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VOLUJME XXXVIIlL LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1922.NUBR1 R[GM[[SF1t[[ B[OR[. TRKS TUlRKS WILL FIND TIURACE AL MOST UNINlIA'liIE) ON THEIRI ARRIVAL, JUIOING -FIOM EXO DUS OF PEOPLE. RlEFUt1EES IN E X'IMIDtE MISEltY. Adrianople, Oct. 17.,-Thirty thous and Greeks and Armenians have pass ed from this city to the west since Sat urday, and the road between here and the Maritza river is an unbroken 'line of men, women and children with ox carts, cattle and camels. Through a steady downpour of rahr ,they are going doggedly toward their unknown destinations, driven forward by the nameless fear--which has grip ped the. whole poculace of eastern Thrace since the government's bulle tins were posted on Saturday an nouncing the terms of tie Mudania ar mistice, which provide for occupation of the province by the Turks withTh 15 days. The members of the Allied misfls .stationed here declare the cxtent -of the refugee exodus indicates that the Turks upon their entry will -find east ern Thrace almost uninhabitegl. The procession has been orderly, but the misery of the refugees is al ready extreme, anad pneumonia will claim many victims if tlie present in clement weather continues. The Am erican in charge of the little .Near East relief soup kitchen at the rail: way junction on the o:)poslte side of the' Maritza declared: "In all my experience I never iiag ined such a pitiable sight as the march from Adrianopld in the driving rain. Every refugee arrives soaked to skin, with a wagon load of bedding floating in water." Perhaps' never in the 1800 years of its stormy history, not even in the days of the late Balkan wars, has Adrian oplc witnessed such scenes. When, on Saturday, the Greek civil authorities attempted to reassure the people by stating that the Turkish gendarjmerie would not arrive for ,15 (lays, the Christian inhabitants simply refused to believe them. Nearly every Christian family in Adrianoplo/gather ed u,p all they could carry, either on their 'backs or on ox carts and as soon as possible were off. Meanwhile from the country-side a similar exodus is under way and every road leading to the Maritza is jammed with humanity, cattle and wagons, This whole flood converges upon a single road as it approaches the Kar agatch bridge across the Maritza. The refugees believe that if they can reac Karagatch they will be safe from the Turks. This small village, which if just across the boundary, will be i neutral territory until the peace con ference decides its fate. A Reserted City Meanwhile, Adrianople has taken or the appearanice of a deserted city with the shops and houses closedl The 'Greek 4nd Armenian priests re main and 'are doing conspicuoun work in assisting the fleeing inhab. itakts. Two troop.traitis 'leave daily fo) westerrt Thitace and there is no miore ,talk of resistance amonig the soldiers although they 'boast they could hav< held up the Turks at ~Chiatalja wit] three divisions and declare they ar' only leaving becaghfe ordered to di so by the Allies. The first Frenchi de tachmnents of tihe Allied troops of c cupationi ai'rived yesterday. 1i~xpres afons of regret are heard that th 10nglish are not comning t(# Adrianc '1)1e, hiaving been assigned to'1odost< SUPPOWTS TJUd A14800iATNON Mr. Clag'ence Clulgpan in~ces, F Seles With Co'opeit!Ye Assoe1atie / agentdho has .recdntly (ben qppeln1 ~ed reciver here f't .theeSoih 'frt lina Cotton Growe'rs Co-dpelatil .i ~oiation, state$ thafLthe la i 'amount- shipped fro!)A/his ,fyltag Wi Iiade by Sir. Clarence Cua j1dhat1 whobas ent, 140 bales and h~s tuo' cotn that Will' be senti in the e WATTS MIILS FAIl ON THIS WEEK Annual Community Fair to be held qt. Watt'Millls Fridaya and Saturdany of This Week. The annual' Watts Mills Community Fair is to be held Friday and Satur day of this week, having b.en post poned from last week in order to make a .better presentation of ex -hibits. The ,:)eople of the community are taking a great deal of interest in the fair this year and the exhibits promise .to be better and more numer ous than ever .before. Speeial prizes have been offered by the mill cdrpora tion in six departments, as follows: Household Products, Plain Sewing &d Fqncy Work, Flowers, Cooked Ar ticles, Garden 'Products and Relics and tCurios. In addition to exhibits in these departments groiM> exhibits will be made by the Mothers' Club, Mill Girls' Club, Little Girls' 'Sewing and Canning Club, School and Kinder garten Work,/Goods Made 'by Watts Mills and Cotton Used by Watts Mills. The fair is given under the general supervision of Miss Bettie Richards, welfare worker, assisted -by the teach ers of the school and other people of the community. The following committees have been working on the decorations and, ar rangements: Lucas Ave. (uMiaer)-Mrs. -John Martin, Mrs. 