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VO U E xLvT R W S AR VOUMxV. LAURENS SOUTH CROLINA. WEDEDY ARL592 COM[S TO 1AURMS Ih Interest of Cotton Co Operative Association TO MAKE TOUR OF THE COUNTV J.' 1). ('olilan, Ical Dirt Lasrier of Texas, Io be in 'Ihis County Latter Part of the Week In the Interest of the ('otton Co-.peraitve Assoela. tion. J. 1). Cohlan, said to be a real "dirt farimer" of Finis, Tex., is to be ii this county the lat'ter part of' tie week in the interest of the South Carolina Cot ton Co-Operative Association. Mr. Cohlian will address several meetings of farmers throu'ghont the county, as arranged by County Demonstration Agent Vaughan and o Naturday morning at 11 o'clock he will address a lilas meeting of farmers inl the opera house in this city. Preceding his address the boll weevil film shown some1( -time ago at the opera house will be shown again. Mr. Cohlan will speak at Clinton in the Cfsino theatre Thursday after noon at 2:I0 o'clock and again at 7:30 in the evening. Friday morning at 10 o'clock le will sileak at Mountville and Friday afternoon sat 2:30 o'clock at Cross 11111. Friday hight at 7:30 o'clock -he will speak at Gray Court. Mr. Vaughan said yesterday that lie was very anxious for the farmers of 1laurens county to iear Mr. Cohlan and 1he hope( that they would 'bear the dates and hours of these meetings in mind. "I am Just a dint farmer," said Mr. Cohlan in tal-king to a group of 'rom hient men, in Columbia last week," and make no pretense at oratory." "I am delighted, -however, at the o1 and ,tell t-he .farmers of this state Just what co-operative marketing of cot ton has already meant for Texas and w hat I holieve it will mean for the cotton 'belt when an organization lias -been perfected in each state as will -bo the case before tile 1922 crop is gathered. 'I grew 100 bales of cot ton last year and it was all turned a over to the Texas association. Under the cooperative plan it has been\ sold at an average of three cents a pound more than cotton of the same grade and staple has brought from the buy ers on tile streets of my home town. I am glad to be able to say to the farm ers of South Carolina that cooperative marketing of cotton is !proving a great success in Texas and I know it will prove a success- in this state." Speaking of how the now method of financing heliped 'him Mr. Coghlah said "I (Irew 60 per, cent of the value of my cotton or about $50 a bale when I turlned my cotton over to tile assocla tion. With this $50 per :bale, I iiqui-. dated at my 'bank, that slackened the noose aroutnd my necksand it sure felt .good. In a short tij le I wvent back to tile hank' and -aske if my r'emaining 40 per1 cent equity was suflicient collat eral and tile bank's answer was an em -phlatic '51ure'. Therefol'e I can drawv .futll va-lue of my Nottonl and at tile same time 'my cotton is sold on the 'high peaks and not as distressed cot ton. "On tile street in Texas, the grade * has alwvays been too low, andi staple is a -word hardly known. This year' I was astoInished when I got returlns from the asso-ciation 'and found that shalf of 1spy cotton- was 1 1-16 staple. I have sold cotton for 40 years In Texas but this is the first -time I ever knedw I had so valuable a stap~le. The least aver'age premhum for my stap-le Is 3 3-4 cents. 'More than $2,000,000 'were ad-vanced to the Texas cotton growers through the' Texas associa tion during the past season. These loans were made under the cooperative cotton marketing iplan wbioeh Is to be follo~yed in South Carolina." *Mrs. Matie W. Glenn ' 'rs. M~te Wil Glenn, vidow of thle lat Dr. 'Washington Glenn, form erly of Nowberry but a native of Iu rens, died yesterday morning iny ths city at the home of. her -only surviving Alaughter, Mrs. 4. J. Christgpher, wife ofDi. Christophe$' The r'nm&lig *111 be oiavried to (Oliiton onay for 'tl41. 