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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER' 29, 1920. NUMBER 1 CO( HO[D HAV[ SIJPPORI[O BRYAN So Said Democratic Candi. date Monday FOSTERING IDEAS OF COMMONER (andidate Says lie is Fostering Pro. gressiv'e idens (ained from cnom. mtoner. Stresses League of Nations Ii Nebraska Trip. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 27.--Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candi date, tonight gave out a statemhent that he would have supported William J. 'lBryan:; for the presidency had the former sec retary of state been nomi nated and added that. he was foster ng 'etg Esive ideas gained undet \l r. ir .yan's leadership. The sat( unet of Governor Cox was in res.pre to an inqiuiry from a local newspa ie:man regarding the position inl the (niIngnign of \r. itryan ryho has ". ithhvld sUpiort from Governor Cox. "I have .nown \ir. Bryan politteally and 1: -o!n::lly for mnTay years'." s.tid the uve'nor's statctiei t. "Ie has i een an in fintice for' good. I ;1uport cd hi:n t1hrece times for the presidency with l my n-vspalpera, my voice and my ole, and Would have dcone so again this yea' tad he been the candidate of the I ):ott atic party instead of my * elf. A;. a matter of fact, as a young mat 1. I gained from Mr. lBryan's lead ershipi many of the progressive ideas which I since have endeavored to pro pagate." Hilts Hurleson and Pall ci. Disapproval of "matters" In the ad ninistration of Attorney General Pah'le'" andi Postmaster General Butle son, was expressed by Governor Cox in ado-..ssin 1Wa lr.rge audience at the au dit.ori;::n, where a strenuous Nebraska ea'mpaign wans closed. 'Thc Icnocratic presidential candi datC taii 1hat although he believed the :-a ta 1net olticers had performed their duti "wholeheartedly" and were conEtic 'utiots men, he did not indorse matters in both of their administra toins. No specific affairs were stated 'y the .ernor. Gove to.' Cox rep lied to several lates t i n; pbiisheid in a local news a!er, a repition largely of past ox peritners of the candidate with west ern ouipositiont iress. In resp~onse to a1 (It<! tion here as to w'hethle' he in do'scd the .Palmer and Blurleson ad miSni SIations, the governor replied: I 1 ved in congress with both of U.Q gentlemen. I know theti to be high miled conscientious men and believe that their administration, we're wholeheartedly performed. Yet, there r ie matters in both of their ad taii':i;t-"atins wvhich I do0 not ind1orse. Neiber do I indorse the policy of I'rtnh Hitchcock, as (postmaster gen --al. Mr. liitchcock, you will rememn her'. is thle getntleman who ran the road roller over Rtoosevelt in the conven I ion of 1912 aind or'ganlized the south ern d ieationis in 1920 for General Wood. "Nhe do I indor'se t he adm5.intiis tra'!n oft Philander 'V. IKnox. as al :oni meral. Mr'. Kntox, wblie ani hic jurb i' , is onie of the for'emost re :1 -onar ils ini the Uniited States and is dec isions wetre color'ed by his par t isaniship. This is merely a matter of di ffe renice ini personlal opinions, and pertains to thlug~s that belong to past. id mi n ist rat ions.'" The governor's speech hiere ,was the eleve'ntht in Nebraskai today, one of the hoisiest of his wvestern tril'. In alt, lhe stressedl the league of nations, from a nrIr v'w point and also the material intter'eits of .Nebraskans. Late today hie spoke to ai large cr'owdt at -incoln in theC andltorihtml andl ani overflow gath emring outtside. Oht,irges' Against Press. - llere and at Lincoln, the governor r.p nde on~ (i his charges that th re aetionaiy press was biased. lie dne ('Lir'Ld today that there wvas "a delib ('r:t' ro P1*'orrtupt ipurpose to kee p the Ct'f 'the porle"' and refert ing tom 2V:ani contriutlins comning, hei said, from "big business" hie declai'ed thete wvas ani "attempilt to) buy ii l Tie league wvas ptreented as ai m. iure for peace andl prosperity and1( Gover' nor C'ox treiterated that it wa.9 n ndorsed(8 by "'leaders of every c'hurich 'ii. :it andh Catholic, .Jewv and Glen' LAST CHiANON. TO IEGISTER Registration Books Close- Saturday Night, Women Wary of Registering .Saturdgy of this week will be the last (lay for registration for the gen oral election, announced Messrs. 