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V)LUMIR XXXV.E LAURNS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920. NUMBER 49 PROHIBITION PLNK MAY BE PROPOSED Democrats Talk Modifica. tion of Law DIVIDES INTEREST WII H LEAGUE 411th the Announced Purpose of W. J. Bryan to Fight any Modification, a .Fierce Fight is Predicted on the Convention Floor. League Views ,8haurply Defined. San Francisco, June 21.--Witli the .opening of the Democratic national -convention a week away, a storm of ac tivity was noticeable about hotel head quarters today, in addition to the pie 'llminary work at the auditorium where the delegates will gather. It took the form of informal discus sdon between national committee mem bers and state leaders already on the ground, devoted chiefly to anticipated struggles with platform building. There was virtually no talk as to pros Idential candidates. A plain intimation ran through a current of platform talk that propos: als to modily the federal prohibition enforcement act were expected by some of the Democratic war horses to share honoys with, if not to eclipse the league of nations issue. Nobody had any direct statement to make nor would anybody talk for pu-blication. Some of the men who will have' a hand Il shaping the party's declara tion of principles, however, talked much privately of a -popular demand that the doctrine of state's rights should apply to beer restrictions. Taken in connection with the an nounced purpose of William J. Bryan to resist any weakening of prohibition enforcement measures, the talk brought to the surface the feeling of prominent Democrats- already' he,' that a flerce battle on the point in the resolutions committee wa' not to be avoided. They believed also that ul timately the question would be-ought out on the convention floor. 'Discussions of the league plank ap parently awaited the arrival of Sena tor Glass of Vrginia, slated to head the resolutions committee and coming di rect from a conference with President Wilson. The contest over the league issue already has been sharply defined in the conflicting views of the presi dent and 'Mr. Bryan, The name of Senator Walsh, of Mon tana was injected into the discussion today of the pr6bable permanent chairman of the convention. : Tht Montana senator was mentioned by a number of leaders in a tentative way, although others said that they be lieved Secretary Colby of the state de partment would be the man urged by the administration forces, despite his statement that he'was not a candidate for the post. No delegations have put in an ap pearance yet except for a state leader here and there, coming ahead to ar range accommodatsions for his asso ciates and to look over the ground andi pick up ideas from men from oth er sections of the country. There ia little about the city as yet to indicate that it is to play host to its first na tional 'l)olitical convention next week. The wires were busy during the (lay, however, with reports of delegations getting under way from ho eastern seab~oard and every arriving train add ed to the group of figures in Demo cratic circles slowly assembling about headquarters of the national commit tee. San Franoisico, June 21.--A night session may follow the first session of the :Democratic national convention which opens here next Monday, Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the na tional committee, announced today. Before that time the national com mittee which meets on June 25th, will have disposed of the pr'ospective con test over tne seating of United Statos eenator James A. 1leed, of the Fifth (Kansas City) district of Missouri, 4tnd the contest over the seating of the 28 delegates from Georgia. The committee will act upon these in con nection with its work of making upi a~ temporary roll and contests ntay be garr'ied to the credentrials committee and even to the floor of the conveg tion,. a Among delegates here, Unitedat es EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REETS AGAIN FBIDAY Quorum Failed to Report Friday and No usliness Transacted. The County IDemocratic~ executive committee, called by 'Chairman Power to meet last Friday, failed to organ ize on account of the lack of a quorum and another meeting was called for the coming Friday. -.The meeting will be held in the court house at 11 a. in., and as business essential to the open ing of the county campaign is to be transacted it is hoped thatt a full at tendance will be had. The county campaign itinerary asA well as the mat ter of candidaten' assessment fees are among the things to be considered at the neeting\ 'rhe following is a list of the execu tive committeemen as reported to the -county convention in M'ay, several clubs having never sent in the names of their committeemen: Laurens City, A. C. Todd. Laurens Cotton Mill, F. P. McGowan. Pleasant Mound, C. E. Burdette. Youngs, J. H1. Abercrombie. Watts Mills, L. M. Kennedy. 