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VOLUME XXVII- LAURENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922. Spoke In Orangeburg Last Saturday TO SUMTER NEXT MONDAV The State Campaign Party has been Through Seventeen Counties in Southwestern Portion of the State. Large Proportion of Orangeburg Audience are Women. The State, July 8. Orangeburg, July 8.-About 700 vot ers beard candidates for state offices In Orangeburg today, a large propor tion of the audience 'being women. Fol lowing the meeting today the cam paign party disbanded to meet in Sum ter July '17, next week being taken off. The. party so far has been through 17 counties in 'the southwestern por tion of the state. Cole 'l. Blease was the first-speaker this .morning. He said he had told the people when he entered the race ,that be would not Indulge in personali ties. 'wice e9ersbnalities had been dragged in, once at Allendale And again yesterday at St. Matthews. He had said he was not going -to pay any .attention 'to personalities unless they came- from a man. of character and respectability, and - if a day of reckon Ing should come, he wanted the people to understand that he did not start it. The former governor also charged that men in the employ of' the state of South Carolina were following the campaign "to work against me." Referring to the 'increasing number of men brought to the penitsentiary, M1r. -Blease said 'he would put these men' oh the chaingangs.- Some people were saying that .the crimes were be 4 Ing' committed by men he had tirned loose. 'If that were true, 'why was it that they coulol find Ibut two men with pardons 'who had committed other offeriseh, he asked. John T. Duncan followed 'Mr. Blease, and said he always paid his respects to the former governor, who was want Ing to 'wipe out the past and be the governor. of all the people when- in his two former administrations he had been only the governor of his friends. 'IHe'd now kiss and mike up and be the governor of all," the speaker said. Mr. IDuncan said that Republicans were 'putting $50,000 into the state campaign in the effort to have the Dem'ocratic par'ty bebrayed in South Qarolina. It was time, he thought, to organize a drumhead courtnartial and' hang at the crossroads of public opinion traitors to the 'party in the state; lHe said the former governor had: repudiated James M. Cox, the 4 Democmtic normoneo for ipresident in 1920, -and had 'Mtde speecbws for W. G. Harding, the %epublicati nominee.' It iMr. -Bloase w Ad pull off from the 4 Democratic p tty in South Carolina, "It would 'be s. God-send," he said, George K. Ianey gave his "war jee ord" 'boay, emphasising that during] the war period he had turned aside 'from his farm 'work and latw prac tice amd engaged .in every phase of 'war work asked by !President Iilson. Hie did everything in his power to help the American .boys overseag to bring, 'the qermans 'to their knees, and he was ipleased to say that every drive iPut onl in Chester-fild was brought to a triumphant success. "That's my *war records" he concluded. TIhe Chesterfield candidate had voted against the immigration bureau in '1904, as he did not think it wise to import foreigners into the state to Miplace South Carolinians. He had alan loted' against 'the creation of . t-14 state tax commission and the bud-' ,et commissios, and against the of Oce ~tinsuranee commissioner, but he tlio $t he was 'arolg that tilde." ( reviwed the efeorts of the.- last geieral esembly to cut the sf~te 'ievy Sby finding -hitherto uncovef'ed prop erty,- -reindning the voteys that the state levy was thizst 4.giif in two 'by this method. Thomse G, M~o6io said he was uot oiidy a .flarzme bitt was "a 4011 weeNV1 t.Emet,"aid -I'm a.jraid I'm -ut" Heo geked if 'there -Were Any of those prosPp, hiah 'brdught a '1earty,ia#6h tot14e!Audieuce, as the ottD crop hba' qst feiryears in Or'~eheba edyattha ba eed cut frqm 118.000 t~o ,dAm*Imadwtie candidate tread:M44 Mebeur that k& budene ex NECK AND NECK IN KALINY LEAGUE Anderson nod Greenwood Tie for, First, Place with Abbeville aid Laureiis Year inliud. 