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VOLUM~E xxxvii. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNIESDAY, JUNE 7, 1922.NUBR4 COUNCtI [NDORS[S BIG BOND ISS E For Waterworks and Street Improvement MAKESLOAN TO COMMISSION CHty Counlell Held Lengthy Session Moiday Night and Considered 3lany 31atters of' mp1iiorianec. To Refund Floitintg Inlill4(dilness by Issue il honds. Stre-.t ill provelienits, a Water and light *'xt ension prograi, floating and bomid indebtedesS, taxes, special I i(f ', and other eQually as import tit subjects were taken u) for con .id*1r'1ion1 Mondlay night at a regular se(ssi']) of the City Collcil when it. Was de'ided that bionlds for $170,000 S.Aded for. Mlembhers of the lPublic Works Coi mi nu2 and its superintendent were t)rcs(Ilt at the session to recolilend the amolunt of bonds the desire float ed an11- also to request that the city negotiate a loan for them of $5,000.00. The loan wfas grante(d after Superm tQlldent Chapman outlined to the imlayor and counlilmlel the manner in which .lie money will be expended. i3othl the superintendent and1\1 Mr. Me-uen, chairman for the commission, said that the $65,000 they expect to receive from the sale of bonds will be used for tile improvement of tile filtra lotin plant and for tile improvement ano eXtension of the water distribution sys lem. The $5,000.00 tj~t they now re quest, they said, was for the imnediate improvement of tile electrical lines. They said that the commission is los ing money on the electrical lines wit'h its present equipment and that the expenditure of $5,000 for improved tycs of' transformers, larger wires and other material will help them "break even". -Informal comment was made at thik poit onl the size of tile city's indebted ness if the following bonds were float ed: $65,000.00 for the water and light comirssion, $40,000.00 for street im (provement, $65,000.00 to Wipe out the city's floating inldebtedness. Alderman Dial said that the present indebted ness of the city, exclusive of the float Ing indebtedness was $126,500.00 and if the citizens vote for the- additional bonds it 'would be $296,500. In his opinion, Aldersan 'Dial said. $300,000 was no great amount for a city the size of Laurens. Following considerable discussion the council passed a recom mendation that the voters in tile city 'petitlon for all election for bonds to taling $170,000.00 to be used as fol lows: $65,000.00 to l'quiidate the float ing inldebtedless, $40,000.00 for per mfanent street improvement and $65, 000.00 for improvement of the city's water supply and filtration olant. Mr. Cresswell Fleming appeared be fore the council, his issue with the council being the ql'estion of dairy 'business and wether or niot "doctored" milk or mik flavored with syrup was a soft dlrink or a food pfoduct4 1May01r iDial, before presenting thle matter for tile counicil's consideration, said thlat lhe had given the subject a great dleal of attention. To charge dairymen a license, he said, wouid r (uire that the city protect thle dair'y mfen on t'he sole of his plroducts from competitors 'whoe pay no license. Tis was Impossible, Mayor Dial thought, 'because of the nlumber of pople selling milk in small quantities, -and he re quested that tile conn~ell refund to Mr. Flioming his license of $10.00. C;ouncil authorized the refund and also resolved that all milk sold in the city, either' by dairy or individuals have 'the periodical inspection of tile 'healt~h officer. The question was raised at- this time regarding the- stattus of flavored milk as it relates to city li'censes. Consid erable discussion centering on whether or note such anilk is a soft drink to!. lowed. . By motion .of Aldentindn Eas-1 terby, 'aouncil, deferred action on this question 'until they coulhear fronmp other cities as to-how they have sniff it. - Bids were reciv~d by tf$, cotinll for new .sets- of .bo'bks, TPh'ee blds were referred to the -committe fodoni. sideration and. flial acceldtance. " Mayor