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VOlUMIe Xxxv. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1920. NUMBER 40 FilST S[SSION O . SUPREME COUNCIL United States not Formally Represented ALLIES HOPE FOR LER LATER ENTRY 1'irstfrmlNsinhdninnhn Prahtce .io1day. Alties ieel fila Abse1Nce Of 1,'ni11d khle is nyi Tiemploriary.i Echian llt( o bie Ti Iken Up. San ":cnm. ApIril I S.- -Quest ions in CollleCtion with the peace treaty wItl T'urkey xill comprise the tirst lusi le:;s to bw taken u11p by the supre: vounne! allies at its !r:t for mal session here tomorrow. This wa:l dl8(ied aIo at a conIferelei today in the Dilvachan Palace, where the so! s1ons are to be held, attended by Pre nieors Nitti of Italy, Lloyd George b;f Great ltritain and Millerand of France. It was agreed that dally coimmni cations should Ie !ssued. as ipol t occasion of previouts session of the Council. It developed defilnitcly today that the U'nited States would not be repre sented at the conference. The prime iiinisters of the throle great power:-Nitti, Millerand atiid Lloyd-George, have expressed very decided regret that the United States government 'was taking no part InI what Is regarded as one of the final acts of the peace conference. As far as it can be sensed, the feel Ing here Is that the absence of Amer lea Is only temporary and that the reasons for her present detachment are likely to disappear. Ior the present, however, the 'prime mi nisters, foreign iniisters and al bassadors of France, (reat Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium and Grreece at the meeting are occupied with prob lems partienlarly affecting themselves, and there Is no disposition to dwPli imduly upon the lack of American par lielpation. The first meeting of the conferees will be open at I I oclock tomorrow morning. Another subject '-whih has not been much mentioned as yet, but which will he brollght before the council before Its clos(e, will be the condition of in tornti'onal exchange and the position in which Italian Industry has hef':l pla1ced by ack of coal. The I uingai an treaty will have to be passed uponl finally. WVIi tle -prospect ahead that the present i. llungarlan governnient inlay reftuse )to sign it. Then there Ild the vastly important question of com pet lling ermiany to fulfill the treaty oc Versailles, regarding which an early deelaration by the coliference Li c:: pected. Sessions will 1e held ma orliig and afternoon, with the possibility tha1t evenIng meiet ings also may be arraniig ed for. Thie JugIo-Shtt'.vs arce not representedo' here, anld it ap)pealrs dloubltfuil if th.' AXdriatic ()Iertionl witl lbe tAken' up. - TiOl si: -: i Sl-:N A'TE. Repiresenttivle' ,Jnek II. Ibiv!'I Snys lie Wtill the ini Ih Itne Rop. J1ack II. D~ayis, whose term In the lo ver house of lhe General Assem 1)1y expire's thiis year' and who hais been :previously men tioned( as a proh able canifdoate for the state senate, stated Monday morning while in the city t hat lie hadl dleeled to make tile race. For business reasons, lhe asidi, he considered he ought to stay at home bult he felt he should enter the cami paign to defend various measures in which lie was interested as a repire sentative. Other avowed entrants for the senate so far areo 0. P. Goodwin, 0. L. Long and Phil D. Ifiuff. Ini AncOni IIesplital. In a letter receIved by' Mr's. Josie Martin Hudgens from her son, Ryan MartIn, lie states that he was confined in the Ancon, Panama, hospital, as a result of a slight opieratton. The letter was written on Atril 6th and at' that time lie expected to be out In a week or two. With the exception of the op eration, lie