'Oross 11111, S. H-. Goggans. Mountville, M. B. Crisp. Gray Court, A. C. Owings. Stewart's Store, H. R. Pryor. Owings, R. M. Bryson. Hopewell, J. F. Workman. Poplar Springs, J. P. Simmons. Goldville, T. N. Crocker. 'Cook's Store, J. D. Cook. Thompson's Store, T. D. Farrar. Woodville, J. E. Wham. Shiloh, J. L. Power. -Hickory Tavern, J. W. Kellett. Daniel's Store, M. W. Hill. Ekom, J. C. MciDanlel. 'Mt. Pleasant, B. M. Cunningham. Tip Top, A. W. Sims. ;Waterloo, W. C. Wharton. Clinton, C. P. Robertson. Clinton Mill, J. M. Clark. Renno, J. C. McMillan. The following clubs failed to report. executive committeemen: Dials, Ora, 'Lanford, Gray's. Store, Princeton, Iydia Miii anla Langston . MHl Employees Insured. Announcement has -been made from the office of the laurens Cotton Mills that the company has taken out a group insurance 'policy on the lives of all employees of the mill who have been on the comapanby pay-roll .for .three 'months or longer and payable to the estate of the employees at their death. This action has been taken, said Mr. Smith, secretary of the com pany, In line with the policy of the mill to assist the employees in every 'way possible to secure comfortable and healthy living conditions and make provision for the fukure. 'As nearly all of the employees have been with the company for a long time, very few of them are on the ineligi ble list for this insurance. Entertained Evangelist. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Beacham enter tained Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr., the evangelist, at a sumptuous dinner at their country home a few miles from the city last Thursday. In addition to Rev. Smith, Rev. A. ID. 1-loller and Messrs. Ralph Terry and L. 0. Dlalie were present. The table was laden with everything the season affords and was greatly enjoyed by all present. Churcha Notice. Service in the A. RI. P. .churchi will beC held next Sunday afternoon at 4 P| M. Preaching by the pastor. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon tana, was being mentioned for perman ent chairman of the convention, a po sition in connection with which the name of Blainbridge Colby, secretary of state, has been frequently heard. "No documents have been filed in behalf of Senator IReed," said Mr. Cum mings, "but a large number of tele grams of protest received from Mis souri assure a contest in case creden tials are filed for him." 'Party leaders assume that Senator Reed's'case will rest upon the conten tion that the Missouri state conven tion, acting in referring the selection~ of Reed' as - delegate back to th~e fifth district convention makes the renam ing of Reed by the district convention mandatory. The senator's opponents wil1 hold, it is said, that the state con vention's rejection of Reed by a de cisive vote should govern and that the alternate named by the district end rati~ed by the state body should be seated. LIST CLOSED FOR STATE CANDIDATES Tine Expired at Noon Yesterday in State Itaces. List of Those Who Filed. Columbia, June 21.-Entry llists for asPirants to nomination for state and congress in the Democratic pri mary, August 31, closed promptly at noon today. The campaign for state tional convention to obtain lincorpora bia tomorrow and that for tho candi dates for the United States senate, in Sumter. The chief development today was -the entrance of W. W. Bradley of Ab beville as an opponent of Fred 11. Dominick for congress in the Third district. W. E. Bowen and C. G. Wyche of Greenville also entered the race in the Thirteooith judicial circuit foI solicitor. The ofllcial list of party candidates follows: For Congress. First District-W. Turner Logan and Richard S. Whaley. Second District-James F. flyrnes. Third tDistrict-Fred H1. Dominick and W. W. Bradley. Fourih District-A. E. 11111, John .1. .\leSwain, David B. Traxler and Jack -H. Wilson. Fifth District-W. F. Stevenson. Sixth Distriict--Philip H. Stoll. Seventh District--H. P. Pufmer and E. C. Mann. Governor, Robert A. Cooper, Lieu tenant governor, Octavus Cohen, Wilson G. Harney and Oscar K. 