The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 18, 1920, Image 1
)LUME3 XXXV. LAURENSSOUTH CAA)UINA, WEDNESDIAY, FEBRUARY 18,1 1920. R3
PRIMARY [LCTION
GO[8 TO RICKY
C. M. Babb Defeated by
Capt. W. R. Richey
HEAVY VOTE
IS POLLED
tilhey Polled Majority of Votes in
Wards One, Two and Five. 1a)b
Carrie% Three, Four and Six. Four
New Councilmen are Elected.
A new mayor and four new council
m1en -Were lnminated for election in
the Democritic primary for city of
fices held yesterday. C. M. Babb, tho
mayor incumbent, was defeated by
Capt. W. I. Iltichey by a margin of 22
votes out of a total of 614 cast. I). If.
Irvin was elected alderman in Ward
1, 1). I. Simpson in Ward 2, J. MciD.
*loore in Ward 3, C. F. Dishop in
Ward 4, Joe P. Smith in Ward 5 and
Albert Dial in Ward 6. Aldermen
111sho) and Dial are the only two of
the ipresent administration re-elected.
However, Alderman E. D. Easterby,
in Ward 1, was the only other alder
man asking for re-election. Mr.
Easterby has been confiked to his
home for the past week on account of
sickness.
\ Of the seveni members of council,
three are veterans of the 'World War
and saw service in France. -Mayor
Elect -ichey was a captain in the 371st
Infantry, 93rd 1 Division, and now
holds a collmIission las major in tile
.Reserve Corps.. AldermanJlect ). I.
Simpsori was a first lieutenant in the
I18th Infantry of the 30th Division
and Alderman-Elect .Joe F. Smith was
a -first lieutenant in tile same regi
mlnlt and division. With the excep
tion of the two year term of former
Mayor .1. C. Owings, Alayor Babb has
been. mayor of the city continuously
since 1907.
The following is the result of the
election by wards:
F,or Mayor
Vard 1 2 3 4 -5 6 Total
abb ......35 17 94 48 77 410
Richey .....18 41 87 33 85 39-333
For ldermai
Ward I
Easterby............... ...41
Tvil 44.... .... .........4
"'lt tle .. . . . . . . . . 11
Simpson ................ 46
Ward 3
Lewis ................... .. 45
Moore ......................136
Ward I
Bishop ................ .. 61
Solomon ................ 18
,Ward 5
F'rancs ........ ........14
Smith .. ................ 16
Ward 6
Albert -Dial .............. 77
Will Canady.
Mr. .Will (Cannady, a wvell known ilt
Fzen of the upper0l part of the country,
died( at his home Saturday and1( was
buried the following day at Friendship
chulrchl in Youngs townshlip. Mr.
Canmnadly had been ill of influenza and
pneumonia for several (lays and his
death wvas not unexplectedl. Ills wife
tpreceded 1h1m to the grave about a
year' ago, leaving him with several
sma11 llhiren to care for. A relap~se
after several wveeks' -illness -was duec
largely to efforts to care for the chil
dren whlen lhe should have remained in
bed5 and1( his (leath was directly ascrib
ed to tils exposure1'. lie was a popu1
lar' citizen in ils neighblorhlood and Is
death was a great shock to thlem.
Greenville Concert Postponed.
Announcement has been made from
Greenville of the postilonemnent of the
Lazzari and Ganz concert, which was
to be giveun inl tihe 'Textile llall last
night. Thle concert has1 been post
ponced un~til AprIl 9th, onl account of
the influenza epidemic. 'The concert
of Madame F~ranices Alda, scheduled
for March 15th, has not been changed
no far. Season tickets, it is stated,
wvill hold good for' the chlanlged dates.
Mr. 'W. Bi. Iliackwell, of tihe ENkomI
viclitiiy, wasl inl the city Onl bumsJncss
yester'day. W\hiile here' he said thuat
lhe head recenltly overhaitled and recon
structed tihe old Mcianiel Miii on
Recedy 'River' and has been1 oplerating it
now for aI week. (Irinding (lays wvill
be TFuesdays, Thullrsdafys 11nd( Satur
days.
