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VOLUME XXXVII LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922. 1 BOYSAD 18 GIRLS GRADUAT1[THIS WEEK Class Night Exercises Will Be Held Tomorrow GRADUATING EXERCISES IN METHODIST CHURCH Dr. 1). iv. Danilel, of Clemson College, Will Deliver Commencement Ad dress to Largest Class in History of School. Scholarsiiip) Medal and Cer. tiicates for Attendance Will be Awarded. Commencement exercises of the Laurens high school 'began last Sun day night when Rev. Dr. George W. Quick, of Greenville, delivered the bac calaureate sermon in the Methodist church. )r. Quick selected as his topic "The Missing Note" which, he said, was apt to occur in every one's life, and then selected four of these, the intellectual, emotional, religious and volitional, which lie said should be carefully nur tured and cultivated if one's life is to be enjoyed to its fullest. In the course of his inspiring sermon he took the oIportunity to .make a plea for an edu ca-lon for every boy and girl in the state. This afternoon at 5 o'clock on the school campus the exercises will con tinue, an operetta 'being given by the school children. The operetta, in the form of a pageant, Is entitled, "Under the Sugar Plum Tree". Several hun dred pupils in costumes from every grade in the school will take part. Stage settings have been put up on the campus beneath a large tree and noth Ing is being left undone.to make the pageant an event of beauty and splen dor. Should the weather be unfavor able this afternoon, the ipageant will 4le given biridfy at 6 o'clock. I V n3x~6r'cises will be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the opera house. The program for com niencement has been arranged as fol lows: Salutatory -. - - Grace Taylor Class History - - Louise Smith Class Will - - - 'Iartin Teague Statistics - - - - Lois Fuller Class Poem - Marion Blackwell Class Memorial .Emmett Jessee and Doran Bramlett Class Joker - Nathan Barksdale Class Critic - - Herman Taylor Class Prophecy - Rebecca Adams Valedictory -, Sarah Eliza Swygert Class Colors-Pastel Class Flower-Sweet Pea Class 'Motto-'iWe Enter to Learn, Do :part to Serve." On -Friday night in the Methodist church the graduating exercises will be held. Dr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson ,college, will deliver the commence ment address. Awards for scholarship as well as certificates for perfect at tendance will be given .by Supt. Gasque,. The graduating class this year is the Slargest in the history of the school. It consists of eleven <boys and eighteen girls as follows: ~Rebecca Moore Adanms, William tVance Albrighbt, Nathan Bai'ksdale, VMarion 'Harmon Blackwell, Mary EIliza 'Boyd, Doran Alexander Bram lett, Thaddaus Cecil Bront, Alma Cole man, Margaret 'Eliza Coleman, Martha Louise Dula, John Robert Ellis, Lois Fuller, Allie Euilee Gosnell, Lillian Toccoa Gray, Talulah 'Henry, iary Elizabeth Hudgens, 'Emmett G. Jessee, Eula .Mno Martin, John 'Wright Miller, Mattie Ophelia Moore, David Mansel -Benn, Louise Smith, -Sarah Eliza Swy ge'rt, Eva Taylor, Grace Me~uen Tay lor, 'Walter iHerman Taylor, 'Martin Miller Teague, Oliver terraan Tkhorn~p son Nuth Bellotte , 'Watson, Maggie Bell Wingo. Off \to Baptist onventI4n A number of local .p~oeoill leave this morning for, Jag )ii, 14 la., to Attend the dotitheta ~AlltSt Con 'etition. Atnong thead yill:9 Dr. Si, ., Tempi9ixian, Mx'. 9 Bob, Mrs. Js. 6. Mentt.a'i' aBx R0ep M'rs Geo. Jae 'tedryant es Frn %s. lic Clai~d peoaetary of theo a a of the lgugh ~ of te m la~o Itevolution, hels a o~tor.