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VOUExxxvi. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1921.NMRR4 VOLUMElb CQOSING [XERCIS[8 FRIDAY NIGHT Cily Schools to Close Schol astic Year CLASS EXERCISES IN ORERA HOUSE The 1920-21 Session of Laurens City Schools to Come to an End with Commencenent Exercises in Presby. terian'*Church Friday Night. The closing exercises of the Lau rens city schools 'will be held in the F irst Presbyterian church Friday night 'beginning at 8 o'clock. The address of the evening -will be delivered by Dr. J. W. McGlothlin, President of Fur man University. The annual sermon was preached iby Rev. B. R. Turnip seed, pastor of the Main Street Metho dist church, Greenwood, Sunday night in the presence of a large audience. This afternoon at 5 o'clock the ex hibit of the home economics depart ment will take place at the school building and tomorrow afternoon the competitive military drill for the 0. B. Simmons medal will be held. Thurs (lay night the Class Day exercises will be held in the Opera House, boginnmg at 8 o'clock. The following is a comicplete program of the remahiing exerci.es: Wednesday, May 18, 6 to 6 P. M. Exhibit of Home Ecojomics, Depart ment-High School Building. Thursday, May 19 4 P. M. Competitive Drill for 0. B. Simmons Medal.-Athletic Field. Thursdaly, 8 1. 1l., Opera House Class Day Exercises. Address of Welcome-Nancy Meng, Class President. Class Poem - - . - Leora Hunter Chorus-Suminer Night-R. R. Forman Class F'story - - 'Margaret Lake Class Criticism - Dorothy Fairey Chorus-The Garden of Roses Schmid Class Will - - - 'Carl Putnam Vocal Solo - - Dorothy Fairey Class Prophecy - Eleanor Miller Class Song - - - Class of 1921 Friday, 8 P. M., First Presbyterian Church-Graduatnig Exercises Invocation - - 'Rev. W. S. Holmes Salutatory - - Raymond Gaston Vocal Solo - - Dorothy Fairey Valedictory - - Caroline Holmes Violin Solo - - John B. Parker Address - - Dr. W. J. McGlothlin Vocal Solo - - Mrs. Robert Roper Delivery of Diplomas Supt. I. W. Gasque Instrumental Solo, Miss Frances Davis Presentation of Honor Medal Mr. R. E. Babb Presentation of Simmons Medal - -Mr. R. T. Wilson Presentation of D. A. R. Medal. Announcements. Benediction - - Rev. J. P. Kilgo "POOR MARRIED M AN" PLEASES 'hiekory Taverni School Closes With SucecessfuliiExercises. A large and enthusiastic crowd greetedl the players of "The Poor Marn ried Man" given 'hy hickory Travern ll-gh -School pupilsuindler the diirection of Miss Maggie J. flecks,.princi'pal of the school, last Friday evening. Over forty, dollars were made for, the school. The players took their parts weli and were congr'atulated on their stage ability. This mnai'ked the closing of a very successful year, and the teachers wei'e re-electedh. Prizes for excellency and improve ment were gold medals, given by Miss Beeks, to Miss Cora E. Bolt and Mello Aborci'ombie. The others winning gOldl prizes were Thelma Owens, Mar.. gie Weathers and Nanniie Lee Thioma son and Melle Abercromble. Gold1 pins were 'given for excellency andl improvement by Miss Henderson to Masters Robert Wasson and Jack Bolt, fsecondl grade. Allegced Murderer Held( -Acting on a letter from Sheiif B. F. Sample, of Saluda county, a negro giv ing his name as John Jones was ar rested near Clinton Monday by Rlural P/oliceman Abrams and turned over 'to Sheiriff Reid to be heldl pendling the arrival of officers from Saluda for idlentification. Jones, 'who is thought to have -been -living under an assumed name here, is wanted in Saluda coun ty for murder and jall-breaking. OPPORTUNE TIME FOR DISARMAMENT Mondell Delivers Address lin Phila. delphia. -Philadelphia, May 13.-The present condition of world affairs affords a wonderful opportunity for consum mating an international disarmament agreement, Representative Frank W. AMondell, Reputblican floor leader in the house, said today in an address before the American Academy of Po "litical and Social Sciences. "Provi dence has offered that opportunity," 'directly to 'the United States, he add ed, as the only nation which can take the initiative without- confessing weakness. Confidence that every nation would welcome an invitation to join in dis armament and that the argreement could be easily carried out was ex pressed by the speaker. Unless dis armament was agreed to, he declared, the next conflict "might easily cause a large part of .the world to revert to .barbarism." "As the condition of the world's affairs affords us this wonderful op 'portunity," Mr. Mondell continued, "it also lays upon us a