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VOLUME XXXVIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1922. 1AN' LOSE L IVES AND M U!II PJO. PElRTY 1)A MAAE FOLLOW01ING UAIRTliQIUAKO AN l)r'l)A, WAyE IN SOUTH A3MrllcA, Santiago, Chile, Nov. I I.-An earth quake of magnitude and far spread ef fect rocked Chile flomi end to end to (lay. It was accompanied by a tidal wave and the combined force of the earth tremors and the sweep or the Water did vast danage, the extent of which it is impossible to estimate be cause telegraphic lines nwere carried down at various places, cutting off communication. The provinces of Antofagasta, Atla cama and Coquimbo suffered most, the central points of the quake lying in the latter two Q)rovinces, and so far as advices show, Copiapo, in Atacama, has the lntgest casualty list with about '100 killed and many seriously injured. It was for a time feared -that the city of Antofagasta had suffered a great disaster, but most of the dam age done at that place was due to a tidal wave which drove the -peoile out of their lionies over a considerable area. INo report of the. -loss of life has yet come ftom Antofagasta. Chanaral, in Atacama, has virtually been abandoned by the inharbitants, as many buildings were wrecked by the immense seas sweeping in nrhen the earth shocks had ceased. The greater part of the town was destroyed. Throughout the 'province of Coquim bo hundreds of houses were levelled, while-the residents fled to the hills. At the port of Coquimbo a tidal wave 'beat over the entire sea front, flooding a large section and wrecking many buildings. From the southern part of Chile came reports of severe shocks but lit tle damage. Another earth shock was felt here at 4:45 o'clock thisoafternoon. -Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12.-'With .par tial re-establishment of communica tions, Chile's earthquake catastrophe Is revealed in even greater magnitude than first reports Indicated. It is esti mated that at least 1,000 are dead, and many' thousands are in distress, need ing food and shelter. In addition to heavy casualties of .dead and injured at Copiapo and Co *cuimbo, it was repprted today that 500 were killed at Vallenar and the sur round-ing district. Vallenar swas vir4ually destroyed, and the survivors, are in a critical condition. It seems certain that there 'have been casualties in other towns and villages around Copiapo, to the south, concerning wyhich no news is yet available. Already twenty-four bodies have ,been recovered at Corituim'tbo where it is known there are 100 or more dead. 4t Chanaral a number' were killed by falling houses. It was earthqiuake and tidal wvaves combinedi that accounted for the vast destruction in the -provinces of Anto fagasta, Atacanma and Coquinmbo. The movement of the Ocean is deC scribed as phenomenal. It gave evidence of' a terrific dis turbane in the bed of the Pacific it - self. Thprie must have b~een such a *tearing at the bottom of the sea that 'immense quatties of water 'were suck - ed through, causing a tremendous 're c'askmo of the wvaters along the Chil e m coast.' Several times the oc an swept out wardl and camie back in the shampe of a. great .wave, 11ooding the seaports and in some instances sweeping away the waterfront, Tihe viblent effects of the tidal waves were felt fromn Antofagas ta on Jhe north to Valdivi'a on the south; covering about 16 degrees of latitude,s or more t~han 14200 miles. All types of craft lying In, the va rious harbors nyere swept on shore, wrecked or'-loft high and dry, anli at scor'es of small 'lorts whtarves and qumays were dentfoyed. Ohilean naval -vessels, in tihe harbor, at :Talcahuano, - h~omt 200 miles south of. Vaiparaiso, when they felt the force of the waterg, fllipped their ca'bles and proceedeil out -to openinea, * Pyeteldent Allesandri hfts ordem'ed the various go'vernment departmenits to tagte stepse for the relief of tihe suffer eras -in the, strickeoo districts, those ost eorely affected-lying 'beiwmeen Co *.zlmbo and ICopiOpo. ~The navy departm'ent has sent abIps To Speak it the OrpaInaiige Chapel it liitoni at 8:30 O'Clock. 