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x LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1922. IIRDING DDICAT[S LINCOLN MEMORIAL Nation.'s -Tribute Paid at Arlington BLUE AND GRAY IN HONOR PLACE Thousands Offer Homage When Memo. rial to Abrahaim Lucoln Is Unveiled on lMemorial Iliy in Washington. President Harding Accepts for A merleji. 'Washington, May 30.-A nation's trlmuteA to its glorious (lead reached its climax today at the dedication of the im.emorial erected beside the Potomac to Abrah:im Lincoln by / his grateful countr y.men. A former President head ed the comiinission which has lavished c1n1less 'thought on making this stone emblem of American gratitude worthy of the man whose memory it will per leturmte for Americans always. The iPresident in person acdepted the -work in the nation's name. . p1ead across the wide terraces, the lawns and the circling driveways that lhlve, 'heen wrought to give the memo rial building a setting, were thousaids of Amcricans, and the most distin gi.shedl men in this country from for eign lands also came to pay their hom age at this new shrine of Dem6cratic liberty. Close in- about the rising tiers of mnanible sto-)s were gathered the men who todny hold in their minds the des tiniies of that government "of the i)eo jle, for the people, and by the 1leople," which L!nicoln gave his life to Imain tain, but behind these over a mile wide sweep of the Alall and clear away to tihe ba~se of Washington monument a mile distant from the memorial mwere time comnmni folks from whom Lincoln cane and for' whon he toiled endlessly u1nti1 he was cut down by an assassin's bulet - -- - Foremost among the men who gath ered at -this culminating ceremony of decoration day were the aged peterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, mei who at Lincoln's call put, aside their citizenship for a little while for the blue of the army% uniforms and fought out the question of the Ameri can' nationality as one, peo!)le utner one governmot. ' To these old soldiers who knew him and obeyed him in life was 'given the place of honor in paying this -last and greatest tribute to the leader under whom they served. But 'with. them, as though to give silent evidence of 'the greatness of hIg vis ion stood other old and feeble men in the gray of the southern confederacy who had come also to pay homage at IPncoln's feet. The uniforms of the veterans and of the military attaches and the marties who 'guarded and 'patrolled the path ways through the,'great throng were the only signs today of mdilitary life except that the ofll.drs anA mnen'of the British flagship Raleigh, now at Wash ington navy yard, were mingled 'with the thousands of Americans .who stood .to hear what former President Taft *and President IHarding had to say. A NOTH ER STILL FOUND -\ Chief of 'Rural Police Captures SillI and Other Accessories. Arrests May Follow Later. Four' fermonters, a distillery- and 60 gallons of mash were confiscated last ~Monday ut noon 'by Chief of Rural Po lice C. IL, Owens after-he had raided a dwelling on the Bland plantation, near Duncan's ereelt about ten miles from the 'city. . The distillery had been in'099qrtlton only a' ahort time :befot't it Was, locat ed, according to Chief ,Owens. No are resta have yet been made, but chief is ketting evidence 'and an e at s ',expected to follow. PUZZLE PICTURE 0kI~~ Many Atnsweis to Pnuss19 Plere CIon. test Being Ilec~Ifed 4*d IKueh In. tei'est' Shown. On aedoust of lack of epacq, 'The Advertiser's puss1.e picture is omiitited fromi this iage~ of the papeg bht -wil S/be ipserted again next weelt ao taugt, AtSitn$ U# .NDIDA1'ES FOR STATE OFFICEIIS HEIRE AUG. 16 ltiierary for,' State Can'1jpaigii Is An. nounced. Will Open in ('olumbia .June 20 and close in Spartanburg C(landidate.; In the state capivalgin will be ini 'Laurens Wednesday, Aug. I , according to the itinerary an noticed last week by the itinerary com inittee composed of General \Ville Jones, I-i. N. 