great duty and re sponsibility. As we are the only na tion that can logically and -without embarrassment tpropose the limitation of armaments, it becomes our .bounden duty-a duty we can not dodge or es cape-to do it, and to do It as quickly as we may when conditions seem ripe for success. "The world will, in my opinion, agree to a limitation of competition in armaments because the world must know that therein lies the only -hope of solvency and rehabilitation." PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR S. S. CONVENTION Laurens Association al Sunday School Convention to Meet with First ip. tist Church May 81. The program for the Laurens Asso clational Sunday School convention, 'arranged .by W. P. Culbertson, Pres., and C. A. Power, Secretary, has been announced, the convention to be held in the First Baptist church of this city on Tuesday, May 31. Am6ng those to be present for addresses are J. L. Corzine, T. J. Watts, and Miss Nuckols, all prominent workers of the Baptist denomination in this state. A large representation is expected from each Sunday School of the Laurens Asso cqiation. The following is the program as an nounced 'by the officers of the conven tion: 10:00 A. M.--Devotional Service. C. U. 'Bobo. 10:30-Address: "The Value of Asso clational Conventions". Dr. Edward Long. 11:00-Discussion: "Our Rural Sun day School Campaign." J. L. Cor zine. 11:45-Address: "The Sunday School Seeking the Lost". T. J. Watts. 12:30 - Discussion: "Present Day Needs of Laurens'- County Sunday Schools." John W. Watts and C. HI. Rloper'. 1:00-Dinner. 2:00--Devotional. 2:15-Address. iimr. C. E. Burts. 3: 00-Normal W~ork Demonstration A lesson from the Normal Manual, Division I. Mr. Corzine. 3:45-Conference -on Elementary Methods. Miss Nuckols. Buzsinesis and adjournment. "H atcha. Koo" "Katcha-Keo", a positively up-to-the minute musical fantastiiue, will be given June 13th at the Opera House under the auspices of tihe Business Women's Club. "Katcha--Kon" is 'both Oriental and American. It tells an in teresting afory of an Amerlean aviator who, lost in India, mnqurmades as an Oriental Fakir and meets with many thrillIng 'adventures. A vein of rich comedy runs through .the pIece and there are novel and ibrilliant musical andi spectacular effects. The patriotic idea gprettominates throughout and there Is a wonderful finale entitled "Iberty Aflame" in which all the Al 11i(1 nations participate. Exercises at Ekom 'An ,entetrainment, consistlng of songs andl recitations, .will .be given at I Ikom school house Thursday night, May 19th, to which the public is in Vitedl. A pienic and 'base bail -game will lbe held at the same iplace the fol lowing- any. TO CIRCULATE BOND PETITIONS Committee to Circulate Bond Petitions for Public Improvements. Majority of Free-Holders Must Sign. The prolosed, bond issues for civic in)rovenents will have to be voted on separately for each cause, advised A. C. Todd, Esq., city attorney, at the meeting-of Council Thursday night. ie turned over to the Council the four petitions which must be signed by a majority of the free-holders before the election can be ordered. Tile petitions will be circulated by a committee from the Chamber of Commerce today and for the next few days until all of the free-holders have been reached. Tho petitions are four in number, the total amount of money to be asked for being $125,000. As explained by Mayor Franks yes terday the $35,000 issue for street im provement will be used in defraying the cost of the connecting links al ready mnade of top-soil on the roads leading out of the city and for the im provement of other streets. The proceeds from all of the other issues will be used in ipart in the Lau rens Mill village, where it is general ly conceded little money has been spent by the city for public improve ments. The $20,000 bond issue for sowerage will bo- used largely in the mill village as will the $10,000 for ex tension of the lighting system. Tile $60,000 for the extension of -the water system will 'be used for the propoesd new filtering station and reservoir, be sides the extension of water lines to sections of the city not now being served. Besides consideration of the bond Issues, Council took up several other matters. Mr. '%. L. Suith, secretary of the Laurens Mills, reported the results of his conference with higher oflicials and as a result the Council came to an agreement with the mill for -the im provement of Fleming Street by which the mill will bear a considerable part of the expense and loan the city funds for its share of the 1work. 