'Hazel, Misses Kathleen Sandrs and ISy-ble Brown. Lucas Ace. (lower)-Mirs. -Rohei'ts, Mrs. Jack Cothran, 'Mrs.'Jessee, .liss es Gladys Taylor, Sarah Roberts, Juanita Harris, Ada Sims. Smythe St.-Mrs. 13. Kirby, Mrs. .lames fBoyter, Miss .Lu:ce Wilson; Mrs. Luther Patton. Copeland St.-Mrs. Bean, Mrs. Law rence Riddle, Mistaes Annie 'Donnan, Allie VMae McDowell. .Hammett St.-Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Cage 'Villiams, Misses Veda Taylor, Ethel Sl1ins. . . Beattie St.-Mrs. Pearson, Misses Bobbie Mills, Alleen Gwinn. Wallace St.-Mrs. - Weks, Misses Orelle Pearce, Gladys Townsell, Min nie Lee Golden. Sirrine St.-Mrs. -Pulley, Misses Guy Nell Waldrop, Odelle Bobo. Simmons -St.-Mrs. Kennedy, Misses Maud Cox, lEmmie Jennings. 'Swygert Ave.-Mrs. -H. N. tSmith. Stevens St--Mra. Simpson Adams, ,irs. Jim Crow, Miss Willie Fay Tay lor. Wright St.-Mrs. Rickman, Misses Rnette Meeherson, Katherine Burns. The fair has always attracted a large number of people from 'outside the mill community and this year is not expected to be fin exception. The public generally is invited to attend The .Watts Mills concert band will furnish music for the occasion. TO STAGE MINSTREL Winthrop iDagheras to Give Minstrel October 81 aid November 1. The -Winthrop 'Daughters will stage a, t~wo hour minstrel show Octobe' 31 and, 'November 1, having engaged 'Deep C." Green, a (mnstrel man of Smany years experemice -to. direct the production. The minstrel first -part - which will teem with local hits, snap rpy and ump to'the mintite song hits,and Sdances,~ will have one novel feature which will outshine all others, eight Sgirls ini blackface, real singers And Scomimediennes. The second part of ~the show will consist of "Tpie Con SscripLtionists," one "of the, funniest blackface military :acts ever deen ; in -tWe South, and "Mrs, e lack's PJik -Tea", a comnedy playlet of darlktognm ,social life emnploying top lAdieskil;is black. 1Tehearsals for. the prioduction will start Friday, October ,20th. Ti Address Spar~tan M'eetip aenator 'N. B. 'Dial 'will, ro1 pp ts II Spartanburg F'riday' to -atteHd a, mept n~ ing pf the F'orum,'a civic organizatlor 1, of that city, whvere 'e ha been in 6. vited to make an addregse Aln. Pip m- has net-announ'ced All. subept#s'et ~but will go doulbt' silealk 'on 11 it questionls. HO will be, introdued 'b is I1r. 'U. 4.' nyder, president .of 'Wot ,ford 100lego - - Boosteu ~top liere - e~~ns was 4visit9~ Met4hursda i y tol nnu' o rt~t~ ~uiP]$ is int rso* thW (i rnt t I avdid 't to lhe la e da to ~'01%3 ftnPtoboplYtjMW~ 'da y.toh PLOW UP COT Early destruction of cotton tical and effective means of figh season has caused the cotton to < and if every farmer will pick I anl avail himself of this oppo early. a decisive victory will b< in 1923. It is safe to say if ""ery fil thoroughly and entirely destro. of October, very little damage weevil next year. Cotton constitutes the only lives. If this food is dIestroyer either starve, fly away, or go int they have only a slight' chance Tests with large numbers exception of the hibernating pe 10 (lays without food. Theref are completely destroyed 15 to hibernation, plractically1 all the this is done t:he greater the 'rest] The most effective method plow them under. conpletely co the ground is too haIr'd to turn can sometimes be plowed up wN mowing machine. As far as fighting the b11 pected or gotten by destroying Under no circumstances si the plant food lost in this opera before frost. When the stalk they will not furnish any food and plant food :will be a total I It will probably be imposs unnity 1o -destroy all its stalk the ind'ividual farmer from to before frost, as weevil; usually last feeding place, and in turf near there util the migratory C. L. MISS JANIE NABEIIS DEAD Died at Laurens Hospital Early Tues day Morning. Funeral Yesterday Afternoon. :Miss Janie ,Nabers, daughter of -Mrs. Mary Fleming 'Nabers and the late J. L. Nabers, died at the Laurens Hos pital early yesterday morning after an illness of several .weeks. She had been critically ill for several days follow ing an operation for goitre which had been performed in the hope of sav ing her life, but the malady was of such a nature that medical means ,were of no avail in fighting its ravages. The funeral services we'ie held at the house on Gordon street yesterday afternoon at four-thirty o'clock and in terment took place in Laurens ceme tery immediately afterward. The ser vices were conducted by her pastor, Rev. I. 