The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 12, 1922, Image 1
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..