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VOLUME XXXVIII. LAURENS, SO.UTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAy, AUGUST 23, 1922.0IMRRE SIA [ CANDIDATES SPOKE WEDMSDAY Large Crowd Hears Candi dates Speak. MANY WOMEN ATTEND MEETING t Meeting ias Scheduled to be Held in the Court House but on Account of Large Crowd hInd to be Held on the Lawn In Front of Graded S-hool 9 Building. Crawd was Orderly. 19 Candidates 1or state offices were t heard in Laurens last Wednesday by o a crowd estimated at ibetween 1,000 t and 1,500, a large proportion of which t was composed of 'women. On account d of lack of icjace in the court house the c ineeting was adjourned to the graded a school grounds after candidates for ic comptroller general had spoken. The b meeting rwas presided over by C. A. c iPower, county chairman, and the e crowd ,as orderly throughout the (lay, I John T. Duncan, candidate for gover. e nor, being the only speaker to come a in for intcrraption. le was heckled c several times iby a few men standing I near the 'box on which the candidates 1 spoke, but lIe handled the hecklers I good naturedly, amusing tile crowds 1 'with his repartee. J. E. Swearingen, offering for re-election as superin- IT .tendent of education, was the recipi- t ent of a handsome bouquet of flowers. T. 'Hagood Gooding, candidate for a comptroller general, was the first h speaker of the day. The speech of 01r. Gooding and that of- Walter T. A tDuncan, his onponent 'who followed a Iiim, was taken up largely with the N charges brought against Mr.- Gooding r by Mr. Duincan that -the former had 5 been forced to give up his office as auditor of Hampton county on' ac- t count of inefficiency In office. Mr. C Gooding clalined that jie had baen r ousted as a result of political activi- 0 .ties by &nator Lightsey, who was a I ;political eaemy of his and that he en- a tered the race for comptroller general '%v to v.indicate himself. In reply Mr. f iDuncan asked why he had not entered e tile race for state senator against 'Mr. f Lig'htsey instead of running for a. state -1) office. C *B. Harris, candidate for re-election b as agricultural commissioner, review- & ed his record In office and said that lie a had been diligen't in Ills efforts to aid S -the farming people of South Carolina. [ Geo. W. Wightman, -his opponent, made I a scathing denunciation of 'Mr. Harris a for his remarks the day :before at ' Greenwood when. he had referred to t tMr. 'Wightman as a "picture ;peddler". a Mr. Wightman charged extravagance I In the office, saying that agents in the employ of Mr, Harris had paid $4..!( V .per day for rooms in hotels while "I a get good rooms at $3.50." He said that t "Jack" Sniith, agent for 'Mr. Harris, a had charged up $3.00''per day as hotel r bili while living at home and that Mr. r HIarris had 0' K.'d the 'bill. "t Candidates for Governor t 'fihomaq '0. MeLeod 'was the first of t the candidates for governor 'to address 4E the audience and in his opening re- 5 marks asked that extreme care be used (1 In the selection of men and women to e reresent the county in the general c assembly. 'le reminded the audience -t that the men who will r'epresent the varilous counties in the .house of rep- I rlesentatives and the senate wvill have 'I in charge .the making and repealing of .f laws 'whlich 'will- affect every citizerf of fi the state, Mr. OfcLeod told of his advocu'cy -of a economical administration of every do- 't -par'tment of state government, and 11 lpromised if elected to bring to :play a auch measures of economy as will re- s suIt in a saving where .there is' extrav.- t aganc'e, sprevent overlapping of depart-. ments, and coordinate agencies'of gov ernment. He pleaded for tax reform, t udoyal support of state institutions and '1 promised an effectual enforcement of J the'laws of the -state. Meceod .was followed by Blease, who c spoke in no uncertain terms of the ox 'travagance and lawlessness )f the ad-- I min-istrations, both of Manning and t Cooper. Ref erring,. to 'the volume of 'I unriaid taxes, the -former governor said 1 the' penalties and costs Incident to z forced collections or 'delinquencies i *ti~s, year 'will amount to almost as 'I snuch as it cost to operateg the state e %government when he left the offiee of governor. Govei'no Ilairvey, he said, :how, had about hlalf a dozen sheriffs na~d a dozen constables looking up men 'aroled by Governor 'Manning and lovernor Cooper. Those sheriffs and onstables were not looking for men aroled by Blease, for the men paroled 'y him had been making good citizens. Ie did not "blame Bob Cooper for eaving the state. If I had a record Ike him I'd .leave, too." 