'N. Kennedy, of Ora, who serves the A. R. 'P. Church here, of which she was a devoted mumber. Besides her mother the deceased is survived by two brqthers, Laurens F. and Joe H. Nabers, and three sisters, Mises Mattie and 4Liela Nabers and Mrs. E. V. Ferguson. The deceased was foi many years' a saleslady at the Minter Company stor and Jfad -many friends throughout the count'y who wvill 'be sorry' to learn of her death. HKERO OF GRAY PASSES John M. SullIvan DIed at Confederate Homec Last Tuesday Mornlig and Burled Here Same Afte'rnoohu. John M. -Sullivan, gallant Confeder ate veteran and a member of a uirom inent Laurens fafniy, died last Tuies day morning ,ht 3:15 o'clocl< at thi Confederate Soldiers 'Home in Colunm bia. He wvas eighty-thnree years old and' had .been paralyzed for several years. IMr. Sullivan :was a'mernbr of Coin pany A, Third g9outhu Larolina Volun teers, having enter'ed th'e nrmy at the beginning of the war. 'Hoe, won a lieut I enancy in his company and' was l brave, ~adcr, nuch' . beloved by hil nien.. Af-ter .the war ho took a proii sient 'part in therreconstruction of hi atot, ,being always -on hand at th odfl.gif dutg. Whon he enltered'theO home in 191l0 i'~.Suliva'n was ~paralyzed, and dur ~g .the"last tvro years, he s~eldom lof his 'bed .Through alt his suffering hu was'.c lerful and uncomplaining. 'He is 'surviv~id .bf- two brothers, Ad .disaon an4HeA'litt 0ullivant 'aid a sie SterMia Mary Sullivsflk He'iwas a so Sof Ohyvte I'inck!iey Otivandt prom Snent if~or 6f tis city. ,Th9 b~ddsis broutghtfrem Colurn bla sieqday atteknoonl auf the inte: "P*M O~k4Ai~lT T 'TON STALKS stalks is one of the most. prac ing the hboll weevil. 'l'he/i'rv )pen unstially early this year, he cotton as soon as it opens rtinity to destroy the stalks scored over the bll weevils 'filer inl Laurens county would all (tton stalks by the 15thi would be done by the boll food upon .which the weevil I early in the fall, they must o winter quarter's so weak that of surviving the wNiter >f weevils show that, with the I riod, they can live only about I 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 yering the entire plant. When with/a turn i low' the stalks ith a scooter. or .be cut with a I weevil no results cili be ex tlie stalks after frost. Mould the stalks be burned as tioni would pay for the turning 4 become (1ry-' enough to hi I'n for the weev-ils and the time Oss. i le to get anly one entire eomii s. Yet this shouldI not retard riing hi. lnder or destroyin g go into liberlnlation near their 1, begin to feed in the spring. period. \TAUGIIAN, County Agent. TENNIS TOURN El STlARTS 'T'hree Fast Contests in Singles Played at Country ('lab Yesterday After. 110011. In p4)ite of the rather soggy courts three fast contests in men's singles of the tennis tournament were played at the Bois-Terre country club yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the day it ap peared that wet weather would pre vent the players from using the courts, but the tiny peel of sun in the milddlc of the day served to harden the court. sufficiently to make play possible. Winners in yetserday's contests were .R. R. Nickels, of Laurens, ant J. F. Jacobs, Jr', and T. D. Jacobs, of Clinton. R. R. Nickels defeated W P. Jacobs, of Clinton, in the first con test of the tournament. The first se resulted In a score of 6-3 in favor o Nickels. The second set went int< love games and finaally resulted 11 to-8 in favor of Nickels, eliminatini Jacobs from the singles and carryin Nickels into today's contests. J. F. Jacob, Jr., defeated J. 'F Blackmon by scores 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1 Although these games appear fror the scores to have (been one-sided Blackmon showed a fine line of ten nls andl ,rushed hIs opponent .hardi nearl'y ever'y game. Thle last contcst of the afternoo was betwei'en . D). Jacobs and Joh Spratt, of Clinton. Spratt lead o witth a victory of 6-3 in the 'first so but Jacobs 'steadied himself in al phfases of the game In the two follow~ ing sets and won out 6-0 and 6-2. . The contests in sIngles wIll be'rt suimed at' 2 o'clock this afternoon ant will continue until the 'finals whic will probably be0 played Friday. 