The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 04, 1920, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920. NME
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Enrollment Books Closed
Tuesday
TOWN CLUBS
SHOW INCREASE
Figures on )entoratlc Primary Slo
thlit Voters Hie Not Enrolled its
IIeavily as In the 'ast. 31111 and
11ural Isoxes Show Big I)eereases.
Allowing the same number of vot
ers in flive precincts unreported yes
terday, the enrollment in the count.
for the primary election this yeaI
turns out to be several hundred less
than the enrollment in 1916, accord
ing to figures compiled by Mr. .
Power, assistant secretary, who hns
had charge of the clerical work ir
connection with the Democratic en
rollment. Mr. Power states that l
made the comparison with the year
1916 as he considered that more of a
normal year than 1918 when so many
voters were absent in the army. Ili
1916 there were 4,511 voters enrollet
in 34 clubs, Including 41 voters In the
National Guard then on the .lexicat
border. This year, with the five pre
cinets of Stowarts Store, Princeton
Goldville, Lanford and Langston no
heard frtom, the total is 3,896. AddinM
to this 386, the number enrolled in
these clubs in 1916, the total for thl.
year is estimated to -be 4282. See
retaries of these clubs are expected
,to send their books to the chairmar
at once.
As will be seen by an examinatior
of the table below, the falling off ha
been principally in the mill and rura
precincts, the town -precincts show
Ing a considerable Increase, the Lau
rens club showingsan increase of ove
100.
As requested by the state superin
tendent of education, Mr. Power als
compiled the number of voters wh1
enrolled by making their marks in
stead of signing their names. The to
tal for the county was 386, or slightl
less than 10 per cent of the total, thi
being considerably less than in 191(
The figures on enrollment are a
follows for the two years:
iPRECINCTS 1916 192
Laurens-..-..-..-.. ....652 76
Watts Mills ..-.-.- ....310 25
Laurens Mill-..-..-. ....224 15
Ora-......-.-.-.-.- . 63 4
1Lanford ....-..-..-..-..-..-77
Youngs- .. .. .. .. .... ..99 7
Stc'warts Store' ..-..-..-..45
Cooks R1'ore ..-..-..-,,-.89 8
Grays .. ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- .. S
Thonlysons Store .. ....92
Owings-.. ..- .. .~. ..- ..-85 S
Gray Court-..-..-... ...201 1t
([Dials ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- - 57 -
Woodville . . .. . . 156 1:
Shiloh ..- ..- ..-..- ..- ..-..71 (
Hicekory Tavern-..-..-..-..170 It
Princeton-..-..-..-..-..-..82
Popjar- Spings.. .... .... 1:
Daniels Store-..-..-..-..-..77 -
Ekom-..-..-..-..-..-..-.101 I
Mt. Pleasant-..-..-..-..-..80
Tip Toji..-..-..-..-..-... . 56
Water-loo-..-..-..-..-..-..68
Cross 11111- ..- ..- ..- ..-..181 '!
Mouintvill--..-..-..-..-..-.117 1
Ucepewell-..-..-..-..-..-..65
Clinton-..-..-..-..-..-..-.362 4
Clintotn .\ill-.,- ..- ..- ..- ..26; 1
Lydia Mill--..-..-..-..-..-.. 90
(Goldville--..-..-..-..-..-.. I!
Rlenno-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-83
I~fLn 5ton ..-- ..-- ..--..- ..--..- 82
Pleasanlt Mount--..-..-..-..-73
National G;ua-dl..-..-..-..-4i
Trotal--..-..-..-..-..-..4511 -~
Health (onferetnce at Lannford.
.A Children's hieailh C'onference wv
held at Lanfor-d Station on July'
'l'his conference r-epresented on1
Lanford community and 26 childr
under- rchool age were weighed, miei
lit-d and insp~ected. Fotti children
school age wet-e brnought for I
weighiing and~ meafturing tests.
The~ ladies ser-vedl a bountiful lui
dinner- in the school house, work i
nag suispendled for lunch and a
Cial hour.
( Miss Rogers wishes -t thank the
dies of the' commumitty and the ho
~emonstration agent for the great Ih
And support they gave her in getti
n -this conlference.