'lihe speaker made his cuskomary at-I ack on the state tax commission, the oard of public welfare and the bud ;et commission, to which he had added he farm demonstration agents and he home demonstration women. J. J. Cantey gave a. scathing ar aignment of Bleaseism, which he said 'as a ,tenporary revolt against civil ration. All the talk 'by the former overnor about taxes -was cheap dema oguery. The former governor .'would ake you back to the Indian, who lived n mushrooms and rned meat, -back to he days of the baboon, who 'paid no axes." The Clarendon county candi a-te said the time had passed when an ligarchy could ,write ont the ticket, nd hand it to tile voters as a menu ard is pissed. This was supplanted y a more damnable system -when the ligarohy was overthrown and a gov rnment set up for the friends of the ian in power. He asked that the vot rs be not stampeded into voting for stale politician just to beat some oth r staile politician. "Vote for South I 4arolina," he pleaded' and he knew z that case he would be elected, for e was "the only man in the race who ad the nerve to attack Blease." iWilliam Coleman declared that he ad-.brought more tangible .wealth in : the state than any other candidate. I We 'have be'en divided by factionalism I rhile the rest of the world picks us," e said. "The South should stand nRited. I ;believe In cooperative mar oting. I believe the )eoplIe should be llowed to manage their .own affairs 1 rithout so many -bureaus. I am for eduction of salaries, good roads, good chools." George K. Laney made the assertion 4at he would 'welcome a comparison f his record in the interests of the iasses of the people with that of h-is pponents in race for governor. le told the farmers, and the fathers I nd mothers in the audience, that they I rould have to trample over. his record I "r the past twenty years in the gen- I ral assembly where he had fought I 3r the interests of the agricultural eople of the state, and to put an edu ation within the reach of every White < oy and girl In South Carolina. -Ie 1 aid that he had no Iisptusition to shirk I ny work of 'his and claimed respon- i ibility for some of the large a'pPro- ( riations which had been discussed. < le told of his fight to aid the farmers I nd particularly of his connection I rith the fertilizer and state warehouse i ills. He reviewed the expenditure ofi1 tate funds, with reference to the com ion schools. 'John T. 'Duncan was also out for Ie scalp of -the -former governor, and 1 n occasional thrust In repartee swept I [le crowd Into -rollicking good humor. I Ir. Duncan said Mr. Blease was pa- I ading over the ",state as the poor i ian's friend, and yet twould destroy Lie ,tax commission, "a body createa help you poor -fellows by making 1 be big interests .bear their just 'pro ortion of taxes." This brought some bouts for the forimer' governor. Mr. lfuncan then saId IMr. fBlease's follow rs .wore riding in fromt the adjoining ounties and leaving ,the meetfng .with 'l bie former governor, who alwaysa beats it" .when 'he has spoken, to make< alppear that the crowd is for DBease. 'his brought another spurt of shouts c'om a half dozen Blep supporters.1 V'hen one of those persisted In his i houting and .talking back at the peaker mMr. 'Duncan said: "If I had hat divy 'bone, I could slay more 'lhilistines thlan Samson did." This ilenced the would-be ,hecklers and the peaker concluded without further in Drruptionl. Lieutenant Oovprnor The letter, said .to' h e been writ en by James .11. H'ammor~nd of Colum 'ia in ,behalf of tl'e can~Udacy 'of E'. B. ackson for lieutenant Egovernor, fig red in the speeches by this group of andidates. LMr, Jackson said no man or set 6f zen had brought 'him into the race hat he might render 'particular serv ce to any one Insbitution. 'Men and iomen of his (homo 'town and from many'other sections of the state had aduced him to offer beoatse ,they .be leved lhe was qlualified .for the place ,ad had a knowledge of coiididtions rhich would .enable .hinm to 'be of ser ice to the state. -(Continued on ?agr Four) COUNTY AiMPAIoN CLOSED YESTERDAY [Innidall tes have not Varied 31uch froik Spw('ehes MaI11de tit the First Meetings 111d RepIOrted Laist Week. After two weeks of oratory and hand-shakiijg, the county campaign ::ame to a formal cIose last night -with Lhe meeting at 'Watts '1111ls. The largest meeting of the campaign was held in the court house in Lau rens yesterday, the court room being Rilled to capacity throughout the day. Among the listeners to the candidates was a large number of women, pos iibly half of the crowd being f'eminine listeners. The speeohes of the candidates have :ot varied materially from those made luring the first days of the camlpaign ind reported at length in The Adver .iser last 'week. 