'Ton Langston anTd Bob Copeland, members of the registration board at the court house yesterday morning. Women and men as well, who wish to sign up for the election, will have to register on or before that date. During the past few days the books of registration have been carried to various parts of the county by mem hers of the board. \r. Copeland car ried the books to Clinton. \ilountville and Cross 11111, \r. Chris. Owing: carried them to the upper part of the coulty while Mr. *1,angston looked a ter his section of the county and cotin ty seat registration. At Cross 1il Mr. Copeland said the women were Iery wary of registering on account. of the impression which had been created that registered women would have to serve on the juries. lie said that. lie tried to disabuse their minds of this, but that the women preferred ,o play safe. Only three registered m ll. At .\!ountville. the wo men were a little less wary of jury duty, a total of about thirty signing up for c:tizen's dutis ther. ('.\S1: l)lMMIMME) .A.\IiNS' W. C. ('01B (.reenville Mawistrate l)ismlisses ('ase Atutinst Ware ShiotIs Man for Auof . mobile ACelde't. W. C. Cobb, superintendent of the Ware S'hoals \lanufacturing Company, 'who vas charged ,w ith assault. and battery In Greenville as a result of an attomobile accident on the Huncombe roarl out of Grecnville in August, watt released from his bond by Magistrate SB1allenger Th uird?(lay after a hearing lin thet case in which the ma ist.rate held :h't a cawe h.Ad not been made out against the W'alre Shoals man. I). D. Sto':'er', representing the state at the hearing, declared that the fact. ivould be laid before tho county grand jury. It was charged that W. 2. Cobb, on the first. Sunday in .Augu.st, ran into and almost overturned an automobile driven by W. S. Gilmer, and occupied by members of his family. According to testimony addluced at I the hearing, Mr. Cobb . was driving along the Buncombe road, about six miles from the city, at a right rate of speed. When he attempted to pass the automobile driven by Mr. (W1lmer' it ':as rhprg'ed that his car struck it with his ri-:ht fender, tl'rowing it to the sile of the road. An cnbank m'ent on tite right of the road pt-vented it Itm turning over. Mr. Cobb will A'ter bo tried upon a gharge of speeding. Falls With Elevator H. Floyd Henderson, of Ware Shoals, brother of Oscar Henderson, of this city, and well known all over the west erni part of the county where he was c'rised, .su ffer'ed painl o.' indutries ,at Watre Shoals one (lay last week ,when an elevator In the Ware S'hoals comi pany store fell with himi from tie second~ floor of the storet bui liding to th basement. M\r. I lendeison has bee cnfiedto his bed'( sinice the ac cldenit, butt it is thou-.tht thant beC did( nlot suistain permant inIijuies . .\l thouigh lie had a ion g fillI aniid lilt on a ('emenit floor, no0 biones wer'e brioken. No announcement w'as madle as to the cause of thie accidhent. .\ir. IHender'son is manager' of oine of' the deparitmiets in the store. IHe is a son of Capt. l3. I-:. Heniderson, formerly of this couty but niow r'esidintg at Wiare Shoals. stance." H e repeated attacks upon (lie "senatorIal oligar'chy." Questions In (the local neowspaper re suited in another criticism by lie gov ''r0nor) n alCld Republ11 cic '''"couts'' whvlo, thle candid late repeiiated, werec sent a head on hiis itinera ry under!' ( orders fr'om Chair'ma ,I lays of the' Republhicani National Commnittee to embarrass the( ulDemio('ratic camipaign. Nebr'aska gav'e the governor' a wvarm welcome,l ih band1(, siren wistlhes, and decorttons11. A.t blnioin, he was lparadedh to the ealpitol and~ toniighit through criowds at Omaha. LeavIng here late tonight, (lie gov' er:nor hiad another' strecnous dany ahead tomorrow in, South D~akota with six teen speeches sedled duiring (lie day. A specnl tr'aii was to lake (lie governior. overI the' siouthierni and1 east Crn par't pf the( state, wth main ad driesse's scheidled at Kankton, Mitch LII nnel( a night mieeting nt Soux Falls. ORDERS NUMIR PLATES FOR 1921 New Rtules in Force (2oinlttg Year, Among 'T'hem, Classitleatlon of )lo tors by Weight. Number plates for the 1921 automo bile licenses have been ordered by the stato highway department. Several rules In regard license tags have been changed this year, all ot which Is ex plained in the following account from the Columbia State: Contract for 121 automobile license plates was yesterday issued by the the state highway commission to the Na tional Colortype company of New Port, 'Conn., according to an announcement by I. L. Thomas, secretary. The plates are to he delivered by December I and will be 82,600 number for th' first order and garnet and black in color. Of the total ntnber 81,500 are six Inches by 12 inches for automo biles and trucks, while 1,100 are to he of the smaller size, four inches by six inches for motorcycles. This number is not the full esti mated requirement, but. after these have been received and partly Issued more will b ordered when it. is seen how many will be needed. License will not he issued next year at the window in the otlice, but all ta. iiiu:t go tLhrouzgh the mails, as it will be ilpiossible to keep up with the handling, even for owners in Colu: bia. The now regulations for license charges, according to classification if tihe motor vehicle by weight instead of horse power with automobiles and ton nage n% ith trucks, goes into effect with the issuance of the new 'lates. Trucks carrying four pneumatic tires will be granted a discount over those with solid tires of the same tonna'. Trucks with two pneumatic and two solid tires will have to pay the full rates. Motor cars and trucks will be placed in 21 classes, according to welhtl the prices for licenses ranging from $6 for cars under 2,000 pounds to $200 for trucks; of more than fonrton capacity carrying hard tires. Motor cycle licenses will cost $3. Following is the complete schedule of classes for registration of motor vehices in' South Carolina for the year 1921: e Class A: Atutoiobiles weighing not over 2.000 pounds. $6. Class 1: Automobiles weighing not over 2,001 to 2,500 pounds, $8. Class C: Automobiles weighing not over 2,502 to 3,000 pounds, $10. Class D: Automobiles weighing not over 3,011H to :,,(0o pou d11(15, $21. hs, l : Au t omobi les weighing not. over ,501 to -1,000 :ou nis, $11. Class I": Automobiles weighing not over "1,001 to,4500 0t1ounds, $16. Class G: Automobiles weighting not. over 1,500 pounds, $18 and over. Class II: One ton truck, pneuatie tires, $11.25. Class I: One ton truck, hard tires. $13. Class J: Two ton truck; pneumatie tires, 22.50. Class K: Two ton't rock, hard ti re.s, $30. Class iL: Three touck~ptn hrdlu nu Class L: Thtree ton truck, pneu~ma tic tites, $43. Class M1: Three ton truck, hartd tires. $60. - Class N: Foutr ton truck, pneu ma tic tires, $75. Class 0: Fouir ton trttck, htard ites, $100. Class P : .\lore than foutr tottn ttuck pneumatic tIres, $150) andl over, Class Q: Mlore than four ten truck. hard tires, $200 and over. Class 'T: Tr'allers, $7 and over. Class X: D)ealers $25 for one tmake and $15 fotr each additional make. Class Y: Motor'cycle dealers. $23 for one make and $15 for each addi tional make. Class ZA: Mototrcycles, $3, Inotetrrs in, "CGypsy Smith" .lertling. .\lc interest is being taken here in~ the "'Oypsy"~ Smith grevival meeting which started in (lreenwood 8.unday night. A great many people who it-. tended the Smnitht services here in Jlune are planning to go to (Greenwwood at least one night. dutring thte meeting and plans have been stuggested for a "Laurens" nlghtt *text wveek. A requeut has bleen madec of-.the C. & W. C. rail r'oad~ for a special train retutrning~ to this city after the meeting next Tues day night, but -no definite word has beeni receivedl on this reqtuest. itIt la thoughit that plans fotr a spec-il "'Laurens"' night and' basket pieni" on the grotunds will be conVle'ted somec time this week. S"} ATORL N. B. DIAL BOOS'TS CAMPAIGN FUN1) Sends $.0 From Wl'ashington for JDem. ocratic Campaign Fund. The Democratic cat paig n fund re ceived a considerale boost last week when Senator N. 1I. Dial sent a $50 Subscription through .