'Maul din. Secretary of state, W. Banks Dove. Attorney general, Samuel M. Wolfe. Comptroller General, Walter E. Duncan. State treasurer, S. T. Carter. State superintendent of edu cation, John E. Swearingen. Adjutant and inspector general, Atticus H. Mar chant, and William M. Moore. Com missioner of agriculture B. Harris. Railroad commissioner, G. N. Mc Caskill, R. L. Moss, Frank W. Shealy and G. L. Smith. . For Solicitor. Solicitor, first- clroult--A. J. ITy drick. Second circuit--R. L. Gunter. Fourth circult-J. Munree Spears. Sixth circuit-J. K. Henry. Seventh circut-4. C. Blackwnood. Eighth circuit-4H. S. Bl3ackwell, T. Frank McCord and J. Howard Moore. Ninth circuit-Thomas P. Stoney. Tenth circuit-Leon W. Harris, L. 'Price and Kurtz P. Smith. ,Eleventh circuit-T. C. Allison and S. Muzon Smith. Thirteenth circuit-John M. Dainel, J. C. Leathemwood, A. C. Mann, David W. Smoak, W. E. Bowen and C. G. Wyche. Fourteenth circuit-R. M. Jeffries, Randolph Murdaugh, and Heber R. Padgett. Mrs. Nannie Hntion. Mrs. Nannie IHatton, wido wof the Mrs. Nannie Hatton, widow of the home place near 'Renno Sunday af ternoon and was buried at Shady Grove church the following afternoon. The deceased had a iwide family con nection in the lower part of the coun ty and her death caused wide-spread sorrow in her community. She wvas the mother of Mrs. -E. aW. Copeland, of this city, and besides her leaves an other daughter, Miss 'Fannie Hatton, and six sons, as follows: Robert HI., Lew E. and James K., of Clinton; T1hos. M. of Cross .1Hill; Williliam S. and John M., wvho live at the home place. Enioree W1on Saturday. In a hotly contested game Saturday, featured by the pitching of Cothran for Enorec and Wilson for Laurens ~Mill, Enorce wvon over the local team on the Enoree grounds by the score of 3 to 1. Frady and Bee Walker, or Laurens Mill, also 'feo.tured with the stick. Enoree will come to Laurens Mill for a return engagement Satur day when another fast game ia ex pected. Services at Lisbon. There will be a tent protracted meet ing near Lisbon school house to begin August 11 and to run 10 or 12 days, conducted by Rev. Harley Gause, of Clinton, and Rev. U. G. Humphreys, of Ware Shoals, If any Information Is desired, write the undersigned, A. R. H*OLIAIJS, .Mountyie, S. C., Rt. 1. Ihugh KC. Aiken, Jr., who has been attending Cornell unhlversity the past year, Isant home for the summer. AMIPAIGN OPENS FOR DEVELOP.IENT BOARD Executiie CoIimlittee Foried and Plwan Started to Secure Members. Speakers sent to Laurens by the district chairman of the South Caro lina Development board addressed a meeting of citizens in the court house Saturday morning at 1t o'clock after which an executive committee of eight was appointed to organize the cotinty for the membership campaign *sete for this week. The meeting was presided over by A. C. Todd, ictlug chairman. and he appointed the following for executive committee: Sen. N. 1. Dial, W. D. Byrd, N. C. Hughes, 'M. L. Simith, J. D. W. Watts, M. ). Moore, J. H. Power and J. McC. Barksdale. This coa11mttee met in the oilce of Sen 'Dial Monday afternoon and organized iwith J. McC. Barksdale as chairman and M. D. Moore as secretary. W. G. Lancaster was named treasurer. A plan of organization was left with the officers. The meeting in the court house was addressed by Dr. McGlothlin, presi dent of Furman University, J. 1ertz ,Drown, of the Spartanburg bar, C. 0. Hlearon, editor of the Spartan llrg Herald who is district organizer for Spartanburg, Union, Cherokee and Lauirens counlties;, and ILr. 11. B. Haskell, secretary for the district. Sen. N. 13. Dial also made a short ad dres'in which he endorsed the objects which the board had In view. Dr. MoUlothlin went into an explan ation of the objects of the develop ment board, which he described as three-fold: to study the resources of the state, to develop these resources and then to make them known to the world at large. This lie expected the board to accomplish through the co operation of forward-looking men who had a vision of the wonderful natural resources of the state. As an example of the resources going to waste, lie said there are eleven million acres of land lying Idle in the state which could be brought up to a high state of cultivation. Development of the state, he said, should go forward wit'h out so much dependence on govern ment aid but through the energy and self-reliance of the citizens them selves. Citizens of 'South Carolina should learn to think and work for their state rather than for their home cities, for nothing Is so effectual as concerted effort. Going into the de tails of the organization, he said that it was the desire of the central organ ization in Columbia to secure not less than 10,000 members who .would agree to pay $10 per year for three years, providing a fund of around $300,000 for research -work, advertising of the state and the various activities which the board will engage in. Eighteen commissions are provided for which will direct their activities toward the eighteen most vital problems of the state, such as marketing, drainage, taxation, roads, ehalth, education, etc. The most vital problem, he said, was that of education and the development board hoped to be instrumental In taking South Carolina from the bot tom of the list of states in literacy. Mir. Brown, Mir. Hebaron and Dr. Hlaakell spoke briefly on details of the board's .plans and were given close attention b~y the assembled citizens. Announctes for thie House. 