'Messrs, Browning, ]ray, 'Huff and Nance have continued ,heir advocacy of the rural ipolice sys tem, Mr. J. C. McDaniel being the only egislative candidate to come out inl aippositioiQ Susperv-isor iWatts, 'run iing for re-election, told his hearers (esterday that 'had the legislature ap )ropriated a sum as large as $150,000 or roads he would not even then have lad suflicient fu nds to put the roads in Jhe shape that the people would like :o have them. The race for superintendent of edu ,ation is attracting more interest robalbly than any other county race. rhe two women, Mrs. Owens and Miss Wofford, aad the two men, Messrs. Fohnson and Sullivan, have been niak ng stirring appeals for education, ,heir oratorical efforts, according to 'eports, having caused a considerable hangc in the complexion of this race. Predictions as to this race probably rary more than on any other county -ace. EIJECTED BANK CASHIER ff. S. Power, Deputy Clerk of Court, Elected Cashier of the Farmers Na- I tional BauL At a meeting of directors of the I Pariers National Bank, held in the'4 )ank offices Monday morning, W. S. ower was elected cashier to succeed ,lyde T. Franks, recently resigned. i dr. Power will very probably take u;p < is duties about September Ist. t Mr. Power is a brother of C. A. Pow tr, clerk of court, and has been the I lerk's assistant in -the office since he va-s first elected. 'He is originally rom the upper part of the county. By t pleasing personality and attention to luty he has made friends all over the :punty who will be sorry to miss him n the clerk's office, but who will be t ,lad to learn that the change means f L considerable financial advantage to i irm. Flue Velvet Beaus To prove what can be done with vel ret beans in corn Mr. H. H. 'Pinson >roug.ht three stalks' of green corn to I he Enterpriso Bank Monday on which here was a rank growth of 90 day relvet 'bean vines. QMr. Pinson sa.id hat he hyl~ a fine crop of- beans in I mome of his corn and that -he exepected o continue to 'plaint it hereafter for itock feed as well asi for the soil in roving qualities. Fairview Stock Show Announcement has beeni made from Pountain Inn that the annual FaIr riew Stock Show will be held this year n :Septensber 29th. Confeder'ate sol liers, their wives and Confederate vidows <wul 'be given tree seats on the Irand stand. The directoys - ho'pe to nake the stock show this year' the best n its history. ~1 ELECTION RE/rURhS$ * As lias been the custom' in the * past The Advertiser will reeive * and" post electilon returns' next * Tuesday night, '* We. will depend upon our frlends * over tile counity to send Ii0turns * I from their boxes. Plans f~r these * I returns have been practically corn- * pleted. * State returns, as in the past, will * be Secured under a joint arrange- * I meat between The 'Advertiser and * I The Herald. * Tihe public is invited to view the * I retulrns as they are placed on the * 4 bulletin board across the street * from The Advertiser office. * Only those aetually assisting in * 1 compiling returns are expected in * 1 the offlee, as space for this labori- * ous work Is limited. * 4 * * *1 FLORIDA SQUALLS FOIICE PLANE DOWIN Frouleii' Encojunllte ieredi inl Tr'ly Through Air from Charleston to West Palm lleacih. 'West Palt Beach, Aug. 20.-The ilant seaplane Sainiiio Carreiga, uLcut. Walter 1'linton commanding, flying from New York to Brazil, encountered ieavy squalls on her trip down the oast from Charleston, S. C., today nd tonight is anchored in Lake -Worth, >ff Pahn Beach. a 1) The -plane was forced by storms to nake landings at Titus -le and Rock edge in the Indian rilver during the ti lay. In the face of fait ther threat- 0 ming weather, Lieutenant Hinton said f, ie deelded to spend the night In this r larbor. "'We left Charleston, G. C., at 7:24 a his 'morning and had smooth sailing p Intil we struck northern Florida," b Aeutenant. 'Hinton said. Off Titus- tv rille, Fla., which was reached at 11:50 w t. .1., the weather became so threat- it ming, he said, that a landing there t< %as forced. Oil was taken on at s: litusville and when opposite Rock- b) edge, Fla., which was reached at 3:50 o his afternoon, the commander de arcd,- squalls forced him to again a !Oie down. During .the stop, which n asted for an hour or more, the lieu- s enant said his crew slept. Nearing w his port the weather continued so c .hreatening it was decided to land ti iere for the nigh-t. A. start from this .p Iort will be made early tomorrow tu norning, and according to 1Lieutenant linton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, is ex- c >ected to be the stop-over for Monday ii tight. e ''ORMEt WIDOWS OF CIVIL WAR VETS F ecretary of Interior 'Renders Inter esting Opiaon Upon Their Status. Wash.ington, Aug. 19.-IThe secre ary of the interior has Just rendered . very interesting opinion relating to orier .widows of ve'terans of 'the ly!l war. -Il Under Ve act of W.