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VOLUME XXXVII. .LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1922.NUBR3 8[COND PRIMARY FOR CITY OfFIlS Dial and Franks Make Sec. ond Race SECOND RACE NEXT TUESDAY Secoid Iace Also to be Hleld in Ward I. No Other lhaces for Alderman in Other Wards. Race for Mayor Closest lit Years. No IExcitement. The three-cornered mayoralty race 'whiich reachc( -the first primary stage yesterday, resulted.in the closest vote polled In the city in. many years. The -inal tabulation of votes showed that the .incumbent, John A. Franks, 'and Dr. W. 11. iDal will make 'the sedond race. Fred A. Fuller came a, close third, following Dr. Dial by 95 votes. In Ward I P. 'D. I:asterby and It. E. -Thompson will make the second race. In all other wards. the elections were decisive. In Ward 2 1). It. Simpson was re-elected; in .\Vard 3 J. -McD. Moore was re-elected; in Ward 4 John F. Montg'omery received a majority vote; in Ward 5 Ill. Douglas Gray also received a majority vote and in Ward 16 Albert Dial had no olposition. The second primary is to be held next Tuesday, March 7. , The following is t/he .tabulated vote of yestdrday: For Mayor, :Dial Franks Fuller Ward 1 ...... 64 -44 27 Ward 2 ...... 34 47 35 'Ward 3 ......35 120 150 Ward 4.... .. 66 54 43 Ward 5 .. ....137 110 43 Ward 6 . . ..0.. 8 56 11 Total ...... 404 431. 309 For Alderman .. D. 'Iasterby ........... 59 J. y. Harney ...............15 R Thompson,.. ........62 Ward 2 Ed. W. Martin ............26 :Linwood Martin ............22 D. 'R. Simpson............ 70 Ward 3 J. MoD. Moore ............158 Jack Bishop ..............148 WjArd 4 A. (. Sulivan ..............56 J. F. 'Montgomery ............93 Wmi. Solomon ..............13 Ward 5-. H. 'D. Gray ..............1,5 j. 1. Smith .............95 Ward 6 Albert Dial ..............132 CIVIC LEAGUE AT WORK Ladies' OrganizaUon Have Elaborate Plans for Court House Square. Under the direction of Mrs. J. S. I)ennett, president of the,Civic League, and Mirs. lB. C. C0risp, chairman of the Civic-League's court house committee, the grounds around the court house re coived last week their first apring dressing. -With the thermometer rising during the early part of the week to several -hiegrees above that of mild weather, signs of, spring were everywhere is. t6VI'dence but the work of the ladles Was unmigtakable evidence that win ter was godle.. TIhe court house square this 'year, th~e ladies ini charge of the work say, Wijll be prettier than ever. For the :past several years most of their at Lention was taken up with the clear liig ,f dobris and otherwise making the groun a look presentable. This year,,howe or, the ladies have elab orate -plans for making the grounds bautiful. IAURLENS MN ON PROGRAM .8it, of Education Wilson and Supt. Staque to .Address Teachterg at Co 1,nba Meeting. Announceonent has l~een made by tlle -program comittee .of the *.State 'J eachers -Assoeiation that 6upt, H. W. '~'Gsque.of \the.Laurens city obools ad 'R.T. Wilsoui, $uperintendeit of onfor Laurenls'coiity. will ad~ ,4 "thie meeting of $he;Stfttefeach agon'~s~ iati *heh iwilt be& i in 'eltion. Ifet sea i~raefqa~l ulittural '~doia u will i 'ho It&offugt. 9454~4 e talk tQ the __ ~~p $npt IWilol ' 4o41o will ""'f~*~angfo Life as 'olE "aeBudi.. COURT CONVENES MAIOI FOURTEENTH Luther Thunions and Monroe Wili lard Go on Trial for Their Life. With the drawing of the grand and Petit juries conipleted, the court ma inery is rallPdly.being placed in or ler for the spring term of criminal ourt (which will convene here March L-i. The jury commissioners consisting )f Sheriff Rld, Clerk of Court Pow 3r, Treasurer Young and Auditor rhonpson, met at the court house last rhursday and (rew the names of 36 non to serve as Petit jurors for tile pproaching term and twelve men, 'ho together with the six grand jurors ,arrled over from