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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTMI CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922. NUMBER 5 f CUtIUL SETTL[S CMURCH ST. PAVING To Use Kentucky Asphalt to Beaufort St. BOND ISSUES PUT TO VOTE City Council Orders Election on Three Bond Issues for Waterworks, Street Improvement and Refunding of ,Floating Indebtedness. Election July 25. 'Church street from West Main t4 Beaufort street will be paved with Kentucky rock asphalt, it was finally decided upon by the City Council at its meeting held Monday night. This street had been the subject of discussion at almost every meeting of the council since last January and once before the council decided upon a plan of improving the thoroughfare with Augusta gravel. Part of the street, from Mleaufort to the bridge on the far end of Church street, had been surfaced with Augusta gravel when the work was sug:>ended. The work now planned is for all of Church street excepting -that portion. The material to 'be used on the new work is known as Kent-ucky rock as:ialt and is a natural, hard surfacing asphalt. This will ho spread on a 5-inch bse of con c rete. According to the -plans th.At were adopted at a recent meeting of the council, a space five feet wide, from West Main street -to Laurens street, will be reserved on Church street work for the planting of trees, shrubbery and flowers. It was currently report ed on the streets yesterday that the Civic League is planning to bcnctify the reserved space on Church ,;irect in the same manner as they have cared for the court house rolr. H0ond El(etion r1 d.:ed Another matter of im)ortance that was decided upon at the council meeting wais the ordering of an elec tlon on th 3endin bond is'nes, for which a majority' of taui:,:ayers have petitioned. A report from Mayor Dial showed that there aro 818 tax payers on the city book.., (1 I .12D have signed the petition. The election has been ordeled to be held Tuesday, July 25th. On that day 'citizens will be asked to vote oil three bond issues totaling $170,000. One of the tbond -issues is for the 'WAtur and; LIght Commission's use and is for the amount of $65,000. Another for the r'ame amount will be used by the coun oil to wipe out its present floating in debtednesa. The third issue, nmount ing to $10,000 is to be used for perman ent street improvements. The present bonded Indebtedness of the city, according to a statement of Alderman Dial at a recent meeting of the council, amounts to $126,000. Should the three of the bond issues to be voted upon in July be passed the total bonded indebtedness of the city will be $296,000, but the increase in the city's indebtedness will amount to only -$105,000 since one of the issues for $65,000 is to transfer a floating debt into a bonded debt. The only other matter taken up at Mfonday night's meeting tif the council w'as the passage of an ordinance to iirotect the Laurens Baseball Club from those who Would plark their cars or -loiter in them 4n the neighborhood of the ball field and refuse to 'ptsy the price of admission. The ordinance imposes a fine of not *more than $5.00 on those who have no tickets to the 'ball game and 'who park their cars for more than, two minutes anywhere on South 'Harper street from the Heriderson home to the Dun lapl home. Instructions have been or deredl to 'be issued to the ipolice officers * o strIctly enfore 'this ordinance, PIGGWLY WMiGGLY HERFE 1~ S~v~ tor'e to 0poni Up About First Webki August, irl Anouncement it made in another * oumn of Lb4s.'aporlof .the early oiw l'A in kaor of 'ggly Wiggr store, otul hli1)n of -grocery st 1*(I b.h 1 d 1I91 ee~i' past tjg, i1 o ho.4 if (( ' ie* as P1$ r'~ed~ tild 4 tilat the 19itorWu pt on bout Aw U. 11. BOLT WINS IN BEM HIVE CONTESW Mrs. Edgar Owens, of ClInto, Come Se' Ad. Others have