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V L4i~ *5rJ~J~i I ~ve~ti~er. VOLUMI~ XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTh CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1920. NUMBER 47 R[PJBLICANS SPLIT OVE NOMINATION Free for All Fight In Chi cago DARK HORSE NOW LIKELY Wood, Lowden and Johnson Being Driven Into Deadlock Which Only a Bark Horse Is Likely to Break. Can. didates Make Little Headway Against Odds. Chicago, June17.-Its old time lead ers unhorsed and its favorites for the presidency deadlocked, the Republican party will begin its national conven tion here tomorrow under conditions of uncertainty unparalleled in recent political history. Unbossed and largely unorganized, the delegates were asking one another tonight in what direction they were straying and avhen a master would arise to lead them out of the wilder ness of their own indecision. -Tn the noisy turmoil of convention eve the only definilable trend semned to be driving Wood, Lowden and John son into a deadlock fight which, it was recognized everywhere, might destroy them all. The old timers reflected that it is but a step from a deadlocked convention to a stampeded convention, and wondered what might happen next unless some tried and trusted leader settled himself securely in the sad ui. Many were recalling the Chicago conventionof 1890 when the favorites all were deserted after a deadlock of 35 ballots and James A. Garfield, who had !won the convention by a nominat Ing speech was named. Talk of a dlark horse in which some of the more experienced .practical poll eticians joined tonight for the first time began to revolve with an increas ing frankness about the disclosures of the senate's investigation of campaign oxpenditures. (At [many scatterin-g conferences those who advocate a dark horse nomination predicted that in the end no man whose namewas involved at all in the, evidence of the investi gating committee could be put before the country as the party's choice. In the main, however, the leaders and near leaders caucussed and con ferred and brought forth nothing. Ev en those who held the whip liand over a few delegates here and there seemed uniale to get together with the other greater and lesser potential dictators 6f party policy. The result is a foggy 'pleture of the possibilities of t14e nexti few days. It became apparent that unless there I am1e a dramatic and unexpected change the iIIst. hallot to Ie taken iWednesday or 'litrSday will record votes for between fifteen and twenty eandhilats for the plresidency, with scarc'ely more t han half enough to nominate in the Wood, :Lowden or Jlohnson column. To what extent the managers for the leading three can hold their delegates in line after an unsuccessful lest of st renigth 1i sutbject of controversy. The1(re are those whoi( contradlect the claims of the Wood, Lowdlen and John Ron whlips that their, organizations are cohesive enough to stand the strain of a fallure to nominate on an early bal lot. In alny Case no one any longer pre tends too he sure just what will hap pen after a roll call or twvo has passed into history. TPhe guess of some of the veterans is that votes twill swirl and bunch and seat ter' again l ike the sands of the sea. And those wvho hope) for a stamlpede ar'e countedl on to turn loose every variety of spellbindinlg, emotion al whirlwind. It ia a situation which gave the boss es of other days many 'a good laugh in their sleeves as today's (develop menits moved in feverish circles. Those of tihe old time, out of date school, wvho are here at all, remained largely to themselves, however, hoping for the <best, butt shaking their headls sadly at the mtemor'y of steam rollers used and .wi-es pulled in the times when a lead er coul~d be sureo'f his ground. The ne0w leaders of the party, how ever, including WVill IH. Hays, the na tional chairman, declared their entre sa'tisfactio nwith thd absenre of the -nld methods. REVIVAL SERVICE OPENED SUNDAY Large Attendance at First Meeting of Gypsy Smith, Jr., Revivni Service. With th etent filled to its capacity the Gypsy Smith, Jr., revival service opened Sunday night and the evan gelist delivered a stirring appeal to professing Christians to live up to their professions and set an eaxmple which would reflect credit and honor on the church. The tent Is not as large as the local committee had hoped it would be, but arrangements may be made later to take care of the crowds if they grow to be beyod Life capacity of the tent. The singing of the choir is expected to prove an limport4nt feature of the meeting. The choir is composed of about a hundred voices and is under the direction of a trained leader. Mrh. C. 