The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 24, 1920, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS,. SOUTH* CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1920. NUMBER 19
.U[ARING IS H[[D
ON T[L[PHONE RAT[S
Telephone Company Claims
Yearl) Deficit
CIT IZENS PROTEST
AGAINST INCREASE
Nouji hi Ctrollia Iailiroad Commission
noids Ileaing in the Court House
'Tues(day Morning and Listens to Pe
tition of ('ompany an11d Prolests of
Citizens.
After hearng the petition of the
ibaiens Telephiontc Comany for a
ra.e in rates and protests of a nimber
of eitizenis against the raise, the state
railroad commission, before which the
hea ring vas held in the court hou;e
yesterday- morning, adjourned the
inefting and will act on the petition
:ota later date.
'Tie telcihione company is asl:i: for
a raise to the following rates:
Bulsiiness; telephones, special lines,
.f0 per month.
I iitsiiess telephones, party liines,
.00 per month.
Itepidence telephones, speciil lines,
..50 (per month.
lReSidence telephones, party lines,
$2.00 per month.
These rates are $1.00 per month
more than present rates for busness
phones and 50 cents per month more
than present rates for residence
phones.
In the petition, read by Mr. V. I.
Richey, president of the telephone
company, it was set out that the rates
now 'prevailing are the same rates
which have been In effect since May
Ist, 1914, and that since that time
labor and materials umed in the tele
phone service had increased to such
:in extent that the company is facing
an estimated deficit for the coming
year of $3,295.88.
The total operating revenue of the
plant, including rent on a building
whlh u te company owns, but not in
iuding commissions from lonig dis
iace tolls, weer given by Mr. Itichey
as 112,270.00. The total operating ex
lienditIres were given as follows:
Whee rent ..................$ 180.00
L a instruments from Bell Co 166.44
iti. (nrrent, lights and
w: . r .. ----.... ....... 120.00
. ......- -............... 100.00
-...... ................... 4 5.00
ti.is-................... 900.00
license, corporation tax
................... 15.10
... .. ... .. .. 75.00
i' i and Couln ty tIxes ...... 196.55
(41 T....s...................... 100.00
nurance., $:i.00 and $50.41.. 81.40
irL tories. ................. 101.68
Sl':, stationery and stamps 150.00
W mn, n ;couring offlc....... ..13.00
an Iiwashting ...............18.20
pu and toilet articles . . .. 25.00
ti~mas- presents ............25.00
Iniresc't Onl Iid~etess of
'10,602.00..--............... 818.16
4,ss on suibscriber' ...........96.75
One opterator~ at $50 petr mouth 600.00
One eg;erator~ at $46 1per mtt.1 50.00
One operator at $15 per~ mi.. 510.00
One operator at $15 Iper tmo.. . 540.00
One operator at $40 petr mo. ..480.00
One operator~ at $35 per. m1. 20.00
One operator at $35 per mo. 20.00
One opPtrrtor i.. $i0 per me. . 360.00
One lineman at $125 per m..1,500.00
Onge it 'man at $ i5 per wek 780.00
$alamy, sec'y and manager,. 1,200.00
Salary, Pres. and Treas. ...1,200.00
'Opc raters, extra for Sund'ays 104.00
Operators, extra for holidays 10.00
Respars andi extension ........ 1,500.00
Diepreciation 10 per cent .... 1,594.60
LhIVIendsf(............ ........5.00~o
$15,565.88
Dleduct gr.Oss recelipts ..$12,270.00
Nett loss-.......... .......$3,295.88
Durinlg the hearing numerouts ques
tions were asked by patrons as to the
dhtails of receipts and expendItures,
and on numbelI)rs of Occasions Chair
man Shealy had to remind bofth sIdes
to the controversy that they were out
sot ord1er. Mr. Shealy made it plain
that the commission was chiefly con
cerned with operating recepmt~s and
(expenses andi that the commi-slon was
botnnd by t he law to ant..an. ina.e
ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED
Copper Outfit Captured Near Lanford
Station Sunday Afternoon
Rural 'Policeman C. L. Owens, as
sisted by Mr. A. C. Shell, of Gray
Court. captured a large and u-to-datc
still Sunday afternoon in the vicinity
of -Lanford station and took in tow
Pink Farmer, colored, charged with its
operation and also with having whils
key in his possession. Fiarmer was
not at the still when the capture was
made, but made an effort to escape
when the policemen approached his
house.
