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VOLUME XXXVII LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1921. CLOSING 4D11 D OCON Big Cash and Bonus Vote Pri Extra ] 'iontesi :it ThN Stage of ltre'e is lln - nifvl iiry. Apparittly the Con. teitnts are S"w owbt l'p inf ork. Gredat l'i'hl in Whcih to Solicit Stil. FINAh Li i 'AT): L It hs beti deided, after dile * (ontsidieration, by the mantgemuent. * of this paller to extend tht(le (losilig date of the tontest to December s 3Ni, a1 P . M. - Tis extenlsion, orm de .o in ,ti rites, Is fottnd * exip dien it for ihrre reasons: 3iiiy of our-coliestiits did not : fit.ly uni delh aild tle sign'illivante* or oUr gresa offer, this gefttle it 1ate start. We 11-3n1t. them to have n full opportfun ity to do Ihei'r bst. Others flnd that milr firs! e.1sing1K date voulid not tive Lthent sufeienit t * tien to ennlvassm Il It- respectilve* Aud the pllhier belevett r ther t will reman hiiit unrtds of subscrib. (lra On lOur list that will ntot have * a in opportlili(y to reniew to * 11 idates tllulh s nit'2ore ilne is Therefore, i-:(UIT DAYS more * will be given our score of wo'rkers to Iin tie bit: prizes anmd commtis-* siols otn 'New Year's -ve--reelly coiing it New Year's gifts. * * ..* * * * * * * * * * * *. . ; d 'Vite $10.00 catsh prize offered for the greatest number of Renowails t.urn ed in for the week endinrg Decem'her 10th, was won by Mrs. L. Connor Ful Jer by a close margin over Mrs. Hayne Taylor. ,o fa'r this contest is lagging-we are not gettitigs results, and there are results to be gotten. The county as yet ik not scratched. There are. 1,200 more renewals to -be ccured, yet there are those amoigit our workers who have let it in ef- % forts declaring So-and-So has got all ithe siubctriipt ions. 'There are hun dredis of people in the county NOT caking -the Advertiser, and there are hulndreds NOW taking this paper who t would inay up and renew if they were Folicited. Most all our workers are busy peo- I ple of regular employment, but'it is the busy people who win, for, they arc:( the inda who think of their minutes tild US! iEVRY SPARE0 MOMENT, and they find a lot of 31INITIEMS when they try. Knowing the value of your tine and how .to use it is what CO'NTS in this life. * * * We ali have exactly the same nunm -hor of .MINIUTIDS in~ each hOUR the same niumber of 'llOURS in each' D)AY or' each WlDK wec live. The WV'AY we USIC those minutes, hours, or weeks, is the difference between success or failure in .life. He or she w'ho gets the' most returns out of each hour of life lives the most. Money, health, learning 'isn't our capital in life-it is our minutes hours--days, and we all waste this capital more ,recklessly ,than anything we possess. For when our alloted apan et time is done-our life is - (lone. * * * Today we .have-"tomorrow"-Well, . tomorrow N'E)VtFR comes. So 'take your receipt 'book in hand and start, to work today-or If you have been *wo-iding, resolve -to do better. You can if you try. There-are FOUR prizes. And no one - tandidate in ,the race can .win but one , of the -foujf grand :prizes. ' A worker might Wpossibly qWin several of 9the wgeky -prizes apd still 'win' the auto Qgother 'big p~Ize-but there Is no can4idate who 'will 'wiln more than 3th4-6FOUIR- major prizes.. That g%11ii .ral workers a. chance at a * Ail evreryiedy. gets soijiethtigr Jn St ea prize or a cash iinfiimt% SWith a GUARNT! ik0 this a 4yvoEtiser expeots you to woi4(% ~dto~ your ow*i good-ahep~s ~ be than oiie or two ~,..k~Sitter 10%1ce it ee r~~f~ * .