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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921. NUMBER 30 . TO [[[V[N MI[LS Total Appropriation Around Six and Half Million ROAD FUND SUFFERS CUT Ways and Means Committee -Submits AppropritJon Bill with Proposed Reduction of Levy of Three and a Half Mills. Public Schools Get In crease. Columbia, Feb. 7.-The general ap propriations bill .for state puvipose4 in troduced in the house tonight :y) -the ways and means committeep, irov'des for 4t levy of eleven mills, which is three and one-half mills 'below that carried In the general appropriation bill of last year. To reach this low filgure the iways and means committee suspended the special lev3 of two mills for construc tion of :highways in the state system, and by trimming the bill cut the state lcvy another mill and one-half. The total amount carried in the bill is $6,563,086.71, against $6.097.141.30 last year. The increased amuount to be provided in the bill this year is nade possible on a lower levy 'hy the increased bulk of pol)perty placcd on -the tax books. The total valie of the taxable )roper'ty is $-18,000,000, against $.05,000,000 one year ago. No alm)ropwrintions are pwovided for now 'buildings with the exception of those provided-for in acts of the gen eral assembly one year ago, Which in. cludes a building at Wintlrop and the new plant at the Citadel. A significant feature of the bill is ,that it is $3,305,11.9 below the figure asked by all departments and institu tions and is ;548,602.50 below the figures recommended by t-he governor. The .total amount asked by all depart ments and institutions was $9,868, 206.59. The amount recommended by the gove'rnor as chairman of the bud get commission, was '$7,111,688.86. The greatest increase is for the of fice of the state superintindent of pu'blic schools. 'The amount carried in the bill last year twas $931,290. The amount carried this year is $1,655,830, a request for $2,145,650, was made for this department, and the igovernor recommended $1,973,958. For three weeks thd wayA ,and means committee haus been working on two ideas, one to provide* all possible relief to taxpayers at this time of stringency, and the other to retrench in such a way as not to crbpplo pro gress in the state. The amounts recommended 'by the ways and means committee for tjhe several departments and state institu tions, follows: Legislative department ... 105,586.20 The Governor's office .. .. 28;150.00 Sec. of State's ofnce... 111,225.00 .Comptroller <len.'s office,, 790,270.34 Attorney General's ofie., 20,000.00 State Treasurer's offce ... 258,212.27 Adjutant General's omec.. 49,417.50 Univ.. of South Carolina.. 211,755.0 The Citadel ..,.... . 452,315.00 Clemson Col. "Pub. syc."., 226,447.15 Winthrop College . ... 416,147,60 St'ate Medical College .. .. 100,117.50 Confederate H-onme College, 2,000.00 State Colored 'College .. .. 63,.005.21 J. do La -howe Ind. School 17,448.00 School for Deaf and Blind 161,333,33 State Supt. Educ. omee . ... 1,566,830.00 State Historical Com.n..,.., 4,760.00 State iLibrary ........ 4,115.00 Confederate Museum .. .. 100.00 State 'Relic Roomi .' .. . 1,000.00 South Carolina ilospital.. 699,123.94 State Penitentar'y .. .. .. 102,093.08 State -Boardc Pub, Welfare,, 27,351.00 State 'hoard of Pardons., 300.00 State T. S. feeble minded 35,327.00 State lnd. School for' boys 121,270.70 State Ind. School for girls. 19,015.00 State Ref. for negro boys.. 46,077.'00 Oatawba Indians .,.,,. 7,700.00 Comn. 'Deaf and Blind clii. 500.00 Law Enforcement Dept.. 28,400.00 State Board of Health .. 228,303.17 State Tax Commission .. 30,000.00 St. Trax Board of Review.. 1,500.00 Ins. Commissioner's offie 20,745.00 State Bank Exam. offic9.. 24,225.80 State Railroad Commuision 20,141.20 Chief Game Warden offcQ 10,375.00 State Board Medi. Exam,,, 3,000.00 State Boai'd talw/ lExam... 450,00 State Board of iIsheries.. 10,500.00 '$tate Board Conniltionn .. -1 0na an GREEMWOOD 'BOY KILLED BY LIVE WIRE Son of J E. Henderson of Waterloo Electrocuted In Greenwood Thursday Night. (Greenwood Index-Journral Friday) Edward Henderson, a 14-year-old boy, was instantly killed about ten o'clock last night in the yard of J. T, Garrett on Magnolia Street when a 'w-ire with which he and two other boys 'were attempting to rig u'p u toy tele .phone came in contact with heavily charged electric wires. J.,T. Garrett, Jr., one of the dead boy's playmates, was seriously shocked, being uncon solous for some time. The other boy, ilarle iDavenport, son of J. P. Daven port, was uninjured. At the linquest held this morning at the chapel of H. B. Ellie, the coroner's jury returned a verdict that "Edward Henderson came to his death by elec trocution