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VOLUME XXXVIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922. ~ 100SMRNDS TOO fK .ALLIES CANNOT ACCUPT COND1 TIONS OF RE'1LUIST COMMAND E4 SITUATION ,N EAST CON. TINUES STRAINED. Constantinople, Oct. 2.-The Ken alist proposals which iwill be laid .formally before the Mudania confer once. tomorrow, are "discussable, but not :accoptable." This was 'the doci ion of the extraordinary council which met at the British embassy this aftornoon. It included the allied high commissioncri, ambassadors, generals and adamirals. .M. F1iranklin-Boullion, the French ("envv: through whose edorts with Kenial 'Pasha the conference was made possible, expressed his conIft dent ibolief to The Associated Press correspondent that an agreenmnt would Tbe reached tomorrow at Mu dania. - "Koial will make a greater effort for peace than he has made for war," he said. Two of the most iportant ques tions -to be discussed at the confer ence will be demarcation * of a new neutral zone on the Asiatic shores of the Dardanelles and at Ismid, and the evacuation of' Thrace'. The Allies hold that Kemal's de mands as outlined by 61. Fraanklin Bouillion are of such a nature that the Angora assembly would thereaf ter be in a. position to reject the al lied note.. Kemal Pasha insists 'on settlement of all, military questions before replying to the Allied pro 'posals. (He and four of the minis- t ters at Cmyrna accepted .the Allied I note in principle, ibut the attitude of the Angora assembly is not . known. The Mudania conference. wi'll begin at 1 O'clock. The. British authorities I have ordered the' cessation of all ma rine -traffic In the neighborhood of I Mudania and newspaper correspond ents are to be barred, Sais Amoer Has Acted, Washington, Oct. - 2.-Secretary Elughes 'declaged' tonight in a caible message to Dr. Jatnes Cannon, Jr., bishop Of the' Methodist Episcopal Chrch,-Iouth, 'who is in Paris that the .American .government in refor enco -to the Near Eastern situation "has not failed in any way -to make the Sentiment or the American Peo- e pie un~erstood . ard to take everya appropriateketion,' a 'he executive," Mr. Hughes add- a ed, "-has no authority to go obeyond a this, knd there has 'been no action by c Congress which -would Jusify this a government in an attempt by armed s with respect to 'the inhabitants of I forces to pacify the Near East or to i engag0 in acts of war In order to c accomplish' the results you'desire with respect to the inhabitants of c that territory and to determine the t - 'problems arbioh "have vexed 'Surope 1 *for generations." T1he message was in i'pyto one I frm ishop Uaannon under' date of I *Septemaber 30, in which lie declared it his personal abelief that "Christian .A America iwill insist that the gove-- 1 ernmelnt of the Ulnited States co operate acti'vely- to protect Christians t in..Asin M'inor not only diplomatically, 1 * bit ig necessary; with army and navy t to secure -their result" "Prqgnpt definite 'American do mattda;" 'iBishop Vannoji continue~I, "supuotted If-necessary 'by ltericgn naval units' present wguld .1goliaby haetrevented, certathly gregtlyi ,mine~ Ondyrna *frya ad inasmacr~s.1 b ~eve Ainiidht* god will 'h01&gov erpset s6ponlsie for inket1oiiwhiif' i thoiisa de murdered and deported, amid i for tailure to protect daainst defia~nts 'i 1h earifs urtAI: demaiist ~n pahle. a mejat that all refagees hdt l~iyd today(Atu1day) ibe deported, wh 1' ..eor(ion ineans th6usnti pr added lto dead of. pr evjous yl~mdii f po0ta s, - ill, ng ou' mlie~ teA i:6ts :oppdhmtunty 'd 4 ~6n i' * bilit ~ y0reat ''hritin W i o . 2 itte i d Msi~~rfed t 4 n ttt et * i4 eIS ot1ectively preyan 'probablig 2' Q~itl~1 n ConstantitoW d 'tbce ef~1916-auris 4nd , 8~a~p4 iotoel i I beieve r~lIdwide ENFORCING TRAFFIC.ORDINANCES City Police Out After Speeders and Otheir Violators of the Traffic Laws. The city police force is again begin ning to wake an active campaign against violators of the city trafflc or dinaices following instructions from Mayor Dial to enforce them to the let ter. -Several violators of the minor sections of the ordinance in regard to l)arking on the business streets were "pulled" by the city police Monday, but after a hearing before the full coun cil Monday night the ines 'were re mitted Iby the Mayor. The 'Dixie Flour G Grain Company