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VOLUME XXXVII 1LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY ANAY ,122NMBR2 ADVERTISER'S SBSCRI [NDS WITH MRS. L. CONNOR FULL] Interest in the Outcome Ren the Very End of the Coni Other Contestants t THlE SUICCESSFUL First Grand Prize Mrs. L. Connor Fuller......... Second (4rand PrzA Mrs. Ilayne Taylor............... Th1iird Graid Prize--$82 1 Mrs. John N. Hludgens............ Fourth Grand11( Prize, M \iss Henryv Etta Owings....... Tho Adveytiser's subscription con test came to a whirl-wind close Sat urday afternoon at 1 o'clock, when it was found that Mrs. L. Connor Fuller, of this city, had out-distanced her op- .1 -ponentl by a long lead, -winning the Ford sedan by a ihandsome majority. Mrs. -Iayne Taylor came second, win- t ning the Victrola, andl Mrs. John N. C fludgens third, winning the kitchen H cabinet. Miss Henry Etta Owings, of I Owings, won the fourth prize, a goldl c w i st watch. The content was in many respects N the most successful that The Adver- s liser has ever had. The returns from i 'hoth old and new subscriptions ox-1I *oeeded the expectations of the man Agemoent and a considerable increase!" was made in the not paid circulation F of the ipaper. A pleasing feature of the contest Iyas the friendly spirit that prevailed among the conteetants during' the' enf tire ch'mpaign and the graceful 'way In d which the Posing candidates took theirI defeat. The contest manager, who 5 has been In the same line of work for s many years, said that his experience.1 .with contestants here was among theY ;ilea,'antest of his enir '14areer. t a migIt also be of interest to state, F That, insofar as can be learned, none a of the candidates madd any expendi- d -ture for subscriptions, 'every dollar I Collected representing an actual sale. fl 'The winfing candidate has stated that b her expense account for the contest, including such things as postage and. ,stationery, was less than she receivc-d in cash prizes. The judges 'for the contest were 't Aiessrs. H1. Douglas Gray, Ralph T. d Wilson and John Switzer. Mr. Law- vs rence Kennedy acted as secretary. C 'ITEACHER '00131ITTEES CALLED e Program and Soeial Comnittees Called a to Meet Here Saturday Afternoon; ' A meeting of tihe program and so- N cial and financial committees of the n County Teachers' association has been C' called for Saturday afternoon1 at 3 a o'clock. The committees are to take under advisement plans for tihe unext monthly meeting. Tihe program committee, as appoint-- y od 'by the 'president, is composed of the following: Mrs. B. L~. Jones, Miss Nancy Owens, Miss Mary Garrison, Miss Minnie WVallace, Miss. Ethel Bal entinei Thel~ social and financial committee F is as follows: Miss Kate Wofford, Miss Janie Wylie, Miss Pearl West, Mir. W.' P. Culbertson, M'r. L. S. McMillan. .Moves to Narberry Mr. BI. E. Martin~ and tangily leave i today for Newberry, where they will i nrake their home 'in the fture. Mr. r M-artin oexeects to 'be engaged ia the z ~nsurance Jmsiness. He has already y sone down and looked over thie town; forming a very fair opinion of the e place, "In fact," he1 said, -"It's' a bet- 3 -ter town than .1 thought it was,".:t Cotten Tkes Sluasp 8 Teifutures market, atter opeoninig at t an'advance of about twe'nty .points yes. i torday niorning, fpok a 'decided.11wAh- 't ward slump du'ring the latter Dart of i tho,.day7 losing nearly 1ve, oiagg . bale from the highiest ipoit~t. loeca .pots wore quoted durling theo day. a PTION CAPAIGN AVLANCt Of VOT[8 R WINS FIRST PRIZE ained at Fever Heat Until -est. Mrs. Fuller Lead y Large Majority. * * * * * * * * * CONTESTANTS * -$750 Ford Sedan * ........... 14,759,580 Votes * r-$226 Victrola * .................9,414,150 Votos oosier Kitchen Cabinet ...............4,425,150 Votes -$50 Gold Watch * .................2,235,300 Votes * * * * * * * * * * IASKET BALL SEASONS OPENS FRIDAY ,aurens 111gh School -s Gray Court Owings at 3:80 P. M. The girls' and 'boys' basket ball man of the Laurens and Gray Court wings high schools will open the sea :n on the 'Laurens court on Friday t 3:30 'P. M. The local teams are omiposed of the following pupils: Girls--Eva Tylox, Sidney Holmes, ora 1Langston, Laura ludgens, Mary ue Bolt, Floride Moore, Marion lackwell, Mary Oul-bertson, Katherine licks and others. Jloys--Carl Thompson, Lillius Tid ,oli, James Templeton, John R. Ellis, oran 93ramlett, Maurice Glenn, 'rank Glenn. Mrs. Nancy Putnam ey Putnam, widow of Pey on .Putnam, of Laurens, died Friday leecmnber 23rd, at the home of her on, A. iL. -Putnam, in Enoreo. She is airvived .by two sons and one sister. [or sons are J. G. Putnam, of Green- 1 Ille, and A. 