'ldmulnds and George Bell Timimernan. The campaign will op en In Columbia .Jine 20th and close at Sipartanburg August 23. Following is the complete itlnerary : Columbia, Tuesday, June 20. 'Lexington, Wednesday, June 21. Saluda, Thursday, Juike 22. 1idgofleld, Friday, June .23. Alken, Saturday, June 24. Barniwell, Monday, June 26. Allendale, Tuesday, June 27. -ampton, Wednesday, June 28. Beaufort. Thursday, June 29. Ridgeland, Friday, June 30. Walteiboro, 'Saturday, July 1. Moneks Corner, Monday, July 3. Charleston, Tuesday, July 4. St. George, Wednesday, July 5. Bamberg, Thursday, July 6. St. Matthews, Friday, July 7. Orangeburg, B-aturday, July 8. Sumter, Monday, July 17. 'BishOpvllle, Tuesday, July 18. Darlington, Wedneaday, Jully 19. 'Iennettsville; Thursday, July 20. Chesterfleld, ,Friday. .July 21. -Florence, Saturday, July 22. Conway, Monday, July 21. Marion, Tuesday, July 25. Dillon, Wednesday, -July 26. Kingstree, Thursday, July 27. Georgetown, Friday, July 28. M\anning, Saturday, .iuly 29. Camden, Monday, July 31. Lancaster, Tuesday, Aug. 1. oYrk, Wednesday, Aug. 2. -Winnsboro, Thursday, Aug. 3. 'Chester, Friday, Aug. .1. -Union, -Saturday, Aug. 5. Newberry, alonday,.Aug. 14.* Greenwood, Tuesday, Aug. 15. Laurens, Wednesday, Aug. 16. Abbevillo, Thursday, Aug. 17. McCormick, Friday, AUg. 18. Anderson, Saturday, Aug. 19. s IWalhalla, ,Monday, Aug. 21. 'Pickens, Tuesday, Aug. 22. Greedville, Wednesday, Aug. 23. Gaffney, Thursday, Aug. 24. Spartanburg, Friday, Aug. 25. ABORRS QUIT WIORK ON LAURaENS AND CHURCH STREETS Rither Higher Wages or Harsh Treat ment is Responsible for Cessation of Work. . Work on Ohurch and Laurens streets was halted saturlay afternoon when vhat is sqid to be discontent among ,he negro laborers caused them 'to quit Ihei' Jobs. It iwas reported Monday -hat the negroes left because of harsh -reatment to them by -the 'boss" on he Job. LMr. C. A. Ison, superintendent of the byork, stated yesterday that the -a worers did not leave their employment because of any 111 treatment, accord ng to his knowledge. He said .that 1e hna been paying laborers $1.50 a lay and that they left for employment tt Cold Pont or Goldville where they iaV'e been promised $2.00 a day. The workc is now .about two-thirds 3~ompleted, Mr. Ison said, and the con tractor still has about' half the time elloted' for'"the completion of the Job umder the contract. Mr.' Ison expects to leave for Spartanburg and Green wood today to recruit a4ditional la bor with which to f~iish ihe contract. hcaper of Wail 'i, garage,. (tents Former Hicks Nome. ~r.'F. IA Mtarchge}4,whQ o svn era Was' connectoit(,it ie hilsines's of W/ ', ~ ' eamly'arfed i tbiy~nday to 468Mtme his duties ai~4e19Ford deale/'add ,we'of 4 'cego. Mr, Mrch'an* i rute I oij move bi tnpntli c ei~Ona you~n~4 u4 j soait nd-ell ed in e dteio. bile bisiness Mr. *March'ant has al ready7mado'a number 'of friends 'here. Called to' Local Feqld. The IRey, Charleg lb, Sullivan, D. .D,, of Atlantic R1eh,, Florida, .bs beeni to, ,aste te of -igq 'slt $4.n~ Friendship~ and O~~~QZ~oo~aty His dequdsteh I6 *11 ken n(erdst n~will ~rbby bo made ntwo. weekcs, MANY CANDIDATES FILING PLEDGE. Others are EXieelt'4d to Flel( Pledge Hotfore TIlime L,1ni1t EIre-, a Next 3ontihi. Col umbia, may 30.