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tIrde Elbbertiser Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by ADVBItTISING PlIUNTNG COMPANY Laurdus. . 0. AdvUI-tIsing at. on Aplication. Obiturles and Cards of Thanks: Ono Cent a Word. Watered at the postoflice at Laurens, s. C., as secon'i class mail matter. LAUIVENS, S. C., MAY 4, 1921.. MFTMORIAL DAY May, 10th is designated in this state as Mehnorlal Day, a day get apart to comminorate the valor of 'the dead heroes of the Confederate Army. In Laurens the ceremonies are generally held on the Sunday preceding the 10th, this dy 'being inore acceptable than a weel4-day. Observance of Memorial Day was first begun ii-Columbus, Ga., in 1866, according to a contribution in the ed torlal columns of The Augusta Chroni le, and spread to.other states of the louth, various states selecting varIous. dates for its observance, South Carolitia electing the anniversary of the death of "Stonewall" Jackson. The idea spfead to the North, May 30th be ing nanled as Its Memorial Day. The jecotunt of the origin of this almost .sacred day in the South as taken from The Ch roniele I is as fol Iows: It w.s Georgia-linpire state of the South-that gave Memorial Day to the Union! (During the War Between tihe Sta'es there wits organized in Columbus. Ga., a Soldiers' Aid Society, which did won derful work in caring for sick and wounded soldiers and furnishing neces sities for those in the tield. E'arly in I866, the ladies' Memorial Association rose. proenix-like. from the ashes of the Soldiers Aid Society. for when host ilities had ceased, the thought that animated these faithful. untiring women was that of beautifying the last resting place of those who had worn the gray. The members of the Aid society had beeni supervising some work in i nwood Cemetery. in which the city had set apart a section known as the "Soldiers Reserve." Two of the ladies. 'Miss I:; ie lRutherford and Mrs. Jane M1artin. were strolling leisurely homeward inl the lat after noon. Wheni thit former said she thoutht "it wvould be well to set apart one day to be annually observed as a 'Memorial to the Confederate Soldiers. and to place flowers on their graves." Thle idea appealed to her cotmpanion. and it was decided to make the suges tion at the next meetin-. This was subsequently held at the home of Mrs. Jlohn Tyler. The suggestion was tiu ick ly ado ;t ed. M :s. Chas. Williams was made seeretary of the assoe:ation. into 1hill the i rs A'd Society resolved itsei. at .iit ee:nc She W'.t5 lt~klt,1tt'5t !i o ;a-! th id elk1 (f 1"1 press and to mtake an ap'eai :0 all the aid societies of the Soutth to become Mtemorial ssociations and thus gi' e their c'o-o;'era~t't in makinet Memorial Day, Ap'rl 2t. a stlral cllsto:'. -the Sa'.-bath &of thc Soeat: ie' ;-e touiched the hearts of :es 0 "t.ike the sof2 t h"e tha spedoe ie earth I on t he n n g of the l esitu rect iott, so the -o:: ltt of this scnti Ineint shone' over llixie. and when A;: .1 tihe solditers sleep. The following ia a eopy of \Irs Wi lhtns' letrtr to he tress: " oletr. itor. : Thae ad .2 ar enigalled la the sad. btut pleasant, duty Of' orItnamen tin g an timptn iroy tg t hat port ion of the (City C.emet ery sacred to the uimmory of our gallant tonfed eratte dead, but we feel it is an unt ished wyork unless a day be set aart annually for irs especial att ention. \\e can not i-aiso monumen tal sha fts and inscribe thereon their miighty dleeds of heroism. but we can keep alive the memiory of tht debt w e ow 0 them 1;y dedicating. at least one (lay in each year. to oembelli sling t hier uminbl e graves wvith feOwers. Therefore. We heg the assistance of the press anit the ladies throughout the South to aid us in thle efforts to set apart a certain dlay to be obiserved., from thle P'otonina to lie Rio ( Grande. ,andt he handed dowvn through time as a religious cust om of the Sout h, to wreathe the 4raves of our matrtyredl dead with ilowve~rs, and we propose the 26th of April as this (lay. Let every city. town and village join in the spleasant diuty. I ,et all alike be remembered. fromt thle heroes of .