'Upon a request from the manage ment of the Princess Theatre, Messrs. Lee Bros. & Switzer, the lease for the Opera House heretofore-held by air. J. E. Bolter, of 'Piedmont, was ordered transferred to the former upon the joint request of both iparties, the rental and duration of the lease to remain the same. CLUJI DAM RWAKS Bols.Terro Lake Emptled as Result of Heavy Rains Friday. Being Rebuilt. As a result of heavy rains coming so shortly after the completion of the lake at the IBis-Terre Country' Club between Laurens and Clinton, the spill-way of the dam gage away Friday afternoon about two o'clock, almost two weeks to the hour after the water had been let In. Inl the course of an hour or so the lake, wiich had re tilred two weeks to fill i, was piac tlcally empty agaIn and~ time work of rebuIlding tile spill-way ihad to 'be startedl over againl. The contract for rebu'tldinlg tile blroken section ihas 'been1 let to Gleo. C. Ordlorne, conltractor dloinlg work at Clinton, and machlinery is n'ow -heinmg liaced on tile 'groulnd to collmlete thme job. Mr'. Geo. M. Wrighlt, p~residenmt of the club, said1 yesterdlay, thlat the dam wVould be 'bulilt tis timle to withlstand~ any weathmer conditIons. The exact cause for tile breaking of theO darn has 'beeni variou~sly su~ggested, butt it is 'generally conceded that it 'wns5 ths resullt of one of thlose un~fortunlate clrculmstances- thalt occur at tImes. It was noet foreseen thlat a '-heavy raIn woulid occurI just as tile wvater reached 'the spIll-way for tile first time. 'rie heavy rush1 of waters got behlind andl ulnder tile spiii-way, washIng away tile fresh earthlen supiport and1( leavin~g tile concr'eto wvall to wilhstand tile pres5 sure. It first 'broke ill small1 sectionls, 'but soon gave way for a distance of ablout 25 feet, allowing all time water in the lake to flow out. Preaching at Friendshmip Preachling servIces will be held( at Mrlenldshmip 'Presbyterian chulrchm Sun day morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. F. Jacobs, of ClInton, will deliver tile ser mlon. Poplar Spring School Tile Poplar Spring school1 will close Friday the. 20th Inst., withl exercIses beginning. at 8 n. m1 SHRINERS PLANNING FOR CEREMONIAL Large Number of Nobles Expect to Attend Spring Ceremonial iII Greei. ville on May 28. Local Shriners are looking forward with a great deal of interest to the an nual Spring Ceremonial of .Hejaz Tem ple to 'be held in Greenville oh May 26th. The Laurens platoon of the I-lejaz patrol has been putting in extra tino during the past few weeks get ting the steps right for the -big parade which is to feature the meeting and With all the pomp, plumes and other %paraphernalia is counted on to make a "big noise" when the parade sweeps down Main street of the Mountain City. The "Fresh Meat" to be contributed to the Ceremonial by the local Shrine Club is counted on being as juicy as any that the bill of fare will afford. Dr. W. D. Ferguson, Dennis Ow-ens, Joe IaO, L. M. AVelsiger will consti tute the class from this club and they have 'been pronised an entertaining time by local Nobles. The program will begin with regis tration of candidates at tile Textile Hall at 9 o'clock and will close with the Shriner's Hall on the second floor of of the Textile Hall. Local Shriners are expecting to make the trip to Greenville by auto mobile, many parties already having been made up for the occasion. Tie Laurens Platoon of the IHejaz Patrol is to give a dress parade on tle public square next Monday even ing in order to straighten out a few kink5 in the marchinlg order an( to accustom itself to the plaudits of the crowds expected to result from the flne apipearance -it makes. R. R. Nickels is lieutenant of the local platoon and the following are' tle other members: L. G. Halle, L. C. Barksdale, Illry Franks, Anthony Fuller, R. A. Gray, . 'F. Harney, Nat Kennedy, Rex JAn ford, J. I Nance, Robert Roper, Tom Switzer, James Todd, J. Asa Todd; Hugh Vincent, S. M. Wilkes, L. T. iYargin. ITALIANS SELECT NEW PARLIAMENT Con-stitutionalists and the Socialists Sharpest Contenders for Places. Rome, M1ay 15.