-t to 91 P g 4 tts s 1ST UMD[D [IGHT DYS zes Offered This Week for Lffort. Standing of Contestants 'The following Is the stanlding of *;'d idiates: (ir still It! \lIr. WV- A. Wilson, I.. 11'. 1. .3:79,000 Clinton \1 .% Johe B1l. Nabors, 1ti. 2 . . . . 150,000 . Lanford 0.4 I liC Mle Cox . . . . .:75,000 Si. . Connor Iuller'-.. .. ..199,500 0i. llayne Taylor . 396,500 Uir. .1. N. I ludgeuns .:,87,000 01,,;. Al. F. Medlock . 377,000 i 's Miary Site Diagnall . ..:101,00) i iss Sarah nlishop .. .. .. . 289,000 Si.s Franeces bakcly ......289,150 i~Laurens ]{. F. .1. 1 liss Eva Bolt .302,500 Siss )aisy Belle Owings .. ..289,500 i'iss llessle Gilles pie . 288,000 I: -s Mary A. Power's......2SG,000 Laur111ens U. F. 1). .1 Ir I oganl WaVlker . . . . . . . .300,000 LJaureis R. F. 1). 4 6liss J-Laurenice Culbertson ..00,600 Mountyille liss Elberta Teague . . 37,0001 OiVings 41.4s 111l1n1y IMtta Owings .3.:79,150 Wiaterloo ilss Loulse Saxon .. .. . . ..275,000 MRS. H1. C. CUNNINGIHAM Vidow of Mat hew C. Cunninghama Ied at Maddens Friday. - M1rs. iettlo -C. Cunningham, widow >W the late Maithew C. Cunningham, lied at her home at Madden Sttitkn eriday at the advanced age of 87 ears. The immediate cause of her Leath was a stroke of paralysis, from viich she never recovered. The fun ral was held at Prospect church Sat irday aftei-noon at 2 o'clock, the ser ,ices being conducted by Rev. Samuel I. Templeman. The deceased 'was a member of the jangston famIly, prominent in that cetlon of the county. She was a sis er of Dr. J. W. Langston, of Green ille; T. S. Langston, of Maddens, and irs. J. R. Finley, of Maddens. She is urvived by one son, W. C. Cunning lam, of Cross Hfill, and the following our daugliters: Mrs. Evie Bailey, of 3ross Keys, Union county; Mrs. Emma ?inley, Mrs. Dora Bryson and Miss -lettie Cunningham, of Maddens. 'Mrs. Cunningham was a life-long llnlber of the Baptist church and a roman of deep piety and Christian -haracter. She will be greatly missed in 'her community. LPATH'OS AND) FUN MARK WORK OF FINE PLAYERS Programa of Real Dramatic Worth to be Pres ented at O)pera) Hou se Friay Nigth. A program of real dIramatic worth, iiarked by fun and pathos as interpret id by sterling talent in impersonation, *s that .to be presented by The Fennelly Players at the Opera House on Friday ligght as the 'first number of the Bea Don Lyceu-m Course. Two talented antetainers appear in an offering which includes short plays, sketches, readings, and mu'sical monologues. Notable wvill b's the 'work of Waldo Wettenigel in "The Mfan From skow hogan" -in which he plays two diverg ing and difficult roles with an artistry which is udisputed. Hie is a sterling player and won signai succesa last, year with his work in that fine drama "Hap~piness". Miss Marion O'Donnell Is' assisting rtist and hor especiqlly fine dramatic talent is apparent in this play while in the less demanding field of 3nusical monologue and at aight r'eadinigs 'Ihe alppears with fine distnctfan.: Anth-~ er notable 'offering of -the evening's-en tertdinment will be "'Patches", a little sketch of fins dramatic Possibility i the gn1erartation of which- tihoeetw9 players never tail to .bring delighlt to theirs glidtences. The'varled. prograin is to delight' all lovers of the dsiA. ~ iner thanifestations. -Wnd Mare, J.'a. gnell, of WaR te~r v~isiio~I ie, 9lty yes ~ BUSINESS MEN MEET TOGETHER En.loyatBli Banquet of New, Business Leaguo ield at. Laurens H1o)e Last TsdyNight, The fi'st, monithly baniuet of the re Ji.uvinaited (ham1iiiber of Coni nieri'Ce, iii der tile new iname of' the I'airens Iusi nuess 1.eflgie, was held under h)PPY circVumeistane's a the 1.aurens Hotel n11.4 Tuomsday -vrening. About '75 mnetn ,rsadl .ilents Wee pireent, the iet in .be Ing Presided orr by (eo. .11. WVrigilt, ne(y hetedl pt-osident. 