said that lie was g'etting along very wvell in Uncle Sam's inavy bitt would hardly reach home this summeoe. It 'was already like August down there, lie Raid. COURT NEXT WEEK. Second Week Jurors are Drawn and Roster for First, Week Announced. The court of common pleas will con vele next -Monday with Judge T. S. Sense presiding. The tern will last for two weeks, second week jurors having been drawn Mlonday. IFirst wek ji urors m-ere announced last week. The Jurors for the secold week will be as follows: Stillivan Township--Tr. .1. Colemnan, B. P. Craw ford, .no. W. 'Simpson. Dials -S. L'. Taylor, Ii. C. Curry, C. W. Davenport, P. 1.\l ur C. . Wilson. Youni---Cillen C. Jones, .ino. A. Cooper., 0. "'. Cox, 11l. Rt. Pri-or. llaurenis----T. .1. Irvin. W. I'. Hild genls, -1. It. Pag'e, j. Pil Unbb.0 W\atel1oo---P. C. Moore, I .1ny 1I'. 'Wells, If. C. Sims, .1. H1. Wharton, .jr. Crs liillW- TI. 1t. Drowne, .\l. o. Boozerli If. N. Carter, .\. 1'. Kni-ih J. liry Raasor, .1no. C. Goodwin. lluntr-O.I. Bhecaly, Thos. F. Motes, 1. 1. Copeland, N. It. Young, J. W. Mlathews, J. Whl~iman Smlith. Scuilfleown.--l. G. Aladde-n, C. A. 0)Wens. .lacks--Ioht. WV. Nabors, Fred .lhn The roster of cases for the first week has been arranged as follows by the bar association: 31moiday, April 26th. Oxweld Acetelyn Gas Co. vs. S. J. Davis. Sullivan vs. Crisp. .Woods vs. Curry. Iagerty Cook vs. Scurry. Uiill vs. Southern 1xipress Company. Tuesday, April 27th. W. S. Ti'umbling vs. C. W. Killings worth. W. S. Bolt vs. Laurens County. Sqnith vs 11111. Leake vs. iill. Wednesday, Aprial 2,14h. lughes vs. Blakely. W. I). .Jones v.s -AlcPherson. Cooper vs Gentry. Watts lills vs. Southern Ex.;re!s Com1pan. Sunerel vs Waldrep. Thurdsay. April 29tM. Reynioh's vs. OWenni. Adams vs. Wilkes. [tellans vs. Oliver. Irby vs. Olson. Thomason vs. -Stephens. 'Holt vs. Gregory. .loltjoy 'S Pitts. Bryson vs. Bryson. MAiiAFFEY FLOOR 0 . COLL.\PSES. l'eitar, Acciden1 Inl Local Or'neery Store Vsterday A fteI'rno 4)n.1, Yesterday afternoon wh'liil e he and lis employees were working in the riont part of the builling, the floor n the rear of .\lt. A. L. Mahaffey's tore (ollaseud, Carrying willh It t , a flhallo b m below Ihe safe, ago lot of flour 'd111d other groceries besIdes pulling down a considerabile unount of shelving. Fortunately no )Ine was in thiat p.art of t he bu ilig at the time, so no ,one0 was hurt. 'lThe ::rash, was sit ppiose'd to have beeni e us.. Ad by te large amount of (lour' stauk NI up In the rear'. White soime of the stock was be~ig remiovedl yesterdany 'a ithIiout. d oane, a 'onsifierale por]Ion of ii w~as ulia iged by3 (cOn?itnt of broken pickle hot - lies and~ othier eon ta iners. AIt houlgh :lonaldierably inuconvenileneed, ha sin ess will be con tinuted righit a long as usual. Air. C. ID. IHarksdale, 'theo well known attorney of this city, has recently been honored by' Goy. Cooperl in beoing ae; pointed on the commission providled cluring the last session of the legis lature to revise the code of the laws passed( by the successive legislatures af the past ten years. TPhe work not onily requilres a great deal of pains-. taking work, 'hnt also a thorough kno'wledge of the state laws. The du. ties of the oflce will requIre much of Mr. (Barksdale's time -being spent ini Columbia. Jce Cream Festival at Mt. Pleasant. The Mt, Pleasant f. Y. P. 11. will give an ice cream testival next Satur day from four until eleveni o'clock, P. M- Trhe public is cordially Invitedl bAWSON' MA DDEltN, President. Play at Merna. The 'Shiloh school wvill give the muiscal comedy "Dleantown Choir" at Morna school building, Friday night, 23rd inst. NEW CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE Newi City Employees .Eleceted und ''rafic Ordlancet Pissed. Tile new city council with Capt. W. 1. Ilc'hey as mayor was formally inl (lucted into ofilce Th1'iursday morning and linlediately set about putting its affairs In shave. The flirst business of th(e new adini Ist ration Was the eec tion of emliployees. .lames 'T. C:ews, cllef of police uinder the Owings ad ministration, 'was electel chief of po lice and Jae ie . IPow(r wvas electei a-sistant chief. The following were elected as -,rivates on the force: tlob. Whaml. A. P. S1 ullivan, Jim P~a:v,;, if. 0. Martinl anld Clar1ence Eldwards. The chief i; to receive a salary of 185 per mlloionth ald the otheir m Wmb ,- o; tihe' force $12.3. -l. . lt nler on as -tr ed h(-.111h oflice r u pon the recoi In cadat oa r th, bocard or hecaih). Carlisle Boltwr oh:Ned Street oversyr. Sianley C; w.; city clerk andll .1. Hl. P1hilpot. eity e triciain. All of thi've iilployees re1 (Tive thle samtue salary as the poli c men. A. ' 'od, 1q., was-i elected city attorney and Albert Dial was ap pointed by the mayor as maiyor pro teml. PrviOsion was made fior the leasing of the opera hiotue 'Lotr anot'er period of two Yearis, adveitiselient of tills being found in another section of tills paper. At a subse(tient meeting beld Mon day night a stringent traffic ordinance 'was passed against speeding and .park Ing oi the streels. A limit of towenty nilles per hour owas placed on traffic In the city with a limit of 15 miles on the public squ;are and ten miies at corners. The isiual provisions were iade as to lights, brakes and other safety appliances while traie Is re (lulled to ilove on tle right hanid side of the street. Sec0t ion G; of' tle traffic ordinance deals with parking on the valiols streets of the city. This section was adopted inl tile attem)t to sohe(I the congestion of traffic on the Iublic square and side streets. IL is publish ed in full, as follows: sec. t. Tat on ald after ie .; sage of this Ordiniance, it shal!l be tin lawful for any person, firm, or vor poralotion In the City of Latlren:, to make use of, or oceinpy with alutoimio hiles, m11o1or0 vehicles, or other vehiicle; any (f tle streels, public :puare, or travelled Iflaces-of the City of l.auren:, for "parking", or. othieir imri' pose, othar than as hetelin al owed and in accord anee with Iilie folloivinig iules a(i rS 110latis:. Atoioil1es, othllr :!Io!ore hi1les, antd other volicles of any hind mav he parked o place. oni the PuIb)!c Square :cainsi le Inhie and outilside ei bs tlireor fc:; a iwirico of t welve 12) houris and no tictinlonir at any oine time. ( M Onl thet North and '.,,ii;; ide of the lubic Square automo.i ; mm rvehlicles anld ot~wr veh 1i1.1n he parked' or1 placed in row. 4, -i[d oi the -::'st and \V :Ist ; i of Ie lib!ie Squaitre Inay he a.-de't or - darid iIg a 1 ingle r w only. ID)osh' row livereby perittedl a,4 ont l'k. Nar!:h ! South sIdes of i ih ('ruirt ilioos 0 t , hii(les, andl (itheir -velhl-. j;arl' e' lilacedi on thie ibibIlie ihiprareC shat be pa rked or Ilacedlat right anigl(; to th e urbi andli with t wo (2) wheel:;, front cr tear, rest iic :-ain~ I lie cliri: On the Noithi adi South ;-hiis of ul~i ! those in thie inshi'. tow nie-at to 'li.. (11rb shall lie sioirkod 0or placed, ani eaich rehicle ill the Merolnd orlmiidue row shall tie placedi or :iarkedj immii dlately behind aily such vehicle int lie f inst or iside tow next to Ithe ('hrbi. I) M No atitooile or eote veh icle of any kInd shial bIe par1kd oi bIdaced arouindl thle Courtt flonuse .u lot on the Pub lhe Sriuareo so as to obstruct in any way (lie approaches to the walks lead lng through the Coutrt 1liouse plot to the (Couirt IHouse and arond ti he saine, and1( such approaches shall at all times be kept openf. F) On WVest Main Street in the block ,between Carolinie Stre~t aindl the PublIc -Squtare, atid on Sout lIhar per Street from the C. & W. C. Rall way crossIng to the PublIc Square, andi on Sullivan Street from the C, & W. C. Raliway crossing to East Main Street, and oni East MaIn Street from the C. & W. C. 