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VOLUME XXXVI.LAURENS, SOUTHNICAROLINA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1920. ---a ----- NUMBER 1 8O[SHfYIK D[STROY [N[MY 4RMY Army of Wrangel Reported Wiped Out MANY GENERALS COMMIT SUICID1E Shoiet. Forces V o Forward inl Misa Formallition, Sueedlimet Hae e.' plac'n: ['alten 'olumlns, Sebnasto. pu1i Reported ais ('aptu red Mat u rdiy C(oi aintinciie, Nov. 1 I.- The a.Imy of (1'e'ral W irangel, the anti-iloishe yik eminmander in south RItussia, has been w'ied out ald a number of his 'generals hal's committed suileide. A m0ob in Seisitopol has pillaged the Aaericana itcd Cross stocks. The Americani toli(ledo boat destroy er: at Sebastoi ol are evacuating olli (el's and th ir families. 'The Ameri 'ani dest roye r umph reys has gone to .\lalta to tak.e off the Iced Cross supl liieS. I.ndon, 'Nov. IS.-Rieuter's Paris (cor respondent says it is reported that the Ilolhvik i capttred Sebastopol Sattut(hay night. Selbastopol a(Ivices of St aday Ina ke no l lut ion of the captulre of the city by the JIolshevik i. 'ari , Nov. 1.1 (11y the Associated 're:+s ).-- General Wrangel's army thoroughly Ieaten, is con tinuing to re treat southward, according to informa tion reCeived by the Fr''iench foreign oilice today, itirsued by a well c'om) manded I3olsheviki army of 27 divi sioll$. General Wrangel has suffered great losses and many of his ollicers have been killed. eoeral Wrangel has gone aboard one o; the French warship:, in Se .hastopol. hut the vessel still is re m ailning in r.'ort, say the advices. The evacuation is continuing, but there is inadequate shipping for the nunber of prr-:ov. s( e!ing to fle. Constantinople, No". I:,.--P'remicr i'K ivochitn of General Wrangel's gov (rnmlent arrived here today to arrange for the transporting, of. women, chil ([en ar'd -wounded froi'tlie Cylinea. if . ;:id the possibility of a general cvacuatic! of the Crimea could not he ex .lua ded and that eevryt hing was bn done to save tihe remuants of c, ra Wrangel's army. cUtItioln will be extremely dif 1ust, 'remile K rivochin declired, "'it w. have opened pourpaelrs ,to U.1 i.6 condition:; rgardiig, evacua tion.' I eituationa is ext renely grave. Al. Ira 1vochin said General V' rangel's 1 ler ;,.: are inferior to tle lsohlievilI and hi! lo ses have be(en elot'mous. m ia:. Krivochin, statd that eneral 'Aina ii s i OOps arie ex haulsted hav in l1i, 1'ed0( 22 attacks ~in lie past fou r Thi' I'ashieviki artillery hai~s beenI tO':W 1 dest ructivte, he addied. TI olshevl kI, according Co P're ine K rivochiin take no0 heed of losses, three or four coluns attacekiung eun miasse often. 'being anniii ated, but irosh trIoops constantly ar~e briought. tip. Nearly atll General Wrangel's di visional or reglnlental conmmandeors have been killed or wounded, te pre Jaier siaid. Sebastopol, Nov. 1 4.-Muties in General Wrangei's a'rmy brought about hiso sutdden defeat, it 'Was learned here today. The F1rench warshp Wal (leck RlOusseau, ia in por't readiy to ('mbark General Wrangel who is here. A t Long Biranch School A box supper and T'hanksgiving ex cieise will be hieldl at Long Branch School house Weodnesday night, Nov. 24. The exercises wvill begin at 7:30. The public is invItaed. The proceedsB are for the benefit of the school. * JIOX Mupper at Mt. Pieasantf. The public Is cordially invltedi to at tend- a box stupper at Mt. Pleasant Scehool building Fr'iday night, Noveim her 19th. Come and brIng; it you can'ta.comea send. Mrs. 'Laurens Barksdale had as her guest last wrekpedMIss Nell Payne, of Clnton. ME'E'ING HELD MfONIAY, FOlt COTTON COll'OltATION Juon. Alan .Johnston, of Newberry, Pointed Out the Need of Sup ort inr the Cotton Corporation. Ikon. Alan Johnston, w of Ne x berry, addressed a gathering of farmers and businCss mnu in the court house .