\a nassas. to those who ox pired amidl the death-throes of our hallowed cause. We'll crown alike the hoinored rest lng-places of the immortal -ackson in Virg;inia. .Iohniston at Shiloh, ('le hurnie in 'Tennelssee- and thle host of gallant privatest who adorned our ranks. All did their uty and to all we owe( our grattitude. 14t the soldiers' gravep, fotr t hat day at least, lie the Southern Mecca to whose shrine her sotrrowing wiomen, like pilgtrims. may annually bring their grateftul hearts and floral otfferin, s. And when we remember the thous~ands who were buit ed witht their inmartial eloaks around I tem without SChristian ceremony of ittrment. we wouild ini'oko thei aid of t he most thr-ill ing eloquetnce throulhouit the land to inaugutrate this cuistomi by delivering. 1, on the appointed day, an eulogy on the unburied dead of our glorious southern army. They died for their country. Whether their country had or had not the right to demand the sacrifice, is no longer a question of discussion. . We leave that for nations to decide, in fu ture. That it iwas demanded that they fought nobly and fell'holy sacrifices upon their country's altar, and are en titled to their country's gratitude, none will deny. The proud banner under which they rallied in defense of the holiest and noblest cause for which heroes fought, or trusting womem 'prayed, has been furled forever. The country for which they suffered and died has now no name or place among the nations of the earth. Logislative enactment may not be miade to do honor to their memories, but the veriest radical that ever traced his genealogy back to the deck of the Mayflower, could not refuse t's the sim ple privilege of pay-ing honor to those who died defending the life, holfor and happiness of the Southern Women." Mary Anne iHoward Willians, Secretary. Ladies' Memorial Asso ciation. MAY BUILI) WATER SUPPLY FOR LESS Council Learns of Survey. Made by Engineer Hughes that May (ail for Smaller Outlay of Money. A sigh of satisfaction iwas breathed by the city council Monday night, or rather ioveral sighs were breathed when the possibility was disclosed of building the proposed water stiplly system for around $35,000 instead of $60,000 as was estimated some time ago. 1Ongineer Hughes, who was pres ent at the meeting utpon.t.he rvquest of Mayor Franks, in reply to questions of Mayor Pranks and other members of the council, said that he had made a recognizance survey.of the prolosed water system upon the in1st ructions of Mayor Richey last year, going into parts of the survey very minutely. and that the system which he had laid out would cost in the neighborhood of $35. 000. 1y his plans, he said, water would he secured above the present water shed where it would already be fairly pu re and piped to a reservoir on the Copeland property by gravitation, do ing away with the first cost and opera tion of a pimpiiig station at the source. The reservoir here would be of small area but of considerable depth. divid ed into two parts so that each part could be cleaned separately. Other splecificat-ions were practically the saliie survey which the city recently had made which provided for very pure water at the pumping station leading to tihe stand-iPe. Conncil took no av tion on the matter as the money for the proposed systetn is not yet avail able. Mayor Franks, on behalf of the comn mittee whieh went to Augusta to in spect gravel rocds built in that vicinity. reported that the committee had found the gravel of excellent quality where used on level roads but that tle coi nittee did not have tline to inspect