--General elections were held throughout Italy today. Members of oparliament were chosen, but so far as related to the whole country no definite results were known this evening. In Rome the Constitu tionalists claimed a great triumph. Houses were 'beflagged and demonstra tions were held in different quarters to celebrate the victory. The great fight was between the Constitutionalists and Socialiets. At Milan the Socialists returned 17 mem lbrs, as compared with ten represen tatives of all other parties. At Turin the Socialists elected 11, the Const:i tutionalists 5, the Catholics, or Popu lar party 3, at Fiance the Socialists 8, the Constitutionalists 3, Catholics 3. Tihe Socialist vote, 'which was no ticeablly broadcast almost everywhere, 'van smaller where comimun ists can didates were on tihe ticket. The Fasciesti, or extreme National ists, armned witih cltuhs anld other weapons, mn ..ainedl order in tho most turibulent ,:'icts. The comle~te results of tile electilon will nlot be knowvn tinitil thle end( of the week, bult oflcial reports fromt tile provinces, based onl calclatIious made bly the (different -Parties, indlicate tihe probabIlIties. Although the constitu tional voters were less numorous thman 1ha( bheen exp~ectedl, It seems 'probable that they will have suflicient votes to forml a large majority. LAILRENS Ml IL S(OHOOL C'losinig Exercise's Held at School Building 'iThursdasy Nighf. The closing exercises of the Iou-. rons Mill1 school were hleldI in the school building Thmursday night, tihe comml~odious auditorium -being 'illied~ to its capacity enwith p$Prons nnd( friends of the school. An attr'active program was carriedl out 'by the children, the feature of which was a Tonm Thumb wedding which created a 'great deal1 of atnmsement. 'rThe b~ride and iher maidls were dlressedl in dainty costumes of bright colors, whtile the groom and( his attendants wore resplendient in even ing dress and <bow ties. Before the weddling a program of music and reci tations 'wns carried out PATH Of WRECKAG[ [[FT BY TORMADO Little Boy Loses Life in Home OTHER PERSONS BADLY HURT Negro Womian Expectedl to mie. Ten Houses llowit Down in ]iorry Coun. ty. Rtelief )Iork to Aid Stricken Is legun. 'Marion, May I-1,-One person, a lit tle white-boy four years old, is dead, and a negro woman is thought to be fatally injured from the tornado which struck Floyd's township in Ilorry county yesterday afternoon. The little boy killed was Francis Jones, adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones. Several others are painfully but not fatally hurt. One of these is Flossie Elliott, a six year old girl, who is bad ly crushed. She was in a home iwhich twas demolished by the storm. Two women in this same .house were pinned beneath the wreckage and one Is said to have become derang. d temporarily in conse.I1.nce of the tragedy. Ruff Luncle and Gromery Causic 'both white, are also pninfully hu1rt. The negro woman, who is expected to die, was brought to the hospital in Mlarion. She had both lower limbs crushed. Ten 'hotises were completely wreck ed. Tho inmates heard the noilse of -the 'approaching storm and many of thema rushed to the open fields as the dark cloud swept down on them. This enabled many to escape with their lives, who otherwise doubtless would have been killed in the wrecked houses. Te path of the tornado is possibly one-fourth of a mile wide. It began at Gallivant's Ferry and swept from the southeast toward the northwest. It lifted occasionally, and the worst damage dwas done on the farm of E4. M. Meares. The residence of Mr. Mleares was not directly in the path of the 'heavy wiud, but one corner of his barn was cut away by the terrific force of the wind. Five tenant houses on this place were destroyed. At one place several bales of cot ton were lifted into the air, and one bale was dropiped 150 yards from where it was picked up. A Ford car was lifted out of the road. The occu pant saved himself by jumping from the machine. Trees 'were snapped off or uprooted, the tornado cutting wide swaths through the woods. Large crowds -went through the ter rjtory today. There was a continuous string of cars of visitors to the scene. Relief work was undertaken i.nune dliately yesterday, a Red Cross nurse going from Mlarion to the conmmunity. Alullins, Mlay 16.-There was a mass meeting of the citizens of Mullins 'held this morning for the purpose of taking sonmc steps to help the sufferers from the reCcent~ tornado in Floyd's township, in I lorry county. Conmittees iwere amp p~ointed to solicit clothing, provisions, bedding, cooking utensils, and, in fact, anything necessary to housekeeping. Canvassing has already begun andl the canvassers are meeting wvith hearty response from the citizens as a whole. Solicitors are also working -thme business distr'icts for money andl they, too, are meeting with much success desp4lite the scarcity T6f that article. This correspondent has visited the stricken territory and It would be impossible to give a