'L. 'Putnam, of Enoree, nd her sister, Mrs. W. n. Parson, of 'ountain Jnn. Jnterment wan made t Chestnut (Ridge near Laurens, Sun fay, Dec. 25th, conducted -by C. - 1. obo. 'Mrs. Putnam was in her eighty fth year, and was a consistant mem or of HIghland Home Balptist church. AttentIon! Ex-Service Men The American Red Cross Chapter at aurens has a home service worker at le Court House on Wednesday, Thurs ay and Friday of each week. This orker will be omployed 'by the Ited ross a few months only, therefore if lere are any ex-service men in the aunty who need assistance of any Ind, this home service worker will be lad to give any assistance possible. 'r a time this work was done by agistrate Wright and others, but ow- Miss Margaret LDunlap is 4n Iarge of thme work and has an office ad special days in which to work. T. C. Swltzer, Chairman. REV. HOLLERL SI[ELTPFARS WAiF ormner Paster Hfere Takes in Small Boy' Who Asks for Shelter and Food. Anderson, Jan. 2.--A bright young ter, about 19 years of age, came to 10 homeo of R1ev. and Mrs. A. E. 'Hol 3r and asked for shelter 'Christmas ight. Of course lie wa~s given a place t the table ,and a roomn, and told to make himself "at home". Which it soms he is 'proceeding to' do. Hie says, is na~me is James iMcAlster, and that e came from Atlanta on a truck, and 1. some, way got lost from the truck, hot knowing what to do as he was rit'hout funds hie heard of Mr. and irs. Holler and decided to' ask them o take him In. TPhe boy says'he is an rIphan, and gives 'no home address, fr'. and hirs. 'Holler h've made an at onmpt -to find his relatives .witltout~suc egg, as they feared that he had run way from home. Hoe goes -away ftrm lhe hiouse and stays for hours, bumt al.. 'ays at bedtimeo he conioin andigoeg o 2ms rOont. / Mr. and Mrs~ Hollor fate that he is iwelcomo to stay as li~ S~bkes witih them., Cot4*n GInigs ~e~ibr E ,)?or0 a5,ny 1,ates ac, r t6'te Tpootmado by Mr, C. CITY BONDS SOLD MONDAN Street Improvenient all Sowerag< Bonds Sold to Cincinnati Houso a $98 1.4. Ii1itreet improvoient and, sowerag bonds amounting to $55,000 wore solh Monday by City Council to Weise 8 Roth, of Cincinnati, at 98 1-4, througl their agent, A. H. Monteith, of Coluni. bia. Only four bids were entered foi the bonds, all of then approximatint the figure submitted by the successfu: bidders. In view of the fact that the ibondE bear a rate of only 5 1-2 per cent in terest, the council considered that th< price received was a very fair on<( rind decided to accept it. Bond buy ers attending the sale estimated that the price paid represented approxi mately a ipar value at 6 per cent. The -bond *-oere authorized at. a :'ty election held several months ago when bonds for waterworks improve mncit were voted down. Of the total umount sold, $35,000 is fc4 street ti provement and $20,000 for seweraige work. Sonic of the work has already been done in anticipation of the salc f tihe bonds. At a subsequent meeting of the 2ouncil held Monday night, plans were inaugurated to Imiprove Lau rens ind Church streets at once. These streets will be ploughed up, new 7rades 1estahlished twhere necessary inm Augusta gravel used as surfac ng material. IWONDAV DIlVI)E'ND DAY Uanks and C(otton, Mill Make teumlar Semi-Annual Payments on (aplial Stock. -In spite o+ the ruling depression in Inancial as well as other circles, lo !al banks paid their usual dividends it the first of the year. Local banks, ,t is understood, have gone through he trying period fd'e'iflation yery iatisfactorily and are looking forward .o a successful business year. In addition to the bank dividends, he Laurens 'Cotton Mills rpald its us tal semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2 per ,out On the capital stock of $1,050,000. The local banks paid dividends as ollows: !Enterprise National Bank, 4 per ,ent. on $100,000. Farmers National Bank, 4 per cent m1l $50,000. Laurens National Bank, 4 per cent )m $50,000. Palmetto Bank, 4 P41r cent on $50, 100. Peoples Loan & Exchange Bank, 4 )or cent on $100,000. To Invite Mr. Rhett At the regular meeting of the Iau -ens Business League, thold last night, f was decided to invite lon. R. Good vin Rhett, of Charleston, to attend the 1oxt meeting