The still %as one of the most com
plote found this Year by the police
oflicers. It was cf compip throi hout
aid of expensive manufactitre, ev:
dently iitell(d for hi~h--rr~de stuff.
A quantity of mash was flound netab hy
and the outfit was "tuned up" for an
early run, prolably for Thanksiving
(Clebration.
G '1.14) 1 1. I it M .1'
Well linon11 ('itizen of New Prospe(
'seton P'assed Away Last. 310lay.%
Mr. Geo. B. Brown, a well known
citizen of the New Prospect section,
died at Ills home last Monday follow
Ing a stroke of paralysis and was bur
led the following Wednesday, services
being conducted by Rev. C. J1. Vermil.
lion. Mr. Brown was suddenly strick
en several dyas before his death and
never regained consciousiess.
The deceased was 68 years old and
is Survived by his wife and two sons,
Claude J. and B3ee, and three daugh
ters, Mrs. A. IE. tBoyd, Mr's. Grover
Roper and Mrs. George Br on, all of
tills county. Hlis survivin brothers
and sisters are, W. P., T. i and J. Q.
Brown. and Mrs. Camilla Illpp and
Mrs. -l10la Moore.
Health Faliry Cominig
Through tile Junior Red Cross or
ganization the health fairy Is coming
to taurens all tile way from fairyland
to toll the children of health and halp
piness. She is a really truly fairy
with lovely silver wings and a goVn of
moonlight mist.
All Imlothers are ilvited to send or
bring their children to see this lovely
play. No tickets need be bought or
money brought. If yol are a member
of Junlor Red Cross you are welcome
and if you are not a member you are
welcome. Opera Ilouse, Wednesday,
Nov. 24, 3:30 p. iml.
Ill rates if the ireseit rates welec
slown to be uni1profitable. The com
mission, lie said, was eflually bound
to enforce efficient service where the
telephone company is receiving a
profitahl return on its investiment. le
intimated that the fluctuatiois in the
prices of other cor modities were not
relevont to the rates oil telephones
and that those objecting to tile in
crease in ratesj should Point out de
fects in tei' statement a rendered by
the telrphonr.ecompiany.
it lreply to initerr'ogautors as to in
'omie fr'om long dlistanlce tolls not
enumlrlerat'd ini the statemenit of In
('ome, 'Mr. fijlihe said1 that the ex-.
IiUeue of 'he iodg dlistance was mor'e
thian what ~t ('ompany got out of it,
ii. he did not include it In the state
m1'' t . Thlis (ti'stlon wa'fs argued at
h-ngthi, but the questioners seenied as
uinsatisfled- at the end of the qulestion
ing ias they wer'e at the begining.
Asked as to the Physical valuation
of the plant, Mr. 'Richey gave an esti
mate of $20,000 wth $10,600 indebted
ness besides the capital stock of
$5,000. When asked wvhat lie would
take for tile plant today, lie replied
that 110 dId not care to sell whiereup~on
Mr. -R. V. Irby stated that he was
ready to offer him $25,000 for' the plant
and keep the rates at tie prCeent
scale,
Mr. R. R. Nickels, on behalf of the
chamber of commerce, presented the
results of a questionnaire sent out by
thats, body on the proposed rates, The
answers as stated by Mr. Nickels and
lled with the commission showed that
out of 170 replies, 161 were opposed to
the raise in rates, I was in favor of it,
2 were in favor on condition of im
Iproved service, and six did not answer
the questions directly,
The .petition of the telephone com-i
panly disclosed that the city council
amended the telephone franchise in
June, ic allow for- ihe rates now heing
asked of the railroad commis.ion
COTTON ASSOCIATION
TO MEET FIIDAY
Annual 31eeting for the Election gi
Officers to le Held.
