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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921. BER BOLL W[[Vl. W[[K STARTS MODAY County Agent Arranges for County Meetings TO DISCUSS MANY PHASES Clanson College Spealiststo Lay3 Plans Before Fariers for Combatting Boll Weevils. Bankers and Supply Mer. chauts Urged to hear )r. Long. ,County Agent, J. E. Trevathan has arranged for a series of meetings to be held in Laurens county next week to lay before the farmers of the coun ty a general plan of farming that will enable them to combat tile boll weevil to best advantage. Mr. N. E. Win ters, soil specialist for the extension service of Clemson College, will speak .at Gray Court-Owings, Trinity-Ridge, .lickory Tavern, Wadsworth and Prospect on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Winters is a dee.) student and an in terenting speaker. Ile will tell how to control the boll weevil through a system of farm management, and soil building. Every person in the coun ty who can do so should hear Mr. Win ters. lis talks will be entertaining as well as educational. Dr. WI. W. Long, director of Aigricul tural. LDx-tension work of Clemson Col lege, will speak in Laurens and Clin ton on Vednesday of next week to dis cuss cooperative marketing. A pro gram for boll weevil control will be discussed bf J. iE. 'rrevathan. Dr. Long has a message that should be heard by every farmer in Laurens county. N very cotton grower in the county should hear iDr. Long Wednes day. All bankers and supply merchants of the county are invited to hear Dr. Long discuss this subject which will be of vital interest to them. Mr. S. L. Jeffords, an agronomist of Clemson College, will assist at the meeting on Thursday and Friday. Mr. Jeffords wishes to- start a few experi mental .plots in this county to detei mine the comparative value of differ ent forage crops. Any farmers who wish to try new forage crops or grass es for permanent ,pastures would prob ably do well to work in cooperation wi.th Mr. Jeffords. Every person in Laurens county di rectly affected by the boll weevil will be able to get sound practical advice concerning weevil control by attend ing any one of the meetings to be held next week. The following is a pro grain of the meetings: Monday, Oct. 17th--10:30 A. M., Gray Court-Owings; 3:00 P. i., 'Trin ity-Il idge; 7:30 P. M., Hickory Tavern school house.--N. E. Winters. Tuesday, Oct. 18th-10:30 A. M., Wadsworth; 3:00 'P. M., Prospect school.-N. E. Winters. Welnesday, Oct. 19th-10:30 A. M., Aiurels court house; 3:00 P. Mt., Clin ton.-W. WV. Long. Thlursday, Oct 20th-4h0:30 A. M., *Narnie-ilarksdale; 3:00 P. M., Both any.-S. L. .Jefford1s. 'Friday, Oct. 2lst.--10:30 A. M., Spring (;rove school; 3:00 P. M., San dy springs.--6. t. Jeffords. The h)o11 weevil can be controlled. Attend these meetings and learn how it is dlone. Matinieo Friday A fternoon W. M. Swvitzer, moving picture mail ager, announiced yesterday that ai special matinee of the Four llorse men of the Apocalypse wvill be given Friday afternoon for the high school 'pupils and teachers. Pupils belowv thec age of 12 'will be admitted for 28 cents atnd those ab~ove that and~ teachers will be admitted for 44 cents. Regular prices will prevail for oilher people but no reserved seats will be sold fom this one showing. Reserved seats will be sold for Friday night and~ the I wc Saturday shows. 11. T., Wilson Returnms T. T. 'Wilson, who attended the na. tional meeting of the Re~d Cross a Columbus, Ohio, last week, has re rturnedl to the city. Mr. 