'lhe 1('olov.n iii meui was served by 'roprietor .1. I rank .\loore aft eri which the ieeting went into a bisiless ses Sionl: (-riape Fruit Cre:,1n Tomati mIII . \ixed Pickles Celery Laurenvis County Turkey Cranberry Sauce Steamed itice Seal loped Oysters llis:h Peas Candied.Yams Chicken S.Ilad SalLines - Stra.vwerry lee Cream---Cke \liIIts (offee After tie lat coitrse the ba nciteters lighted Caiel eigarettes furnished for the occasiioi by .\lr. 11. 11. Kay, local alesmaii for the R. .1. leynolds To hacco Compi;.aii y, and then turned their attention to consideration of local Imlatters. lReporting for tle committee ap voin ted for that purpose Mr. Lailar Smith sibmritted tle proposed Consti tution .and By-Laws which 'was adopt ed without discussion. The constitu tion provides for ia montihly meet ing aild'banquet and (ues of $2.1 per year. Mir. W. 11. IMeCuen submitted the re port for the committee appoiitedl at i formeri meeting to secure data from the City Council on which to base a recomimiendation as to the advisability of votilig fugtl r b!42y impoyve-. ment and extenson of tle pieent wa terworks system. -Mr. McCuen stated that the committee bad not been1 able to 'get a full repopt from tle city in tlime to make a complete report, but read figures which had been in hand for some (ine, including information secured from other citled, which lie said idicated that ie tax levy in Lau rens would have -to .be raiesd from 25 mills, the present levy, to 33 mills be fore the city could stand a bond issue as large as other cities of the same size as .LIauren:. On a motion from the floor, the committee was continiied with instructions to make' its complete report at .the next meeting. Follhw-ing - tle committee reports, the meeting was thrown open for gen era'discussion. Mr. W. L. Gray want ed to know why tle banks of this city were not securing money under the of fer of the War Finance Corporation as he said other counties were doing. Sev eral bankers ipresent, liluding L. (. Ialle, of the Palmetto Bank, W. G. Laicaster, of the Entiperipisc National! Blank, and JT. J. Adams, of (lie Laurens National llank, pointed out that (lie iequirements of (lie War Finanico Coir poration werie so 'bound uip in red tape and that there were such otheri restictions that it wvas questionable iwhether or not it was advisable foir local bhanks to go into thie airra'ge ment. Mr. William G'older, a guest for the occasion, asked as to suggestions lie might, make to the new league, said that 't'ho important .thing befoire the people of this section today is to pro vide markets for tho produce whilcn the farmers wvill grow next year. Trho farmers, he said, must have some out lot for their products and 'that the Business Men's League could help them. Mr. Golder's suggestion was given general endorsement and Pires. Wright was authoirized 'to alppoint a committee to look into the matter andl make ai, report later.' After passing resolutions of thankys to Proprietor 'Moore foi' the excellent spread and to Mr. Kay for the Camel cig4'ettes 'the following "'booster" poeln was read by Mr. R. R. Nickel8, after which the meeting adjourned: Do You Belong? If you like your town best, Tell 'em so! If you'd have her lead the rest, Help her grow! Where thgre's anything to, do, tot the fellowg count on1 you!t You 11, feel bacdly when it's thru, Dfon't ~knowt MRSHAL I0H Of FR GIVEN B Greenwood Provides a Big F General 1114t]?EST 3MEE-TING OF 11. Wk I CUT ItE (00DISTS 1Busilitss andl Social 311-ing l li t the Spaciou, Hlmeii o' MIrs. it. L. 