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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1921. BER PRIZ[8 ARE AWRO[D IN BABY CONT[TS Much Interest Displayed in -0 In "Baby Week" FINAL MEETING THURSDAY NIGHTI Informing -'a3lks Made at Flinl Ievt 1ng (if "Better Habyl" ('aiimpaign ThiJursday Night. PIi,zesi ft'or lighest Score in PIlysicill Delel0poipet (voes to Litle miss Lillian Aiderson. Tihe "Iletter laby" Campaign, which was carl'ied on iI this city alid surll roundin g communities last week, came to a successful close Thursday night when 'prizes w(ere awarded to the three babies securing the highest score. At he m'eetinig for the city 105 ba bies, ranging In ago from six months to six years, 'were given examination by a local staff of doctors, asissted by somle visitors, icluding Dr. Carpen ter of Greenville. At Watts Mills, a mill village two miles out, 75 bables were .brought to tile clinic alld the mothers were giveni Informationl on . subjects relating to the health of tile baby, sallitation lllethods 1and other related stfijects, tlie speakers empliha sizing the adoption of preveltive measures in homl1es and schools aiii - other assembly places. Followilng tile clinic at the county colrt lousIe it was ann1loullnced th prizes hvoulld be awarded to tile three babies makilig tile lighest score in Ilysical developilent, certain stand ards.of rules beinlg observed il illna lng tile classifleation. These scores Were gone over by a committee of judlges and the decislons made. Thur day night at the meeting held in the court rooi preildecd over. by Miss Katherino iagquist, couity Red Cros:; Ilurse, who has * beenI very active ill tile "better baby" campaign, inform ing talks on. health sproblels were maide by AMiss Chauucey l3lackburn, field agent of tile South Carolila Tublercullosis association; Miss Mae , Itri Iiphy, Sp i - I a 1)11 1g, assistant ;il periitendei of public health and nurll'sing, alId a recitation by Nirs. Itosa Brallett of Laulrens1. The drawinlg feature of the meet ing w'as t he anlnoulcelment that awards would be made and prizes giv el to the bables scorlling perfect or ap proximating 100 per cent stanldard. llence tll'e was present a large anld iterestmd gatlering. The \Vat ts M1ills colcert halld wvas present .nd rendered a series of speclal .num111be's. At the elose of the lecture% anid chlarted demonlstrationls, all1 of which proved of va't interest, 1)r. HIolfe -;.1 IimIgies. of the local staff of pleialnllls Nas 'alled Juponl to preselt the r I-. lie tolliched uploll the bell(ats; of Itho vallipaign Ithat Iwould follow anld ill genelos ermls ' 11mm1ede the f - forts that are he i n'. made in 1 touth C~arl'inIa In tile maltter 0o' sanlitationl all he(althii imprlovmnent, metholthds and h1e es peciall 11'rJIais(!d the worl k of Al Is I lagqliist anld assoc(iale's I the SuIc Cess of tile Ipresen1t campa jiign. ('olm Inlg to thle sub ject of thle thr ee "besCt ba bies"' as had1( been decided(1 by I; ('o1mm11ttee, I )r, I lles alnnoun11' ed thlat thle first naard was to little Al iso iIA Iin AnIdersonl, tile seven 1110111 i ! baby of MIr. and1( MI'rl. Louis1 All(drson of East Mainl strieet, anid thlat tile izi/e was a tell dollarI cerIt Ificate of d iposit, given by thle 1n~lterpri'sJ National ban11k of 1 I'rens the( second~ lpri'ze, a live dlollar' cer'tificate bly tile Laurens Na tional bank, wvent to P'ierce II. i rby, Jr., two and a hlalf year 01(d son1 of .