\Ion (lay morning in the interest of the Amlerican Products 1xport and imp1)ort Corporation. Mr. Johnston said that spinners of Central Europe were anx ious to buy cotton from Ain ', but were unable to pay for it in cash and credit Was not available to them for its purchase on time. The object of the corporation, he s(aid, was to over come this obtascle by selling cotton to them on long time paymienits and thus relieve the congestion in this country. lie urged upon those present Ithe ne cessity of subscribing to the con;ora tion stock as the best available tlteans, of strengthening the cotton market. Ile was heard with a great deal of in terest by his audience. About $.10,000 in money, 1iberty Bonds and cotton has been subscribed to tile Corporation stock in this county and the camiipaign Is still being pushed. Mi's. C. A. Power is chairman of the stock committee In this counlty and would he glad to receive further sub scriptIons. 1lLI:ASED, FLORENCE' IOTAllANS Frank McC'ravy ApiIars in New Hole in F lorence and (aptivates ills Au dience. The following reference to Frank McCravy, the evangelistic singer from this c'ity, taken from the editorial col uni of The Floreiece Daily Times, will be read with intcrg.t by his friends here: "Not In a long time eas Florence Rotary Club enjoyed Itself as much as It d1d yesterd-ay afternoon at the re:;u lar TIhuirsday luncheon when Frank AleCravey entertained its lembership In song and story. Mr. McCravy has every right to be it headliner in lead ing chatauqua work, but he was elected to answer a higher call, and Is doing a wonderful work as a song evangelist and personal worker in his Master's vineyard. In Florence assist ng Dr. 1" If. Martin in the conduct of a series of ri'lval meetings at the First baptist Church it was Rotary's good fortune to have Mr. McCravy as Its guest yesterday afternoon. lie Is an impersonator of rare ability and not only this, tells his vast funds of gen uinely humorous stories with a skill that delights and celirms. For near ly an hour he kept hiIs audience shak lng with laughter and then as a cli max took the twenty.-one business men through a stunt that fairly took their breath away. Mr. MclCravy is not a itotarian himself as Ills work takes himt from place to place, but he breathes itA spirit and if he ever stops long enough in any town or city where Hotary'1 exist; o.. p1 (I for its activities Is fonund, I io lmaonalI1l0 tary will gaIn a ich adIltion a ItI sin eely ' hou etd tha1t iFrank MicCr'avy will ('0m1e' tils 'ayi 'ften anid stopl loug. I-lo' i:. gootd for the indI andi for1 thlit heat an id fori the sol. 00913 1h0Alt A ND T IA ' " 4 'lA 31lll ( ONSOLlI' l ''Tw'o Ji(odie.s to Act as Onie Umlier' Lend. er'sihp of A. V. Snell. Ofices inl Columila. ColumbIa, S. C., Nov. 1 5.--Consollda tlon Of thle South Car'olina state chaim ber of commerce 'wIth the sonth Caro lina Developmiient Board will become effectIve withlin a veiry shoirt time. The new name of the or'ganlzatlon wvill be the South CarolIna Development Board and Chiamber' of Commerce. IlDeterminatin to meirge the organI zatIons followved upon01 a feelin~g that more can be thus accomplIshed than b)y peritting the bodIes to oper'ate soparately, The/ development board has been particularly sucecessful in Its appeal to the farmers' to unite while thle state chamber was r'epresentative of the business Intej'ests In the larger ceniters. The neOw association, with the re-. moval of all fear' of duplication~ and overlapiIng in activities, will be stronifer thain the two acting siepar'ate ly could hope to be. Ieadquarter's 'will remain in Columbia and the man agement of the board will be In the hands of Arthur V.' Snell, until now ex ecutive of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce,. - VERtDICT FOR PLAINTIFF IN AIAMS4VIliES S I l Nearly Three Dnys Consulued In Iletnring of Suit Over Fire Loss. Nearly three (lays Vere .cont5tltuek last. 11week inl cu11ommonpleas cotri. iR the case of J. .1. Adams vs. :. .1. & 11. 