'Wilson saic that hie enjoyed the trip very mueh and was deepl1y impressed with thn .work the Red Cross is dloing, ai brought prominently before the dole gates at the convention. The conven tioni was a wonderfully inspiring one hie said, and one could not have r.oni and taken par't in the proceeding womi I the g:ret ornanflz'i on1I hdo'n' MICROBE OF LOVE A BIG SUCCESS Local Talent Play Under Auspices ef Anorlean Legion Successfully, Staged. "The Microbe of Love," staged by local talent Monday and Tuesday nights, not only 'proved disastrous tq the sophisticated bachelors, 'who fought valiantly againts his wiles, but captured by storm the large audlienc es which .gathered to see his pranks on both evenings. The play, given under the huspices of 1h1 local post of the American Legion and dirctdci by Miss Sarah Marie Kimbrough, of Mobile, was 'a success from artistic and hum orous as ,well as financial standpoints. The 'play revolved around the machinations of a group of forlorn spinsters, 'who had found I hat the available bachelors were interested in no other relation except that of broth er and sister. ,When the bachelors cut themselves off from all marital con siderations by the formation of a "Bachelors Club," the spinsters re sorted to the "Microbe of Love," sug gested to them by Madame Hymen Cupid. With this plot in hand, the spinsters proceed with its execution with telling effect, the various scenes which follow proving a riot of fun. The dancing and singing, which run through the play, give it a complete sett ng and proved not to be the least attractive part. 'Miss Frances Davis was a delight ful Mada'no Hymen Cupid, taking a difficult part with graceful effective ness. At the meeting of the Spinsters Club, Miss Allier' Franks, as Priscilla iPrunes, presid1. - officer, held the reins over the & 'tive spinsters in a very acceptable manner. To single out the individual spinsters for spe cial review would be diflicult, but 'Misses Jule Childress and Ruby Mc Millan entered into the scene with un usual vim. The "Left-Overs", Misses Sara Clowney, Carrie Fleming and Brucie Owings, in their scene with Hard,'Boiled, Mr. Ed. Hicks, and choruses, gave a bilarious interpreta tion of the scene. The dancing of Miss Rebecca Laklf as Lovie Long; first with Mr. Anthony Fuller, as U. B. Careful, and later. with Mr. Stanley Crews, as Billy Bachelor, brought forth much applause. All of the bach elors, names below, gave the expect ed rusty exhibition of self-entered ness, forgetting entirely their biggest song the first nil.ght but coming back strong on the second performance. Dr. R. E. ,Hughes, as Mr. 'Henspeck, upheld his reputation for histrionic talent, while his better-half, Mrs. Hen peck, acted by Mrs. James II. Sullivan, faithfully carried out a difficult role. The two. Old Fashioned Wives, Mrs. C. T. Latimer and Mrs. J. T. Rutledge, took their parts with grace and charm. 'Miss 'Martha Barksdale was a petite Fliii Suci, while the bevy of chorus girls, see 'em below, were "simply adorable". The cast was as follows: Priscilla 'Prunes Miss Alliene Franks Madame I lymnen 'Cupid Miss Frances D~avis Lovie Long Miss Rebecca Lake Ima Fraud 'Miss Rekah Richards Wanta Man Miss Jule Childress Sophia Sweetgum Miss Virginia Barksdale Lillie Lonesome Miss E'thei L~angston Samantha Loving Miss Sara Ciowney Hope On Miss 'Hattie Kate 'Easterby Ever 'Ready Miss Ruby McMillan Pobby MlifnlJa.eallva an'tMissaCarre 'Slin IIia~ IoMeis Vig di Hkse Ver Hnecld.U -Ric Nuckels obby henpekfu rs Jaes. Sullivan Cupid Elise Perry Lord Tisa 'Pity ' Charles Fleming Old1 Fashioned Wife 'Mrs. C. T. Latimer Old1 Fashioned Wife Mrs. J. T. Rutledge Fifi Suci Miss Martha lBarkadaie Izzee Coming Miss Tnez Hludgens iva (Thn11' Miss TBettie RIihards Metta Match .Mrs. M. J. Simpson Reporter Margaret Thunlap Saphrona -Wait On Miss Virginia Barksdale (Choruis Ols . l'.mi utK'gnu Martha Saxon FIRST GINNINGS HEAVY Upper Counties of State Show Heavy Ginuings and Lower Counties Show Effect of B1oll Weevil. The bureau of the census, depart ment of commerce, has issued the first cotton ginning report of the sea son as of .September 25, The ginning of the state show an increase bver las, yer, as do the ginnings of this coun ty. This is believed to be due to the early maturity consequent upon hot weather. It is noted that ginninigs in l the lower part of t'# state, where the boll weevil is more prevalent, show a decrease instead of an incraso. Following is the report by counties: County 1921 1920 The State .. . . .. .215,260 171,4 1 Abbeville .. ., .. .. 