through carelessness of him self." Young Henderson was spending the night with his friend J. T. Garrett, Jr., a boy of about the same age. They were attempting to rkg up a telephone with a house across the street and had decided to wait until about ten o'clock so that they would not be molested by automobiles -in attem'pting to cross the street. Ga-rrett had climbed a tree and had thrown a small cotton wrapped copper wire across the elec tric wires from the tree to the ground 'below. Henderson caught the wire and died before medical assistance could -reach him. le was severely burnied across the hands. Tihe heavily charged electric wires are inu:slated but not sufficiently to prevent seepage of sufficient current to cause' death, an electrical engineer of the city stated this morning. Youing I'dward Ilenderson was the ,;ol of J. E,. Henderson of Waterloo. iIis mothed is dead and for the past two years he has made his home with his sister, Mrs. C. F. Profltt of An dross street. Previous to that time he had been -at Connie Maxwell Or phanage for a little over two years. He would have been 14 years of age in August. The boy was a ptupil at Leslie School where he was a member of the fourth grade. The funeral will be con ducted tomorrow at noon at Waterloo. Besides his father the following broth ers and -sisters survive the unfortuhate boy: Mrs. C. F. Profltt, of Greenwood; Mrs. J. 'S. Leech, of Hickory Grove; Miss Madge Henderson, of Hickory, Grove; Mrs. W. W. Miller, Waterloo; J. B. Henderson, 'Waterloo; Miss Julia Henderson, Waterloo. PRAYER SRVICE AT GRAY COURT Day of Special Prayer to be Observed at Gray Coux't. Gray Court, Feb. 7. (Special).-Frl day, Feb. 18th has' been set apart by .the Mission Boards of the Protestant churches of 'the land as a special day of prayer for missions. A joint meeting to observe the day will be held by the ladies' missionary societies of Dials, Gray Court Baptist and Gray Court Methodist churches, and the 'Ladies' Aid society of Dorroh. Presbyterian church, in the Gray tourt Methodist 'chtreh b eginnuing at 2 o'olock .p: m., The meeting will be open to every one,, and everybody is invited.'" Called to Chester Dr. RI. 0. Iee, who was pastor of chur'ches in this county several years ago an-d who has been preaching at 'Edgefleld more recently, 'as 'been called to the pastorate of the 1'irst TBaptist church at Qhester, according to reports in the daily livapers yester day. The pastorate carries a salary of $4,000 per year. Dr. Lee has -many admirers among his former congrega tions in this county who 'Will he leased to hear of his advancement in his chosen fleid. Joint Com., on Printing .. 54,145.00 Coin, of Agriculture ofilcc 77,743.40 'State Warehouse Corn. offi. '26,520.00 State Public Serv. dom., .. 2,000.00 State Pharm'acentlcal lid.. 1,500.00 State -1iec. & Eig. oficee.. 56,195.00 State Highway Qommis. .. 119,490.00 State Sink. Fund Com..... 9,692.50 Confedemate Tnflrmtay .... 27,000.00 Confederate Vet. Asan. .. 1i,500.00 'Com. State House and Ods. 7,125.00 State Contingent Fd. Corn. 75,000.00 Coin, of Approval Claims.. 4',508.16 Supreme Court .,. . . . 36,132.00 Circeuit Courts .. ..,.. . 120,006.66 Code Commissioners office 900.00 Grand Total .. ... ..$6,463,086.71 WORK PROGRESING ON COUNTRY CLUB Building and Lake Under Construction and to be Ready by Spring. The club-house and -lake of the Bois Terre Country Club between Laurens and Clinton are .to be ready for use by early spring if weather conditions im qkrove, stated a-membor of the building committee yeaterday. The top-soil road botw.een the two towns will be opened by that time, according to County 1,ngineer Hughes, and the members of the club will lbe able to journey out of an afternoon and enjoy the 'privileges of the club 'house and lake. The contract for the club-house has been given to Brownlee and Creamer and they have already started the work on the building. The club-house consists of a large lounging room, bil liard. and pool room, together with shower-baths. A noteworthy feature is -that the club-house will contain a special ladies' room, which is also furnished with private bath. One of the most delightful features of the club Is the veranda which is seventy eig'ht -feet long and twenty feet wide. Work has already been started on the lake twdhich will cover approximate ly two and one-half acres. SERVICES DURING LENT special Address to be Made at Church of the Epiphany Each Friday Night. A series of addresses are to he made at Epiphany Epicopal Church on the Friday nights during Lent. The series should ip)rove of interest to the whole community and especially to those who are thinking along lines of current religious developmeit. The su)ject of a united Clirstian