1). .M. Douglas. President of the Presbyterian - e e at Clinton, was in Laurens si days ag 'ind said that he cane heto to extenlu a special invitation to the people of Laurens to attend a ielbture by Dr. 'lamilton Iiolt, of New York city, former editor of The independent,-who avill speak under the auspices of thze collegc at the Orphan age chapel tonight at 8:30 o'clock on the subject of "The League of Na tions". The lecture iN being held in the cha':el in order to accommodate the large audience that is expected to hear him. Speaking of tlie visit of 'Dr. liolt, Dr. Douglas said that: iDr. Holt is making only three speeches in the state, and his coming to Clinton is being looked forward to with genuine pleahure. Ie is a man of national reputation in the literary world, having held the 'position of edi tor-In-chief of The Indopehdent. le *became very much interested in the ,League of Nations and President Wil son. Later he resigned his position with The Independent and for the past two years has devoted his entire time to the princIvles as advocated by former President Wilson. -To has been spending the past year in Europe studying the League of Nations in ac tion and is now visiting several of the Southern colleges speaking on "Presi dent 'W'lson and the (League of Na tions." Dr. Holt is one of the great schol ars and lecturers of America and lo cal 'people have a treat in store in hav igg the 'privilege of hearing him. The college is not .bringing Dr. Holt here as a money-making proposition, he said, but solely to give the student body and ipeople of the commun-ity an opportunity to hear his address. The expenses incident to his coming will amount to $100 and a small admission price of 26c will be charged from all who attehd, to defray the expenses. Cottoi Glnings Cotton ginned in the county to No vember I was 14,829 'bales as com pared to 29,802 'bales to the same date, according to reports of the cen sus departinent. 'Ritumnige Sale Saturday The Woman's Auxiliary of the Amer ican 'Legion iwill 'hold a rummage sale on the public square Saturday, the 18th. All members of the auxiliary or othci's who have iromised to furnish packages have 'been requested -by Mrs. S. D. Childress, chairman, to. have them ready Thursday or Friday. Football Game Friday The tLaurens football, team will en gage in a battle Friday with Union 111gh, at 3:30 o'clock. As this is the last game of the season to be .played at home, a large crowil is expected. Court This Week After a short seasion Monday morn ing Common Pleas court wvas adjourn edl until- Wednesday morning' at 10 o'clock, along the coast to aid In the work. Adlvices from Antofagasta report that the effects of the tidal wvave iat 'Huasco were terrible, tlie sea earry ing away everything from the 'water -front and many boats being left stand ed in the wvoods, more than a mile in land. Setvere earth shocks were felt in 'Africa in the province of Tacna, the sea rising about flve feet above high watermark but no serious damage in this section reported. Valparaiso, Nov. 12.-A curipus fea ture of the earthquake was the tidal wave which ocourred two hours later, indicating a terr'ific disturbance be neath the Pac'ific. The waters were 'first sucked awvay from the coast and then hitrled back. This phenomenon was reported five times at Antofagasf beftore the equilibrium of the* sea was restored. As similar occurrence took .place at other ipointa.* RIear Admiral Maitin,-lirector 'of the N1avy' imdteorological serv'iee, dis oussing. the .earthquake said it was slgni-ilcant, that it 'had oceubrmed just as thie conjunetipn of Mequry and Juipi ter and Neptune and the sun were ap 'proachink. The conjunction ofi~Mer cury and Jupiter occurred at 1:30 s3at 'urday mnorning and the other some hours afterwardt ' NEW PLAN ADVA OVERCOMING BI Florida Entimologist Finds Squares Practical Solution Gainesville, Fla., Nov. 13.