Large Score, George 11. (Bolt, Laurens, R. F. E 'No. 6, was pronounced by the judge as winner of the first iprize in The Ad vertiser's B3ee-1-ive contest, conclud ed last Tuesday night. lMr. Bolt sub mitted 16-2 words, but 14 were markei out as being incorrect, leaving -a ne total of 148 words. Mr. Bolt sent 4 single subscription, qualifying him fo the -prize of $15.00 awarded for tha class. Mrs. W. Edgar Owens, of Clinton -had the second largest net score o 145 words. As she sent in two sub scriptions, qualifying for .a large prize, her award was $18.00, actuall exceeding the award of the first -priz winner by $3.00. The third -i1rize winner was Jerom Gray, of Gray Court, two sabscriptiont 136 words, his award -being $10.00. Fourth -place went to Miss Ethe Cook, of .Ware Shoals, who enterei without a subscription. She nettoi 132 -words and wins $1.50. Fifth place went to Aiss Mary Roi of Laurens, who sent in one subserip tion, had a net score of 120 words an secured a prize of $2.00. Sixth place went to Miss Ethel Ow ings, of Fountain Inn, who qualilic in the first class with no subscri!ptionr had a not score of 1.19 words -and wa awarded 50 cents. The judges were . James II. Sulli Vanl, 'Mrs. -U. :L-. .' -e:3 and -Miss l]ll loland. They -d -a large number o lists .to go o-- and it was Only after 1 painstakina examination of over si: 4ours that they were .finally able ti reach a decision. This contest proved to be very pop ular, as evidenced by the large num "cer -f lists received. The work of th judges was done In a thorough and im partial manner, and all contestants cai rest assured that their lists receive fair consideration, and that the 'priz winners are deserving of their award: The thanks of the publishers arc dtu the judges for their kindly assistanec 14Illit] FF 11, (. REID TO ATTE1PND CONYlENTIO. County 0..cers of Two States i1 Meet at lender.sonville, July 4th. Sheriff S. C. Reid, and Eblicitor 11 S. Blackwell plan to be in attendanc, at the barbecue and convention of thi sheriffs of 'North Carolina and Sotl 'Carolina, which will be held on Jiul; 4th at Giendcrscnville, N. C. Sherif Grant, of Henderson county, was Ii the city last Thursday to extend I personal invitation to them. Sheriff Peld, in stating that he w'l leave for the convention next 'Monday said that the work of 'his ofilee wil continue as usual under the directIo: of )eputy Owings. NYlEV CLUB TO BE O1WANI7lADM FIDA1 Food For Thought to be Dispensed t Forum Whenu Established, A call for those in the city who are interested in the establishment here o sonme kind of "forum" has been issuei by James H. Bullivan and Ralph T1 'Wilison' to meet in the court housa Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The "forum", discussion, or' publi, speaking club, or whatever else it ma: 'be decided to name the contemplate< organization, has been under the con sideration of many .peciple hero fo several months, but up to blhis an nouncement no deflnite turn has beel taken.' -The plans of those who are inter ested in the new organization are tha -periodical meetings shall ibe held a which. -time lectures, debates or dis eussions on timely subjects will b taken up. "F11ood for thought" is th miotive of the organization and it i expected that many who are 'interest ed will be at the meeting FI~ri~y even ing. TJLE #ANITARY STORlIE. New Orovery Store to 1o Opened bi Hlenry M. Silell on July 'The Sanitary $to is the name of ne grocel'y stot'e 'to open up n thi city 0T Jly letiety M. Sheti t'o pLtigy wfhl be:"Wigg'andl mang r c The 'ibWenteriien ik~Sliell has already insta~lled no' fl~uros and eecte to be ready ac suine~ss $aturdpy siotn ing~ Accoi'din to 1,is. Lnntgne!ement, . iVied' olod dvf1itr iuthlis perlie expects to d BIG RALLY FOR EDUCAl ION .1ing Held in M e thod lst . Churgh't .Sunday Afternoon lin interest of I Education. -Following a discussion of different - phases of edicational matters held at - a meeting in the First MethodIst church Sunday afternoon called -by t liss 'Wil Lou Gray, State Supervisor of Adult Schools, it was decided to hold a ,big educational rally In the city t of Laurons -a-bout the first weok in August to be followed by smaller ral lies at each school in the county dur ing the following week. The rallies -. in .this county are to be a part of a wider program of rallies in every county of the state. 