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itL OLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920. B [RSTUCTIV[ STORM VISIT[O CITY uch Damage to Property Wednesday WER SERVICE BADLYICRIPPLED d and Itan Storm which Hit the ty Wednesday AMternoon Shortly fter Thre O'Clock Left Much Dam. In Its Wake. Damage Being Ile aired. ming stiddenly in the midst of a zltng' rain Wednesday afternoon tly after' three o'clock, a terrific d storm acoinmpanied by a down r of rain broke over the city caus considerable dannge '. property putting electric wires of all de tion out of commission. The lasted hut a few minutes, but re it had ipassed over thousands of ra in damage had been done. The evidently reached its greateit ortions in and around this city, o considreable damnge has been ted from nearby places. The town arnwell, several hundred miles y, suffered from a storm about the e hour of the day but the i'rea -be n the two places seemls to have unaffcted. e most costly damage was done e laurens Glass Works and the rens Cotton Mills. The upper por of the 'Laurens Glass Works, ch is built of timber and corru ed iron, was blown bent and twist several feet off of the brick founda 1which extends upwards about nty feet. The plant was In opera at the thne and had to be hastily ndoned for fear- of its collapse. It. ained standing, however, but work to be indieflltely aband(tone td almi not be resumed for several mtionths until the building can be repaired rebuilt. At the Lat reun Cotton ills the roof one of the towers was blown over the main building and crashed rough the skylight into tile yinnin In below. The mill was to a;ilmt wa for the holidays the following rning, but had to shit downa fter storm on account of the water Ing through the roof. At tin- Watts Is dallage estim'ated to he a'proxl tely $1,000 was donti to houses an-id tric light wires. n the pulblic square the only con rable lamage was done to the re building on the (:Ist side of the are occu(pied by Albo O'Ihollamond 11nd Central Cafe. Tlis buiilding, whieh nged to E. 1). 'Kasterby, an oflicer large stockholder in the La11reis 8s Works, ,was unroofed and mnluch Cr daallige done to contents. he Steeple of the Todd Meioria! sbyterian church at the Laurens I was blown~ do0wn, a coloredl chuirch te .Jer::ey setti IWas wreck~ed, a1 t of the roof of Mr. ii. C. Ph~iulng's e was torn off and many chimneys n dowvn. Among those whose eS sufferedl minor damages were A. ill. Sandlers, Dr. A. R. Walker -Mrs. J. T. Alexander who (occu-. the old McCoy house in the roar he post of110o. The wilnd playr-d c with evergreen trees, nearly all (e (cedar1 tr/es on the school house nds !being either blown dIown or Ouisly danmagedi. e appiroach of the storin .was her d1 by the failure of the electric nat, the main feed line from Bloyd's ,from which dilrection the rstorm e, being put out of commissionu as istorm tiWept along Its course. In ow mimutes the storm broke over city in its greatest fury nd~ put local power system out of comits ~n besides cripling the telepihone tem. Forces were put to work on electric lines inmmlately after the mn andl by strenuous effort the cur t was restoredi the following even lg about flye o'clock much t'o the sat faction of merchants and Christmas hoppers. Older citizens ~say that this was the tronges~t wind in theIr recollection nd had It ocecurred In the spring or autimmer seasqon5, when the trees 'were full of foliage, much miore damage would have been done. As moat treca wore bare of leaves, only the evergreeni variotle safered mnuch damage.. OFFICElLS 00 IN AT GRAY COURT Installation of Officers of Wallace Lodge Largely Attended. Gray Court, .Dec. 27.