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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920. NUMBER 35 [IR[NS S[L[CT[ FOR HIGHY OffiC Division of State Highway I Department Here L. M. WEISIGER IN CHARGE State Hlighiway Engineer Makes An. nouncement of Appoinutmits for Four lvisions; a.'tate Highway D. iartneut. 'To )(. Estabilsled in . Short. Time. Accorling to announcement made by the state highway engineer, Laurens has been selected for one of four dis trict offices to be etsablished by the state highway commission provided for in the last session of the legislature. Outside of the announcement by the highway engineer, nothing else is known of the plan here. Yesterday morning, Sec. Lee, of the Chamber of Commerce, wrote a letter to Capt. Pen nell, the highway engineer, proffering the assistance of the Chamber of Com merce in getting located. The following is the article taken from The State In which Capt. Pennell made his announcement of the division offices: 'Capt. J. Roy 'Pennell, state highway engineer, yesterday, announced the names of the four men who will be recommenled -to the new highway commission to be in charge of the di vision offices which the department plans to ctsablish within a 'short time at Florence, Lau rens,\ Charleston and Columbia. Captain Pennell said he would rec ommend J. D. Gregory to be appointed head of the division office to be estab lished In Columbia. ie will recom mend W. S. 'Lewis for the Florence di vision; L. 14. 'Loisiger for the Laurens offlue and'1-. C. Orr for the Charleston division. J. D. Gregory is a Virginia Poly technic institute man and has been with the DulPont people and also 'with the Norfolk & iWestern Railway coin pany as engineer. 'le was with the Virginia state highwya department and Is a man of wide experience in engi neering projects. For the past sever al months he has been resident engi neer for the highway department on concrete work being done in Charles ton county. At -the present time he Is In Florence county looking after the construction of six miles of concrete work. 'h. M. Welsiger, who will be recom mended for the Laurens division, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has been with the high way department since its organization. Ile now has charge of federal aid wor< in Spartanburg county. IH. C. Orr, who will be recommended for the head of the Charleston division is assistant bridge engineer for th< highway department. For several year *he was with the 'Pennsylvania high. way department and for about tw< years was with the American Bridgi Comllpa ny. WV. S. Lew'is, who will be recotn mended to the new commission for th< *liorence division, Is now engineer o Marion county. ie has been wilth th Virginia state highway dlepartmen and has supervised paving work 1: .Jacksonville. .it is iplannedl to divide tihe state ii1 to four sections, with a division engi neer in charge of each. Three en; ployfes will be0 at each division ofilc and all resident engineers in .the d vision will rep~ort to tihe division 0 dice, which In turn wvill rep~ort to ti; head ofmee in Columbia. By this syl temn, highway officials believe thi close tab) can be kept on tile work o' or the state, and that excellent resul can be secured from tihe expenditure the vast amount of money whl< South Carolina wIll Invest in roai this yt The plan for divisions, mapdil~ ouit b~y the highway depaa menct, 'Will be submitted to the cor mission for consideration when ii new comissiona ia organized. TP work of tihe highway dlepartment is g lng steadily ahead, according to offl lals, and there has .been no cessati, of activity since the old commnissi was abolished. Miss Ruth Blag'wvell, stenogra-pher tho office of Governor Cooper, spt the week-end In thle city, with I mother, M rs. W. 1I. *Bag well. M B~agawell has been sick of influenza, I Is now recovering., rR[ATY's DftAT . 