3 About twenty peadle attended the meeting, most of thon being repre 3 sentatives of various women's clubs und charitable societies of the city. iMiss Gray explained the object of the I meeting, prefacing her remarks 'with I an explanation' of a plan to hold two summeij schools for adult pupils somew-here in the state during the next few months. One school is to be for men and one for women. The state I department of educatilon, -she -sald, would finance the teaching staffs of the schools while clu-bs and charitable organizations will 'be asked to aid in the vork -by provid:ng scholarship:-. 3peakiug of the ,woposed education ill ralles, hc said that the object was to impresj -the voters of the state - with the importance of electing men r to ofilce who will be sympathetle with I an advanced educational program for the state. She quoted figures and ) 'howcl charts to (elmolnstrate the fact tht other states are out-strlpping - uth Carolina in the educational - ticld and said that the most p)actical way of overcoming the apathy as to - edtucation was by .briging the n eda of tha s.ate .prom!nently hefore the I pople thei:-eives. 3 a ler hie dicca-::-Ion of t(e11c : ST. Wi~o w:.a c: lkd oa to explaia -hI-l. e tuinte)td vt't th-at theo l-Asw ~m of tie leai:.inu h; t mad.l fr.i'.ed appi1rpri eno mommy,. U)1 to 1 me*'t tie I reiud rem ent of the cqua il:zlug law whereby ieh school district wa gI :muran teed sr mu chl money provid it met certai conditions which :h equalizing law stiptilated hiall be met to quality for sttte ail. The distriCts, he said, had met the eamdition-i but the at-ate had faile:d to ap!"propriate enough money to do it:4 Share. The r re:mevdy for avoidi-n the de.fielts in 'ilh. future, -he srid, w --s either for the equal,,:zbg law it be repealed or that legislators be elected who woild vote I 411c0ielt a rnratiaus to make th law effective. In response to a qulea I tion as to how the 'L mre'i delegation i votedl on the -appropliations, he raid that it wm his recollection that the Laurens representatives voted for the full appropriation but that the appro ,riation was 'reduced in the senate. The -apropriation ill, he said, was a state and not a county affair. TAX EXEWUTIONS TiO BE HEAVY TH'IiS YEAIR .Approximately $50,000 Remialins Uni Palil Said to be Thtree 'limes as Many as Last Year. That tihe tax executions this year wvill ibe three tines as many as last 1 year and that they will amount to ap - proximately $50,000.00 wvas announced 'last Saturday iby Auditor J. W. Thomp son. 'rThore were 900 executions last year, Auditor 'llhmspson oxidI lied, while - thIs year there will be more than t 2,500. Of the -$50,000.00 in taxes which t -still remain uncollected, Mr. Thomnp - son said trhat $20,000.00 is for school 3 taxes, and -that this partly explinS 3 why school claims .have not been paid. 'rTaxes may yet be paid at the treas - urer's omile before the additional costs - of execution aro added. The penalty at present is 8 per cent in addition t:o -an extra cost of $1.00. L ~OAL ATITORNEY 18 JUDG(~E BY APlPOI NTREMNTl Mr. F"rankl P. MIc~owran, Promineni I r embe~r t LoenI JBai is Appoinledl - SpeO&1,'iidge -by Governor Harvey, C (olumnbia, un0 2.