Church is one that is occupying munch of the' bost thouight of Christian leaders. Many movements have made or are making for reunion of Christian forces, within denominations of the same name, among different denominations in divergent -parts of the world, and among a large number of the leading denominations of the Christian Church. As a possible contribution to this movement -In the community I have se cured the cooperation of our pastors. I will speak on the general subject of a union church on Feb. 11th. The other speakers 'w,11 take each as his subject the contiibution his de nomination has to make to a union Christian church. Rev. S. H. Temple man will speak for the Baptists, Feb. 18th; Rev. P. rF. Kilgo for the Metho dists, on Feb. 25th; Rev. J. A. Bowers, D. D., of Greenwood, for the Lutherans, March 4th; Rev. 0. T. Squires for the Presbyterians, March 11th; Rt. Rev. K. G. Finlay, D. D., the new bishap coadjutpr, for the Epiacopalians, March 18th. It is understood that no speaker necessarily commits himself to church union or any -form of unity by partici pating in this series. I trust these addresseai will attract the interest of Christians of all denom inations and that they wvill come to hear each speaker. It it shall result in our knowing each other better and drawing a l-ittle nearer together I shall feel well repaid for my part in it. -W. S. HIOLMIPS, Rector. FIRST WOM!AN NOTARY Miss Henrietta Owings, (Cashler of Bank of Owinigs, Secures First No tary Appointment Among Women of the 'county. Deputy Clerk of Court W. S. Power had the distinction Friday of record ing the first comission granted a wo man of this county as notary public. 'lhe commission 'was grantedl to Miss Henrietta Owings, e'ashier of the flank of Owiniga, who is also one of the tew if not the only woman 'ba'nk cahier In the state. Mrs. F. M. Godbold Mrs. Sarah Vance Glodbold, step) mother of Mrsj. J. Warren Bolt, of this city and Mrs. A. Hlomer Moore, of the Trinity-Idfge section, died in Rich mond, Va., January 24th andl was band, tihe late 'Francis Marion Godbold, at Marion several days later. Mrs. Glod 'bold was the (daughter of D~avid Vance, of this county, and lived for awhile, af ter marriage near Cokeabury in what was then Abbeville county. Upon the dleath of her 'husband about five years ago she went to .live with her son in Richmond where she (d1ed, at the age of 74. Throughout her life she was a de church mebrof the Presbyterian ROUTINE BUSINESS BY CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting Held Monday NIght When Routine Matters Were Dis. posed Of. City Council held its regular first of the month meeting Monday night with Mayor Franks and -all the aldermen present. With the exception of dis cusison of finances of the city, business transacted at the session was of com paratively small moment. On the statement 'by the city clerk that approximately $50,000 was needed to cover the needs for the city during the ensuing year outside of what may be collected from 'fines, etc., a motion by Alderman Dial was carried to make provision for .borrowing this amount. The clerk was instructed -to draw up a financial statement' of the city to present to prospects who would be ap proached in regard to a loan. It was decided to ask all the banks of the city, in addition to any other parties ywho might be interested, to submit bids -for the loan with the understand ing that not over $5,000 would be drawn out in any single month. The pledge of taxes at the end of -the year will be igivei as security. It -was stat ed by the clerk that the taxes now col lectible would very probalbly wi pe out all otitstanding floating indebtedness. iII U rqest from Fire Chief Switzer that the fire deparitmen t needs more hose, the city clerk was instructed to Secure 'iices from resionsib1le con cerns. At the request of local physicians they were exempted from the payment of special taxes and licenses on tie grounld of the charity work they do throughout the city. At the request of Admiral Samuel .lcGuwan, an ordinance Was puassed forblidding the placing of >bill boardsl and other advertising signs on city property along North Harper street from the river to the entrance of the cemetery at the top of the hill. Council rescinded - the ordinance passed several weeks ago allowing the sale of soft drinks with sandwihes on Sundays. This action was taken as the roult of complaints from the 'Lau rens Mill, where it was said that -the ordinance was .being abused. Permission was igranted the Mojoto Mill, the small pinll recently organ ized here, to operate for one year with out a license on account of it being a now industry. Council has several requests for new sowier lines and opening of new streets which were left for future disposal. BIRTHS EXCEED DEATHS More People Were Born -in the County Last Year Than There Were Deaths. Six 'hundred fifyt-one anore children were born in Laurens county last year than there were deaths of all ages, ac cording to figures submitted for record at the clerk of court's office by the township registrars of births and records and compiled 'by Mr. W. S. Power, deputy clerk of court. Sulli van township showed the largest .per centage of births over deaths, while Cross 'Hill township showed thme small est. The following is the record of all 'the township~s: Births -DeathiF Laurens CIty .. .... .....139 8 Laurens Towns'hiip . . . . 