'Wilkes &. Company in which the lilainliff asiekCe damages in the sum of $7,500 for the loss of his hottse and contentts by fire alleged to have been atsed by the negligent installation of a fttmiace by the( defendant company. The damages asked for by the plain tiff replresent(d the ai;)liraised value of the building and content:;. After hear ing the case from \Wednc-day after noon until Saturday afternoon and re taening in the jury loom'' about four botrs, the .Jry retu'ned a verdict for the defeldants. Notice of appeal was givcn by attorneys for he plaintiff. The principal allegations of tho plaintift' were that li installing the furinace the defendants allowed pieces of timber to remain in the chimney through wic :h the flue was built, this titubm er igniting and being transmitted to the frame-work of the buildin above, and also in placing. the flue pile so close -to sills underneath the house that the heat it gave off set the :Ills on time. A mass of testimiioy by witnesses of the fire and by experts was introduced by both sides, the case being one of the hair tst fought in the local civil colnrt in years. In the case of iomer Siitlmerel vs. W. C. Waldrop, in which the .plabitiff asked damages to the a mennt of $5,000 for falsi- arrest and i;:ult, thle plaintiff wa. a' arded a Verdc t of $281.25. The plaintiff allege( that the dIefendantt assaulted lim following a dispute they had on tile sti ei'ts of LVat rns several mtltiths ago over a! Ieged reckless driving of the plaintiff and that the defendant iillcgally ar red hii -by force to the city plte station and turned him over to oflicers; there. 'Tlte defense of '.\ -was that the plaintiff pasnds.(]" h soy eral tines in his automobile at a reck less speed, throwing- (uast in his face and otherwise acting in a very aggra vating manner. Mir. J. W. 11111, of Cross Hill, was awarded a verdict of $111.12 aganst the Southern IXpress Company for .' (log lost in transit while in care of the de fendant. On aecount of inteo rtuptiolis of the regular( days of court by elections and holidays, a special tern of tire court will be held for one week in ?lhecemn. ber. ('JAIl IltiBEltY IN UILIDINO SCANDAL, 'esl' o1nt(y inl Probe "IBuilding 'T'rtust' Alleges Paynit "Strike Ins urantce." l''llos TI'umultolis Session 111 Ii I N wylano. Xew York, Nov. 1 2.--After- another tutuItoils 4sssin with .\ayor I ylan thte joint legislative committee i nvesti gating theo "bmiiding truist'' today heatrd testimony allegling the paymet of $32, 000) by a biti lding contractor to ltobo-t-t P. lHrindell1, lpresidet of th 1le 'ouilinzg trades8 connlell, for- "strike Iisuriance." 'IOTttoniy- by Hilgh 3. IRobertson, of' Tlodd, Irions anid Robert son, that he had paid this amiiounlt as part Payment on an agr-enment to pay the labor01 leader $30,000 for- protectioni againtst strikes, cameo as a startling elitmax to the after noon, session of .the committee, whieh slpett thle greater part of the dlay prob.. lng Into the city's school lmestonie conitracts. iDcspite protest by Samuel (Jnter.. mnyer, the comiittee's couinsel, that Mayor' Hlyan was ttrying to turn the htear-ing into a "Circuts" and "this or def.ly investigation into a gener-al beer garden" the mayor. persiated through. out the sessioni to get a l'etter before -the commlitete exoner-ating him of any r~efonibiliity In having thme schiool httilding contr'acts changedi from terra cotta to linmestone. Falling In this, thle mayor- gave the letters to n1ewspa pers l'tr iputblcatiou. The mtayotr was flnally exeused as a witness uantil next WVednesdlay wvhen the conmmittee resuties its hearing. Boex Supper at Central. The Central Sehool girls a111d teach elrs, will enteftain Friday night, 19t~h int. with a box supper. The 1ladies1 'will sell sandwiches. The Public is cordially invited. A