--Governor ai voy todlay appointed Frank P. Mcaow: an, of Lnos, to ho a special ju~dg< rto hold oneek's Court -of genorad saionf Of Vork ctunty beginning th( -eond -Mionde-y in July. The- appoint 0mont wna mado necessary by the death of 11td0 El'neht M~Ore, kAROLINLA LAGUE GETS GOOD START Laurens in First Division After First] Week of Piy. '1wo Gaines with Abbeville Here This Week. Bing! 13ff! Ban! The 'Carolina Base 4all League was off with a Jam-up gamc played on the local dliamond Thursday afternoon in which Laurens coiped the -ilrst of the series from Greenwood by a score of 2 to 0. A large crowd of fans from all over thei county, with a strong .aggregation of rooters from Greenwood, was on hand to see the henchmen cavort around thei1 field and tlhe crowds went awa* y sat-' isiled that they had seen a real game of -ball. Bobo -pitched for LaurensI and Calvet for 'Greenwood, both flingers giving superb exhibitions of how the old apple can be made to tease the hitters. Greenwood turned the tables on .Laurens Friday afternoon, taking .the : sceond game of the series from the local boys in a keenly contested af fair by a score of 3 to 2. Jeter Owings hurled for the locals and :Payne Hen- I derson was on the mound for Pratt i Henderson's aggregation. Errors in I the pinches and inability to bunt at favora'ble opper'.mit,:es were costly for the local team. In the r.eantime A'bey!:le and An derson were plitting the first two t gamnes of their sceries ::loy, d at Ander- i son, Albbevulle tak ig tie fir:t and Ander-son the rcad. -Dringing the narrative rig:t up to daite, La.,u:c lo;t to A hi: .: 3 1n day boy a score of 2 to I and vioi from I the Abbevillians yesterday in a slug g ni mateh -- a score of 17 to 8. Ac ~ording to thc dollsters returnin: last n'e:. hi, every man on the team mode at lerst one hit many players m.hin Ig ove al hits. Th'kree l:iteles. were us. by Aaedile. In Go two gaies at G ree1nwood, Greenwood took hoth Imn of the series. With four gaines out of the sixteen -hiyed, Greenvood is lo.iding the I leaue, Lauirens and Ai:6e vil le ara ' tie(l ior econd plaec and Al Andurson is hanging on to the cabocse. j allowjjing is the sLanding of the clubs to date: Von Lost PCt. Orcenwood..........3 1 750 aurens.................3 2 500 Abbeville .......... 2 2 500 Anderson.... .. .......1 : 250 1 ;aurens plays Abbeville on the lo cal lot Thursday and Friday of this 'week, while Grcenwood plays at An (erson. To game will start hereafter, ( at .1:30 o'clock instead of five. ,1. ABRAHAM COA'iE IS ILLND BY LIGHT"NING W1en 1(novn Farier Meets with Un timely Denthii Near Hekory Tavern. t ' J. Abraham Coates, well-to-do farm or of the dlickory Tavern section of the county, was struck by lightning last \Wednesday afterVoon and instantly killed. 'He was in the yard of the home of - . L. Baldwin, his brother-In law, wvhen struck. Mr. Coates was '45' years old. What is most singular about the un timely death of Mr, Coates is th-at it had not ralined at the time he was struck my the lightning ibut that a storm was applroalching. 'While paying a call at his brother-inlawv's home, he noticed some threatening clouds in the direcction of his home which was only a short distance up the rond. Go ing into the yard In company wvith Mr. Blaldwvin and his son, .he was struck by the lightning ;belt wvhen about twventy feet from the dwelling. IIxamination of his body showed that the electrical current entered his fore head and ranged downward, ripping his trousers and shoes, it entered the ground. TIhe soles from both shoes were torn completely from the uip pers. Duriai services wvere held Thursday aftem~.on at the Quaker Ilaptist church and wvere conducted by Rev. Coleurn. Afr. Coates is survived by his widowv and ten children. To Spond Summer Hero UT. S. Senator Nat. B. Dma. and famn Ily are expectedl to arrive in the city this afternoon. Senator Dial will re main a few days, 'but his family will spend the summer here. * L. 0. flalle at Hospuital Mr. ib. 0. Blalle, loft the (.ity' Monday miorjning -for !Spartanburg twhero he expecid to utidergo a minor 6p'eration In 'the unral hdsnital thia. RAIROAD OIRIK[ LOOMNG AHEAD Tentative Date Set For Rail. road Strike WAGE CUT TO BE OPPOSED Strong Sentiment Said to be Disclosed Among Failway Workers for Natdon. wide Strike as Protest Against Wage Reduelions Ordered by Labor Board Recently. Chicago, June 27.