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h4 e. VOLUM E XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922.NUBR4 foGOV[RNOR BROGH PROV[S OPTIMISTIC First Day of Chautauqua Draws Crowds OPENING DAY PLEASES PATRONS Former Governor Brough of Arkan sas Gives Comprehensive and In-i telligent Discussion of This Nations Leadership in Various Fields of En. deavor. The Iledpat'h Chautauqua was op ened yesterday afternoon .by the Col degian. Male Quartette, composed of Messrs. Spring, Strahan, Risser, and iBean, who rendered a very delight ful programme of humorous, classical, and patriotic selections. Mr. Bean proved himself a decided humorist, and every .ihember of the troupe made a 'hit" with well-selected solos. [Harry Lotbard, this year's super intendent, made a graceful introduc tion of the week's program and an nounced that attractions would com -mence at 3:30 and eight o'clock each afternoon and evening. Officers of the local association and the police department of the city 'have asked that fully able-bodied, towns people ,park their cars. on the public square so as not to cause congestion in the streets around the Chautauqua tent. In the evening the College Quar tette gave a musical prelude of a doz en numbers, which greatly delighted the audience. The lecture by former Governor Charles 1-1. Brough, of Ar kansas, on "America's Leadership of .the World" proved a comiprehensive and intelligent discussion of our na tion's pre-eminence in the fields of gov ernment, idealism, ibusiness acumen, arts, sports, oratory, statesmanship, -wit and humor, and above all, in 'our consecration to religious throught afid our devotion to the fundamental teach ings of God's Holy Word. The eloquent speaker quoted Glad stone and Bryce to prove that we have the greatest and most rcsponsive democracy on earth, whose cardinal principle is service and the realiza tion of the public welfare. He sound ed an optimistic note as to the future of American 'business, saying that we -were the only 'great exporter in the world, that nearly a !billion of peo ple were dependent on the 'United States for their. food a'nd clotbing, that 'we had over a third of the world's gold supply and -the most elastic cur rency system ever conceived by the brain of man, 92 per cent of the world's inventive power, three-fifths of tho rail-way mileage of the world, one tele -phone to every 14 ipersons, and a re cuperative power that, is marvellous. The former Arkansas 'Chief Execu tive paid a glowing tribute to Senator Dial for the great work he is doing in the Senate for the business interests of the South and expressed the ho th~at the Senator's 'bill to ,regulate trading in cotton futures would be en acted into law. He also referred in very complimentary terms to Gover nor 'Cooper, who, he said, ranked as one of tleo arbleMt and cleanest of American governors. Governor Brou'gh said That Woodrow Wilson' would go down in history as immortal, combin ing' as he 4oes "the patriotism of a Wash~ngton, the philosophy of a Jef ferson, the' constructiv'e genius of a -iflamilton, the courage of a Jaocson, a Cleveland, and a' Roosevelt, the e swet eharity of a Lincoln and ' I.Mc Kinley, and the judicial tempierament of a Taft," and ex'pressed tlhe MD'inion that it ,would be a comparativdliyshdrt time 'before the 'Unilted,.Stat'esi entered the League of 'Nations alou~ttbwithe flfty-four otSbr natis that hiye 'al ready joined. -Het pointed out the 'tremendeus ex runbtures thait are '.'hnt' .niadeho' detuderatiziigelheattW hi te Unitk Otates and the eh&ipD 'ti4 vigor'ous elaft usee nn ef -el&n, whlsoUme- athletio4 as a ~nea4 6f holding bO~s in school And esen 1lRy indfng theVe tO go to' so1 egses 'anid ulversites ?e 9pise4 ,the IL- and htj~udr ot grea Afgtfoai $A~pp4nu eitlng Grady, l'obert L I44 ry Alle#t~ '~ ' el at COUNC1L IHOXDS SHORT SESSION MONDAY NIGI Appropriation to Wednesday Cluib) For Maintenance of Library will Con. tinue. In a s'hort session of the city council held Monday night, Alderman Albert Dial presided in the absence from the city of Mayor W. H. Dial. Due to the absence of the mayor, ac tion upon various matters brought up at the council -meeting was deferred. Alderman Easter by reported for the committee, recently apopointed to see Laurens Mill oicials, that, assistance may be secured from the Laurens Mill toward completing the sewer and wa ter extension on Holmes street. A motion by Alderman Easterby that laborers -to be furnished by the city for work on 1-olmies street, be taken