L. M. i111 of (lied at. Marion SatuIrday, where :Mr. Irhy and the Child had ( been visitill crelatives. The body was i'ouglt her Siu lnday an d Monday morning tile fiui In eral was held at tile lailuons cemlit t'ry, the services being conducted b al Itev. Wilim)ot S. liollIes, assisted b of Rev. C. T. Squirc ' The little chil 'ld which was bor11 while Capt. Irby W1 lot ill Itance, was not only the idol nal s pareItlis, bIt wis hleld ill ten de is fe'tion by other relatives and by a In- whom its su0nny disposit Ion lhad a er- tricted to it. Alln expriessioni of de( Ai- 3I.ym thy for the I.ar'ent s was fou1 he' ill numer~t)o flowerls' whii eh we 05s tpla('ed upon1 thle graIve lifteri the fu er'al. by 3Irs. .Iohn Q. ilroiv n. le aMirs. iaena lirown, wife of John11 lowV ilrown' of' tihe New Prospe1ctI. sectle ary d(ied lFriday afternloon at thle 1home oll- heri (daughter', Mrls. ler'ber't I.?o :ind~ on SouthII l'per i't1reel. The funici 01'S, servlces were hlcd Saturdtay. '('d il's. BrIownl was Miss Cunninlghr duel before 11er mnarriiage, a native of t Inn. ('ounty, and was an estimable w~Onul of lb'sie her' hu'i lisbandl shle Ia survWiv 917, by two) daughltel's, Mris. itopei' a neo a ludin)1 lg Miill er Iitrown, l'is lIrhov San~d 11lam111to1 Briownl of the city. '1, cot ox SulwHr at Central. A''e b ox supper)1 wvill be) givenl at C .ie~ tra1 school teriday nlighit, t he 28thl, 917; wleh l thle publ)1Ic Is cord(ial ly invit Th-'Ile exercises willl beginl at 7:30 P. 1 ill the purpose05t of stimu111alag prod Vinig '"I' ou t 11 ---A~n y Incriease ill wa' o be now at'tived at Onl t'he0 ba/ 115 OF will for'egoinlg priciples shio'ld be 1)0 next by3 the opera'!tor's or thle pilIC 01' b as may lie dletermined b~y tile appl' tIXxed tloll of these prinlclIples anld sheC cal- takl{e effect as of the (late vhlen coal mn11 reCturn' to work. :iaile, "leIfth-The needs of theO Un The iStates arc not alone to be conaldel pay, - iturope is in dlespierato need of< rease0 anld should( hav'e all thlat wv.o a fr. sp~ar'e." IEMORIAL FUND I runds Will be Collected U ture in J; 'o the People of South Carolina: I Various campaigns for money, a na- i ural reaction from the high tension if war days, intense work due to ransitional conditions in the econom c world, and anxiety over the cost of ling are among the factors which tave slowed up the Alemorial cam piaIgnl in this Stale. We think it 1: Lo look these conditions square in the [ace, so that 'we may know what is to be overcome. On the other hand, South Carolin ians have never before been prosper ous. In asking for voluntary dona ti6ns amounting to four hundred thousand dollars, the -Memorial Com mission, :*reated by the General As sembly, is not asking for anything un reasonable. And when one stops to consider the purpose for whlih the citnipaign is being waged, the request takes on an aspect that is anything but unreasonable. The sons and daughters of this State, who fought and Worked so well for the great cause of democracy must never be, forgotten; moreover, there must be tangible, vis ible evidence of the State's gratitude to them. The campaign will not fail, for South Carolinians lave never yet, and never will be unalppreciative of splendid services renderea 1lcause the campaign for' four hutin dred thousand dollars, ' supple ment the one hundred thousand mad( available by the General Assembly has been retarded, the Memirial -Com mission has decided to continue thc IWEATIl OF .J0lN WV. FElM4(7ON. Nati v of 1.nuiirents iies Itt his liomt In lartsville lst Week. .olin W. iertguison, former residel of this city, died a! his home in hiarts Oille las:t We'dnesday morning al t o'clock after an illness of 'soveral Weeks of pieuonimila. The news of hI: death was received with deep regre as he had nt umberless friends her< Who remitembered him as a 1 boy anld ad miIred his many tine traits of cha rae ter. The fnlieral services were hel, at 11atsville 'TIh rsday. .Mr. Flergusont Was a son of the Ia Col. .ohn W. Fergusonl and was brother of Dr. W. 1). Fergulson, Alis M ary Ferguson and Mir. (;eo. It. Fel 0 guson. .lie was educated in tle lo(: - school's and at the tini versity of Soot - Carolina. In early life he took a p< y sition .with the Walhalla Cotton mill y as executi secretary and followt I, he mill buiniess un1til his dIa tl , Leavii the Walhalla