Dial -onlled- the coune'i~at tention to the city ordinanoes; lie said 'that many of them are obsolete atnd othefs need 'eVisidn. v-o& ffiti tie oonsiderat~ion has vben slyon tte1 LEA.L SAlE'S Several Large TrransctIlons4 Were lie. corded last Mondaliiy, Iiiluding tle Sale of SoImle Valuable Parcels of Property In IThis City. Three lots on Irby avenue were gold for $335.00 to I. I-,. Babb, attorney, by the Clerk of Court in the proceed Ings of Nancy J. Coan against Della P. HIinson and -W. M. Ilinson. In the case of the illome Building and Loanli associati lon against C. W. and Cluiry 0. Alartii, et al, a lot and house onl Chestnut street was sold for $900.00. The Hlome Building and Loan association nyas the purchaser. The Ford A LIerrombie pllace, near Gray Court, was sold for $1,000.00 to It. l. Gray, of (;ray Court. This sale de veloped from the case of the Hank of Gray Court against L. Townes 'Ciirry et al. The proceedings of the Palmetto Bank against it. Fi. k'lemin g, .r., et al, ended in the sale of the 1lIlls property for $4,000.00. W. HI. Knight, attorney, was the bu'rchaker. In the case of the I lome Trust Co. against C. larnett, Aslhepoo Fertilizer Co. and the Virginia-Carolina FertI lizer Co., a house and lot on South Harpor street was sold to It. L. Roper for $1,025.00. GENERAL WFSSIONS ('OUT CONVENIS IFl. E10NDAY Large Docket Crowded ivith .Murder, Prohlibition Vlolations, Assault Iud Larceny Cases Faces Court. The summer term of the court of General Sessions will convene -here next Alonday, June 12th and will be presided over -by Judge Frank 13. Gary, of Abbeville. One of the largest criminal dockets in the history of the county will face this court, there having been as many cases added to the docket as were ds posed of during the last court. There are only five jail cases which will be tried at this court. One of these, Charles Leake, colored, is charged with murder for the death of Viola Jackson, negress. Three other murder cases are, also expected to come up, amitong these that of Tom Duncan, charged with the murder of Riley Hammond who was killed on April 5th, in the yard of the former's home. This .ase has already attracted considerable interest. Most of the cases on the (locket are for violations of the prohibition law. rhere are also a number of larceny rind assault cases. 'Everything possible Is being done by the county officers to expedite the court inachinery so that as many cases as is possible will be disposed of at the next court and the (locket reduced. Improves After Operation . Mr. B. W. 4Hellams, who lives threc miles from the city, who was operated tIpon for appendicitis last Friday, in , hospital in Spartanburg, is Improv ing rapidly after the operation, ac cording to raports yesterday. Mr. Hel lams is a most industrious farmer and many of his friends expect that hd will be back at .work in the near future. Off for Vacation Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Templeman and faily loft the city early Monday morning on a motor trip) to Farmers vylle, Va., where Mrs. Templeman will spend the sumilier. Rev. Templeman will return to the city Thursday. city ordinances in the last ten or fif teen years and many ordinances wiill be found to conflict wiith others. He recommended to the coneil that it adlopt some .plan or program for a re vision of the code. A motion 'was made to- have a comnittee, appointdd by the mayor, go over the ordinpinces, revise and correct them and to report back to -the council. Mayor Dilal, after pas sage of the motion, appointed Alder men Gray, Moore and., Dial. A discussion raised iby the Public Works Commission regarding the own er'sh!!p and use of certain Pnles in the city wias ended iby Mayor Dial's sugges tion to the commission that they con fei'riwith (ir. Richey, of the rtelephone company, On the subject. Mr.. lners', 'rdpresentig himaetf as a contractor for street work, was predent at the meeting. Hte requested that the councll hoar his .proposal re