charge of by 'Mr. Montgomery, was passed. The Wednesday Club will again be the recipient of $5.00 a .mont-h from the city for the maintenance of the Public Library, a motion to that effect having been -passed. In continuing, the efforts of clean ing up, and fbeautifyig Laures, the council condemned as a a nuisance the old automobiles and other material on the 4ot adjoining 'Weldrop's Garage. A motion was passed that the city clerk request owners of such material to re moVe same. The election of Mr. W. D. Franks as Health Officer .was confirmed by the council. A motion that the mayor and chief of police be empowered to select and purchase spring uniforms for police and fire department members was passed. A preV minary report was made by Mr. Wallace, auditor, on his findings since the 'last report was made by him. No action was taken. COMMON PLEAS COURT ADJOURINED LAST FRIDAY Mr. D. A. Barksdale Is Awarded Ver dict in Case Against Laurens Bond ed Warehouse. The Court of 'Common Pleas ivhich had been f' session for a wp.k, ad journed last Friday niglit, two cases being tried on the last day. The suit of Mr. D. A. Barksdale against the Laurens 'Bonded Ware house resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff of $241.66. More than the usual amount of in terest .was manifested in the case. The itlaintiff alleged that in January, 1920) he was offered by a local cotton tbuyer, 40 cents for cotton, which lie -testified, was in the defendant's ware house. When 'he offered his receipts for the cotton, one of the three bales was missing. ,The verdict returned covered the amount of the cotton !based upon 40 cents a ;Pound with interest at 7 per cent from that date. The case of 'J. IL. 'Wofford againt Dodd and Payne, Involving damages as a result of an automobile colision, resulted In a verdict for the defend ant. OTHE~RS MAKE ANNOUNCOEXENTS Three ;Candidates for Superintendent of Education and One for County Treasurea. The Advertiser carries .three more formal announcements for .county superintendent of education this .week, Mrs. Earl C. Owens and 'Miss Margaret Dunlap, who have been pre viously .referred to as tentative candi dates, and Mr, pen' A.. Sullivan, Jr., Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of Clemson colleg& and -has. had several years of experience in teaching.. He is a' Worte (War--'vetei'an. Another announcement .is -'that of ~Mm' R. J. Langston for treasurer. 'Mt Laulgeton has made the' race' for thy same place once libefore: and is -well knowurtn the county. Above. Itll/Governor aroUgti'eld up for the:emulption. of all "Vedplas' 'e Uhristiaut institutions -of' Arterica,'ay,. ing that- 48: ber icent fot u' peopI Criat anld ffkli 6 er ' cent <b~o~4 p00:4e recotiisze .that the Bibi| is the Rtgek ihpopi hichi this itepublic rests, The speaker ;was given' theo closetl attention through'out his ifliasterly dis coltrse anf was feuutly interrupt qd I#tt buriA of applause. vG ' ~or Proh Is ? treet Ibooster IN RLOOD ARA Relief Organizations Work to Give Relief FERTILE FARMS UNDER WATER Thousands of People Stricken Hlome. less In Louisiana as lIesult of Flood Waters of Mississippi Breaking Levees. Whole Counties are Under Water. New Orleans, May 1.-JRelief organ izations were continuing to work to day to prevent hunger, exposure and disease among the tens of thousands of homeless in the stricken flood zones of Louisiana and Mississippi. Particular efforts were directed to the area in central and eastern Louisiana where a lake of more than 1,400 square miles now exists on erstwhile fertile farm lands and thriving com mercial towns as a result of the breaking of the levee of the Siississip pi river near Terriday, La. fHarrison'burg, La., far west of the river but yet in the flood zone, con tinues to present the most serious problem. Food is the crying need of the thousand -resideilts and severail t-housahd refugees who fled to that town or were brought there by their rescuers. Stocks of local merchants have be come exhausted. Today it was report ed that some food has been brought in -by rboat from neighboring conimuni ties which it is hoped will last until a boat with food which left New Orleans last Saturday arrives. In addition to those in need at that town, It .was re ported today that boats laden with ', 000 more refugees were enroute there. Old men- and women and children upon their arrival at H1arrisonburg already showed the effects of under nourishment as the 'back waters of. the, rivers had, been -..crveeping. into their husajes