mill he .oim0 If the office force of the liartsville Mal ufaeturing Company. where he retail ed the high esteem of tle managIte [ s well as winning an enviable repi tdiont in the miIll industry of this se i tiol. .e llesides his brot hers and~ sister, il p. deceased is suri'vedl by his wife, wl wias M\iss Fannie Mlaxwell, of Wz halla, and six children. Q. Ite-Enirollng- Pensionners -Extenided, n,. Judtge ot Probate 0. ('. TIhomnpsc of to wh'lo Is dleegated theC athiority' er re-ettrollinag Con fedetrate penit~onr l undemr the 1919 act of thg9 l'gislatui stated y'esterday' t hat thle Iitime for1 mi enro(lilng had been extenddh~ to D'ece hie 'hCer 20th. lie said that all of thli ti- who are enitItled to enr iollIment shol ei do io biefore thtat timue anid ask 11( fur t her thiat fr ienids oif aiged 01r ill .' ent( penstiners who~d may not he 0, yet e'nrolledl see to It t hat th'ey entrolled nowv so they will not be ha rred' from part ici pat Ion in~ t he pa sion fundt~. edl. Au announacemnent of much inter to her friends hiere and in Gray (co -ii that oit the graiduat in or Al Ic- Gladys Giray, dlaughter of Mir. Mtrs. 11. L. Gr'ay, of Gray Court, wh eoceturred at Lander' college last Wt lie nesday. 'Thle grtadnationi took p1 'C at the end of one of the regt ott perilods into which the course at I. n-- (dr is divided. the At First. hiptist ('hurebi. Servies will be held at the F tedl aptist Chutrch hero Stunday morn ed; front 7:30 to 8:3d insteadl of the ut !oal morining hours. Chutrch and Stin can school offerings will he made at )RIVE EXTENDED" ntil Sitting of the Legisla mnuary. ol ti ine for solicitation of subscriptiins 1i to the convening of the next ses lion of the General Assembly. At that ( Rime the Commission should be able to report full and complete success. The impression has prevailed that C the proposed memorial building wou l(, in effect, be but a college chapel on the University grounds; this is incor rect. Tho proposed building would be a historic museum for South Carolina, and Its location, while on grounds held by the University trustees, would not In any way hinder its "se by the general public. It ;would not be in theory or In fact, merely a part of the UnIversity, but both in theory and fact, a State Memorial. There also has been an effort to have the type of memorial changed to a hospital, but the soldiers, thlrough the -American Legion, have spoken decidedly against this proposition. We appeal to the 'variols counties that have not yet raised their quotas to expedite the campaign. No comn munity can have It said that when the State was seeking to perpetuate the memory of her noble sons and daugh ters, that it was indifferelt. A per manent memorial is necessary to keep alive the facts and to keep fresh the inspiration. ROBERT A. COOPIiEl, Chairman. - RICHARiD. I. \lANNING, Vice-Chla irmian. Columbia, S. C., November 21, 1919. SIIOOTING NEAlM 31A)DIN. Eviis 31a(iden, Whlite, Slightly Wound ed by W1l Motes, Colored, When They Exchanlige Shots. - IEvans 'Madden, a young wht ite mai living near .\laddeni Station, was slightly wounded in the hand by Ill Motes, colored, last week when the two engaged in an itpromipl, -'hot . gun duel one day last wee!. Motes made a successful get-alvZy and has (I not been captured yet. I The shooting follewed a disagree e ment which Mooe:n had had the same day with Mrs. Wess Madden, the iiother of .. I'vans Maddeni, over a lot of fot' .(r whicb \Mltes; claimed to have in Mrs. M.\a den's barn. liet left h the place and later met up with NIr, ivans Madden and hiis brother, whow said that they had started out huiiit in \. When they met Mlotes they asked him why he was not at work pickin ,d ottol and received ani offensive reply .'I' his lead to more heated woids aini the shooting began, Mltes first usin.C ;t a shot-gini whicl lie was also carry inm and then openitng up wlha pis tol. Noie of the pistol shots took ei feet, but .\I. Evans M1addlen was pp pee nthe arm with the snmalle shot from the shot--goun. Whbethr Co n ot t he negro rece ived ainy wt~touns i noCt known. .