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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920. NUMBER 23 LOW[R HOIJS[ KIILS WO BILLS 'Oppose State Censtitution. al Convention SCHOLARSHIP FUND ALSO LOST lower House Disposes of Two Ats Brought Over from Lust sessoi.i of Legislature which have Caused much Discussion. Favors Tax on Dogs. Columbia, Jan. 23.-The lower house of the general assembly moved at a swift pace yesterday morning and be fore the momentum was checked two measures which were brought over from last session and 'which have oc casioned much warm debate in both houses and on the hustings went into the limbo of wasted effort. One o fthese was the joint resolu tion by Senators Christensen and Mc Ghee to provide for the calling of A state constitutional convention. The resolving words to this -were struck out by a vote of 75 to 34. Two main objections to submitting this to the people were offered. One was that a wave of unrest 'was swelling over the country, and the people consequently could not exercise proper judgment at this time. The other was the cost in cident to the convention, in the event the majority of the people tvored the idea. This cost was estimated at $250,000. The other measure of statdwide im portance which met a similahr fate was the Davis-Kinard bill prohibiting free tuition at state institutions of higher learning. [lad this been ap proved a sequence would have the creation of a state loan fund for worthy young men and women, to be expended in procuring a college edu cation. The measure was' killed by a vote of 65 to 40. -Motion to strike out the resolving words of the constitutional convention wa smade- by Representative Hanahan of Fairfield. Those voting against the motion and thus in favor of referen due were: J. B. Atkinson, Berry, Brad ford, Burguson, riusbee, Carrigan, R. 1M. Cooper, Jr., Crews, J. M0. Davis, lMaddy. A. C. Eilerbe, Fulmer, Gres ham, Hamblin, Hughes, 1M. 1. Johnson, Langdale, Lide, Mann, 3cDavid, Me .Jaslay, Preacher, Richardson, Rivers, Russ, Scurry, Segars, Welch. The lower house of the general as sembly also sent to third reading the 'Barnwell bill levying a tax of $1.25 a head on all dogs in the state. This measure was brought over from last year. The money to be derived from the dog licenses will go into the school fund. Failure to return a dog under the provisions of the bill would be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not lessthan $10 nor more than $20. One-half of the mounts collected in fines would go to the persons report ing the failure to return the dogs. A metal tag is to be given on the pay ment of the license and this will be required to be0 put on the collar of the dog, The vote was 70 for the measure and 24 against, Frank Simmons Bound Over. Prank Simmons, the young Crosm - Hill1 man arrested in Atlanta several wesago and held for transportini iwo young girls of Cross H1i11 to At lanta for Immoral purposes, was giver1 a he'aring before Commissioner Wil hlams at Greenville Tuesday and bound over to the federal court for trial, be ing granted bond in the asm of $5,000 Sir., W. R. Richey, attorney for Simi muons, said upon01 his return to the citl that the defense was not given the op *portunity to place the young girls or thme standh to prove that the object o1 the visit to Atlanta was for Simmiom to marry one of them and th'at the *marriage ceremony was actually per formed. Cotton Olinings. * Cotton ginnings reported to tihe cen susm bureau by Mr. C . W. McCravy, cot ton rcporter, sho1cw that 48,470 bales o cotton were ginned in thme county prio) to Januanry 16th as compared to 37,8-1 (luring the same period last season The report for JTanuary 16th shows very little increase over that of Jan i nary 1st. alMrs. Ella Riddoll has returned ti the city atter spending Bever-al raonth: ws'Ith her son in Dirmnlgham., SANDERS ORDERED TO YIELD OFFICE, Anderson Sheriff to Bring Case to Courts. W114 be Candidate for Of. fice. Anderson, Jan. 23.--Governor Cooper today issued an order requiring Sher iff J. Olin Sanders to vacate the office of sheriff of Anderson county, accord ing to advices received from Columbia. The governor named in Mr. Sanders' place C. Guerdon King, a well known young man of thi scity, and a former member of the 118th infantry, 30th dl viion. The action of the governor in re moving Sheriff Sander strom office follows a hearing held in the govern or's office on January 12, when Mr. Sanders was cited to show cause why he should not be removed from office, because of alleged irregularities In connection with the finances of his office, and of alleged immoral per sonal conduct. The charges as to ir regularities were made on the basis of a report of State Bank Examiner James I- Craig, while the personal charges were made by former 'Police man O'Bryant of the Anderson' )olice force. 