roads at some distatice built in a hilly section. EngIneer 1lughes, who was present at the meetinug. gave it as his opinion that the Augusta gravel would be of a semi-permanent nature on g rades up to tIve per cent and that if ;placed now on the remietery' hill Onl North 1Iharper st reet, wiould bie valuable as a foundat ion for a harid-sur face road whien the city was .'repared to build one. Ini this conniection, he ad v ised that the brid .: ovter the river be low the cemnetecry be raised about foulr feet. Mr. I .amar Smith. sec'etary and manager of the 1,aurens ('atten Mtill app'earedl before the coutn il and o fered to co-operate withl the cit y in' im proving Flecmi n stree as it plansi to iminprove Mill street by a dvancinug the money to be repaid to the mill in a year or* wo. Council expressed a seni tinment to eOmnply with it o!Yer. iut postponed definite consideration until the Mill street work is further ad vanecud, lill Martin' driver of the tire truck. appeared before council aind asked ,that he be re-inmbursed $%0 for a suit of (lothecs wvhich he claimed the council had offered to 'pay for after a period of six months. Hie said that when the matter of uniforms for city employees came up during the alin istration of Mayor Richey that the counicil had refused to) buy him a uin form as the truck drivers did. not usually remain longer with the city. but agreed to re-imburse him if he should buy a suit and remain on the job for six months. The minutes of the iueeting referred to were called for and as the minutes spec ified "'uniform" rather thatn "suit" and as Mr.' Martin had only bought a civilian stit his re quest was denied. No vote was taken on the <question, Mayor Pr'nks passing over the matter in the absence of a muot ion one way or the other. A. S. Perry, proprietor of the Inu irens I hotel. appear-ed before the coun.. oil anmd asked for relief from discrimn inat ion wh lich lie claimed exbstedi in the license ordinance. lie claimned that he "was the only person in town pay ing a hotel license, which is $60, while other people in lie city are doing a hotel hua!neag con a hoardlin; houuse license. Avhuich is $7.5i0. The matter was referred to the city 'attorney for * ' . ,. * * CL1WTON NWS * * * e* * * * * e * .* 4 * * * Clinton, '%fay 3.-Mr. and Mrs. Heus tiss spent the, wek-end in Carlisle with the latter's parentg. Mrs. Jno. 'Davenport, of Greenville, spent several days last week iwith Mrs. Thomas Jacobs, Mrs. At. A. Hays returned last week from'Dillon after spehding several weeks yith her dau'hter, Mrs. Jas. Sprunt. Mrs. Carl Barksdale, of Laurens, was the guest of Mrs. J. Lee Young last week. Airs. Scott, of Washington, D. C., spent last week with-hirs. J. T. Robert son. Mrs. W. S. Bean returned last week from an extended visit to her son, Dr. W. S. Bean, in New Oileans. - Mrs. Bothwell Graham and daughter returned last week from a visit to her sister, Mrs. L. Nic. Kennedy in Spartan burg. Airs. W. P. Jacobs and children are the guests of her mother, Mrs. Shock ley, in Spartanburg, th's week. Mrs. R. E. Sadler is attending the Musical Festival in Spartanburg this week. Mrs. fE. S. P. Giles spent the week end in Greenwood- with relatives. Mrs. E. J. Adair was hostess to the "MIerry Wives" last Fri4ay- afternoon. De)icious refresmnients. woere served. Mrs. Reece Young entertained at bridge Ihast' Friday afternoon in honor of Mir. Ca l itrksdale, of Laurens. After several games of bridge, the hostess'served delicious Ice cream and cake to the following: Mesdames Carl Barksdale, W. P. -Jacobs. R, E. Sadler, W. B. Owens. Jr.,'W. D. Copeland, Irby llipp and M1iss Clara Duckett. Mrs. Eb1" Stone, of Union. was the guest of h r sister, Mrs. Clayte Bailey last week. Mrs. J. S. MicGregor and children re turned to their home in Ruby last week. with 'ir. and 'Mrs. T. C. Sumerel. Mr. J. F. Jacobs. Jr.. is spending the week in Charlesto'- and Atlanta on bus Mrs. Jas. R. ('opeland is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harvey Brannon, at Statesboro. Ga.. this week. 0111NA LOMS AS A CAUSE OF WAHl Answer to Anglo-Anieriean-Japanese Disarinament Tangle Seen in Orient. IBy William Philip Simm.) ShanA hai. April 28.