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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921. NUMBER 40 ISLAND Of YAP .OR Of CONTENTION Amterica and Japan Take Firm Stands AMERICA OPPOSES JAP MANDATE United States Not Bound by Decree of Supreme Council, Says Secretary .Hughes in Note to Japanese Govern. mont. Question will be Considered at Next Council. Washington, April 18.-The Ameri can and Japanese governments have adopted equally (irm a ttitudcs.with re spect to -the status of the Paciflc slaand of Ya1P. 'he (plomatic exchanges be tween them onl the subject is continut ing but those to date were made pub lic today both in Washington and Tokio. They consist of two memo randa and three formal notes. Japan, in it; last communication re ceived here in the closing days of the Wilson administration, insisted that it had 'been awarded -a mandate for the island by the supreme council at Paris, May 7, 1919, and that it could not agree with the American contention that Ir respective of any aawArd of mandate other nations should -have free access to the island for the landing and op eration of cables. In replying to this note, April 5, Sec retary Hughes stated emphatically that the United States would not be bound by any action either of the supreme council or of the league of nations, and .that as no one ever had been "author ized -to surrender or cede" the right of the United States in the island the Am erican government could not "recog nize the allocation of the island or tne validity of the mandate to Japan." The Japanese government now has this communication under considera tion. The. governments of Great Bri tain, France and Italy also have before them Similar communica-tlons on the subject dispatched by Mr. Hughes at the same .time, that the note to Jaipan went forward. Exchanges between the four allied governments are under. stood to be under way with a view .to reaching a coninon accord before re iplying. Meantime, however, France has sent preliminary reply in which .ho states that the matter is one for the supreme council to consider at Its next meeting in May and that when it comes up she w-ill approach it with a view to finding a solution which will give every satisfaction to the United States. The viewpoint of the Harding admin istration, as explained today in official quarters, Is that -the question of whether the supreme couniell did ac tually award the island to Japan May 7, as contended by that country, and disputed by President Wilson and the state department, Is of secondary im pJor'tan(ce. Tihe lnra ortant piint at issue, it was emnphasized, is the recogninon b~y th'e allied government of the prin'cIple laid down by Mr. 'Hughocs--tha~t the United States as one of the principal allied and aLssociajtedl powers has an equal right with the others in the -former ov erseas possessions of Germany cn'1 that the right can not be disposed of without the consent of tihe American government. Administration omfcers believe that the soundness of this .position wviii b)e conceded by its former associates in the wvar. With this principlo recog nized, It is believedl, the details as to the American rights can be worked out without great difliculty. Thus far there -has ,been received in Washington no official information in dicating what ,position Ja'pan will take in its reply to Mr'. Hlughes' note. Press dispatches from Tokio todlay, howveve r, said the nerur]apers there seemed to think that Japan would adopt a passive attitude in dealing wit'h ihe mandate issue. Japan, it was .pointedl out herme, adloptedl a very positive attituide with respect to Yap in her last note, which vyas couched in plain langu'age. The imperial government said( that for the United States to maintain successfully its m:oition that the mandate for the island was not awardled to Japan b~y the suprmell council it would .have to prove not merely that reservations with respect to it .wore made by Presi (lent Wilson, but alg~o that his views were accented by the cnnin MOTHER AND SON DIE IN AUTO ACCIDENT Wife and Son of Former Laurents Coun ty Resident Killed Near Williston, Fla, Williston, Fla., April 7, (Special to The Advertiser).