good time and pretty girls galore, Come. HA1"i'ISTS PLAN EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN Slutitlianeous E iangeIlstIc Camtpaigni in all th1e Bapitist Churches it Lour- I ens Association, No. 2ntod to ev, fian:; have beens perfected by whi i a liiost the entire evangelistic force of I be lone -\ission Board of the South cr'n Illaptist Convention located at At antta, and the evangelistic force of the laptist, State Board of alission of Co l umbia together with a Unlbr of pas to: evangelists have been secured to condu(ct sintltaneous evangelistic mLeetini's in Laurens Association, Nov. 22ind to Dec. 5th. 1Nvery church in the Latrirns Association together with the ! 1urricane church which Is in the Ieetly River Association is entering heartily into the canpaign. RIev. W. W.' fanilton, D.)., of AtLahta, Ga. wii have the general oversight of the iltire campaign. lIe has been con ducting simultaneous camlpaigns with Iarked success for manty years and we have no reason to believe that this campaign will mean much to the re litions and moral forces of Laurens Counuty. Ieiow is a lIst , evan', ii liits and !;in r.. .\lost of the churche 1.1 wi ll ntinue (10 nills.. fron Nov. 221 '' : Iea'v-. .daai., Iev. L 1. O'l1rian; C'he:;tnultt Itidge, llev \'. C. \le i'helso:, S. I. Spencer, '-inter; N ew l'rospiect, IIev. \. J. Neill, J. S. Ru ;hing; alt. l'Iea san., itev. W. .J. \ay; olet;abara, to Ie it, I pp'.. l; Cro l hMi, I De. C. A. Owen, A. . Miller;. louniville, lev. It. \. Thiot, J. I). I loffman. W\iaterloo, la- I: . 12. . W 'oi W. J. Morris;; Bulah, E. '.. Jh. 1o. Me. .\lanaway; Uurbin. llev. A\. 1". lieddoe, W. J. Work; Iar.n , . W. T'riplett; Cal vary;t-(;;no , ev 1.T.au el I. .Jo iiD ;inton, tev W. W. i Iumilton, N., W. 1. Martin; Vi' ndship, Nov. 29th, Dec. 5Rih, Rev. P. A. Anthony, Gray ;ourt, Nov. 22-29 Pev. P.'A. .\nhtony; iaburn Creek, LU - J. S. I.ill; dlenderson, Nov. 22-28, i:ev. 1'A. \l. Ramsey; Langston, Nov. 29 'Dec. 5, Rtev. F'. M. Ramsey; Highland IIonie, 11,'v. JNA. J. Isenhour, INA. A. Pat tet~sonl; Lanford, Rev. if. C. D~ucholtz; Warrior Creek, Rev. L,. T. Mays; Laur Sens, It, 1tev. B. 1t. 'Bailey, J. W. Jelks; LJens 2nd and Lucas Avenue Rev. t'. S. Thomas, J. P. Carter; Gold. ville, ilhey. Raleigh Right; Nov. 22-28, W. C. Crinell; Lydlia-Clinton, Nov. 28-d)ec. 5, Itev. Raleigh Right, W. C. Crlndcll; ;Poplar Springs, Rev. J. S. fool, Jesse T.. Williams; Princeton, Rev. J. J. Beach; Union, Rey. W. L. Bead; Hurricane, Rev. Samuel Long, Mr. Lynch; Mt. Olive, Nov. 22-28, Rev. L. J.' Dristow; Bethany, Nov, 22-28, 'Rev. N. R. Stone; 'Mt. Gallagher, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, R1ev. N. It. Stone; Ilelview, Nov. 29-Dee. 5, Rev. G. C. Smith; Ilolly Grove, Nov. 22-28, Rev. G. C. Smith. Only one service each day and that at night at such hour as earh congre gation may determine. There will be a cent raIlimeetinig each dlay, morninug at 10:30 at the First church in Laur ens for all evangelists ivnd workcers, 1Edward Long. Clinton, S. V., Nov. I ?, 1 920. IIuge Figure. .Deifiet* is $ l,3;10,000). French Lick, Ind., 'Nov. l I.-Th-''le Rlepublican national camupaign cost $3,'I3 1,000, according to figures given ouit here. tonight b~y Fred -W. Uplhami, treasturer. of the Ritbhlican national committee, who 1s here for a brief recst. Hel statedl that the deficIt amouintedl to $1,350,000. Treasurer Urphiam said that lie hiad Jutst complhletedI his reor~tt and that the deficit was atfer all hills had 'een paId. Mr. Upthami said ho would leave here Sunday for New York, whetre lie wvould submit his report 'n RlepuitI-. ean finances to a meeting of the nta tional comntlittee on Monday. After ap liroval by Chalrmani Will 11. 1Hays ad the commIttee the treasurerc saidlihe would file the report In Washilngtoni. Th''le cot ton mairkc t has shtoun ti...u' lter declintes duirgg the pasite, though a' better tone lirevailedl .