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Mosquito's Strcng Wing Muscles. .II In rOPOrtlon to size, it nuosqlito' Wil g nuscles are equal in strength v an eagle's. A mosquito can fly 50 mile without a .halt, and with. a helpui svind three times that distance. NOicTAE OF NSCHOOL OPENING To Pattons of Ltaurens City Schoolm The 1922-23 session of the Laurei City Schools will legin on 'Mon la Sciptember II at 9 A. MJ. .I New puipils, will be enrolled on Sei tember 4i h, F-th and i6th. FExamin1 tionis for con(litionIed lumpils will b) held on September 7th and 8th. I with .1 f.!! fttentlon to .ome n Illations rcqunired by law as follows: Compulosry Atte(dnIIIce4-liVery pat ent, guar(dian, or other person havin ei.arge of any child between eight anl fourteenl years of age inclusive, muc send such child to a public, private 0 l-arochial school, or to a Competent ti tor, u'ject to aiPproval of the Count Supriliteldelt of IFduicationi, for fou const.cutIve months, or eighty consecu tive .chool days, during the scholasti year that the school attended is in ses sion. The period of compulsory attend ance for the Laurens City Schools, a fixed by the Board of Trustees, is fo the first four school months, beginnini September 11, 1922. ..Aire of Afenalince-It shall not b lawful for any person who Is less tha1 six nor more than twenty-one years o age to attend any of the free pubi schools of this 'stale. Vacclinatloin-Any board of educa tion, school trustees, or any other bod; having control of any of the sehoolb may prohlibit the entrance into or at tenlance at any school of all unvac :inated pers('ons who have not -had thI smallpox. Parenitls are urged to have their chl drenl vaccinia ted before the 1opeling o school in 0! d r that sore arms may no interfere with IheIr school work. 1-. W. GASQUP, Superintendent FARM We Have Unlimi for T 5, 7 or Interest Pay Inspection of property and c be made within a few days STATE & CITY B Foi OLD DOMINII Richm SEE OUR LOCAL Blackwell, Sul Attorne Laure: 00 A Genuine S] Cord-30 xd The earn matera,<coi today anu . yok sni e Iletow WOODROW W'LSON DENIES A GROUNDLESS CHARGE Dld Not Hand Out 85 Percent of Of * flees to Catholics. Dallas, Aug. 24.-A message from former President Woodrow' 'Wilson ldenying charges that he "handed out to Cpthollcs 85 percent of the offices Biwhile he was -president' has been re ' ceoivedl hero by 'R. C. 'Merritt, local attorney. The charge was made by - ictheRev. A. C. Parker, admitted cyclops of the local Lu Klux Klan, in a po litical speecl TI'uesday night. "You don't know that the great un - suspecting -Woodrow Wilson . handed out to Cathollcs 85 percent of the of -f1lce while he .was president, do you?" t . l'P 1arker saild. - Shortly after Mr. Parker's speech V aIr. L\Iarritt wired the former president asking if the statement was true'. The text of ir. Wilson's reply fol - lows: - "Of course the statement is grossly n false. I thought It inconsistent -with the principles of our government to conIsider the church connections of 11any one l)l)ointed to office." It was signed "Woodrow Wilson." Sulphur Peculiarity. Yellow -sulpliur mielts on heating, but if the heatim is continled and the temlperature increased the upiten mnass harden's1 an1d becomles solid, melts ag la 1114 Is fiially c ionverted into a gas. This pecillnr behavior of sulphur - Is of the greatest signifieanee from an f industrial amid teelhleal standpoInt. t It has miade it possiil to mine it un der the aluost uniusitil circumista c ties, i feat w hNh01 would, iundler other condli tionis, have beeni I mll 5hpossle. LOANS! ted Funds to Loan erms of 10 Years able Annually lefinite commitment to loan can after application is submitted. ANK & TRUST CO. merly )N TRUST CO. ond, Va. REPRESENTATIVE livan & Wilson ys at Law na, S.,C. Silvertown~ CORD TIRE MEZST IN THE LONG Rut [LVERTOWN N for $13.50 stepctioni and workmsshipi VIGOROUS IMIATES ONIJONUS MEASURE Arguments for and Against Made. Big Business is Attacked. Washington, Aug. 28.-Senate debate today on the soldiers' -bonus bill con tered largely on the land reclamation amendment offered by Senator '.\c Nary, republican, Oregon, but neither that nor any of the other amendments offered came to a vote. The unanimous consent agreement limited discussion on amendments to"20 minutes to each senator will become nperative tomor row and leaders were hopeful that a final vote on the -bill itself could be had before adjournment. In the discussion today Senators 'Wadsworth, of New York and Sterl ing, of South Dakota, republicans, voiced their opposition to the bonus, although Senator Sterling supported the reclamation project. Senators 'Nicholson, republican, dolorado, and 1Hei in, democrat, Alabama, supported the 'bill, the former also urging in favor of the IMcNary amendment. 