last year, will coi lete the grand juy. Although 'the docket has not yet een made by the Clerk of Court, it is )xpected to be very large. The case igainst Luther Timmons and Monroe Willard charged with the killing of Soliceman lartin on the night of Do yember 15, will probably attract most tttention. There are several other mur ]or cases in which negroes are in rolved. These, together with the large lumber of prohibition law offenders vill consume most of tile time 'of the :ourt. The twelve drawn to Ferve on the ,rrand jury are as follows: L. S. Bolt, Laurens; T. G. Harris tnd C. R. Bobo, Youngs; -Paul Bobo, 3ials; J. E3. Culbertson, Sullivan; B. 5. Marting, Waterloo; S. A. Leaman, .ro's R-Hill;- J. M. Copeland, Jacks; [rby S. -Hipp, W. A. Galloway, IW. W. larris, Hunter; T. W. Wesson, Scuf letown. The followin'g comipose the petit ury: Laurens-B. 'M. Owings, A. A. Ri kge, M. A. Garrett, E. 1F. Coggins, -- kY. 'Burkhead, W. A. Moore, Geo. 1. stewart. Dials-W. E. Gray, ,. A. Armstrong, V. J. Ball, J. Y. Taylor, W. G. Taylor, . J. Henderson. Youngs--{.;E. Xa'tin, J. G. Harris, f&cuffletown-AW. .D. Byrd, J. R. Little. Jacks-Andy Y. Jones, C. B. John ion. Hunter-W. 11. Dominick, J. A. Thandler, R. 'E. Horton, Gco. R. Ow mns, J. Will Leak. Cross Hill-J. B. Neal, Hugh Banks Juningham, B. F. Plyler. Waterloo-F. A. Cooper, W. Carl WVharfon, W. F. Bolt, B. G. Cooper. Sullivan--W. I. Freeman, T. S. 3ra)wford, James W. Simpson, R. C. leaves. W. B. HAIHON DEAD [ad Been Resident of' Laurens for Several Years, Coning Here From Lanford Station. Mr. William 1B. fHarmon, who has resided in this city for several Xears tfter moving here from his farm near LGanford Station, died at his home here )arly Thursday morning. 'He 'had been1 n declining health for several years 1nd death claime'd him in hissevonty irst year. Funeral' services -were held at the Wethodist church Friday morning at slevon o'cl6ck nnd froem there 'the body was taken to 'Lanford Station for burial. The pall beat'ers weregMessrs. J. C, Todd, FD. A. Fuller, Frank' C. Moore, '. T. W!lson, Earn Kenning ton,: Albert -Ital, "Pack Childress and D3harles Flemitig, The decea96d nrws for many years i. highly estened citizen- of the Lan ford ,vicinity an4 had many friends who were deeglif hocked at 'his death. He is surVIved 'by his widow and two sons, 'Messrs. Tomn B. and John B. Har men, lboth of this city, besides two sisters, Mrs. 'Matba Herbert and Miss F'annie Marmon, of Lanford station.. Found Dead.'Jin Beat Cross .lii William Rook Brown, of near Cross Hill, who was, 'found dead in his. bed WVednesd1ay morning, was buried from liberty -Springs church Thursday, morning by 'Rev. iMr. Wilson. Mr. Brown lived-alone. Ho is survived .by his. fatiher and mother, Mt.. and :Mrs. Richard Br9wn, and- .the following brothers and sisters: tdirs.. Rlobert L. E!rting, Nawberry;'"Mrs. Walter Grif fin, Cross Hill; Everett W. Broiwn, and A. T. Brown, Cross 'Hill'. He was' 42 y rs et agp., ' .''lay at: M4 e .I~ A"lay "A ~eiitudity Ue11' will be glyan by 'i6it3d idye ;pupts, et Moluntyllin' high kliiool audgtoriu p Thurnsay, M4~eh in'd oyight 'o'lobk,' Adminkina~ 1.0 and M5 oezt ANDREW JETHEA. OUT FOR GOVERNOF Education and Taxnlon to lie Upper mjo1st Issuos in Cimpaignl, Says For erI Lieut.-Governtor. Coluibia', Fe. 2.-Andrew J Bethea, of Columbia, who has serve( two tertl as lieutenant governor an< made one canvass of the state for thi governorship, today announced his in tentioni to enter the gubernatorial racc itgain this summer. It has been kowi ror sometime that Mr. Bethea had the diatter under advisement and lift rriends have been urging him to an. Ioun1c his candidacy, but this Is the irst defillite statement from him witi regard to the matter. 