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VLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESD4y, APRIL 26, 1922. IEWS.AGAIN 01AD8 POU[ O[PARIM[N Employees of City Elected Monday Night FRANKS SLATED . HEALTH OFFICER Salaries of Various Employees Fixed and Other Employees are Elected. A uditor Now Examiilng Books Recommends New System, Says Errors May be Expected. Fixing of salaries not decided upon at former meetings and the election of city employees occupied much time of City Council at its meeting Monday night. The salary of the city clerk was al lowed to remain -unchanged at $135 per month. How this is to be divided between the city and the public nyorks commission was left for a future meet Ing, as was the election of the clerk himself. The salary of the health of ficer was fixed at $85 per month, this being a reduction of $40 under that paid last year. Council was advised by the committee instructed to confer with the Board of Healith that Mr. W. D. Franks had been recommended for this office. Formal election for this place was also deferred. 'Wages to be paid day laborers was fixed at $1.26 per day. The following city employees were elected -by majority 'ballot: Chief of Police-J. T. Crews. Assistant Chief-J. Bob Wham. Officers-J. .. :Paige, G. L. Watson, J. L: Powers, (R. C. Owens. Street Overseer--C. R. Bisho-p. 11iremen-Paul Alexander and Bill fMartin. Mayor Dial, reporting for committee on uiiion station parking, said that he had tiken theiiatt6i V1p with railroad authorities. Final action on the mat ter was deferred. afayor- Dial rennorted in regard to stops taken to collect past due rent on the Opera House. After hearing a let ter read- from the Lessees, extension o time for 'payment was grghted. After hearing a recommen4ation from the committee on streets in re gard to a request of Mr. Benjamin to open a driveway ito his elevated lot on North Harper street, council refused the request on the ground that the city had no right to carry out W'rk on private property. Mr. Wwtts, auditor employed 'by the city to audit the books of the city clerk incident to the change in admig Istration, was called upon to state his views of the books as he had found them. Mr. Watts opened his remarks with the statement that 'he iwould re ipeat the recommendation of former . auditors that tle system of books 'be changed: He said that he had verified the report previously made'to council by the city clerk that a discrepancy of about $900 had .been found, but that about $200 of this had been located. HeT said he thought that the clerk had given conscientious service 'but that with the system of Ibooks now being used he wvas not su'rprised that things were in bad sha'pe and that shortages may he expected in 'the future if the -books are not changed. Hie also point ed out that the present systent requnir ed an excessive cost for auditing atpd that the city loses hu'ndreds of dol lars every 'two years by~ reAson .of this fact. He discloseAl the fact .that taxes and lfines for a number of years re mained unpaid. A emotion of Alder \)lan Dial to collect the taxes but to start a clean slarte for fines was 'adopt ed, as was a similar riotion to !pro gido a comm'ittee to confer with the auditor with a view'of securing a new 0ystem of books. ' Mayor Dial, reporting .for th6 street committee, said t~t -he. had foliind Church street, Gordon7 street ,.and FIeming street. all 1u)dqr r'epair buat 'work uncompleted,and 'wt)m no anoney in the treasury to comniete it. Mayor Dial paid ho Would net order work con tinued after next Mondag 'unless the' .nfoney Wras In sightt' twe~ret the pay if lat theoend of the week. Op t pomn the flOor a cotmitto~w ra ~ped" tco confer'eth '1* ias Mils 4i1zrities lookiig towgr in91i0 tien the Jierningatresi Wrk, w.mie 1a~ dete~ed/' Wbito: no *htien w~1s 'kolf,' coulicil aprd to agree w1ih -1 for )ia3 'that 01stt~h atireet wold lv4' o ia surftaced wfth top-soft :in LEADING CITIZEN OF CLINTON DIES Death Claims P. 8. Bailey After Long Period of 'Feeble Health. Clinton, Aprij .19.-P. S. Bailey, -prominent merchant and leading citi zen of Clinton, died at a hospital in Colum'bia this morning. Mr. Bailey had boon in feeble health a year or more, but -had been in the hospital in Columbia only a week. - Sund-ay after noon physicians advfised that 'tfhere was little hope for recovery and mem 'bers of his family went to Coluibia at once and were at his 'bedside when the end came. The funeral was held Friday. 