description of the actual destruction that wvould be i aginable to the average person. At least 10 or 12 families within one small area are completely (destitute, the wind, terrifie ini velocity, literally twisting their homes to ,bits and leavIng them without one single thIng 'ecept the clothes on their backs to .begIn life with again. On visiting the scene one is strumck >wIith the fact that it was nothing short of iProvidence that there were not at least a dozen or more people killed, Tme one chIld Is all that is dead so far, but there is one wvhite and one colored woman in the hospitals, who' are in a critical condition. FARMER IN HORRY KILLED BY SON Shooting Said to have beeni Accidental. Young Manl Placed In Jail. Conway, May 13.- News was re ceived here today that Will 'Hickman had shot his father on a farm near Myrtle Beach,.this county. Tuesday af ternoon, and from the twound received the father died on Wednesday after n1oon. The injured man was attended by Dr. Bell of Myrtle Beach, and is said to have made a statement in an swer to a (question asked him 1)y tho physician as to the nature of the shooting. The statement was to the effect that the shooting was an acci dent, that the accused had been prank Ing with a pistol and it was Ored un expectedly. According to reports about town the two men had fallen out concern ing moonshine whiskey, and that the elder .Hicknan had remonstrated his son about being engaged in drunken ness and violating the law. Another story is to the effect that the son was trying to shoot a mule they nwere work ing on the farm, that the father in terferred and the shooting resulted. ATTENiDANCE CONTEST OF' SUNDAY SC1100LS Counties to Compete In Sending Dele. gates to S. o. Convention at Rock Hill.I The forty six Counties in South Car olina are in an "Atten(lance Contest" for the approaching State Sunday School Convention at Winthrop Col lege, Rock ill, June 8, 9, 10, and the President of each County Sunday School Association has been appointed as the director of the Attendance Con test Campaign in that county, assisted by the County Secretary and th Dlis trict Presidents, of whom there are 219 In the State. The contest Is on a proportionate basis, it is said, the number of regis tered delegates from each county be ing multiplied by the railroad (Is tance of the county seat from the con vention, so as to make it fair for all counties, .both those nearby and those at a distance. There are no restric tions as to attendance. The conven tion, it is said, is a popular meeting and not a strictly delegated body. Con sequently, everyone who wishes to do so is invited to attend. All 1who attend and register are accapted as delegates; only those who do register count in the attendance contest. A bautiful banner will be publicly presented to the county having -the largest reg i1tered attendance in proportion to the distance traveled. The committee appointed to have charge of working up the attendance from Lraurens county is as follows: W. C. Wharton, Waterloo; it. 1). Young, Laurens; Rev. 1W. A. Baldwin, Gray Court; J. 'I. Johnson, Gray Court; R. I. Nickels, Laurens, iB. R. Fuller, Mountville. OPE iUETTrA ATr W1ATT1S Tro Be Repeated in . Laurens Opera Jiouso Monaday Night. A large niumber of people, both from the mIll and the city, were present at W~atts Mills Saturday night to attend the oper'etta given by the school clii diren under (lie dlirection of Mrs. Earl Owens and lier associate teachers, as sisted by (lie kindergarten class undler Miss Irene Rlay. The children made a beautiful appearance in fancy cos (lumes and their parts were well taken. The operetta wa~. given on (lie lawn in front of (lie mill and, combined wvithi (lie beautiful setting, made a very en Joyable entertainment. Upon t'he request of a number of those who attendedl, it has been de cidled to repeat. (lie performance in (lie Opera H[~ise Monday night of next week. The curtain 'will rise at 8:13 o'clock, beginning apromptly so (lie lit tle ones can return to their hiomnes at an early lionur. The public isq invited to attend. The proceeds will ,be used in purchasing hooks for (lie school library. The ad mIssion wvill be 15 and 25 cents. Civic LeCagume Meeinug A meetinig of (lie Civic League has b~een called for Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Court illouse. All mcmii hers of the league, both regular and associate .members, are expected to he lpresent. The express object of the meeting is to discuss a public11 play.. groundI foir chiild ren. 'Men particularly are urgedi to be present.