'Laurens and Anderson split the two game series of the Carolina League at Anderson Monday and Tuesday, while Greenwood and Abbeville did the same tling at Greenwood, leaving the four clubs !with the same relative standing as at the end of last week's playing. Following is the percentage: (Wlon. Lost Pet. Anderson .... .... ....6 6 546 Ormenwood .... .... ....6 .5 546 Abbeville . ....5 6 455 Laurens .... .... ......5 6 455 The two games at Anderson this week iwere hotly contested from begin ning to end. Mlonday's game resulted In a scort of 7 to 6 in favor of Ander son, Anderson having landed on Ow inge in the first inning of the gxame with telling effect. Owings was re lieved by Bobo in the second inning with one down and two on 'bases. Bobo closed the Inning with two strike-outs and the Electricians still on 'the bases. Thereafter until the seventh inning he held them scoreless, but had to re tire at the end of that fName because of the heat. Elton Owings took up the cudgels then and flung a very good game, but errors contributed largely to three more runs for the opposing team. Laurens scored two more in the ninth to add to 4 already secured, but railed ,to make it more. In yesterday's game DMoseley pitched the lobals to a 2 to 1 victory in ten innings. Greniwood and kWurens play on the local. lot Thursday and Friday of this week. The last games started -between these two aggregations were on July Fourth when rmin cut short both ,ontests with Laurens in the lead. The local boys are expecting to take up their knitting where they left off on the Fo'urtlh and capture the pair of 3ontests. A big crowd is expected to xccompany the 1Dmemld warriors, so 'he local tans are expected to be out In full force to support the home team. 'Batting averages of the local team ;hrough Friday's game, have been vorked out 'by the local scorer, B. A. 3u4ilvan, Jr. The average of the whole team Is 239, with Pete White mnd lIton Owings leading the sluggers who have played In moist of the games. Jreenwood's team 'has averaged 272, while twelve players of the -Anderson ;eam have averaged 366. Abbeville's ,verages are not available. The following are the averages of -he locals: Player AB R H Pet. Roward ..........32 10 9 .279 3risp ....6........28 4 6 .31'1 White........ ...23 4 7 .304 31wings, . s. ,. ....33 5 10 .303 )wings, J. .........8 0 1 .125 0ichelberger .. ...4 4 7 .206 Puller........ ..28 1 8 .286 )ox, B........., ...30 1 5 .166 3ox, F............. 4 1 2 ,500 Julbertson, Gary ...22 '2 3 .131l julbertson, Grady . .. 11 1 3 .278 Woseley .. ... .. ....10 5 6 .500 Barrett .... ........3 0 0 .000 Du'banks ............0 0 0 - Bobo.. ...... .....16 0 .1 .067 Rasor .... ........8 0 2 .260 289 88 69 .239 was largely local in charaoter. He did mot criticise the "county expenditures. le did not charge extravagance. I'n tect he doubted if there 'wlere any, but f staxes paid in Orangeburg, 78 .per sent was .expended in ' the counuty, while only 22 'per cent wont for state purposes. The county could thus re :luce the levy to almost any figure de ired, but he did not think they wished to discontinue -building roads, oripple their schools or take other backward steps. N~or would the0y favof a cut in the three -large items of tfii general tppropriation 'bill, for the public sohos, the Confederate veterans 'and the state hospital for the isitane.' He had joined 'in'all farmers' Organ~ bItions 4k attemnpt to tide over the litinnlal ordsls, and thought the oo Iperative marketing assogiation was the first step to recovery. The etate had an achaic system of tgation.' Tho'gpeople had. been .livinrg n'nder 1t since the Confederate war, sld he. iwould seek, .if elebted, to re frdrm the ts mesur'es lio wus- en. thif5o %.ds h stappft of' ttd- nwr t~as $as of the Jast genet asetably sd would work Ior. a oontinunace of tis1t*Qi* 1taaegnv* orb untl. the fll.to, Il$1 could thus be provided . EDUCATIONAL RALLY TO BE ON JULY 29 Many Are Expected to bo Present 4 When School Problems will be 14. eu-ssed. Meeflngs In Schoolhouses on August Isi. I -as for the educational rally which f is to be held here Saturday, July 29 ( are being completed and according to I the committees In charge of the ar- II rangenents for the day, every school i trustee, teacher and others interested t in the welfare of the schools of Lau- t rens county and of the state will be here on that day. The educational rally was first dis- ? cussed at a meeting called several I weeks ago by Miss Wil Lou Gray, State 'l Siupervisor of Adult 'Schools. Several I commiLttees were appointed at that 8 meeting and these have been at work r preparing .the program and making 8 other arrangements necessary for the a success of the rally. 