'Mr. iBailey was 55 years 'old and is survived by his wife and one son, Silas Bailey. He is also survived 'by his father, M. S. Bailey; three broth era, W. J. Bailey, C. M. Bailey and J. A. tBailey, all of this place, and three sisters, -Mrs. R. B. Vance and Miss Connie 'Ianley of Clinton and Mrs. George H. Cornelson of Now Orleans. His father is in New Or leank visijing Mrs. Cornelson and will arrive home tomorow evening. Mr. Bailey was associated in- 'busi ness with his 'brother, J. A. Bailey, -under the firm name of M. S. Bailey & Sons. lMe was a member of the Presbyterian church and its' board of deacons. TWO WALKING GIRLS - ARRIVE IN CITY TIRED Walking fron Miami, Fla., to Ashe ville, N. C., Two Girls Stop in City. IE'nrotite to Asheville, N. C., from Miama, Fla., on a walking trip, two 11retty girls, dressed in knickerbokers and sandals arrived in the city Monday afternoon, tired, but glad thait they are about to reach the last 100 mile lap of their journey. When asked about the object of the trip the girls, neither of whom hesi tated to admit that they were but 21 kears old, said that they were walking for their health and for the fun that went' wttby it. They are not selling souvenirs or seeking other revenue, they said. One of the girls. eBtty Thompson, according to their story, hails from the "tar-heel state" and is a graduate of Trinity college, at 'Durham, N. C. Her companion, Dora Bryant, is from Miama, Fla., and is a graduate of Massey college, Jacksonville, Fla. Choosing to go through Charleston, S. IC., on their tri-p, the girls have al ready walked more than 900 miles at ( an average of 10 miles a day. They ( expect to make the return tri. in the same manner. EXAMINATIONS 'FOR TEACHERS MAY 12 AN1D 18 Exaninations for Primary and Ele mentary Certificates will be IfelI in Court House. Announcement was made yesterday at the office of U. T. Wilson, superin tendent of education, that teachers ex aminations in Laurens county, wilf*-be held in the court hduse Friday and Sat urday, May 12 and 13. The examinations will be for teach 'ers in the first, second arnd third grades for elementary and primary certificates. 'High school examinations w7ill be held at a later date, Supt. Wil son stated. Jas. H. Sullivan T'o Speak James 'H. Sullivan, of this city, has accepted an invitation from the 'Wo njan's, Club, of Pacolet, to 'deliver .an address .at a meeting of the Parent T.ac'hers Associatiofi, to 'be helq there next Thursday afternooh at 3 o'clock. 'lhe subject of Mr. Sullivan's speech, at t-he request of the Woman's blub, will-be ''Vitizenship and Law Enforce mont", TWo More Annoneements In agldition to the annown~cement of Miss Kate Wiofford f4!'r-,Surperintendet rf Education, referred 4 elSewhere in this i#aper, two mo4 .fuduncements have been rectived1 b he' A4gg'tser, that of .John' D, 'W. Watts for rd~hec tAon as Supervisor and that of J.'Wad dy Thompson as Auditor.' Both of these men are asking for reelection, 'big in officenow. stad of NAugusta gravel as -previously Wgreed auppa. Mhybr' Di41 was anuthor-. led' to bave Olhuroh sttoet, placed in condition for the Chaitmuqua next SThe mayor 'was a'sp ..aubborized ,to' ende' lenited aid to the Vidfo League in beautifying the pilplio 'squage. PRECINCT CLUPS ORGANIZED SATURDAY Little Iiterest Shown in Meetings Woin Sent as Delegates Fponi Gray Court. Judging .by reports received -by The Advertiser, interest in the Democratic club meetings held in the county Sat urday was not at a fever heat. Indeed it is thought that a number of clubs failed to organize at all, while others were very sparsely attended. A few reports sent to The Advertiser by sec retaries indicate that the women nwere conspicuous by -their absence and i1 only oe case, that of Gray Court, were women elected as delegates tc the county convention which meets here next Monday. One woman was named by the 'Laures city clulb as a member of the enrolling committec. Voters of the TrinityJRidge section and the 'Barksdale section, formerly included in the Laurens city precinct, held meetings of their own -and will petition the county executive commit tee to allow formation of clubs In those sections. A committee, consist ing of :lessrs. R. T. Wilson, Alison Lee and W. S. IPower, twas also ap pointed by the Laurens city club to formulate a 1plan of division of the club and present the -plan to the exe cutive committee for its consideration. Mr. Lee, who introduced -the motion to provide for.a division of the club, p)ointed out that the -large increase in the club muembership, due to woman suffrage, had made the club so large that enrolling the members worked a tardship upon the club secretary and nade 'the- counting of votes on elsc Ion day a very arduous task for the ,lub managers. The committee which nominated the lelegates of the Laurens city club was !omposed of 'Messrs. J. F. Tolbert, 0. 