garding the work son Church sti'eet be fore it advertise, for bids, The ques tion was referread to the street com mittee, who latei repoirted that* Mr. \ilue's was advised to bid, if lhe sode sired, on the street work, according to the advrertisement. Conii ajourned ao meet again in epecial soeion next Monday night., LOCAL INSURANCE 4GENl 31YS'lEIUOUSLI DISAPPEARS Arthur D. (heek, Insurance Agent Left City Friday and Failed to Re. turn. A mystery as yet unsolved sur rounds the disappearance of Arthur 1). Creek, industrial life insurance agent in this city, who Friday morning left hIsl home oil a regular business trip to Waterloo and -thus far has failed to re tun-u to his wife and seven year old (1hlighter. The hist :ulace Mr. Check i lcnowna 'to have beei is Greenwood, where ie was takce from Waterloo by T. S. lioyd, a t ransfer driver of that place. of. lcers whos( aid was enlisted in the search for .\Mr. Cheek <1uestioned the transfer driver yesterday. lie said that. he Was employed by Mr. Chevek i drive him to Greemvood to catch the "New York Special". A package conl aininiig Cheek's inisurance IIeceipt hook was received at the industrial ofileo in Greenville and was postmarked Green wood. Mrs. Cheek yesterday Was appareont ly overcome with grief. She said that she could not assign any cause for her lusbaid's disappearance and be lieved that It might have been due to foul play. Mr. Cheek is abolit 25 years old. le anod is family came here about one year ago from Atlanta. Ills home is said to be in ilenonia, N. C. According to those who were associated with him here, lie wNas sober and industrious. When seen last Friday before lie left for Waterloo lie nwas in a cheerful frame of mind. Examiners from the insurance com pany which lie represented went over his accounts and -books yesterday and found no irregularities. POSTAL EMPLO)YkES OF COUNTY ORGANI'/E COUNCIL Local Welfare Counchl, the First of Its ind inl the 'State, Organized Hore with Memb1ership of Tiwenty. At the request of the 'Pos8t 1Oflc De partment at Washington, what is said to be the first Ibocal Welfare Council in this state Was organized hero last Tuesday, tMay .30th. The call for the the orgnization of the council in this county was issued by Mr. J, E. John son, postmaster at Gray Court and chairman of the executive committee of the National Rural Letter Carriers' association. Twenty memIers were en rolled at the meeting. Following are the officers who were elected last Tuesday: Chairman, James H1. Sullivan, postmaster, Laurens; Sec retary, . E. -Johnson, postmaster at Letter Carriers' Association. 'lwenty Gray Court; ViceJChairmani, Miss Em ma (Hipp, Clinton. The following were elected official members of the coun cil: A. J. Milling, postmaster, Clinton; iR. M. B3ryson, postmaster, Owings; A. C. Owings, rural carrier, Gray Court; L. J. Moore, rural carrier, Gray Court; L. J. Moore, rural carrier, Clinton; LM Iss Maude Bryson, postmaster, Mountville.' Members who were enrolled are: Mrs. Marie Adair, HI. D. 'Rantin, J. W. Leake, E..E. "Wilson, Alexander Ihenry, L,. M. Wilson, of Clinton; J. E. Taylor and J. T. Davenport, of Princeton; J. M. lBryson and C. F. WVinn, of Owings; L. B. Willis, C. C. Abecromubie, A. C. Shell, S. E. Johnson, S. L. Peden, of Gray Court; J3. d". Yeargin and C.-FP. Winn, of W~are Shoals, and J.'R. 'Davis, J. C. 'Bolt and J. B. Cook of Laureas. The council elans 'to meet again next September and quarterly thereafter. It is their desire b~y the next meeting to 'have every one of the 52 postal wvorkers in the county enrolled in the organization. MISS REBECCA DIAL IN COLUMBIA Author of "No fDogs Allowed" Will Take Leading Part in Stage Soeiety's Produciont, 'rho following item taken from the Columbia Record will be of' inte'rest to the friends here of Miss 'Rebecca D~ial, who, it will .be recalled, recently >won the int price in a play-writing contesqt. The prize wvinning 'play is entitled, "N~o Dogs Allowed," and will >be uoroduiced by the