\ulo ncty andl Tuesiday- 'Local buyer~s have bet n haying nrotindl 18 Cents foir goodl cot ton, bitt report little dlemand from their copineetions., MAY INREASE STOCK Reconnendit ions to That Ellet Mlade NO Stockholders by IIireciors at llee t;; Held hast Week. it the annual meeting or directors or the f'urels Cotton Mill, held in he comia ny's oalices here last, week, a tsoluen n-as adotpt teod recomm'ending (he Stockholders that. the capital Iock of, the mill be increased from 30:0I,000) to $1,250,000. h'l(e stoekhold er:; have been called to lueet. onl De (enibher I Ith whet the reeotunendation of the directors will be .:'" d upon. It is mit statedl how the stoci< is to he is sued, whether as a stock dividend or by sale of additional stock. as this will he decidel uipon at tle stocloldet;' meeting. The report of the mtttagttemnt of the mill sltowel it to he in a prosper ois condition. Mr. \I. L. Smith, assist an t tea surer, was elected to the dir ctc lorate to succeedj t he late S. I). tlrew stor, of Now York, who died last win. er. Itesolttiot; to the menorv of Air. IhrewsNt'r were introdteed by Mr. N. It. Dial and itpatssed by the directors. 'lh' old oillcers of the co'm mny V .' re(-( lec4ted, as follows: N. It. Dial. president: \\'. ."\1 on tgontmtery. t:nager": and treguiare a d Al . ?ith, a istant treasun r. U":'1SON 1A NI~l.;l D)gY . IN SIIAW CASE - I hessie ). Sha A warded .11ld. la ilor il'. paid Atitmony antid F. lure Payments. J (d:1,e Ernest Moore handed ldown his dreision last wek in the case of '. .. :Shaw vs. Mrs. Bessie D. Shaw a n ich he awarded Airs. Shw the sum of $1,S75 and interest on pay ments Of back alimony, iaymtentt of $125 per month as alimony in the fn ture, besides conIirm ing the (eed to certain lands whlch Mr. Shaw con tended had been obtained from hit through fraud.. The case was a suit brought by Mr. Shaw to set aside this deed. The order provides that should Mr. Shaw, the plaintiff, fall to pay said anot'iifs tlplat the defendant will be n titled to oll the land for their pay ment. In his decision Judge Moore also Ollhilated that a Declaration of Trust, given by Mrs. Shaw to Mr. Shaw should be properly recorded. This Declaration of Trust was an agree )ient by Mrs. Shanw to retut', the land if Mr. Shaw would give a bond in the Lutm of $10,000 for the proper perform! anee of his agreement as to alimony. The testimony before the referee, \ifr. C. A. Power, showed that. Mr. Shaw had returned this Deelartion of Trust to Mrs Shaw, it being introduced as evidence. Mrs. Shaw was directed to pay off any encumbrance placed on the prop erty sin ce the deed was executed. AlaItthew .\lcatiel, the twlve month (ls' oldi clild( of Al . ~ e l . Al yra, who tle ont the (;tayV ('ort t'oad. was fatally ijured las weeie. backeed ani auhtOmoil Irver( its hid t euomo g otut of thte gr'age at the ir homte, The infant was J'laying on thte groiuntd anld was I, t seen'f by its Ibroth1 or. VTe eid 1(1was trushted to t te ital hete for' attentlint expoi Iiredi v'ery sooni after teaching t Ierr. 'it fitntertaI was held at IHighIand I tni churt tcht Thur lsdayv, being at tended by a hiarge numb er of friends~ wM It mi p tzilewith tearns in their be. Soldier. Bedy ('arried H[omte. 'The blody of Private Ilosco Williams, whl~~i was found in a roomt ini thte laturens hlotel last Monday morning andh whicht -was held in the Kennedy utndertakintg establIshment for several dtays upon orders of arml~y olliel s was remlovedJ Trhursay3 *morninlg and sent to thte htome of relatives. 