1. Thompson and 0. 'L. Long. The follonjing reports of officers )lcctcd by various clubs have been -eceived by The Advertiser: Laurensi A, C. Todd, president. Jno. N. Wright, vice-president. W. S. Power, secretary. R. T. Wilson, executive committee nan. Enrolling comuittee--JMrs. C. M. 3larke, C. A. Power, Jas. M. Clardy. Delegates to County Convention- - r. D. Lake, B. iB. Blakely, C. W. Lc 3ravy, B. Y. Culbertson, R. D. Boyd, [no. H. Power,- J. 'N. iWright, Alison .oe, 0. G. Thompson, N. B. -Dial, *R. A. looper, A. C. 'Todd, 0. L. .Long, W. -L. hray, W. 1-. 'Dial, Jas. -H. Sullivan, C. . Power, R. T. Wilson, T. S. Langston. Watts Mills President-4B. E. Sorgee. VicC4President--G. E. Corbin. Secretary-J. -1. iHolcombe. Asst. Secretary-M. A. Garrett. Ei-,xecutive Committeieman-L. M. Cennedy. Enrolling Committee-<D. C. Bar lett, J. A. Davis, C. E. Corbin. Delegates to County Convention 3. E. Sorgee, 'M. H, Boyter, C. A. 3rown, J. T. Blakely, W. A. Copeland, W. . Sor-gee, J. A. 'Davis, L.. M. Ken Iediy, MI. A. Gar-rett. Barksdaile-Narnie -President-:B. R. T. Todd. Vice-JPresident-Austin Bramlett. Secretary-F. ii. (l3urton. Eixecutive Committeeman-G. 'L. {ellams. Delegates-B. RU. T. Todd, 0. Y. lellams, WV. M. Meyers. Gray Court 'President-D. 'D. iPeden. Vice-aPresident-T. A. iWillis. Secretary-Treasurer-T. II. Blabb. Executive Commtteeman-J. iW. WJells. -Delegates-R. L. Gray, D. D. Peden, E . Wilson, U. 'U. Owings;' T. HI. Ialib, Miss .Allie Babb, Mrs. 3. A. 3umrry. Langston ~President-O, P. Goodwin. Secretary-4M. M. Poole. Executive Committeeman--F. L. )olinon. 'Dlegates-0. 'P. Qoodwin, ' F. L. )ouinlon, *M. Of. Poole. (Either two >resent to serve),. Youngs 'President-W. O0. Stitton. ' fleortary-AsiH, H. .Albrcrombie. Execitive " Contalitteeman--. HI. thercrongbie. dielegates-4W. 0. &itton, J. H, Aber mrombio, H. It. Aberoepiiibie. Trhnfty4gge iPresident---0 , Caine. - ecrttr-.Treasurer--4Iobt. Boyd. -(Contlnuo4 on Page 1Four.) CONTRACT. IS GIVEN FOR NEW JAIL Sircture of 'Reinforced Concrete will ("ost $32,445. Will be Modern in Every Detail. Bids for the erection of a new coun ty jail were formally opened yester day at a meeting of the jail comnils sioners and the contract awarded to C. .M. Guest, of Anderson, whose bid, the lonwest of thiose submitted, was $32,145.00. The new jail will be built on the lot adjaccnt to the present structure and will be of reinforced concrete. One of the provisions in the contract is that the jail be completed within four months after work commences. Mod ern in almQst every detail, the jail will have steam heating in the base ment and in all the cells. Present plans for the jail call for cells on the second floor only. APPEAL ABANDONED FOR TIMMONS AND WILLARD Commitment Papors are Filed When Attorneys Reach Decision Not to Appeal. The status of Luther Timmons and Mlonroe Willard, both of whom have been in the State 'penitentiary for three weeks, was definitely determin ed yesterday when attorneys of the men convicted of maislaughter decid ed to aband n the appeal. Commit ment papers were filed yesterday from the office of C. A. 'Power, Cleric of Court, and the two men will begin service of their sentences at once. Timmons and Willard were convict es of manslaughter at the last term of criminal court and were sentenced 'by Judge .Wilson to serve 10 years each in the penitentiary. 'Notice of intention to appeal was filed by their attorneys, Messr:,. Featherstone and Knight, after a motion for a new trial was refused. The case has taken sev eral turns since 'the conviction and sentence of the two young men. MiS. LULA BOYD Widow of Late 31. Caine Boyd, Died at her Home Near Mountville April 17th. Friends of Mrs. Lula Boyd, widdw of the late M. Caine Boyd, will -be sor ry to hear of her death, nhich occur red suddenly at her home near Mount Ville on April '1g. The funeral services were held at 11topewell church, 'being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Shealey, assisted by Rev. Wiggins, of Clinton. The deceased was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed. Boyd, deceased, and is survived 'by three sons, Dallas, Don and Marion, and four sisters, Mrs. 1Emma Monroe, Mrs. illa Crawford, Mrs. Mattle Silverman and Mrs. Annie Dickert. J. A. WOFFORD FALLS. DOWN EIJEVATOR SHAFT Well Known Farmer Seriously In jured in Accident Here Friday. Mr. J. A. Wofford, 55 years of age, prominent farmer of Madden Station, was serIously injured last Friday morning at -10 o'clock when he felj dowvn an elevator shaft In the W. P. 