~~6tiig dt ttphcaip w$be hel f 'rlday CITY COUNOIL IOJDS REGULAR SESSION Finance Commiiitftee Instructed to Ex amine Auditor'silReport and Recom mend Aiount of Honds to be Voted. After a brief outline made by Mayor Dial of the auditor's report of condi tion of city -finances, at the regular meeting of City Council Monday night, the finance comiittee, on motion of Alderman Gray, was instructed to make a thorough examination Into the report of the auditor and recommend the amount of bonds necessary to be voted in order to wipe out the floating indebtedness of the city and place it otherwise oin a strong financial basis. Mayor 'Dial, in his outline, pointed out that there was urgent 'need for relief from the present condition of city fin ances or the city would be very much embarrassed in meeting even its or dinary expenses. Mayor Dial reported also to the coundil that. a large amount of back taxes and licenses remained unpaid and Alderman -Dial introduced a reso lution to provide for an immediate collection of such amounts. The report or W. D. Franks, city health officer, came in for strong com mendation by 'Mayor Dial. On recom mendation of the lboard of health the salary of 1Ir. Franks was fixed at $100 per month. On petition of the Cemetery Com mission the monthly allowance of $10 for aid in keeping up the cemetery was continued. The salary of the city attorney was fixed at $300.00. This .being the date for opening of bids for the opera house, it was found that only one bid, that of .Lee Bros. & Switzer, had 'been filed. On account Df restrictions placed around the bid Df this concern, it was not considered. After an executive session the Coun cii announced that it would agree to rent the opera ;house to this firm for $25 per month in ad'ance. This pro position, it is understood, will be ac cepted. Council devoted considerable time to discfission of the various street projects now under way. City -Engineer Hughes was instructed to make fur ther estimates as to the relative costs of hard surfaced roads, Augusta gravel and top-soil on Church street, I. T. WILSON PASSES BAR EXAMINATION Superintendent of Education will Not Resign From Oftlee or ItedEliter Politics. R. T. Wilson, now holding the office of County Superintendent of Educa tion, passed the state bar examination which was held in Columbia last Tues day and Wednesday. Mr. W4lson has been eiuipping himself for the bar for two years, and his successful examina tion came as no surprise from his friends here. Mr. iWilson 1will be sworn in by the Supreme Court to morrow. Since the office which -he poW holde does not expire .until Suly, 23, ir. Wilson stated yesterday that he may not 'begin the active practice of law~ un til that time. Althrough he -has not reached any decision regarding his fu ture plans, he said that he -will not re sign from the office of Superintendent of Education, and that he will not re enter p)olitics. OUN CLUB MEMFIJEtRS MA1KE GO@OD SCORES Pjanms of Club are For Weekly Shoot. 1ngr Contests at the Country Club. 'T'he Laurens Qun Club held a "shoot" 'last Friday afternoon at the Bis Terre Country 3lub 'at which many good scomfes'are reported as hay-d itig been made. 'Tho ollowing metabers participated in the "shoot" -last Wridayi Drn R. Walker, 'Gorge'M .Wt:rikht, Captain B~rooks Bwygert, T. 4I, aoterbyq Dr. T. L. T~inimerman,,Georgeo M. Wright, Sr., J. McD. aMoo bT e~ns. Ar 1y dale and J.g' af a gs according, to NN eadeoe retary of tho el$ hold; d9nted every 'l'riday ,aftertibon. tiest Install.Meters The comtiblsiotra of piblic works At a meeting last Thu rsday ni-ght passediga rduolutioni requiring 411 con-, uder' forght and Weter who ai'e now ag lat ra.b rsai nof thetir Itlfed (4 otcil 0' no~llIio rates fon i61 t M 1r ~t'jhtsan the OFFICERS MAKE TWO SUCVESSFUL HAIDS Sheriff S. (. licd aild Rural Chief C. L. Owens are Active Friday and Sat urday. One coyper still, one tin can outfit and the arrest of three persons was the result of two seParate raids made last Friday and Saturday by Sheriff S. C. Reid and Chief of Rural Police, C. L. Owens. 