0 account of defauilts of several player the tournamlent dill hardly last a long as at first expected.' 'l'he contests in doubles willl begi npext Tuesday aftornoon/at 2 o'choc1 The doiubles games in all probahilit will prove the more exciting of tI1 two classes. * .To Eree Xcew Manse - ,' At a congregational nineting at ti SFirst Presbytei'ian . Church -Stinda .the congregatIon endorsed the recon mendation of the deacons that a ne 'manse 'be built. Tihe matter wvt 'turned back to the deaconill to ma] ~final arrangements, the congregatic B deciding, on a~ few of the fundament plans, It was decided thgit the-:buit lng .be of, brick veneer with- a slA roof, tihe' cost tentatively placed' 'fi$0,0 .o~The 'house will be ebuilt< Ite ch'urch uproperty, :adJhoceg to $1 church facing 'Main street. t'he Ac cons plan to lhave 'the building 'cor snence at once. -' sA 'tes" Estrb ar FOR[IGN SHIPPRS FIGHT LIQUOR [4W A' IOIINEYS FOR SHIP OWNERS DECLARE TI'AT. FOREIGN SHIPS NOT WITHIIN EXPRtESS INIlit 'TIONS 1 TIIE PiOHlIBITION AMElNI)lEN''. New York, Oct. 17. Whether the mere presence of liquor in sea stores on foreign vessels comes within the scope of the 18th amendment, and the national prohibition acts is the real is Su In . Attorney General Daugherty's dry she ruling, said Van Vechten Veeder, 4: unel for the -White Star line, in arguments today before Fed eral Judge l1Uland asa to the validity of the ruling. Mr. Veeder declared that foreign vessels had been allowed to carry liquor in their sea stores ever since prohibition became effective and this right Was not <questioned unil Octo ber 6, when the Daugherty opinion was promulgated. Mr. Veder was the first of a nun her of lawyers for American and for eign ships to present arguments be fore .ludge I land on the hearing of temporary injtntions, restrailing the 1 en0fremcinent authorities from pllttin g in effect the ruling forbidding all ships, leaving Iport after October 21, to carry liqiuor under seal to or froni A mierican ports. Mr. Veeder aasserted the rights of foreign vessels in respect to carrying liiquor wer,' not tiuestioned until It becalne desirable "on the grounds of expediency,." Ilie said the <tluestion of liquor on government owned vessesl of the Unitgd States was raised when it was pointed out that to remove liquor from them would result. in unfair competi (1 tion with foreign craft. Foreign vessels are not within anay of tile express prohibitions of the pro hibition amendment, Mr. Veeder main tained. If they did come within the terms, he continued, these prohibi tions are not to be applied in a special sphere, not covered by the 18th amendment, because of their generahi ties.. 'A PPY RICKS TIIUR$)AY n _ it First. Atitraction of the Lyceum Course - to be Oliven at Opera House Thurs 't dany Night. 1- The first attraction of the Lyceum d course, sponsored this year by the . Business Women's Club, is to be giv en at the Opera house Thursday night, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. On account of the wide ,)opularity of this play, it is expected that a large number of rs people will be here from out of town points even though they may not be ticket holters in the course itself. The Cappy Ricks play enjoyed a e long run in New York and tie cast it that gives it here is said to be one ld of the ibest that has ever appeared in ethe play. .-Saeverai menmber's of the com~pany were members of the Friend 0ly Enemies' c'onbeany in the Redpath Chautauqtua hre XGst s'mmer and wi ill be rememblered iby thc(se wh~lo saw 10The Business WVomen's Chuib is en d3I(eavoring to give tile city a series of excellent amusement numbers this s-year' and is expecting .tihe people of n- the city to assist them in thet'ir amli Utionl. Yesterday afternoon they had not sold as many tickets as they had expected, .but they hope for a more uI- lberal response befor'e Thursday nighlt. fe_____ _ oLAUREINS PLAYS (IlNTON lIIIDAY as Flushed with Victory oveor Gray Court of Owings, Loeals Expect to Defeat ns Olintonites. r's. The local high school football team he wvill meet its ancient rival, the Clini m1, ton highl team, in Clinton on next Fri d.t-(ay. Last year Clinton won its first 1b0 victory in football over the local team on .in years, anml this year 'Laurens is te hloping to add another victory to its Ors long string over tile Clintonites, he The local team is in excellent shaplo re- after its ,easy victory