8[[N IN 8tNATH teservations on Article 10 Pass Senate 14 DEMOCRATS WITH REPUBLICANS Vith Irreconellables Against Treaty I as a Wh(ole, Italilication of Treaty Secms aipossible. Vo ,hows I Two-Thirds Majority for the Reser vatins. Washingtorl, ItMarch 15-Reaffirn ng its disagreement with President Wilson on the dominating issue of the mace treaty controversy, the senate oday adopted by a vote of more than to 1 the new af'ticle ten reservation ramed by Republican leaders. Its action brought to an end, at! east for the present, the protracted Mffort for a compromise that would nsure ratification, and the senate's decision as acceptedl generally as iastening the treaty toward another dieadlock from which it could be re leased only by a verdict at the polls next November. Fourteen Democrats voted 'with the united Republican membership ' for reservation, but this defection from the administration ranks fell far short of the number that would re quire to ratify. It was conceded that others probably would swing over on the ratification roll call but adminis tration leaders, backed by a definite assurance that the new reservation was unacceptable to President Wilson, evidenced no apprehension that their forces would dwindle beyond the dan ger point. The vote for adoption, 56 to 26, showed on its face a two-thirds ma jority for the reservation, but it by no Weans ' indicated 'that -two-thirds would vote for ratification on that basis. Included in the majority were the irreconcilables, holding about a score of votes 'which on the ratifIca tion roll call will be cast against the treaty. The reservation adoited after many efforts to modify it had been rolled under the solidly united Ropublican majority, rollows in general form the one adopted last November. It is as follows: "The United States assumes no ob ligation to preserve the territorial in tegrity or political independence of any other country .by tle employment of its military or naval forces, its resources, or any form of economfic discrimination, or to interfere in any way in controversies between nations including all controversies relating t( territorial integrity or political inde pendence, whether members of th< league or not, under the provision: of article ten, or to employ the mill tary or naval forces of the Unite< States, under any article of the treat: for any purpose, unless in any par ticular case the congress, which un der' the constitution, has the sole pow er to dleclare 'war or authorize th -emplioyment of the military or nava forces of the United States, shall i fthe exercise of full liberty of actior Sby act orsjoint resolution so ,provide. tOn adoption of the original artiel 1 ten rese rvaton 'last Novemiber' th vote wyas &6 to 33, with only four D~en: - crats, Senators Reed, Gore, Smith< - Georgia and Walsh, of Massachusett: - voting in the. afllrmative. PAMTORS' CO0NFl ENCE TOD)IAY C Bishiop Darlingtoni Unable to Addrie: - Mass Meeting Tiomiorrow Night, ..Much interest is beIng taken In tU Spastors' conference to b~e held todi Sand tonight in the Interest of ti Smith evangelistic services in Jura Rs1ev. Dr. Purcell wvill mdko an add~re a to 'pastors at the First. Presbyteri: t church after a luncheon at the Fi . Presby ter'ian clhuirch today. Toni g e at 8 o'clock Dr. -McGlothlin, of Furma e University, will address a mass mec o Ing at the name church to whicht c- public is invited. 'ris address w mn at first announced to be giveni in mj Methodist church,, buit the progrJ 'was later' changed. D~ue to a death In his family Bilh in U., V. D. Darlington wiredl the lo: nt committee Monday that he would er he able to doliver the address sche rs uled for tomorrowv night at the I >ut ist church and this meeting has bi callod off, iENATORIAL RACE 'ormal Announcement ol Goodwin and Rumors 'cate Interesting Race. .With the formal announcement in I his issue of The Advertiser of Mr. 0. . Goodwin as a candidate to succeed 3oi. .1. ,1. Wharton in the state scn te and rumors of other candidates, nterest in this race has been decided y increased this week. Nir. Goodwin, vho has represented the county in he senate before, is known as an able *ampaigner and has a strong follow ng over the county. H!.i announce nent came as a surprise in the camp )f the usually politically wise in the .ounty-seat, as he had not been men Joned -before as a possible contender. 3ol. Wharton let It .be known last week that he would not be a candidate "o succeed himseif on account of his icalth. In addition to Mr. Goodwin, other names are being mentioned for this race. Representative R. Dunk Boyd. whose term In the lower house expires this year, is understood to be an vowed candidate, though he has not made his decision definitely known. Phil 1). ,Huff, Esq., and 0. Langdon Long, Esq., both young members of the 'Laurens bar, are spoken of as pos sible candidates for the senate, though neither of them would commit himself definitely when approached on the sub ject yesterday. iHowever, it is gen erally believed that both of them will have their "hats in the ring" before many weeks are past. Representative Jack H. Davis, of Clinton, is also said BOOKS OF BANK FOUND IN BALANCE 8tate Bank Examiner