-One of the most largely attended events in fra ternal circles held in this section was the public installation of officers of Wallace TLodge No. 49, A. 141. M., this afternoon. Although situated several miles .from town, several hundred Masops from Laurens, Fountain Inn, Woodruff, Gray Court and other places attended the Installation, whic'rwas followed by a most sumptuous repast. Officers installed were: A. 11. 'Mar tin, W. M.; CW. G. Henderson, S. W.; L. W. Dobo, Jr. W.; Y. C. Lee, secro tary; C. C. Burdett, treasurer; H. Z. Garrett, tyler. Wallace Lodge is one of the oldest Masonic meeting rplaces in this county and occasions of the kind hold todaV, are alvays largely attended. Sohroder Installs Ofticers. Schroder Lodge No. 144, A. F. M., of this town, recently installed the tol-. lowing ollicers to serve for the com ing year: J. W. Wells, W. M.; J. C. Walton, S. 1W.; L. T. Yeargin, Jr. W.; J. D. Rhodes, secretary; W. T. Ice, treasurer; Shell, S. D.; W. S. Meeks, .Jr. D.; R N. Jackson, 4ylor; W. W. Yea.rgin and 1. B. Owings, stewards. Woodmen Installation Pecan Camp No. 237, Woodmen of the 'World, rrhich is said to be the largest camp in 1Laurens county, re cently installed the following officers for the coming year: J. W. Wells, C. C.; E. C. Connor, Ad. IA.; W. L. Arm strong, banker; J. -B.*Johnson, clerk, and iL. Z.. Wilson. escort. ARRESTED FOIC DISTILLING Two Wh1Ite Men of Hickory Tavern Section Arrested and Outilt Seized. J. D. Pitts and Win. 'If. Grant, two young white men, were arrested and a still with 600 gallons of mash seized last Tuesday night when U. S. Rove nue Officer JT. 'W. Kellett with Rural Policemnen Owens and lloyd made a raid along Rathun Creek in the .hlickory T'r ~pp~nectionl cf the cou nty. The two alta were brough t -to LTaturens and on the following day iwere released on bon ,d. Vcording to stateiments inade by the ol(icers,. the still was loated Pov oral days before and a policy of ''w.chful waiting" adopted to captur 1 the operators. 'Expecting that a run would he made Tuesday night in pre wlrath! for the holiday tIrade, I!e three oileer:; camped on the scene un Il (h: two mn11 ai:peared and began mlak ilug preparatlons for the ciflurtioll of the Viery fluid froi the corn mash. . it as the prelinilnary proe.rations vr:e. hi'; ti .,li cers eanli c out from flhcir hi(ing antd callod for a show down. Pitt:; was taken swithout dilli e(Mty, but GArant. made a quoick btt futile dash for liberty. In the test of endurance tho oficers were the victors. The offleers believe that they have at least made a partIal stop to exteniivo distilling operatlins which have bleen lin f on ill that sectIon for some t ine. Cottoin linnligs. The census bureau reports 56,777 bales of cotton g!nned in tis county to December 13, compared with -10,730 halos g~nned to thle same perIod last year. The ginnings for thIs year al ready e'xceed~ the total ginningst last year~ by abotit thlree thousand baies, butt mumch cotton still remains in tihe field1 and on account of the low p~rices for~ off graude.4 may not be gathered at all. Chiristms Tree at Hickory Travern. There was an unusually Interest ing Christmas entertainment at Ihick cry school Thursday evening, D~ec. 23. Inachi child took his part quite well an i, we believe every one present caught tihe tr-e spirit of Christmas. Thie school Christmas tree 'was quite a success. iflch child's face wvas full of sileis as they told ti ir teachers and~ boo0ks goodl-bye tIll .Jauary 3rd. Caruso Is Sufferinig from leurisy. New York, 'Dec. 20.