for many days before thpy decided to flee. There is a serious shortage of shel ter at 1Harrisonburg. .Only fifty tents are available and many are sleeping on the ground in the open. There is also a lack of medical supplies. The distress among the flood ani ferers has been aggravated by the refusal of many inhabitants . of the low lands to abandon their homes, until the water forced them out. In southern 'Louisiana where the river is continuing to spread through a crevasse in St. Bernard parish, refugees are ibeing -brought to the out skirts of Ne.w- Orloans' where better shelter, medical attention and roon can 'be given them. Relief camps established in the flood zone have in many instances beei abandoned an the resualt of the spreAd liig of the waters. In central western Milssissippi, re newed .efforts were going forward to a'escue the marooned in the Yazoo -basin whelre a stretchl of land covering 1;700 square miles is today a mighity lake. Relief bodles arc being taxed to capacity to provide for the refugees .who continue to pmir in at the iso lated 'high spots an-I larger towns. Food, shelter, clothing and medical supplies must be suipplied for 17,500 of these areas it is estimated. .With t'he crest still to come in the -lower and central reaches of the 'river, scores of towns and villages in .Arkansas, ,Mississippi and Louis lana' are . covered with water to a depth' in some instances of 20 feet, while mnany larger communities have eneticled themselves in hastily con etrifoted. embankmnents which they 'hope"*ill hold the water out, in the Weahtime being isolated -from~ the jWdrid'dith ithe exception of commiuni cation' 1bboat. *IAJ5GE 'XIASACTIONS * ONOAY AT -PUBLI(C SAML 'The' Ifbme. pce of 18. IP'. Caspelan4 *o -robtitly Werit into' bankruptcy ~s-.sol&t~Monday morning at public auction 'to 0. WCopelaud, for $5,000. The home plac's consisted of m~ore than -190 acyes of .land, a 4welinWt'arid se' eral other buildings. TFhe Laurens Briok Yard 'was -sold 't Mrhi . 00:e1a4t 'for $1,800.00, te4bcc &tarl~, ho Ih teAghla~g in Gai SGrand Opera toAtlanta )A4 COTION CAMPAIGN Nearly 17,000 Bales Are Signed Up STATE ALSO EXCEEDS QUOTA Canpaiign of Souti Caroina Cotton Co-operativo Association Proves Success. Great Jubilation at Head. (arters in Columbia. Lists Still Open for Signatures. Over 16,000 bales or cotton, repre senting 314 rcontracts from .lcading farmers, had been signed up in Lau rens county when the whirlwind drive on the last day of the state campaign was at an end. The quota for Laurens county was 15,600 bales and a total of 16j938 bales were signed irp. Although the quota for the county was exceeded by 1,438 bales, the cam paign was continued through 'Monday so that success for the state campaign might be assured, according to county agent, C. L. Vaughan, who led in the work of the sign-up campaign. Other cotton growers may still join, states Mr. Vaughan. For the entire state over 400,000 bales of cotton were signed to the cotton co-operative marketing con tract by Wlay 1st and the organization of the South Carolina Cotton Grow ers' 'Co-operative association is now assured. Annnouncement to this ef fect was made tonight iby Harry G. Kaminer, president of the organiza tion committee, and 'R. C. (Hamer, chairman of the campaign committee. A total of 408,000 bales had been signed by Saturday night, April 29, nd reports from over the state Indi eated that between ten and fifteen thousand bales were signed today so that approximately 425,000 baJ es have now been signed. It will be .everal days before the tabulation is conrpleted Announcement that the state had gone over the top caused much jubi Lation today among the campaign workers and farmers over the state -encrally. All day long there was a stream of telegrams pouring into the mlces of the association from every section of the state asking the out 3ome and many called over the long listance phone. There was much in erest in the campaign in other states ilso and many of the telegrams came Irom North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states in the belt vhich have already either organsaed >r are in process of organization. RtADIO COMES TO CITY TO STAY SAY RADIO FANS Laurens Radio Club Members Enjoy Concerts and Lectures from Distant Cities Over Radio Phone. -Shifters have come and Shifters have gone, but radio has come to Laurens to stay, say members of the .Laurons Radio Club. The club was organized'a month ago b~y Messrs. L. G, Roff, Nat Kennedy, Gus Babb, W. WN. Dyess, Farris Startin and -0. B, 'simmons, Jr. The Radio clu'b has installed in its club room in the Enterprise (Bank building a radio receiving outfit 'having a radius of more than a thousand miles. Daily and nightly, concerts, addresses, mar ket and basebal'l quotations and even the roaring sound of the waves on the Atlantic, according to one who has heard, have been received on the radio 'Phone. 