5,190 1,864 Aiken .. .. .. .. . .. 7,296 11,595 Allendale .. . . .. .. 2,945 5,636 Asderson .. .. .. ... 20,518 2,894 Bamberg .......... 1,958 6,993 Barnwell .. .. .. .. -1,726 9,369 lierkeley .. .. . . .. 209 1,1 10 Calhoun ... ... ..... 2,13 7,975 Cherokee .. .. .. .. 2,260 81 Chester .. .. .. ... 5,830 1,196 Chesterfield . . .. .. 6,182 3,840 Clarendon .. . . .. .. 4,837 8,852 Colletoi . . . . .. . . 559 1,58' Darlington .. .. .. .. 6,138 3,355 Dillon .. .. .. . ... 11,881 4,920 Dorchester .. .. .. .. 508 2,522 IFdgefield .. .. .. .. 2,764 4,207 Fairfield .. .. .. .. 2,716 2,001 Florence .. .. .. .. 6,077 3,937 Georgetown .. .. ... 47 391 Greenville .. .. .. .. 8,049 305 Grenwood .. .. .. ..4,043 2,419 Hampton ... .. ... ..1,469 2,905 Hforry ... .. .. .. .. 319 188 Kershaw .. .. .. .. 3,969 4,880 Lancaster.......... 2,222 338 Laurens .. . . ... . 10,102 :3,137 Lee ... .. .. .....6,967 6.562 Lexington .. .. .. .. ..2,986 5,866 McCormick . . . .. .. 1,404 857 Marion .. . . .. ... 3,688 1,579 Marlboro .. .. .. .. 11,886 9,316 Newberry .. .. .... 5,559 3,391 Oconee .. .. .. 5,131 90.1 Orangeburg ... .. .. ..8,269 21,225 Pickens - .. .. .. .. 4,645 23 Richland .. .. .. .. .3,217 6,399 Saluda ,.... .., .. .. 2,886 3,297 Spartanburg .. .. .. 11,628 . 950 Sumtr. .. .. .. .. .. 7,065 7,782 Union .. .. .. .. .. 2,913 652 Williamsburg .. .. .. 2,268 4,106 York . . .. .. .. .. 6,552 571 1 All Other ... .. .. 1..116 284 ELEC'IitIK MAID BAKERY New Enterprise Opens In Laurens To. I day Opposito Post, Office. The Electric 'M-aid Bakery, a new enterprise for the city, will have its formal opening in the Dial-Gray build ing, opposite the post oflice, this morn ing. A general invitation has been extended to the public to attend the bakery and inspect the sanitary oven and other equipment. As the name signifies, the bakery is operated by electricity and baking is done in .plain sight of patrons of the store. TIhe bakery is in charge of Mr. A. Li. Anderson, formerly of Camden. Mrs. JT. F. Wilson, of Atlanta, will be his assistant wvhile an experienced baker will be in charge of the oven. An advertisement giving some of the various items to be offered1 the public will be found on another .page of this Bridge Tournament Trhe committee of ladies who has startedl a fund for the purchase of a musical instruiment for the bois-Terre country club, has announcedl that a bridge tournament will be held at the club Friday afternoon and Friday night. All those interestedl in BIridge, whether members or not, are invited to take part in .the tournament. An admissIon fec of 50 cents will be chargedl each entrant, both afternoon and evening. ('ircuis Troday By .the time this paper reache a lot of its readers, the Sparks circus wiii fiav'e rolled into town, unloaded its animals andl paraphernalia, andl the= "big top'' will be upl. TI's circus (lay., Henry Lautrents Chiaiper The lionry Laurens C!haipter, D). A. UR., will hold its regular monthly meet ing Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Ladies' Rest Room. The regent reqiuests all member~s to atltend., Rebecca Adams Sarah Bishop Sarah Eliza Swygert 6arah Saxon 'Lo'n Fuilter Mary Sue Bolt EVANGELISTIC SERVICES TO BE I1ELl] Rev. G. T. Squires Announces Service: to Begin In First Presbyteril October 