-Mrs. J. E. Paslay and her two sons, 'Elbanan and Charles, were .returning home from Gainesville yesterday afternoon when in some way their car, a Hudson coupe, got out of control and pluhnged into a deep pit at .the side of the road. They were im mediately rushed to a hospital in Gainesville where Elianan soon died. Mrs. Paslay was seriously injured about her head and face and ,was oper ated on but died early the next morn. ing. Oharles, the younger son, had his thigh broken andehis1 face badly cut. ,lie was examined by skillful iphysi clans who feel decidedly hopeful of his recovery. RIG CAPTURE NEAR CLINTON Rural Policemen Capture Forty Gal tons of H1igh Grade Corn. Rural Policemen Owings, ;Boyd and Abrams made a successful raid on the premises of Tom Woodruff, living near Muagrove MiI, Monday afternoon and as a reault 40 gallons of high grade corn whiskey -was caiptured and other containers destroyed. No still was dis covered nor arrests made, but it is un dertood- that the officers will make an arrest in connection with the raid at an early date. Besides the whiskey captured, two 30-gallon and one 10-gal Ion containers were found on the place having every appearance of being freshly emptied. The 40 gallons of fluid owas' brought to the 4heriff's of floe at laurens and poured into the sewer yesterday morning amid much aniffling and mournful exclamations on the 'part of thirsty sipectators. Rural Policeman Andy Boyd reports another capture a few days ago when he ran into a small still on the Old Lime Kiln branch near Poplar Springs church. Policeman Boyd says that the operators evidently made 'a hasty get aw-ay as the still, which wa sa sinall affair, was in actual operation, ; the mellifluous flu'd of a -econd run was still da ipping from the coil. Only nhIout. hlif a gallon of whiskey was captured, but the lack of quantity was made up in quality. About 200 gal lons of malt, however, was captureu and destroyed. It. BEN COlEY DEAD Confederale eVieran of U1nion Churchi ViCiniliy, Pawsed A way Monday. Mr. 1R. Ben Coley, a well known citi zen of the Union c-hurch vicinity, parsed a.way at Iiis home Monday morning after an illness of several weeks. The funeral Will be held at Union church today at 11 o'clock. Mr. Coley was 7-1 year of age and i. survived by his Widow and several grown children. lie was V gallant I soldier in the Confederate urmy and I bore a high rcpu:ition amon:g all those ,who knew him. I Ie will be greatly m1isoedl in his commutnity. Ruth Mcl~elvey. the oldest child of Mr. an-I Mrs. C. S. M~cKelvey, dliedl ati the homec of it parents in the Mernal oeetiont Saturday after an illness of I re'veralI days The burial look Place Sunday afternoon, being largely at tended by ,sympathizing friends and relatives. The (leath was a 'peculiarly sad one as the fond parents lost their youngest chIld, I~orris, just a week be 'Mre, and the second child, Frances, Is rep~orted to be in a critical condition -1 also. Tlhe children ap-pear to h)e vie- I timts of an epidlemic of dlysentery which is prevalent in the community. Negro Boey Shot Furman Finley, a son of .John N. Flinley, a well known colored man of the Madden a section, was shot andi prohably fatally woundled Sunday af ternoon near Rocky Lyrings church by Eulasee Byrd, a eompanion, while the 1two ,were talking to several other no--I groes. The bullet, from a 38 calibre revolver, entered the chenmt just below the neck and- ranged toward the let' shoulder lodging in in body. Byrd' was caught by some of the other no .groos and held until the arrival r f the. sheriff who took him in charge andl ,brought -him to the county jail. The I wounded mann is said to be in a dan gerouH condition.' Iloth men wvere said to have :been uinder the influence of whiskey. 1IOLD EXERCINES FOR LATE JUBVES iervices Saturday Before Supreme Court. Number Pay Tribute. Memorial exercises for 'the late As iociate Justices Hydrick and Gage of he supreme court .were 'held in the ,ourt room Saturday, in Columbia, be inning at 10 o'clock and ending short y before 1 o'clock. Several prominent attorneys and %lose friends of the 'two families paid iloquent tributes .to the departed jur sts, who were so .well loved 'by the )eople of the state. Chief Justice Gary :alled the court' to order and an louncel the nl)1pose for which the )xercises were to be held. Attorney General Wolfe' baid the First tribute of the morning, speak ng on the worth of bot h of the late lustices. Mr. Wolfe told of the high 'steeni in which -both Associate Jus Ice Gage and Associate Justice Iy Irick had 'been held by the people of South Carolina, especially by the bar )f the state. "The judiciary of South Jarolina has ever occupied an emi ient place in the annals of American iurisprudence. It is a matter of-pride liat among .the long list of those who ,vill most adorn it, .will .be found the lames of Justice Hydrick and .Justice .age," Mr. Wolfe said. No set order had been arranged and ifter the address of Mr. Wolfe, s)eak irs in behalf of Justice Hydrick were icard. C. B. Daniel, of Spartanburg was he flrat speaker and his tribute was 'ollowed in order by 'H. B. Carlisle )f -Spartanburg, Thomas F. McDow of k(ork George H. Edwards of Darling on and Thomas I. Rogers of Ben iettsvil-lo. All these speakers made ppropriate addresses regarding the ate associate justice and that of Mr. .1ogers was especially touching, he iaving 'been a roommate 'with Justice lydrick in college for several years. 