-INnrico Ca ruso, tenor, Insimtifeuing from an at tack of i;peurisy, tile metrop)olian opera house management announced tonight. .lIe Is under tile care of fIve pl)lansll5 who issueod a statement that the attack "la of at painful, .thlough not serlous ch~ar.xteer and will necessi tate his being cen.finedi to his room for n naciodi'' PRIMARY ELECTION NEXT TUESDAi Mayor to be Selected to Sacceed Capi W. Richey, Jr. Five Canildates i the Field. iLesq than a week remains before th primary election is held to select mayor to succeed Capt. W. R. Riche) Jr., resigned. The election is to l held mroxt Tuesday, the polls opening qi 8 a. in. and closing at 4 p. Im. Very little interest Has been dir played in the election so faO, thoug interest is expected to increase thi Aveek. Although the womoti have bee made eligible for participation in th primary, they have shown little di position to enter into the pre-electio actlyities. According to the rules of the clul the enrolling committee is require to enroll every eligiblo voter in th city, a coimnittewnan from each war having been appointed for this dut3 Up until yesterday the members c thq committee had not completed thel wol'k. In order that the voters in eac ward may know to whom they may g for enrolling, the committeemen fe each ward are given as follows: War 1, Robert 1H. Roper; Ward 2, J. I Hills; 'Ward 3, Jim Orr; Ward 4, J. i Taylor; Ward 5, John Switzer; War 6, L. 13. Blackwell. Delightful Christmas Gathering Mrs.. Allic Templeton, proprietor c the Glikerson boarding house, ento talined her boarders and a large nunr bor of friends and relatives at a bour tiful Christmas dinner yesterday, neai ly fifty people enjoying the temptin meal Which 'had been prepared. Uc sides the more substantial things, th table was made attractive with larg baskets of fruits while the room i' was decorated with holly and Chrisi mas bells. Among those enjoying th day were .lr. Jas. W. Hloyd, .1. W. ner. J. .. T mpir letcn , .\i:; L on toin, Miss Franc. e n Tompleton. Ch R1. IICKenie, Jamn A. I)avi. .r. :n Mrs. N. J. Anderson, -Mr. and Mr i. Vortkiman. .\lis aargai Da' M1i.j Maggie Workmuxan, 1:.:. .\t Bo: \ll.,;, Jaie Na ,,_n;, W. !H. ke.: William11 bewiHary \\Vnyr. W I Zo -s. \ Ir-.. 1: ni .! hII i " ! ) y, M i.. botL Sui11van1, P. 11. 11 o itzecl: - . .\ I ab -lI C'1)ompto , C. S. bnk, Jr1.. Geo. lilak.ely .1. A. ILdo, b 11. NV !ssiger, \lllb; Hu1nter, Ja-R(& . 1.Film N. iei(nntdy, ('. 1-:. Kexinn ily, T ;: Martin al Oscar Henderson Gatye Chirisumas (once*ri The Watts .l ills concert band mad its bow to the 1public Friday afto noon, giving a well-reidered concet on the 'court house steps to a larg crowd of listeners. Although In it Infancy. the band has mnade splendi progross and gave a' pleasing entei tainmient, adding a great deal1 to th Christmas atmosphere. The band i to be' congratulated on the excel lex' work it has accomplished so far. Cotton Market Still Weak. The cotton market has; shlowni con tinued weakness (luring the past woel Now York and New Orleans quotation being about rhidty points otf agai yesterday. V hui~e lillie cotton wvas bt itug sold, the lomi mdrafkcet range' aroundi li 1 -4 cents yesterday for goo cotton. *NEAlt EAST RLELIEF. *'The Advertiser umiled $i25~ Fri *daiy to Mr. E. 0. Black, siate * chairman of the Near East fund * being collected in this staite, in * a telegram to TIhxe Advertijser, Mr. * 'Black thanked the people)1 for theIr * contr'Ibutionls and urged others to) * co)ntribute to thle campaign ais * thousanmb,.of children are literally *starvinig for thme wvant of help. * lThe folloing ionltributions arc * Ig4e Advertiser .. .... .. ..$.0 * IBroo0k Swvygert . . ... . .. 1.0 * P. A. Simupsmn. .. .. .. .. . .0 * Dixle Flour & Urain Co. . .2.0 *' Waterloo Bhapist Chinrch, * by7 W. O. Wharton . . . .. . . * on .......459 MEETING MONDAY ON BOLL WEEVIL County Agent has Called a Meeting of Farmers and Business Men to Dis. cuss Cotton Pest. D County Agent J. E. Trevathan liar t called a meeting of farmers and bus! ness men to be held in the court house D Monday afternoon at 3 P. M., for the purpose of discussing plans to coli, with the boll weevil next year. As a meeting of tax payers has already been called by the chamber of commerce for s the same day at an earlier hour, II A :u M., it is thought that a large number e of farmers twill take advantage of the - opportunity to attend both meetings. 