\l'. andt Mrls. P. I11. IrIby, andi the third award(, by the Powe Dru'g Co., also a flive dollar' certificate, was mlade to little .1 can Chlidress Kennedy, 17 month~s old1 childl of Mr. and( 1 airs. Laul reuns Kennedy. An addedl feature of the meetinlg wans thle presenC~tationl of pr'izes offered 'by thle Civic- League to school chidre witing essays 01n subjects relating t > sanitation. Thlese prizes, $2.50 eachI, 1were also deoliveredl by 11r1. Hunghes, tile pirize for tile gr'ammnar -grades be ing awardedl to Biruce Thlompson. Kit tie McCravy and Hlarlowe Hlahaffey re eived honor'able menoltion in these gr'ads. In the plrimnary gradles theC successful essayist was Margaret Mc Cravy, whol r'eceivedl one of thle prize~s, while .honorable mention wvent to Lou ile Taylor and Sarahl Rjiddle. PIROGRLAM ANNOUNCED FOl CLS EXElCISES Attractive Program to he Carried Out by Graduinig Class of 1li1k School. The graduating class of the Laurens high school is sendinlg out attractive announceiments of the exercises to be held Friday evening, May 20th, at the Presbyterian church. he following Compose the class organizition: President, Nancy Meng. Vice-President, Fred Bishop. Secretary-Treasurer, Ilarry Wood side. Salutatory, Raymond Gaston. liistorian, 'Margaret Lake. Poet, Leora Hunter. Prophet, E'leanor Miller. Critic, Dorothy Fairey. Class Will, Carl Putnam. Valedictory, Caroline Holmes. Tle following are members of the class: Beatrice Babb. Fred Iilsh8o). Nelle Blakely. Luther Chaney. Dorothy Fairey. Raymond Gaston. Caroline Holmes. Leora' Hun'ier. Mlargaret Lake. Iluby Martin. Lois Martin. Nancy Meng. Elleanor .\liller. Mary lel1 Myers. Sarah -Power. Carl Puitnam. -Nell Seni. Harry Woodside. The nnal sermon is to be preached next Sunday night by Rev. 11. H. Turipseed, of Greenwood, at the First Presbyterian church, and the annual addlress will be delivered Friday night, May 20th, by Dr. J. W. MlcGlothlin, ot Furman University. (il C" 'EWMS HiOiLDS UP THE FAST MAIL Threw a Cog in the Progress of Auto mobile Through Express Tuesday Morn ing. - Chief J. T. Crews took a few stitches out of the fast record of an automobile party passing throligh the city yes terday mornln.g carrying packages of a Colunin inewspaper from 'oltimbia to (rcenville and A'..heville. WItrnled by a telephone message from Itural Policeian Abramns at Goldville that two speeders mere '' making towards Lallturensa, Chief Crews ba rely had ti me to reach the piblic sq uare fromo his home 'before the car arrived in1 towIi. W'1hen the Chief held them up and as sessed a bonid of $25, they Jacked ip lte coin ill a jutffy and ,1;tulled out again, saying that. they didln't have time to explain but Would be along again Ji Thursday to get their monecy back. It later tu!rned out that the party was traveling undi atuthority of pos li attlihoritits, the trip being Inade as anl exprimenvit. .Judgi(Ig b)y CI. r"' iiar'ks of those Who squw them come in :and( go out1, iIt may be safely said that the exper'!tmentt wats successful ini so itar as speed1 and1( noise are concerned(I. 1110.11 IAN- liAa Il, 1A'IT Netr 'outh Strikes ati Iall aind Leis'. ltnt Slip. ':rdXine lFosier FantallIy 1Iin iured. lorskine lFoster, a niegro youth, w.as fatal1ly ijured Siturt iday aftet noon ont Mr'. 'T. 1). Lake0's ilacei near1 the city when lie was lilt lby a base halil wit ieb flow otut of the hands of F'ayfe Halley, another negro. Hallecy ivas at the bat when the pitcher threw a ball to hin, accordinig to testimtotny'addultcedI at the influest. \Vhen ho wvent to strike at the ball the bat siipped otit of his band and lilt Foster standing nearly. The wounded negro lived tuntil Mon day umrnig at 41 o'clock w.hon he p~assedl away. The cotroner's jury, cm panelled 'by Coroner, Owin-gs, rendered a verdict in accord with the above testimony. t~teninig Textile AssocIation Mr. ando Mrs. 10. (1. Jessee and son 10mmnett leave today for Atlanta where Mr. .Jessee w.ili attend the sessions of the Southern Textile Association. They w.ill bhe Joined at Gainesvilhs, Ga,, by Miss Mauidie Mae Jessee. On their' re turn Mi's. Jessee will stop ovetr at Gainesville to attend the gradutation owereises of flrcnaut College, 'Miss Mattdie 'Ma'O uheinig a meinber