14. Hicks Is acting as accompanist. -Special services are to be held in adjoining towns each Sunday morn ing at i I o'clock. Next Sunday servic es will be held at Gray Court. The following Sunday services will be held at 'Cross 11111 and the next Sunday at Ora. Evening services are opened here at 8 o'clock and are held every even ing in the week except ;londay; on whicih the evangelist and choir direc tor take a rest. WAltREN M. STEPHENS. Well Knocwn Citizen of Warrior Creek Settlement Passed Away Sunday. Warren M. Stepliens, a doll known and respected citizen of the Warrior Creek settlement, died at his home Sunday night after an illness of sev eral weeks and was laid to rest at Warrior Creek church Mumady ti noon at 3 o'clock. iie was a consistent mlember of the Baptist church, his membershil) being at Gray Court where he resided for several years. The deceased is survived by his widow, who was iMiss Sophie Riddle, and the following sons and daughters: Arthur and Wofford, who resided in Greenville; T. 'Rufus, a merchant at Gray Court; .Mrs. Walter Ball, of Gray Court, and Miss .laggie, Wio lived with her parents. Death of Mrs. Kellett. Mrs.Rhoda Kellett, an aged womain of the Friendship section, died last Tuesday morning as the result of a broken 1ip caused by a fall about two weeks ago. The burial services wevrce heldl at Friendship church Wed nesday, being largely attended by sor rowing friends and relatives. .\Irs. Kellett was 88 years of age and twice married. Iier first husband -was .\Ir. Toi 'Wilson, who died In the army rluring the Civil War. Of this union two daighters survive, Mirs. J. 11. Traynhiam and Miss Lizzie Wilson. ier second marriage was to the late J. A. Kellett, who (ied in- 1876. Of this Linion one ('hiild survives, Mr. .Jlihn W. Kellett, who is now in the govern ment service. She was fori many year's a memb1er1 of F'riend~sh Ip churich and~ was gr'eatly beloved in hc'er com muniity. i ilied ini Mayor's ('oulrt. C. Eugene -Ioland, former st reet sutp('rlintenden'it or tile city, was fined $ 100 by Mayor' llihey Saturiday, for louriishig a pistol and creating a dIis tui'bance in the city Friday. Ilolanud heaidedl a small party wvhieh attempted to take a white man by the name of' Wells from Chief of -Police Cr'ews', af ter' Wells hlad been1 arr'ested foir an alleged insult to a relatives of thec former. Offleci's Suillivan and 1101bo came to tihe assistance of the chief, wxho had seized TIoland and thle wh'iole party was carried to the stat ion house. der' arriest, however. Wells has been turnled over to the county foi' priosecui tion. The incidlent created1 consider able excitement for awhile, but this blo0w over' wvhen it alppeared that the whole aff'air' may have been the result of a misunderstanding. Base hall at Watts. WVatts Miils and 'Enoree wili play on the Watts 'Mills grounds Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the Watts Mills band furnishing music for the occasion. These two teams played at Enor'ee last -Saturday, -Watts losing to Enorece b~y a score of 8 to 0. The locals have sigined illabo, a southlpalw former ly of Greenwood, and ar'e determined to even up the score. Enoree will pitch Cothran, formerly swith the Pacific Coast lneae 'A big game ia prnfted GENERAL PERSHING WILL RETIRE SOON Announces Intention to Retire from Active Service in Letter to Baker. Did not Announce Ills Plans for tihe Future. Washington, June 7.-Oencral John J. Pershing will retire from active service within a few months. He an nounced his intention today in a let to rto Secretary Baker. The commander of the American Ex peditionary Forces declared that he felt he could give up his military du ties without Impairment of thle qerviep and "thus be free to engage in some thing more active." The general did not indicate the nature of his future actIvitile. General Pershing assured Secrettry Baker that he would remali in the service until work involved in the cr rying out of .the army reorganization act was completed. 