\Ir. \V. G. Lan caster. This check with $11 from oth er subscribers through .\lr. LIancaster and $7 through W. R. .lcCuen, of the l'eoples Loan & l'xchange hanik sent the total well above the Hundred 'lol lar mark. I'rgent, requests for funds still come from Columbia, the sugges tion being thrown out that subscrip tions of over one dollar 'will be thank fully received. The foll owing contrihutions lave ),6",1 r(ceived iI migh The Advertiser to date: l'reviously reported .... .....$71.00 Through W. I. .\lc'uen: \l r. John Armstrong .. . . .. .. 1.00 \1 r. C.. 13. (ba cue .. .. .. . . .. , 1.00 .l r. 0. 1. Sim m on i .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 ) .\lr. W illiam Irby .. .. .. .. .. 1.0)) \1r..N. Richardsont .. .. .. .. 1.00 .1 r. II. C. Flem ing .. .. .. .. .. 1.01) D~r. T. 1,. Timmerman .. .. .. 1.00 T1hrougah \\. G. I.,a ct; Sen. N. H. )ial .. .. .. .. .. 50.. 0 11. E. Vincent .. .......... 1.00 l;rooks Swyge ... .. .... .. .. .. 1.00 C. 1I. (ias'te, r. .... .. .. .. ..1.00 1liss \Villou Gray .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 C. II. lat .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.01) .1. S. CTai .... .......... ,.00 .1. . Craig .. ...... .. .. .. 1.0) W . 3). Sullivan, Sr. .. .. .. .. 1.00 13. I). A.lc('ravy .............. ..0 -I. (C. I arris .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..00 P. A.. Sim p on .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.00 C. I. Itlakely .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.00 Tlot a --.................$1 :9.o, Xil.l1.ERi FOl'NU GU'ILTIY 1tOlt'-:.\IlN; .\SSEITS ircrr .t.lorne v ('onlieteld of 'onceal. intr lankr. "s .ssets. Imprison. imelnt. t1nd . A. II.- .\Iller, well known attorney of Greer and several times candidate for co'ngres; in this district was found -.-tilt' in the Rock 111l federal court last week of aiding in the concealment. of assets of .L. Ilayes. Gaffney bank rupt. l3e was sentenced to serve one yetr hnd a day in prison and to pa' a fine of $1.000. Attorneys for the de fa;nse at once gave notice that they would file a hill of e-xcptions and take an appeal to the circuit court of ap eals. Xi iller has been released on hail in the stun of $2,500. The case against the Greer attorney, according to newspaper reports, grew ('; of the bank rup try of M. I.. Mlayes, formerly of this city, but more recent ly of Gaffney. The case, according to dispalches from Rock lhill, revolved around a check for $2,50o' given .\liller by Ilayes, trustee, a few days before batk ruptcy. This, .\liler claims Illa yes stated was a trust fund otf Mrs. Ilayes and the check was given to obtain cash for .\irs. Haiycs, who was ill. lie con tends he dlid not receive a cent and~ that he never received a fee for' his services in the bankruptcy matter. 3.1lIer also claims that when he 01). tain1ef cash for the check and turnted samle over to I layt's 1he did nlot know hankr'tptcy was ('ontemlatted. 'IThe L'overnmto contotends thie ('he('k was :givenl to .\liltler by I Iayes in order tr defraud cr'edlints, Ilayes alleging he acted on the advice oft M\lier in writ inu thei (iceck andl get'ting~ the cash he fere ?..n8 bankrupte'. papers5. liev . it td Mrs. MeI.i'i to ~i1ense CTe many13 friend rs of' ltev. anid .\3 is. .3. 1,: .\lcibin will he sorry to learn that they exlpect to lea11ve' the' c11it next week to nmake their homie "'0ih thteir son, .\lr. .Iamies '!'iain, at A.lbinoy, Ga. .\lr'..'.l Lini finds t hat his health does not mir mrtt him to ('01ntjiu his pastoral du ties, so he will go to Alb'any to be' ith his sont. .\i'. .tamtes .leLain was~ re'cet3'ly marr'ied to M\iss Illi za beth Gra'tham, of .llnor, C:i.. and they haive ailready hegua keepintg htouts. Tlhey visite.d Rev, tand .ls. .