RURAL POLICE
REDUCED TO FIVE
Salary of Seven )ivided Between Five.
Other Local Matters in Legislature.
Representative It.. (D. Boyd spent
the woek-end in the.city, having come
up after adjournment of the Legisla
ture Saturday evening.,' Mr. Boyd stat
ed that the lower bt'hnch of the Legis
lature was a little ahead of the upper
branch in Its work now and that the
representatives were having more o
a breathing spell.
Speaking of local legislation, Mr.
Boyd said that the delegation, over his
protest, had reduced the number of
riural pilicemen from seven i. five, di
viding the salary of the seven among
the five. Rural Policemen 'Bryson,
Sullivan and Martin are left out of
the list this year and Claud Owings, of
Gray Court, added. Other policemen
are Chief -C. L. Owings, Andy Boyd,
Abrams and Thompson, Rnreenta
tive Kinard, who was here last week,
said that the reduction in the rural
poilde force was made as a matter of
economy so that a necessary salary
increase would not be burdensome,
The county sulpply bill was about
completed, said Mr. Boyd, and would
carry the same tax levy as last year,
viz., 9 14/mills for general county pur
poses and two mills extra for roads.
In the appropriation this year is
$1,500 for a rural school supervisor
and $500 for making a stairway to the
ladies rest room in the court house.
Speaking of road legislation, Mr.
Boyd said that M a result or a meet
ing with 'the highway.commission last
summer the delegation had pledged
itself to provide at least $100,000 for
the completion of the present improved
road plan of the county and that this
pledge -would be carried out. Provi
sion will be made for a $100,000 bond
issue for this ipurpose. The conimis
slon, he said, waA confronted with
heavy increases in the cost of road
work and would have to have more
-1oney to carry out the plans as orig
inally mapped out.
31r. Boyd said that lie was very much
pleased with the progress of his bill
requiring a standard set of school
books for all the schools of the state,
both city and county. He said that
the difference in these books now was
costing the rural school pupils who
attended the city schools- over $375,000
a year and that his bill would do away
with this extra expense. His bill has
now passed the lower house and is in
the hands of the senate.
EXIENSIVE ELECION.
What .11m Lewis Says It. Cost imli1 to
Get Defeated for Aldermian.
Jim Lewis, who lost out in the al
dermanic race in War.d 3 yesterday,
says that the campaign was an expen
sive thing for him. Here Is his tale of
woe as he put it up yesterday:
"Lost 1,349 hours' sleep thinking
about the election. Lost two front
teeth and a lot of hair in a personal
encounter with an opponent. Donated
0one beef, four shoats and five sheep
to country barbecues. Gave awvay two
pairs of sisapenders, four' calico dress
es and1( $5 ini cash.
"Kissed 126 babies. Put up four
stoves. JKindieed 14 fires. Walked
4,076 miles. Shlook hands with 9,608
peole. Told 10,101 les, and talked
enough to make in print 1,000 volumes.
Attended 16 revivals ammnd contrIbuted
$50 to foreign missions. Made love to
nine widiows--lye grass, four sod.
Hluggedl 19 old malds. Got (log-bit 39
times-andl was not elected 'by 91
voles."
Anm Early Promotion.
Friend of Edwin P. Fuller, son of
Mr. and Mfrs. G4. A. Fuller, of this city,
who is~attending 'Clemson college, will
b~e interested in is -promoltion to the
rank of Sergeant in lisa colmany. This
is an unusual fattainment, as the rank
of sergeant is not generally conferred
on students under the Junior class,
ando .Sergeant Fuller is only in hiR
sophonmore year. ie has also been
selecd as assistant manager of time
foot-ball team, another' honor general
13y giveni to older students.
Theiz iledpa~ith 'TLyceum '1Bureaui tele
graph~ed Mir. W. ii. .McCuen Monday
morning to time (effect that the Tyirolean
Yodlers, the attraction whlliih was to
apipear hmere tonight as the third num
ber~ on" the lycumn course, were forced
to postponme thmeir engagement here as
several of the players aire sick of in
fluenza. Announcement of the defer
rc'd date will he made at n. fture time.