--Thiree candi (ates for governor, two for state sup erintendent of education and three to congress have so far filed their pledg es for the campaign of the commin summer, whieh starts June 20. Ot I ers 1will 'file shortly, as they hav'e al ready miade an11 noulcemelt s of the! Candidacies. The candidates who have filed fo governor so far are: .1. S. Swearingei state suprintendent of education former Governor Blease and forme T'ieu'tenant Governor lDethea. Thos. G. .10,Leod, of l3ishmopville who -has announced 'his candidacy fo governor, was ii Columbia yesterday He was greeted by many friends wlh are enthulastic over his candidacy. H< will file his pledge in a few danii Many leadig citizens of the state art predicting a splendid race ['or th< Jishoplilie candidate. The candidates who have fled to state suporintende'nt of educati6n, t fill the office w-hic0h Mr. Swearinge mother, LIMrs. B'dith Rockefeller mc Iope. Mr. Scay was formerly count, su'crinendent of Ilichland county and Mr. H ope was one tilme countQ superintendent of Union county. Mrs liessie 'Rogers Drake, of hennetlsville has announced that she will be a can didate for the slate sulperintendeney She is the first womiani to offer for a state offlce. For congress the candidates whc have so far filed are: F. It. Dlominick of Newberrv; J. J. McSwain, of Green ville, and I i.' P. Fulmer, of Orange. burg, all candidates for re-election. Numerous other pledges will be file before tile closing hour. BISHOP KILGO BE'lfliER1 Symptonis of Pummumon ia Passiug ant :4oted Diine on Road to Recovery, Memnphis, -Tonn., - May' 20r-Bishoi John C. lilgo, of the Methodist Epis' coial Church, South, who is still att f hospital here, is somewhat improved tonight, his phypicians stated. Pneu monia which developed Friday, whilc not entirely cleared up, has ceased t be an alarming factor in Dr. Ki!go' conditon, physicians stated, and othei conditions were more favorabler. Hi wife arrived -here from Charlotte, N C., today. Rev. P. F. Kilgo, brother of Bismor Kilgo, silid yesterdiy that he had re ceived a 'telegram saying that the bishop was still inmproving and tha: he iwas fairly well started on the road to recovery. ,Peculiar Interest has been taken here in the illness of Bishop Kilgo, hoth On account of the fact that his brothel is pastor of the Methodist church here and because -the Bishop'was born ir Laurens during the pastorate here n bis father, 'the late Rev. James T Kilgo, 61 years ago. Bishop Kilgo wae born in a little 'brick parsonage ori West IMain street where the home of Mrs. 'W. 'H. Garrebt is now located. lHk father served this charge on two dif. 'ferent occasions, the second time when young John 'C. Kilgo was a lad about 16,years of age. He formed at tachments -then that he has alwa~y feelingly referred to. Laurens, he of. ten called;. "home" and whezt he ro turned here a~bout six years ago to con duet a week di special services at thx Methodist church he spoke of the weed as one of special privilege to 'him iemnbers of -the congregation and the towni generplly learning at that tim (d .love and honot ,him more than ever aver. Cotton Bein'g Sold' The rise in the price of cotton stim ulated, sales on the local market las weolk, according to -local buyers wh~ report-that anmbe of large lots o otton wore sold durin'g 'the past wech ten .brought 20 1-4 cents on Mon iay. One lot of .cotton was reporte4 e4s being sold tol' as iuigh as 21 cents the highest -price to ,be paid for cottom in many months. Mill Declares Dividend Announcement that the 'Laurens Cot tog MilI wil pay a semi-annual di dond of 3'1-2 per cenit on 'June 30 an ~4~~terd~?by IM.. . Smitit N~et#~ ~ jill. The 'divideni last div 4e rs 'at Jatn. 1 of ,tIb vear'i MYSTERY SHROUDS FAMOUS ROMANCE * lHoekli-rjj.'s Young (Graalnauhteri Now In New York, May be coing to 31e00t NIVss Hforsemtanl. - Chicago, .%iay 30.