Pursuant to instructions from Co
lumbia, Mr. C. A. Power, In charge of
American Cotton Association work in
this county, has called a meeting for
Friday morning, the 26th of this
month. This is to be the annual meet
ing of the Laurens county branch and
ollicers for the ensuing year will be
elected.
On Wednesday, December 8, the an
nual meeting of the South Carolina Di
vision Will be held in Craven Hall,
Columbia. This is e(lpected to he one
of the argest coton Ieetiligs held in
the state.
There will.ho quite a lilbert of
mat ters of great importance to conie
Iv:) at the Columila meeting and Pres
idenit liamr is anxious that, there he
a large attendance. In a letter to
the county presidents urging that they
usei e xCry eftort inl their I)Ow.erC to have
the ollity and state nmeeilgs 'vWell at
Inded, President Ilamer said: "If there
(Ver was a1 timei when the farmers and
busin es.s mn11 of the Sou th should pre
selt a 11ited fr'olt this is the time. If
we (0 not stand together and fight for
0111 rights we shall b' (lestroyed.'"
GIVES OUT Fll(rlTRES
ON 311-TH'IOIlISTS
Centenary CottserViti on Com miee
Shows That Thelre are 29,369,805 in
World.
Recent statistics of .worlld-widie
Methodism, as computed by Dr. -14. H1.
Carroll, LL.D., were made public to
day by the Centenary Conservation
Committee #f the Methodist Et;insecopal
Church at the headqluarters, 710 lush
Street, Chicago. 'Thie estimate of
Methodist population in tihe world for
the western section of metmbers, pro
bationers and adherents is 7,369,3S5, a
total of 36,622,190; an increase in ninle
tyears of 3,935,341.
The Methodist populaltioni of the
world on accepted basis of four a(l
herents for each meliber in the cast
ern section and two anid ole-hlalf in
the Unite(l States and Canada Iimakes
it pr-obably tI Ie largest Protestant
cltitrh in tile world, excel)t the 1,n
tile ran. The 5lethod)(1st Episcopal
Church in the last nine years con
tributed an increase of 68,0j and
the Methodist lE)iscopal Church,
South, an increase of 289,045. These
two larger Methodist 1)0(ies show over
18 'per cent gain in the last 1ive ycars.
The total Methodist Episcopal com
mullicalts in Amerjica, without the
probationers alld a(lher'ents, is now
-1,17~,502. The total coimmniennt1ts of
the 'Methodist E)iscopal Church,
South 'without the probationers and
adhereits, is 2,172,088. Tle total num
ber Of Metlodists of all bodies in the
United States -Is 7,950,809. The total
u1111er)C of communicIats in Canada
is 387,421. The Methodist Church of
Japan no numbers 20,000.
In (Great Birits in thero are I ,269 ,
-18-2 mleemr--a net gaiun in nuine years
of 01,592. In Australia there arme 204,
395 mebr- net gain in the last
nine1 years of 53,503. The grand total
for Great 'Hritaini and *Australia is
113,57. Tfhe granld total for differcnt
gr'oups in Methodism In America is
J8,138,2:30 and for Great JBritain and
IAustralia is 1,1 73.877-a~ grand totalI
for for .the world of 9,8:;2,107.
Added to this grand total the esti
mate for the Methodist population 11n
the world, counting th ree adhletenlts
and probationers5 fo,r' each nmember' in
the western sectIon is 29,253,805, and
for the eastern section coutnting tour
probationers and adherents for' each
member, -tro total is 7,369,385-a grand
total for the world of 36,622,190; the
grand Increase for nlne years is 3,
935,341.
Drm. Carroll, who siupplies these fig..
lires omeically to the Methodist 'pis
ct, sI Church, was for some time In
charge of thle governiment~ census.
Flower Show at ie Ponid
The ladi'es of the tmprovement As
solaitlion of GJreeni Pond school gave
their aninual flower show. on Friday,
Noveinb~er 5. It was indeed a success
for a school community. As the (lay
was perfect, there was a large crowdl
present. A hounteous luncheon was
served by the ladies. Quito a neat
sunm, whIch will be used for school imi
provement. was realized.