\iay 1, 1920, such widow. must show that all subsequent tj narriages have -been dissolved and, in ti ase of divorce, that the same was ob- d ained 'without default on her part. 1he records of the courts of the va- d lous states,;both tinder the act of 1920, i .nd -prior legislation, have been ac epted 'by the bureau of pensions as onclusive where the husband obtain d the divorce from the wife, as show- ( ng fault on the 'part of the wife. The secretary now rules, however, t hat -where the husband moved into ome other state than that where the rife resided and obtained service by d i>blication, and there is nothing in t< he record to show actual service on he wife, the wife would be entitled to b nake a showing that she was not at ault and that such showing could be k nade in the pension bureau itself. U The case in .w;hich the decision was endered is that of Mary M., as form r 'widow of 'William Keaton, who died n '1879. Several . years after ward the ridow' .married a. man named Irvin' t a Missouri, Irvin subsequently moved o Oklahoma, and in 1903 obtained a livorce without knowledge on the part >f his wife. linder' the former practice, the I vidow would 1)e denied the pension be ause the husband obtained the t' 'oce 'Under tile prJesent ruling, the vidow will be entitled to make a show ng, as a matter of fact, that she was iot at fault. Another interesting opinion of theg ecretary is in the reversal of a do- c :usion of the 'bureau of pensions and 1e permission of a pension to Clai iorne Beaty, of Captain David Beaty'st ndependent company of scouts. Captain David 'Beaty organized his cottts In 1862, and .the com'pany r'en bered service under the command of he army of Tennessee through the r 3ivil War. The troops, however, woree tover mustered into the regular iili- a ary service of the United States, and e onsequently the scouts had no status e mnder the pension laws, a Tn 1870 however, an act was tassed for the relief of Deaty's scouts, i, ~iving thonm the same status as other' y oldiers. The 'pension bureau, never- y heless, held for many years that this lid not permit of pensions to the cots, except as to prior legislation. becretar'y. Fall has now dlecided that C indor the languago of that act the ni ienefits of the 'pension laws, whether p assed *prior to that time or since, o ome 'within the purviow of that act s Lnd that the scouts are entitled to re- *a let thereunder. **, .a urned Part of Plant to be lebull at Onee. Operations to be Held up but Short Time. The main iilding of the Laurei lass Works,,which was severely dam geod by fire early last Wednesday torning, is to be rebuilt at once. ac rrding to a tatement from ollciah r the company made shortly after the re. The material for the work has lready Jbeen ordered and work of rot Uilding will commence as soon as the taterial Is laid on the ground. The fire, whic)h was diacovered .by ic night-watchman, shortly after 3:3 'clock .in the morning, 'burned the 'ame work of the main building sc ijpidly that in a very short tile th, atire north end of the building was imost 41f ruins. The local fire do artment was given assistance by the lowers with the equipment of the ink, but. the best that could be done as to prevent the blaze from spread ig to other buildings of the plant and the Laurens Crate' and Box Works tuated nearby. The large stock of )ttles in the warehouse escaped with it damage. The plant was to hianve shut down iyway Saturday for the annual Lontli's repair period. For this rca )m, the employees will not. be out of ork as long as if the fire had oc irred earlier In the year. It I; lought that' rebuildi ng will he com leted a very short time after tile reg Lar opening date. On account of the uncertainty of the )st of repairing the glass furnace, it as bee difficult to estimate tile loss tused by the fIre, but it will run well p into the thousands. The building as fully covered -by insurance. IVE CANDIDATJES AFFIR31 LOYALTY lease Alone Silent as to Vote for Cox. All Candidates for Governor Answer Question on Confederate Pensions. 'Walhalla, Aug. 21.-Candidates for >ve'491r at the state- campaign meet Ig here today were given the oppor inity to declare their allegiance to to Democratic party iwhen tile ques nn, "Ii the general election of 1920 d you vote for Cox for -president id the Domocratic ticket?" was ad ressed by J. I. Brown, county chair an, to each of the candidates. All, with tile exception of Cole L. lease, hastened to declare their alty to the party and to leave no >ubt in the minds of the voters as the soundness of their faith in -the nets of the party. Mr. Brown first ad the question to the audience and ken showed the question to tie can [dates as they arrived at the audi >rium. Whether this question was shown y the chairman to Mr. Blease the arresppondent can not of his own nowledge say. His information Is tat It .was. Anotlie question, "If elected gover or, twill you use your influence to antinue in force the pension act of )2l with an appropriation of not less ian 600,000?" was also put to the indidates for governor, and an af rmative reply was given by all, 'lease includled. Mr. Cantey said his Lther, a Confederate veteran, was still ving and that any advocacy on his