Writes of Con. ditlon-of tihe Lucas Bank. That the cash and accounts of the Lucas Bank were found to be in a sat isfactory condition following the death of its cashier, Mr. Julius Sitgreaves, is pointed out in a letter received sev eral days ago by Mr. Geo. M. Wright, ipresident of the bank, from the state bank examiner, as follows: "Columbia, S. C. "Mr. Geo. M. Wright, President, "Lucas Bank, "Laurens, S. C. "Dear Sir: "Having within the past few day, made examination of the Lucas Bank I have thought that a public state ment as to my findings ;would not b Ill advised. "Stated briefly, I found the book: of the bank practically in balanec and the method of its administratioi appears to have been regular through out. -I found the cash of the bank 1 accordance with book balances. "Believing that this statement I I justly due the public, and the friend , of the late Cashier, I authorize yo - to use it if you so dtesiro. It woul - have been sent earlier, but I hav - been waiting to got a' reconcilemer a from the Necw York bank, which ha Inow been received and is 0. K. 1 ~ "Yours very trumly, I. (Signed) "Jas. 11. Craig, "S'tate Blank Examiner C~4hief lakely to Resignm Firsti ~'April and Officer Reams Already I slined. |Chief E. RI. Blakely, of the city ep lice force, stated last night that swas his intention to resign from1 force on the 1st of April to accept position with the L~aurens TIru 1e Company. Chief Blakely entered t L police service after serving as heal 10 officer and has been a member of e- torce for several years. Ms Announcement has also been ma m of the resignation of Policeman Jem t Reams, who has been on the fom lht for au year or two. Mr. Reamies in tieudsi to take-up farming. he Franik Shnmns Acquitte'd. s F'rank Simmons. the Cross I he young man charged with violation Ll the white slave laws, wvas given a ti in federal eourt ini Rock 1111i'h 0o) and aoquitted. Messrs. W. R. Rich al of this city, and C. C. Featherste ot of Greenwood, acted 'as his attornCf d- It is understood that the young n' p- has retur'end to Cross 11111 and en dlifferences between the familiea jnnted. LOOMING LARGE; Former Senator 0. P. >f Other Candidates Indi ;o have his eyes on the senatorial ,eat. Mr. A. C. Todd, who has been qpoken of ill connection with this race, says that he has not had the matter ulnder consideration. LNo new developments have arisen in other county contests this summer. Candidates for the lower house of the general assemibly have not yet con ienced to show themselves. With Re) resentative loyd a candidate for the state senate and Representative tD. T. Kinard moved from the county, at least two new faces will be seen in the county delegation next year. Whether or not Representative J. -I. Davis will run again is not known. He has not. publicly expressed himself on tile subject. No new candidates have appeared for the clerk of court's place, the inl cumbent, C. A. Power, and It. A. Suilli van, .Ir., being avowed candidates, while John F. 13olt Is known to be se riously considering the race. Only tiwo names have been spoken of foi sheriff, the incumbent, S. C. Reid, alv the chief of the rural police. Columbiu L. Owens. County commissioners whose terms run for two years, wil have to run agaln this summer bull. n< candidates have been prominentl: brougth forward for' these offices. Th sulpervisor, treasurer, auditor, judg of probate and superintendent of edi cation do not have to run again thi: summer, they having two more year to serve. ENOREE tOAD INOW BIEING WOlIKEi Road Working Otifit Moved to Vicinit of norea last Week anti Work 9 that ltoad 'Now Begun. Road working forces of the Gregor Construction Company, formerly wor ing on the Princeton road, were move last week to the vicinity of Enore and work 'will commence at once o the EnoreeJLaurens road, said Iligi why Ingineer Ilughes yesterday. Tli road from Laurens to .Princeton hto been .practilally compelted with ti exception of the bridgework and th is being done as rapidly as the weath< permits. It may take several monti yet to complete these bridges. With the beginning of work on ti Enoree road, construction forces wl be at work practically on five roal of the county. The work oil the lowi .I end of the Kinards-Fountain Inn ro, has progresse(d within a mile and ihalf of Clinton and the outfit may - expected to jump over to this side Clinton within a few weeks. The roi from Cross 11111 and 1lountville s connect with the Laurens-Waterl s road at Cold Point has been cOniphl LI ed almost to the T. M. Shaw place a d is rapidly nearing completion. Tr e othler forces are working oni the pi t ject between Laurens and Cold Pol s and a bridge gang is wvorkinig on t same r'oad. iffierences of opinion as to wh<e tile road between WVaterloo and Gret "'wood should cross tihe Saluda RI' have not bleen r'econciledl betweeni hlighway comlmissionls of tile tI counties, -At tile meetinlg of tile ce: ~jmissions hleld in Greenwood somel ti .