JANY TEACHERS TO
GO TO SPARTANBURG'
Sate AssocIation Meeting in Spar(an.
burg IiThurslay, FrIday and Saturday.
Large Attendance Expected.
A large number of teachers from the
schools of this county will attend the
lieeting of the State Teachers' Asso
viation to be held -in Spartanburg from
'I'Thursday through Saturday of this
week. All of the schools will be
closed Thursday and Friday for
TlanIksgiv ing, thus giving those teach
ers who wish to attend an opportunity
to do so without loss of time from
their schools. Tie following account
of the priparatois being made is con
tiined in a dispatch from Spartan
buIIrg:
Spartanburg is in readiness for the
meeting of the State Teachers Asso
ciation next week, Nov. 25-27th, It
Iis expected that at least 1200 teachers
will he in attendance. All local ar
rangennits ha!ve been completed for
thle ie ting. Ile:'(d(parters have beeni
established ; - i Hotel 11d
Iie meet ii w '1' held '. Converse
c-ach evelinl- xv'ib i the s
Sched;. ' I-:h n'ont 'X! Wiord Gol
One (of the delight r cafir; a o! th;
M((sion wi ii thl- rce((ption by ''on
v rse 'CoHl'se on id ay evenling after
the program. All th'Me in attendance
are invited to attend thi.; reception.
All railroads are offe'ring reduced
rates for the occasion. Those who
hiave not, received idetiiliention certi
lieates shoulld %w ire i C. (. 'iirts, secre
tary, Rock 11111, and one will be mailed.
It is necessary to have one of these
to get redluced rates.
Another feature of the meeting will
lbe the musical program to be furnished
by the children's chorus.
Graduates an( former students of
several. colleges wIl hold get-together
meetings. The following have been
sche(lu led: Winthrop from 6 to S
Frlday eveniiig at Cleveland 1lotel,
lUniversity of South Carolina Y. M. C.
A. 6:30 Friday evening; Furman at
the Gresham Hotel Friday 1:30, Wof
ford men, time and place to be an
nouinced later.
All departments have arranged
strong programs for (he meetings.
Many of the prominent educators of
-the State are on the program, besides
several from other States.
PEA NUT DEMONSTRATION
Valuable Demonstratlon of Peanut
Products (Jilven in Court House
Sat urdailiy.
Saturday, Nov. 20, was peanut day
in laaur'ens. .lMiss Ilarris, home (em
onstration agent, invited all the clf;
muei bers from over the county to at
tend a demonstration in the ise of
peanut products. This demonstration
was given by Miss Lola Snider, assist
ant State agent. The many and va
rious ways of using peanuts were
shorwn in the making of peanut bread,
loaf, cookies, salads, candies, etc. The
use of l'eanuts in the school lunch was
esp~ecial ly emphasized. Mr. Travathan
the new farm agent, gave a short talk
on the growing of peanuts.
. After the demonstration MIss Hiar
ris served a lunch to the sixty club
members ipresent. Miss Wallace, ru
ral suplervisor and Mrs. -Bagwell, mat
ron of the .Rest Room gave valuable
assistance in makIng the (lay a success.
'This dlemonstration was put on by
MiJss dilarris to encourage the use of
more peanuts In the family dliet and
the growing of more pleanuts by the
club11 members.
Window Sale
The Kng's Daughters wviil hold an
attiractive wilndow sale on D~ecember
6th at the ilarney Electric Company
store begInning at 3 o'clock in the af
teunoon. In connection with this sale
hot 'tea, sandlwiches and home-made
candly will be sold.
A. IR. P. Services
Services at the A..h. P. church have
been changed from 41 o'clock to 3
o'clock p. in. Preaching next Sabbath.
The 'inhile is invIted, strangers aind
v'isitors especially invited. (Come and(
you wIll be welcome. J. 11. Elilis.