'I'le raid Friday afternoon was made by C'olummbus L. Owens and Rural Po liceman Andy Boyd oin the 'McPherson place near Waterloo. Posey Bobo, 'who lives on the place, was arrested after he confessed .to the officers that he owned the still which was found there. The still was made' from a tin can. Twenty gallons of mash was also found 'by the officers. On Saturday afternoon, Sheriff Reid, Deputy Owens and Officer Ridgeway raided the Rob Eilledge place, near Lime Kiln, and arrested George Mar ley and William Griflin. One 80 gal lon and one 60 gallon fermenter, each of which contained about fifty gallons of mash, were confiscated .by the sheriff. In the house, the sheriff said he found 2 gallons of whiskey and a copper worm. The mash was found in the barn. Both 'Marley and Griffin .were placed in jail by the sheriff. Sheriff 'Reid, ;Deputy Owings and Of fleer Ridgeway returned to the Rob Elledge place Sunday mornring after t'hey had received information that the still, used by Marley and Griffin, was hidden in the barn. The still, a cap per outfit of 20 gal!3n capacity, was found 'by the officers. Both [Barley and Griffin claim Green ville county's "dark corner" as their home. Marley iwas released from jail Monday on $400 -bond. LAURENS SHRINERS 00 TO ROCK HILL CEREMONIAL Twenty Shrlnerg will Leave Today from Clinton on Special Train.. Laurens will be -well represented at the Shrine 'Ceremonial which will be held in Rock 'Hill tomorrow and Fri day, twenty S-hriners 'having already made arrangements to attend. The Shriners will leave from Clinton this afternoon on a special train for 'Rock Hill. In addition 'to the Laurens Shrine Patrol, the following Nobles will at tend the ceremonial: Dr. W. D. Fergu son, IM. L. Smith, R.eR. iNickels, Wil liam 'Solomon, J. W. .Fowler, 0. M. Sit greaves and C. M. 'Miller. The -mem bers of the Shrine Patrol are: Cap tain, Lawrence Barksdale, 'L T. Year gin, Gray Court, T. C. Switzer, George 'Blakely, A. L. 'Mahaffey, J. H. Nance and 'W. 'M. Leaman of Cross Hill, S. M. Wilkes, 1. T. Wilson, Oscar Ilender son, and George '14. Ellis and Dr. Frank Kellar, of Clinton. AS OTIIERS SIEE US Former Governor of Arkansas Writes to Friend ere q( nipresslon Lanu renls has Mfade on )im.u H-on. Charles H-. Brough, former Governor of Arkansas, wvho it will 'be pleasantly recalled, opened the Chau tauqua hero with his lecture on "America's Leadershilp," has the fol lowing to say of Laurens in wvriting to a friend here: 'Laurens, trade center of prosperous farmers, mill men, and captains of in dlustrial development, chosen fireside of gifted daughters and chivalrous sons, is a charming 'little city in one of the most entrancing commonwealths in the American Union-South Caro lina. 'I was very much impressed with 'the .beauty of it~s shade trees, wecll kept la'wns, and hospitable homes, and the cordiality of its splendid citizen ship. The fact that both Senator Dial and Governor Cooper hail from 'Lau rens gives it a 'commanding' place in the current 'Dolitical 'history of South Carolina, and both Sirs,. 'Brough and I remoenaber with a great deal of pleas ure our- visit to this center of culture and refinement." Charles H., Brough, 'ornier GCorinor of Arkansas. Off to Conventjon Hlon. 0.4D. 'Nance,;of Cross 'Hill, ac comnpanied. by (frs. 1L I,. Gray and Mrs.