AILT SCiOOL OlIIANIZE1). 4
Nine -Schools llanve leen Organized
for Teaching Adult illiterates.
Nine adult schools for the teaching
of Illiterates have been organized in
the county by Mrs. Marl Owens, or
ganizer for this county, according to
information given out yesterday from
the office of the superintendent of
education. Schools have been organ
ized at Garlington, near Renno, Gray
'Court, Youngs, Ekom, New Prospect,
Goldville, Brewerton and )I lckorv
Tavern. All of the schools are said
to be well attended and much Inter
est is being displayed in the work.
Mrs, Owens states that she hopes
to bo able to offer prizes for teachers
In the' schools of the county, ti( stale
already providing for two thousand
miles railroad tickets to the two
teachers who teach the largest num
ber of Illiterates in the state. She
says that she hopes that at least one
Laurens county teacher will win one
0of these prizes.
RAILROAD) IIAIE
INPIE.ASEN GWiA.NTEI).
Freight Hates he Advianced About One
Trhird. Increase in South 25 Per
Cent. Passenger lites bep Ad.
vanced One-Fifth.
Washington, July 31.-Authority for
the railroads of the country to in
crease their revenues by approximate
ly one billion and a halt dollars was
granted today by the interstate con
-merce commission Freight rates will
be advanced about one-third, passen
ger fai'es one-fifth and Pullman
charges one-half.
Coastwise and inland steamship
lines and electric railway companies
Ialso were granted permission to in
crease their freight rates in propor
tion to the increases granted to the
railroads serving the same territory.
No estimate of the aggregate amount
to result from these advances has
been made.
The new rates, which are to con
tinue in force until March 1, 1922,
will become effectkfe upon five days'
notice by the carricrs to the commis
Mion and the public and they must be
in operatlon beforo January 1. Since
the government guarantee expires,
September 1, the carriers are expect
ed to bend every effort to put the
advances into effect by that date.
, ;Increases granted by the commis
D sion are designed to offset the $600,
2 000,000 wage advance awarded by
. the railroad labor board and to pro
:3 vide the 6 per cent net income on the
9 aggregate value of the railroad prop
erties as permitted under the trans
7 Vortation act. The aggregate value
of all of the railroads was estimated
2 by the commission at $18,900,000,000
. 1as against a book value of $20,010,
8 0,0,000 given by the carriers.
s The 20 .:er cent increase in pas
6 senger fares, excess baggage charges
I and milk transportation rates and the
s 50 per cent surcharge on Pullmiian
4fares authorized by the commission
Swill be general the country ovet'.
Freight rate increases will vary ae
cordinzg to territory w ith 40 per cent.
in the l'ast, 23 per cent in the Southi,
3~ 85 per cent in the .West-thalit is fromz
Sthe Mlssissippi river to the ilocky
5Mountains-and 25 Per cent. in the
m Moitunin-Pacifle 'territory---.om the
I east of the Rlockies to the P'aciftic
c;oast, not inicluding Alaska.
Easyt% AcCe'ss to liest lioom.
La 1~dies using the - rest roomu In the(
-ourt house will f i nd the meanus of
whien the jpassage-way now being ibuilt
on tue sout th side of the hulkiding i
complletedl. Work on -rh' passage
way3, proiId ed for during the last. ses
-slon of the legislaturze, has beeni goinzu
on for severnal days and wvillI be com-i
pleted in a short tIme. The bill1 pro
vId ing for the passage-way called fot
a flight (if steps5 to tihe rest room, bum
i3. lit was found mnore convenient ani
a~'s exiiensive not to build1( a flight o
*steps, but to run a concrete landini
from the portico on the south to
doo(10r to be cut 'in tho wing in whicl
ofthe rest room is located.
lie
TIo loebulid (Coalh Chmute.
chi Material has ,been splaced in th<
ICe- Irby yard of the 'C. & WV. C. railroan
to-~ ireparatory to the butilding of a coo
chute to take the place of the one dIe
la1 stroyed by fire near the depot las
ewinter. It is understood <4ihat thi
ylp new chute wvill be tf differecnt desigi
ng from the sky-scraper affair that th
flames consumed,
'AN)llATES FOl ('ONG(MESS
Ii illi-: NENT W imK
nm l1paign in Tis'1% Couity Opens at
Goldville Next Tuesday Afternoon.
iandidates for congressional lion
ors in the Fourth district will address
lie Voters of the county next week,
he o)ening meeting to be held at
3oldvillo Tuesday afternoon, August
0, at Goldville. There are four can
lidates in the race, .A. M0. 11111, of
3partanburg; J. J. .\cSwain and D.