1l told of his excellent worth. Col. D, S. Henderson of Aiken made he first- address 'on Justice Gage and is tribute was couched in language hat touched those attending -the ser rices. John C. Sheppard of Edgefleld, 'ormer' governor, was the second ;I)Caker to pay tribute to Justice Gage md lie was followed by Solicitor J. (. Henry, of Chester. Both Mr. Shop )ard and Solicitor Henry were inti nate friends of the late justice and hey paid deep tributes to his char Leter and work as a judge and citizen. Associate Justice Cothran was the h't speaker in behalf of 'both Jus .Ice Gage and Justice 'lydrick from he bench. le was followed by Asso ine Justices Fraser and Watts. Chief listice Gary concluded the exercises vith his tribute. All the fellow jus ices were hi-gh in their praise for the wo departed jurists. A telegram was read by Chief Jus .1ce Gary from Ira B. Jones, former lilef justice, in which Mr. Jones ex >ressed his keen regret at being un - tble to attend the services. * Justice Ilydrick died January 15, 921, and Justice Gage died February 13, 1921. In the (lentih of these two urists .the state lost twvo of its most 10oble and faithful men and this fact ,vas tostifled to by all the speakers at he exorcies yesterday. Members of >oth families andl friends werec pr'es mnt, the court roomn being full. TO ASNIST EX-SOLD)Ii~lI [[ome Service Secretaries A ppointed for Clinton and L~aurens. Judge .John N. Wright, of this city, Lfnd Mr. lienry Hearn, of Clinton, have >een appointed home service secre aries of the Laurens County Chapter, american Ried Cross, to serve in their 'espectivg~ communities, accordling to LIn announcepment made by Mr. M. II. smith, county chairman, several (lays J. These men will assist soldiers m~d ce. :iervice men in the work uin lortaken by 'tihe Redl Cross. lioth of these men, states Mr. Sanith, 'oluon teered their services without hlarge and their willin-gness to serve .A greatly apprecinmted b~y the chapter. Junior Leadler of ii. Y. P. U. Miss Wynona Chancy, who is (doing ninsio1't work for the F'irst Baptist ~ihurcl:. Kannapolis, N. C., has been hosen Junior' Leader' for the Baptist k'oung People's Union in the Mecklen mirg-Camborrns Association. Mliss Chancy is .doing a great work n North Carolina and she has won rerful opportunities in the town she is tnonena. WILLIAM IL BOSE TAKES OWN LIfE Columbia Business Man, Formerly of Greenville, Dies by Own Hand, Columbia, April 18.-.William A. Rose, Sr., prominent business man of Columbia, took his own life early this morning by cutting his throat with a razor at his residence. No one twas with him at the time of the tragedy, his body being found shortly after 7 o'clock 'by ameinber of the family. Mr. Rose was in 'poor health -and business depression is supposed to have intensi fled his condition. The. remals will be takei to Charleston for interment. Mr. Rose was for a long time active ly engaged in cotton manufacturing, haviing been one of 'the organizers of the Whaley Mills which later was ab sorbed by the Iarker Mill interests. lie lived in Greeniville several years whero he was an official of the Parker Mills Co., fo!lowing the death of -Lewis W. P)arker and the dissolution of the Parker interestr, he returned to Co lumbia. At the time f his death he was a member of the frm of the Rose Sims Waste Co. He wasn alno secretary and treasurer of the Combahee Com pany of Wilmington, Delaware. Besides a son and daughterl he is ;i rvived by one brother Alex ander Rose, Greenville, and another brother here. ON VETERAN'S HOME BOARD Mr. J. 1. Caldwell of This City, Named by Covernor Cooper as Member of New Board. Mr. J. P. Caldwell, well known Con federate veteran of this city, has been naimed by Gov. Cooper as a member of the new commission to have charge of the Confederate home in Columbia. Mr. Caldwell was appointed under the new Act which provides fori a commission of seven members, four of whom must be veterans and three members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The new board, as carried in The State of several days ago, is composed as followa: W. A. Clark, Columbia; S. E. Welsh, Charleston; D. 