- A. H. Curry, of Gray Court, and MtsKate Wottord, of this city, leftt br. automlobile yesterday niorning fo'r aliutbia to ttetid thei state demo kaMtg6'c4bnention which meets .today. . ray' dn a and alternate for %Iss Allie Sap of Gray Court, while the other* rere elected as princip~ais by~~t~AtS14ionetion, CON FEDERATE DEAD ARE HO0NORED) LAST1 S.'Nj)AY Mem4iiorl Exercises are Held in Lau rPns Cemleln('tery. Tribute is P111d to lieroes of Wiil and World Wars. Mlemorial I)ay exerclses in honor of Confederate dead were held last u day afternoon in the Laurens cemetery fol lowing the plans of the local chap ter of tlie United Daughters of the Cot' ederacy. The qprogram of exerciscs started with a parade from the school house to the cemetery. One hundred and sixty-flve children were in the line of parade, all of whom carried flowers which were later placed on the graves of the departed soldiers. C. A. Power, marshal of the .parade, carried the old, war and tweather-beaten flag of the Third regiment. The column was 'brought up in the rear by mcfebers of the Daughters of the Confederacy. At the cemetery, A. C. Todd, Esq;, acted as master of ceremonies. After "Nearer 'My God t9 Theo" and "Amer ca" were sung 'by a chorus, the roll call of honor Was read by Mr. Todd. Captain Doiuglas Featherstone, In troduced as a son of Laurens, and a patriot, delivered the oration of the day. Captain Featherstone, in beauti fiul language, lauded the patriots of '61 and .paid a glowing tribute lo the women of that time. He said that the coincidence of observing 'Mother's Day at the same time with 'Memorial Day was more than proper because he said, the women also were the 'heroes at that time as nwell as of all time. He also paid a beautiful tribute to men from this community who gave up their lives in the (World War. The prayer at the opening of the ex ercises was offered by Rev. P. F. Kilgo, pastor of the 'First Methodist church. The benediction was made by Rev. S. H. Templeman, pastor of the 'Baptist church. COMMENCEME-NT EXERCISES AT GRAY COURT-OWINGS Attractive Program Arranged for' the Closing lExercises. The commencement exercises of the Gray Court-Owings high school Will begin Friday evening, May 19, and <will end Tuesday evening, iMay 23. Friday evening a public meeting of the Calhoun Literary Society will be held. One feature of this iprogram will be a debate on South Carolina's tax problem and the winner of the de bating mc.N1 will be decided upon. Sunday morning at eleven o'clock Rev. J. -Ross Lynn, D. D., of the Thorn well Orphanage, will deliver the bac calaureate sermon. Special music is being prepared for the occasion. Monday evening the graduating class 'will give a play "E1verystudent". Tuesday evening, Dr. J. L. Mann, su perintendent of the Greenville city schools, will deliver the literary ad dress. The scholarshi-p,, declamation and debating medals will be awarded, and diplomas 'will be delivered to a class of cloven members-Gray Court Odings' first eleventh grade, The high rchool choru clfAss will s1p. T1he exercises wvill begin a~t 3 o'clock each evening. The graduating class roll follows: Carrie Lou Ball, 31ary Blakoly, Jasper Bryson, Maude Cheek, Blanche Cox, Emma 'Lou Curry, Ethel Dial, George H opkins, 'Irene Owvens, Elizabeth Stod dard, Ethel Stoddard.. "TIHE GRLEAT ADVENTURUE" ,0 BE SHOWN AT PRINCESS Women's Auxiliary to Amnericaun Le glonm Secures Official American and French War Picture, Lient. Ralph C. Bishop will Appear lin Person. "The Great Adventure," a moving picture heralded as a startling revela tion of the battle of the Mouse-Ar gonne, will be shown at the Princess Theatre Monday, 'May 22, under the ausipices of the (Wlomen's Auxiliary to the Thomas D, Lake Post of tihe American 'Legion, The picture 'will be explained by' blent. (Ralph C. Bishop, ,who 'will ap pear in person. In addition to the scenes of the famous battle The Great Adventure shows 'the destruction of allied ships 'by German submarine U-84. lThe picture is shown as an of ficial ,War film of the American and French governments. STo the Ladies Members' of the Otyie 'League from 'Ward 4 have extended a cordial infi tation to the ladies of the city to. at tend a Russian Tea which will 'be giv en:Tuesday afternoon, May 23, at the home of Mrs. Wam solomon on1 8oith 1ar'per ot STNESSFLt' SCHOOLI YEAlR ENS FRIDY' ':lectionis for ''enchers are Hield. All but, Three Will