of tihe gradthating class. KEEN RIVALRY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST Clinton and Liaurens Methodist Sui. day Schools aving Attendance Con test. Keen rivalry has developed between the Methodist Sunday Schools of Lau rens and Clinton asi a result of an at tenldalce contest wvhich was begun the first Sunday in -May and which swill Continue through the first Sunday in June. Reports received from the con test the past Sunday sihowed that the Clinton senool had outstripped the locals in the race for attendance hon ors and that unless the Laurens Wes leyans are able to bring uP more re inforcements the fictory will go to Pastor WIggins' flock in Clinton. Superintendent Charles It. licks, who is directing the campaign in Laurens, said Monday morning that he was not disheartened over the outlook as he was expecting every Methodist to come to the aid of his church and help his workers uphold the honors of the Sunday School. The basis for the contest is the aver age attendance of the members of the respective Sunday Schools, as ex plained .by ir. Hicks. The general average for the ipast six months is the basis upon which the contest is begun. The school having the largest increase in average attendance vill be consid ered the winner. This inerease is to be determinled on tile pereentage rather than tite increase Inl numbers, and the general aver.1ge of each Sun day rather than the final number which have joined. On the first Sunday the Methodist Sunday School at Laurens had the greater percentage increase. This, however, was overcome last Sunday by the school at Clinton. At present Clinton is leading 8 per cent. 'le following are the offilcial records of the two Sunday Schools: Wverage attendance past six months: Clinton ................1.12 Laurens .............. ..212 Attendance May 1, Clinton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....179 Laurcns.. ..............294; Attendance May 8, Clinton ..2...............0 Lau11rens .. .... ..........:. II Percentage increase to date, Clinton.................:1 Launren .. ................ The leaders of both Sunliday Sclools are very ituch gratilfed at the results and the colsensus of opinion among tile members Is tiat a great ieal of good will 1)b accomplished. .TO 1101,1) El'DIT.TION.A ItAI..Y 1lin1S Mh'iit Worked to F:,hiblish itln. ral Sectional i llh School for Pts. tricts in Western Part of Conity. Rer. .1. 11. Colemuan Ore'ttusts the au nonlielntIent through TI'lhe Advertiselr that anl educntional rally llbo '!-)d at Poplar Springs ('lhuch oni Saltur day, 21st inst., at which liile promi ntil. sp:al er.- vill Imike adsl with n vivw of creating iitretA ii th10 schlti for' the w.e..lti palrt ofl t he counit y. Those whlo are'i espiecially inI vitedl are tile tlenlehers, truost.: ioatr'ons, t-:tU(iols and. Othier re ilns of Pr~tinceto, M!t. lhthel, liiekorx Tas crn, 1Friendshtip, ikom, .\lit. Olive, .. Gatllagher' and1 lrewerton (listricts. Dri. I). WV. Daniel, of Clemison, and Suipt. 11. TI. Wilson have aileady 1(e cepit ed in vi tat ions to make{ addresses55 and1( M\r. Verd Peterisoun, w ho has1 (charge of agricuIluralI work in t he State D)epartmient of I'ducnat ion, has bieen illvitedl andl is expec(t ed to attendi. Thiosn w~ho attend areo (exeted toi (arry (1i1nner, as a picnic will lbe servedi. The publiIc is cordiiauv i''nvi ted. 