1)y merely turning a dial, a voice may 'be heard from as distant points as Kansas City, Pittsbungh, Detroit, New ark and Arlington. The radio fans are etthusiastic over their new pas time and although radio may develop in such bounds as did the phonograi1h, their beig forerunners, they say, is something they will never forget. Ie'Oream Supper. Cotton Wood Camp No. 725, Wood men of the iWorld, will give an ice cream sunsper at the school house in the -~ur'ens iMills' village Saturday xnight to 'which the ,publeis iivited. The proceeds will be used for the de gree team - istrel at I'oplar School A minstrel will lifie given 'at Poplar schopi house Saturday night, MJ.. 13t. Music 6f lMt. Pleas~nt string 'band.dA4' mios1lth 10 anid he conts. SEE YOURSEL IN MOVING PICTURES 'I'wo Itee Film Beig Made of City's Iudustrial and Civic Activities. Cloudy weather Vn Friday :nd Sat urday of last .week interfered wio the work of Leslie Brothers, moving picture photographers, who were here last week and returned again Monday to make a two reel picture of Laurens, its beautiful square and streets, its line reisdences and 'business houses, mills and members of the city's fra ternal, business and civic organiza tions. The photographers, one of them is on the field staff of the Fox News Film, have already shot several hundred feet of flilm on the following places and people: the 'post office, the cou rt house, the 'Baptist and Methodist churches, street scene on the north side of the square taken from the court house, a group of members of the Civic League, and the following homes: William Gelder, Rev. Graves L, Knight, W. '. McPhail and Frank Caine. As soon as favorable weather will permit, it is planned to photograph all of the school children, members of the Business 'onds Club, the Laurens BusinessLeague, the Laurens Patrol in uniforms, and the Watts 'Mills Band in uniforms. Moving pictures wlll also .be made of the 'Laurens and Watts Mills, the glass works and a number of stores. The purpose of the film, Manager Switzer, of the Princess Theatre, said, was to advertise and -boost Laurens, its peolple and its 'business enterprises. As soon as the picture is completed and developed, it will 'be exhibited in the Princess Theatre. HUNDIE'US OF FAIlUEl18 SEE BOLL WEEVIL FILM "Dust 'Em Right, or Let 'Em Bite" Shows to Farmers Correct Method of Fighting Boll Weevil. "Dust "Em Right, Let 'Em Bite," the second boll weevil picture issued by the United States department of agri culture, was shown before approxi mately 700 farmers during two per formances given last Saturday and 'Monday afternoons. The film, as was the first one shown two months ago, was secured by the Enteprise' National Bank and the Princess Theatre management. Fol lowing up Its advice to farmers that poisoning the 'boll weevil with cal cium arsenate is the only method now known to prove effective in destroying the cotton pest, the picture showed the proper methods to be employed in us ing the poison. After the picture was shown, ques tions concerning boll weevil poisoning were answered tby Demonstration Agent Vaughan. Nothing, said Ar. Vaughan, is known at present to be as effective as calcium arsenate for kill ing the weivil, but, he said, "You may as well 'pour water on your cotton as to use the poison in the ,wrong man ner.." WORK AT LA1Wi' PItOGRESSING Lake at Bois Terre Club Having Finial TIouches rut on It. Water to be Turned in Soon. Work on -the 'lake at the .Bois Terre country clu'b, which 'has been in iro gross for several months, is nearin'g completion, according to Dr. W. [D. 'Ferguson, who has .been directing the work, and water will 'be turned In in about ten days. The .principal work undertaken al the lake has been with the object iv view of turning off muddy water iv times of freshets and clarifying all thE water that enters the lake. A dam ham been built at the upper end of ethe lakE and a sluice gate built to carry mudd3 ewater aroud the lake through a largE canal 'built on the north side. Th< principle of tile drainage has 'beer called into use above the dam, whoen terra cotta pipe 'has been laid for 'a distance of about three hundred feu The piping is to be covered 'by natural settlement of soil from the water and the water allowed to seep through thE joints of the piving into the piping it. aelf'by 'whic'h it will be carried' to thi -lake. 