\otes Is ratetd as a had niegro, hav' lng been given a life sentence Co k ill in g anotherci negroC but hiIs sent enc wa commuhitttedl by (ov. JPlease afte rIhle had ser'ved twelve years. I- Rev ,Johnusoni Arrives. m- lev. II. 1). Johnisoin, assigiied to th Laurens iil ciricuit at. I le last meetini iof the t'iiier 0outh P'arolina ('onfel eneeC, and~ whoi ~ill sti rve the Ilom It- H -eet, Watts 'Jills atid l.eesvill ch'nrehbes, arr ivedl T the oity ast weo Uand with his wife tuid t wo chilr' I'is otccup ~yinig the parasoiinage on Pir St reet, near w here tile o1(li church wi h ii ued. llev. Mir. JTohn Usont came hiel fromiti Newhberry. Air. .1lhnsoin sa yesterday that the apipoinitmenits f< est hiis varilous chairges will be pracItcal urt tesame a thoe of th' fm-o-r pa ei- Innys Lauirents Pressling ('lub. a'e .\ir. Shell .\ll)an iel, pri' iet or mar the Laurens Steam Laiuindry, announi anl- Crd yesterday that lie had liurchlas thle p ressinrg clubh businiiess antI clu I me~l .ntCo the ~I,aure'ns P'ressing ('I andI wvill hiereaft er conidu othIle ho ist ness5 at the lauindr iy lilant. i'. Wmo i g man, wvhio has many friends in I ual cIty, will be sorry to learn thait he dy to leave Laurens to t ake up a posit I this as travelI ig salesman for theit S pr i'0O'e y('mnpan o n Greenvil le. Pll'ECT TO RA ISE QOUTA IN ONE DAY mith Carlin11a Ra1ptists Rleady for Big! Catnipalgig to Start Sun1tidoy. Prospects now are th.i -oltl Cat ina's (qu1 i oW $.5,00,0 )( ir the baI it 75 mi ''llnt (am 't , whitb i', to ginl next. Sunday and continuef for. ghlt days, will be raised oil the opei ig (lay will be largely overtubscrib :1 before tile end of "Victory Week. fficers of the campaign at state head uarters in (I'eenville are opt im ist ic i next Sunday. Final preiparations for actually So citing filuds are n1ow going forward ia each of the 39 associations in the Late and by Sunday all of the 1,142 hurches lin the state with a combined nem1 bership of 161,000, should lie 'eady for this greatesI drive in Hlap ist history. The state has beeni can assed from end to end by speakers Xvilo have told of tho cause. 3oney for Schools. Of the $5,500,000 to be raised in R -oulth Carolina, every dollar wvill be spent. for a just, cause. The educa tional institutions of the denomination ill the st;te wilt alone receive $l,5211, 000, divided as follows: 1"urmnani $750,000; (reenville Woman's College, An1derson College and Coker. $2041,4100 (eaCh; Ed ist0 A Cademlly, ILng CrAe'Ik academy, North (Greenville academy, Fix .\le acndviny, and Spartan Acad emiy, $;35,000 each. 'The State mission board will receive $520,000; la ptisi hospital .$190011, ; Conni' Maxwell Or phanage $-20,000, ant the board of ministerial education $100,000. Sunrise Prayer 31 etines. Ti opening of fite taptist 75 mil lion campaign throughout South Cat' oliia, next Suntday moru11ning, tte 20itlh will be observed by "sunrise prayel meetings" in the lapLtist chutrClic: t,hroughout. South Carolina, accordin to announcement today at state head riuarters of the( campain.1"i. Congregations, of churchies through out South Carolina wIll Ieit at thei respective plac's of worship ,0 o'clock Sun day ornir - prayer service the tioll inl the gren' I paign wVill be 1io While Ile cailpaigi I through l)eeemler 7t11, l"n ers are confident that vilt.. illire amolunt asked will be siubst Id by the various chilrcles on the c. rninn day. A large 111111ber of the churches wil have all-day Imeetings, the Imillber melet ig at 7 o'clock, and cont in1uin together111 until afternoon, dtring whie lime the solicitation -wvill he inl pr( gress. .\liers not present will 1: visiled by committees. Somhil C'arolinia's a1pportionmuent i tile e:nipaigni is five aild a half n lionls. Heports to Columbial. Daily reports are to be m0ade1 subscriptions, during "Victory Weel Noveber :10 to Dec. 7. ('1111uch 0 galizationlls ale to iake their repor -da I y to I he associationl orgaItzel I ad t asosition organ izers ate tolegrlaph II oriteliphone to D r. W. -- No assoc)iaOtiona~l reporlts are 1(o lie si r Lto Stalle hliniiarersl at Green('lvil ' thoullgh (laity repiorts on the state rlarge' will bie rec'eived'l thler'e. A COl ill Sunlday niighlt. c Ileath IofI 31r's. Alieri l'o1Inlr. g A fteri anl ill ness oIt seleralI wee 5 Tlavein seitionl died on the 1'.!h Iin C and1( was buiirid a1 t mhu tie fol h k ing lay. Ste was a tmembierl of HI I' es wvere (conduc1 te b'Iy her I paIstorI, 11 'e abount 16 years ol andi is surlvived1 >r' following lrothlirs andi~ sister's: l y ,obhn Ablereomb11 ie, Mirs. S. P. hI l-Ro er end .