'Hudgens store, breaking his left hip and arm. Mr. iWofford iwent to the rear of the store to wash his hands after doing some repair work. (No one was in the' store and Mr. Wofford was not seen when he fell. The elevator was on the second floor level at the time and, it Is thought, failing to see the opening, or .possibly walking 'baclaward, Mr. 'Wofford fell down the shaft to the basement, a distance of 8 feet. Peole entering the store heard his cries for help and wont to his assistance. iPhysicians, attending Mr. Wet-ford, said that the injuries are very serious and may develop further lcomplica tions. 'Much hope, however, is enter tained for his recovery. .Special Service ,A special service was held at the First Presbyterian church last Sunday for tfie' Jnnior, ISenior and Interme diate Christian E~ndeavor societies. Of ficers for the' ensuing year were elect ed. Instead of the regular preaching service, an address Was delivered b07 Rev. C. T. 'Squires, One hunldred En deavorers were present. 'gotice to PensIoners Pensioners can get their checks at, the'offiee of Probate Judge. The Pro bate Jidge's" oflice *1ll. .be closegl -on May 6th on account of the reunion at Im4ddae Old PField. (COURT OF COMMON PDEAS OP'eNED hEltE MONDAY Three Cases are Disposed of in Two Days of Court. The April term of the Court of common Pleas, presided over by Judge John S. Wilson, of 'Manning, conv.ened here Monday morning facting a heavy calendar of which only three cases were disposed of by Tuesday night. The first case to be called Monday morning was that of -R. .t: Bolt against E,. E. Guinn. The suit was to recover on a note given in a land transaction. A verdict was found for the defendant. The jury sitting in the case of R. F. Sumerel vs Guy C. Pitts, after de liberations of several hours, found a verdict for the plaintiff and aiwarded him $150.00. The suit was for damag es received from an automobile colli sion near Clinton. The same case nwhen 'tried last year resulted in a mistrial. A verdict in favor of the defendants was found in the suit of Russel Stone against J. 0. (lendrix et al. The suit was .to recover on notes given In a land transaction. INEGRO WOMAN KILLED -IN SHIOOTIf0SRAPE After Killing -Woman, Chl6le Leak is Shot. Now iI County Jail. Charlie tLeak, a negro 24 years old, after shooting -at and killing Viola Jackosn, negress, was himself shot in the abdomen, arm and leg, by two other negro men, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, follcwing a row because, witesses declare, the woman refused to live any longer with him. The dou ble shooting took place on the plan tation owned by John L. Young, in the Hopewell cdmmunity. Sheriff Reld and Deputy Owings were on the scene of the homicide shortly after it occurred and found I the dead woman in the house of a negro tenant and (Leak, who had a 'bullet hole in his leg and gun shot wounds in his body, iwas on the porch of the same house. Witnesses told the sheriff that Leak was shot while run ning from the house after he killed the woman, The negro admitted kill ing the woman but denied that he ran from 'the house. He was given medi cal attention by a local iphysician and taken to the county Jail. F. Williams -and Tom E3llison, negroes, both of I whom admit shooting Leak, were not arrested. 0OLLECT OVER 3,000 CANS IN OLEAN-UP DRIVE Bringing in 3,250 Tin Cans During "Clean-Up" Week, 164 Children lie. ceive Passes From Theatre. 3,250 tin cans of every conceivable description iwore brought to the -Princess Theatre last Thursday after noon as a result of an offer made by Mailager Switzer that he would give a free admission to the theatre to every child 'bringing 15 or more cans. The offer .wvas made by the management of the iPrincess. Theatre, said Mr. Switzer, to co-operate wvith the spirit of "Clean Uip" week. The total number, gaining a free admission was 164. 