'R. Flenni ken, Columbia; J. 'P. Caldwell, Lau rens; W. ). Starling. Columbia; Mrs. Robert ). Wright, Newberry; Miss Alice M. Earle, Columbia and Mrs. St. .John A. Lawton, Charleston. ('humitauqua Hours The opening hours of the Chautau qua, which -begins today, will be 4 qp. in. and 8:30 ,p. i., according to a dc cision reached yesterday. The sale of season tickets has tbeen better than the guarantors had -hoped for several days ago, but the full quota has not yet been reached. Persons who have not yet purchaser season tickets may still obtain them from the local association so that they will apply on the guar antee but the advanced rate has al ready gone into effect. IV. 0. W1. UIvelhing F"airview Camp, :W. 0. W.; will hold unveiling !ceremniles at the grave of the late Sovereign John A. Martin at the Watts Mills cemeter'y Sunday after noon at -I o'clock. Thme Watts Mills Concert Wand will fur'nish music and a prominent speaker' wv~ll 'lbe piresent to make the addi'ess. The publ)ic is cor dilally invitedi to attendl. Base hall Sattur'day Watts Mills and Clinton Mills baso ball teams will :)lay on the -Watts Mills grounds Saturmday afternoon at :3:30 o'clock. ]loth teams have str'ong bat teries and a goodl game is promised. Attenided Moiuntville Lyceum Quite a number' of people from this city attended the Lyceum attraction at Mountville Monday night, being highly entertainedl by a group) of young Ia (lies with instrumental and vocal mumsic. The Mou ntvillec guarman tors con ti'acted for' a vei'y high class series of entertainments this .year andl ai'e giv ing their 11e01)1 such entertainment as is only to be had fn the larger citiofs. Their entertainments are well wort'h pat-ronizing. Mr. Lamar Smith, Chairman of the Ried Cross fund in this. county, has . ceivedi the followving nienmbershiplw through Mi's. C. L. Waldrop at Lan ford Station: Mirs. W. D. Patterson..... . . . .$.00 Mrs. John Talmage 'Patterson . . 1.00 Miss Belle Patterson...........1.00' Mrs. Samuel Drummond .. .. .. 1.00 Mr's. C. L.'Waldrep .. .. .... .. 1.00 Total .. ......r........$60 AT CHAUTAUQUA TEN To Appear at Chautauqua Tent Sundt Afte'rnoon Under Auspices of Loc Churches. "Sam" Small, the famous Southe: evangelist, editor and lecturer, wI deliver a patriotic address on "The Sa vation of Uncle Sam" in the Chauta qua tont next Sunday afternoon at o'clock. His visit has the endorseme; of all the pastors in lAurens. Sam Small has been before the pi;u lic for over thirty years, particular combatting thie licensed liquIor tramll Ho Is consequiently entitled to a pli amiong the leaders Iin the suessfi' cam-paign for national prohilbitLion. 11 hias also 'been active in puiblic -life f< many years, having served on 1i American Commission to Paris W1. 187 In'the United States Army In Cuiba, as supervisor of puiblic instruction mr editor of many Southern newspaper Mr. Small, nowever, is chiefl known because of his power on t0 platform. Vice-PresiAdenlt Pairban'11 said of him, ".Dyring my tour of ti South, I learned of many orators hilgh distinction bult none1 is more popi lar and] more deservedly so thian Sai Smnall,- as hils own people affectionati ly call himi"; and President M~cKinlk Said, "I hetard Dr. Smnall last evennfi and as often before, got bothi instrul (tion and fine amutsement from hi versile geniuls." The meeting here Is a par-t of a n. tional campaign being conduicted L the oldest reform body In America,I behalf of law enforcemient and of n tional righteousness and] juistice. The public Is not only invited, bi tirged to attend -this service. The lei ture Is not a part of the Chiautaui(n program. ,J0INT SCHOOL CLOSING Eden and Hickory Tav-erni to Hol Jo)lut Pllenie lit, Ralbun Chutrchi. I 10den, April 19.-Thie 1-0den scho andl the lickoryV Taven shool clo May tih. Th teehr, rutesa patrns o bot schols ave ecid to met a Raun curc andhol day. A "nici"nwiallhesrd combattings The pubnedliqu ordtram -binvineuetlntted to cm adbrn wel i amoe teaheleers anth puis ofId< camraignhol nonalWednhsdayinig1 Aprilo be.Thn ative nameli lifstr thaty yas, haigiven te aofe wee Ago.I'iach Commsyer tok Pis ipar 187 ind th Unitr Stas Armyite Ca asc atervoth oplac lces.rutin Mir. Smalli Grayvwho is teachf knn ForeSasf grade sco~ron 'p Gay ofn hime.