'Tie meeting Is to be the initial one lookIng tc~vardls the initerest of high school litipls of these sections and It Is thotught that a plan may 1)e worlied out to pirovide~ hetter school facilities for pulpils of these grades and at the same time relleve the prlesent schools of attempting highI school work where the teaching force is not. large enough to handle(1 both the elementary and11 hlih school diepartments. Infant. (1hi1d Dend Mlildred Eu~tgerIa, two y'ear 0111 child of Mr. and Mrs. F'urman lirown, (iell at the 'home of its parents alonday night and was buried at Prospect church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Tihe services were condlucted by llev. Vermillion, of Iautrenis, - :1 Rev. Ilair, of Fountain Inn. Thi., . as the only girl of Mr. andI Mrs. Ilrown, r~aking her denath a nenuliarlv ad ne. MEMORIAL DAY FiTTINULY OBSERVED Riur Admiral Samuel McGowan, Re 1ired, Pa11id lenut(iful Tri1bule to Men and Womin of Confederncy. Underneath a fair sky and the first 1m11111er 1Sunl of the Season, memorial exercises inl hollor of the Confederate dead Were held in the Laurens cenic tery Sunday afternoon, the address for, .the occasion being delivered by Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan. Retired, who paid a .beautifill tribute to the nen al( women of the Confederacy as well as those who imade sacrifices for the united nation in the World War. The excrclses were held under the auspices of the Daughters of the Con federacy and were pl'esided over by A. C. Todd, Esti., nyho read the lonor 1oll of Confederate dead consisting of those who had fallen in battle or had died of disease during and since the war. The invocation was delivered by Rev. Wilmot S. Holmes and a musi cal program was i'rendered by a select ed choir assited by the children of the graded school and tile Watts Mills Concert band. After the exercises were over tile children placed flowers on f1he graves of the lcdead soldiers while tile band rendered a sacred concert. Introduced by Mr.. Todd as a man internationally known for hi.s service to his colntry and as a w-earer of tile Distinulhlied Service imedal, AdmimlI .\l'Cowall pr'faced his remarlIks withIl a iribute to tle soldivers of the World War, d1elarinIg that his selvice was not to lie compared to the individttal service of those Who sacrii leed them - selves oin the fields of France. Admiral McGowan spoke as follows: We bring flowers today to lay on lie aves of 1men than Whom there were no braver from 'Ter'lmo 11 pyla e to 1he glorious Argonne. And yet. great as were tile sacrifives of tile soldilers of the Sixties. thIey were not m11ore deservin g of con n oration than tile ipattient and uncom tplain1ing fortiltde displayed by the womiel of tile Seventies. The term " reconstruclettionl," heard onl all ,side" now, Is lar'gely mllisapplied! What v(,. are experiencilg is rather rearIjuistmenoilt.. What they had to live tho .h--and triumph ovei'-iwas actual reconstrue tionl which carried withl it poverty and uniltold suffering. So. on this Mothers' Day, I hwy shouild he reieillbered and honored ill vloal measure11- with the Soldier.; whose inspiration they were. It is oll dilty, hard u., the Iask at first may Fe-(ll. to realz e how 11111 (),ir troubles are as comp)ared with those of tile genelrat lon before 11s 111d, by d'te rin d si olthimism, to il th rainbow thlrouh er th11 rin and hiu hwsten the dlay wh n all will --s it no4t- he well once more. In that a hiter I tan nI)\ oth ' I.11 e \ i.ow ou1 elve, wor of wt ilb and~ 1)3' int who (0lep on this h(ati ftl hillside and wothll y. oo, of dihe bra t , 11 iilleo l' of HI l atet, illst nl r, whose:tars hav1 trllned 111o ( ol nsl llii' Tle and Wa ill 'ei'oil Tas a f'asr afai'bi'i .ameinrdayl .\ffernoon.l th lohal Waely .\lledoon , af~lter13 def'at fet te ofrtengae fron- tIeon In siglgame byl atiloe of' o . is t sharlp Piozr wi1m,111 whichlomes agver Sort 11ession afnooanraya. enon h Vam is Toweplye on threa ofatb .lil odaon at -asll'cltck i.S nela' teon and t ne oate hlg~a greartmes 11ff1 . The. Cn~icrt IOan wtle b~e (he hiand ie~to fshmse.l aeha cThestrgay. Teynwcodewasa toastl ffair fom .begi'nningt tond can thel tf'etr' frnihed.y tame frovtelocalri foitadoit waslthfe miti o ntby wh o willten tle mond atgainStn l igh heesHr WELFAlRI SElRE'AltY SCORIES COUNTY JAIL MreInee to HIalIth of Pr'isoners and Communiiiiiity, lie Says. Other Ins'I. 1utlons Inspected. Assistant Secretary Breasley', of tho State Board of Public Welfare, made an inspection of the jail. ahlmshouise and chain gangs of the county on A pil 22 and in fihlig his report in Columbia seveiely Criticized the county jail, Whichli he characterized as a "menace to the health of tile prisoners and 11le communiityttv'". 