--llemoval of squares (bracts subtn(ling the flow ers) froin cotton plants at a tine when virtually all cotton boIl weevia, aro out of their winter quar'era, in Florida about June 5--and d'!'t:uction of the squares, follownd immelin-tely by a thorough alle!ation of catAnmm a:s.ien ate or lead arseiate with a tile dusting machine is the method devel oped for control of the weevil announc ed Saturday night 'by Dr. Wilmon Newell, plant comnissioner for tho -State plant board and director of the University of Florida experiment sth tion, It was disclosed to(lay by the of 'licial bulletin on the subject. Dr. Newell termed the development a "solar Plexus -blow" to the weevil and stated that fields which had undergone the treatment had produced virtually as much cotton as before Its advent. George D. Smith, associate entom obogist, working under the auspices of the state plant board Is -given credit for evolving the new method of com batting the pest, which has cost the southern planters hundreds of millions of dollars. The long known fact that the wee vil can be poisoned effectively during the -period preceding the appearance of the 11irat squares played the leading ,part in Mr. Smith's work. Alpplica tion of poison at this time kills vir tually all weevils on the field but wee vils emerging later deposit their eggs LAURENS HI GIVES ANDEB4 A 'ARE Anderson Team, Doped Out Win Handily, Barely Gets Awa.. with a Victory. 'Laurens High School, doped out to be easy victors for the hekvy Ander son High School team Iat Friday, ov erturned the dope bucket at the Ander son county fair and gave the "Yellow jackets" the scare of their lives !but went down in defeat by one touch down. The lone touchdown of the An dersonians -was made by a fake pla'y in the second quarter. .Local people who went over to see the game said the Laurens team 'put pl) a stiff fight and a pretty exhibition. Anderson had to send in several substitutes, but the lo cals went through the entire game without a substitution. - Following is an account of the game taken from The Anderson Tribune: The "Yellowjackets" of "Hi" won a hard fought game of football from Laurens yesterday afternoon. 'When the -game ended the score was 6-0 in favor of Anderson, The game was played on the noi field just back of the Fair gtounds and was called at 3:30 o'clock. The features of the game were tihe end -rdtiys 'made by the local team andl hardl bucking of the line by the Laui rens 'hoys. liogrefe, D~ean andl Fisher for the locals played stellar ball, iwh~ile Glenn angn Counts for the visitors won similar laurels. Every man that playedl In tile 11ine for the "Yellowjackets" did his part. WVall, Ellis, Brown anld Anderson and in fact, every nian on die team~ p)1'Ced jam-up ball. To 'prove that this is true, twice LIaurenls got on Anderson's 4I yard line 'but cacti' time thley were hleldl for the four downs. Abbeville and Latirens the last two high schools that the locals hlave .play ed h~ad wveil coached teams, and heldl tile locals to a lone touchdown. The Laurens team 'played jam-up 'ball and it was only a fake run of Hogrefe's that netted the six points. A try for the extra point by Fisher failed. Yesterday's game badly crippled thle local team. In the last frame Dean, the dlashing. fullback and captain iwas badly Injured. lHe was rushed to tile Anderson "County i-ospital, wvhere an 'N-ray oicturd was made of 'his hip and It wvas found to be dislocated. It .is likely that he .will be ouit of the line up tfot. tile rest of the season. Carl iHogrefe, fast quarterback of the "Yellowjackets", was injured in the gamne last F~ridlay week with Abbeville and did not .play in the first quarter yesterday. HeJ was put in at the begin ning of the second, 'however, and play ed good bil despite his injuries. Mose ly 'who was quarterback for the first framne went back to his old .position at left balf back, and Johnson who was NCED FOR LL WEEVIL PEST That Picking of All Early of Weevil Problem in Florida. in the early squares starting the sea son's infestation. After tie squares develop the adlIt iweevil is indifferent to ioison ( and because the eggs an1( largae are within the sqIuares the 'poison has no effect upon then. By stripping the first sqIuares eggs and larvae (leposited by the over-win tered weevils ar removed, says the ibultethi. This disposes of the weevil's progeny, but a coisiderable iimber of adult weevils remain. These, doprived or the squares in which to hide and upon which to feed, turn upon the terminal of growing hbud of the plant for food. With the squares out of the way by stripping, it -is simple to litqr