and the 'Home Fur aiture 'Company were the offenders. M1r. J. C. Todd, appearing for the Dixie Flour & Grain Company, said the ordinance worked a considerable liardship on lbusiness houses in his section of the city, NEast lain street, ind that It was dificult to load and tnload trucks under such stringent rules. He stated that he thought that the owners of the property which he )ccupied would grant a right-of-way n the rear of his store for an alley if he city would work it. If the city ,vould do this, he said, he would be ible to keep his trucks off of the street mntirely. In reply to his enquiry vhethcr or not the city would keep muoh an alley in repair, lie was given i chorus of ayes from the aldermen, mt no formal motion was passed. TO DEVELOP LIf4E KILNS keeting to be Held at Poplar Springs Church Friday Afternoon. Senator Dial to 'Make Address. A- meeting of citizens in the Poplar springs' community in the western oart of the'county is to be held Friday fternooi- at 'Poplar Springs chiirch o discuss the development of lime ilns in tha-t vicinity. 'Sonator- Dial, f this city, is to be one of the speak rs of the day and several represen atives from Clemson college are ex octed to be -present. The western pa% of the county has ong been noted for its lime deposit-s nd attempts have been made at va-: ious times to mine it for agricultural urposes. The Martin lime kilns have A eon, especially famous and the lime r here :has been pronounced iby geolog- e sts to be of a superior grade. Fen. )ial has taken considerable interest a the development of these lime do- b osits. and has -encouraged the gath ring of citizens for that purpose. I Shortage of Iliamonds t London, -Sept. 28.-eomebody is con- 8 ring the diamond supply of the world, ecording to British importers of the a tones. All 'ovet- the iworld the best 1 nd largest diamonds are vanishing, I nd London dealers are scouring the 'V ontinent in the attempt i.o obtain i tones to satisfy the demand which has addenly sprung tip 'for the linest gems. lut they have small succeis for a mysterious shortage -exists at a time Ii f unprecedented demand. c 'Dlamohds will soon become ihe s urrency of the wor'ld if money con- I Inues to depreciate at the rate of the a ast few months,"'one dealer said re- t ently. 'qtich Americans are buying C .11l'the stotnes they carn secu're. There I a 'an unli-mited demand for two.grain- t rs dp to .the six-grainers from t emerica, and Japan is buying largely. c 'in'e small stones -are also very scarce. la "The Germans are hanging on to a heir diamonds like grim death. They nil not sell at any price, and regard heir diamonds as the only real se urity -left t'hem. The saume spirit .I btains in other countries. -I Meetingpf1 U, D. C. On Tuesday afterno6nethe lrot fall ieting. of tihe 3. 9B 'Kersiy chapter - f. D. .C., 'was held with LAfiss Nancy hitgreaves. In .additic to severalr rtajiters ..t busldeg - the oYiapter ea eyed two Milend iapapersby/ Migs linnio Babb nuid -Mrs.' Georg Ialle, fter whichi' Mrs. Warren 'Po, spoh6b aterdstingly .of hear strip to i Old oidiers rdunioids eld at Richiiind ip uiy. ~*At - tle coinpieti tof *h 1rq ramino thi ghosts G*iat d Mis 4 -Bogl,siefnd. ta ,- erved CoinlbfttiniAly he it e h44 ppper rill be ohpe'Ye& at the I'iMIresby. t prgadhn~l1utiy$ 1 A. the esbersifrurged go boe $ut and cordial inv tattoiz s 0ended to aHl PLOW UP COl Early destruction of cotton tical and effective means of figi season has caused the cotton to and if every farmr' will pick and avail himself of this opp< early, a decisive victory will 1 in 1923.' It is safe to say if every fa thoroughly and entirely destro, Of October. very little danag weevil next year. Cotton constitiutes the onl] lives. If this 1food 'is destroyec either starve, fly away, or go int they have only a slight chance Testsi with birge numiiibe)s < exception of the hibernating pc 10 days without food. -Theref are completely destroyed 15 lo hibernation, practically all tle , this is dnc the greater the .resu . The most effective method plow thon under, completely co the ground is too hard to furn can sometimes be ploi7ed lp w! mowing machine. As far as fightin-g tife boll pected or gotten by destroying I 'inder no cirelnmtances si the plant -food lost in this operal before frost. When the stalks they %will not furnish any food and plant food will -be