of the league and to ad Iress It on the subject of the .proposed 34,000,000 road program now being Ldvocated for this state. Discussion >f the subject took upl all tihe business iour of the meeting last night and the lecislon was inade to invite Mr. Rhett ni order to secure fuller dnformation )f tihe au'bject. Trhe mneeting and ban luet 'was a very pleasant affair, theo nUestai of the evming being members )f the lower house of the general as emnbly, Messrs. Carrol 'D. Nance, C. \I. Dabh and Townes A. Willis. Sena tor 0. P. Goodwin was invited, but did mot attend. Tile delegation was invit 3(d to attehd1 the 'next meeting, 'which was advanced two weeks in or'der that the discussion of the road quesuoni rmay be held 'before the 'bill is disposed )f in the 'legislature, Collins Bays Wilson Stock The stock of dry geods and notions, belonging to the estate of the late W. [1. Wilson, was resold at -public out ary last Wednesday morning, the sue iessful bidder being J. D. Collins, of Spartanbung. Air' Collins has added1 more stook to that which ho 'bought md opened again for Ibusiness Mon [lay- 1W', (W: A. Ollins and air. W. B3 Nloore are in active charge of' the bus Iness here, Mr. J. D.. Collins remain lug withi his large dedpritneoht Btore in Spartanburg. - *Jilhopfilnley 00fnIng Rew lC4rkinanA d 1i1)y, bishop0-co. adjutor, yli1 inake hlis rgular visita. tion Witb't1e congregation of the WEiscopn1 church noWt uinday Inoil rig.bq 46rnmonigill be eabod at 11lTel pubhioe ,is'iinited t. TAX PAYERS CALLED TO MEET Couty Delegitlon Calls Tax Payers 4to Meet In the(, Court House Sat ur day13' to Diseiss Couity MA l'nirs. A signed call for a tax payers meet ing Saturday has 'been iss u-ed by Seni ator 0. P. Goodwin and TeRpresenta tives C. 1D. Nance, C. M. Babb and Townes A. 'Willis, members of the county delegation. In the call it is [sct forth that county expenses in the -supervisor's office for the past- year have exceeded the appropriation by $40,000. It will be recalled that du,ring the summer months the supervisor report ed to the delegation that funds for va rious county activities, particularly roads, were exhausted and asked for assistance from the delogation in tid ing over the year. rho presentatives, after a showing made .by the super visor agreed for the supervisor to con tinue t:he road work of the cotinty on an economical scale and promised to take care of the expenditures to a rea sonable extent when the legislature convened. The wliole matter has been in an uncertain state since that time, as S'enator Goodwin has never indi cated 'what position he would take when the matter comes up in the Sen ate. It is expected that the meeting Sat urday will be largely attended, as the matter of the county deflelt has caused wide discussion throughout the latter part of the year. The call Issued by the delegation fol lows: Tampayerm Meeting According.; to statement furnished us 'by the lion. John D. W. Watts, Coun-' ty Supervisor, it appears that there is a deficit in his oice to the bxtent of about $40,000.00 over and above the' appropriation made by the county delegation in the legislature for the maintenance of his oiec for the year 1921.. All taxpayers and citizens are re quested and urged to be present at a pu-blic meeting at Laurens, S. C., at eleven o'clock A. M. on Saturday the seventh (7th) day of January, 1922,: to discuss the question of State and County taxation and make suggestions to the legislative delegation as to tihe amount of tax levy and appropriations for Laurens County for the year 1922 and what disposition should be made for 'past indebtedness of the county. 0. P. GOODWIN, C. D. NANCE, C. M. (BADB, TOWNES A. WILLIS. fLegislative Delegation. J. HARRIS CUIRLY DIES SUDDENLY Well Known Citizen of Lauirens Coun ty Succumbs to Brief Illness. Owings, Jan. 2.