'When informed of the action of Governor Cooper today, Sheriff Sand ers declared that he would seek re dress in the courts. He declared that he was not ashamed to go before the people of Anderson county, and that whether or not his case was sustain ed by the courts he would be a can didate for the office in the primaries this summer. 'Mr. Sanders said his at torneys had advised him that the governor had no right to remove him unless the grand jury of the county had indicted him and that a term of court had been held since the charges were preferred and the grand jury had exonerated him. Mr. Sanders declared that he intended to hold his ofice until he is removed by an order of the court. Sherif Sanders was appointed by Governor Cooper to fill out the unex pired term of Joe M. -1. Ashley, who resigned. While the courts have held that the governor has not the right to remove a sheriff who is duly elect ed by the people, Governor Cooper takes the position that he can remove such an officer who has been appoint ed by him. MASONS CONSIDER LARGE BUlILDING May Erect Masonic Temple with Stores or Modern Opera iouse. At a recent meeting of Masons of the city, plans were discussed look ing toward the erection of a modern 'Masonic Temple twith an opera house, stores or offices underneath. No definite action swas taken, but a com mittee was appointed to look into the feasability of the plan. Seyeral different plans were put forward at the meeting, according to statements made on the street after the meeting. According to one plan, a three story building would be erected wvith stores on the ground floor, an opera house or assembly ball on the second floor and 'Masonic rooms on the third floor. Another plan is to sumb stitute oflices for the opera house or hall on the second floor, Another is to have an opera house on the first floor and Masonic rooms on the see end floor. Several sites were tak9n undere.consideration, but the .matter of location wvas left to the future. Carolina Auto Co. Moving. The Carolina Auto Comp~any, which has been occupying the Posey build ing on South Har'per street since be ginning business here, Is moving this 'week to the building erected for it by W. P. Childress & Son on East alain street. Mr. "Jimmie" Milam, local manager for the concern, said yester day that the new buildIng gives them ample room for display and repair work and that ho expects to give even better service , than has been given heretofore. Another Still Destroyed. Rural Policeman W. D). Sullivan, Jr., - and Magistrate N. B. Woods cap~tured and destroyed a 50 gallon still about r. three miles below Princeton last week Iand poured out a quantity of mash and -other material On the grounds. Evi a dcnce of recent operations 'was (ound - in plenty, b)ut the operators had made their got-away so sno arrests were madle. The heavy gart of the outfit 3 was made useless f~r further opera S tions and the worm was br'ought to the clt$' and delivered to the sheriff. RICKS PROPERTY SELLS WELL bots on .South Harper Street aud Stable and Lots on South Streel Bring Good Prices. Auctioneers of the Southeasterr Realty Company, of Greenwood, cry ng sales in a steady drizzle of rair vith trees and telephone wires heavily adon with ice, held a large crowd of )idders and onlookers at the sale of .he flicks property Tuesday and dis osed of the property at prices that )leased all concerned. Four lots or South Harper street, including a frame 'osidence, and five lots on South street ncluding the large livery stable rought a total of $35,208.15. .Nr. C Fl. Hicks, one of the owners of the property,- said yesteirday that they )aid $3,900 for the real estate In 1901 tnd that the stable, built when labor tnd material were low, cost about $5, )00. (Lot No. 1, facing on South Harper ;treet and adjoining the McDanie )renises, iwas sold to Mr. W. G. Lan taster, described by the auctioneer as 'The young man 'with the cal) on,' or $71 a front foot or a total o: 1,564.00. Lots Nos. 2 and 3, with the frame Iwelling on it, was sold to 'lr. H. L Rtoper at $171.50 a front foot, or a tota >f $9,947.00. 'Lot. No. 4, corner of South 1-arpel tnd South streets, was sold to Mr. H 1j. Roper also at $135 a front foot, 01 i total of $3,510. Lot. No. 5, on South street with a small frame shop on It, was sold t< kir. J. W. Henderson, Jr., at $101.00 a ront foot, amounting in full to $2, !22.00. 'Lot No. 6, adjoining .\lr. Henderson'. ot on South street, was bid in by J . Hicks & Sons at $106 a front foot >r $2,862.00. Lots Nos. 7, 8 and 9 were sold to F X. Fuller and associates for $250.50 a ront foot or a total of $15,105.15. The sale of the residence of Mr. J 3. Shell, also advertised to take placc olowing the sale of the Hicks prop irty, was postponed until anothe late. hAY GET NEGRO ON FEDERAL WARRAN'J Federal Offileers to Arrest Negro Want ed in Arkanasas, if -Extradition Re fused. Topeka, Kans., Jan. 23.