* ago, a resolution wvas passedl whici: was thoughlt wvouldl leave tile mat of the crossinlg lar'gely in'tile h~ands O- theC state hlighlway enlgineer. Tile hi it way engineer has taken tile mat .le under consideration and it is und( a stood that the highlway departm st also discussedi the crossing, bult he0 definite dlecision (pn tile matter thl been announced. 'Rumors Conme fi hle Gre'enwvood to tile effect that tile nI tar has bleenI turnedi back to tile dIe county commissIons for settlen SC and that a joint meetinlg is to be ca ce at an early (late for this pm11 pJose n1 The play, ".\ly Irish Rlose,' will iii given by local talent inl tile aulditor of of Trlnity-.itidge school buIliing tal P'i'iday niht, March 19PthI, be0gni lay pronmptly at 8:30 o'clock. Admls cy, will be 35 cenlts. ys. Service alt dray Couri. tan Rev. C. T. SquIres wIll filllls thle poinltment at Dlorrohl Presbyt( ad.. church, at Gray Court, next S01 aftenoon at 3 o'clok. IS OVERTHROWN The Counter Revolutionists Oust Ebert Forces NEW REGIME TAKES REIGNS Chanced1or Enpp, of New Government, Disavows Miontarchistle n1 ttentions. Ebert (overnment Moves to Dres. 4Cn. Test of Strengtt may Yet Comtie. .Berlin, March 13.-Germany today is in the throes of a counter revolution ary movement, 'ivnich was- successful this forenoon in turning the Kbert government out of Berlin and setting up a new administration in the capi tal. 'President iPbert and his cabinet of fering no arted resistance to the rev olutionary troops which invaded Ber lin from the suburbs, have gone to Dresden and established the seat of their government In that city. The new government which has been provisionally proclaimed here, with Dr Wolffgang Kapp as chancellor, has de clared the national assembly dissolv. ed and announced the new electioi would be held. The old government through its ma Jority Socialist, members including President 'lEbert, has issued a procla ination calling for a general strike a, the only means of saving Germany - from the return of William 11. Roports from outside Berlin declar( 3 the counter revolutionary movemen has affected the troops in large num bers throughout the country and nov security guards as well as the olc ) army forces. The Kapp government, in a state i ment to the press, declared itself neith o er reactloriary nor monarchistic. The events that led up to these de Y velopiments were dramatic and rapi in sequence. d Last evening It became known tha C the government of President Ebert an n Minister of Defense Noske had con upon traces of a serious plot to ovet e throw the republican regime. Order " were Issued for the arrest of the ie e believed to be mainly concerned. The. 1s were, first and chiefly, Dr. Wolffgan r Iapp, noted as a reactionary, who hr b been prominent in all agitations of th Fatherland party and in extreme at IC tagonist of the republican govern me Il and General von 4Luettwitz, who wi i In command of the first self styl( ' group of reischwehr or empire defen: id forces. a With them were associated Capta )e Pabst, a cavalry oflicer of the guar of who had taken a leading part in su 1d pression of the Spartacist revolt la to year. Apparently, nothwitlistand1 DO the precautionary measures taken - 't- the government, the plot had gone t Id far to be -arrested as the troops sole( v'o ed for the seizure of ierlin were 0- ready on the way and the force at t nt disponal of the government was r' he only insuhleent bunt 'was not al toget er dependable. When the news cai re that revolutionary forces from the 1 in- camp at D~oeberitz wvere on the )nar er offleers of rank belonging to I I'e ge he ernment troops were sent ti m wo thetm, as emissaries of the :p idt mI- to order them to desist and re urn rm their quarters. The mutineer. - it belongedl mainly to naval b igo ter with some additions from Baltic1 trot of who have always been (usaffected ih- undisciplined met the governmei ter representatives, of whom the ei er- was General von Oldershausen, ent proposedl somte terms of ani extr( no character which were referredl to has cabinet in Berlin. At the same 0'm tment a proclamnation prepared