'lie gave the added assurance that in any future crisis he would be at the call of the nation. The general's letter to Secretary laker was made public by Colonel J. U. Quekemeyer, his aide. It follows: "Dear Mr. Secretary: "Referring to our conversation of a few days ago, I -wish to say that it has long been my desire to return to civill life. Throughout my military career, I have been very much occupied, and the assignmen'ts that have fallen to my lot during recent years have been more or less important. "It now appears that my duties are not likely to be of a character that will require more than a portion of my time. Under the circumstances I feel that after the completion of the work contemplated by the army reor ganization act, I coulid reiinquish miii tary duty without impairment to the service and thu., be free to engage in something moi active. "Therefore, i is a situation should develop to justify my remaining, I ,oniCemplate taking the step indicated within the next few months. "Should the necessity arise in a time orf crisis or otherwise, I assure you, Mr. Secretary, that I shall stand ready to serve my country in the future as I have in the past. "With great respect and high es teem, I remain very sincerely, "John J. Pershing." Decision of Gencial Pershing to re Lire came as a surprise in army as well as in non-military ofilcial circles in AWashington. The prospective fu lure detail of the A. E. F. commander had never been announced, but sov iral tims he had been mentioned in onnectioi with oflice of chief of staff. The nmC of General Pershing as 'I ctldidate for the Reublican presi iiiial nomination had been put for wvard ii the Nebraska and Miichigan preferentialI pritmlries but deleganItes from tho se staCtes pledged in othei aididates were elected. P'oiltical ob iervers at Chieago withila tle past rw (ays, hiowevei, have mnifltiold' Gener~alII' Pershing amonig the damiirk horses. The expeditionary commuandecr will etir wcuith the rank of fitll general,. liat title for life having heetn con Ferred on himn by congress after his rCeturnl fronm F'rance. General Per shilng wvill be I60 years old next Sop Mmbher and iuld not reach the re tirement ace uintil 1921. Anthter Stll De1 ~ st royed. A crude outfit for dhistillinlg whiskey wais capturied by Shuerif ileid and Of-I llers A brams and Claude Owinigs near* \ioun itv.ilIe last. weeck. Thiie still antd zonsidlerable mash were destroyed. y'he mash was ini at hirge barrel sunk ni the ground, which a hog had found mud fallen into, going to a '"mashy"' Cutting tile Melonts. County Auditor J. W. Thompson is 4lpendling several weeks in Apopka, "ia., iwith his brother, J1.:M. T1hompsnon, where the two birothers have a large watermelon fa . Writing from there few (lays ag.,, he said that the crop his year is fine and that they have iiready begun to make shipments. L~egoon to Meet, A meeting of the Thios. D). Lake, Jr., Post, American Legion, has been called by 'Post Commander iarksdal'e fot' rhursday night at eight o'clock. Im )ortant business, such as the bonus natter, seCessionl from the national >rganization and other matters are to OmA lin. A ful1l attenancenn 18 Anant'e.A WATERLOO ROAD AGAIN BOBS UP Oreenwood Chamber of Commerce Asks for Conference Between Lau rens and Greenwood Comnmission s. Supervisor Watts Is In receipt of a letter. from E. W. Stalnaker, presi.. (olnt of the Greenwood chamber of commerce, enclosing i Copy of a letter sent by him to the state highway com mission proposing another conference betiween the state commnission and the two county commissions relative to the top-soll road connecting the two vounties. The renowl-d agitation of this question came following a peti tion of Corona people to the Green wood chamber of commerce asking t hat the road from Greenwood to this county's line be built through that town to either the Ivy -Bluff site near the old Cuningham place or to the Pucketts Ferry site about a mile and a half below, Instead of to the Boyd's -Mill bridge now being used. It is understoA'l that the Greenwood com mission has already .had the survey made to thu Boyd's M'll bridge and let the contract for iwork on that route. The Laurens conmiision Is under stood to favor the Ivy Bluff route, but deflite hetion h4i3 not been taken be cause of the lack of funds at present to prosecute the work. The action of the Greenwood commercial body le taken to indleate that means might be found to change tile plans on the Greenwood side or that the Greenwood commission will try to prevail upon the Laurens commission to build to the Boyd's 'Mill bridge also. Supervisor Watts, who is chairman of the Laurens commission, said yes terday that his commission would be glad to meet with the Greenwood com mission, but that lie saw little chance of altering the plans on this side. Tak Ing out of consideration the matter of the most desirable 'route, lie said, the legislative delegations from Green wood and Iaurens counties had put through an act of the legislature last year requiring a. bridge to he erected in the vicinity of the Puckett's Ferry site and that there was no visible tway of avoiding the building of a bridge in that vicinity. As a bridge at the Ivy 'Mluff site would meet the require ments of the act and is a more desir able site, the commission would favor crossing the river at this point, .thus saving tile counties the expense