over Gray Court last 1Friday when they won 46 to 2. The pr'obale line-uc for 'Laurens will' be: Young, center; Killgo or Wingo, of right guard; 'Hludgens or flprns, left bat -Iuard'; Thmnpleton, right tackle;t for Counts, left' tackle; tCricp, right end;. tal Wright, left end; ThOmnpsqn, Quarter- * or- bank; Gllenn, left hait; igewington, eri right' halt; Tidwell, tfullback, Substi ann tutest 1&Cuen, Btabb, iWallee4 Ma-. Ohe 'leod' .urns8, Ii' 'lTl'iEiltNS( PLANT SOON ''O BE I NS''ALlE) ommlissioners of Public Works 'in'i Ii ur to Furnish Laurens with Pure Water. Announcement was made last weelk )y the .ty waterworks and electric ight commission) that bids would be let November 2nd .for the new water works plant conltemlplated when the bond Issue of $65,000 was voted sev eral months ago. Plans for the new plant have been drawn -by W. M. Platt, municipal engineer, of Durham, N. C., who has been employed by the com mission as its engineer. The plans of the new I'lant, asa out lined several (lays ago by W. R. Mc Cuen, chairman of the commission, in clule a new filtration plant, a storage reservoir of 525,000 gallons capacity, accessory equipment and certain changes in the source of supply which will eliminate the possibility of con tamination to tile minimum. The new filtration plant and reser voir are to be built adjacent to thc present waterworks plant on proper ty already owned by the city. The water will be ,lumped from the mair stream of the creek instead of fron the canal which has previously furn ished the supply. The canal will i retained as an important part of til water system, acting as a. protectio to the main supply by carrying off the surface water which has caused mucl speculation as to contamination in th Two new pumps of 750 gallons ca pacity per )minute will be installed a tile source of supply to carry the Wa ter, to the main plant. After passin through the clarifying process ler( the water will .be pumped by two oti erl- pumps of 1,250 gallons per minut to the stand-pi:e. In cases of emet gency or where the pum1ps at th creek get out of order, the stand-pip and reserve reservoir may be calle on to supply water to the extent c '50,000 gallons without being repler ished from the creek. The plant wI have at capacity of 1,000,600 gallons < water per (lay and will be construe ed in such manner that the capacit can be doubled if necessary. h'lhe entire system will be moder in every respect, said Mr. McCue] and will take care of the needs of ti city for many years to come. Its in tial cost, he said, may be larger tha the commission first anticipated bi the cost could not be mnaterially r lced without sacrificing importal features which the engineer consi ered vital in securing an adequate an safe supply. 'COUNTY QUOTA RAISEI FOR WOMAN'S BUILDJD Laurens and Cliuton Organizatiol Contribute $200 in Life Membe ships for State Fair Building. Laurens County has raised her qu ta for tihe Woman's Building at t: State Fair, according to announceme made by Mrs. George M. Wright al -Mrs. T. S. Bennett, cairmen of t 1Laur'ens County committee. Thell (il ta assigned to this coulnty 'was $2( Sand it wvas one of thle first of the cou 'ties to raise the Aesired amlou~nt. J Ssubsipitionls were seclhredl In t townsi of Laurens anld Clinton, t folwn organizations hlavin~g tak 01ne or mlore life memllbershlips of$ each: Clin ton Civic Imiprovemnent I sociationl, Clintonl, three Life Me: ii bershlips; J. B. Kershaw Chlapter, II D. C., Laurenls, 01ne Life Membersi II Civic League, Laurens, one Life Me a bership; Business Women's Club, Lt a rens, one 'Life Membership; Wedni day Literary Club, Lalurensl, one0 L Il Membkiers~hip; Laurenls Graded Sche SLaurens, one Life Membership. Y Tile cornerstone of tile Woma: C biuildinig Nill ibe laid "the Monday Fair Weekl 1ilaborato ,preparati( are being nmade for tis event. M1 George W. Vanlderbilt, presidlent ofi 0 North Carollngt State Fair associati "will be the guest of 1honor1. All col ty chlairnmen have theen invited to in the receiving line at tile recep~t a to lie tendered to guests of the St LO Monday. All the committees, wor'k n and friends, who are interested in lenterprise are invited to attend the "ception'.* t -Underwent Opemtion Monday nFriends Qf Mrs. T. 7. Bramnlett, eO Lee street, will be sory to learnt -she. had. to ungdergo on. 6peration 1- gall atones at h'e 'iLatirens Hoap Monday. She pased thrughl .the deal suocessifully a111 unless furl M antlantonE deanian her. phsw