art for more money for pensions iight be construed as improper 'but e thought the sentiment of the peo Ie was favoraible for this. John T., Duncan was the first of the ubernatorial candidates to be0 heard, .s to tile question as to his vote for ox and the Democratic ticket lie said, am a Democrat, a iWoodrow Wilson 'emocrat and voted the 'Democratic cket two years ago." J. M. Wlggins Out Mi'. J. M. Wiggins, who was severe injured seve~ral weeks ago near Ma lon, 'N. C., 'when -his automobile be sae unmianageable through defective teering apparatus and wvas hurtled ver' a steep embankment, was well nough to come out on the streets for few hours last week. Although still itffer'ing copisiderable p~ain from is djuries, he is able to get about and opes to be entirely well in a few eceks. At Old Filds Presbyterian Chlurch E'vangelistic services willl be held( at Id Fields Presbyterian church, Or'a, ext tweek, with the Rev. C. T, Squires, astor of thle i'rst Presbyterian church f Lfaurens, as .the 'preacher. Thle first Irvices wvill be next Sabbath at 11. A [. and 8 P. M. and 'will continue prlob bly through Thursday evening, 1SOUltIR IRAINS HEL BY SIRIKRS Raliwa) men Refuse to Work Under Military RY. E'MPLOYEES HOLD CONFERENCE ITrainmen, SwiteIInn and Clerks Agree Not, to Tatke Trains Ot of Spencer While Military Conlmny uuards Iallroad Property. Main Line Tied UP. Spencer, N. C., Aug. 21.--All train men, siwitchmliien and Cleriks of the Southern railway here last night held a meeting and agreed not to take an other train out of thi- terminal until 9:30 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, when decision will be reached as to whether the walkout is to be perman ent or not, according to announce.. ment made by brotherhood ofilcials about midnight, following adjouirnment of the meeting. The action was tak en, it was explained. because of the presence of troops on guard duty here. All trails arriving after midnight are t.ied uIp here, and will be, according to present indications, until 9:30 o'clock, including m1lanuy main line trains runining between vWashington and Atlanta and those on a number of other lines', including that to Ashe ville. Clerks in the yard office 'luit at a late hour last night and returned to their homes, leaving only a girl tele phone'operator on duty. 'When aksed as to why they had quit the only an swer that was forthcoming from them was that they were afraid of the sol diers stationed at the yard office. The [telephone oo.erator stated last night that she would also quit her post un less she had some one there with her. At a late hour last nJght a. large crowd of people had congregated in front of the main entrance to .the shops. All were orderly, their sole purpose in being there, It was said, was to see just twhat move was to be made next. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 21.-It 'was learned here early this morning that all railroad brotherhoods met last night in Spencer and agreed not to enter the Southern's Property as long as the soldiers remain on guard duty on the road's property. A number of trains are said to be tied up there tonight. 'Spencer members of the "Big Four" brotherhoods, yard workers, and clerks in a meeting last night refused to handle trains so long as troops re mained on Southern railway property, according to statements made early this morning by Southern officials in Greensboro. The decision involves all classes of trains, including those handling Unit ed States mail. 'Number 38 reached Greensboro at '12:25 this morning not -quito two hours late, hut at that hour No. 138 was still standing in the yards in. Spencer. Offici1als announced shortly after that hour that a force to thandle It was being arranged and that it would come through, though they were not certain when it could clear Spencer. For No. 30 they were still trying to make arrangements at 1 o'clock, .but without success. Fror all trains sched uled( to conme through Spencer at later hours they were also trying to make plans. Acting on the news from oSpencer, officials in Greensiboro held here about midnight two freight trains from the north headed for points south of Spen cer. They said it was no use to let themn go through to Spencer as -they wvould .be hlcd up there. According ly, the freights were parked in the yards until sonme disiposition could be made and the engines were prepared to turn around and head north witih other .trains. The plans at 1 olock called for three other freights from the north to be held in Gireensboro also, 'Helpes of getting trains from the 'South through Spencer rested( mainly on the belief that at least some them hers of Big Four brothierhoods and other raIlroad w"orkers would ot join in the refusal of the others to dioe the trains. Mr. GJary C, Elelielberger returned to his home in lCharlotte yesterdny af ter spending ,several dlays in the city with relatives,