\!4eisi here last week. Thue .. 1K ershaw ('ihapter l'.'D;. ('., w.ill meet . ltday afterInoon,( Otbe!' 'lth, with .\lts. Brooks Swy'ger't. .\ins. .1. 5. Hientnett will be the leader of the Iiter'ar'y prtogt'ami her subject bleing '"Autobiograsphies anid Remitniscen~ses by Soldiers You Kntow." This Is the first meetinug of the fall and all me1m bhs re tirito antntenid. (OUNTS WINS SUIT .Juidge (ary lndtis Dowvn Dleeislon in Long Drawin ('ast' Between D. II, Counts and Owvings & Owings. yIt a decision handed down by Judge Frank It. Gary on September 15, 1). I. ('0tnls, of this city, and judgment creditors of his residing here and else where. were awarded a verdict over Owings & Owings, of this city, iin a ';'se which has been hanging fire since 1.1 when judgment creditors of .\Mr. Oilnts secured a temporary injniction lp'ereinting- Owing: & Owings from selling 313 a1res of land, known as he ('oleiian ptlace, which r.. Counts deeded to Owings & Owings in the spring of 191 1. The suit was on the motion of Ow ings & Owings to set aside the injune tion, the plaintiffs c'laliling title to-the lroperty. .\Mr. Counts and the judg imeilt (1r'd it ors ('ot ('lled that the deed had been setired through misrepre sentation and that i11' thjuginit. et cred itors would be dep rived of their rights in the property should the deed be confirmed by the court. The decree of the cotirt upheld in the main the contention of .\I r. 'ounts and the .iudgment creditors, the land bein g ordered resold and thie p roceerds applied to the claims of the judgment c'reditors as 'Well as the claim of Ow Min & Owilngs. a hoiteste;'d of $l,1)11 being set aside in addition to .\r. ('ounIs. 1i was also ordered that the rents from the lave also be applied to tlh 'aymn ii t of the accountll of Owings & Owings, It being estimated by the Couirt that all of the' mortgages 1oti , Owing.; & Owings would be satis tied cut of tlie rents with the exce p 140) of abiot $92.00. in general terms the decree of the vourt. was that the land be sold at 1)ublic outcry and the proceeds ap I lied as follows: stead for 1). II. Counts: 2nd. .ludg ment (reditors be pal acording to priority and rank; ird. That any sir )lus he irn(med over to 1). IL. Couns. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Owings & Owings, have filed notice of an ap pea! to the supreme court. '1O LETl ('ONTRIA('T FORt P1111N('E:TON Il;0.1ID I mpro eaient of oam1 lietl wiee Prinee inn and Ware Shoals to Blei i at Ea'ly Date. County i':ngin'er itughes has pmb sished a notie of opening of bidIs for the constru110ction of the totl soil road between Princeton and the GreenIwood couinty line at Ware Shoals. 'T1hhi bis are to he opened October 1st and fa voraable consideration will be ir' eI the ontractors who are able to begin on lilt work at the earliesit aloment. This is takeln as an indieation that the work will begin very soon and he onm pleted some time this fall or winter'. The funds for the buildinr of this road will -be provided joInt ly by the Wai' Shoals \ianufacturling Con;.a1ny and the County of iitl'ens. The coun ty's shiare is to be taken from Ite au1 tomiobilhe liIconse money 03 as lpaid ini at rectioni of the state highway commnis 31on. DIII.l 1h.S NEWl SE('ilEi'AIV Ifor'tAn 1as Secretatry toI Senautotr N. 1B. Diali. .\nn101 loucement has leen sent outI froma \\ashii ington of It' apLpoiilntnt of 'ai 11I. .\t'(iowan aSs sert a ry to Senator' N. it. I )iai, su~cceeding ap1 lt. .\lecl avitd It ot'toi, w ho has en tit'rd hutsinless in Ander~ison. ..\1r. .\le(ow an will take( up h'Iiis dutiels at onice. Ptat .\eGowanl is a brotlIter of Htear' ANdmiiral Samuiilel .