a. total 1 It iwill probably be impossi munity to destroy all its stalks the individual farmer from tuil before frost, as weevils usually last feeding place, and in turn near there until the migratory 1 NEW FLOUR LINE . S. Bennett & Company Take oil Dunlop Mills Products. J. S. Bennett & Company, of this ity, have -taken on the famous Dun ap lines of flour, the first car-load be rig received this week. The Dunlop lills, said Mr. Thos. w. Bennett, state opresentative, is the '14rgest milling aterprise in the South. Operating t hree mills, their combined capacity I i 2,300 barrels of flour and 4,000 usbels of meal daily. These plants are known as the Dun- < )3 Mills, Gallego Mills andf Ghoekoe tills-the Gallego Mills being one of I te most 'historic mills in the United 4 1ites. These mills were founded by Jo- h oph Gallego, a Spaniard, in the yeag f 798, and with the 'Mount Vernon tills, owned and operated by George t Vashington, were -the leading mills Virginia. Returns From Europe C -Miss Charlotte 'McGowan arrived < ome Sunday after travelling for sev- I ral weeks in Europe. )During the i ummer she visited 1lngland, Scotland, t 'rance, Belgium,- Germany, Austria, I nd Switzerland, One of her most in- I Bresting experien'ces was a visi-t to t aberramuegau,'nwhere she attended the 'assion Play, and had 'her meals at I Lie home of Anton Lang, who plays 2 Lie part of the Christus. She was ac'- I ompanied 'by a 'party of friends and er brother, Frank iMcGowan, who is student at OXford. Musical by Epworth League A mtzsical program iwill be given 'riday 'night at eight o'clock at the 'irst (Methodist ehurch 'by the Epworth .eague. ~Prof. Owen Tully, of Green rood, will preside at the organ, as integi Iby Mrs, C. H. (Hicks, of this city,. 'ocal . selections wvill be rendered by !rg. C, TP. Latimner, Mrs. F'red 'Black man, Mrs. T.-L. Marohant, Mrs. 'H. -K. Likenl, Miss Jennie Shealy and 'Mr. H. V. Gasque. IProbalbly other local alent' -w4ll 'be added before Friday ight, ._ - oins Greenwood Bank 3. C. 'Stith, of 'Waterloo, was elect d Active vice-president of the Amer-1 san Banakc,' of Greenwood, at a meet r1# of the' (board of diteotors' of the anuk last' Saturday, to succeed the ite 'A V'rnman iEther'idge. Mr. 'Smitrh as been f',esidlent of the Bank of Wa-' edrlo, pidce its organiation 'eleven ears ago. (Mr. Snmith 'erpeots to mpaa e is home In' Greenwood, mnuch to the . egydEt hf'is mnany- friends in this1 ounty. heoi~Suoes' ter taue ' cen#1 Mr. and iiIidar(41 f dfda~kenville, TON STALKS stalks is one of thei most prac iting the boll weevil. The dry open utnsually early this year. the cotton as soon as it opens >rtimity to destroy the stalks e scored over the boll weevils rmer in Laurens county would all cotton stalks by the 15th would be done by 'the boll -food upon which the weevil . early in the fall, they must o winter quarters so weak that of surviving the winter. )f weevils show that, with the riod, they can live only about ore it is evident -if all stalks 20 days before they go into veevils will starve. The earlier its obtained 'will 'be. of destroying the stalks is to Tering the entire plant. When with a turn plow, the stalks th a scooter, or .be cut with a weevil no results can be ex he stalks after frost. kould the stalks -be burned as ion would pay for the turning 'become dry enough to burn for the weevils and the time )ss. ble to get any one entire com . Yet this should not retard ning his .under or (lst roying go into hibernation near their begin to feed in the spring, reriod. TAUGH'AN, County Agent. VALUED TROPHY ST4OLEN Frank J. Moore, Hotel Proprietor and One Time Soldier, Loses Cup Won by His Team In the Army. Frank J. Moore, Laurens Hotel man kger anad one time captain of a basc )all team while soldiering at Cam[ ;evier, was in a downcast mood Mon lay morning following the discovery hat a handsome silver trophy cup, von by his company base ball team in nilitary days, 'had been stolen from he hotel lobby Sunday night. The up was last seen Sunday night 'about on o'clock (before the usual retiring tour of the hotel family. The discov iry of its loss -was made (Monday morn ng, although Mr. 