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Ele 9bbertwer Subscription Pie $2.00 Per Year Payable in Advance Pub ADVPM FW r G CORPANY Laurene, IL6. AdvertMag flAppftI. O1iThAtes ett Thankin @no OWnt a WffL LAURENS, S. C., PU. g, 1921. We do not see the need of a secret order for "the preservation of the home 'altar and the chastity of woman hood," as set out as one of the prin ciples of the newly organized Klu Klux Klan, which Is attempting to get a foot-hold In this state and elsewhere in the South. Ererybody in the Sout4 already stands for those prieiples and there Is no need for a white. capped organi.ation to strengthen them. The original Klu Klux Klan served Its purpose in a day of trial for the South, bit Its revival now Is out of place and its name attaced to any organization, however patriotic, is not calculated to do good. OPElN COl'NCII L l-mT INGS TI mIeeting f toh city council are suppo't:0 to be pub;!s'. TIat I-, it is uidt i'.'ood that the public Is welcome to th" metting. So far a' Nwe Inowm, the public las never been excluded froi the 011i dIIm: !,(th past few year.4, but the pulic i n mV Iil'ie( av.are when" .I tim 1;t, "n h ed o for ,al, '1nt"nt and1 ",:- m . ti:" m e in . ar be1i. I el: i inor.:. H I.I true that tlie :re . er' iicmeding:; at alp .:nted ditys of tite Imionth, blt called eein11.'s ar hel 10d v.-ithlout notice to hepuh~ie. Tle Adverliser, as a part of its duty to tho public and Its readers, consit ens t haI it s'-oiul(d have a represnta tiv'e at the meeting-s of couneil or at least it anid any otlier newspaper Should have the riilege of reporting the meetings. Ilowever, so long as meetings nu,. 'be held withorit its knovledge' or long as it would have to follow detective practices to find out when meetings are to be held, wn can not :'resume to represent the public at the meetings nor will we admit that the meetings are strictly public. We believe that for the interest of the city and for the individual mem bers of council itself, it. should take the public into its confldence.. So long as its mneetiies are held in a haphazard mnn inecr hinod c(oned doors, tihe City may expect a -hiaIlazard admini stra tion an m:ii not knoW Wh1ere to putI its fingers on lhe trouble. Thie Aderis' has no desire to pry into the affai's of the council if it wishit its eliber'ationls kept secret but if It wishs it lieetings to be pub lie i all tH iiat the word con veys, it must necessarily give notice to tIhe puiblic when its meetinogs are to be0 Iteld. ECUENE V. DIEnS' CASE RESTS WITII W1ISON Washtington, Jan. 30.-Disposition of the case of FHugene V. Debs), now serv tng sentence in the Atlanta peniten tiary for violation of thte esplonage laws, now rests with President Wilson, dlofartmuent of justice ofmcials kie clared tonight. Tlhe attorney general, after careful eonsideration of the nmat tor, it was said, has prtepared his ree otmmnenda tions1 for the pnresidlent's at tention. Thir nature was not ind11 cat ed. The outcome of the Dleb~s ease, At torney (Generalu Pal metr said ton ight, like1 all r'coommeti(ndationrs for' pardons passinog firont the~ depattmnt to the Whiteo I buse., was an entirtely' confl dien tial m tat ter ntot suibject to dliscuts 510on b' the depIatment. lnhaskel Hall Fridaiy Ont Frid~ay afternoon at :3 p. mi. the boys and girl1s batsketballI teams of the high school will meet and~ play the Clinton high school 'In Laurens. Several 01(1 scores remain unsettled between these two chools and It is ex pected that the Laurens teams 'will 'put up) a stiff fightt. The price for school chlildren will lie 25c for 1)0th games, but the town fans will be askea to doubl: he amount. Those who have the gan.a ini charge promise value received. Tlhe