'lle lliarvet .\lect ing of the ray (Cwtit. AletlodA eii -eh was blchl at 1he bea tilll honile of, Mrs. lwh rt ,Gray, Decv. Ci.1_ Th s' wou h lb imid intrlors wore filled wvith ladies, young anI old For bh1) 1 I soc jlite. h1e.l their ,i.ml i busini ; meetini.! and then a11 (-:1111 -togeother for- a :-erial hour. Duting the busiietuss metet ii of t he senior socitty, th preideit. Ml.\;s. vin C ity, wa.ts Iresented \0i an Iil ,;t; e o ook iou.k by thle lad I it4s, in appreciation of her tirelss ifforts as presideti of the society. st a the cjit sociely closed tirI bus inss nie eting thete was a swert, chorus of voices icard comin tig i throii"OI the halls and the younlgel 1A0 Imleni ('intered, leId by tirit. splendid stiperintendie nt, .\l rS. s I les l Crry. IFour young womnen stood out from the large~ grotty and all were asked to Sgue"..- the countr11e, thevy represenited. lirazil, Chinia, .la and Arica were before ius. .\. c Cach yount.g woianI millade lier speech telling11 of tle sad Ieed of the glad Gomeil in her land, we felt that we had indeed lieard the call fromN women of these Ilaidis. An hour o' del ighitll gaies vlannei by the young women, was then spent, and when all ithe autighter was over and things gro.x still, Mrs. 1est us Curry spoke in Iigh appreciation of t(he work of the year Iuider the noble leader, rlts. Alvin Curry. The yciing womlenn served del icioiis I'tfi'esfhinenti. 'Jiist before the pdates Were brouight in (ie pa r'sui5 wife Wias surprised by a lovely shower. 'T'le following ollicers rICe elected for the elisuing year: President, .lMrs. Alvin Curry; Vice-. President, Mrl's. C. W. Walson; Sult. Young People, \lt's. lP'stu1 s Ciury Supt. of Clii1reni, Mrs. Odolpliis Ow ings; 'reasu rter, \lrs. 1.aniic Shell; k-, sistanit 'Treasurr, .lrs. W. 1'. Gray; Cor. Secretary, Mls. Lander Willis; Ree. Secretary, Mrs. Clarence Shell; Supt. of Supiplies, Mrs. John Wells; iu It. of Social Seivice, .lrs. Robert Cray; Supt.- of Missiton Study, lrs. C. W. Watson. NEWV FOOT BALL (APTAIN Ileose G(lennl to lead LauIres High School'Team Next Season. At the banquet of the Laurens High School football team, held at the home of Airs. Johi F. Bolt, Friday night, Reese Glenn, halfback during the past season, was elected to lead the team no.<t year. Charlie Barksdale, full back, was elected as alternate. The baniquet was a declighitful affair', several congratulatotry spieehes being mad aferthe meal was finished. At the close of the evening Coach T. C. Blolt awvarded block -letters and statrs to the following men whio werc on the team 'during the season: ,t~tters--Duckett Young, Richard "Counts, William utnlap, James Temn photon, Carl Thompsotn, Calvin Sny der', Lawrence Kilgo, Martin Teague, Nathan Blarksdale. Stars---mhmett Jessee, :Mack Poole, J. R. Ellis, Reese Glenn, Frank Glenn,, Charlie Blarksdale, CecIl Brow-n, Ralph 1Crisp. Star and Crescent-WillIam Al bright. During the past season the team was admitted to bo the lightest of any 1teams it went up against, but In spite of the handicaip broke even on the1 gantes pilayed, winning five and losing five. -Next Teachers' Meeting The next teachers meeting for Lau rens county will be held in the Court House on Saturday, December 17, 1921, beginning at 11 o'clock. Superintend ent of Eiducation J. E. Carroll of York COUnty .yill be -the sipeaker. At Friendship School The puflic is cordially invited to at 'tend Christanma. exercises at Friend ghp gehool (6,itlivan township) Wed nesday evening, 'Dooed1,..beginnine 'at '7:80. No admission, ' 4 plate suitper will be served after the exercises. IG R[[PTION fRID4Y eception for F"amusLI 1ench iissimo. i d lfIS Iy 44 Viple I-'rom V IoNiusr 'lidons 4 the 11, Stae (i nth ed i oili, . mill d I''biy to Welcom .ilar G~t:- 11 1 . i a. l. ie rd inn lilt I-' t i s Ial o il*ranct,. omimiii amler ilnahif the alli l i e . hiloltrvd it 1 ,o Souith ;'earolhl in Thi) !!irea 1, l1 ittll -' i nnan.u ill 1ho .1hands not Ino imon1 zt go n ' i te kiv s Io I i iire I,, l min, iuII th probable flestinly of thil intireI.