Relturn. Friday morning marks the close of one of 'Laurens' most successful school years and while pupils, who have been day dreaming of fishing, swimmling and other summer time sports, 1will haive realized their dreams, the out-of-town school teachers will think of their homeward journey. Alany of the teachers expect to leave for. their homes Friday afternoon. With the exception of three teachleri Who (id not offer themselves for re appointment, all of the teachers in the city schools were re-Clected. Air. Z. L. Foy, of Saluda, has accepted an appointment as principal of the highi school in 'Easley. The other two teachers iwho (lid not apply for re election are Airs. Al. D. Gibson and Miss Hate V. Wofford. The teachers of the Laurens school who were elected for another year are: Miss Leila Walker, of Blackville, teacher of history in the high school; Miss Carfrie Sturgess, of Rock 1111, teacher of high school English; NMiss Sarah 'Babb, Laurens, teacher of Latin; M.11ss Sallie Clowney, of Columbia, home economics department; Miss -Lillie Miller, of 'Laurens 7th grade; AMiss Meta Tolbert, of Greenwood, 6th and 7th grades; '\liss Ruby Mc:Millan, of Greenville, 6th grade; Miss Nell Kinard, of Epworth, 5th grade; Miss Mary Bell Babb, 'Laurens, 4th grade; 'Miss Brucie Owings, .Laurens, 4th grade; Miss Pearl Clardy, Laurens, 3rd grade; .iss Ella Roland, Laurens, 3rd grade; Miss Anna Stewart, Well ford, 2nd grade; (Liss Grace Zimmer man, of Cameron, 2nd grade; Mrs. !B. L. Jones, of Laurens, 1st grade; Miss Alliene 'Franks, of Laurens, 1st grade. The teachers of the Laurens Mill school who were re-elected are: Miss IHattie Kate Easterby, Miss Julia Childress and Miss Virginia Barksdale. Superintendent H. W. Gasque was also reelected.. 'Mr.. Gasque, during the summer, will teach geography at the Clemson college summer school. He will leave June 12 for 'Clemson col lege and will return to Laurens July 22. WAR FRAUD FUND VOTED BY HOUSE Measure Provides $500,000 for Inves tigation of Cases Against Alleged War Grafters. Washington, 'May 15.--The House cleared the road today for what some members described as "an unrelenting' prosecution of war grafters" when. It Put through and sent to the Senate a bill appropriating $500,000 for inves tigation and prosecution of war fraud cases by the department of justice, and passed a Senate bI1 for an addli tional grand jury In the District of Columbia, before which the attorney general may present evidenceq ll Ia fight for idieugents. .1torney General Daugherty had re quested s:ecedy ac'tlon Oin both meaC18 ures. Some men "whod think they have power in .the nation today .will find themselves behind the bars" as a re sult of the activity of- Attorney Gen eral Daugherty, declared Ohairman Madden, of the applropriations commit tee, in urging everybody to stand up and give him what he had asked. 'Sup.. iporting the chairman fln this 1)lea, Rep resentative Connally, Democrat, Texas, said he w~anted the governmen't to "get the grafters in the flesh and not in the imagination," whether they were Democrats or Republiceans. "But," before the next campaign," said Mir. Connally, "I 'hepe the depart ment of .justice will get one man, put him In a cage .and exhibit him through out the country. And over his cage as .It is hauled from state to state they ought to 'put a big sign with Fhd words: 'Here's that grafter we caught out of 150,000 caOss'." - btepresentative Btyrnes, Tennessee, said the money should be voted forth with, adding, 'however, that the bu reau- of investigation had beeri given $2,000,000, and that "There -was no excuse for the situation in which the department linde itself today." In view of the attorney general's state ment that 'the .United States' stood to recover $102,000,000, Mr. Byrns -Insista ed that Olrector Dawes, of the budget bureau, should have come to Congress long ago and demanided funds with which to go~ it, since, ''the' attgrnley general had not made the requent un til the other day" NPORTANT ME[TING ll[R NEXT TUES8AY Count) Convention of Cot. ton Association TEN DELEGATES TO BE ELECTED i(emliber's of , .)"oil Association lit Itm . rens County. 