'RaIl'way crossIng at the Unloon StatIon to the Puiblic Square, and on East Iaaurens Street. fiom Northi 'Harper' Street to the PublIc Square, and on WVest Laurens Street froti Church Street to the PublIc Square, automobIles, motor v'ehIcles, ando other vehicles may hbe parked] or lilaced foir a perIod of teti (10) min uites at any one tIme, and no longer. Oti said streets, no automiobile, motor vehicles or other' vehicle shall at. any time be par'ked or placed ait rIght atigles to the curb, or In any manner no an to occupy more than one.-hnlt of the street or to .block the name, and (Conltined on Pagte SIx.) ' OIOClATIC CLUBS OltANIZE SATUIRD'AY The Hour of 3 O'clock fin the After Ioonl Suggrested its Time of 3Ieetinr. 'ThI' Democratic clubs of the county are expected to ilieet at thellr iusual places Saturday of this welek for re-organization and election of d1e legates to the couity Convention, '-lich inikeets in May. [it order to avoid confusion as to time of mecetin g, .\ir. A. .\. Power, county cha1m111a n1, 111 ug'estedl that where clubs have 1not a reglla r mieetling lori or wvher n0 lie lu1i. not h'en girc.1n already, that Im hour of :: o'clo ll inhe fInll c be theG cinon meeting hour. r1r U9 t 1 d to osed il I rporltt s ofl t hr r tI -s to Thet Advertiser, hairall 11Power hlas issuied the f:! I ing il-i.ructions *1s to the neeting and0 also ;vntevoting strenilt:1 (0, 1%ach (.;ih at tim insi. printiary vhleelionI v, ilb the n nhrof, deea e :'-h Allb i.; 1n tled to, as follows: T ile variou; club; will or;,anize by IIletion of, a presideil, ole or imo vice plresidents, ecretary, alld t re1 Iuer a coniinittev of, not le 1s.1ha thr-co onl reg'istration anld q committev man';) to represenlt the (1u1) at lie meet ings of the county execlitive commit tee and also elect delegat.es to the counity Cro)v)en tion, the nu1)mber from .(h club being one for vvery twen ty-ive memlleis and on1e for a majori ty fraction thereof, based upoll th 11u111mr of votes polled in the first pri mary1 Nil tihe preceding (election. The 11 numbelr Of dtlegates to tihe Counlty E'ouvention will be as follows: No. Votes Poill: d. Delegate:Os A.au78 l! laurens .lill 125 Watts .\lills;......ta ! O1ra .. 2 hanford...... ...-17 2 Pleasant L un .12 2 Youngs........... Grays ..2.........2 Stewa rts Store .. 4i3 2 Cooks 'Stor. . . 5: 2 111oilpson's Store C7 3 ,Owings . G ray Court .. ..145 D'ials . 37 Woodlville.......121 . Sil~o ... .. .. .. 51 2 Ilickor-y TaIvern .1235 Priinceton ... .. 5 P1oplar Sprinls ..104 4 Dllnis Store . W .G) 4 Ekom .. ........ Nlt. Pleasant .2. . 52 Tlip Top......4.I2 Waterloo 2.......... Cross- 11111 .. .. ..115 Wmole.. .... ....I Mlount ville... .....!'S 1.ydia .\ ill .. ) .. . 5 2 lopew l .. . .50 2 ("oldville . Clin on . .... .30012 (1li o 1 1 .121 5 .1ngston ...........2 Nuoted leilinn Nurs~e toi be Att ractionl 49n Apil1 25th. 11ight, .