'Iho dece40e& Was'85 $0re ot age pid rnei~mbora af a .ontiinet 1 aurens eoiwn. ty familyr COTTON CONrRACTS REING SIGNED Over 8,000 Bales Have Been S1iICd for Cotton Co-Operative Plan. Over 3,000 bales of cotton have been signed up in this county for the South Carolina Cotton Co-Operative associa tion, said Mr. C. L. Vaughan, county farm demonstrator yesterday, and the campaign is only fairly well started. Sone of the largest farmers In the couity, besides one banker and one cotton mill president have signed the t contract. Among -the signers for this county is Gov. Robert A. Cooper, who was among the first to put his iname to a contract. The meetings to 'he held in the coun ty the latter part of the week, referred to elsewhere in this palper, are expect ed to give renewed life to the cam paign, said Mr. Vaughan, and he said that .he was confident that the quota of this county, around 20,000 bales, would be secured. The following is a partial list of those who had signed the contract yes terday morning: R. A. Cooper, Columbia. J. S. Craig, Laurens. 0. L. Hunter, Ora. E. P. Minter, Laurens. J. B. Mathews, Blackville. A. H. Aloore, Laurens. AT. J. Owings, Liaurens., M. A. SIierel, Laurens. W. B. Wilkie; Woodruff. M. W. Boyd, Barksdale. R. G. Wilson, Barksdale. - It. S. Wallace, Gray Court. 'R. L. Young, Mountville. J. R. Crawford, Clinton. E. G. Bramlett, Laurens. J. H. Sullivan, Laurens. Hunter Bros., Laurens. W. R. Medlock, Gray Court. R. 'L. Gray, Gray Court. A. R. Martin, Gray Court. G. D. Martin, Gray Court. t Ceo. W. Young, Clinton. t C. W. Stone, Clinton. 'W. A. Moorehead, Goldvillo. S. .H. Ramsey, Laurens. 3- UN fIlu"alreli1S. G. TY. Bolt, Laurens, IV. D. Lynam, Laurens. A. C. Whittle, Gray Court. NEW JAIL TO ." CONSIDERED c County Delegation Appoints Two Men bers to Jail Commission. That plans for a new jail will be considered again is assured now fol lowing tile appointment of two mem bers to the Jail Commission by the t county legislative delegation, who met here Saturday. W. G. Langister, of this city, and J. V C. Smith, of Waterloo, are the bwo 0 newl-y appointed Jail commissioners. They will fill the unexpired terms of W. C. Anderson and G. C. Hopkins, t W11ho both resigned from the commis- t Mon some time ago. The other Jai , Comissioners are 'R. S. Bolt and B. Y. Culbeitson and Supervisor J. D. W. Watts, who, Is an ex-offlelo mem'ber. While no definite plans have yet been made by. the, commission, one of its members stated Monday that a meeting is expected to 'be called fo thlat punpose in, the near future. 80 GAlLON STILiL FOUND IN RAlTD Rutral Pollee tAnduict Rald Near Cross 111l1. Arrests May Follow. A raid 'by the rural police on the t Smith 'plantation near 'Cross 'Hill last week resulted in the capture of a 30- q gallon coiper sill and othler parapher nlalia necessary to comb)lete a wvhiskey making outfit. 'The s'till 'was found close to 'bhe Sa luda 'River whei'e tile Smith Lumber Co. operates a sawv mill. One-shalf bushel 'of malt and several empty v~s sels found near tile saw mill may re-. stult in 'the arrest of several .persons sus-pected, Chief C. 'L. Owens, who con ducted -th'e raid, stiated. STILLAJ IN JAIL. Timumons apid Willard Hate Not Yet Secured Ball. Luthier Timmons and Monroe Wil lard, konvicted of' .ntanslaughter, ande sentenced to. ti~ years at hlardi labor t In connection Whlbh the death of HloseaE Martin, are still in jail. 'while efforts y afe being made' by their friends and I. relatives to, raise the necessary bal of $4000 eac~h to secure their' free- I (oin pgiIng .thenr appeal 'to the su- ,v rpeme court fors a new 'trial. Mr.- W. d .