3. Traxler, of Greenville, and .Jack
Wilson, of Career. They speak 4in
[Jaurens next Wednesday night at 8
)'clock. The candidates are in Un
on county this nweek and will be inl
;ipartanburg county after leaving
[,aurens. They will .wind up the cam
aign in GreenvillC ('out11y the fol
owing week, the last meeting being
it Greenville on the 27th.
Following is the schedule of meet
ings in this county:
Tuesday, Aut~tust 10, Goldville, 31
>'clock.
''uesday, August 10, Clinton, 8
'clock.
Wednesday. August I. Waterloo, 3
,>'clock.
Wednesday. August It, Laurens, 8
>'clock.
Thursday. Aug. 12, Poplar Springs.
10 o'clock.
Thursday. August 12, Princeton, 3
o'clock.
Thursday, August 12, Gray Court,
8 o'clock.
ARMY SHORT OF MEN.
Itegulairs Need Nearly One Hundred
T11housand.
Washington, Aug. 2.-The regular
army is approximately 95,000 short of
the maximum strength of 297,000 per
mitted under the army reorganization
bill, which became effective July 1.
On July 29 the strength of the fore
es was 187,198 enlisted men and 15,364
offlcers as against the authorized
strength of 280,000 enlisted men, in
cluding, the Philippine scouts;,.and
17,698 officers.
Watermelon Slashing.
At a meeting of the Business Wo
man's Club, held in the Rest Room
yesterday afternoon, it was decided
to "use up" several waterielons or
"August Hams" at the home of Miss
Sarah Dorroh Fiday evening at 6
o'clock4. All members of the club
who are interested in watermelons in
any shape, size or form, whether as
fruit, vegetable, merchandise or work
of art are invited, urged, requested
and importuned to be present. The
matter of implements to be used,
whether knives, forks or spoons will
be left to the choice of the guests. In
fact, it Is authoritively stated that
,be possession or use of an implement
of any kind will not be considered a
prerequisite to attendance on the
party or attention to the fruit, the on
ly absolutely necessary hardware be
ing the master knife for the initial
opening, this being uied exclusivel)
by the head cutter iwho may use f
Istring insteadl in an emergency. Theb(ri
will be no restrictions on thc gift o
the melons, anyone of either sex
whether a member of the club or no
beln: 4 at liberty to contribute to ihi
All3l'LANE-S ON MOVI:.
lilaz/imr~ Tirill fromt Mineiiia to N ome
Ahitska.
I 'rince Georg(, 11., .\uig. 2. ---T'hrtee e
tIm foiur' 'nilted States ar my a ir
Ilaneis, whticht are blazing an a eria
trail from .\1lineola, N. Y. , to Nomc
AhInsk a, ariived herec from J1asptera
II o'clock lbhis mlorniing,
i1-:dm to tn, .\lberta. Aug. 2.---l 0o
.\muerleanit army airp'ilaniis, ily ing frtor
.\llnieola, N. Y., to Nome, Alaska, lefl
JIasper' at 8:20 this mtorning for thli
next stoppiing place, Prince' Georgi
200 milies a way. The muachinie utsed b
(Capt. St. Clir Street, in command
lie expedition, catught fire after h
hiad flowtn one mille andi lhe wvas force
to turn back to ,Jasper.
Wlelfare' Worker Here.