lIne-utp will be as fol lows: Git'ls T1eam Fortwar'ds: Caroline Holmes and Mary Belle Myers. Guards: Sarah Powers and Nannie Pearl Martin. Side Center: Nancy Mong (Captain), Jumpjing Center: Lois Fuller, Boys' Tream F'orwards: Rlamond Gaston and Hiar ry Woodside. (Guards: Lynn Bobo and PauI 1K11 gore. Jutmping Center: Fr'ed Bishop. Straight Crop. Youths sow'ling their wild oats now Q9lml8 ctn't miX In so much rye. * * * TO THE PATRONS OF RURAL * ROUTES * * Tho greatest gift the .people of the rural sections have ever received from our 'National Government is Rural Free Delivery. We have had It so long and it has become such a part of our life that we don't realize how much It means to us as we did at the beginning, rogardloss of the fact that it haa been improved from time to time until it is worth inity timos what it wan at the beginning. With all these improvements there is still much room for still greater improvements. It ahould be, and I hope Is, the am bition of every Rural Carrier to do all he can to make this service as near perfect as possible. In thiu effort the carrier should certainly have tbe ftll co-operation of all the .patrons bocause they are the ones who recoive the ben efits of same. The patrons should see that the mail boxes are properly locat ed so as to be easily accessable. The rule of the departiment is that boxos he 48 inches high. Patrons should also (10 all they can to eo that roads are always in passable condition. But now, )ear Patrons, the principal thing I want 'to -write you about is that persistent habit you have of placing loos coins in the box to mail ycur let tr twithi. It (oe Seem) that there ae a number of people who tIlunc nothing will do 'to mail a letter with ee;t orv:-s. You Can't uail a letter anywhre except onl a Rural Rouit' w'i*h a can I' yolu don't believe It try to m.il One w'th a 1ity eI: 'ir, a p.-rnim-t ter, o n -h I r:. NII Im er P.nyo maii rOme ont a Irral route' b'. pl'eing lsoe coin1 in your box excelt through Ihue good e:*-, pationen :: l long forhearanve of your carrier. The :ll, oif the 'ot Otic'len D;itrtmem; mad " (h r o require ;mtI ronc II Rurrl iout- to P their letters of Glace coins' in a cup :o that. bhe car rir ean pick then up without re:n ing his gloves. It in a real lirdrl . for a rural carrier to have to remore his gloves on a real cold (lay In order to get the brownies you have careless ly throw11 in your mail box. Tie las a right t) leave your lettri -and the on ly reason he (o(-1n's (o so Is because he hates to In any way disappoint you. 1 am sure that you have a tend~r feeling for the man who in all kinds o1 weather and under all kinds of condi. tions, brin loo you the daiI ly n ews an markets, mei*ages of love and - pathy and joy and "oletimls .it must he messages of sorrow. Tlere is n< way 3olu can bette' ex r- o yelr sym. Pathy th;n to keelp :t si;up;ly of staip. or vtaipe! nvelopes, and if at time; it is -cncsary to place coins in yourl) h ' he mire they '1re1, in : eU.- on soll(! sm'illneceptable. I after re :i1ng t his leter, you n3!Id your nill I-ft in Ilh box don't blaine you r carrier hecaisc it is you who ha failed to oley a. ruih it ii you who have railed to obey a rl carrier Might -siffer le i and that ho might rendler y'ou hetteri andi .gr-a ter service. hoping tils letter will be the means of helping your carrier to render you better service with less suff'orlng, I am, A Friend to C'arrier and Patron, J. tE. JOi iNON. TRAGED)Y ON COAST Dr. 0. C. Ilighnm lEcaped After 1909 hilling nntd Never Served Sentence. Gieor'getown, Jan. 2g.--The recent t ragedy enacted in lo' nce county in the Highamn famnily recalls a simi!ar one in the samo family September 4, 1909, at Murrll's Inlet. Geor'get ow-n counuty, whlen thle wife of Dr).. G rover C'levelandl ligham wan sh'.t to deat~h Under inecui a r ('ciumst anic(es. Shi' was forr-.'e rly .