-The heavy fog of doubt. sumieo1 and hatred which. prior to 19114, hung over the .Balkans, has shifted to the Far East and unless it can be cleared away by some definite moves on the part of the three govern ment s principally involved--acts which will admit of no two interpretations another contli'et seems inevitable. tiff of a hh-.hly dangerous sort is daily being spilled out here in the Orient, adlding to the confusion. The wildes't rumors are always in the air'. geu, c'al ly without even a shred'( of truth in them: hut eachl addis its mtite' to the ~eneral tension and thus does its little hit of harm. -Some of the shtrewdest observers-Americans. lIr'itish and Japanese-are losing their perspective l iving as t hey are~ in this tur'bidl itmos where. dIriving home on noweomners the need of immttediate steps to clarify the situation. And Amterica is always the goat. whatever the comnbination of direful event~s lpredicted or feared. Dupes of Fngland i Some have the i'nited States and En,:land tobogganing at terrific sp'eed tow ards war on the theory that since Germany is down and out America alone stands in the way of Great Brit ain's comm-ercial udomination of the worlId. Others are convinced the U'nited States and Japan are headed in the direction of an inevitable clash-on the ground that their ambitions can not be reconciled in Asia. A third category of sidewalk diplo mats see Great Britain conniving to puish America and Japan into a war with each other for the double purpose of removing Tapan as a dangerous com merci-al rival in 'the Orient and from the high seas as a rapidly growing -menace to Britain's merchant marine. And then there's the group who pro fess to believe England wants the U'nited States and Japan to fight so she. EnTgland, will not have to fight Ameri ca. Another school o( opinion preach that Great Britain would like a Ja;'an ese-American war so that both Japan and America would receive such a sethack that she would remain nmndis putedly in possession of the field. ('ard of Thanks We thank our many friends and neighbor~s for their kcindness and help and also for the beautiful flowers giv en for the burial of our son and brother. Alvin D). Powers. May God's richest blessings rest up on each and every one of you. , 19 FiMInr IJUWD Knocked Down by His Own Automobile In Greenwood. Several Bones Broken Mr. r. F. Fleming, of this city, had one bone in bis ankle broken and two ribs' fractured in Greenwood Friday when- ho was knocked down and run over by his own automobile. Mr. Flem Ing cranked his ear by hand while it was in gear and it started off before he coild get out of the way. The car passdd over his body and ran a dis tance of several hundred feet before it ran into an obstruction which stopped it.- His little son, R. F., Jr., was in the car at the time, but was ubable to stop -it though he did suc eed 1tAkeeping It In the street for some* distance. Mr. Fleming, thought painfully in jured, is not thought- to be seriously hurt and is non, at the home of hiq inother a few miled frm Greenwood where he is saidto be resting quietly. * .. SPECIAL NOTICES. $ * e e e ** .g e *$ * Brick--Laurens Brick Opmpany can furnish you brick lin.i'a quantity or quality. 42-1t Lst-Somewhere between oil mill and home of W. T.,Crews, sm$ 1 broach set with diamond and 18 su I- pearls. Finder please notify 'Mi#s Harlan Qrews at'Iturens Oil Mill and receive reward. 42-1t Lost-In post office, pr bably Friday, ladies' black parasol. ]Finder please return to Mrs. E B. B.lphen, 1020 S. Harper Street, and Vec.ve reward. 