Mt's. W. 'C. Cathcart. of Columbi
super~tvisor' of Child i'lacing of ti
State boatrd of public welfate, hi
Sbeen in the city anid coutnty for tI
I past few dlays visiting sevet'al app)i
I cants for children and also the homn
- where the board htas placed childre
t Mrs. Cathcat't's du~ties consist of .
c ating homeless Infants andi th
I finding people to adoplt them. Sul
e will lbe interested in hear'ing fro
any one who deslires to adopt a chil
bt\NE lt\lI, LE.(0UT
ENiS ITS S01|ED1:0E
Ilirectirs Ieclde Not to Complete
scidilt' 3Mapped Out but to Play In.
depenidenitly.
At a meeting of the directors of the
LetJurens Couity Base rhall League,
ield in the 'Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday evening, it was decided to
(I colititue the league schedule and
allow each team to play whom it
Pleased. This action was taken fol
lowing a harmonious discussion of
the league's affairs. It was mutually
agreed that conditions were not satis
faclory to the continuation of play un
der the league rules -and that It would
be better for each team to play inde
peudintly. The vote to suspenld the
schedltl was carried unanimously.
It mvas decided to return the bonus
mon)y put ti1p by each team at the be
ginntig of the league. inidinuIng the
check which the Clinton c'lth gave
when It entereed the leaguo and
which was 'mbsequently turned down
by them.
The concensuis of opinion of the
directors was that the league had
proved very benotlcial to the various
tm-mliber towns by bringing them In
closer touch with each other and by
tIhe encoumagement of the athletic
spirit. Several of the directors
spoke of the friendships that had been
made and of the pleasures they had
gotten out. of the association with peo
ple of the county who had been prac
tically strangers to them before
WAtE SHOALS 31AN CIIARIOED
WITH RCECKLESS DRtIVINGi
11'. (. Cobib ('harged vith )rivlng In
to 8maller Car it Greenville Coun
ty.
Greenville News.
W. C. Cobb, of Whre Shoals, whose
automobile is alleged to have struck
a smaller car driven by J. E. Gilmer
on Buncombe road Sunday afternoon,
turning it end about, and throwing all
the occupants Into the road, was ar
rested yesterday by Sheriff Willis.
charged with reckless driving. The
warrant was sworn out by Mr. Gil
nier. Magistrate Ballenger yesterday
released Mr. 'Cobb on $200 bond. Mr.
Cobb denies that his is the car which
struck the one driven by Mr. Gilmer.
lie .passed the Gilmer car, he says, af
ler' the accident had occurred.
When struck Mr. Gilmer, -who was
driving, was holding a two-year-old
baby in his lap. The child escaped in
jury by remarkable good luck. A
young lady who was a member of the
party in Mr. Gilmer's automobile was
cut about the face with glass.
The number of an autmobile which
was thought to have been the car that
struck the Gilmer cat' was reported by
a witness to the sheriff, 'Who yester
(lay identified the owner by telegraph.
ing the highway engineer in Colum.
bla
Sheriff Willis arrested Mr. Cobb al
Ware Shoals yester(dt'ay afternoon, af
ter' having the warrant counttersignie(
by Magistrate Madison of that town
The hilgh-powvered ('ad iliac auttomnobil<4
in wich Mr. Cobb is all egedl to havy
r'un into Mr. Gil mer hias been at tacit
cd for damages.
Afteri having examined thie ('addila<
auttomtobile for signs of a collision
Sheift Will is stat ed lthat lie fotund na
,(damfage except a (lent on the righ
rcart fender. Th'lis dent, Mr. ('01)
f said, was made by a wagon backin,
- In to thle aunt omobileIt i enntiessee.
Dr. Iial Not toi tlu.
I I)r. W. It. Di'al, wh''ose namteti was ('n
teted by friends last week as a (can
didate for' the lower houste( of the Get
eral Assembly, has wrmit ten the fol
lowing card to The Advettiser statin
thalt lie cannot (enter the race.
Ed itor1 The I-aure'ns .\dvert iset:
My attention has been called to a
announemet In y'our t'papner in whlec
my friends lpropiosed me as a cand
i dte for the Ihouse of flepr'esentativei
(from Lautrens county. W~hile I wish 1
thank thterse ftiends and expt'ess n
appret''t ion 'of the conbildence hr
plied In the announcement. I ennn
~ et my consent to enter polities th
5late in life, having never dlesir'ed ri
lie office. I must theruefor'e respee
Sfully decline to entet' the race.
s'W' T- DIAL.
a.