\l iss Rlt C i('risp of 141au rens; countIy, a graduhate of ('.hSc ora Cotllege, G reenv;lil, in the cilass ; 1907, a young 'woman of senl. itivo and refIned natutre, and~ wvho was~ pl4'irr among those who know- lhen best. 1Dr. .Bigham pr'acttced mneilno -in Laurens County for a ohort wileI and while there wVon the affect ionsn of Mists Crisp, Soon afteir the wediing the colue moved to IIar'per's, now Andrews, In Gleorgetown county. WV. B. Avant andl wife, neighbors, mynedl a Bummer .home, Sunnyside, at Mur reil's Inlt, and the latter being ill, Dr. li-ghamn was called and with his young 'wife, only recently his bride, went to Sunnyusidec. Saturid ay a ftcernooft, shortly beforec sundlown, Bigham and Avant, who were said to have been diInking to gother, testified to Bening an object mloving sua~piciouisly fr'om the hiouse toward the seashore. According to testimony, believing this to he a bur glar or some person intending then no 'good, they secuired a shotgun and followed the object. From a firinge of woods a short distance from the beach -they saw a figuire croucrhing dowvn neari the water's edge. It seems that bo0th Bigham~ and Avant were uinder stres~a of great excitement. Avant car'ried the gutn and asked Blighanm what he mu'-t do, 'who answered, "Shoot it!" Avant then, ni the distancen of niy a femv yards, fired both barrels at the obj-pet and both ran back .to the house. They shortly returned with others , and feund the body of Mrs. Bighnan, shot through the back, stretchod upon the sand. She had been killed instantly. The coroner's jury brought in the following verdict: "We, the coroner's jury, find said Mrs. Ruth Bigham came to her death from gunshot wounds by mischance at the hand of W. B. Avant, G. C. Highatn being present and accessory, both laboring under great mental ox citeient and fear at the time." Avant and Bligham were arrested and placed under 'bond and the case camo up for trial at the October sos Mon of court beforo Judge R. C. Watta. Tho testimony established the fat that tho married life of Mrs. 3ilgham had been extromely unhappy and furthermore, that in a caso then pend ing against her husrbaud for assault and battery, in w'hich she 'was a wit news, sho had declarod she would toll nothing but the truth, when called up on to testify. Tho lato Solicitor W~raltor R. Wolls roprosented the State in tho prosecu tion of Avant and 'Bigham, and the late J. Willard leagsdale appeared for h defense. The Jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter against both d'endants and . Tudge Watts sentenced ech to -oifihiemeint in the penitentiary at Ia i labor ro. tI ree years and six mionths. .r. llagsdale filed' an appeal. In the meI anti me. being out on bond ha-th ihigham andi Avant made good their (:Peapp. thiereby forfeiting their hnds. 'The former has nlever been lId from: h latter was subsequent !y raptreil. served Ihs, scitonee, and ':,d.Iy on h*-; farm, livng the life or ;1hone('t, hatrid-working citizen. While ,niiy of a terrible deed, Avant n.s relareld merely as the di pe oi igham in the aeromplishmient of his liendiih design. While the Los thnoniy clearly poin ted to foul play, the ph of a tCliiing to Coiiet lig i:' i of (li iberat( 1mu rder, and -tho ver diet of manslaughter and the light sentenco imposed were considored to ho a direct reflection of tho shadow of doubt iI the iniuia of the judge and Jury. TENNESSEEANS ASK FOR CAROLINA JOBS Volunter Statn Republicans 8ald to he After Polifleal Plumlbs iere . Waslhington, Jan. 25.