~ Knighti their attof'tzey, said yester-- 4 dy afternoon fiat the next sts to 1: ~tal. I ytbh ase 'would be deded I uDqRi bytnot Mon~oay. rWO WOMEN MAY ENTER POLITICS Uiss 3largaret Dunlap and 31ss 3in tie lWallaee 3iay En Itace foj SamUe, Ofice. Out of a clear and serene politica ky, undisturbed heretofore in tlhh :ounty by the fairer sex, came the an louncement early this week that Mis. largaret l'AInla) may offer herself a, Scan(idate for the office of Superin endent of E ducation. Miss Dunlap . tow assistant to the su-perintendent 01 ducation, Rt. T. Wilson, who has an kounced that he will not offer for th( lace aain. .N|iss Dunlap, when seen Monday ii he superintendent of education's of lee, did not deny that she had the mat er uider consideration, but said that he could not at this time stat( thether or not she will make the race Graduating from 'Winthrop Colleg< a 1918, Miss Dunlap has been'identi led with many offices and organiza ions of an educational nature an( ince last November lia been an as Istant to Superintendent R. T. Wilson he is also principal of. the aduli tight school in Watts Mlls. Another possible candidate who i. icing mentioned in connection witl1 he same office is MNiss Minnie Wal ace, now teaching at Alountville. Misk Vallace has been teaching school foi everal years and for a time was su ervisor of rural schools in the coun y. AURENS END:EAVORERS GO TO (O.NVENTION ranly Delegations from City and Conim. ti Will Attend Convention in Green. ville.ormer Laureis Man on Pro grain. The eity of Laurens and Lauren ounty are 'to be well represented al he State Christian Endeavor Conven lon which begins in Greenville, Fri ay morning, April 7, and will continuc intil Sunday evening. Alprq $444 ..y ,JDMeavorera wil) Dave fron this city from the three so letles. Aliss Henry Wcight will be-ir harge of -the juniors and Miss Sarall )orroh will he 4n charge of the inter 1edlate society. The senior Endeav rers will ;be led by Miss Betty Bram att. Other Christian E ndeavorers whc ill attend the convention from X[au ens county .will be from the -Rocky lprings church and the .Friendship hurch. Another delegation will leave roin the Owings church at Owings sta ion. Christian Endeavorers who will at Dnd the convention this year will be cry fortunate since they -will hear one f America'-s greatest orators, Daniel . Pollings,.of New York, who is com ig to Greonville for only one evening o address the Endeavorers, according D Mr. E. RH. Wilkes, a member of the fate Executive Committee. S. Wilket )endy, a native of Laurens, who it Ill be recalled s'poke r9cently herc efore the congregation at the Pres yterian church, will be another of the peakers. BJAT1SON IS APPOINTEDl Yorid War Hero Named )l~igistratt for .Greenyille. George 1W. lBatson, brother' of Mirs, t. HI. Benchoff, of thIs city, was ap ointed Magistrate for Gireenvill1t owvnship Monday iby Governor Copper n fill the unexpired term of hIs father ugenle Batson, who died last week Mr. flatson Is a World 'War veteran avlng served with distinction in th<( ~hirtiethi division. He was awardedi a lstinguished service cross in Com ia when the Thiirtieth Division ar ived at Camp- Jackson from France Tr. Bats6n 'was recommended eby enator . Bionham, of Greenville. Ai umber of other applicants wan tec he 'place. FIRE LAgT WEDNESDAY mall Blaze in Wiggins. Home on Sout11 Harper Street Starts Day A fter Mov. ig Iu. Fire caused by a defective flue start d in the atitic, above the kitchen 1I ho honme of 'Mr. John M. Wiggins; QT outh 'Harper street, WVednesdgy ai ton and was eitinguished an hout ater by the local, fire 4epartment. The fire starited ati30 o'clock, ow minutes after the kitchen stov( as lighted and oaused considerab< amagto the hI~lome,.furniture by Irater. The loss wed fully covereyl by usurance. Mr. Wtggins and his fam. ly moved into the Uotsth Harper streel esidencna dhyk bafpre ta4 fir COUNTY SCHOOLS MUST GO ON ''rustees Adopt Resolutlion ('1allling for schools to J1ema1in11 Open for* Full Term. Trustees representing a majority of the rural