160 6 Waterloo Township .. .. 118 4 Sullivan Township .. .. 109 ~ 2 Jacks Township. -.. ..56 2 Scuff letown Township ..73 2 Cross '1111 Townshi-p ....80 56 Hunter Township ... ...159 90 Dials Township ........166 80 Clinton...... .. .... .. 114 5 Youngs Township .. .....91 5 1265 61'i Gov. R. A. Cooper Here Gov. Robert A. Cooper spent Tueday night -in the oity on thIs return to Co lumbia from the Mt. Olive section oi the county where he attended the fun emral of hils sister, Mrs. Sallie Jones, wIfe of Mir. James Jones. Mrs. Jonem had been in Ill health for' some time, but had recentlyxydhowed si~gris of im provpement. Sunday she became sud denly ill and about noon Monday passed away. Besides her husband and four chIldren, Mrs. Jones is survived by two brother's, Gov. RI. .A. Cooper J. Wister.- Cooper, and three sisters Mrs. -C. 1. 'atn, Mr's. J. N. WVret and 'Mrs. L. S. Bioland. A youngem brother, 'Luther Cooper, a highly re garded citizen of the community, passed away inat 'about two yearsago MAKES SECONID ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL Loonard Girner Succeeds in Leaving Jall for Second Time and Is Again Recaptured. . 'Leonard Garner, the young CLinton white man who escaiped Jail with three other boys as recounted in The Ad vertiser last week -and Who with all the others was recaptured, made a sec ond unsuccessful attempt to get away Sunday about one o'clock. He first succeeded in gaining access to the outside corridor of the jail by squeeviing between the bars and when the cook entered to serve dinner he made a "pass" at her as if to attack her and' in the confusion iwhich fol lowed escaped through the main door into the open hallway outside. lie ran dwn the steps, out the front door and down Caroline street in the direction of Garlington's pasture. The alarm was given and officers in the vicinity gave pursuit. I'e made a swift run through "Possum Hollow" and on to the creek, but before lie left the con fines of the pasture Chain Gang Guard 0. E. Medlock, -who lis swift of foot and long wind besides, succeeded in clos Ing tho gap between thon and cap tured him aigain. After this experience he nyas iplaced in the steel cells where it is likely lie will remain until the March term of court. WINTER 'iE BASE JAljlL PItOVES FATAL, TO ONE (George DIv is, Colored, Struch on the lead by Join Henry ionu, Also Colored, and Dies iI a Few 1inutes. A% winlter-time base hall gamle inl pro 1ress at Jamles school house, a Colored s;chool near Duncan Creek about tell i'miles from town, had a fatal ending Iast Thursday whent George Davis (was !strlck on the head with a base ball bat by .John Henry Long and died a few minutes afterward. Long was ap prelhended while in the effort to get away, according to Sheriff Reid, and brought back to the county jail. Accoriling to testimony at the in quest, a gaim of 'ball was in progress at the school -house when a dispute arose 'between the two negroes. Long seized a baseball bat and with onb blwla over the head of Davis crushed his skull, from the effects of which he died in a few minutes. Both negroes were about sixteen or seventeen years of age. REVIVE FIELD MEET ANOD ORATORICAL CONTEST Committee Appointed at Meeting of County Teachers Saturday to Ex. amino Into Feasibility. At the meeting of the County Teach ers Association, held in the court house Saturday, the advisability of re viving -the spring athletic meet and oratorical contest among the rural and high schools of the county was dis cussed and a committee appointed to discuss the question and raport -back to the next meeting as to the feasibil ity of the project. H. W. Gasque, of Laaurens, Miss Pear'l fwest, of Cross 11ill, L. J. Blakely, of Gray Court-Owv Ings, anld J. HI. Witherspoon, of Clin ton, -were appinltedl on tihis committee. On account of -the inclement weather and bad roads only a few of the teachlers attendled tile meetinig and the sprogram uwas not carriedl out in full because the spleakers for tile OC casion failed to arilve. Trhe nasociation accepted tile invita tion of the Clinton City School