~rngt Mys torv, owl igh alsatchrb inon'e isamoe scho< Ilackand morer dsetedly sptent a week-enda wisow MpseoleayArmtont Hy alliet";de and MPriden Woods.( saiday nihtr the Smttl flast oenoy andsarsoften W.foan, L.tMbothaysr. Armotrngl adsment fromde mad The meetirs. her L. Mahafyf a n1 thndest reform bodffy nAerica, guealf of la. enforcemeay an of fam tMnlrs.ghetoOwess and Mrst. ut Barbb t andthleni srvice. The II.c I iise nors aChartlofte CHandui.i Jodint Plrnvl inturlav. (ltie TO VOT[ BONDS FOR A OITY INPROV[MKNT -n ii Council to Order Election at Early Date 1 i ESTIMATE MADE FOR FILTER y Citysto Order Election on $125,000 Bond sSue for Water and Light Extension and for Street. Improvitemet. Filter Plant to be Built. At the regular semi-monthly meeting of City Council held Monday night steps were taken to order an election at an early date on the question of is suing bonds in the amount of $125,000 for the 'purpose of water and light ex tension and street improvement. The matter has been under consideration for some time and the Council has been aiwulting estimates on the cost of the proposed work 'before taking definito steps in the matter. The exact (late of the election was not fixed but is to be announced soon. As is already known the City Council has had under consideration for some tinie the erection of a modern filtration 'plant to supplement the present water system in order to provide a ipurer oup ply of water than that now being ob tained. Engineers were employed some time ago to make a survey of the prem c. ises around the power house and a re port was filed recently showing that 'the cost of the plant would be in the e neighborhood of $60,000. The re ir mainder of the $125,000 is to be used e in extending the twater, light and sew 8, orage system to the Laurens Mill vil a lage and to other sections of the city d 'besides improving streets now badly I. In need of repair. y' A committee with Mayor Franks as ke chairman was appointed to inspect the Cs roads and gravel pits in the vicinity to of Augusta with a view of obtaining )f gravel there instead of in Virginia for - use on the cemetery hill leading to n Watts Mills. Su rfacing this hill is ex pected to be a knotty problem and the y Council wishes to make a thorough in g vestigation of various types of gravel before making a decision on the kind is to be used. -HARtDING RECALLS y "OUE SWYIUMIN HOLE" n Answers Letter Asking That lie At ' Iend Benefit for Swimming Pool. Washington, April 16.-Boyhood days of President Harding, when lie used to slip off to the olf5 swimming hold in the creek near Caledona, 0., were recalled by him today in reply to a letter in lead pencil from twelve-year-old John D. Wackerman of this city. The pres ident's letter was in answer to an ap ipeal from .John that. lie attend a ball ,given by the ladies of the Community )I House for the beneilt of a swimming to pool for boys. in explaining that ho id had been asked by his playmates to it wniite the 'President, Jlohn said: a "Mr. President, we ,want a switmming y. 1)o01 just like you wvould if you wore di a boy so please come. I told the boys g that 1 did( not believe any President 'n woutld not let the boys go without a y swimming pool, wvhett he coutld let uts d have it by paying 50 to 75 cents for a .ticket fot' a ball. if yout come, every nbody will come, and we can have out' 0 swimming pool, so please come." t. In a postsct'ipt, J1olhn added: 31 "Please wnite mec a lettet' and let us :a knotw. Th'le fellows are so discourtaged1 11 to think we can't have a 1)001." us The Reply In his r'eply, the President wt'ote: g "M\y Deoat' John: it "I treceivedl your letter this morning, us saying that the boys wvere very much a dlisapp~ointed beCcauise they had heard I 1. could( not attend the ball in thte inter me est of your swimming 1)001 fund. I am eC excedingly glad yott ,wrote tme about g, this John, because I doc not want the tn boys to think I am not interested in d their getting a swimming pool. I have '. used( swvimming 1)ools myself in my time, and thetre are one or two s'wim ). ming pools in the creek out near' Cae a (lenin, 0., that I wouldl like to get in 3'. to again right now, lif it were possible, r'. 'You tell the boys that I hope the to b~all .wtll raise all the money that is ly needed to prtovidle the pool and that if seine of you swill come to the Whtite mn House 'with some tickets, I will buy ,some, whether I can attend or' not, s"Yurs for the swimming peel, "Warren G. H-arding."