\lr il 2Sl ih. Mis Lauler was (1aptu1red by thte (G,.tuans whileii9attendling sch1)ooli I elgleim an11( kept in prison two eas Sh9Ie giv~O;es h r e'xpertie nce's and1( hit . (f history in a most. charmi11ng and( intler e'sting mnnier, and 1has malde' qiite' a hit everywh'lere she has appea~red. This is the last attraction of tihe iy ceumf courise of G1ray Court-Ow ings apd~ the public is most coirdially invit ed. A Visitor After 20) Years. M1r. Frank WVells, who was a resi dont of Laurens about twenty years ago and is well remembered by local cItizens, splent MTondlay night In the city, being entertained 'while here bly Mr. and Mrs. TC. 11. WIlkes. Mr. WVells was very much pleased wvith the ap pearante of the clt~y after his long absence. lie brought thle sadi news thlat his brother, Oscar WVells, who wvas connected with The Advertiser for~ about six years, passedl awvay at his home at- Miiford, Pa., just a few weeks ago, leaving a considerable estate. Mr. Frank Wells is now a resident of Flint, Mich., whlere lie Is connected with ai large . autonmobile concern\ He ran down here from Washington, 'where lie had been on business, p)articularly to vist the city agaIn. PUBLIC MEET'ING CONDEMNS LYNCHING Latrtge Attendtace at 11tiass Meeting Last Thursday Night. Resol utions Alopted. A large nuiber of citizens gathered in the court house last Thursday night ill response to the call of the minis terial 'nion to express coIdemnat ioll of the lynching which octltred iere onl tlie night of April 1st. The imtctin g was presided ov''r by Rev. W. S. Ilolmies, chairimian of the .\Iiist(qril Unlaion. Rev. S. i. TenjIpl-(: mn11 opened the ieeting wit h prayer and Rev. C. T. S1uirc stated the object of the neeting. Mr 1i fluires stated that the ministers had alled the mlleetilg only after ii as apparent Ithat civie organitions \voul d not to so. Being convinced 11ihA the law-ahbding .ieople of the city 110t, em1 o the 13 llnhing, t iniz Galedth uctingL both1 inl the inter ('st Of the Innaintenan11Ce 01f thV 1Law a11( to let the outsile worl inow that sentiment in the city ai Couty was cppo: l- to much lawlessness4. Alaking.. t strong alraigniment of Ihe li 1im1.1 he said that the ieting should go on Ie'or d 1i as unhiilestitatingly and untIl uiv. . onally condeinning lynelhinig I; that the p(ace officers shoul be assurted of Sit pport inl briinging the igailly paii 2 to jtstice and that sentimntl avaninit a repetitin't of such a crime in the Vu ture should he vreated. _eelaring liat the law is the legislative expression or the people, he said that it should be naintained at all costs and that it vas ihe duty oh tte law-abiding people to stand behind the peace olicers in its enforcemuieit. Oin imiotiont of Rev. S. II. Teiplemian, the( chair appointed a comminittee (*Om posed of W. It. Richey, Jr., It. . Nick els. Alisoln Lee, It. 1). Boyd anI .1. W. Ilellais, to draw up resolutions eilhotlying the eXpressions of .lr. Sfquires and present it to the ieeting for adoption. This cotnnil ttee r 4ei and preseited the following res0lu tion s, Which twere adopted by a rising vot e: "Wliereas, on ThtSlrday even in April lst, 19:4 , a heinous crile was conimitted ill our city, when one .o Stewart, a nerugro, was forcihly I I se cretliy taken from the cilty jail iid Illcgally hanged by unknown parties, and "Ihereas a mass nmtcel ing of !It citizens of the city and county hasi, beetn cnllei to express its comitemnati ion i stuch an act. 'Therefo re, he it resolvd: Fir.el . That it is the selse of this imeeting that we ulihesitat ingly and unsuiivo cally conudemtin said unlawful haing. Second. TI a'It .' assure tht offiers who are sv.ornt to inforce tit law, that they ha e out uliditetd supp in the discharge of their' (tlis in ap prehendin." and briginig the guilty .ait ies to justice. "\V. l.. Rll'tI -:Y. Ir., " l? I. NICKE~A, "AljlSO0N LEEl, "It. I. HOYI). tvening by Soliitort ttlaitkwell, .