-Raivlway union oicials continued their conferences today on the threatened railroad strike. With informal statements iby union leaders Indlcating that the referendum of shopmen, maintenance of -way em ployees and clerks throughout the Uni -ted States discloses a strong senti ment in favor of a strike as a protest against wage reductions, J. C. Smock, assistant to the president of the main tenance of way men predicted the walkout would be called July 15. Oth ers said conferences with railroad of ficials i.-robably would delay the call until August 1. Word came out of the secret con ferences that a meeting of union execu tives within the next few days might include the "big four" brotherhoods of trainmen, who are unaffected by the wage cut decisions of the railroad la bor board. -3. 1. Jewell, head of the railway employees; deparlment of the Ameri (!-in Federation of Labor, said an "tim portant annonneement" will be made Th'lursday as a result of the meetings on strike .plans and policies. Any proposals from the railroads to prevent the threatened strike will be heard, union ollicials said, -hut they ad v-anced little encou ragemnit of' devel OpIlenits in that (irection. The 'nited States railroad labor -board resumed Its hearings today on contract cases. REGISTIllATION BUERE IS LIGHT, BOOK SHOWS Only 83 Tolers are Registered. Thir. teen are Wlomen. Books Close July 25th. An examination N1'onday morning of the enrollment book in the clerk of court's olice disclosed the fact that l) to that date only 83 voters have registered. Of this number, the book shows that 1.3 are women. That the registration of voters thus far has been very light can be noted from the fact that two years ago, be. fore women were granted the privilege, the number of registered voters in this district were 610. Although the books will be oPen for registration until July 25th, managers of the election are urging that all citizens who de sire to vote at the coming election reg ister at once. As an inducement to the -ladies, a statement 'was anonimously made -that the law doees not require that they state their age. Watts Trims Camuperdown The Wntts team won from Camper dlownf Saturday, 7 to -5. 'Parhanm, a veteran from 'Cross Anchor, pitched in good style. The lWatts team put up a game, uphill fight, scoring -twvo runs across the plate in the ninth. The hit ting of Walker, Waldrop and Henry in the eighth and iputting flye markers featured. Five lilt batters played a large ipart ini the Camperdown defeat. Tldwvell, a youngster playing his first game, fielded well for the visitors about the keystone bag. ,Barrett of the visitors secured a pair of hits, while 'Wa'ldrop 'wna cred itedl with tifree safeties. Score: MR WVatts .. ...... ..........7 9 5 Camperdown .... .. ........ 51 2 Parham and lBarrett; tiosnell, Marchabanks and Yeargtn. Veteranis Return fromt Rteuion Captain J. W. Lanford and Melworth Fleming, of Lanford Station, andl J. P. Caldwell, adjutant of Camp Garlington and J. D. Mock, commuandler of the camp, returned last. Thursday night 'from ichmuond, Va., where they at -tendedl the United Con federate Veter aus reunioni. Rleturning \vith the vet erans was 'Mrs. J. Warrmenm Bolt, wvho wvas matron to the local veterans at the rum on. Misses Margaret Dunlap sponsor, Atnd 'Virginia Suill ivan, maid 1of honor, went to Washington after 'he reunion. 111,8 LUCIA 1ARKSDALE IS HONORED BY EASTEItN STAR s Elected to Highest Position in the Slate. 