( Itliir iit!, i t Imo to til l ln .t 1 IIIr . bl."i, tlnd asively asi i~e itver ion jI lrw I o , S1 o i he1)l i i h hre 11 paritls fie o int e athe ai lrae ill pcOe le Glen repretaties to pty on l ' thU mo II os iifitary -eniusI will leer he foIa otte buenbt .sh , like \\'is hing toni . s i n only :rat nw war, but in phace. TI' taenwood fIllte aditinction of i goleleralissino's ollcial \, i t. aini lo 1)la ce (,oui ha 1,ve m o re roulIy Ian th. hlo 'oli. It li i t in ii i broughalFout that tholigh this thriving lillout e ty was the Settin tor the enow, the welcomei tw in ewhal oif all South Carolina. Teis genelissimlo hastbden -en letions from tho Statue oa, ihb rty to the Golden (htte, inl tho \\est, htV East, the North and now the south. There have been larger dm mIstrations but it Is a sae' assertion htli nowhere during his stay in the ntited Statles has h had a imore iholehearted, hospitable receptin i hain that accorded him ill Greenwood. alsha t Foch has beeA dined, (but lot wined) fromn New York to the Pa :ilic coast, yet It Is a safe het that hIs wiute Fren1ch last(, for. good Cooking tis nowhere we better satislied than igvhtn he partook ton1ight1 of lls Pie enwood tuiltkey and it cessories. dklewise whenl he feasted onl the soulthw Carolina posuml, lie ate a dish! it f mI the iods., .All1 Too Brief Thirty mlinlutes! flow brief ai timei -ereow m uch took place ithnll its tits. The seial train arrived wiletically' onl timte amid the s;ounld of' vhiistles and as the Oilicial delga ion had met him at bhvillc, eno illic was lost at e depot. As be Alighted he Was e cered and ae ong throuih a spick and span le of lailey "Military Institute ell dets, Irw up at present, he was hurried s wsiting automobilesn ia driven to hi a ge o i t ar y thie principat -tereonies took place. lHis approach os a the si0gal for a great outburst vhich must have thrilled event a n ike( Foch Who for. Weeks has beenl theered as no foreigner has been Ciheerevd. mrc eoe Ah marof hl camewd thul Unite State aetos thethuestato. the goera Leor, andouhdeefoedyne as he immipaywa thuegt ofrheeot oh. A Naione Combaer fChisstaf thereopreset hlaj. Littn thatborristh sintte geneatigeera'. Thein Lane college oftmilitsang hedqarters. larer Thve men a din nt hesitatt to moutin the p.,atnd men hg girlo beankosig the naioal an thoe not, were heunry. Itmm-esiatedh chat saut,0 thpe row ie o it tresenood. asi sow "h cuidbThe marshal met oae ned b Stats Josephe guen of helAmian Legion ben uedefor thedaruis was theyettedie gutendtngf theepon iCarolna eiona1826.Trvlnwtl 'Commandertional Commander Madr. (Ctied tnrlsion The Lande PAUL KILGO KILLED IN AUFO CRASI-I Meets Death While Driving Alone Be. ween Newlierry and Whitmire Sun day Night. A distressing aultoimtobile aecidemt, Costing the lite of Pail Kil gto, young est "onl of Riev. and Mllrs. Pierce F. Kilgo, of thin city, occurred onl the \Vhit Ii ire-Newberry road, ablit nline miles from Newberry, Sitiilay night about 7:30 ocloelk The youn; iman -as alolle at the4 tiie, making it ill POSSible, t-o deter*luinv theV exaCt Caulse of tihe, aevidnlt. The cal. was badly i.reckedl, Iowever, and other signs inl dieal that the car wa. going at a hi gli rate of Sped When the accident, occur:ed. (.ilions of those Who vis it ed the scen differ as to wihetlier a rear wieel of, the car gave vay or vAwether younig Kilgo, driving a higi )ower! cal with which Ihe was not fisniliar, lost. control when it was I oluniing a &ti-rve. Sunda * Ny afterilooli late 'ati Kil :o and s:'.e I Ilarn, selol of' \lIr. \Vil liail Solomon, l-t. here inl .1'. Sodlo mnol's iitidson Six toutring car. to vi.It sollie ladies. 