-A peculiar t I tuation conecerning Hopublican poli ties in South Carolina leaked out here today, via tlhe mountains of Tennessee. It is inderstood that persons in authority in Washington have beeni aippoached h.v Tonnessee leliublicans with the hope of seenuring some of the polit ical pilumis in South Ctro!inia, such as Collector of Internal Revenute, col lector. of th, part at. i'harloston, tini tl d State. Marshal and others, for hepiieans from- tihe Volinteer State. It Is said that a.'; both factious of the Fiitih Carolina G. 0. P.-blotl the Adiams1 and~ the Tolbert factions--are unnilatisfa ctory to the .11ardi ng people that neither may be f-ecognlzed when the political ocs are handed around. The strife and dissention that cx isits inide the marty lines of the so called Republican party in South Carolina have been known in the State for sometime. The Adamis peo ie dlon't like the 'Tolber't crowdi andl the latter are just as much opposed to the Adhams followers. Neither element Cameii til to the scratch, it is asserted, either bsere. at or after the Chicago (onve'nti!on. They dlid not deliver the goos. Thr~e ont to the story now is thia t he'ani e 'Tenneasco (1(did deliver, there i. a p'v>mibility that that Stato mayv g t som''e of thle political pl1aces w hiich rlhou' 1 belong to South Car'o linw. At hl' that is' the way the Ten exe men view. the matter and they are air'el' '''nI lhir wants become knmio' n. '' nituationi raises an en tirely n:w d novel situatton, but w'of he < t will ho cannot of orshe ut rmined2l f om wooks (itaioni for l.etiers of Adnu~nistratlon Thle State of Souimth CarolIna, County of' Iaurens. Ily 0. U. Tihumnpson, Probate Judge: Whereas .\l.'s. Mamie 'r. Aiken made stilt to ine t-> grant her Letters of Ad min israition ofthe estate anid effects iof II. K. Aikeni. Thiese ar , thlerefore, to cite and ad imonih al il : ad singular the kindred andi (redit(' of the said Hi. K. Aiken, decea'sed, th I they beO and appear be fore ime, ir V ouirt of Probate, to be held at rhai u Court Hlouse, Laurens, I . C. on thi 'd day of F'ehrnary, 1921, neuxt, afte "hilieation hereof, at 11 o'clock( in i orenuoon, to show cause, if anly thies e. why the said AdmIn I str:.tion 1 1 not1 be gra ntel. ~A von~ i' my hiandl .tal, 17th day of tauiam eo Domuini i92i. 0. (1. TH~OMPSON, 27-2t-A J, P. 1,. C. To G..tre a Cold in One Day Trkn LAXAT''"" "RO.\OQUININE (Tablets.) it atolps the ou fa I iltiidaicho and works off the CeId. F. W. 'S oidnaturo on ach box m S. * * S e .0e * e * e e S Notico-'r-he paiity .who took pocket 'book at C. & W. C. ticket offlec Sunday .at 2:40 o'clock train will please return same, as you are known, by partics wio saw you take it. Return the same and there will be no publicity about it. M. J. Simpson, Aigt. 29-1t-pd Notlec-,On Feb. 1st, I resumed my practice. Will answer calls prompt ly. EarlC. Owens, Licensed Veterin ary Practitioner. 29-It-pd For Ront-'rw, rooms and eleeping porch. Phoao 439. C9-it-c For Rent-T-wo unfurnlahed rooms for light housekeeping. Private on tranco. Mrs. S. ft. Dorroh, Irby Ave. 29-it-pd For Rent-TPhree rooms on South Harper street suitable f Pr light house keeping. 413 8, Hiarpr at,..- 29-it-lid For Rent--Offico &on b'nd floor fac Ing public square. 'W ls Olardy Co. Lost or strayed-Monday Janu&ry 24th, white cam. 'Findor please notdey 0. Slbgreavos, at 'Filling Station. 29-It-pd For Salo-Cord woi dcut in stove-i wood lengths. J. F. /~arng. 29-it NetIce-4We will give the highest market price for iLiberty Bonds. Pal motto Bank. 29-5t-p4 Salesman Wanted to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and 'paints. Salary or commission. Address The 'I'odd Oil & Paint Co., Oloveland. 0. 