1 On the Tuesday following the rally ' meetings will -be held in eve'y school building in the county. A corps of speakers Is .preparing themselves to T o into the school buildings through- I out the county and present there the C county's problems as they are to be presented at .tie educational rally. NAMES OF PRIZE c WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED S Uertificates will be Awarded to All 'Children who Attended Baby Con. ference. i Names of the prize winning babies t n the baby conference which was held b iere two weeks ago were announced 1 resterday by Miss Sallie Gssett, 8 ,ounty nurse, who was in charge of the 'I sonference. 0 The prize-winning bwins .in the coun .y, according to the averages compiled )y .the physicians who examined the ' ,ables at the conference, are Harriet mnd Katherine iEichelberger, the 2 1-2 nonths old twin daughters of Mr. and drs. Robert Eiohelberge, . The boys' wize went to fRalph 1K1tchins, 24' nonths old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kitchins. The prize for the best 'baby wirl was won by Mary Downey Mc- g )aniel, 10 months old daughter of MNr- b Lnd Mrs, M. U. MclDaniel, Jr. a Information concerning the averag- p of the children who were examined c nay be secured from iMiss Gossett in he LRed Cross room of the court house. s Uli children except those who 'were e )arred from the conference due to .111- p iess, age or residence twill be awarded s ,ertificates. These also may be se- t :ured from Miss Gossett. b BETTER For the Money are Secu Laurens M Ten reasons why .people sho First. The people in this rens because they get better val -'and know what they are buying quickly and well done. Second. Because when buy you pay before you see the goo article that will not retain its sh postage and time. Third. Because you have a many different styles, have perso to you, a fit guaranteed and all order house 'will do. Fourth. Because. you pay of goods here, get what yotu warl you get same-not two' dr'thrd e would be obliged to do wereyou in yonr 6%n Japens, ifisteah perity roskes waged highes and p * Sixth. Buf .t 41o6i Veed the more laborers and help wvill *out of work, consequently more ship. . yenti., Bkeause inii noij stely d d rmodei'n bitild - mindltl~ more happy homes, k4 * " If~~t~. Yluy in ILaurents ' large hoir stores and carry a gi .of goods from which to choose. Ninth Because If your deal you~ want, his experience will ( much quiecer and it, will give *would should you order same fr. Tenth. Buy i~ 'Laurenes ra1 east or to some othet- pity,'as thei stores here as will Ibe found In n .of your trip will pay for yourjl wear inst as well. SAYS MAYOR DIAL Oflicers Equipped witik Stop Watches and Told to Stop Reckless Driviig. That the speed law in the city will c (iaforced aid that heavy 1in1c;; will ollow the conviction of anyone charg d with violation of the law was the ubstance of remarks made by .\ayor )ial last Saturday after two prom!, Lent men In the city were found gull y and flned $5.00 each for violation of he speed ordinace. Police officers are now equipped .ith stop watches and orders from the layor are that .they arrest anyone go rig at over the prescribed speed limit. 'he defense that the speed law is vio )ted daily by automobile drivers is not ufficient to excuse those who are ar ested and found guilty, Mayor Dial aid. Regard for .the law and for the afety of citizens is paramount and o discrimination to anyone will be hown by the police officers. Another case to be tried Saturday ri the police court which was as athetic as it was serious, was that of . . Hamilton charged with disorder onduct. Mr. Hamilton is said to be 4 years old and a veteran of the Civil rar. Evidence introduced in the case galust the old man showed that he red several shots from a pistol into a ro'wd of young men around Holmes pring. The -aged veteran said that e did not recall shooting into the rowd. In response -to a question as ) whether or not he knew that it was i violation of the law to carry a pis >l, lie said that he did not know what e was doing. Since being Injured In 1e Civil War, Hamilton said that he >metimes "gets off his mind". Mayor Pial .held the case over for county fficials to examine. Mr. Hamilton has een living at the Laurens Cotton [ill village and working in the mill t intervals. AIL BUILDING PROGRESSES WRAPIDLY oundations are Laid. -Sixty Foot Tower 1 Built to Pour Concrete. Work on the now jail is rapidly pro ressing, all the foUndations having een laid. Molds for the concrete twalls re now being made and it is ex Deted that within a week pouring of >ncrete will begin. A sixty toot tower has been erected ) that the work of tpouring the con rete -and gravel mixture