-Rober 11111, a negro wanted in Arkansas in wonnection with the race disturbance: xt Elaine last fall, will be arrested or i federal warrant charging imperson itlon of a government officer, if Gov 3rnor 'Allen refuses to honor an Ar Kansas requisition for 11111, United tates District Attorney Robertson no tified local authorities tonight. The requisition signed by the gov ernor of Arkansas is now on the wa) tiere. Hill, who Is the alleged presi lent of the Progressive Farmers' an Household Union, the negro organi gation declared responsible for th Blaine disturbance was arrested her l'uesday..Attorney Rabertson said thi government would proceed under ai indictment returned against Hill a Little RIock, Ark. If the federal wvar rant is served, he stated, H11l1 will b taken b~ack to Arkansas. The campaign to prevent H1ill's ex tradition today grew to national pro p~ortions. Telegrams were received b; Covernor Alien from sicieties of col ored people throughout the Unite< States protesting against the returi of the prisoner to Arkansas, Habeas corpus proceedings 'wer continued today until tomorrow morn ing on motion of Hill's attorneys. Downs Gray COurt, In a fast and exciting game a basketball on the homne court, th fluintette of he Laurens high school de feated the team representing the Qra Court-4Owings school 12 to 7. Witht out the services of Blakely, the sta center for the home five, tho local boy played a splendid game, every mnembe of the team being in the game fror the toss up till the final whistle wa sounded, although the Gray Court boy rushed them for honors in the firr half, the score at the end of that perio standing 4 to 3. In the second hal hdwever, the Laurens flye easily forp ed ahead and nmaintained the lead ur til the end. Scoring wvas as follows Laurens--goals from field: W~oodisid 2, Bobo 2, Easterby 1, Wallace 1. Gra Court-Ow ings-goals from field: O ings, C., 2. Goals from fouls: Owing: C(, 1, Templeton 2,. STATE HIGHWAY ENVINEER DECIDES BRIDGE- QUESTION Greeniwood and Lnurens ConinsiIons Discuss Connon Crossing Point of Saluda River. At a meeting of the Laurens and Greenwood high-way conmmissions, held in Greenwood last Thursday, decision as to a common crossing point of the Saluda river between Waterloo and -Greeiwood was left to the state high way engineer for decision, ad will be seen from a report of the meeting by the Greenwood Index-Journal carried below. Mr. Geo. M. Wright, Mr. H. C. Sims and 'Mr. 0. C. Cox, of the Lau rens commission, owere present at the meeting as was Mr. N. C. hughes, the county highway engineer. They re port a very cordial reception on the part of the Greenwood commission and a very pleasant meeting together. The report of The Index-Journal was as .follows: The matter of a common crossing for Greenwood and Laurens counties occul)ied the time and attention of the highway commissions of the two counties at a Joint session yesterday here as stated in a short notice of the meeting in yesterday's Index-Jour nal. The Laurens commission through its engineer, wished to put forward an entirely new route from Waterloo to Greenwood and this proposed new route was described and discussed at length. The new route would crois Saluda river at Ivy Bluff about a quarter of a mile below where Reedy river empties into Saluda river and would therefore call for only one new bridge of the tye which will be neces sary to care for the traffle of a main highway. Such a bridge, it was stat ed, would have to be not less than eighteen feet wide, so as to permit tile passing of vehicles oil the bridge. The present bridge known as Boyd's bridge over the Saluda oil the road between Waterloo and Greenwood as well as the bridge over Reedy river are 12 feet 'wide and are in such condition that they could not be used on a main highway. A bridge over a stream on on a main highway should be able to care for not less than a twenty ton load and it was stated that the Boyd's bridge and the Reedy river bridge were both wholly inadequate for such loads. In view of the fact that if the present route is selected two new bridges would have to be built it had seemed well to consider a new loca tion whlieh would call for only one bridge,, the Laurens delegation stating frankly that the matter' of cost twas an item which had suggested a change in tile route. As it is now the Reedy riv er bridge is all on Laurens soll. If the proposed new location is adopted only one bridge %would have to be built and that would be across the river at a poing below the mouth of Reedy river. This route would mean that