Columbia Stage So .ciety with, Miss -DIal in the leading role: Miss Rebecca Dial of Washington, D. C., who has been the guest of her 'cousin, Miss Wil,, Lou Gray, is now visiting Miss'Aileen Shano at her home ini Wales G3arden. MViah Dial Is taking the* leading role in the next Stage So clety production. "'No 'Dogs Allowed" which will be presented uwith. a hugo east oni 'June 13,'14 and 51 at the, Town Theatre. TWO FORDS COLLIDE ON WEST MAIN STlREE Aecident Saturday Night Results 11 31r. anld 3irs. IV. Hance Crews Beli Slightly Ci. Negro Driver Is Ar rested. , Two Ford. automobiles, in oine o vlich Mr. and Mis. W. llanen Crew and three children twere riding and th other filled with a party of six negroe -figured in a collision Saturday nigh at 8:30 o'clock and resulted In .\lr Crews being slightly injured. The av hldeilt occurlr ed on West 'Main stree near the lome Furniturie coiimpana store. Ilose(y .lohnson, driver of tl car in w%-hich the legvroes were ridin", "was arrested and later released oi bond of $25.00. floth cars, according to witnesses o the collision, were being driven at : moderate rate of speed. l r. Crew. was going nWest oil Main street, in hi. car and the negro in t1t, opposite (Ii retiol Tihe negro, Idriving close t tIle rikht hand eurb, tICne short t tie' left. to avoid Iittilog a truck an met the Crevs car, his front left h11 striking that of the other car. The ac cident, wi itnesses declare, was practi (ally unavoidable. Mis. Crews suffered slight cuts abou the chin and after being treated by physician was taken honie. l'itth dalage was (one to either car. Re. ports that the nekro was under the in. fuitence of liquor or that whiskey mwa: found in his possession Were denici by officers. Considerable excitement followe( immediately after the collision and foi a time it appeared that the negro might suffe' :bodily harm at the hands of par ties who came ilp after the accident but ir. Crews himself allayed excite ment by quietly leading the negrc away. FItRE TRtUCK !lNROUTTE TO FIRE SitlKES AUTO Aiiswering Alarm to Fire on Churcli Street, Fire Truck Skids oin Squarc Striking Autoiiomile. An automobile owned by the Laurent Telephone company was slightly dam aged yesterday at noon when the muni cipal fire truck skidded around the northwest corner of the square while on Its way to a reported fir'e in the kitchen of C. W. Kichen's home oil Church street. Tite fire was extin shed before the truck and firemen it.'ilved and little damage was done. The alarm was sounded shortly af ter 12:30 noon, in the midst of a heavy rain.. Fireman Paul Alexander nwas on duty at the time and answered the alarm. Rounding the corner on the square at a rapid rate, the truck skid died on -the slippery pavement, the rear Pnd striking the telephone coipany's Car. Tile principal damage to the auto mobile was to the top, the frame work being bent and broken. The gasoline tank and rear fender were also bent. 'Phe fire truck was not danaged. SENIOR ENDEAVORFMR-S WILL GIVE PIONIC FltIlAY Young People of the City to be (4uests at Picnic Friday Afternloon at Hanrris Sprinlgs. Two committees n'nd a numnbei' of individuals have been avorking during the past wveek for tile success of a pic nic which will be given next Friday at ter'noon at 6 o'liock -by Senior Chis tian Endeavor' Union of the Presby terian chur1 ich to tile young peole of the city. Tile ,plcnic wvill be given at Harris Springs. A social committee, consisting of Mrs.' Carrie Fleming Roi)er, 'Mrs. J. R'. Ellis and Misses Betty and Olyvni Bramiett and Lily Walker', has been elected to make arriangcments and tc issue Invitations. About '70 peopie art expected to attend, a'ccor'ding to an invitation list .prepared aby the commt tee. Mr'. '10. H-. Wilkes, chlairman of thed committee on transptortation, has ar r'anged for' par'kinig space on tile nortil side of tile square. All car's willl mleet thero .befor'e going to tile springs. .Final Rlecital *Monday afternoon At. five o'clock the piano class of Miss hlattie D). Gray gave its final recital. Tho following pupils played: Julia -Swedenberg, Au gusta iMcClintock, Eulaih Walker', L.e gare 'liackwvell, Margar'et Wadsson Harriet Todd, Janie 'Harris, Amaryllie Smith, (Mariegene 4drtay, Louise Smith Eloise Clardy and Sarah lhiza #wy' gert.