ADRIATIC QUESTI
. STIR IN
United States Expresses [
ment of Adriatic Que
nant to Treaty of Vers
-Washington. Fe). 16.-Decided ob.
jection to recognition or a settiemen1ci
of the Adriatic question on lines re
pugnant to those agreed upom in the
treaty of Versailles, and not recon.
cilable wlth the principleis embodied
in the 14 Ipoints of President Wilson
was exipressed by the United States Ir
the recent note to the allied govern
ments.
The note was not a threat to with
draw from partici)atiQyp in European
affairs, It was sitid oflally at th
"jhIte House, but said indt this coun
try could not be a party, to the dis
position of Flume asiagre'd upon by
the allied premiers withdut consulting
the United States and consequently
would not concern itself with the ques
tions involved, including the policing
of the Adriatic, if the settlement wert
enforced on the government of Jugo.
Salvia.
The next step of the Washingtor
government waits on the reply of th<
allied premiers to the American pote
The interesting suggestion was mad<
in offlcial quarters that the United
States might. cease its European relle:
work, which the allies have been anx.
lous this country should continue tc
keel) down unrest, if a modification o:
the peace treaty were put into effec
which the United States would regard
as contrary to the iprinciple of self-de
termination.
The *acts which influenced the de
partment of state in framing the new
American note were as follows:
December 9 last, at a meeting of thc
supreno coitncil in P1'arsn,4 aettlenen
of the Adriatic question was agreec
upon, which, to become effective, re
quired acceptance by both the Italiar
and the Jugo-Slav governments. The
basis of this In brief was the creation
of a buffer state of Flume and ad.
jacent territory, and America, as rep
resented by Under Secretary Polk, was
party to the arrangement.
After the withdrawal from Europe
of the Amerilcan peace commissioner
and while the Adriatid issue was stil
a subject of discussion between the
principals, a meeting was held in Lon
day of the entente premiers. Lloyt
George, Cleienceau and Nitti, and an
entirely new plan was drawn up ,ith
out participation by America and for.
warded in the shlpe of an ultimatun
to. the Jugo-Slav government. Th(
basis of this was the recognition o:
Italy's title to- much of the eastern
coast of the Adriatic and 'Dalmatih
and there were other substantial ad
ditions to Italian claims which (id nol
agree in principle with the origina
undelitandings.
O*lNVILL1E 1f>EFEATt4 LOCA L.
lligh School Biasket Blail Tieamus, both
11oys and Uils, Lose to Greenville
The Liaurens High -School baskei
ball teams, both boys and girls, wvent
down in duc'at before the twvo Green
vylle Hiigh School teams last. F~rda)
evenin1g. The boys lost by a score 01
22 to 9 and the girls lost by a margir
of two points. B3othu games were wvell
pllayed and developed keoen rivalry.
Another dlouble-headler is scfteduled
for next Friday afternoon when thu
boys' team wvill meet the Woodrufi
team and the girls will play a teanr
from tie same school. Admission tc
the two games wvill b~e 25 cents a head
A heated contest is promised by all
aggregations.
Ryan Martin on Weost Coast.
The friends of Rlyan Martin wvill be
glad to kntow that he landed safely in
Tacoma, W~ashington, a few days agc
from his trip to South America. i~c
goes in a few (lays to Illavana, Cuban.
A recent, letter states that lie la wvell
and hav'ing a good time and wvill ret urni
to New York about the last or April
when lie hopmes to visit home for a few
dlays.
Aindng 31edical ('onventqnm.
Dr. Ilolfe i0. Ilughes, secretary of
tihe Trn-State Medical Asr~ociation, left
yesterday to attend the Association
convention hbeing held in Chuarlotte
tif weook.
ON CAUNES
k LIED QUARTERS.
)ecided Objection to Scttle
stion Along Lines Repug
ailles.