'His announce. nent today, however, removes al speculation as to his intentions amd 10 states that he will wage a vigorou ind aggressive campaign to win. III discussing his platforni, Mr B3ethea said lie did not know all the issuca- the campaign might develop, but lie was quite certain that taxation ind education would be among the up. perlost. "upon the question of tax. ition," Ie said, "I stand for imnme liate tax reduction and real tax re. 'ormn, and I shall take as one of th< flogans of my campaign, 'reduction retrenchment and reform.' I favor ,hanges that will reduce to a mini nuum the tax on lands, houses, ier abandise, banks, mills, etc., In fact al ldugible ahd visible property. I be. lieve in a tax system that is equal and lust and that requires every citizen t< pay something to the governmtnt, bul I do not believe in a system such a ve now have in South Carolina where he taxpaying people are burdened t< he broaking -point and where taxes ir nany cases equal the income. Fron ,his intolerable condition we must Iave relief and if I am elected gover ior I shall use all the influence and [lower of that great office to effect itich changes in the tax laiws as wil Insure real tax reduction and tax re !orm," -W1Rethea als6 stated t1fat: hfA ars rigid and intelligent economy an< the application of business principlec to the science of government. 'One o the great needs of modern govern inent," he said, "is to simplify the nethod of administration and to sub. ititute business efhieitiry and econ. >my for red tape and ektravagance. ] jelieve that enormous savings can be effected -by applying business prin. 3iples to government and th'it at Is our Imperative duty to give 100 per cent .f 'good government for every ,dolla1 3xpended in taxes. RURAL POLICE ELECTION Ilepresentative Nance Introduces Bil in Legislature'to have Referendun on Itural Police QnestIin, According to information .brough Irom Columbia, Representative Carro D. Nance has introduced a bill to pro vide for an election to decide whethei )r not the county wishes to continuc the rural police system. The election is, to be held at the same time as the regular summer primary. The termi sf the- bill provide that the presen nystem shall be retaIned until the is Sute is decided. Reliable~reports alsm state that the seven 'policemen noiv serving have been named to succeet themselves, the length of their servic to be deperident utpon the outcome o the referen'dum eleetion. Rfeports coming- up from Columbli also indicate that the political pot ha: also commenced to bubble and tha several of the 'present office, holder are about to throW their hafs in th< ring for re-election. Representative; C. 'D. Nanco and ToWnes A. Willi; have definitely stated that 'they woulm offer for re-election, according to re liable reports, but Roprespntative BabI has not as yet mnde any annouuce ment. Sen. Goodwin does not have tV run again tJits year. Among tihe recenit bills signed *b; tehe governor, is one offered jointly b; R'epresentative Nanjpo of this county and Repreaentative Dixon, of Ander sopn counity, making it unlawful to us a cut-out on automobiles in this stat< This bill passed without much aspposi tion in both hottses of the general as semby nd was readily ratified' by thl Next IJ1'mll Number 'Nie 'Chicago Ladies Quartette;. thl feattire number of the season'B lyceuti cpitrse,1 S to, be the next lyceum at traction. This number will be her on afarch 1Oth.