1 The call issued by Mr. Trevathan reads as follows: 1, There will be a meeting of farners :1 and business men at the court house e in Laurens Monday afternoon at 3 l o'clock, January 3rd, 1921, to make plans for a campaign against the Boll f Weevil during tho year 1921. Unless r strenuous action is taken against the S 1Boll Weevil, It is likely to prove to be a serious menace to cotton production r during the next year. This Is -the first [I of a series of educational noetings to be held by the County Agent during the year 1921. All 'who wish to learn j more of the habits of the boll weevil and methods of combating him, are in vited to attend this meeting. Questions ertaining to the boll weevil will be gladly answered. Specialists from ,f Clemson College are expected to ai in the meeting. J. ;NC. T-R1xAT IAN, - Laurens, S. C., County Agent. Dec. 217, ,1920. CHURCH PUNIlSES PAREINTS OF OIRL lExclud (e fomi n hurch Iecause of Daughter's Elopenent with Pastor. New York, Dec. 2.-The iparents of . 3iss Trin-1 llannenberg, of Passaic. A who left hIc h me on November 1-1, at . abou)t the ti1 me that. the Rev. Cor nicliuis Diens. then pastor of the First Netherilnds R~efornmid (11Ichrc, disapj-1 'ai d, (P' ex pellvd 1f1rom the chu rch nd teirnams srickenl froml ':w !.ooks- at 1.hec en1d or dte nmning, ser, ." yv tedy. N ) action of any sort A1 a:.i the Rev. Mr. Di-. 1who re turm( (I with Mboe; Uann1111.. Ieri% in at taxicabo fromn Now Y'ork last; v.eec, and lIter went before (te (oit i t of the (1111rh and( wept as Ie I;:eg gE'd the memnber.i to forgive him. TL iii l'eleved in Passaic that the r . -.1avch r v- I i for'given :n a Ia ' iw v;il Ibe reiin.;tated as pastor 'f thI ThW' C'rc wa' s CVOW!edi Aleni tIe iinnenberg wevre exeid led. The co) grogation had just finished singint: de .)oxology." and was leaving thi., churh when tihe pres iding eld".r, JohIln Rose, said: "I have an anniloulncemient to mkthe." I The ileibeirs went back to their seats and Mr. Rose annouinced: '."At a recent meeting of the~ ('on s ritory of yourI clhuirch it was una:ini - t mnously decided to remove the usames of Mr'. and Mr's. I lanne(nberg from t he books of the clhuirch. *You all know the reason for this actioni. I nleed not - T'he piresiing elderc sat down, liut .rose almost immediately and said that a Lhe conisistory had also coriI.idetred i M rs,.IJacob Cooiper f Patterson, sister - Mrs. .Jacob Cooper of Patterson, sister I hiad been deciided ,to jput M rs. Cooper Eon probation. Thateir the elder was asked iwhly such action was t'keon against her and lie said: "Ix'na is a uilce girli." Nofle of the immbers of th li iannen her,; familly attendedC~ the morning ser * '.i(es, buti several of M~r. lDensel's eight sonls andl daughters wvere there. . One of themu played the org-m while * thie congregation sang hymns, most of throm on' the t heme of foregiveness, '('lie congregationi dispersed after the + I !annenberg ; had becen ox pelled from * the church without fr thor singing. * After the se1rvices Mr. Rose w.as :il nkid if th e coiisistocry phlanniied to hold11 I aL special meeting at any tlime In the Snea~r i'uturi tco take act ion againset t he UevNo.) oplid "We have not. We .. wIll probalbly go along for possibly six iflmonths as we are now. We have pilen . ty of -the .Word of God. If we runi , short of sermons we can plck out some e of the ones the~ Rev. Mr'. D~ensel wrote e and never used. The congregation will have qho *Word of (hod preached to thnm na usua." VEILMANY'S TRADER SUFFElLS SEVE19ELY Year 1920 Has Proved Disastroun, Hamburg -CIaniber of Commerce Re ports. Revision of Treaty Only Hope of Relief. 