--rhe rollialce of -- Alathildle McCori'mick still was engilf. r ed in deep imystery today. - The l7-year-old granddllaughter of .John 1), llockefeller, whose engage - ment to -lax Oser, Swiss horseman, - startled society several months ago, r was in New York, where, it lwas said, she might sail immediately for I'urope r to meet the riding master and prepl re for an early iarriage. At her hoie here, however, her father, Harold +'. Mc lCormick, millionaire head of the In ternational Iarvester Company, de clared rel)orts of a contemplated voy age were all a mIstake. Meanwhile another mystery involv > ing MIiss McCormick was awaiting so lution in Chicago. . It centered around thg legal battle started l'y Nlathilde's Imother, Murs. 1Edith Rockefeller Mc Corminlck, against the petition -to ap point her divorced husband and guardian oF their daughter. The pro ceedings in whIch it was announced that the guardianship twas all settled - will he reopened t.onorrow hy Mrs. L McCormIlck did notlreceive the re quired three days' notice of the peti tion which was filed by Alathilde her self. Mrs. McCormiek's protest, it was said, was made In pursuit of her objec tios to her1 driughter's marriage to the Swiss riding master. In this John 1). Ilockefeller i" said.- to sILpport his datighter. W A'lIliR A NDI 1,G111' 1i31111,81 - 3US'I' iF PAI) ON TIME Public Works Commilssion Instruets 'lhit Serfvlee I' )lsecoulttiued When 11111 is U1na1d. At a regular meeting of the pli)hlc tworks commission held Thursday night in the city hall, the commissioners passed a resolution instructing iSuper intendent (hapmnan that- he-discontinue the water or light service of any con sutmer whose bill Is not paid on the 20th day of the following month. The resolution was passed to force the payment of water and light bills on-time. In such cases'where the ser vice is discontinued, the resolution provided that a charge of $1.00 he'made 'for -the re-connection of light servicQ and 50 cents for the re-connection of water service. Additional material was furnished the commission bly Superintendent Chapmn relative to the condition o! the electric lines and poles. Hc also reported, that more cases were found where electric service was used for twihich there wasano record on the ;hooks. Iin one case, he res.,orted, a dwelling has been slippiled current -for six years and that the city re ceived nothing ini return for such ser vice during' that time. Equalization of rates also came up for another discussion. -Many cases were found where two consumers re ceiving current for similar purposes pay different rates,. ranging from 4 to 10 cents. ' The commissilon plans to meet withm representatives of the Reedy River .Power compapy at some time in thme near future to assttre that a spirit of co-Operation may prevail hetween the commission and the power conmipany. J. 8. CRAIG HIONOiNED Nominiated as One 'q-the Directors for the -South CarollIdt Cottonl Co-op At 'the district mneetdfi of the South Carolina Cotton Co-od'rative associa tion held in 'Spartan'burg yesterday Mr'. J. S. Craig; of this county, was nominated as one of .the 'tw'o direc tor's from this district. Mr. W. L,. Gray, one of the delegates from this county, was also iphaced in nomi'tatton, but he withdrew in olrder to give way to a nmsn from another county. . City 'Behaves Well Recent weeks have -brought about a decided decrease in police court cas-~ es, according -'to tMr. Utanley Crews, city clerk. -Monday morning, usually a . busy day In the mayor's court, found only one case on .the 4ocket. Until quite recently, oMr. Crews said, there was an avrag of 3or 4eases aday to -be tried, - lthe mayor's court for of tenses ranging from burglfy -to 'bat.. tory,;-Drunks are also conhslououms by their aobsence. - -. - - Mr. H. D. 'Thomas, of. Greenyvile; was in the city Sunday visiting friends. It. A. (Ool0vt 'To Isis ' NTIATI31 i-:NT Aii()1'T'P iutIl()NS i'rmier Goernor is ('rileized byv State i'r'ss. Will lExplhin itealsons for is, sule of l'ar1dons%. l Former (overnor liohiert A. (ooper alnlloiliCed Satilday that he wou Cx pilain in a few days hi; reasons for the pairdois issued by limn oil the (lay bfore Ie resigned from I Ile goverilo's ollice. l any newspi a elrs hl ave criti cized thv goverIlor's action and his ex phination will he looked for with in terest. 