in tat- vance was Issued promising the i iwo pie freedom and order and dissobk ent the national assembly, declaring I lied1 the assetmblly's mlission, whicht .was establishi a constitutioni antd conel ipeace, htad becen fulfilled. Thle leat of the late government have, on pelart, isasued an a-ppeal to thle pcC clalmintg theirm sutpport aga inist thie actionaries and calling uptoni then in~organize a general strike. sin The late government. ieadlers Berlin at an early hour andl later reported at 1)resden, where the of the 01(1 government has b~een ap-- lished. rian The revoluilti has bieen blood( iday (ontinued onn Parre Four. CLEMSON TRUST[[S UPHOLD I4OULTY Boys Must Return to Stud les by Sunday CONCESSIONS ARE GRANTED Cleinson Trustees After Deliberating for Lart-e Part of 'I'wo Unys, ive Out. ResIt of Their In vestigat onls. Tristees insist on Feacu'lty Suprem ney. * * * * * *: * * * ~'* * * * * * * * * * * Local Clemson students seemed * * uncertain as to what action they * * would take yesterday upon learn- * * ing of the decision of the board * * of trustees. They seemed con- * * scious of the very serious situa- * * lion confronting them, but were * * waiting on advice from the coi * mittee of students left in charge * * of their case. * * * * * * * * t * * * * * * * * * * * * Clemson College, March 15.-A tri imph for collegiate law and order and the discipline o1 the institution, with crushing defeat for cadets exhibiting rebellious tendencies and presenting tilt imatunis to the constituted authori ties of the college, Is the view taken of the report of the Clemson College trus tees, Completed only after 48 hours of most searching investigation Into the student rebellion which resulted in 450 freshmen and sophomores leaving the reservation for their homes last Wedne'lay and in senior and junior classmen threatening to nwalk out in sympathy unless their demands for re . instatement, without punishment, of . all under-classmen and tcertain re forms. in method of eadet gover t. . were met. I Net results of the trustees' Investi gation were: t Vigorous support of the president, j the commandant and the discipline e committee of the faculty. - Refusal to even consider the ultima htum from senior and junior classnen. Laying down of certain conditions upon which jiinior and senior class mneln who signed the ultimatum and ) 0sophomore and freshmen classnien e who walked out may re-enter the coi .. lege. t Aoknowledgement that the condi s tions of the mess had not been what d the authorities would have had them, e but that economic and other condi tions the world over are such that a the situation could not have been , better under existing limitation?. Au . thorizing the president to make cer st tain improvements in the mess and g providing him with additional funds ,y to cover cost of same, without. raising >o the monthly rate of board for -cadets. t- Open trial for cadets, not upon de LI- mand~s from cadet element, but sole ie ly to insipire more of a spirit of con ot idence in the work of the> discipline h.. committee of the faculty; permission no to lbe granted accusedi endets to have ilg faculty counsel of their own choosing h. at the tril: no student repiresentat ion ~v- up)on the discipline committee. et Appointment of a committee of the ut, tr'ustees, complosed of S.enator Allan to Johnstone, chairman of the boardl, andi ho Major Henry C. TIillma'n andi W. D. Ies .Barnetl, the last two named being pl) alumni of Clemson, to study the cadet ad government regulations and suggedi t's such changes as might b~e dleemned adi ief visaible, this re'port to be submitted nd at the regular 'A pril meeting of thle me trustees. the Consideration of the case of Cadet 11. Crossland, not upon01 tihe diemanid of the i-. junIor and1( senior classmen, bmut. upon0 co- the petition of Cadet C'rossland him Inog self, as aprovided by regulations. The bat board, a('tlng as an appelat e court. to found that t he dlisclIpline committee umde* e'rred technically in thle trial of the ers .cadet. The senitence imposed was re eilr scinded and thle case remanded to thle ple, dIisciline comm ittee for trial under re- the conditions laid diown by the boardl to andi the comimittee again tinds him guilty, the cadet can alppeal to the (uit board when the board would pass up ere on the actual merit, of~ thme cas seat Cond it ions upon01 which jouior and tab- senior classmien may re-emiter thle col - lege provide that each ind.ividumal who ess. signed the ult imatum shall sign and (Continued on Page 1Ilghit,)