The latest American. note was in the <
nature oi a iprot sL against this me ithod :
of procedutie. It was not an ultimatum I
or1 a threat, but pointed out that If <
persisted in this would leave the I
United States in the position of being 4
ex)ected to ratify a treaty which con
firmed boundary lines beyond i'e
adjustment which it already had de- 3
clared to be wrong. And further
more, it was recalled that this latest J
move had been made by the premiers
without consultation or advice from s
the Washington government, though .
this country would be bound to abide
by the results should it ratify the k
treaty. *
London, Feb. 16.-PIresident 'Wil
son's note to the peace conference on
the Adriatic question has furnished
London political and newspaper cir
cles with a surprise and interest sur
passing that evoked by the Wilson
Lansing correspondence. The Lansing
Incident was regarded as an Amenri
can family affair toward which for
eigners should be merely disinterest
ed spectators.
The president's reappearance as a
determined party In the peace negotia
tions was construed as almost as I
threatening as his order for the
i George Washington to be prepared to
take him home fromaiFrance.
The first version of the event gave
it the aspect of an ultimatum, which
meant that the council of the allies
must stand by the agreement which
President Wilson aopepted In Decem
ber, or Amrica would shake the dust
of European affairs off het' feet alto
gether, and also that the council had
framed a stiffly worded reply adher
Ing to its January offer to the Jugo
Slavs.
Later Information appeared to soft
en the stiff necked ps itions credited
to both tpartles. This consisted of
messages from Washington that too
sweei)ing a construction had been
given to the president's wordsl for
tifled by news from Downing street
that the council had not finished com
posing its answer. Nevertheless Pre
mier Mullerand's cheerful observation
to the reporters on Friday--"there Is
not a cloid ahead"- -Is taken as a
purely diplomatic optimism.
The afternoon papers displayed stir
ring headlines, in which bombshells"
was the favorite word. If not a bomb
shell, it was an entirely unexl)ected
ruffling of the waters about the parlia
ment houses where it appears to have
been presumed that so long as Amer
lea had not eveni a representative at
the conference table, her voice would
not he heard In the lebates.
11EY. RI. Wy. fl URTIS 1DAD.
Nailve of thlis ('ounty Dlied in Hlonent
Path Suntdaty.
Rev. R1. WV. Burts, a native of this
-county, father of Mm'. TP. H. 'Hurts, of
IBarksdale Station, (lied at his home
in Honea Path Sundlay morning, agedI
86 years. Th~e funeral services were
held at flroadmouth church, of which
he was pastoir for' 35 years, Monday
afternoon. Decathi was due to compli
eations incident to advancing age.
The deceased was one of the oldest
lpreachiers in the Haptist denomination
in this state andl hadt given long and
faithful service.,~ei survived bya
wido, seen onsDr.C. E. Hurts, o
Columbia, S. L. hurts, of Atlanta, Ga.;
Prof. R1. C. Burts, of Rock H1i11; Sheriff
R. M. Burls, of Abbeville; TP. H. Burts,
of Laurens, and G. Burts, and WV. L.
Hurts, of Hlonca Path; three (laugh
ters, Mr's. J. 11. Watkins, of Belton;
Mrs. WV. T. Wood, of Wi'iamston, andl
MIiss Amanda liuirts, of 1lionca Path..
, Dr. Cody to P'reach. '
-D.7F. Co~dy, edlitor of the flap
ilst Courer', Is ln'becup jy the' pulpit tt
thle First flaptist c'huirch next. Sunday
in the place of thle pastor', Rev. S. Hi.
Tiemphllemian,' who has been- sick for
several weeks. Although R1ev. 'Temn
lileman had sufilently recovered from
his slckness to return home from the
Steedly Hospital last Saturday, he Isa
Rtill too weak to p~reach. His many
friends arei glttd tu sea h-im horse
again.
iOLOINS BEGIN
SIXTU WEEI
ilxtl Week of Legislative Sessjo
PromIses to be Important. 1lin
Bill Amended. fiquor Law 3ay b
M1a1de to Coiform to Federal.