of building two bridges, as the present bridge at the Boyd's Mill site would have to be practically rebuilt. It is the present intention of the commis sioners, Ie said, to meet. the require meilnts of thle act in the best an1d most eC'onomical manner and at tile sa me ime place the bridge at the most log ical point between the two counties. The letter of .Mr. Stalnaker to the state highway commission follows: State Iligliway Commission, Clkohlmbia, .C. Dear Sirs: At a meeting of the Chamber of Coinmerice orf ireen woodl, a del egatIion of citizens from Coronaca andt sur.. mlatter which, in the( juidgmenlt of the Chai~mber of Comiioree, needsl the at ten tion of the State li iglway Com miiission, and1( the Illgh way ('0mmis-1 sions of bothi Green11wood and Laurrens coutie Is. Th'ie pu11rpose of thle Coronaen delie gation, was to have (be (Chamiber of Coimmert'ce use its Infl uence w ih thbe GIreen wood county hiighway comm llis. sioni to the (end that the G reenwood L auiirenls high way pass through (Cr0 nlaca and~ (ross Saluda at ivy liluff or P'uckett's F~erry instead of' lloyd's bridge. in thle courise of discussion it do v'eloped that the Greenwvood andI Lau rens 'Commissions were divided as to thle routes to lbe adopted-the one do sirinig to buIld .the lloyd's bridge o-and the0 othier thle P'uckeit's Ferry or ivy -Iluftf route, andl they have never been able to get together. it also developed that the General Assembly has al readly lpassed an Act r'equiiring the buildinug of a bridge at Puckett's Ferry. Leaving out of considleration the claims of the Coronaca citizens----be cause those are purely local-and can, of course, only he (ealt with by thle Greenwood higlisway commIssion, there remains a condlitioni of .State importance-to wvit: Shall the high way fronm Greenwood to Saluda riv er be unimproved on the Greenwood side; and likpwise the highway from 1'aurenas to the Saluda be unimproved J. It. SPROUISE A SUICIDiE. Foimer Liurens Man Cuts Il Thliroat While Tlempornrily Iemieted. News was received in the city Sat urday of the death in Texarskana, Ark., of J. -lenry Soprouse, a native of Green ville county near Fountain Inn and a one-time resident of this city. Hls death followed a self-inflicted wound Tuesday night of the same week while he iwas alone in a Texarkana hotel! where he had stopped for the night. While temporarily bereft of his mental faculties he slashed his throat with a razor and created a sensation as he staggered down the hotel steps into the lobby. Il'ntirely recovering his mind following the shock of the wound, he expressed deep regret at the deed and placed himself entirely in the care of his attendants. lie was looked after by members of the Ma sonic fraternity, of which he was a member, and every attention given him by physicians and nurses. Rev. Mr. l3rewer, Grand Chaplain of the order in Arkansas, accompanied the remains to Fountain Inn and assisted in the funeral services held at Fair view church yesterday afternoon. The body was interred with Masonic hon 01s. The deceased iwas about forty years of age and umiarried. 'At one time he lived here, but for the last several years has been living in Texas. His father died when he was but a youth and lie was raised by an Iici, J. LT. Sprouse. of Fountain Inn. Ile is sur vived by his stepmother, 'Mrs. W. .1. Sprouse, two half sisters. 'rs. S. L. Coleman and Mrs. A. II. Stewart, and a half brother, -Rev. W. W. Sprouse, of Virginia. Music Reelital. The pupils of Miss Hattie D. Gray's piano class closed their term work with a most creditable recital Monday afternoon at five o'clock. The numbers were played with a .pleasing finish and techniquej Those tking part were: Mlshes Mar'garet Wttss'6,'Laura Vance, Jones, Janio Harris, Rose Rosenthal, Lucile Hawkins, Caroline Hudgens, Mariegene Gray, Mary 'Sue Bolt, Lois Fuller, Eva Taylor, Sara Eliza Swy gert an(d Miss Gray. Services i Oram. Special memorial services and furl ing of the service flag are announced for the Warrior Creek Baptist church next Sunday morning at. Il o'clock. The public is cordially invited. on the laurens side? In other words, ought the two commissions hreak the course'v of travel and trafilcl betweeen he counties, because of a mere dif ference of opinion as to which is the ml1ost feasable ilace to vro.ss tle rivei' We believe that if your cnomis. sion wtil (ail a joiit mleting of tle' 1,wo colmlliss;iols that some plan of adjustmeni. of this important phase of the iue;t ion bet them will lbe re'a(chd. We respectfufiI y %gges~ for you r c'onsidria tioni the a'dvisabilI ity oif suchI mneet ig before any ex pen.. diites have been nmde, an w11ae futr ther suggest to the two cou nty high