-J. Harris Curry, one of the oldest and most hbghly re ,mpected citizens of this section of 'Laurens county, died Saturday night,, following a short illness. Mr. Curry, lived within a stone's throw of Dials church, and had been a member of this church f'or more than fIfty years. Born Ferbruary 23, 1850, Mr'. Curry would have been seventy-two years old, had he lived to see the 23rd of next month. Surviving the deceased are his widow, -who was Mary L~. Cook, of thme Durbin Creek setion of the' county, and seven children: Mrs. W. R. Harris and Mrs. Hlaskoll Gray, of, Gray Court, .Mrs. J. T. Gillespie and Mrs. B. HI. En'vis, of (Greenville, and Julius E., 'Arthur HI., and Frank Cur ry, all of the Gray Court section. The funeral andl interment was held at Dials church Sunday after noon, and the esteem in which he was held 'by his neighbors and friends was evidenced by the large crowd at tending the funeral services and also by the flowers that covered the grave. Frank Duval. DIead. Friends in the county of Mr'. Frank buvall, a former resident of Waterloo, will be sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at his home in Green wood Monday morning. The funeral servicqs were held at Waterloo yes terday afternoon. The deceased is survived 'by his widow, ?who was a MWiss Pearce, of Waterloo; a sister, Mrs. J. 'W. 'A. Boyd, formerly of this ciy but now of Greenwood, alid two brothers, Willie and Walter- i buvall, both of whom live in GIreetrwood. Wednesdiy Club 'he Wednesday olub will meot this &te roon at f80O o'olock with Mrs. DEATH CLAIMS BOlES PENROSE Senator front Pennsylvanis, Outstand. ing Figure for Quarter of a Century. IIed Saturday Night. Philadelphia, Jan. J.--The body oj United States Senator Boles Penrose who died iln Washington in the ilnal hour of the old year, was brought tc his bachelor home in Spruce street here today, in keeping with the oft expressed wish of the late political leader. The family is planning to hold the funeral as 1privately as circmil stances will permit. Tonight no time had been fixed for the interment. Dr. Oharles B. Penrose, one of the sena tor's brothers, is awaiting definite word from Spencer Penrose, of Colo rado, another -brother, before making final arrangements. It was said that sonic members of the family desire the funeral held without any previous announcement. The Ibody of Senator Penrose was acconmanied by Leighton C. Taylor, his principal secretary, anI the Iwo nurses who bad attended the senator at Washington. It was removed from the train at the West Philadelphia station. Tonight the body of Senator Penrose rested in his big old-fashion ed house under conditions somewhat similar to the life lie led while there virtually alone. The only occupant was a faithful old housekeelpr. No crepe was displayed on the front (oor. Washington, Jan. L.-Iligh officials and leaders of both parties joined to (lay in expressions of regret over the death of Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania, for a quarter of a cen tury ani outstanding figure in Republi can councils. Both branches of congress, upon re convening next Tuesday, will adjourn for the day out of respect to the late senator, but will forego other custom ary 'ceremonies. A request of Sena tor Penrose that his funeral should be private and that no congressional committee should be appointed was communicated today to Vice President Coolidge and Speaker Gillett and probably 'will be followed. Senator Penrose's body was taken this morning to Ills home at Philadel phlia, accompanied by his brother, Dr. Chiarles B. Penrose, and the senator's secretary. nleral arrangements are to be made at Philadelphia. A special meeting of the senate finance comnittee is to be held to morrow to i -rmine measures for honoring Senl )r Penrose, Who had been Its chairman for seve .1 years, 1nd an influnctial member of the com mittee for a generation. The Penn sylvania delegation in congress also is to meet for appropriate action. Capitol flags will fly at half mast for 30 days and the late senatora's seat on the front row of the senate chamber will be draped in mourning. The impress of Senator Penrose's great force of character on legisla tive and political events was voiced generally in statements today by his colleagues, including leaders of bo0th parties. "I hlave known Senator Penrose for many year-s and have been very close ly associated witih him in the senate," said Senator- Lodge, of Massachusetts, Republican floor leader-. "He was ten years after me at Harvard and I novel. kne1w him unitil we were in tile sen ate. Heo was always a very kind and loyal friend to m1e dulring all these years andl I sh~all miss him l.ery great ly. Heo was a man of strong character and very marked ability, Hie had not only great hulmor of tihe mTost keen, if sometimes s-ardonic kind, bhut his huimor- was all his own.. "His work in the senate was known Principally ill regar'd to tile tariff and financial legislation subjects of which he iwas a master.