'A free admIssion for two weeks'was offered the boy or girl 'bringing the most cans. This prize iwas won b~y 'Robert Nichols who collected 228 cans. John Kitchens, bringing 134 cans, won the second p~rize, a one-week free adm'issiotn ticket. *NiHW .CANDIDATE IN FIELD MIss Kate V. Wofford Formally An-. nounces Candidacy for Superin tendent of Edueation. The Advertiser carries, today the formal announcement of the candi dacy of Miss Kate V. Wofford for the office of couanty superintendent of education, this being the first formal announcement of any .woman for offiee in Laurens 'co~lnty. Miss fWbofford is . a daughter of Mr. 3. A. Woffiord, of Madden station, and the late Cleo 'Cunningham Wofford, affectionately knelmui daring -her life time Iby -'-hem' newspaper pseudon'n 'AMnt .Kate." She' s .a graduate of Winthroy college of the cias of 'lM16 and ha6 had four years of high sichool work. She was formeily' presidents of 'the Laurens, county teachers assocla.. tion and is now president of the comn merelal teache're departmenut of the State teachars .assocIqttoft.' During theowar bhe served as (,2ud class yeo nen 4nd Jolds ah honorable discharge from the U.' S. Navf. LIR[NS COMTY 8MS[8 RECORD High Water Market In Con tracts Signed MEETING FRIDAY BIG SUCCESS Barbecue and ' otton Marketing Fri. day Under Auspices of Laurens Bits. Iness League GiveIs Big Boost to Co. olerative Marketing Campauignt iI the County. Laurens county broke all records Friday in the number of bales of cot ton signed in cotton co-operative mar keting when 105 farmers placed their s-ignattures on the cotton marketing contract and put 4,044 bales in the marketing hopper. According to re ports from Columbia no other county in the south has etiualled this record in one day. County Demonstrator Vaughan was out pushing the cam paign yesterday, so the total number of bales signed ulp in the county could not 'be secured, but the total up to Friday night was estimated to have been in the neighborhood of 10,000. The goal for this county is understood to be 15,000 'by May Ist. Many work er. were out yesterday and the cam paign m1ill be continued the rest of this week, so it is thought that the remain Ing 5,000 bales will be easily secured. The sign-up meeting ,Friday was lheld under the auspices of the Laurens Business league, which furnished a rree .barbecue for the occasion. Over 100 farmers attended the meeting and were guests of the league at the bar becue. The consensus of opinion inong those who attended tile meet Ing in tile court house and tile bar becue at Boyd's spring was that the Jlay was one of the most successful rfnd auspicious in the history of the Aty. The meeting in the court house pre 3eded the barbecue. .Here Dr. W. H. [)ial, mayor of the city, presided in the thsence of Mr. Geo. .1. Wright, presi lent of the league, who was absent rom the city. Addresses nyere made )y J. D. Coghlan, J. 'H. fMcCullef and ir. Bolinder,' of Texas, and County kent C. L. Vaughan. 1Endorsement of ,he marketing plan was also given by Jessrs. C. -H. 'Roper and J. J. Adams )n the part of the -banks of the city. Mr. Coghlian was the principal speak r of the day. He told of the success ul operation of the marketing plan n Texas and Oklahoma and declared hat members of the associations In hose states had ecured as high as 115 :,er bale more for their cotton than heir neighbors had gotten. He said hat the association was a selling or ranization, not a holding or specula ive .body, and that its benefits were ecured throtugh sound busiJkss prac ice carried out on a large scale. In ~ours'e of time, lhe said, after a sur icient nunutber of farmers hand joined lhe association, he expected that it vould be able to influence the market Lind brling to the cottoQ grower a pro it in keeping with the labor lie per orms and tihe money he invests. Tile 'barb~ecue was' held after the narketing meeting and following the arbeeue a 1)o11 weevil meetaing was bild in the court house whlen addresses vere .made -by thle same speakers who poke at tile morning meeting. Mr. Vaughan said last' night that a otal of 12,000 .bales had ,been signed a tihe county withl more committees o be heard from. W. C. Breckenridge Dead Mr. W. C. Breckenridge, widely nown in the county as a machinist nld expert in 'gin ropair work, died ~t the home of Mr. iDick Owings, his oarding place, in this city Tuesday norning after an illness of a few lays. Mr. 'Breckenridge had been in: leclining .health for some time and his Leath .was not unexpected. H1eT was a tative of Oconee county, 'but' had' ivod a 'bachelor's life hert for inany rears. I-lis relatives have been nott led eof his death and upon the arrival >f some of them this morning funeral trranigements will be decided upon, To will most probkbly be buied here. SInglag Conveik9n The N'orth Oaurend efeing Conven ion meets with the Cedar Grove' )piuroh Sunday, April 30. A11 singets tre cordially inviterd to attend