42-1t Hot Rolls-Fresh hot rolls made on special orders. Rolls baked morning after order received. Phone 307. 42-5t-pd Wanted-To buy a stock of gro ceries or dry goods in the town of Laurens, or lease a store room on the square suitable far a goiferal business. Address Globe Dry Goods Comipany, Newberry, S. C. 42-it Lost-Tiny baby ring, also small silk handkerchief. Iinder iplease noti fy Mrs. C. 1. Parker,-at phone 48. 42-it Corn-1 want to sell 100 bushels home raised corn at $1.25 per bushel. Austin MBranilett, Narnie. S. C. 42-2t-pd For Sah-Two nice cows. One 3 gallon and one 2 1-2 gallon. W. C. Nitchell, Alountville, S. C. 42-It-pd RAGS WANTED)-We will buy clean white rags. Advertiser Office. Potato Plants-Porto Rico, Nancy liall, Early Triumph Sweet Potato plants. $1.50 per 1,000. Greater Balti more Tomato Plants. $1.60 per 1000. Large orders, pron1pt shipment. lorris Plant Co., Valdosta. Ga. . 40-5t-pd For Rent--Suite of nicest otilces it town. See Dr. W. 11. Dial. 40-2t-pd For Salt-Ear corn in shuck. car iots 90c per bushel f. o. b. Dunbarton, S. C. U. F. Owens. 39-5t Eggs-From my Barred Plymouth Rocks at just half price, since April 1st, $1.25 per 16 eggs. delivered. Mrs. Grover C. Roper, Ixurens, S. C., R. F. D. 6. 39-5t-pd Notle--ThiA is to notify the public that on account of all supplies being sold on a cash basis I will be forced to demand cash of my patients who do not pay in full their accounts this spring. if I can collect the accounts (1ue me1 I will 1b0 in a Position to con tinue serving as a physician but if I do not. it will be necessary for me to go on a cash basis also for nmy ser--' vice. Those interested witll take dlue notice and not be disap'pointed if they are refused further credit. J. L. Don non, M1. D). ' 39-3t-pd Notie--I have arranged to be in Ilurens two days each. fnonth. If your piano needs tuning leave order with R5. 31. & .E. Hi. Wilkes & Co. 0. M1. Tslli, Piano Tuner. 28-tf 0. Langdon Long ATTORNEY AT LAW Enterprise NationaliBank Building All I~egal Business Given Prompt Attention Dr. T. L. Timmerman DENTIST Laurens, South Carolina Offee in Peoples Bank B'ailding Simpson, 'tooper & Babb Attorneys at Law. WMm Practice hn anl State Ceurts Prompt Attention Given Afl Bueses IGASOLINE SYSTEMS Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Com pressor., Comp tin -Scales, Floor Scales, Show ,1c Account Reg isters, Rebu Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fixtures. THE JBAXILTON SALES CO. Columbia, 8. C. C. C. Featherstoni W. B. Enight PEATHUERSTONEr A KNIGHT Attorneys at Law Laurens, S. C. WillBav PrmptandCarefa t en Offiee orer Palmetto Bank bir. Featherstone' will .spend Wednes FOR SALE BY POWE DRUG COMPANY Use Old Tires as Spares Your oldest casipg may have in it hundreds of miles that we can save for you. Some day it may come in mighty handy as a "spare". Bring it' in and let us look it over-we advise only such repairs as pay. Our skilled methods and complete equipment will make your old tires strong and serviceable. We make all kinds of repairs in our vulcanizing shop, using genu inc Goodyear Factory Repair Materials. Drive in today with your old tires. Tires, Tubes, Accessories Gas and Oil McDaniel Vulcanizing Plant Next Door to Post Office FREE AIR FREE WATER WRIGHT-SCRUGGS SHOE CO. SPARTANBURG, S. C. Introducing New Shoes New Styles Brought to Your Very Door By Prepaid Parcel Post One Strap In fine grade of Brown and Black Kid or Satin and Suede PumPs combinations; French or Ba by Louis Heels. Priced from $8.00 to $13;50 Satin Pumps Brown or Black Satin, fine quality, one strap styles; French or Baby Louis heels. / Priced from $7.00 to $10.50 Full Line of Women's High Grade Silk Hosiery In All Leading Colors and Styles Write for Our Spring and Summer Catalog Wright-Scruggs Shoe Co. Spartanburg, S. C.