\1te(owant anid hals bsr" :i yeis n ethe ash ingtn (aorretspoiidenit ofr the Stat' atntd othe ii'I apels aind is consitdeired (lilt of the best nlewspiap1er1 men in Washting 1t1n. lic' Will make a v'aluable assist Aftter ai week of heavy' teliine.. te Neow Yiork and N ow Orliean s amrktets shiowe''l signus of 11allyinhg yt'ster'day, maore' pron'ouncedt~~ ginls fori Oct ober The s.;ot miarkcet hias follow~'ed lie Shioul ith le New Yor'k and1( Nt'w~ Or leanis markets not4 weaken this morn1 ing. It is ex pected that local buny('r~ *,wiilie gIven a hiighier Ilingt. A few bales of cotton are being sold. A[RIlCAN LEGION M[[T IN CL[Y[LA Great Parade of Ex-Servi Men, RESOUNDING CHEERS FOR FRAN( Parade of 1x-Service Menl VJiewed ''hroiig of :3100,00) People ('!o, firs! Day of Second Ieet of tional (Orgnnizattion. ('leveland, Sept.' 27.--\ lrtami S0,0ervice nilen, witn es5e-d by i iproximately ::ul,0u0 people, includi a.bout 503,1(I00 111-of-town, visitor's, cic ed the first lay of the second anllt convention oIf the American Legi here today. The day started ttt co v(ention hall when the convention w caIllel to order by ('omuandetr Fran li I 'Olier. After the routine repor had been dispelised V'IIi, the crede liaIS ('omm1ittce anti the commiittee , plermil annclit lules and 'eglltations r tired to begi n their dell)erlations. \\"hen the r'e1ort of the Iermane: (0mm1ittee on rules 01(1 regulIatiot was suliilitted to the cotivention, 'C'OnII enlil t he a(opt ion of the an11 rul1e of voting. At thi; point. Mlrs. .iulia 'heceloc. 10f .'.": ork, declared that "she h1 isted on retaining hir in liheront rigl to think and voto as she ,leased. She was SlIported by many 11e11 del Iat's. A member from Alinnesota pre sented a minority report which aske that the unit rule he defeated. ,Th tinr(ily report was adopted. The (credentials comm11ittee had to it. p'ilcipal Iinestions the matter o d ' ltion from the state and It'i :'ries of the United :states. The 'e'pJorit as m1.mitted recon u1endciie that each depaitmeni t be giv en live delegates at large and one ad ditional delegate for enoh 1,000 mea ber o' fraction thereof. At. a late hour the correct voting st.rengt h of the convention was unde termuined. ('heers for France Wlhet the morning session of thc convention adjourned at I :.> p. mn., the national commander directed that all committees meet at 51 p. mll. and re main in session until all business had Lein completed for presentation to the convention wvhenI it meets tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. One feature which tended to liven "I' 05esio camec when Col. J. Rt. Mc Qi colmander of the department of Ohio. in rellying to the address of welco:e by .\ayor W. S. Fitzgerald, s;tated that F'rance was one of the most. loyal friends of the American l-gion. C'heer'ing started and cries for' l"'rancis IE. )rake, commander of the legion Post No. 1. Paris, brought 1hm to his feet. .lr. I)rake is represent ing the legion posts of France, En; t'VIlvey tr'ain ariving today brought man0 iy mi~iebes of the eI gionl anid it Is extiected tomorriow w"ill see many housatnds more1 v'isitor's in the city. PhiladelphIa sent one hundr~lied and I wenty-five tmemibers in three box cars, pa intedI aIs (lie ('ars were in Frianice: ''llomm s forty','I Cvcallx eight.'' A ia instorm't whIiichi began Itout noon1110 threaten('led to lnter'fe ir' wit:1i the pa radei( buti the1. gran id mar shi announc0 ned that the ttaradei( wvould tak' pla1ce, r'ain wats pac kedt withi iieople. The in sigtnIa of each1 t diviion was ini evidentce in (lie 1pariade0. llractIically ever'ybody 1ma1rcin g in unIform. Tfherie wore al so several hulndred' Amer'iicans it tile un iformii of Catiada, ICnglanid, alid IFran ce. this cont1inigent having a k ii Itoiiin! to furtnish i t hr mu11sic. iamit $1 5,000t raini inisurtance. Some dayl.S aigo lihe manaliigemeint of (lie ha r'ade took 01out1 'insuranc against raini Ifor $15,00i0t. lTo collect liihis insuriance, it was necessary for twvo-tenhts of atn inch1 of 1ra11 to rall dulrinig the (lay. Thei w'ther tot bureauii reporteid thatI the eintifall Ifoi' t he day1~ was 37-1001( of an inchi. .A Noted Flagt Th'ie dl'egat ion fromn Centralia, Wash.. enarriyinug in thle ta rade (lie flag which wvas fired upon by the I. W. W.'s (An armistice daty, 1919!. The flag was carriedt byi .1. I. Mutiay, (lie same man whot 'atrried it when i I was fired( upjon, ('Continued on Page Four.)