will be ex edited. Al-though there have been )me delays in the erection of the jail, is exipected that the new building will D finAshed according to the schedule. /ALUES red by Buying From erchants uld buy in Laurens: .erritory should buy in Iau ue for their money, and see with fitting and alterations ing frmn a mail order house, 18, often getting an inferior ape and color, thereby losing nl opportunity to select from nal choice of color best suited erationsi f-ree, which no mail less money for same quality 'wheri you want it, pdiy when veeks 'before you get it as you to send awvay. ~iretilation diakes good times f soin~heelse, and pross roperty valties moire valuable, se the more'aales ai'e made >e ifequiad, arnd fewdi- people happy and contented ceitiz~n *aureps *wll . caesitaite r il e pride, moru r9ta and'brin~ 16 help tl1ie rhdei~ointito en eater assortment and variety er does not have exactly what nable him tb get it for you* better satisfaction than it >mi mail order house. eher than spend money going 'emi as it-p~o-date and as good ieh larger cities, and the price arment and it will lnnoe and TROLLEY PRPJECT FINALLY CLOSED Carolina tap1d4 T'rainsit Coim p n), 'ro, posed at Fed years Ago, at Thing of the Past. The Carolina Rapid Transit Con Iany, a trolley line surveyed ju0st prio to the iWorld War in whi'ch Laturens, Clinton, Cross Anchor, 'Woodruff, Spar tanburg and other places were inter ested, i1 a thing of the past and funds left over 'when the project was aban doned have -been divided among towns subscribing to the ;promotion fund, ac cording to a letter sent out to thc press by J. F. Jacobs, chairman of the finance committee, as follows: "Just prior to the outbreak of the Jgreat 4war ifn Europe subscriptions were made by various communities in Union, Spartanburg and Laurens coun ties for the survey of what was called the Carolina Rapid Transit Company, the plan having in view the construc tion of an electric rail-oad connecting up the cities of SparfAnburg, Union, Laurens and Clinton. The survey was made very thoroughly, in most sec tions over two, and in some cases over three routes. "A commercial survey was also made, 'with a view to discovering about what the prospect of success would 'be for such a line. "At the time of the completion of the survey it aippeared practicable to 'build the Inc and operate it without loss, and with the .possibility of a small not return to stockholders, Very shortly after the su-rvey was completed and before any steps could be made to wards financing the road, conditions changed -by reason of the outbreak of the war in Europe, so that it became impossible to construct such a road, and to operate it without having it go into bank-ruptcy. It would never have been 'Possible to finance it owing to the changed conditions 'whereby steel rails, copper, cross ties, laibor, electric motors, ,and general equip eoent went to -two and three. iprices. Since that time there has never been a time when the electric traction busi ness has been profitable. Many roads have gone out of existence, and bank ruptcies have been the rule. The de velopment of the motor car business and the Improvement of the highways has made it apparent that the con struction of such an electric road would -be nothing short of folly under present conditions, and these condi tions are likely to become still more adverse rather than more favorable to inter-urban traction lines. Under these conditions, a cash bal ance of something over $400.00 re maining in the treasury, the finance committee was called together on July 6th to make disposition of the cash balance. This balance amounted to something over $300.00 at the time of the -finishing of the survey, but by accumulation of Interest amounts now to fractionally over $400.00. The fin ance committee decided to divide this betaveen public 'bodies in Clinton and in Laurens, on the ground that the full subscriptions from those towns having been ipaid in, and only about 76 per cent of the subscriptions of Spartanburg and less than 50 per cent of the subscriptions of Union county having 'been paid in, it swas proper to return the surplus to the county which had overpaid in 'ratio to the other two counties. ~Hence the fund dis being di vided equally between the Library As sociation in ILaurenb and 'the Civic Association in Clinton, the finance committee members voting unanimous ly 'in iavor of this decision. The material of the survey is 'boxed up and remains In the vault of Jacobs & Company, Clinton,. S. C., subject to the call of 'the :people of the three "counties whenever the material may be used to advantage, It is quite pos sible that in 'the future this stirvey, whip~h cost nearly $410,000, will 'be of service to tihe highway departmnents of the three counties, even if it never 'be conies of value from the standpdiint of cotistruction of a railroad. ' This statement is 'made to 'the pub l'ic in order that the final distribution of the funds may be known to those who wore interested in the subscrip tions to the survey. T1he return of .this money 'to the actual subscribers nwres impossible as the committee have nio records on which 'to base the distribu tion, (1sined) " J, PV. JACOSS, . Chaairman jinanice Com., "Board of Corperators, COarolina Qbanid Tiranit 00." LIf AND PROPERTY WILL BE PROT[TD[ Government Takes Stand On Railway Strike NATIONAL GUARD PROTTCT PROPERTY After a Conference with Acting Gov ernor of Illinois, Attorney Generi Announices that Government Wilt Take Steps to Protect Life and Pro perty. Chicago, July 10.-4With increasing numbers of state troops and emergency forces of United States deputy mar shals on guard wherever outbreaks have been threatened, the government today announced that life and proper ty would be protected, the mail con tinued -and interstate commerce not interrupted despite the strike of rail 'way shopmen. After a conference with President Harding, Attorney General Daugherty said that the government would make certain that law and order were pre served through the appointment of deputy marshals. The attorney general's announce ment came shortly after Lieut. Gov Fred E. Sterling, acting head of the state of 'Illinois, had ordered five companies of National Guardsmen to Bloomington to protect the shops of the Chicago & Alton railroad. The ordering out of the state troops fol lowed appeals from the local au thorities, who declared that civil au thorities had collapsed and that the soldiers were needed to protect life and property. They were greeted on their arrival at Bloomington with jeers and ribald comment. In Clinton, Ill., w'hore the Illinois Central shops have been under guard of state troops since Saturday night, 'when an outbreak was threatened fol lowing a fatal shooting affray, the day passed in comparative quiet, al though several shots were fired 'by sen tries at a group of men who were be lieved to have ben advancing to attack the shops. The attackers fled, none of them 'being injured, At Aurora, Ill., where an emergency force of deputy marshals has been on guard since the Burlington obtained a temporary in junction against violence on Saturday, several hundred strikers and strike sympathizers held a silent parade about the shops. All of -the Aurora police force and many railroad guards watched the demonstration, which was orderly. Aside from a few clashes, the can cellation of some ipassenger trains on the shorter runs and the reopening of sholps in various sections of the country, there were few developments in the day. iRailway executives had expected some demonstrations to furnish the turning point of the strike, 'because of the ultimatum of .many roads that all strikers who did not return to work 'today would for feit their senIority rights. I~ittle disorder was reported as the result of the efforts of the roads to reopen 'their shops. At 'Hoxie, Ark.. 50 non-union workers sent there were chased out of town and forced to en tra-in for 'Popular Bluff, Mo. Trhe "Katy" shops in ~Parsons, Kan., the scene of rioting earlier 'in the strike, reopened under the protection of 300 iNational Guardsmen with 160 non union men on duty. At -Sacramento, Calif., operations 'were resumed at thre local Southern Pacific and Western (Pacific shops with no signs of. disturhanc. Soutihern Pacific officials announced that about 1,500 men were at work but union leaders said that 1,800 workers were on strike. At the headquarters of the Erie railroad in Chioago, where a la bor bureau was establlshed'after the strike 'was called, the following sign was 'posted at neon: "No more wanted, quota full.'' Mt's. Wiley Smith. Mfrs. Wiley Sinith, nyhiose .sudden death early Sunday morning .Was a source of grief 'to her many. friends 'threughout tihe county, was 'burled. Mohiday afternoon after servihes were held in the Union church 'by the iten Coleman, itiw. Smith was 75 years old and a life long membr? of the Unton chuteh, She was mgrade~d more than 659sd Ohe s suviyb by hUiSband, two json sud v dau her . I..