schools of the county met in tle court house Saturday morning ana 1 after hearing a discussion of th le in ancil status of many districts went on record as endorsing the p1ln of the l superintendent of education to guar- I antee the full term to schools having d 'a delcit by means of a loan. S The meeting was opeled by liss I Margaret Dunlap, in, the absence of V Su1pt. Wilson, who was sick. Mr. \V. Carl A,-Whartonl Was elected president I of the county tirustee association and ( presided over the meeting. .iss D,ulap1) read a letter from Mr. c Wilson to the assembled triustees stat- 1 ling that many of 'the districts were without funds and that lie would not I feel justified in allowing the schools < to go inl debt without b!p felt that tle sentiment of the county was behind C him. lle asked for an expression of 1 opinion from the assemlbled trustees. q) As a probable measure of relief, -he said that it might be possible to se- ( cure a. loan for distribution to districts V in arrears, 'with the understanding that t the county delegation would provide I a levy next year for repayment. Oth- I erwise, intimated "Mr. Wilson, the in- s dividual school districts would have to e devise ieans of continuing the schools V or allowing iem to close. C The motiod to the effect that the schools should continue for the full t term, taken as an endorsement of Mr. I Wilson's plan, brought out conside- ( erahle ,discussion, but in the end was %C passed almost unanimously. ( Speaking of the condition of a few 1 weaker schools .in the county, Mr. Wil- r son, who had returned to his oillce 1 yesterday, said that lie has always t advocated a county loan fund for 0 weak schools to get on a cash basis n suoh as Is contemplated by his pres- f eht plufn. 'A nuimber of other coun ties already have it, he said, and there C is a special state hw on the subject where counties wish to provide the necessary levy. -Mr. Wilson also said that lie was in receipt of a letter from the state game warden, stating that this county's share of the hunting license money, amounting 'to around $2,500, would be made availalble for school piurPoses u-pon applicatlon in 'the Proper form. a This money, the state -game warden said, was not ordinarily available un til July 1st, but it Ihas been made avaIla-ble earlier through the Prolptit report of the county game warden, Vr. F. W. 'Little. This sum, said. Mr. Wilson, White of considerable help, will not be large enough to meet the t needs of all the schools. t SHAlPEl IN ('IITY CON(),%FUI SE S 31lW0HANTS Leaves City Before Police Leari of sits Moiei'enits. Clarence Albright, 13 year old lad, is resp~onsible for the failure of a novel "got-rich-quick" scheme which wvas -triedl on the merchants in tis city Satur'day by a well dIressed I stranger,. The lad, after noticing the stranger enter several stores and make a smallt pui'chaso for which he offered a twen ty ollai' -b)111 in payment, suspected him of trying to work a flm-flain game and followed him through the city warnIng other -possible prospects of the stranger. The scheme .was tried in at least a dozen stor'es. The method emiployed by -the "sharp er" was successful 'in tihe Minter' Coin lpany store, Here he entered (luring the 'bu'sy -part of the afternoon -and af ter 'making a small pur'chase offered a twenty dollar' bill in payment. When lie had r'eceived the change due to him, ho said that hie had suffloient money in small change to pay for his pur' chase and returned part of the money given him. ie then asked for change of a ten dollar' bill which he still re .tained -andl after making several other requests, all of which were intended to confuse the per'son making the change, he left hastily. It was later discovered that the firm wvas $10.00 short by the -transaction, The solheme was so .tricky that for< several moments a clerk in