213. Rev. C. T. Squires, pastor of tl First 'Presbyterian church, has an nounced g seiies of evangelistic ser 0% to begin hunday night, Octobe 23rd, the meeting to continue abou two weeks. Rev. James H. l-lender lite, D. I)., of Gastonia, N. C., ha been secured to conduct the services At a meeting of church workers Sun day, Committees were appointed t< make arrangements for the series o meetings. Mr. Squires has invited the coolperation of other churches in statement as follows: We have icet so fortunate as to se cure the services of lRey, James iI Ienderlite, 1). D., pastor of the Plirs 'resbyte'ian church, of Gastonia, N C., for a two weeks series of evan gelistic services. )r. ienderlite is one of ou r mos1 liuecessful pastors, and especially Popular with men. lie is not a pro fessional evangelist but a minister whc 'lways has a message which he de livers in a straight-forward, clean :ut nmner, free from all bombast and oratorical effort. It is our desire that this, the first 3vangelistic meeting, which we have geld during our pastorate here will b( used .by the 'Holy Spirit in calling 'many to repentance and the building iJ) of the Christian character of us who are church members. We siscerely trust that our whole iommunity may receive Spiritual ben ifit, and we most cordially crave the ,o-operation of our brethren of all de lominations. It is hoped that every >ther church may be blest in the re leption of members as well as our )wn. Will not all of God's people earn stly pray that this service may be es )ecially blest unto the salvation of icores of our people; and we shall ap >reciate the consideration if our con nunity will.give "The Kingdom of Go(] tnd ills Righteousness" the "right of way" during the two weeks of these ervices. Please allow no social en ;agenents to be madb during this ime. We shall open the meeting Sunday vening, October 23rd, at 7:30 o'clock. )'. Ilenderlite is expected the next lay and will preach Monday, October ith and on through Sunday, Nov. 6th. All of the ministers of the Gospel tre especially invited to participate n these services. )ETCH P'ROPH~rl' TALKS ON WEATHEII ays Lowest Temperntures of Season Will Occur Lattler Part, of Month. Columbia, Oct. 10.---Early appear ince of cold weather with light frost luring the past week shows the way o yet lower temperatures for October, recording to hutch Weather Prophet. rVith frost on October 5, records 'were )roken in a number of localities, in le Piedmont, it being the earliest 'ince Septembler' 27, 1876, in tihe lati ,uide of Anderson county, and in New.. Jerriy s9ince September 30. 189)5. P'emperaturecs will vary each weeki romll mnoderate to normal until th( veek of- October 24-30, lie predicts &ihen tile lowest temperatures of th( icason wvill occur', wvith severe frosts in lhe Piedmont and mnoro than -probably nl the low counltry. Wide areas of lprecipitation swill be ;in to cover the country at tils timy nnd extend throughout all sections mnow in thle northwest and northeast, ater~ invading tile southearn sections o0 the numllber of at least three snows iouth andl east of the Blue Ridge, hl( says. Snow will occur around the wvin ~er soistice in this section. The atmospheric currents by the de sidied chlange which wvas observed Au ~ust 1, indlicatedl tile early app~earanct )f fall weatheri and~ frost. While it did lot occur exactly on tile dates Bet b3 forecast of Septonmber 19, it brok< mome recordls for earliness when it dit Arrivo a few (lays later and was nol 1o far' out of the way at any rate for long distance forecast which was cal rulatedl two months ahead of its occur, renlce. 