'Senator 'Nicholson attacked big bus iness men opposing the bonus, Men tioning particularly the United States Steel corporation and the Standard Oil company. lie charged that the latter company prolited through "uncon scionable" prices charged during the war and declared that it iII became Judge E. H. Gary, (:hairman of the board of tile steel corporation, to op 1ose adjusted compensation for the veterans wlen his company had made "great CGroflts" during tile war. "Selator WVadsworth was particu larly vigorous in his attack on the mllsure. lie declared that the bonus could be fillanced only through taxes now or later and that tile American peol e ha(d re'ached a limit in the bum deln they could bear. Also lie argued that the veteran; themselves, their -wives and their children wouild have to work hut the harder in tihe years to come to 'ay back the money3 the form er soldiers received, which, lie Conm tended- would be insifielent to afYord anry lasting belefits. In presenting his reclamation amendment, Senator McNary told the senate that it afforded all opportulity for congress to do "a great tlhing in empire building" by reclaiming arid lands in the west and swamp and cut over lands in the south aid east. :ie arguedoalso that it would give oppor tunity to veterans desiring to get back to the land, to acquire homesteads with government aid aqd operate to maintain a much needed 'balance be tween the rural and urban population. The declamation plan received the suppoit also of several senators from the west and south and was unoppos ed in the debate. Senators Ransdell, Coulsiana and -Fletcher, Florida, demo crats, pictured the beneflts that -would accrue in their states. GOVEtNORL [ARD'WICK OF GA. HEAR1S APPEAL FOR DuPRE Young Man11 Who lias IBeeni Sentenced to Hang. September Ist for Murder of Polle Detective Walker in Atlant. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24.-Gover'nor 'H[ardwick today took under' advlse mnent an apmpeal for conmnutation of thle death sentence of Frank DuPre, convicted of the murder on1 December 14, last, of Irby C. 'Walker; pr1ivate dletectivYe. The gov'ernior annlounced thlat he desired to go over tile entire court records of tihe case and that pr'obawbiy two or three days would be requilired beCfore he could make a de ci sion. The ulen for clemency was signed by 150,000 persons, it was stated, an~d was pr1esenlted to the governor at a publllic hearing today in tile senate chamber at thle state capitol. For two hour11 Mr. H-ard(wick listenled to the arguments for and against com-~ mutation of sentence, oppionlenll or executive clemency stating that suchl action 'would do mioreO to destroy law enforcement in Georgia than any tiling else. .Persons seeking commnuta tion contended that tile youth was "lihentally deficient". and that he wouild not go ''unwhip~ped .of justice,' as stated by Solicitor G1eo. J. Bloykin fdr the state, were he senftenced to 1Nfd imlpr'isofnment.. 'I DuPr'fe is undler sentence to. e hanged on iSeptember' 1. AppealtQt thle state' suomreme court for a nlw trial have bmeen refused ad the state pirison' comnmissign refus&d -last weelt to recommend executive clemency. His attorneys a one that- shoulld the governor re set thtervene they will -appeal fo j3e fede a'l -court ii - der habeas 00'pfoeedbugs. 'Dtective 'WA~~j waa killed wh n he0 attempted to stop Dlupre In flight fromi a jewelr'y .store afr snatching,a diamond f m a tray. Gra ham ,West, city comptroller, wjio also was ' shot an d seriously woun ded'i by the yeuth, was 'itmong those opposi$t coimmutation 'of his8 sentene. GOazette" Once a Coin. A gazette ivas otiginally -"a certaft& Venetian coyne scarce wor'th oltr farth. Ing, according- to ftandle Colgraie's Dictioinile, published ini 1011. IDeili the~ pr'ie paid for the Ve4neian neNsM paper of that dlay theA paper itset fskelt1 ssumedl the name of the Home Building OPENING SERII Home Building 6 Series No. 5 and in cash and home New Serie SeptE Pay $1.00 per sha worth $100.00 ; amounts to $500 $1000.00. You any time. Now is the Ti for a Hoi Building&I See C. H. R Don't H E ti enough dr'y with poiuP so It is( ala age as it *hills and SE sure and -Standard of ipotor kirnd of 1 I,_ t & Loan Association A NEW SERIES S NO. 9 zLoan Association closed has paid out $27,900.00 s in the last 30 days. s No. 9 Starts mber 1st. tre on'first of each month; it maturity. 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