'Moore thinks that omeone entered the hotel lobby be ore midnight Sunday and took the up 4way. Up until yesterday no race of It had been seen. Mr. Moore said that the cup was of onsiderable Intrinsic value, 'but that te prized it more highly on account if the sentimental associations. Re aling many successful seasons in oase 'ball, excluding the past season n the Carolina League, he said that he season in the army 'was one that ke recalled with more pleasure. He Lad a great team there, he said, and he cup was 'won after a hard-fought leason in Wrhich his team came out on op over all the other teams in the 'egiment. Hie would give a neat sum me' said, 'to get the trophy 'back again APPEAL FORl AR3EBNIANiS P'unds Urgently Needed to 'Relieve Destitute Following Debacle ai Smyrna. Dr. J. W. Davis, of Clinton, chair nan for 'this county of the Near Easi selief, has received a letter from A '. Lever, of Columbia, making an irgent appeal for funds to relieve th< uffering in Asia increased to an ap. )ailing degree 'lately by the advanct if the Turks and the destruction ol Imyrna. Tens of thousands of meon vomen and children are dependini ipon outside aid for their very life itates ithe letter, and Dlr. 'Davis asks :hat a liberal response be made to th( yppeal. Contributions anay be sent ither to 'him or to Mr'. 'L. B. Black. vell, of this city. Delegates to Cotton Meeting 'Mr. J. S. 'Craig at the reqtuest of J 3. Johnson, president of the Americar a on Assodlation, .has appointed the olidwlng delegates to attend a ineet ng of the 'association in Columbia or )ctober 11: li. IL. Gray, C. 'IH. Roper E. aB, Terry, iW. L. Gray, 'W. MP. Hun oer, Geo, Hl. Dolt, P. B,'Bailey, Geo. U 3iake17.W. H. Caine, John M. Cope lnd, J. C. Smith, Toy A. Drummiond D~r,7We 1. Dial 0. P. Goodwin, Re Lmotf-d, Id 0. Nano, M. 3. Owingi ad RWorkinan. WISKE1 ' CASES BUIDEN COUIRT Oriminal court in *8ssionl foi- Seconid Wek Still Orindipg Out 31any I. quor Cases. With the fall term of criminal court ofn its second week, whiskey cases are still claiming a large part of the court's attention. One jury was out last night in the case of Fletcher Hill for violation of the prohibition laws and 'Lewis Jackson was being tried for a ismilar offense -when this paper went to press. Julius Finley, colored, received a verdict of manslaughter Friday after the jury had remained out from 5 o'clock until 10 in the evening. Jim Thomas, tried with Julius for the same offense, was acquitted. Julius was charged with killing Casper Thomp son, airother negro, near Langston church about Christmas time of last year. According to the testimony Fin ley shot Thomas while the latter was being held on the ground by another negro. Finley claimed that Thompson was attempting to rise from the ground to cut him with a knife for a second time. Harry 'Williams, 18 year old mute charged with the murder of an eight year old negro girl, Emle -Hunter, near the 1ILaurens Cotton 'Mills, on Septen ber 2nd, by consent of the solicitor af ter a report from examining phy sicians was ordered to the state hos pital for the insane by the presiding judge. The case against Joe Williams, Harry -Williams' aged grandfather, charged with complicity in the crime, was placcd on the continued docket. Clues unearthed -by the oficers at the time of the homicide, lead to the 'ar rest of the two on the theory that Harry 'Williams, in a fit of rage, had killed the little girl and that Joe Wil Hams, after the crime was committed, had aided the negro 'boy in hiding the dead body of the girl. Sam Bagwell, a young white man of the Laurens Mill village, was found guilty yesterday of abandonment and non-support of his wife and minor child. He received a sentence of 12 months or a flne of $200. Glenn Jeter was tried in his ab sence and found guilty of obtaining goods under false ipretenses and a sealed sentence awaits his return. 'Pete Copeland, colored, was convict ed 'Wednesday of violation of the pro hibition laws and received a sentence of 12 months. - F. B. 