\11 rk Iiel111lam t all of. of \i's. Alitee Ill tonl wiife otf .\r '- M . 1IIampon, who11 form11 er114 ty r-es ided td ar iFells, died at her I hiomin MI5 1- tanhurlg last Thuiirsdlay evinilg. k- ILallrens11 ('iIry1~1 the samIle a ftern'l he it. 4:3 :oO'lock. .\l rs. IIlamnpton wi is sist er-In-law (If Mlrs. ('ora AleCord ol this city, and hlad miany friends 1 itt who1( were deepIly atffecte b iiy the n1 'of e i im. ,1 it h fRII4TY QUESTION MAY GO TO PEOPLE Sen. Lodge Favors Going into Election PRESIDENT WILSON STILL SILENT Senator S1utuson Says He Is' Sure TIrealy wlill Again Ie Suibltted by l'resident. If Then Ratilied It 01'l be Saived from 1920 Campaign. Washingtoni, Nov. 2l.-Compromise efforts to ralify the peace treaty were thrown into the background today by d-veopmenet lrengtheiing the possi hility that the whole controversy might he triuisferred to the political arn-li1a fol a d(I ision by the people in. 19I~i20. Sen(iirator itodg, chairman of the for eivgn relation committee, and Re publican leaderi of the senate, de (lated inl a sI;tement there "was no loom foi fuibier Compromise" -11nd urged that the reservations of the eniate In ajority- be carried into the emnipiaign. 'I'lTere wa"s 11 formal expression to det-riinmine whetlher a like statnd would he takeiin ulimiiaiely by Presideut \Vil son and the adiministration senators, uIII it doloped that the President's .eiiate stppoi-te is had no definite as surances as yet that he would re-open Hie subject for compromise by re-sub inittinjg the tivraty when the new sos sion of congress begIns December 1st. The declaration of Senator Lodge revised l the position he and most other Republican senators had taken toward Injection of the treaty into politics, aid was accepted in congres sional and official circles as clothed with a nadded -suggestion by Lodge's r oiife-rer th Will 11. Hays, the Re nal chairman, just be icuessful fight Wednes 'at ion with the majority icluded. r advising Democratic ote against ratification rity reservations, Pres characterized them as nullification of the no of his senate follow 4'. ider it a remote pos sibility may decide to Join the s issue and let the majority program g stand Or faill by a popular decl.an h in the campaign. . Should lie take such a stand and de e cline to resubmit the treaty, * let imatters stand for Ilie present as they a ie, it was coiisiidered certain on all sides tonight. timt, the result would be to put, the ratifleation fight square ly into the presidential contest. Where f was nothing to establish definitely - t1hat he wouild do so, however, and the rouirse of tie administration senate s leaders diirig the (lay seemed to in -s diente tI e opposite. . They continued to to talk co1mom ise and predicted ay t hat the Repubtl 1icans woldi modify T.I lhir atti ide, ma king it. lossib~le to >. (tear away the whole contr'oversy be nt fore the camipa ign opens. e, Thiey welre cinfron ted with the at fact, hiowevi-r, t hat the Re pubIlican u. grioup of ild i-eservationists, on ill whom ii lihie of a compromise was nt pl aced, hail srveil notice that any lir'he (ciiprioimise' negotiations must hie condluctedl with the Republican ender himself. 'The closing stages of ks. the tight, w ihih tireceded the ratifica.. >r tin \ot-, miiili liedhi evidlences of Re st. pui<~i an rotidarity biehind the reser A- : jdoln-, :anIy diecisions in .the pro ni- limuiiar2 miiii-ilverinig hieing decidedl 10- b y vim: tull y s1trict. arty votes. i-v. Ev in a uuonm the i rreconilable foes 'as of t he tre-'a on thle R epubIliean side0, biy It' statemeniiit of Senator Lodge was lhe ati--etd wiith satisfaction. Some of Iiis his grmoiup hav~e sad ( openly they ill. would leav~e the party unmless it do his (taredl next yearl for (outigh~t iree niIt iiof the le'agui of natiin. coven at, with or withoumt reservationts, but they took thle view tonight that tihe sititation was detve'lopting withI a sat s tfac(tory speed. Iy t he time the na tionalll con11venitioin mwt they Preditcted, t wouldi be red iy to) go fiurtIheri than h'ie Setla~r boie- in h'is : at'-ient. T1Fhe' only ex.\don~ of ib-a i'resi dent's int en '0: wit- a Wh1it~ 0l ouse 001announceimint early in tile (lay that 15 a hie would have not hing to say untIl ofle senl his message to congr'ess at 1(re t hie begining Iii ' Ithe' new~ siulon 101on tr Ihi e..n 'r...'. :~