*.. M. 10. P'..1Mimidt left ftor New Yor: Wedries ay on' a bu neosstrip, FUTURES BILL IS AID TO FARMERS Senl. 111a Explainls His Aienidimeit to lthe ('otton Futures Act Whilk ie lievees will be Booni to Cotton Fornmers. I That his amendmient to the cotton I futures bill reducing the number of tenderable' grades of cotton oil ex - changes If passed would probably cause cotton o go up two cents a S1)01111(1 and that it would mean millions of dollars to the South, was the state ment. made by Senator Dial Friday, when he addressed a meting of citi zens at the court house. Senator )al, enthuslastic over the prolosed amendments to the cotton futures at, explained In detail the bill now lefore tile Seniate, of whilch he is the author. Although comparatively few farm ers trade on the cotton exchanges themselves, ol of ,iei, said Senator Dial, are affected .by the nmanipula tions of the exchanges. Under the ex isting law, tile Senator explained, there is no equality In tile exchlaige coitracts. They are neither muitul nor deflnite. Cotton, far in excess of the actual supplly, is eIther bougiht or sold but never delivered, while corn, wheat and other products are never sold under any such practice. Tle proposed legislation would 'make bt obligatory upon the seller of a con tract to deliver instead of any one or as many of either of ten grpades of cotton, only those grades that are specified in the contract,' or the next two grades nearest that specified. The bill would do away with middling fair as one of the grades tenderable and would divide tlie other nine grades in to three clasAQs: A, ;B and C, ;with three grades in each class, and make the middle classi the basis. Senator Dial said that lie was not asking favors bu demanding justice and that since the) price of the future market controls the spot market, pas sa g'e 9. s bill, he w8, satisfied be yond doubt, would stabillze the prIce of cotton and would increase the price of every pound at least several cents. COTTON ORGANIZATION STARTED County Organizes Branch of South' CarolIna -o-operative Cotton Asso clation. That Laurens County will organize a unit branch of the South Carolina Co-operative Cotton Association and that a sign-up campaign will sooD, be gin, was made certain last week fol lowing the meeting at tile court house held Friday, Feb. 24. Mr. Androw; Bramlett, district or ganizer of the Louth Carolina Co-op erative Cotton association, after con ferring with leaoling farmers bI the county durig the week, addressed the Png Frida'. A l1llbr cf finr ers present at the meeting, after hear Ing Mr. -Bramlett's talk in which lie explained the necessity d the organ ization and outlined its purposes, en dorsed tho plan and promised their suupport and co-operation. A commit tee of five consisting of Messrs. T. GI. WV. Yeargin and Alison Lee wvas elect ed to effect a 'permanent organization in the county .by appointing a county O hairman and two others,' -preferably one from each end of the county. It was announced for the organiza tion committee that Mr. J. S. Craig, of the Tylersville section, has agreed to act as county chairman, Two others to complete the initial plans have not Iyet been named. As soon as plans are -perfected 'and the farmers throughout the county become familiar with the idea of co-operative marketing of their cotton another meeting, it .Is plannmed, will be held in the court house to be gin the sign-up campaign. A meeting of the organization corn mnittee .Is to be held at the court house Friday 'yrhon the other two members of the central committee twill be named. Rlowell Released on Bond Walter Rowell, who was ar'cated .last weeki in connection with a whiskey - raid at Cold Point, was released from - jail Wednesday on bond gurnished b~y 3 citizens. of 'Rowell's home to'wn of Bamberg. It was claimed 'by Rowell that he was emiployed for the day to drive Duncan to Laurend, and that he iwas not 'personally connected with the I transporting of the whiskey. Mrs. Il T. .Steadinan, who has 'been in the hos'pital at grpartanburg for at oper'ation, 'has returned hopie and 'is C able to beat her 'post in 'the 'telephone egeohango, F0101-1 ER HOUSE MlEMBElI DIES OF INJI'Itil5 1). T. KIarinrd, Foriler Relrelisel tilt ive Froim ''Ills Colounty, FaItt al!ly IIIjIr(d1 hit Fire i. Ninty Siy. Dray ton ''. Xinai, re11reseI.,atiVe from this cotlity ini the geleral assem Ily in 1918-20, (ied at the Greenwood hospital Fi'iday moringm at 10 o'clock folP ;'win g injill-es iC whiin he reoeive(d ;.r: fighting a fire in Ninaty :''x i whileh three stores were burned. MrI. Kinard suffered a fractitre of his let thigh, right pelvis and had other seri Ois inuternal Injuries wh v'i a porti. ' of a wall fell on him n1 during the lire. 