- After the pr'ogram tea and cakes were sei'ved. W. T. IILAKEIY l' Prominlentf ('Iizenl of 01ra IM'rs Sunlday I Night at Age of 65. W. T. Isaelprominentll citizenl am - merchanit of' Ora, diled Sunlday nlight, at 8:30 o'clock after anl ilhiess of several f imoiths dtiration. -Mr. Blakely was in j htis Gi5th year. SDurfing tle past :0 years, .i\l'. -liake i IN was ilgaged inl blisiness at Ora antd L has been very successfIul. lie 1was prominen3tly conilected with the Old - Fields A, It. 1'. church il w'hich he was L anl elder. Surviviig Mr. lilakely ae his ni-'c, four daughters. Alrs. It. ,\. Younig") Fayetteville, Teitn. Ml.;r. I r c littn t, C ol lette, of .tohnson ('ity, 'I' n n., anl . \iss ivs Isabelle. anId Alargaref lWlalIv. (f f Ora, and one so1. (h'gorge 1. Il ti who is ensher of the i,aurens N:tion al Jiit k, of this ciy. The'm following brodu'r-1s anld Shic,; - a~o Survive him: Rtev. '1. P!. Ilialw , !of 111vyson Colhge, ''entn.: 1t. P". 1Ilake-. ly, of Cliton; I,. P1. lilakely, of Ora; I trs. lettie Fleming.1 ai Airs. T. 1). B Byrd ot' Ora. -iw T ihfieral services w('e held at 01- Ol lihis cemletery Monlday afternoonl a1 .5 o'clock, Ieing coidicoled by Rev. N. Kenniedy, pastor of tie deceased. ('ITIZENS TRfAININGa (MMP1 WIILL OPEN 2JI'l 7 'ol. 11. 11. 'T. Todd, of lliarksda le, 3111 be ('ommnding Oflicer (if Camp at; Aniitistoni, Aila. The citizen's training cam p at Camp McClellan, Annistoi, Ala., of which Col. B. It. T. Todd, of Barksdale, is cx pected to Wibe commanding oflicer, wvill open July 27 for 30 days closing Atu. 26, according to an anonuncement made last nweek. Col. Todd, in discussing the benefits that may be derived from attending the training camp, said that every cit izen ought to avail himself of the op I)o0tunity the government is offering at the camp. All clothing, rations and other necessities are furnished free to the men in the camp and transpor tation, both to and from the camp, is paid by the government at -the rate of 5 cents a mile. This malcesi is possible for men of limited means to attend the camp. Tie only qualfileatiois that are made by the army for enitrance are a physically fit body and an age limit of from 17 to 15 years. There are three courses offered at the citizens' trainting camp: the "led", for men with no previous military training; thd "white" for mien with military traning who desire to qualify for non-commissioned oilcers; and the "1)lue" for men who wish to qualify for commissioned officers. Takiig any of the courses, however, does not ob) ligate the citizen in any way to the government. Col. Todd will be at his home at l3arksdale until Jluiy 15 and will be glad to furnish citizens with an' in formation they may desire on the training camp. .1i said that each county is alloted a specifled number of admissions into the camp and he wvishied that Laurens county's quota would be fillied up soon. CLINTON MAN WINS CASE ILE-iLE MONDAY Magisitrate Diirects Verdict ini Favor of D~efendiant, char-gedi with 'Petlty Larceny. ii. C. iPearson, of Clinton, won a di rectedl veri'clt Monday in the Mlagis trate's court here, in the case of the State against 'i1. C. Pearsoni, charging him with petty larceny. TIhe testimony of E. WV. Ferguson, Ford agent at 'Clinton, showed that 'Pearson rented a storage battery from his place of businiess whlile Pearson's batteiry was ieft thereo to be re-charged. 