way3 ('ommiiissionis the advisability of hav'in g the StateC hii ghway coinmiision, 01 c'erta in of its members, act as a boarid or aritIrat ion betwveen them, in thle event t hey (a nnot agree. It is of the utmost impor'tance to bothI toe nties that thety lie connetedi ilIintade and tri llc--fori isolatIion is thle strlongest enemy of priogress. The1( I'eopule w~ant i oodl roads foir the bene -fiIs whi'h eae rue there from, and (10 not wantt ithem t) stop at county l ines . Th'le v('ry purip'tose of c'reat ing the state ihghw may conmmission 'and the only e3 (xcuseC foi' its exisltnce---ia the cr'eat ion aind maintenance of through roads--as against local and( brokeni lines of i'oads. We siniceriely hope youi' commission twill take hold( of thiis mattecr and1( binug about an adjustment satisfac tory to both countmties. We feel that 1tle commissions of both COunt ies will he free to muake some sacrifice of imrely'13 local conveniences to serve the general good. We ai'e sentding a copy' of this let tei' to both county' commissions--in the hope) of opening up the matteer for further consideration. Y ours very truly, Greenwoodl Chamber of Commerce, Jiy E3. W. Stalnaker, 'President. PROHIBIION LAW UPHELD BY COURTS Death Knell of Wets Is Sounded SUPREME COURT RENDERS DECISION Anendiment and Enforcement Act Up held in Unainimons Decision of Uni ted States Supreie Court. Invall date4 Ack of Stttes AMlowing Light Beverages. Washington, June 7.-The prohibi tion amendment and the enforcement act were held constitutional by the supreme court today in a unanimous dlecision. While attorneys for the interests attacking the two measures, were granted permission to file motions -for re-hearings, the decision was regard Ld generally as striking a death blow to the hopes of the wets. The court's opinion, rendered by Justice Van Devanter, iwas sweeping. It held that the amendment not only. ame within the amending power con 'erred by the federal constitution, but was lawfully proi)osed and now Iwas the law of the land. While recogniz Ing that congress has mijitations in irespect to the enforcement of laws regarding beverages, the court held those limits were not transcended in Ahe enactment of the enforcement act restricting alcoholic content of Intoxi aants to one-half of one per cent. While New York, New Jersey and ure and sale of beverages of more han one-half of one per cent alco rolie content were not directly in 'olved, the decision iwas interpreted is invalidating them. The court said Ahe last section of the anendnents of its own force "invalidates any leg slative act--whether by congress, by i state legislature or by a territorial issem bly--which authorized or sanc ions what the section prohibits." Concurrent power granted by thc meindment to federal and state gov 'anments to enforce prolibition, the 'ourt further held, "does not enable -ongress or the several states to de ("It or1 t1wart prohibition but only to nforce it by appropriate means." 'Ih decision of the court was set orth in eleven conclusions covering even separate proceedings. Trhese >roceedings included original suits wought by the state of Rhode Island lirectly attaeking the. constitutional ty of the amendmfent. A nnouncemnents. The Advertiser carries several (d litlonai annotineients in this issue >f t!e pal'r. .1. H oward Moore, of \.heville, anno uces himself vs -and iiate for sol icitotr of this ciricu itI n opilIjln tO o ler S. Bliackfell, >f tii ('ity, Idinmben t. 1\lrI. Aloore 5 a gradtuate of C'lemson college and hIs beeni at repr'Ceentaitive of Abbevjllc :11unty in the leg islaturei'c for' eight sonseecutiv e yeart l'. ie is now~ state nasM anolunees fot' rI.-election as uislhat inlto the 'intg tot' the satme >ftfice. A. [1-lomer A\l'e, for' the panst wo years' ('(llunty ('onun~issioner,~ an unI1ces Ihimiself for re-election. Governor i~oses Hiis Tioniisls. G;over'nor Robert. A. Cooper ulnder' v'enft ia suIccessful opertation ini a Co IIluba hloripit aI Fid'ay mfornIlinig when iis tons~ils were r'emnoved. The Gov 'rnor1 hads sulffer'led a great deal lately 'rom1 5ore thrtoat and hoarseness and ais doctors advised him to suibmlit to in operation. Gbov. Cooper aa rest ig easy at last repilorts and will be .10 and1(1i abot withIiln a few (lays. MIr. and Mirs. C'. 11. Roper, I's. Rt. B. Duinlap, .\isses lar'gar'et and1 Sara D~un lap, Mlary Hoper; Mlessrs. Farr'is \Martin, Iliarry Wilkes, Chal'lisle Dial anld Waldo alrtin left yesterday to at tend tihe comimenicement exercises of Cilemlson College. An "All-Day 'Singing" twill lie giveni at Bieliview church Sunday, .June 20th. The pub~lic ia cordially Invited to at tend and are asked to 'bring well-dilled baskets.