'Hugh D. AlcCravy, wvell known bar ber of the city, announces this week that lhe is a candidate for the H-ouse of -Representatives at the request or many friends. Mir. MlcCravy and M1r. Towvns 'Willis, of Gray Court, are the only avowed candhidates for the I louse yet announced. There are three va cancies to be filledl. Ia'ys (Greer Drug Store, Dra. E. E. Smith, pharmacist at the Putnam Drug Store, has recently pur' chased the Palace Drug Store in Greer' and will move to that town to take over his new business about July 1st. rDr. Smith has been here several months and has made many friends 'who are sorry to see hIm leave town. Mliss Hattie Eichelberger left a few days ago for Winthrop college to at tend the summer school for teachers, awhere she will take a special course in Intermediate and" Inmary teaching. Mir. and Mrs. Hiart Richey, Who .were married In Charlotte last Monday, have 'been spending several days In the city with Mr, and Mrs. W. 'IR. tinhnv., :r. REVIVAL SERVICES GROW IN INTEREST Services Interrupted Latter Part. of Week by Raht and SIekntess of the Evangelist. The evangelistic services being con ducted in the big tent on the graded school grounds took on renewed life last night after Interruptions due to the rains and to the sickness of the evangelist. Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr., the evangelist, was indisposed Saturday and was not able to go to the tent. Provision had been made to hold ser vices in his absence, but a sudden downpour of rain prevented this idea from being carried out. Sunday even ing services were arranged in the First Presbyterian church, but on the advice of his physician the evangelist did not preach. A strong sermon was preached to a large audience by Rev. A. E. Holler, pastor of the First Meth odist church. Interest in the services have stead ily grown since the opening night ov er two weeks ago. The evangelist, con trary to expectations of many, does not resort to the sensational to at tract attention but preaches with a Power and strength that holds11 his au dence to close attention. The song service, undqr the direction of Prof. Allen, is also proving a pleasing fea ture of the service. Thursday night of this week has been set apart as Masonic night. All the Masons of the city and county are invited to attend the service and occu py the center section of the tent. The services begin at 8 o'clock. The Masons are expected to meet at the Lodge at 7:30 and .go to the tent in a body. CROSS HILL CITIZENS WANT NEW BRIDGE Petition Highway Conimission for Bridge at or Near Puckett's Ferry. A petition from citizehis of Cross Hill, asing that a bridge be built at or near Puckett's Ferry to meet the provision of th-e a'et of the 1918 legis lature, was presented to the commis sion at'its meeting yesterday morning. Supervisor J. D. W. Watts, iwho is chairman of the commission ex officlo and also chairman of the county board of commissioners, said that the board had considered the petition with interest although it had been evident ly addressed to the wrong commission. The act providing for the erection of the bridge at or near 'uckett's Ferry stipulated that it should be built by the county board of commissioners of Laurens and Greenwood counties and not the county. ihghway commission which are entirely separate commis sions. The petition and its signers are as follows: To the Honorable Lauitens County Highway Commission: We the undersigned citizens of Cross 'Hill township do hereby petition your body to build a bridge at or as near to Puckett's Ferry as is best in their judgment to meet the provision of act of the Legislature in regard to said bridge. WV. Hi. Austin, R. L. Cole, J. Q. Smith, I. H. Smith, A. A. Workman, L. WV. Reeder, D.' 0. Reeder, W. C. Pinson, T. WV. Pinson, W. Bl. Bloyd, H-. H. Ful Ier, A. F. Coleman, WV. L. Lindsay, M. WV. Watts, H. .1). Foggy, R. F. Walker, Taylor Wvatts, R. K. Reeder, J1. Bl. Pin son, J. 0. Brown, B. F. Owens, RI. WV. Brown, S. D. Austin, Jno. HI. Mil ier, M. D)., WV. T. lloyd, RI. F. Watts. W. C. Rasor', (. D). Nelson, J. 0. Hill, J. E. Spearman, F. C. Noffz, Jno. WV. ilanna, J. D). Black, J1. R. Wilcutt, B. Goodman, W. IH. Briyson, T. B. C'rews, A. M. 