'Workman, white, was convict ed on a similar charge and received 12 months. LAST MARKET DAYS Saturday to be Last "Market Day" at Gray Court-Owings. (Con'tributed) Tho coming Saturday, October 7th, will be the last "market day" for the present for the ladies of the Gray Court-Owings 'School Improvement association. All who are vitally in terested in securing at an early date a good lighting and 'water plant for the school building are urged to co operate with the ladies at both Grr.y Court and Owings, to make this the third and last day, the ,best. Again the Sehool Markets were places of attraction for both young and old, wvith toothsome dainties and other foods to tickle the palate and satisfy the inner man, such as ice cream, candy, apples, pomegranates, ipeanuts, popcorn, cakes, sandwiches, pickles, preserves, jellies, eggs, but ter, ''roasting ears", potatoes, peas, beans, etc. About $40.00 in all was realized. The committees -ask that everyone nmake an extra effor't for Saturday, October 7th. For Bride-Elect 'Misses El1izabeth anel Julia Childress entertained Thursday afternoon at the homse of their sister, Mrs. James Hiar ney, In 'honor of 'Miss Mary Sulliivan, whose marriage to Mr. WV. F. Tatum wvill shortly take place, Six tables for bridge :were placed in rooms decorated in various fall flowers. At the conclu sion of the games a delicious salad course was served. 'Miss Sullivan was presented with a Japanese sewing basket, as a souvenir of the afternoon. Miss Todd Entertains. On 'Wednesday afternoon, Miss Lilla Todd was hostess to a delightful com bination 'Forty-Two and Bridge party, tihero being four tables of Bridge and three of Forty-Two. ThA rooms in which the games were played iwere decorated 'with 'bowls of .pink and white roses. fLate in the afternogn, the bosteils sezrVed refreshments con sisting of a salad course with toed tea. CLA88[S ANNOUNCED OR rlORAL SHOW CIVIC L-EA(41E. PEy.CTS pa -O'R l'LOIIALJ Sif0Wl IN NOVEM. BER. VALtTABli.; PREM1U3iS TO BE GIVEN IN VARIOUS DEPART. ME NTS. The Civie League has announced the classes of flowers and other plans for their Flwal Show which is to be giv en on 'Friday, November third, from two O'clock until ten P. M. Everyone in the county is asked to attend and to contribute either flowers or fancy work. All cut flowers or fancy work must be entered .h'fore twelve o'clock the day of tile show and potted plants must be brought the afternoon before. Valuable premimins will he given for the various collections of flowers. The flowers must he grown by the person Showing them, and the fancy work madc by the one submitting it. No collection or flowers can be entered i more than, one .class. The following is a list of the differ ent classes for which prizes will be given: Chrysanihemums--Cut Blooms First---'Best collection of eight kinds. Second-Best collection of eight kinds. First-Best collection of six yellow and six white. Second-ilest collection of six yel low anld six white. First-Bet arranged bouiuet of cut blooms. Second-Best arranged bouquet of cut blooms. Single Specimens Best white bloom. Best yellow 'bloom. Best pink or lavender bloom. Best hi-color. Best red bloom. Best ostrich iplume bloom. Dahlias-Cut Bloons First-Best collection of four dif forent single specimens. Second-Best collection of four dit ferent single specimens. Zinnias-Cut Blooms Best collection of ten different blooms. M\ost attractively arranged basket of cut blooms. Roses Best collection of six different blooms. Best single specimen. 'Second best single specIMen. ' Best arranged bouquet. Ferns 'Best collection of six kinds. 'Second 'best collection of six kinds, Best Asparagus Plumosis. 'Second best Asparagus Plumosis, Best Asparagus Sprengerie. Second best Asparagus Sprengerie. Best fancy fern. Geraniunms iBest collection of six kinds Of blooms. Second best collection of six kinds of blooms. Best vase of cut blooms. Begonias Best collection of six (all in bloom). Second 'best collection of sig (all in bloom). Blest Rex begonias. Second best itex begonias. Miscellaneotus Best -palnm. Second best -palm. Best ipot peanut. Second best p)ot peanut. Best vase of cut iblooms. -Second best vase of cut blooms. Fancy Work Best luncheon set. Second tbest luncheon set. Best set of scarves for dining room or bed room. Second best set of scarves for dining room or bed room. 'Best knitted article. 'Second best knitted article. ~Best tatted article. Second 'best tatited article. Best crocheted article. * Second best crochteted article. But embroidered article. 'Second best embroidered article. ~Best appliqued bed spread (made by lady over sixty years old). Second best appliqued bed spread (open to anyone). Bost child's dress. Second :best chtildl's dress. Best (baby dress. Second best ibaby dress. An oyster supper will be served by the league beginning at siKc o'clock. Other arrangements are also being made for the visitors.