the new highway from Laurens to Greenwood would leave Waterloo in a southwest erly direction and after crossing the river come on through Coronaca to Greenwood. Previous to the joint session a dele gation of citizens fromi Coronaca and vicinity appeared before the commis sion and urged that tis route bo adopted instead of tihe 0one by way of Boyd's bridge, claiming thlat it would be half a mile nearer, less expensive to build, and that it would serve a greater number of white families liv ing- on the road than the old route would. After the 'Coronaca delegation had stated its case and left petitions 'with ilhe commnission, the Laurens delegation came in and thme joint ses sion began. Tile whole matter was thoroughly discussed and flinally after a frank statenment from bo0th commissions that Federal aid on a bridge over the river would have to b)e aippliedi for and such application wouild have to f have the approval of the State High a way Commission, it was unanimouisly - agreed to ask the State Highway Comi i' mission to send an engineer to make - a thorough inpetion of tihe proposed r common crossings and to mlake a rec a ommendation to the Laurenms and r' Greenwood commissions as to his f1ind i ings and that the commissions would a accept tile recommendations of tile a Slate H-ighway commission's engineer. t 31r. Emmett I. Davis, secretary of the I Greeibwood highway commission, was ,lauthorizedl to write the Stato High - 'way commission, of the action of the - joint conference and ask for an early :(detali of its engineer to make tile in e spectlonl of sites. Riothm Engineer y Hughes, of Laurens, and~ Engineer' - Cowherd, of Greenwood, were present u, at the joint session, Tile ~Unnens cnmmsiolandr 1En DUTCH AWAITING MOVE BY ALLIES Presumably iPormor Kaiser Also Wait.. Comment Front Press. The Hague, Jan. 24.-The Dutch gov ernment and the former German em peror have settled down to wait the allies' next move. Only one Dutch nlewsPaper, the Amsterdam Telegraaf, went beyond approval of the govern ment's action and, while heartily ap proving the stand of national honor, said: "Sentiment for the former kaiser here is below zero, and -we believe that in extremely small number of Dutch men would have been hurt if he had been called to account some way or other for the terrible responsibility which rests upon him. The Dutch peo ple do not feel like standing as bul wark about the former kaiser, and the best part of our government's note -is its total absence of sympathy for the accussed." The Brussels newspaper Le Nacion Belge has commented bitterly on the refusal saying in effect that Holland thereby proves herself, as always, a friend of the German Junkers and an enemy of the entente. 'Holland meanwhile is going forward with her plans to join the league of nations. The press indicates not much opposition is expected and that parlia ment,probably will vote Holland's par ticipation with little dissension. 'Liverpool, Jan. 24.--Thc action of Holland in refusing to surrender For mier Emperor William saves the allies "from appearing ridiculous in the eyes of the world," says The Post today in its editorial comment. They cer tainly would have so appeared if the former emperor had been handed to them and the trial had been proceeded with, the newspaper says. "This country in particular, which has had the very doubtful honor of being the scene of the trial, may well ho grateful to Holland for insisting upon her indubitable rights", The Post writes. "The trial would have been little better than a travesty, and we may be thankful at being saved from it.', London, Jan. 2-.-The Manheester Gunidian, commenting on Holland's re ply to the allied demand for surrender of the former German emperor says: "The reply marks a new turn in a delicate piece of (iplomntic fencing. Tt is particularly delicate because none of the spectators know exactly which thrusts are merely feints and twhich parries are not meant really to parry thrusts. "The allies feel on second thought that to -be prosecutor, judge, jury and hangman all at once in one's own quar rel is not a moral advantage. "-When he fled from the western front in 1918 the kaiser thre 'whis last big chance in life. Every distinguish ed exit is now closed unless -we should be so unlucky as to patch him up again as a sort of hero for the German monarchists by giving him the dignities of a historic court scene and death with all the world looking on." ' Mr. TI. B. Jones Dead. 'Mr. T. B. Jones, 64 years of age, dliedl Sunday night at his home near Water l0o. 'lie had been ill for more than a year with heart disease. He was wvell known in Greenwood and Laurenis counties. The funeral and burial ser vices were held Tuesday morning at Mlt. Olive church, conducted by Rev, S. .H. Booth of WVaterlioo. Besides his wife, lhe is survited by the following children: Mlessrs. R. S., .M. L. and Tonm Jones, of Waterloo; :Mrs. John D~rake and Mr's. De~Vitt Odell of Waterloo, and Mrs.