\Irt. W\. Itin, licy. I I. I). .iohn.:oni, antd la . ii..Teramn R.x L., r linys ('oplelarl P'roperl y Netto.dwis er l~tiuliat $:100 Ia Front Foot. Other Sales .Noh i. IR. L. Gray, of Grlay ('ourt, bought the Copeland lot on West I2au tenis st reel adjoin ig Thlie Advertiser's new builIding in the auct ion sae Ic on dutcted by the Southilanid Realty Com ltanty yesterdtay. Mir. (Gray paid $200 it front :foot for the lot, whltich has a frontage of abouit 55 feet atnd at dlepth of abotut 270. The sales of the other' p iroperty wer'e not confirmed. Huyi~s (ilhreath Rtelee. Dri. 11. K. Aiken and Mr'. I. M1. Wolff btoughit thie J. F. (illreath resdence on Trby Avcnue, formerly te hiome of !Mrs. IEmma Roper', thIs week. Mr. Gilreath has sold out his Interest In the PepsI Cola plant here to Mr'. M iI let', of Greenville, Mr'. (Geo. Wham now~ ibeing the local mtanager'. Anuothuer ILyceuma N aumber. Tlhe fouirtht of the series of lyceum attr'actions is to heC given at the grad ed school auiditorlumn next Wedhnes day night. The attraction thIs time twill be the "Yodler's", said to be a comnany of r'oal merit. RAILROAD STRIKE ABOUT COLLAPSED M any 'Industries Were Closed Down UNiON LEADERS DISCL.AM STRIKE .\'Xi,i el' .\ ny Ind liih';. One !n-. h'led sal orkfe.r 1 s lie nd- -r.1 Mviflt Iulel ilnet r luoi t 'tidr it(ione. .Wh:a ' i l , .\ il 'a. -Tiu- nation r -or es Ow d ' t', they he an r t wti'-4e s had be enm ht i novint tevst ament onf lrh htOLr h:; Ii bea n: Onullatdigtough-l eul thl untr . opially in the east hinlv heast1 threev weceks. .%'lny of the, 01rikers went, out %\.ilh Mt in-tWinting" anly grievances and aIr anit nou nced tha-t ailulr to a -i ve increasebs in il s granted to ithor railroad mtil promtpoted their a lion. Th strikits who ncted in defi mece of the railroad brotherh1.1ood hiefs, have gro nerally retrn'l ed with lil aey dtienito protiies of moe'0' pay. In mlcany cas's, however, they inhie Wn aSsIrNd their demt anids will hi presenIted to l'rvsidenlt. \Vilsonl's labor Loelar( which is ie-powertd thee1. i'il ederal tran spo(tatio n act. to settle lisiutes betwel th railroad and hirt ien. t The board is niow sittill i \ashin t ol. Ini (hicago. N Hu original Strike eenl er1, railroad oflicials reported the trii had lost its lffectiven ess, wile 11rotherihood 0hi1fs declared action vouild h l'iln today towards revoking he charters Of Iloals -wihos Illembers 'efItted to return to work by iidnight mlrday. Not mor than t,000 mno ttev 'vepOrt( d to be Oil t Her1- byN rail - IlL ofiiatl, although th(I ese figur s eraiptedbyviunu who claimledl ho siilt tt trikr'an wr unbr okin and' hat a tm eline of t- t -law" tinilon ad.. fromt all se lionl s of the co try( vould h. bld there today to m11ae a 'nor c tl iling the -tik . fin the Nvw York distitit it wvas i mtent Imot of the Strikers, whose u1ther cr variou ly 0 estimtted at rom 1,1011 to 2110 111, ha.d return'led. Tw'o hitouind emphoy I s Itn of the dson reliht vlhich -- th ousaids of foe t lutorg into N ew York daily from mritall N:.o,.lrony points. were t'e oIfly lltInd anld iimrtalnt holdoaus. i'if the tkho'n hand 1lreadyon r traffI n inc th" uen walked out, \hril oWt.k In fat haben tem will bo many on sumC ecse ohin tehlra insith t o)nntaer craws maeruialtd freigt ans. tof ove thetory wrorkcts. On b'vedd alhoal meil werm'pintal, ath thmer xIn o thae Nw Ohoran: nta,O Ith Collinwood ards coke the asn w~tr sanrviee thousandthersio mitiof work nothr eciosf.h Theeturn Nohereoa ee bteikn:a atimo ntri'&Oio inmn of the fo ipiy Teih pervice I cohdall nitt At-e ittsburn tce-remilet art sti leas-t nchodlhi disldetg, Satrae the ma-. * bhuinnin hat be o'clo igfan