'To funeral services were hld at Ninty Six Suinday afternoon Lat -1.10 o'clock, Alr. ii). J.. Todd, of Ilis city, being aniong the pall bearers. A. nm her of other peol)Ie who were former nleighlbors attended also. Mr. Kin1ard ioved to this coIny I ibout 1917 from Dillon, where lie had I resigned the sit periiteI(denc'y of the public schools. le bought the old Iludgens pilace between here aln:1 larksdale Station and successfuilly rarmier there for several years. In 1917 he was elected to the house of relreselitat ives on the first ballot, taking his seat in January, 1918. le Aiid not offer for re-election as his time expired about the same time that he Ilmoved out of the county. In 1920 Mr. Kinard moved to iis old home in Ninety Six, following the death of his father, the late 'H. J. Kinard, in order to supervise his fa ther's estate. Last year lie was elect ed president of the Cambridge Bank at that place and served in that ca pacity with signal ability. i Mr. Kinard iwth one of the most E prominent educators of the state, hav ing .been an officer of the State Teachers' association at one time. Following his graduation from Wof ford college in the cla.-is of -'98 with the A. B. and M. A. degrees, Mr. Kinard taught school at Latta, Lyles land, Taylor sciool in Columbia, Clemson .college and- -Dillon,-where he wAs suiperintendent of the city schools. While at Dillon lie made a statewide l reputation foil himself by his pro-1I gressive methlds. In addition to be ing a graduate of Wofford college, Mrf. Kinard had obtained the M. A. degree from the University of South Carolina and had attended the University of Chicago, Columbia university, 'Stout 3 university and the University of Vir- I ginia. He was a 'Royal Arch and Scottish Rite Mason and a 'Shriner. I Hfe was also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Kinard was 44 years of age, having been born at Ninety-Six on No vember 30, 1877. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Janie Dow of Latta; his mother, Mrs. Lillie M. Kin ard of Ninety Six, and four sons, P. Mario;n Kinar;,.nw .( a student at Wof ford college; iHubert, -Drayton and Joe Kinard of Ninity Six. lie is also sur vived by three sisters, Mirs. I. S. San ders of Ninety Six, Mrs. A. L. John son of ;Liberty, and Mrs. J. P. Phillips of Greenwood. MORE ARRESTS OF WHISKEY VIGLATORS Three Meni I'aced Under Bond and Six Gallons are Seized. Rural policemen were again active last 'week in the seizure of a quantity of whiskey and the ar'rest of beveral violators of the .prohibition law. Ulpon advice of Podcemni Rrdgeway 'from Sullivan's 'Rowziship, Chief of Rural 'Police Owens, Sheriff Reid and Officers Abrams an . Stroud, Frilday i'aided the premi sa of Cleveland Knight, who lives two' miles south of 'Princeton. In -Knight's cotton -house was found slx gallons of whiskey. Knight, iw-ho according to the Sheriff's office has several other.. eases against him for violation of the prohibition law, has 'been released on bord for appearance in the neit cerm of court. Just prior to the arreost oC Knight, two young white men were atrrested and later released on .bond for viola tfon of the liquor law., A small qutan.. -tity of whiskey, generally conceded to have 'been for personal use, ywas found in their car. Beatrice Babb Winis Irlze* The piyizo offered by Mr. iWatters- for the girl' having the .b4s posture .was given to Miss Beatrice Ba-bb, a mom bet or the F'reshman class. The,. prIze was a very .handsome silver agencil and aside from valuo of so nice a gift, lt is considered qilitoean honor to have the beet -posture of any girl in a group of three hundred.