to hold the next meeting there n March 5th. Burned to Death George Brown, a negro boy about 16 years old, son of 'Adeline Brown, a re spected negr'o woman, was burned to deatih at his hlome on athe extension of Han1ce street Friday. Theo boy, who hiad been mentially affected since 'his birthl, alttemp'lted to start a fire wvithl kerosino in theC absence of is mother andI 'Is clothes ignited, llis mothler retulrned .to time t~o find him enveloped in flames and in answer tolher' calls a number of p~eople .in the vicinity came to heCr assistance, but .the .boy was fa tally burned 'before tile fire couild .be extinlguishled. Ini Real Estate Business Friendls 'hero of Col. Oscar W. ialbo will be interested in the anniouncemnent from Greenville that he has entered thle'real estate business there iih Mr. J. P.Mooea native of Gray Court. Roth Jolabb and Mr. Moore .have been assoetated some timTe with the Trailer Real I~atate Agency and have 'had considerable experience in real estate businens. BURNRS DKMD F[1IR OfFH S. Would Have Useless Offi. ces Abolished WOULD KNOW WHERE MONEY GOES About 100 Tax-Payers, Mostly Farm ers, Attend Meeting lI the Court House Called by E. W. Dabbs. Sen. Goodwin Present and G(ies Views. At the meeting of tax-payers held in the court house Monday morning strong resolutions were drawn up and unanimously passed calling on the -leg Islature to reduce taxes if possible and to do away with useless offices, both state and county. The resolutions do not state the offices to be abolighed, but much mention Iwas made in the meeting of the State Tax Commission, Board of Public Welfare, State High way Commission and various institu tional supervisors. F. P. McGowan was elected chairman of the meeting and -13. Y. Cu1bertson secriL-ary. In addition to the dolmands for re dlctions in taxes an(d for retrench ments in exipenditures, there was also aIpparent In the meeting a desire on the part of the tax-payers to hnow how their money is spent. While no reso lutions were introduced along this liie, several presni t thought It right anld proper that. the County Highway Commission should render a report on its expellitu res giving the cost per mitle of the top-soil roads and that the su pervisor shoil d ren(ler a ro; ort of his receipts and expenditures. The main tol)ic of (liscussion in the meeting, however, was the state ap propriatlon. Sen. 0. P. Goodwin was -present and said that he swas doing all in 'his vower to keep down the state levy, but that the colleges and state departments were making a strong fight for thir original large recom mendations and that he could not tell what the outcome would be. For this county, -he said, the delegation had al ready aigreed to dispense with the school attendance officer, home dem onstration agent, farm demonstrator' and that the appropriation for the rural school supervisor would be made only for the period ending July 1t, Former -Representative R. D. Boyd said that he thought the agricultural commissioner at Columbia, the ftit road commissioners and the: gamq wardens might all be 0lo'n . aw ti to advantage. . - F. P. McGowan, S. J. abr MeDaniel, W. .W. Yeargin, andW . Henry were appointed a a committ to attend the State Tax Convention i Columbia today. The following were the resolutions adopted -by the meeting: Whereas, taxes have been mounting from year to year until they have now become almost unbearable, and Whereas, the financial conditions of our plell is such that they are unable to bear any uinnecessary tax burdens, and Whereas, it appears to this conven tion that there are many useless or, at least, unnecessary offces main tainedl in connection 'with our . state. government in Colupnbia, at the ex pense of the taxpayers, be It reso'lved, Trhat this convention. admonish our legislative members to do, all In their tpower to have taxes reduuced if tho~ same can be .(done and t'he effciency of our government not be impaired. That they advocate and vote .for the elimination of all unnecessary offces, both state and county. lIn .Mad Aa ain Louis Kanelos, who iih anot~her young mAn by the nanme of H~o!mes, was arrested and fined here several months ago for transiporting about 75 quarts of goodl rye liquor into this territoi'y in a big Cadihllne roadster, is in the .toils of the law again ( Cohim. Ia for a similar offense, according to news dipatches appearing in yester (lay's parpers. K(anelos was taken in tow by a Columbia policemnan and re lieved of 12 quarts of wthiskey while a Cadillac roadster, probably the same one seized here, was taken in charge after 12 more quarts had been extract ed from It.. Both Kanel0a and Holmes are to be tried y~ tihe next 'term of criminal court in conneetion 'with their vlsit in Tanrn.