'Theiy went towad New berry and tiietud back toward Whit liiv e a few miles out of Newberry. At the ho:e of .\r. Cal. Baker, abolit n ine miles From Newberry, .\r. Hlearn. got out ali tinlied the cal over to .\lr. Kilgo, who started toward Newberry. A. short. time afterwards, several Iwo plie inl passing the ilplace follid Ile Srecked ar heside' the road and the micolsclious body of lr. Kilgo llearby. They pieked him up) and calrried him to the Newberry Hiotel, where medical attention was secured. It was found that he had sustained a fracture of the 'skuill and other ' minor injuries about the face and liad. lie never regained conscioitsness and at about tliee o'clock Aloinday morning passed away. His parelnts and a number of friends from here reached the bedside before the end. The body was brought to Laurens Mo6n'ilay ifirniIg. 'Ystiay iiorning at 11 o'clock simple exercises were held at the home of his parents, after which interment took place in the Lau ireus cemetery, a large concourse of friends of the deceased and i!s be reavedl family following his blody t-o the grave. The active pall bearers were associates of the yoing man while the honorary ipall bearer,; were olicials of the Methodist church, of which Rev. Kilgo is pastar. A group of young ladles' from hiis class at the high school followed the bier, each carirying a beautiful wreath of flowers. Other floral' tributes were nunicrous and beautiful." Among the out-of--town ministers at tending the funeral were ini uncle, Dr. J. W..Kilgo, of UInon; a brother, Rev. Pierce F. Kilgo, of Duncan; a cousin, Rev. Edward Mason, of Lan caster; Rev. J. M. Steadman, P. i., Greenville; Rev. Ed. Jones, P. .X., Spartanburg; Rev. A. I-. Holler, P. E., Anderson; Rev. J. R. T.. Major, P. E., Columbia; 'Rev. HaInlin Ethridge, Earhardt; Rev. L. W. Shealy, Kinards; Rev. W. B. Garrett, Greenville; Rev. C. C. Herber't, Greenville; Rev. L. E. Wiggins, Clinton; Rev. C. W. Watson, of Gray Court, and Rev. Monroe Speer, of the Laurens Mills charge. Other rolatives attending, the fun eral -were his brother, Wallace Kilgo, of Charlotte, two sisters, Mirs. Paul B. Smith, of, LaGrange, GIa., and Miss Mary Kilgo, of Greenville; HI. A. Blethea, of Latta; T. A. Bethea, of Darlington; Hion. Andrew' J. Bethea, Columbia, and Mr's. George Bethea, of Dillon. Mr'. Kilgo comes of a famIly which has been distineguished in the ministry of the Southern M!etohdist Episcopal church. He is a nephew of Bihop John C. Kilgo, pf Charlotte, N. C., and Dr. Jas. W. Kilgo, of Union. is fa. ther shas long been in the ministry, both as ipastor and presiding elder, while a brother is pastor at Duncan. 'His mother was a Miss Bethea, a sister of former Lieutenant Gov. "Andrew J. ,Bethuea, The young man himself was eighteen years of ago, a student 'at th( 'local high school ahid very .populai among his associates. M[eeting Postponed Owing to the -bereavement to oui beloved pastor, Rev. P. W. Kilgo, th. 'Sodial Service meeting which was t< ,be held in the 'Methodist churoh Wed nedday'- afternooti, will be postponei until further notide. Mrs. Wmn. Solonien, *. Simerintendent.