'lThe boedy was accompanied by a sergeant of ~l I lt nfantry, of which~ heo was a mem isbet. No fu rthter 1 liht was thrtown on the reasonts for thle silleide. Ontue I rge Still Iturat Pol icdeen Owvens andt loyd madt~e a raidt in 'needy River' In 'Sullivan t ishIip last Thltirst'day mornlling re liirning to) thte city wilth the' lar'gest still of thte season. The outf111 was (eflnilvely constructed and had evI deuntly beent in operation very recently. No arrests woern mea WAR 141[R1418 RfHO TNATH[ Resident Engineer Charges Much Negligence HUGE REiNTALS FOR YARD SITES 1-ormler iesident. Engineer, in Testify ing Before Walsh. tonmmittee, (;imrg:es Tha Government. SBtiered leavy Losses 'Through 3iismnnuge. ument aid Neglect. New York, Nov. 16---.laehinery and s-hipuiildinge e(tuipient valuIe( at mil Iions of dollars was le(t out in the ope1n to deteriorate in value months after plants were closed down with th(; ending of the war, Paul I. Nlac Neill, a former resident engineer of the shipping board in the South At lantie district to:stiflkd today before the Walsh committee investigating ship Ping board affairs, AiicNeill said he was ;stationed at .-avlnnar and had live yardsi under his supervision, his immediate chief be ing 1i. 11. Dillingham, at Jacksonville, the dstrict plant engineer. Just what his own authority was he d(id not know he testilied, but he said he "assumed a great deal in the endeavor to straingh ten. out tangles." lie said the yards 'were well or gan ized. "better perhaps than were the neergeney fleet forces for they gener ally could get the better of the govern ment. organization." lie brought into his testimony the name of the Terry Ship yard; and the National Ship Building (c1tompany and a marine rail ay orgalzationl over which he had supervision. lie said that the Terry (:;;e had a trust loan from the fleet coporation to be2 used in silp con stction and that over his protests molley in this fund was used to filance a :1u Isidia ry organization enlgaged in dry dock work, when their contracts Were only about one-third complete. Through his efforts $116,000 of this tund was held up, but he added that he had ascertained that part of the Money was again diverted. Speaking of the National Ship -uilding Company, the witness sale that work there had shut down prep viouls to his arrival on the scene. ,Left in Weather. "I found nothing had been done t -take care of the properties and va iunble machinery was left uncover to the weather," he said. On his ow responsibility he took steps to sav as much of it as was possible. He int voiced the property. Illis guess as t0 its value was $1,500,000 and $2,000, 00. lie also asserted that in the auditing of the affairs of the plant 101 nuinered vouchers (buld not be ac counted for. I Another spoint he miadle was that CI)iipmen('t, ord1eredl previous .to the olosing of the Plant was still coming to the yarmd. lie tried to have it stop-. peel anid suggested it was new and coeh bdIe retutirn ed to thle vendors .by I aym ent o f the freighlt only. '-They told me to keep my hands off and1 b-t h' machinlery (ome,'' Mac Thew T< cry vard, he test IfIl. huad a (endet ( cein ent~ an con (11tracts for sever-'1 tankers an c11(01iompsite ships, none of which wvas (comlplet ed. rI I val- " hed thie (Iepi )ent of this yard at abhoot $1.500,000 and added that whilo t here was sufficient lumber at hand to huild thods to) protect the exposed muachinery, it wasu not (lone. The ma rine railway, he testified, was built on land owned bly a pirivate Ind(iVidual who had an agreement for rental of his property wilth no specified amount named. The rail way was built nyith emergency fleet funds amounting to about $100.000 wilth an additIonal $12,000 worth of filling sumpplies by the governme'nt for another opuerationi. This property he said, was in contro versy, andl it was his opinion that un der the laws of Georgia it was owned bly the man who had tit~le to the land" Gray 'ouirt-0wings Lyceum The St. Claire Sisters wvill be0 thc* next attraction on the Gtray Court-Ow ings lyceum eourse. This attractlQ~ will appear at the school house Tueg. day evening, Nov. 23. and Is said tob~ one of great merIt. The ipublic is vited.