29-1t-pd ('Car (heap-One Maxwell touring Car, runs good. Price *175.00. Sum. orel .lotor Co. 29-it-pd Not rle---Mr. W. W. Dukes is now manager of the lillcrest Dairy and orders for milk and cream should be pholed to him at No. 460. H. C. i"lem ing, owner of iillcrest Dairy. 28-2t.-pd ('ars Chealp--Some used ears at at ti'tve . prices, Fords, Max'wells and Overlaids with good terms Sumeirel Motor Co., Laurens. 2li-it-pd Wa;,iod--To sell fino bird dog,, cross hV wen 1'nglish Perit and Joston Jakie. \Vrit C. 1lolbrook, Lavonin, Ga. 2S-2t Notlee-I have arranged to be In Laurens two days each month. If your piano needs tuning leave order with 8. M. & '. ii. Wilce.s & Co. 0. M. Tully, Piano 'lnier 28-tf Wairons nn ml Inggles-Now and "cond hand wagons, both one and two horse, also some buggles, both new and second hand, in either stoel or ruhor tires. T. B. Sumerel, East Alajin Street. 29-it-ipd Cabbage Plants For Rnle-I have nice stocky plants just the right size to set out. It will pay you to have plenty of early cabbage in your gar de'n. Can make prompt ehipment of the following varieties: Charleston and lMarly Jersey Wakefleld. Flat Dutoh and Suecessien. Prices, loss than 5 thousand at $1.50 'per thousand; 5 to 10 thousand at $1.35 per thounand; 10 thonsand and eover at 01.26 per thousand. Send memey with order. Plants by mall 30@ per hundred. C. F. Heothington, Meggett, $. C. 28-5t Cleveland Clotton need--rure Wan nmaker Clevelan4 big boll cotton peed 'ginned on lirivate gin. $1.00 per hushel, other seed which 'we paid $4.50 to Wannamaker last year, at $2.50 per bushel. If ,acksi are furnish od we will make deliverien at Laurens Court H louse. See either T. B. or M. A. Sumerel, Laurens, S. C. 29-it.-pd ELms For Salo-Rhodo Island Reds (Rteds that stay red). $2.00 for 15. W. It. McCuen, Laurons. 28-tf Wanted--Somnoono to saw lumber on shares near Warrior Creek church in this county. For further information write W. M. Suttlos, Box 301, Ander son. Si C. 27-5t--pd Notic--Laurens Trust Company will spay you 7% for your anoney. 26-10-c Horses and Mules-I have a few nice horses and a bunch of good mnules for sale. W. H. Wharton. 13-tf For Saie-Rogigtered re-cleaned Wannamaker Improved Big Bll cot sond. $1.00 per bushe15. [.. 11. Stad dard, Owings, S. C. 25-5tpd Mir. J. A. White Say "If Ton Nave An Automobile, Keep Rlat--Snap." "If I knew ab~out RlAT-SNAP last winter, wouldl have saved $120. My car was in the garage for a few weeks (luring had( -weather; when I wont to take it out, found that rats had eaten 'great holes in two new tires. (Got. them later with RAT-SNAP". Three sizes, 3tsc, 1O5e, .;1.25. Sold and guar' anteed by Lauinrensi I iard'ware Co.. Put nam's D~rug Store, Kennedy TBros. VULCANIZING Don't throw away your old tires. Have them Vulcanized at McDaniel's Vulcanizing Plant All modern tools in use and first clas~s work . guaranteed Tires, Accessories, Oils and Gas. Free Air and Water. Next door to Post 'Offic. For Real Trre Rp RIM CUTS, BLOWOUTS REATREDING A SPECIALTY City vu"nmn Sair AT CITY FILLING STATION O W . &I& NAB E & GGeilis0. utehi n~ueout lum ns~~. tery. The laneest tikd bept equitwAd mon umenh:1 ~rrr m th Civrolna,. GR.EWOOD, ITI E $ . 3)) IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE What your ideaks in ewelry Are, if you nmake them known totusave will fAl yer requirments.. WE AREISPECIALISTS In ear line and pride ourselves en ew ability to satisfy you. WHETHER YOU KNOW What you wet or are leeking for suggestisme t'will pay you to see us. o c WIIfr. O -rO Fireand wg~r pref ault an staks f god i Wie sad berglar pof hveayusi and ta fglk inM ness with us. When you want financial advice come in and consult us. It will be a pleasure to serve you. We add 4 per cent. interest. Make OUR bank YOUR bank. The Enterprise National Bank N. B. DIAL President C. OPER, Casie