3Mr. T1. Lane Monroe is Also lionored by Election. Miss 'Lucia Barksdale, of this city, vas elected \Vorthy Grand 'Matron of he Eastern Star last week at the 15th tnnual meeting of the grand chapter >f the Eastern Star held in Columbia. F'ii. is the highest honor that the o':astern Star can confer upon anyone n tile state. -Miss Barksdale was As ociate Grand Matron of the grand ha-pter last year. Another honor to >e won by Laurens was the election >f Mr. T. Lane -Monroe as Grand Sen inel. The delegates this year to the an 1ual meeting of the Eastern Star from dah Chapter 'No. 6, the local chajp or, were: Miss Sarah Corroh, Past Yrand IElecta; Mliss 'Lucia Barksdale, hrand Matron; :Miss Ethel Langston, dirs. Madge M. Taylor, and Mr. T. Lane hionroe. Airs. T. Lane Monroe attend 'd the meeting as a visitor. Consideration of an Eastern Star fospital or orphanage in the state was iken ill) at the annual meeting but to definite decision .was reached, local lelegates re-orted upon their return. Pile resolutions from local civic and raternal organizations were present d by the committee to the grand chap er -and were received with thanks as nformiation. The committee was as urd that Laurens would receive the !onsIderation which it was due when he matter of selecting a site for the rphaniage or hospital would come up or definite action. IARY CONlElRENCE TO BE HELD flElliE lhildren from Infancy to Six Years of Age Will be Eligible in Coitest for Prizes. A baby conf'rence, in which chil Iren ralging inl age from infancy to ix years, will be eligible to enter, will Jo lel in thle county court. house Piursday from 10 A. M., until 5 .P. M. 'hysicians, under the direction of Misg tuth A. llodd, director of the Chlil iren's Blureau of the South Carolina -1oalth Dc:%artment, and Dr. Charles . llayne, ci Columbia, State Health )licer, will he at tile Court House luri'ig the hours of tile conference to xaminv, weigh- and measure the ba >Is. Miss Sallie Gossett, county nlu'se, inl nlaking the annoineement of the Col 'erence, said that the local Ibniks, the livic League and the Business League inve cooperated in making up a purse if $35.00 which will be divided into >rizes to be awarded to the ables. Pihe judges in the contest will -be from mong the members of the Laurens 3ounty Medical society. The Kings Daughters, who 'will be 11e hostesses at tile conference, are )lann!ng to hold a public meeting at ,he close of the conference. It is ex *ated that at this meeting a promil lent speaker will be present to ad lrss the gathering before the prizes tr'e awarded. A musical pr'ogram Is ulso -being arrlanged. )NE LAURENS MAN ON (GOVERNORI'S STAFF iiir. J. L. M. 11rby of This City, Ia Ap po(inlted as5 MemberWI of Military Stnff. Colunlbia, June 24i.-Governor H-ar rcy announced today theO appointment >f the following mcen as mfemnbers or lis military staff: 0. W. -Drawdy, ilreenpond; Major *W. 'F. 'Robertson, Ireenville; F. M. 'DeSaulssure, Jr., ireenville; William Godfrey, Cheraw; 3. N. 'Hasty, Charleston; J. L,. M. [itby, Laurens; Ernest b. Allen, Aiken; I. TI. Stanton, Ihunbar'; S. Lois Gold Imith, Tiedmiont; 'W. R. Scar'boroulgh, Bishopville, and J7. Pope 'Matthews, Co Ilmnbia. Nvw P'hone ilNrectory Announcement that a newv city tele July, was made yesterday by Mr. W. Ri itichey, pres~idenlt oif thle 'Laurlens Tele pholne Comlpaniy. Tile new director'y will contain n. much01 lar'ger nu1mberC of teIlphonle subscr'ihers: than thlat or a year' ago and will also contain a num11 herl of attractive' adver'tisements of merch~'lants in tihe city. Laurlens Mill Wils TpelO 'Lamur'ens 31ill, in a stubb)1onlly fought game irlayed at FIlnoree Satu day, (Jefeated the lEnoree Mill 6 to 1. The' featur'e of the game was tile pitch ing of Frady anid n 'homeo -runm by Perrly Cambjbell. Theo Laurens men played air-tight balh throughout the game.