Mahaffey's I store also wa's bewildered 'when he made change in a similar transaction I for the stranrter. The young mani left in a tratnsfer for Woodruff before the goilice 'wore able to secure enough evi- I dence to niake att .arrest.1 '0 SiHOW M1E'111l01) 01F F1~ilTlING i-:EVII, ill and Fertilizer ('oimnlies to (on. duet Demonstrations iI This Con n ty ShoiwIiug Jlesit 3e1 lods of Fluhit. ing Wenyll. II accordance with a IprogiamlIl( adopt d by the Southern Cotton Oil Com1 anly and other Concerns i1nterested in hle clitivation and sale of cottoni and otton prodilets, this cotinty has beeni elected a1A one of forty-t wo count les 1 tle sou theastern states in which ('lm1olstrations will le carried on tlhis tiimer to assist the farmers Il mak ig a slccessfll fight against tlhe holl movii. Mr. E. -S. itlilllns, manager of tho )eal branch of the Solithern Cott on )it Company, will have general super ision of the demonstrations in this oun11ty and is now selecting his sites Or dleIionstration Ilmlrposes. "Inl all, demonstrations will be ear led out on something like three 111111 red farms In the cotton belt," said TI. Iludgens tile other day. "IAt ea . *f these locations, Laureins 'b( ig mong them, six or eight farms will ' selected oin which Calcium Arsen to dusting operatlonx will he col icted and specific directions giv'en lie grower In regard to the prepara ion of the land, fertilizatIon, plant 1g, cultivating the erop and the all icaltion of Calcium Arsenate, each top taken to le In line with tile lyoved xperience of the Delta imborait*y of he United States department of agri uliture." At each poit where a deionstra lon is conducted, some individual em loyee of The Southern. Cotton Oil ompany or the Virginia-Carolina hemical Company familiar with and ualifled to (1o the work, has been sq cted, and .will he detached from his egular dilties to such extent as may e necessary to slpervise and direct lie demonstration locally, and to this nd an organization as to personnel, lethods and inachinery has been per ected. WFFEREiD 25,WOO FOR INVENTION WYer Made to Local Man by Chicago Firm for Invention of Elecetrical De. vice for Trolley Cars. 'lave you ever been annoyed? Un oubtedly you have been. William K. )illard, one of .the mechanics employed y the state highway department inl his county, was annoyed about a year go and as a result he states that lie ceontly turned dtown an offer of $25, 00 from a Chicago firm who has tried 3 purchased the product of his an oyance. The product, if you were to ask )lllard, is Patent No. 1,403,743, other ,ise known as a "lighting displaced rolley poles" device, which was in ented by him after lie was annoyed ehen In. a hurry on a street ear in 'harlotte, N. C. The pole from the street car to the lectrical wire ah )ve slippe( off the Vire on that occasion, as it is ery ften apt to do, Dillardl saidh, and two Cozen 01r more attempts were rectuired in the dhark .to connect the 11010 wIth lie wire. The device of D)illard's is a Ighting attachment to the i)ole and 'hen the pole for any reason leaves lie wire, the attachment Illuminates lhe pole andl wire, making .the connec IOn as easy in the (lark as it is in road daylighit. VOMIE.N'S AU'X[ILIARiY TO' SELL LUNXCI knxIliairy 4o A meitica n Legion Will Operate Liunch Stand Satiuirday. The l~omneh'sAuxliar~y to the Amer can Legion wvill operate a lunch stand Iatulrday in one of tihe store windows f tihe LaurensR Music Store, The auxiliary has .been organized inly two months and has a'f ready (lone ,ctive 'work for the Amer'ican Legion. tmfong the articles of food that the adies 'twill sell w.ili .be home made akes andi pastry. 