1le also visited the cotiun ty alshoulse and chain gangs, filing re ports on all of t h (ee ins itions, a:i follows: The Lai u ren s Co uty ,Ja0 'Th e Lauren s 'County Jail is a menace to the healthi1 of its prisoners and of tle community. The sewer pipes are broken in sevoral pliees and seem to defy efforts of the plumber to r''pair them. To stench from these leaks makes the prisoners' quarters almost unhearable and is often so great that the sheriff's family living on the first floor is compelled to close the tWindows to keep out the orlor. Water often runs through the cracks in the ceili ng into the rooms occupied by the family of the sheriff. The whole interior of the prison section is dark and dingy; the bedding is very soiled and infected witlh vermin; the sanitary etuipimelt is al most untusable. Practically the only rtdeeming feature of this institutolln is the excellent food supplied. In 1917, $35,000-was appropriated to buil a new jail for L aurens5 conlii)ty but the work was delayed antI .the aiount is not now suillent. I lnman ity urges that ai additional ap;tropri ation he made and that a jail be built t hat. will not endanger the hea'lth and1 life of every in1tan n imprisoned in it. The i,11urens Conty .\lmiislouise The Laurens cointy almsholinst cont Ciies to show iiprovemtuent. Su per iitendent J. P. Sattervhite ani the coun nty coim il ission ers are to be most highly coinmmetnded for their iuterist and efforts to make this institution satisfactory. Since last year a new holie hai. heen built for the superin t(nidexnt, tle house for the whites screened, a wy bouig.hIt, several ohl sin'ks have bet'en torn away, the yads have been cleaned up, wvalks laid out. flowers lani led, and an1 excellent orchard started. These im provemtiet:-s ate (lue largely to ite ener'y of the superilitendent. '.lho has spenit his spare time inl work inl to make the place attractive antd for suiabll' uart(rs for t11 n1.groe; the holise the, ari livin in ik in very T l;'.' N r C ('otili l'l ! t; Ga Non of *:ris ;ner of the t ' to shackhlv:. Thbl; irwovlitI l hipi ly oinnendItle and is r t dt Io cr ea en d() mulch morew work ('nn do it. with mutich lte<s dI~isomfor t)o themitselves. ft' .ten I for whtitt men has to ll y andil is fililed with htolts. The retfsse in tilt stil I it is not being'. t'e 't'td w) i carith ('v(ry tdav and wvas 'arin";ti withi llt'es; thle htdlinig need.; wvaing muchtitil ini'g u twotae watsh itn ft' same tub of water' hldt he stoppled; antd thet niewly:. unommittedl :trisonter's should tnot hue iniiaiited by~ bteintig heatn bx Iy the mien alreadly sei'viing time. F'ormnan Mt. S. (Godfr'ey's camp r eives Ithe btettei' scorie, laigely hecause of thle alisence of whites, fthe stopp) ing of the initaet ions, andi thle larige num ii her of trusties. This caxip needs an other stil Ibucxket for use1 int thle tet at niIghit, cleaner beddinig, mioi'e var'iely of food, a supply of d isinfectanit, atid thio regular practice of covering the' r'efiise -in the soil pIt every day withl at least thiee inches of earthl so fliat fles tVill not bieed In the wvasto. Mlaniy Stood Examxintixions, The problem of the shior'tage of teachers has been solved, judlginig bty the numiber' of mpni and women who alppleared hiere Saturday to stanid the teachers' xamilnations, the second ex amination held under' the new law aplicable to teachers. A total of 57 men. and, women stood the test, of which 50O were whilte anid 7 colored. 