-Pletnie at Whtar's Lawn.
*f The annual picnic at Wham's law
1e In the upp~ier patrt of the county.
m to be' given Firiday, August 4th. T'
rl. intihic ia oedilly invitad to affem~
State Hlighwvaiy Department Takes 0v-|
er Part of County Highway for
Members of the State Iighway De
partnient, headed by lion. R. Uoodwyn
Ithett of Charleston. made a surprise
call on the supervisor and county
commissioners yesterday just as the
commission was about to adjourn af
ter its regular monthly meeting. Mr.
Rhett and his party came to Laurens
from Greenwood following a meeting
there when the proposed highway be
tiweenu the two counties was brought
upy for discussion At the suggest ion
of Coronaco citizens the party came
to 1aureins, accoImpanied by .\lr. H1al
Sloan, chairmani of tile Greenwood
highway comiission, and went. over
the situation with Siupervisor Watts.
No decision was reached on tihe iat
ter, but iillbers of tile highway de
partment showed muklh interest in
getting the two counties together.
After the meeting Supervisor Watts
s;aid that the state department had
helped solve the Princeton-Ware
Shoals road question and that a con
tract for building a top-soil road on
this link would be let at once, the ex
pense to be borne jointly by the Ware
Shoals Manufacturing Company and
the automobile license fund. The work
is to be (lone under the supervision
of the county highway engineer.
Mr. Watts also stated that the high
,way del)artment formally took over
for maintenance the ten mile link of
top-soil road from -the Newberry line
towards Clinton Ultimately, as opro
vided for during the last session of
the legislature, all of the state-aid
roads will be so maintained.
J. AUGUSTUS OWINGS.
Pronminent Citizens of Gray Court
Died Mondity Morning.
Mr. J. Augustus Owings, a proml
nent citizen of Gray 'Court, died at his
home there Monday moining and was
burled at Harmony church Tuesday
at It o'clock'
Mr. Owings was twice married, the
lrst time to Miss Hunt, of Greenville.
There was one child by this marriage,
Miss Jessie Owings, a stenographer of
Greenville. ie was married the sec
ond time to Miss Bessie Wharton, of
the county, and of this union three
children survive. One brother, Mr.
T. P. Owings, of Gray Court, also sill
vives, besides many relatives in Gray
Court and Owings* le was 68 years
of age and a member of Harmony Bap
tist chttrch.
Repairing Ilullding.
Carpenters under the direction of
Mr. Ad Martin have been busy during
the past week making repairs on the
store-room next to Wilkes & Company
formerly occupied by the Vincent Mo
lor Coniany, owned for many years
by the Dall estate and now the ipro;
erty of Mr. A. L. Mahaffey. New floor
ing has been put in, an elevator Is
being erected and a modern jlate
I glass front installed. \Mr. Mahiaffey
. willI occupy the building, moving his
Sgrocery store from the east sIde of
Sthe public sqluare. The Advertiser,
-which hias been occ(u pyi ng thle second(
floor, will commience mnovinig its ettuiip
:ment into its new building this week
,It may take several weeks to move
> moving part of the eqluipment at
It im t and1( installing it in ordler I hal
>there may be 1no inteirituptioni in th1
regulart issties of the pa per.
A not her l~im. Gamue.
Th le 'a tol inei stret.t "I teds" tool
the p East .\lin streeti "BIlies" ini
campb~ a second1( tIimc Friday morn ini
whenl they wvalked awvay with the see
ond game of the series by a score
S to :!. T1he game was marked b;
hea vy hittin g antd fast lid ili
thirouighoutI. Thle ha tteries for' th
UIles were' 'Pl'ige and lRoberts, an
nfor the 1Blue's, Adams, Slayer andl M(l
A. It. lake'ly Annionnee~is.
.\lri. A. ii. llakely, who announce
some time ago that lie wouldh not. 1
-a candidate for r'e-election to the of
flee of Cont C'omisioner, has r<
conaldleredl his dleeision at the reqlue:
of mainy fiends and has enlteredl bl
name for Ithe primary.