00ES TO NEW1 ORLEFANS 1ev. 8. HI. Templemian Will Attend Meetinig of Baptist Bible Institute Trustees. (Rev. S. H1. Templeman, pastor of the First Baptist church, left 'the city Men lay rgorning for New Orleans to at end a mecetin-g of the .Baptist Diable In titute Trustees of whicoh he is a mem >or. Before returning to the city, Rev. MEmplem'an will step at Atlanlta, Ga., nd Birmingham, Ala., to visit rela ives. Jfo is accompanied on the tip iy his son, Seinuel H., Jr. 8HOOL 0NT[IST NrXT FRIDAY Schools From Entire Coun. ty Will Enter 'WATTS BAND WILL PLAY .\ niunilnnni1'n Iel)amuation antd .\th ivIc ('l ntest .a nrements are ('1m. l 4.e. .\lbletle E-:ens inl .\ernoonl and ll eehlmation11 11111 IN-011ationl ('ontest 1am1t lviE % 1-enin in ('ourt lliouse, I'lans wveri coipleted (arly I his wNe'k for the alnual couitly athletic, dePC llamat-10n an1d recit-ation '.eonlte1stS which will be held here next Friday afternoon and evening. Alinost. every high school in the l coully, i. is ex pected, will be relar 1sented inl ite cOn tests this year. Tlhe. ale (tic even3ts will heg in at :7 o'clock oil the school grounds. Priz es for each event have been3 offered by local merchants. At. 8 o'clock Friday evening inl the Court I louse the roei tation and declailationl contests will he held. The Watts Mills band has been secured to furnish mliusic. Several songs will also be sung by the Laurens high school cloris. In the boys contest, the iinner of first, place will be rewarded 'with the John R. Minter medal. This medal is awarded annually out. of the estate of the late Capt. John R. Minter, and is a coveted prize of contestants. Win n1er' of 'first place In the girls' contests will be rewarded with a medal offered by the iLaurens County Teachers asso ciation. For the first place in each of the athletic events the following prizes have been offered by local merchants: 100 yard dash-hand bag, by S. M. & E. 11. Wilkes & Co. . Running bligh junp--hase bal I glove, by R. Ir. Benchoff. 880 yard runilversharp pencil, by Powe Drug Co. Shot It-pair of pants, by Hymen Lu rey. iscus throw--major league base ball bat, by Jones-Taylor Hardware Co. 220 yard dash--pair Walk-Over Shoes, by Wells Clardy Co. Pole vault--fountain pen, by Lau rens Drug Co. Running broad jump--dress shirt, by Davis-Roper Co. .1-10 yard run-pair of shoes, 'by Wharton Clothing Co. 120 yard hurdle-National league base ball, by Laurens Hardware Co. In additionl to the above prizes, a cash .prize of' $1.00 has 'been offered by Supt. If. W. Gasque to each. Laurens boy winning a first place. A prelinnary contest in wIlich Stu dents of the Laurens high school par ticipated, Vas held last week. Thomas Wofford, wh'lose toplic was ''Sparticus to the Gladiators," .was votedl to rep resent the yity school in tihe boys con test and Frances Knight reading, "Col lege Oil Canls," received first -place amiong the girls and wIll be the Laui r'ens replresentative In the recitation contest Friday night. MTargaret Kight recIted, "ler' First Appearance," 'In the preliminary contest and~ received honorable mentIon. In thle Gr'ay Court-Owvings sehool where a pr3elimilnar'y contest was held two weeks ago to choose contestants for the county meet, Jerry Gray was selected to represent the school In tile declamation conltest andl Elizabeth Stodldard was chlosen for' the girls r'ecitation contest. The namles of other entrants are expleeted befor'e Friday. PROMfINENT SPEAKEIS TO liE HEARD JBaptist Church to Hanve Tnfor'mat til Mfeeting Wiedneisdaty 'Night, i'r. Lee Davis Lodge, President of I~Lmestone College, Is to 'be the prIinl cipal speaker at an inform~ationlal meet inlg to b) '-held ini the First flaptist church Wednesday nIght. The meetIng wvill be called for the purpose of giving information concern ing the 75 Million Dollar camp~aign of the Batitst chuirchl. Other speakers who avill address tile meeting are Dr. Charles A. Jones, 'of Columbla, who is Educational Secretary of south Caro lina Baptists, and 'Rev. E. M. Rleeve', pastor of the First 'Baptist churcib, of Union.