- His high courage was never more sh~own thlan in ille way ho faced his long, severe illness which would have reduced most men to a condition of invalidism. "I never saw anything more plucky than the way ho' went on with his workc despite his suffering. "Senator Penrose has held a very high position in the se'nate and is a very great loss to that body, where his distinction was; fully recognized. His <death will be felt not only in the senate hbut greatly in the state which he rerpresented with so much power, so mniiy years." 'enator .Underwood of Alabama, Dlemocratic leader, said: "I was greatly distressed to hear pf Senator Penrose's death. Hie was a (9.ntinudo Pg, Middle of Month May See Adjournment EASTERN PROBLEMS STILL UNSOLVED iI Spite of Apparent Deadlocks, For eign Delegates Think Conferente Will Have Adjourned by Middle of Month and are Preparing to Leave. Washington, Jan. i.-The arms con ferenf,,. begins the new year with most of its members looking towards a flual adjournment two weeks hence, despite the prospect of having yet to clear away several troublesome issues. One of the American delogates pre idcted today that the five power naval limitation treaty would be put into final form during the coming week, and that in the week following a settle ment iwould be effected covering the Far Eastern field. The same expec tation was echoied in the foreign delegation, inost of whose nemibers already have made definite plans to leave Washington about mid-January. A tendency to press the negotiations to a conclusion, even if som1e of the Ioriginal, hopes for acconilishemnt have to go by the board, is evident ow II inany iuarters. The delegates are said to feel that seven weeks of discussion have quite fully developed the national viewpoint of all of the powers and that little is to be gained now !by prolonging debate on Points that have brought to light serious di visions of opinion. To Work Today In pirsuance of this policy, the na val experts who are ironing out ut tails of the natal limitat.on plain, will disregard the New Year's 'holiday Itomorrow and spend the day in the technical adjustment remaining to be formulated and to cover such ques tions as methods of relplacement and scraiping, and there is a general feeling that the end of the iweek may see another plenary session of the conference for announcement of a formal five power treaty covering the naval limnitation scheme. At the same time, .announcemient may be made of the new six power treaty partitioning the former Ger man cable .properties in the Pacific. This instrument has not yet received the formal approval of all the inter ested nations, but the delegates %Cemi confident that unaninous assent will not be long delayed. TIe Far Eastern problems, which will enter their period of intensive discussion next week, promise to de velope some diffmcult issues. The Shanl tlng, negotiations are deadlockod, the Chinese request for conference (118 cussion of the 21 demands is meeting with determined opposition from the Japanese and the 'Siberian situation hlas colle sudde(lny into prominence thlrouigh publication tonight of alleged sec ret undlerstand ings between tile Japanese and the Fren'c~h concerning a Jabpaneose -policy toward Siberia. P n11~rotest From Chitn A uniicial comnmissionl sent to tih conference by tile Far I'0astern re lpublic of Chita, Siberia, made public the alleged secret agreements of the French and Janoanese governments. They were proiptly deniled by both the French and Japanese plentipotenl tiaris, 'who dlenounced tihe documen tary evidence presented by tilo Far Eastern comiieon as constituting a "forgery" and "mlalicious falsehoods." WThether tile accusation will come formally before the arms conference is uncertain, since tile Far Eastern representatives not only are not mcm bers of the conference but are speak ing for an unrecognized government. The Siberian situation, however, is on the agenda for the Far Eastern dis cussions and when it is taken up for consideration the Chinese or some. otinher delegation may inject the Fear Fastern charges into the formal nego tiations. If a plenary session is hold tis -week it is net impossible that its -program may include ratification of some clarifying instrument to define the scope of the four power Pacific treaty with referenice -to tje principal Ja,panese islande. Negotia tions for such a clarification are pro ceed~ing, the -Americans having given assurances that -they will not 'oppose a Japanese latdeel'go that, the " ('TIntinued on Page FourVT