'By this means It is hoped tha1 the water in the Iakt will be madE olear -throughout the season. iMtgeh work has already 'been donE on the .bottohli of the lake, but durinj the' next ,ten days additional sand wil be laid. IWhile this iwill 'be a 'big un proteient 09er laat year, 'the direotor *rq planning to empty the lake agii ii sut'nier and complete the 'worl already bhgrn,. 8TAT CONV[NTION County Democratic Con. vention Held Monday SEN. N. B. DIAL MAKES ADDRESS Out of Eight lRelegtes Sent to State Conveiflon, Four of Them are Wo. men. Sharp Debate on Law En. forceennt Resolutilont. C. A. Power Re-elected Coiuty Ch'alirian. Election of delegates to the state democratic convention the latter 'part of this month and a stirring delbate on a 'brohibition law enforcement resolu tion introduced by Mr. W. L. Gray formed the high lights in the county democratic convention held in the court house Monday morning. For the first time in history two women, Mrs. J. A. Curry and Miss Allie 'Babb, of Gray Court, occupied oflicial seats in the county convention and precedent ,was again smashed lat er in the day when they, with Miss Wil Lou Gray and Miss Kate Wofford, were elected as delegates to the state conventidh. The convention was temporarily or ganized with C. A. Power as president and B. Y. Culbertson and Alison Lee as secretaries. Upon the adoption of the roll of reporting delegates as the ofilcial roll of the convention, the ten porary organization was made the permanent organization upon motion of Mr. W. L. Gray and the convention got (own to business. 'Election of re'presentatives of the convention to the state convention be ing the first item on the program, nominations for state executive com mitteeman was called for. Nomination of Jas. T. Crows was made by C. W. McCravy and -his election declared by acclamation. C. A, GPower was elected county chairman in the same manner. -Upon a call for nominatios for dele gates to the state convention it was moved that U. S. Senator N. B. Dial, Governor R. A. Cooper and Solicitor ,H. S. B3lackwell be elected by acclama tion. The motion was passed unani mously. The following nominations were then made from the floor: C. D. ,Nance, V. W. Harris, J. W. WelIs, Jack H. -Davis, A. C. Todd, W. C. Wharton, .Mrs. 1estus Curry, -Miss Al lie 'Babb, Dr. D. M. %Douglas' Maj. B. R. T. Todd, and It. T. Wilson At his own request the name of-.A. C. Todd was withdra,wn. Lars. J. ' A O'irry, speaking for herself and Miss Allie Balbb, asked that their names be with drawn by the delegate nominating them. Their request .was temporarily acceded to, but upon a motion by Sen ator Goodwin they with Misses Wil Lou Gray and Kate Wofford were elect ed by acclamation. With the election of the three state officials and tihe four women delegates, only one remained to be elected. A motion was introduced to fill the re maining place by electing C. D. Nance 'by acclamation. Objection ,was raised here on the ground that Cliton and vicinity was entitled to representa tion on the delegatio. H. S. Black well lpaved the way for the settlement of this issue by asking that his 'name be stricken from the list already elect.. ed. The convention agreed to this and the motion to elect Mr. Nanco by ac c'lamation was amended by adding the name of Dr. ID'. M. Douglas, of Clinton, the motion going through unanimous-. ly. The delegation as constituted is pcomposed of four men and four women. Delegates were authorized to ap~point alternates in case of non-attendance upon the ,state convention. I Resolntions (Resolutions by Judge O.' o. Thornp son condemning the socalled "1Dyer IAnti-,ynohing Bill" now .in congress as an infringement upon stotes' rights, by C. . McCr'avy endorsing, the ser vice 6f Congm'esnman' I. J. Mdwain, aild by . L.aya uitan1 a uterner enforcemerit of the' iroh i'pr ibJlws were adopted, the latter foro,7howeier, 'being amended. A c1aunse in th6'ieeo lution of Mr. 'MdCravy resolving that Mr. McSwain .be allowed to run again without oposition fras stricenen out as without the .province of the con vention. Dr, 'D. f2%. Douglas introduiced SresoluitI4n condemning the atte sen ate for' desecratiopi of the Rabbath by u4oatinuingittisessions on gunday, The resolution was uamettded on 1|iotlon of (Continued, on 'P~ge Pour,)~