'Iamburg, Dec. 26.-Gecmany's for eign trade relations which in 1919, gave siome pronriso of gradual and substantial improvement, suffered dis astrously during 1920, the Hlamburg Chamber ol Commerce says in its an nual report which is to be published tomorrow. Without revision of thi Versailles treaty, the chamber says, it will be impossible for Germany to arrive at her normal economic and po litical condition. "There are some signs of the be ginning of a better state of conditions in the apparent increased inclination to work and the desire for better pro ductive results," adds 'the report. "There Is a further movement toward improvement of German economical conditions in the over-stocking of for eign markets ivith food and raw stuffs." The report advises against accept ance of foreign credits by -the Ger mians "unless the stipulations for pay Ing back the loans are clearly Pre pared." It is believed by the Chamber of Conmerco that the United States Is 'In a remarkable position for the doh velopment of its world trade an(I it thinks that the IHamburg-American lAne-Harriman shipping agreement has placed Germany inl a position to obtain some share of the expanding business. German commerce with the South Ameriean countries is reported to be virtually at a standstill. Mexico's pol icy of offilal control of foreign trade is condemned by the chamber as re sponsible for the ipart of the slump in German business in that country, which it says has been taken over largely by the United States. Tlho effect of the American black list is seen in the neutral countries of South America, where, ateording to tile report, Ge rman firIns are finding it almiixt impossible to restuile bui ness. The Ilnited States, adds the report, has imiproved itis trade with Brazil to th detriient of Ilritish and Gerimn trade. Ilome1_ industries in lIazil IO tectld )y high tariffs are growing rip idly. Important coff(e coitracts have been clos'ed with Brazil. While there is a large Inquiry by Brazil for Cvr ian' industrial articles, labor di1lcuil ties; in German y have prevented the German.s from meeting the deniand. Concerning China the chaniber says: "One canl not speak of the reopell ing of regtular business." H'x)Or of Gornmin machinery to Japan promised big busines tintil the Japaneses finan cial Iri:.is came. The report reg rets he destruetlon of German business in the Philippines by the "forcible ex propriation of Cerman property." It exiects the Ameriean government vill pay for this prioperty directly to the Giermian owners. JU'DGE OF P'R0BATE DIES IN ACCIDlENIT Tw'o Others ilurt W1heni Car' Turns t)' 'r. G reenville Ofileer. G reenville, D~ec. 26-ale MI. Scott, judge. . of priobiate for Greenville county, was instantly hilled, his brotheir, Milliam Henry Scott of Okl homna, was seriously injured, and his wife' was 5slightly hur t when the auto mobile in which the thiree were riding, ov'erturn'ied this morning on the Augtis a roadl, ten miles belowv this city. Judge' Scott, who is one of the county's best known citizenis, was drcivinig the car'. In rounding a curve the eair slid into a dleci gully, over' turniing on the thrmee occupants and crushing J1uadge Scott's skull . The judige's brothiec andI Mrs. Scott now ar in i the city heospital . Wile Mrs. Scot t ('cond(it ion ceems to be safe, that of the brother is r'egarded as cr'iti cal. .1 udge Scott. was firset elected- to thew ('utiy o~ice which he held in 1914 :ad Wai.4 :'eele'cted in 1918. lIe was hil in h ighi regard throughout the county andl section andI the news of lis; death has caused great sadness lierme. Mr. 10dwin M'osoley left the Bret of the week for New~ York, whore he will take ship for 10ngland to enter Oxford University the first of the yg-ar as a lthelcs schnla'n ISOLDIER BONUS 10 [EXf[D TWO BILLION Secretary of Treasury Sub. mits Estimate MAKES PLEA FOR ECONOMY Secrotary Sidnmltted his Estimate Without Any Further Comment than a Plea that no Additional 'Burdens be Placed on the Shoulders of the Tax. payers. Washington, Dec, 27.