'fliwo white men and one colorecd mati woere among those standing. R[CORD SP[[D FOR MIJRD[R TRIAL Greenville Negro Gets a Speedy Trial DEATH SENTENCE IN SHORT TIME [reen ville N lgro Captured, (onleted and Sentenced to DMe in 72 lours After He Hand 1 illed Polceman Geo. S. -lurroughs. Fired 12 Times it Pu11r. stiers. Greenville, may !).-A record for ipeedy justice e-as made for Green vlille county tonight when, just 721 hoclurs after lie ired ti :lhot which killed City Policeman George S. Bur roughs, Willian Thompson, negro, was Cound guilty of murder in the sessions court and sentenced to die in the Iectric chair at Columbia May 27. No request for a new trial or notice of intention to appeal was given. TIhompson, who was captured Stat irday afternoon in a three-hour chase, Jluring the course of which lie fired 12 shots at the citizens and oflicers who w' pursuilng him. 'as spirited way tI. '- Spartanlb' I Sati 'lay n -r boeil- - to the ail h bnick to tren .i- I, -i to i- placed mI trie aia:1 s whielh -on1vened .;; .\lay ;4 m1 today. Thomp ion was arraigned diI ng tile morning Ind :111laded not guilty. The hour for trial was set for 3 o'clock in the af Lernoon and the case was imediately taken up1 at that. thIe. J. Franlk Eppeis )f the local bar was appointed by the 'ourt to repriesent the ni egro. A doYzi Witnesses weCe examined ror the state, and three for the de fense, the latter including two char acter witinesses and the defenilant himself. Thornmpson declared on the itand that lie did not intend to shoot Lhe officer, it thit his pistol welnt off :iccheidltally during the strugglIe. Testilloly was coicluded this after loon. J'on igliht the coiurt reconvened. Arguments started at 8 o'clock, and :'omiprised an eight Ilin ute speech for the defense and a 16; minute speech ror the state. .11u(ge E. J. Mauldin lirged the jury for 1S minutes. The jury received the case at 8:-11 and a verdict of guilty was read at S:55. I(nenco of death was proloininced at ):0i o'clock. Oflicer flu'roiighs was shot at 9 o)'clock last Friday night and died as ;I rcsullt m, his wounds(L at. I o'clock the next ilo liln . . 0 The nlero'; c:ptire by a large but orth'rly ose audy iis'ht after t ptlii mn hadi ii died early I that origfroml the wound the er inijted 11, an his trial this afternoon a' u b tonight, less than h days t af-. Itor the deed was nnl i ttied, consti tllc.s thei mosI. eiairkable ('aie of swift .iumice uindlri thle law ('tiz.ens hii r' ean reen'hll. Thompsoa n throughioul today seemued calmi andi rsignedl to the fate lie ap larenlb li 'eel would he' his. Talk iinuz wnh Sh;ierif Cairlos 1Hector' before the tijal, tihe negro told that ollcer tat he Ii red -12 hullets du rinlg the bxcitinlg chase' Saturday which etul milnated in his eajil iur, a nil admitted, accoingilu to the otl'icer, thant lie did his best. to kill the shieriff'. Thlompl son said thatnt thle iw ound lie re'eivedl in his leg was fi'omi the shiei'iff's p)is A\sked whIiy lie had sin gledc hhu0 out as thle man to lie killed, Th'lom psoin is <Iioted as sayin-g: "'Well, I killed onle officer, andl I knew I would get the electrie chair, so I dlecidled [ might as well get as many as I Thhomnpson Is a giant negro and is above the average in intelligence. 110 did not -waver durIng the trial, In which several negr'oes who were In thei house at the tIme the trouble oc cuiried, testifIed against him. Mr's. hlurroughs, wIfe of the slaIn police man, also look the stand. TIhe ('ourt r'ooml wasl packed as the trIal pr'o gressedi during the afterntoon and ev ening. Wiedniesdayt) ('lub The regular .meetIng of the Wednes day club willl be held thIs afternoon at 4 o'clock ailthi Mrs. S. HT. Temple man. ThIs Is a -business meeting and tall members are nrged to be .nrnsent