Coluimbia, Feb. 17.-Three old limt
egislative suljects, li(lior, good road
nd iinances are to occupy the atten
Ion of the South Carolina solons, wi
)en tile sixth week of their 1920 ses
ion here tonight and aomehinig delIn
to Is expected to follow their consid
rations of these old-time problems. I
s1 hoped that two of them vill be set
led once and for all, as far as Sout
,arolina is concerned, and the thir
oon to be disposed of for anothe
ear.
The general assembly is due to ad
ourn sine die before the first u
larch, but the prospects are that th
ession will last into next month b
week or more.
The judiciary committee of th
benate .will this week, probably, in
roduce a bill, to amend the presen
iquor law of the state to make I
onform to the federal prohibitloi
tatute. The federal law allows th
murchase of a pint of whiskey ever
en days, on prescriptions of physi
lans. The state law allows only
luart a month. United States Die
rict Attorney Weston -has asked th
enate to enact legislation which wil
ake the two laws conform.
The highway bill is on the calen
lar, and will likely make good head
vay during tihe week. There is som
piosition to the heavy motor trucl
icense provided in the measure an
n effort will be made during the wee'
o amend this. The license now rang
s from $6 fr a one-ton truck t
1.000 on a seven-ton or truck of great
r capacity. An effort will be made t
nerease the one-ton license and re
lice the higher license ilgures. Sligh
Llmendients have already been offei
d, but are as yet to be voted on. On
>f these would 'increase the highwa
omnission from six members, as call
d for in the highway bill, to eight, an
vould provide that 90 per cent, in
toad of 80, of the incomes from licens
5 on motor vehicles, go to the etun
y tredsuries, tile remaining 10 ipe
ent to go to the state highway com
nIsslon.
The state appropriation bill, whic
vill occupy much attention this wee!
ias been set as a special order fo
2:30 p. in. Tuesday in the 'ious
of representatives.
Still another bill that the ious
vill debate this week is that to prc
'ide increases in the salaries of stat
>fficials and members of ile legisla
ure. The senate has selit the hill t
he hiouise. Its success is predicted b
lie fact that the house has alread
lassed a bill providing for increase
>f legislators' pay.
400DYEAll TIRtE
POP11'1A11, NEILEit HElli
'actory 'N'ow Prodtelug- Over Thirt
Thouasand Tlires Per D)ay.
Mr. C. A. Perry, factory reprecsenta
lye of the Goodyear Tire andl Rubbe
'o., of Akron, Ohio, wvas in Laureni
ast wveek calling on his dlealers.
WhIle here Mr. Perry statedl tha~
mae large factory' with a emipacity
|0000 tires an~d 30,000 tubes per dam
11nd recenitly beenl comlietedl in Ak rot
)hto for the manufacture of tires fo
he smaller make cars and that th
actory was no0w in positloll to supll
his popular make tine to all t hel
lealers in (iuanltitle suillcient to tak
are of the large dlemandl by the ca
Iwners for Goodyear Tires.
Cord Tires are fast taking the plac
ft Fabr'ic Tires in the larger sizes, hi
aid, andl pracitically all trucks no'
'eng manututetredl are bleinig equip
ed( with Pnleumiathc 'Cord Tire's. Tiher
re Severa Ilarge truIcks inl Lauren
ounty eqIuippeld wiuth cord tires an
omeC Sllendlid mileage recordls are be(
nig madle biy them.
Auctioni Saile of Lots,
As wviili e seen by3 a page advert ise
Went in) alnot hoter ollo of thIIis pa pel
he0 Flirst National Aultiton Comran)
f iFlorenice, S. C.. wVill putt on1 a1 t w
lay nue tloln sale hle neOxt Wedn lesdA
lnd Thur i sdlay. In thle propierty 1(o b
(1ld airr tihe B'inunons!a store bullildin
n t 'ie publ1,1ic (1 sqare, thle hous'e an
Uin in g lots of the Irbiy 1)1c ~Io0
lihy Avenue, r'esidlentlal i'proerty (1
Vest Alainl street adjoining thme Gelde
iomec andi siXteen houses 01n Gray'
liii in the Jersey section of the cit3s
'Tasy terms, a brass hand and fr'e
Ori'/.0 nre aelvertiserl ill the sale.