'The D~utch Weather Prophe thinks that lhe Is entitled to tis mucd Conlsiderat ionr in tile lpremises. Caught Escaped Coiivlet Helcnry Smith, anl esca ped conlvic froml Greenville county, was ('aughlt ih tis city Saturday bly Sheriff Reidl all, D~eputy Sheriff Hicks Owings, and wa hold here until Sundlay, when tireenvilie county oflicer' camel dlvi for imi PROMINENT MERCHANT HAS PASSED AWAY Harvey Terry Passed Away In North Carolina Last. 'T'uesday Night and Buried Hero Saturday Afternoon. Harvey Terry, for over thirty years a prominent merchant of Laurens, d1et Thursday night at 12 o'clock at Rockinughain, North Carolina, his old home town, to which place he and 'CMrs. Terry went on a visit some weeks ago, with the hope of recuperating the forner's health, which had been great- I Ily impaired for several months. On fMonday of lart week Mr. Terry was stricken with. paralysis, and his con-, (dition steadily grew worse until the end. Ills brother, iR. I. Terry, presi dent of the Palmetto fank; his step soit, J. Natai n Lichardson, and his step so i-4i-law, Represcntati'e C'. M. laihh, a!! of ; ar.'ens, went to Rock- I inghamn iO 1 e with their khw!otman, shortly fte' the alarmiii:. news if hi; ('anl?(.ian1 v.aas rece:ived here. Mr. 'ferry was a native of North Carolina and came to Laurens when ia young ma1.'1 antidcs estaished one of the first racket stores the city ever had. Ile'ilu!ly the business was changed to a (I-y g)o(ls and notions store, and for a long time I-. Terry's has been one of the well known busi ess concerns of the city. The (ecased w-as an exemplary, high toned citizen, a1d lie probably has as many friends and acquaint ances in the city and county as any business man of the town. -lie was generous and big-hearted, ready to respond to any call witini reason that came to him; cheerful all( op timistic, he met every situation that arose with unperturbed confidence. lie was a leading member of the' Methodist church, and a Mason of high degree, having filled the position of secretary for Rising Sun Chapter No. 6 It. A. M. for a period of sev eral years. Mr. Terry was twice married, his first wife being Mrs. (Ellen Richard son, who died several years ago. His second marriage, about a year ago, was to Miss Mary Peterson, of Lau rens. The body was.. brought to this city Friday, and Saturday afternoon at one o'clock the body was laid to rest in the Laurens cemetery, the Masons conducting the services. AUTIIIORITIES TRYING TO TRADE WINES AND UOOZEI Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth Said to Have Been Stolen From the Country Home of Joseph Leiter. Washington, Oct. 9.-Washington po lice 'Were co-operating today with Vir ginia authorities and private dectec tives in an effort to trace wines and liluors, said to be worth $300,000, which were stolen from the country home, near here, of Joseph Lelter, tin ancier. The theft, it became known today, was committed a week ago, and the authorities have ben quietly work ing on the case since, apparently with out results. P~olice hlere said they believed it was the largest theft of a prlivate stock of liquors since prohibition went into ef fect. Using an acetylene torch, tihe rob bers, during tihe ab~sence of tile estate caretaker, b~ored thlroughl thle three inch steel door of tile wine cellar. llHun diredis of cases of liquors and wines, the police were informed, were r'e mloved an~d hauled away in truceks. Thle thleft is believedI to have beeni commiit ted1 Sunday afternoon a week aago. The helter estate is situated in Vir' ginia, about four miles from tihe Dis trict of Columbia line and about a mile off the L~eesburg pike. The care taker was the only one living on the estate at the time of the robbery. Tacky Par-ty The 1'pworth League of tihe Fir'st Methodist chuurch is to have a tacky party Friday nighlt at the home of Mrs. JT. C. Swveedenburg, On ir'by avenue. The party is to begin at 8 o'clock, at. which time alt Leaguers and other young