-Brenau College 'Weelv. Period of Depression is Rapidly Passing LOOKS FOR HIGHER COTTON iilersfiewed Wihile ont VIslI Iom, 1. S. Senator ial Takes Olitiistic Vie th li Future. iaurens Needs ('oil Stormwxo Walrelhiouse, Ife Says. Organizatlion Neelled. )eclaring that tle 1riod of depres ion Is rapidly passinl:tg 111( tlat blsi ess ti rouglhout. the 11 country will soon I e norial. Senator *N. j3. Dial, when iterviewed by The Mlverti.er' re >orte: Mw rday, spAke with i a 11nd optimisll of the oprospects of 1922. "Wheat, wool and other products ave already gone up in price, and it s more than reaso able to believe that '".*oin will soonl follow," was the qpinion of Senator Dial, and to sub tantiate tile statement he said that, ecording to estimates of the Depart nent of Agriculture, of the four mil ion 'bales of cotton in storage, 2t per eit of it is not tenderable, or low nid off grade cotton. It was generally mown that only ti best greade of otton are stored and if that be true, lie percentage of untenderable or low. ,rade cotton was as great or even rcater than 24 per cent. "This shows," aid the Senator, "that there is bound o be a shortage of good or high grade otton. "The greatest thing the South can lo for itself Is to organize, and above 31 to live at home. The government vould like to help and is helping the armer all it can. One of the greatest njurles -- to the - cotton- farmer Is 'that 1e competes with hiinself. In 1914 the 'eturns of a sixteen million bale crop vere 500 million dollars, and In 1918 vhen the cotton crop, was only eleven nilionl bales, it .brought two - million lollars more than the total of the en ire 1014 crop." rWhile tile illustra ion was made from two abnorinal ,ears, Senator Dial said that it showed he need of organization. While cotton will continue to be the noney crop, Senator iDial believed that )tier products could also be grown to ,dvantage and that the boll weevil will nake living at 'home imperative. "Several years ago, estlimiated re urns for an annual cotton crop imnoutn ted to approximately 110 i1l ion dollars. However, ninety-two nillion dollars left the state that same rear for food and other products that .ould have easily been raised here." When asked about the soldier bonus All now before Congress, Senator Dial ;iqd that while lie believed that noth ng was too good for the wounded sol liers, his opinion wgs that the ser rice -that 0our1 soldiers rendered during ~he 'war could not he) measuredl by dol ars. All of ofilaldlom in Washing ~on was proud of tile war record of ~he South Carolina boys and of the stand tile American Legion took on ~he- bonus qlestlon. After discussing other ' national problems and policies Senator Dial, in letting nearer' to 'home said that an 3xcellent movement could be initiated by the Laurens 'Business League in itarting a cold storage pllant in Lau r'ens. Eggs broughlt to Laurens last week ,eould not be sold at thirty cenits a dozen. They will be worth, lhe said, more than twice thlat in a few months. IHI said that the farmers can and will diversify their crops but that Is upl to the business men to establIsh curing houses, eel dIstorage plants or whatev or else Is necessary to profitably mar ket tile other products. The conversation having staken a general turn again, Senator Dial de clared that the greatest need of the South uwas something to make tile wpeo Ille feel 'brIght agaIn. It was his opln lOn that th'ere is no furthdr cause for alarm and thlat nwe are well on the road to "normaley," For Martlin FUnd The Advirtiser 'acknowledges 'a check ' for' $10.00 .from 'tho 'Kings Daughters of 'Laurens for the Hosea Martin F~und. This' brings ther total amount In EDnterprise Banic to $157.'i0. Those desiring to contribute to this fund may seird their supiseriptions to the Hosea Martin Fund, care The Ad' vertiser.