11111, WV. E. (Gritlln, R. A. Boyce, WV. H1. Leaman. J. E. Leaman, J. WV. Rlopp, J. L,. Carter, L. C. Elledge, RI. W. Grimin, S. L. Crisip, J. A. (iuthrir:, R. D). Nance, R. A. Austin, C. D). Nanece, HI. S. Bryson, J. Q. King. JT. A. McKitrick, TH. 0. Culbertson, J. HT. Rlasor, HI. E. Hitt, J. WV. Hill, Rev. WV. D. Ratchford, 0. P. Martin, R. 0. Crisp, XW. C. Rlasor, H. L. Mc Swain, E. B. Riasor, B3. D. Goodman. T. H. Carter, L. E. Martin. WV, P. Mar tin, 3. C. MdGowan, G. L., Carter, J. H. Coleman, W. L. Gregory, E. B. Pin son, W. C. Pinson, D. R. Chapman. Death in Waterloo. Miss 'Lizzie Cuningham, sister of Air. Clarence Cuningham, of XXWater 10e, died at. Waterloo Saturday night. Interment took place at the Cuning ham 'burying ground' near Waterloo Monday morning, CORONACO CIIZENS ASK FOR ROAD Want Road Thriugh by Ivy Bluff ROAD COMMISSION HOLDS HEARING Commnittee of Coronnco Citizens Ap. peared Before County Highway Comn. mission Moniidiay in the Interest. of the lIvy Bluff Road Connfiectiig Two Countles. A committee of citizens of Coronaco, in Greenwood county, appeared before the county highway comflmission Mon day morning in the interest of the Ivy 1luff route between Laurens and Greenwood. The committee, headed by Percy .1. Lumley, an engineer of large experience, said that it was al ready assured that the Greenwood commission would build a standard highway from the Greenwood county seat to Coronaco and that the Green wood Chamber of Commerce had giv en assu rance that It would guarantee the building of a road from Coronaco to tihe Saluda river if Laurens would build to a common point in the vicin ity of Ivy 3luff site and join with the Greenwood authorities In span ning the river there. Tie Greenwood commission, it Is understood, has al ready made a survey and let the con tract for the road from Greenwood di rect to Boyds bridge, the road now in use. It was not stated iI the meet ing whether the idea of rebuilding this road from Greenwood to the Saluda would be abandoned if the Ivy Bluff route is adopted or 'whether the 'Greenwood comml"'lon will cont!nue Its work on that road and build one additional to Coronaco to serve the people in that community, leaving it up to the Coronaco people or the Greenwood chamber of commerce to continue the link from that point to .the river. It was pointed out that un der the provisions of the act of the 1918 legislature a bridge would have to be built across the Saluda at or near the old Ptuckett's Ferry site and that possibly the Ivy Bluff site, desired as a common crossing point by the Coronaco people, would meet the re quirements of the act. Mr. Lumley and his committee hrought with them estimates and figures to show the advantages of adopting the Ivy Bluff route in pref erence to the Boyds bridge route. Us ing the survey of the Laurens engineer and his own knowledge of the two routes, .lr. Lumley estimated that it would he about $75,000 cheaper for the two countie sto bullid by the Ivy Bluff route than by the Boyd's bridge route provided a standard road is buil. The estimato, he said, was based on the cost of building a new bridge at Ivy Bluff or putting the present bridges over Rleedy river and 'Saluda river In such shape as to meet the requirements of a standard road. The major part of the saving, he said, amounting to about $60,000 would be made by Laurens county, through which -the most expensive part of the Bloyd's bridge r'oad runs and wvhlch has the extra bridge over R'edy river to rep~alr and maintain. in additIon to the saving of money, he said there would be a saving in distance of be t ween One andI a half andl two miles. Considerable discussion of the twvo roultes took place in the meeting. Mr. 0. C. Cox, one of the highway comn mnissioners, referred the commission to t he pet it ion previously presented 'from citizens of Waterloo and vicInity protesting against the change from the lBoyd's bridge to tihe Ivy Uluff route, on the groundi that the Boyd's bridge rotute wotuldl serve more people. Mr. Nickles, of the Coronaco committee, in referring to this, said that they 'were advocating a through road to serve not only the people of the im medliate commtunities, but the people of the entire counties and state, mak ing a through road from Spartanburg thr'ough ILurens, Greenwood and thence to Augusta .and elsewhere. Such a r'oad, ho said, should be0 buIlt along approved lines and on the shortest and most economical route. Supervisor Watts said the people In the Fork sec tion on one side and of Cross Hill on the other would 1)0 put Into direct totuch with the Ivy Bluff route, If It ('Continued on Page EilihlY