people ot tihe chlurchl are invited to be4 plresent Tag Day a Sneceess Tag D)ay provedl a sulccesq financial t ly for' thle Civiu League last Wednes (lay. A total of $'143 wvas realized fr'om I the sale of tags. Mrs. J. S. Bennett, 3 on blehalf of t'he Civic League, asked a that the thanks of the league be ex-' 1 tenl~ded to tihose who he'lpedi in the HARRIS A8KS FOR SCIOTTON R[PORT Fears Effect of Next Gln, ning Report MAY LEAD TO SPECULATION Senator Harris, of Georgia, Asks that leptartmient of Agriculture Issue An other Condition leport. When Next Giuning "ignres are Issued. Washington, Oct. Il..-Senator iar ris, Democrat, Georgia, today request ed the Department of Agriculture to issue a statement of the estimate of cotton conditions at the same time the censtsi 1ureauti makes public, October 1R. the next ginniigs report showing the numi her of hales of cotton ginned n the new crop. The condition report issued October 1, was the last sched uled for the year. Director Stewart, of the census hu reau, is expected to recommend to the secretary of agriculture that an ac rompanying statement he issued ac cording to information given Senator Hlarris, and it is likely, the Georgia Senator said, that the Dnpartment of Agriculture will make some kind of statement, the scope of which has not been agreed upon. Senator Harris said he made the re luest because if 'the next ginners' re port shows a large comparative imount of cotton ginned without anl idditiosal report. estimating the pro portion of the total crop ginned to hat date, it might result in an or ;anizel effort of "bearish" speculative nterests to depress the price of cot on1. The agricultural department and ensus bureau have not annouced what plans they have agreed upon. LAURENS LOS"S TO ABIEVILLE Local Teat Puts Up Scrappy Fight but Falls to Down the Boys from Near Long ('ane. Laurens Hiigh School put up a stiff ame against the Abbeville pigskin 'rew Friday afternoon, but were out ilayed in the open game style of play nl lost by the score of 16 to 12. The ocal boys had the edge on the visi tors in the way of straight foot-ball ind ,put up a stronger fight on the line, tmt several fumbles were costly and the Abbevillians were too handy with lie forward pass. The locals also ,uffered heavily in penalties, papar sntly being too eager to go after their )pponents. Brown and Barksdale were consistent ground gainers for the local boys, while Long and Galloway were the highlights from across Long ,ane creek. A large number of Abbeville fans, including many of its most prominent citizens, at telnled the game and gave their teaun strong sutppiort on the side lines. ENOREE ROAD) IET G regory Contracting (Company Lowest Bidder ont Works J. 31. Gregory, who has built the other top-soil roads of the county, was yesterdlay awardedl the ('ontract to build abiout four andl one-half miles oif road1 from Lanford Station to a ptoint about a mile south of Ora. Mr. Gregory was the lowvest of three bid dlet's, D)on II. Irivin and Th iom pson & Giregotry being the other biddei's. Mr. Gregory's bid was $16,157.3-.. After the cotnttract wvas awarded Mr. Gr'egotry stated that lie would bring his fot'ce hero at once andi work wouldl be started withini a couple of weeks, Social Near Trinity-Ridge Mlss Maggie Clardy enitertainled Fri (lay afternoon fromt 7 until 10 In honor of the Trinity-Ridge school teachers. After the crowvd igathei'ed there wore many jokes, tmuch tmsic atnd laughter, after which they were ushered into the dining room, beautifully dlecorated with golden rod. Hot chocolate and cakes were servedl. The time was fully enjoyed by all. Miss Martin Imnproving Many friends of Mliss Loulio Martin wili be glad to know that she is im proving after being painfully injured last wok in ant nuto wreck on the