Tluirkeyv Dinner att Edlen
A turkey dlinner wvill be given at
Eden school house On Thanksgiving
(lay for the beneflt of the school, The
Public is cordilally Invited.
SPECIAL TElRM OF COURT
To Be Held Beginning Monday Morn
Ing, Deceiuber 6t. Judge Moore to
Preside.
A special term of civil court for this
county has been ordered to convene
Mlonday morning, December 6th, with
Judge EIrnest Moore Cesiding. On ac
count of the several interruptions of
recent courts tjie calendar had become
so congested that a special term was
necessary.
The jury commisIsR)iners ilet Satur
day morning and drew the following
to serve as petit jurors:
1. Ml. Cannon, Laurens; T. .I. Milhon,
Dixie; Jno. WN Kellett, Sullivan; Ir
Vin 1. Madden. Waterloo; Thos L.
Oxner, Waterloo; .1. F. Shockly,
Ilaureils; W. W. Wasson, Sullivan; 0.
A. Sower.;, flunter; J. T. Blakely,
ILaurens; C. Al. Bailey, Itunters; C(lyde
II. AleCrary, Jacks; C. Q. Holland,
Sculff letown ; W. If. Call, Cross Hill1;
Io' J M. Mloore, Laureis; 1. L. Alartin,
Waterloo; J. G. Drummond, Youugs.
S. 1). EIdwards, Youings; W. I. g eilr
so!, Youngs; J. W. Martin, Youngs; J.
'. )al, ias; ). '. Andrews, DiaIs;
W. I. 'Iurfo, 'Sullivan; Ge. C. Au
derson, Waterloo; .10ao. C. Carter,
Cross lill; J. Will .Mila ii, Hunter; W.
T. ilocv, *ross 1lill; I. I.. Call, Cr0ss
11i11; J1. Robt. Hll amllls, Dials; .11. 1',
Knight, Dials; it. L. Cook, Ji., Dials;
H-. F. Tumnblin, Sullivan; Thos. .1.
Cole, Cross Hill ; Jos. 1'. Cooper,
Laurens; C. Q. Guderson, Ifunter;
It. 11. Glenn, Scliffletowni1; J. I. Bonds
Jacks.
UNION SNIYTICES
FOl NEW PASTOR
Churches of the City Unite Sunday
Night to Welcome New Methodist
Minister.
Rev. Pierce F. Kilgo, the new Meth
odist minister succeeding Rev. A. E.
'Holler who gocs as presiding elder to
Anderson, :was given a hearty welcome
to the ety in union service held at the
First Methodist church Sunday nignt.
With Rev. Kilgo in the pul'pit were
Rtev. S. If. Templeman, pastor of the
First Baptist church, and Rev. C. T.
Squires, pastor of the First Presbyte
rian church. Rev. IHolmes, rector of
the Episcopal church, was out of the
city.
ollowing short addresses of wel
comv by the flawPist al-i Presbyterian
ministers, in Which the cordial rela
tionship existing between the various
denominations of the ety was spoken
of and highly commended, Hev. Kilgo
iladle _.n earnest response in which he
appealed for a unity in' the i.'pirit of
'lhristian work and Christian lie as
lopposed to the plan of actmi church
union now being -advocatedIl in some
filtarters. Different denominations, he
said, make for a stronger Christianity
by creating rivalry with its consequent
incentive to grow,. He said that he
w"as gladl to see Sich br'otherly feel
ing exisitng betweeni the churches
here and that he wvould endeavor to
cemenit tho feeling of frindslhip even
stronger.
A pleasant part of tile ('ening was
a Imusical program rendered byV the
choir.
Died at l[ospitaI
.\rs. JIoel S. Newman, wife of a
stone mason dloing work in tils vicin
ity, died at the hospital last Wednes
dlay morning and the body :was carried
to D~uckbury, Mass., the following day
for burial, being atccompanjiedj by Mr.
Newman. Mrs. Newman1 had beeni
critically iii for several days and her
death was not uinexipected.