CIURY LANSING
QUIlTS CABINET
,I Disagreement Between Him
and President
) LANSING CALLED
CABINET MEETINGS
- President Asks for 111s Resigitation
- When Secretary t asing Admits
I (filling Cabinet. Meetings- During
1 Illtess of tille President. Differ.
enes Loiig Slitundineg,
Washington, Feb. 13.-Robert Lans
- Ing ended his career as Secretary of
f State today after 'President Wilson had
e accused him of usurping the powers
Y ol President by calling meetings of
the cabinet during Mr. Wilson's ill
0 ness.
- 'Mr. Lansing denied that he had
t sought or intended to usurp the pres
t idential authority.1-e added, however,
1 hat he believed then and still be
lieves that the cabinet conferences
were "for the best interests of the re
- public"; that they were "proper and
1 necessary" because of the President's
- condition and that he wiuld have been
3 derelict in his duty if he had failed
I to act as he (lid.
As the record stands Mr. Lansing
- tendered his resignation and Mr. Wil
'on accapted it. The resignation was
0ioffered, however, only after the pres
C ident, under date of February 7, had
written asking if it were true that
C.r. Lansing had called cabinet meet
ings and stating that if such were
) the case he felt it necessary to say
- that "under our constitutional law and
practice, as developled hitherto, no one
but the President has the right to
t sumnlon the heads of the executive de
partments into conference."
e , Mr.. Lansing answered tw.o days
Y later--last Monday --saying he had
- called The cabinet conferences because
I he and others of the President's oflie
lal family "felt that, in view of the
- fact that we were denied comnimunica
- tion with you, it was wise for us to
confer informally together on matters
as to which action could not be post
polled until your medical advisers per
iitted you to pass upon them."
The secretary concluded by saying
, that if the President believed lie fail
ed in his "loyalty" to him and if Mir.
Wilson no longer had confidence in
him he was ready to "relieve you of
~ any embarrassment by placing my
resignation in your hands."
The President replied last Wedlnes
d day that he was "much disappointed"
by Mr. Lansing's letter regarding "the
.o-called cabinet meetings." Ile said
lhe found nothing in tie Secretary's
letter "which Justifies your assumption
of Presidential authority in such a
matter" an( added that he "must
frankly take advantage of your kind
suggestion" to resign.
"I must say," continued tile Presi
dent "that it wold relieve me of em
barrassment, .Mr. Secretary, the em
barrassmnent of feeling youir reiluctance
Sand dilvergence of judgment, if you
w sould give uip your tiyresent office and
afford me an opiportunity to select
some one else whose mind would more
willingly go along with mine."
IBefore tIs letter was written, the
(lay for the regular cabinet meeting
Ilast Truesdiay-hadl iassedl and the
corresp~ondence dliscloses why tile cab
r inet (11( not meet. On the same day
that he receivedl thlis letter from the
r residlent Mr. Lansing announced that
he hadl written other cabinet offiers
that he wold not call any more cab
e inet conferenlces for tile plresent, but
no explanation was olfered. Tnquiry at
Sthle Whlite llouse brloulght only the
stateme'nt that Mr. Wilson himself
prob~ably would call andl preside at
the next session of his oficial advis
ers.
.iut tihe difference btetween the Pres
ident iong tprc-datcs theC first cabinet
-call by Mr. Lansing, which was issued
last O' c c'er .h seven dlays after Mr.
Wilso an re't urned from h1is western
spe'ak ing tour and took to huis bed.
IThey hen.an at thl" peace con ference in
IParis, as Mr. Lansing disclo)sed in Is
final In('tter to tile Pre'sident,. unde r date
1of yest eday, and hadr conltinuet cd sin1ce
that tim- one 1' of thle chilef differences
betin g over' the gove'rnmeln t's atIitide
towardI Mexico.
When thICecabinnt mlet onl October 5,
JIosepht P. Tiumultiy, private' 8eeretar'y
(ontinned on Pae li gh t.1