\ benny Golding, of Green wood. Representative Bloyd at Hlome. Representative R. D. Boyd spent the tweek-end here wvith his family, hlav ing recently moved to the city from tile TFrinity Ridge section. ?~Mr. Bloyd saidi that the General Assembly will likely remain in session the full length of time allotted it anud may be forcedl to extend the session sever'al weeks Because of the delay I aident to chang ing the state's system of finance to th<~ budget system, it will hardly be pos sllble to finish thme work in the usua time. gineer' showved a cordial spirit of in. terest and co-oper'ation in the mattei and the members of b)oth commis. sions showved a desire to move care fully and with fairness in t he wholbo mnattor:~ HOLLAND PROT[CTS FORMER KAIS[R Refuses to Surrender Him to Allies NOr PARTY TO TREATY liollantd Takes the Ground that It Is not a Party to the Treaty which Condemned the Kaiser and Cannot Assoclate with the Powers in Their Policy. Paris, Jan. 23.-The demand of the entente powers that Holland deliver up to them former Emperor William of Germany that he may be tried "for a supreme offense against internation al morality and the sanctity of trea ties," has been refused by Holland. In a note delivered this afternoon. to the foreign oflice by the Dutch minister, Holland takes the -ground that the .Dutch government is not a party to the peace treaty which con denned William Hohenzollern and that it can not recognize as an inter national duty the necessity to asso ciate itself with "this act of high in ternational policy of the powers." It declares also that the constituent laws of the kingdom and the'tradition of the country, always a ground for refuge for the vangulshed in interna tional conicts, will not permit the gov ernment to defer to the wishes of the entente by withdrawing from the former emperor the benefit of its laws and traditions. The declaration Is made that the people of The Nether lands can not betray the faith of those who have confided themselves to Ho1 land's free institutions. Following is the reply of The Neth erlands government to the entente: "By verbal note, dated January 15, 1920, given to the envoy of the queen at Paris, the powers, referring to arti cle 227 of the treaty of Versailles, de mand that 'the government of Holland give into their hands Willianm of Ho henzollern, former emperor of Get many, so that he may be tried. "Supporting this demand they ob serve that if the former emperor had remained in Germany the German government would, under the terms of artiele 228 of the treaty of peace, have been obliged to deliver him. "In citing as premeditated viola tions of international treaties, as Nyell as a systematic disregard of the most sacred rules of the rights of man, a number of acts committed during the war by German authority, the powers place the responsibility, at least mor ally, upon the former emperor. "They express the opinion that Hol land would not fulfill her international duty if she refused to associate her self with them within the limit of her ability, to pursue or at least not to impede, the punishment of crimes committed. "They emphasize the sp~ecial charac ter of their demands, which contem plate not a juridicial accuastion by an act of high international policy and they make an appeal to 'Holland's re spect of law and love of justice not to cover' with her moral authority vio lation by Germany of the essential principles of the solidarity of nations. "The (queen htas the honor to ob serve, first, that obligations which for Germany could have resulted from article 228 of the treaty of .peace can not serve to determine the duty of Holland, which is not a party to the treaty. "The government of the queen, moved by Iim prescript ile reasons. can not view the question raised by the dlemands of the power1s except from the point of viewv of its own dluty. It (was absolutely unconnected with the origi nof the war and has maintained, and not wvithout dillculty, its neutrality to tihe end. It finds it self then face to face with facts of the war in a position diferent from that of the powers. "it rejects with energy all suspicion of wish to cover wvith its sovereign. right and its moral authority viola tions5 of the essential principles of the solidarity of nations; but It can not recognize an international duty to as rociate itself with this act of high in ternational policy of the )O'~wers5. "If in thle fture ther'e should he in~ stituted by the Society of Nations an international juin sdilction competent to judge in case of war dleeds, qual-. (Cntinuerd on Pnare Fie.)a