'hie news ot' the goverlor's state imieit, Is colitailled in a di.iatch to the News and Courier from its Columbia Dureau and follows: 'i'Trade and industrial conditions tiroughout the nation, miticularly the Souti, show an optimistic tone, Is the message brouglit home by for mer Governor Robert A. Cooper, new member of the Federal Farm Loani Board,' when he reached the city to (lay for a week's stay before a swing throogl the Southea st on an inspec tion of farm loan banks 'TheQ former executive is loolling well and said that Whi lie had assullied his due, he was far from "halter broke." lie Is extremely pleased with his new position, particularly from the view point of service to the farmers of' the Sooth, iland is very olltspolkeln as to the cordiality of his associates on tile board. (overnor Cooper said that he had not Yet seelred suitable living ia ters for his family. Mrs. Cooper pIe Ceded him to ColiibIa several days ago. Mrs. Cooper and the clil dire will reside witih Ml's. Coolper's rela ives at Gaffnvy utilul the fall months aft e leavi,g tHIc goveinor's mallsioil -ilune 5. The former executive and his family are now busily achilng pIe. pmratory to delarlilre. The forier governor told his nows paper friends that lie would give out a statement relative to the last eighteen pairdois issued by him just as lie was leaving oilee. [-Ie expects to (o this in the next few (lays. These have been severely criticized by the press of the State. .He thinks lie canl tftushi away the cobwebs. This he can un doubtedly do in most of the cases but at lease in three of them he will have to remain silent, because of the situa tion surrounding then, as his newspa per friends here know and his news paper friends cannot exploit them. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDEL ONLY PElMANENT WORK Street Improvements in the City will be of Permanent INature Is Opinion of City Council. Mayor Dial and members of city council are determined that only hard surfaced 'type of road instead of top soil or gravel shall be used in the fu-, ture in the city's program of street improvement. This position, advanced several weeks ago during a discussion on street improvements, was generally ac cepted without -a formal vote Monday night at a. regular session of the city council. Alder'men expressed them selven as favoring lpermanent improve 'ments on a small scale rather than mjore exitensive Imp:rovemnents of a 'temporary character. As a result of that decision, council voted that 'Engineer THughes 'he in structed to prepare specifications -for the paving of Church street with as phalt or 'concreto and also to advertise for sealed ,bids for the work.. Final decision as to the type of surface to be used will be made after the bids are opened. The recent decision of the city coun cil that all taxes due to the city must *be paid on Or before June 1st, brought severstl replies and explanations fronm persons interested. Council refused to grant further extensions. It was the opinion of the council that too much .leniency has already been shown to delinqutents and that theo taxes must ,be ipaid. - The mayor and city clerk weore au thorized by the council to renow for six months a note for' $10,000, 'hold 'by a New York 'bank. A fire committee consisting of the following members was appointed: Mayor Dial, chairman: 'Alderman 1Das terby and Moore. 