'Pearson, Mr. Ferguson testified, fai led to call for his old battery and also failed to return the one which lie had rented. Attoirneys for Pearson moved foi' a dii'eeted verdict on the ground that the warrant charging him wvith "stealing" was not. in accordance wvith the testi monuy of the State's ,witnesses. The ease was tr'ansferred here from Clin ton at the request of the defendant. Electrie Co. to Sell Oil The Martin El1ectric Comipany has branched into another business, tak-. inf. the agency for' four' counties foi' the distribution of Sun Oil Company pi'oducts, according to an announce mont made this week. The counties -into which they willi sell the "Sunoco" products aro Grenwood, Anderson, Union and Laurens. They expect to 'be wholesale distri1l ters only. TOO BMD[SO Executive Committee Stu. dies PilIght of Candidates CANDIDATES HAVE PAID IT ALL lI-I'-cile ('oluittfee of Deinlocraile I'i y A M SIIIIIrday and 'oils ('nshiered ENT00lol1 M1atters. Thiree Newi Vol. int i'reeilnets Added to List of C'oilnIIy's Voltinir l'inevs. IResj)onldin).g if) ca! ll. .\. ['ow er, Couiily ('hirm1 j;an, a )mI tilig of the vx clie olllnu it.lc of the I I )Iovratic pa of I 4111 Ie S (*(lnty1 v a s h (eld at Ile court Ihollse SAtItIlay aIfterIlooni. Nev.'ail very 1 club was rpe 1l(: ente d eith bl y ils comm IIIit teelualn ou by a (111y siglied proxy. At the suagges tion of the( vihairmani, a vice-chiriiman was closell by I Ie (ol11tnitte(e, .\lr. \W. W. iarris of Clinton, beintig nme liled and W. S. Power was made secretary and treasuirer, It 1t was adop)ted byli tile Coml nilittee that111. tle e r011ollinig co iil I ttee laied -by the respective clubs he the duly eprolilig comm lilitt e anid that the bouindaiies of the varilous cliIb dis tricts he the Iearest or m1ost coiven ient one to the voter. 1i)on the -application of the requiren numnIber of voters from each Cprecinct, now voting places were named at Narlnie-Barksdale, Trinity-Ridge and .\It. Olive. Wh'lile assessments of can didates -and tie nainig of places and dates for campaign meetings weC dis eussed in an Informal way, no deilnite action was taken, the matter being left open until a later meeting to be call ed by the chairman. It was the con Census of opinion of those present, however, that something would have to be done to make the expenses less, as the niethod of assessing candidates to pay the election expenses Is a burden on them. I-t was agreed by the connit tee that the books of enrollment bo opened at the following places: L1aurens-Clerk of Court's office. Laurens -Alill-J. . 1 lellais' iaiber Shop. 'Vatts Mills--iureka Drug store. Trinity-Ridge-R. L Boyd's store. Ora-3lakely's store. ILanford-C. B. Waldrop's stoie. Pleasallt .loiuid-G. F. Pulley's res Idence. Youngs-W. P. Harris' residence. (rays-Laurens Miller's residence. . tewarts Store-J. ID. Stawart's resi dence. Cooks Store--Steven's store. Thompson's Store - Thompson's store. Owings-Bryson & -Stddard's store. Gray Court-Aray Court Drug Co. Barksdale-Narnie-F. 11. Burton's residence. I)ials--J. H1. 'Curry's residence. Woodville-L. A. Armstrong's rest dence. Hlickory Taverni-W. M!. Abercrom bie's store. Shiloh.-R. (1. Wilson's residlence.. Princeton-Traynhamn's store. Popiar' Springs-W. B3. Davis' rest (len ce. 10kom-'McLaniel's store. DanIels Store-J!. C. Martin's store. Mt. OlIve-;W. L. Cooper's residence. Tip Top-W 13. Sims' residence. 'Mt. Pleasant-.G. 10. Moore's resi denace. W'aterloo-W. Y. McNeil's store. Cross ill-Tr. M. & JT. B. Pinson's storIe .\iountville-WV. J1. Cluck's stor'e. H opeCweIllJ. 11. Workman's rest dlen ce. 'LydIa Mill-Company store. Clinton-Adar-McMillan store. Clinton 31ill-Clinton Mercatile Co. Gold viiilc-Don al-Workman's store. Rlenno-Bell Company. :Langston--4M. 'M. Pooie's residence. W. DIX AN FOWIJER D~eath of Aged Citizent Causes Sorrow of Friends Here./ News5 was received her'e yesterday of tihe death of W. Dlxon Fowler. at Glenn $prings, near Spartanbu'g. 'rg' Fow 1er' wvas in his 82nd year. Hlavig beeni a r'esident here fors many yeArs, Mr'. Fowler is wvell re membered alid tihe sad ii~vs of his death brought many expressions of sor'row from those wvho knew him.' is iwidow, two daughters, M~rs~j,..Jenora Smith and ,Mrs. Nenon Shel, and two sons, olhn and William, snrvive him.