-AproxImate ly $2,3000,000,000 was the estimate sub mitted today by Secretary Houston of the treasury, as the cost of carrying out provisions of the soldier bonus bill. The treasury secretary presented his est14nate to the senate finance com mittee without connient other than to urge that no legislation be enacted which would lay an additional burden on the nation's finances. Tho esthmate hyas accompanied by figures showing the cost of carrying out any one of the flive optional provisions of the bonus bill provided all former service men chose a single plan. The figures for the various plant range from $1,342, 000,000 for the adjusted pay provision to $4,534,000,000 for the insurance pro vision. 'The maximum ipossible cost of the vocational training aid and the farm and home development plants were placed at $1,880,000,000 each, while the secretary said the fifth p)rovision, a plan for land settlement, held so many uncertainties that it was impossible to estiamate the possible expenditure. Submission of the estimated total cost made an aplparent impression up on members of the committee, whichl is considering the bonus bill as passed by the house at the last session. Mem bers declined to forecast the decision of. the committee oil the luestion of reporting out .the imeasure, but it was i'ecalled that Senator1 McCunbher, Rie piblican of North Dakota, stated at the opening of hearings on the bill that its passage would depend iargely on the stat. of govern menI finlalces and that Mr. Ilouston had testiiled with normal exp0n1ditulres thle ti'easury woll(l have a (llicit of $2,100,000,000 for the year ending next Juo "M and a defleit of $1,.,00,00o,000 for tkhe fotl Iowin',g twelve months. IDuring Alr. llous.ton'. testiony it bwealm increaingly evident tha t thin present treasury adin mistiration dooe not desire eit her to advise or recomn - iiend Vith I espet. to 1 leglation pro viding for greater governmental ex penditures. phe (ecrtry madu hi to the committee his thought in su b mnitting a list of ipossiible sources of now taxes in his annial report. sayhin thuy were for the information of Con gross and were in nto se nae mfore thant a uggestions. Reiterating his opposIOition1 tol revival ofi to War Finance Corporation, Mr. ilouiston dleclaredl the piresent sources of revenue wore fast declining, and add(ed that he knew not where the m noney was to come from to meet the bonuis paymen~ts sholdl th' hill he 4 n 110e avoidied d1iscuissing . the addlitiont al taxes ca rriedl in the bill andl de signed to meet its needs, refer'ring the commlittee first to the survey of the taxation problem in his atinual re port, and explaining he0 Was unabl'' e'ven to pirescrible ways of raising rev - ene or~i the cen 01t needs. withouit te - adjusi tintg and1( revisine p resent tax\ laws to prodlucce more mnoney, Dri. T1. $. Adams, treasury econonmist and tax expert, at thie suggestion of Mr. .1 oustonl, gave the c(omiltteI) a complecte .statemntlt of reVemio obtain - able from1 the various tatxeisumggested to Congress 11n Mr. I houston's annual report. lie point1ed to m)iany now sou rces wich'i mIght he uztil ized, but1 expilained that 11neh1 of the fluestin Iof raising a tax levy center(dell 1rat inl the dtiniio of a revenue policy whlichi ontly (ongriess ('1ou11ld rovide. Dr. Adams also( su~ggesited( to ,the comtmittee thlat (mte of the greatest nee was a stimpllifati~onl of thle rev" nuite laws, ai FfintmOnltlt concnurred in byV S'enator Smnoot, Repu)3bllcan of Utah, 19ho said there was anl evident need for mowitnnn* of a lawm "which n.