3. T. Crews was ap l'ointed fire inspector. Predbyterian Church Announcements Next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock~ "TZho Call of Our 'Mission F4ields' will b6 given .by the classes of thei Senior and Intermediate' girls of the Sunday school of the First *Ptsby'terian church. PROSPERITY NEAR 8AYS BRITISHER Sir Auckland Geddes Ad dresses Manufacturers BRITISH PEOPLE CRAVE FRIENDSHIP Forimer Irillh Sea. Lord Tell" ('o4to41 .laiinn it('irers Ulm1 h 10 it erm4 tInS 1lusl le Wise lit Aefitis Thev Tiahe or Re-fuse to Take. 1'redlits World W~ash ingtoni .l .\hiy 2.- 'onvicjt ion that Worli prosmerity ott!d be re-es I aIblished within the nt\ few years "I provided that, govet tiients are wise In the actions they take or1 their' re fusals to take action in regard to eco, ionamic. restoration of othier nations," w'as eXpIrssed tonight by Sir Auckland Geddes, .13ritish albassador to the IUniteld States, as the annual banquet of the Amuerictn Cotton Manufacturers' association. Sir Auckland etplhasized his 11hope for closer Anglo-American cooperation not only for the sake of the two coun tries, "but as a means to the g reater' ('11d olooperation bet ween the la titina of' t all nations." "Only in that way," lie continuled, "will we be able to Ae'inr'e tile atmlaos ilhre iecessatry to the coiniete res ot'ration of econlomtic ln'osperity. \Vc (Gteat Iritain) are conlvilced tihat If anty ntationi Is to be really Iosperous, Ito nation cnn be let't to wallow' inl starvatloni and tini111.'" The ai IInd., r' " laed th t the British pleople have no dearer orish than that. they inighit go forward as "l'riends and cooperators" vith Anier ica. Incidentally, he sald, there wvas a wide inlession lin England that if the exIected trade development ia terialized, there would be a shortage of Ancrican raw cotton. U. S. COMMISSIONER BAIBB RELEASE9 FOUR PIISONElS Men Unable to Pay Fines are Released After Thirty Days in County Jail. Pour white Federal prisoners were released from ithe county Jail -Monday on order of United States Commission er R. E. Babb. The mien niec convict ed in the United States court for vio lation of the prohibition law and were finled from $100 to $300. Under the law, if the ,prisoners at the expiration of 30 days are found by the commissioner to be unable to pay their fines, they may be released.The men who secured their release in this manner were: Frank Cole, of Union, flned $300.00; John Pace and George W. Ovitt, of Spartanburg, fined $200.00 each; and W. P. Chandler, of Green ville, fined $100.00. There are two negro. prisoners dn the jail now who have made applica tions to Comniissioner Babb for re lease on the same grounds. C~ASHI PRIZE IS OFFtRED) IN WHEAT CONTEST Mr. John A. Franks Offers PrizAe of $25.00) for Largest Yild of Wheat on One Acre. A 'bontest that -promihes to, be live ly as well as *proitatble to both the w.inner and .those ,not quite as success fuld is that nyhlch was star'ted sevel months ago by Mr. John A. Franksn, who offered' a .Prize of -$25.003f'or the best yield of .wheat on one acre of landl. Tihe cote~tst la beiung conducted by couinty demonstrator C..'L. Vauighan. Many farmuers have enteredi the (o test and now, that the harveating has,. begun, results will soon !be known..Ac cording to an esthnato made by Mir. Franks, the total wh'eat. Nop ini the counity wivll be about 70,000 busheis. Mt. Franks bascl his 'dettmate en' an average yield of tl0 .buanks to the acre. Trial Attracts Interest IJe 'Deputy Sheriff iH.-Fq:wlngs-left tf1 city Monday afternoon for, Barnwiell where he will testlfy.dor the'State: at the trial of, those charged with ihe murder of W. Frank VIalker. It v.411 be recalled-that 1ifr. Walker, who -was a son-ln-anw of Frank J. O'wingsd ot 'this county, was killed in Blaiokville January 21. Considera'ble- 'itterest ,was nlanifested all over the tfedr.. ticularly'in thIs counvty, ovfeirtbh tagIo deathi of Mr. Walker. 'Mr. iWalker was a -policeman here at one tanie and wa.s rew~arded for conspIcuous bravery in the performiance of- his duty.