C'losed! for thet Sutmmer.
Thue Laturens Glass Works clost
down last Satturday night for the u;
n, tual summer season while the blowel
is -take a rest and .the machinery is o
we erhauled. The .plant will open agal
d. abmut the midlen of September.
FRANCISO VIL
GIV[8 UP FIGHI
Idol of the Mexican Peons
Signs Truce
FINAL TERMS
DECIDED UPON
Itecognition Of NeW IexicannI Govern
e14nt1I Brought 31ensuralpy Nearer
by Action of Bandit Chief. Reports
of Surrenler Plveas Leaders on
liorder.
Eagle Pass, Texas, July 28.-Fran
cisco Villa, bandit idol of the Nlexi
Call peon, and for years a m(luenace to
governments of his country through
out northern Mexico, is entrained to
night with his men for Torreon, there
to take the irst actual steps looking
to his entrance once more to irivate
Mlexican citizenship, a consequence of
his negotiations tvith the Do la I luer
ta government concluded at Sabinas
carly today.
Advices reaching here from Sabin
as, which contain this information,
told also the terms under which the
bandit chieftain agreed, In the words
of Gen. 'Eugenio Martinez, comman
der of the Torreon military zone and
personal representative of the (De la
Huerta regime, to "submission to the
Do la Iluerta government in recogni
tion of its stability and his desire to
retire to private life and abide by the
laws of the government."
Under the terms, advices state, Vil
la is to be allowed a year's army pay
for all his soldiers and permitted to
go with them to Torreon under per
sonal escort, where this condition of
the terms will be effected.
The band will number about 1,800
it is said. At Torreon the men. are to
be "mustered out" of Villa's service
and each allotted a tract of land on
which to engage in farming. Villa,
too, it is said, has been given very
pleasing guarantees.
General Martinez, communicating
to Eiliano Tamez, Mexican consul at
Eagle Pass, termed Villa's accep
tance of the terms as "an act of pa
triotism."
All rumors of slaughter of Sabinas
policemen and mutilation of bodies of
many women there yet lack confirma
tion i z
Mexico City, July 28.-General Gar
cia announced today that tho final
terms of Villa's surrender had been
decided upon. The bandit chief iwill
retire to private life in a place to be
desiagnated by thu government. lie
will go first to Torreon to disband his
forces, as he will retain no military
connection whatsoever.
It is not likely that Villa will come
to \exico City, but, will qproceed from
Torreon wheresoever the governmeit
directs.
The n egotiautions for t he su rrenider
hlave been condlucted to the entire sat.,
isfaction of the government, Villa
obeying all orders.
El I 'aso, .11uy1 28-RIeport s of the
surrender1 of Francisco Villa pleasedl
leaders here and .1 uarez,. M\exico, to
d iay. Olpinlions were expressedl that
'i llat's su)rrendler wioutld (10 much(' to
stai lizi'e mini ng and industry in Ch i
hu ahuna. the state in whl ih Villa chief
ly operated.
Thei~ surrenderl('1 of Villa will mneani
> the stoppling (of depiredat ions by his
tti numerous bands, it wuas sid, 'who for'
.ye'ars have wrecked~i trinls, cessatIon
f of kidna pping and paynments of large
ysumfls of money by foreign mining
coinpan ies as tributeCs to Villa, and
e generally br in lpeace to thle sta te,
''Two monthus ago Villa toldi visitors
- to his camp that warfare he waged
in M\exieo had cost *i0,00t0 lives of his
eneIes at*$',ndl that unless his demands
were mect for joining the new govern
dmentit hie had the power andI will1 to
e light and take 40,000 more lives "If
- that were necessary to bring peace in
-M\exico."
it jWashington, JIuly 28.-Recognition
I or the new Mlexican Government by
the Unitedl States in the opinion of
Alexican obser'vers he~re has been
brought measurmably nearer b~y the
'd surr'ender1 of Prancisco Villa.
-The statuts of Villa so far as tho
s~ United States is concerned, however',
SIs not greatly changed. The bandit
(Continued on Page Four.)