Tile School fimplrovemlent Association
of Hickory Tavern will give a" Twi..
light Luncheon" in the school dining
room Saturday, beginning at 6:30
o'clock. There will be exercises by
pupils preceding the stepper. The
public is cordially invited to come and
help the school. Refreshments anid
fruit will be 501(1 by pupils.
Stores to Close,
Stor'es, banks and( other~ places ol
business in tile clity will follow theiu
ulsual custom and close for Thanksgiv
ing tonmorrow. 'No petition of any kind
has beeni eirculated, but the custom
has become so general that it is taken
for gra~ fed that all business will bc
23mispruded for the (lay.
CIVIL WARAR[
GRIPS IRELAND
Far Spread Murder and Re
prisals
MANY MURDERS
IN DUBLIN
Not Less Thank Fouirteen men, Ofilcers
or Former Ofilcers, illed in Whole.
sile Plot of Assaslination,. IUot 'ol!
los hoolig al. Footbaill (am
Dublin, Nov. 21.---tIly the Associated
Press.)-Dublin became the sceno to
day of far spread mtlrder and reprisal.
Not since the first outbreak of the
viciouis civil warfare that has been
I shedding ( blood in Ireland have the as
Fassinations been so concerted or the
retaliation so swift and pronounced.
Not less than II men. are (lead in the
attacks arranged simultaneously all
over the city this miorning. The meth
()l was the same in each case and all
the men assaissinated were oilicers or
former ollicers, or otherwiso in the
service of the government.
Small bodies of ien numbering gel
erally from six to eight presented
themnselves at various houses, called
their victims out or entered and shot
their victims in bed, While dressing or
at breakfast. The districts in which
the murders were committed were in
some instances close together; others
were separated by miles, but all the
assassinations took place about the
same hour, 9 o'clock in -the morning.
In the afternoon, while a football
.match was in progress at Croke Park,
16 lorries filled with auxiliary police
moved swiftly up and surrounded the
place. Accounts differ as to what
happened when, after mounting ma
chine guns on heights above, the :po
lice broke through the gates. The
tuxiliaries were hooted and, according
to eye-,witnesses, first fired in the air
and then into the crowd. It Is do
clared from another source that Sinn
Fein pickets first fired on the govern-.
ment forces when they were seen aip
l)roaching and that the fire was re
Within the itrk the great assembly
of 1"5,000 became Planiestrickeii. How
many were killed is not known as yet,
but the estimates range from 10 to 30
or mlore. Seve'ital are reported to
have been iramipled to death
Tie streets of Dublin on Sunday are
deserted in the morning hours. Those
who had i)lanned the murder of the
oficers andl government employees
moved systematically to their task.
lhey commllitted thle 'assassinations
without disgui s( 111d all made their
escape.
Gresiami lotei was ie scene per.
haps of tile greatest dairing, andl the
raidl was carried out by .20 men with
the utmost cruelty. The Greshjam Is
In Sacki lle street andl is One of the
test known1 hotels in Dubliun. Ini this
idae twIo frmier omeiers were' done
It )iovfng fast. yon the m uirders~
ti was great military andlti 01Ce ae
Vi ity and llanses were raided In
searchl of tihe (rimlinals Alllti
I le~ was orderedi stoppel d al
traill service in anld out of D~ublin a
tolsteriti e~ Th i~ as giveni over'
c ars anld lorries huled 'with blacknand
anls raced thlrough1 the streets.
iShooting Reneredi
Ihublin, Nov. 21 .--Shooting began
algainl in the streets just before mid
night, and a number of people are rea
por'ted killed. Thlere is mu~hch military
activity.
The casualties inI Croke Park are
semi-oflcially given as ten killed and
43 Injured, 11 seriously.
Fire Breaks Out.
Tomdon, Nov. 2l.-#iro broke out inl
Dublin, says tile Dulinf correspondent
of the Daily .3ail. Twelve nurses
wereC among those arrested today,
The '\ali says that arrangements are
unlder wvay to send large reinforce2.
men~its of troops to 'Ireland and that
the opinion is held in official quar
ters thait the dhanger of atssassinatiotf
is spr'eadlii' to Emrlamd1