11*l1 ji4-of Tu'esda. too Eleet Tell Julentes to INet Conl. venition 1111d to Nanne Ci!:-nin of Di.Strict Convention. .machinery for the permnanent organ ization of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Coolerative Association .will be set in motsion next Tuesday, May 23, when menbers of the association In every county in the state will meet in their county seats for 1he purpose of electing delegates to the district conventions. The meeting for Laurens county will be held here in the opera house at 11 a. in. The district conventions will be held the following Tuesday, May 30 in Spartanburg. Laurens county is in district No. 3, .which also includes Spartanburg, Union, Newberry and Cherokee. -Laurens county, having signed up more bales in the associa tion than any other county in the dis trict, will be allowed to name the chairman at the convention from among its delegates. The basis of representation at the district conventions will be one dele Kate from each county and one dele gate for every 2,000 bales or fraction thereof that was signed in the county. Dn this basis Laurens county will be allowed ten delegates, having signed Lup 16,938 bales. County 'Demonstrator C. L. Vaughan, who led in the work of the sign-up campaign in this county, said, yester day that 314 farmers in the county jolned the association and that each of them-should try to be present atthe county convention next Tuesday. The election of delegates from this coun ty to the district convention in Spar tanburg will be the first stcop in do termining who will be at the head of the state organization. In the district onventions, however, all members of the distrlet, whether they be dele 'ates or not, will vote by post card )allot on the two candidates who will )e nominated there. If neither of the :wo Is acceptable to .him he may ;cratch the names from the ballot and write those of h]is choice. COUNTY JAIL BUILDING SELLS FOR $75.00 One of the Oldest Buildings inl the Counly will he Torn Down to Make Way for New Jail. Tile Jail building, one of Laurens county' oldest landmarks, was sold yesterday. at public auction and will be torn down and removed within two weeks, according to plans of the jail ooinmission. George C. Odiorae, of Clinton, purchlasedl the building for $75.00. The 'sale of the building was hiade necessary for the erection of a new county jail. Considerable interest was manifested by citizens yesterdlay a; to the age of the old building, and opin ions varied widely. According to some it is now. at least 99 years old, hlaving been built in 1823 when Allen flarks dale was sheriff of tile county. Accord ing to others it was built in 1800 while Lewis Saxon wvas shleriff, The iproblem of safekeeping prison ers while tile new jail is being b~uilt is facing the Jail commissioners and no solution has yet been found. Su pervisor J. D. W. Watts said yester day that a stockade may be built as temporary quarters. If this plait Is found inadvisable, tihe prisoners may be sen't to other county Jails for sare' keeping. Caterer at Clubi Mr. A. S. 'Perry, formerly manager of the Laur'ens lfotel, has made a con tract with the directors of' the I~ols Terre country club to act as caterer at the club during the coming months. Mr. Perry st,gttes that he will begin making preparations today and ex pets to give the best of service. Winthrop Daughters The Winthrop -Daughters will meet with Mirs. R. TI. 'Wilson F'riday .after noon at 4 o'clock. A full attendance is urged, as this is the annual time for the election of officers.