ally fill the terminal bud with poison from a dlust-gun. At this tine the over-wintered wee vils have only a few iore days to live and their instinct to survive urges then to feed liberally. Application of pOison to the terminal buds at this stage has been followed in all the ex periments by the destruction of prac tically every weevil that escaped cap ture in the stripping operation. With the over-wintered weevils and their progeny disposed of no addition al weevils of any consequence will, comie to the field before the annual mi gration, which in Florida usually takes place about August 1. The cost of the treatment was placed by Dr. Newell at from $1.50 to $2.00 an acre, including labor. 0EV. KIGWO IM~~S Pastor of Methodist Church Returned to This Charge. Rev. A. N. Brunson Made Presiding Eidet of Greetiville District. 'Rev. IP, F. Kilgo, who has faithfully served the congregation of the First .Methodist church of this city for two years, has been returned to this charge for another year, according to the appointnents read out at the close of tile lethodist Conference held in (laffney last week. Thie return of Rev. Kilgo was not a surprise to the people here as it was generally understood that the sentiment among his congre gation for his return was unanimous. Rev. W. H. Taylor comes to the Lall rens Mills church to succeed Rev. Fos ter Speers, who goes to the Easley cir cuit. Rev. G. G. M~arley goes to Wa terloo, succeeding Rev. Lupo, ewho goes to (Whitimire, and 'Rev. C. W. Watson returns to the Gray Court charge. Rev. B. .N. Robertson goes to E noree. Rev. 1. E. Wiggins returns to Clinton. Rev. A. N. Brunson, ipresent pastor of the M\ain Street Methodist church at Greenwood, succeeds .Rev. J. M. Stead man as presidinlg elder of this district, Rev. Steadman going to Newberry as pastor. 'Rev. J. Rt. Tr. iMajor, former 'pastor of tile local church, goes to Co lumbia as lresidling eler fr'om the Spartanburg district and Rev. W. A. Fairy, also a former pastor' here, goes to S'partanhurg as presiding eldier. Rev. E. A. hloller, another formIer Pastor hol'e, remains a1s presiding elder l' ftho Andelrson distr'ict. 'Rev. la. P. McGee, for'mer .pastor here, goes to St. John's chunrch, Anderson, as apastor. Fnrmlers Meet ings Meetings of farmers will be held atL tbe following qlaces next wveek: Monday, the 20th.. Mt. Gallagher school house at 7 iP. M. Tuesday, the 21st, Grlewecrton school house, at 7 'P. M. tWednesday, the 22nd. F'riendship school, at 12 noon1. 'Wednesday, the 22nd, Youngs school, at 3:30 P. MU. 'Wednesday, thle 22nd, Antiock school, at 7 P. M.,.Spartanburg county. Thur'sday, the 23rd, 'Poplar Spr'ings, at 7 P. M. C. 'L. VAUGHAN, County Agent. substituting for hhni was taken out. In the second qluarter was wvhen H~ogrefe called thle fake that was re. sponsible for the touchdown. 'Dean swas playing eback on thlat dowld but H'ogr'efe instead earried tile 'ball aroundl right end for a 35 yard run for the touch down. Ligon, the big center for the local teant, was out of the gaine yesterday eni account of injluries received lant Friday week in the game'-with 'Abbe yilla. oe 11lliams, Colored, Sho and 3lor ially Wounded Ji1 (illiam 311 1 doll 3Morning. Joe 'Williamus, an old negro ma abotLt 70 years of age and said to h bordeiling oI senility ', In being held' it the county jail onl the charge of mur der, he having mortally wounded Joi Gilliain, young negro man, lonlda morning about Vight o'clock. Imme diately after. th. shooting the old mar came to the slieriff's office and surrend ered. The shooting occurred at the homc of Williams on North Harper street According to evidence brought. out at the inquest, Gilliam and Williams had had trouble before and Williams warn ed Gilliam not to come on his place. illiam returned Monday morning an( after repeated .warnings sought to en ter-'Williams' house by force. John Copeland and Frank Pilgrim, testify lig at the inquest said they saw Gil 1iam start into the house with either a hammer or bottle in his hand. As he reached the back door Williams fired with a shot-gun, hitting G-illian just above the heart. Gilliam then turned and ran out of and around the house, falling on the edge of the street where lie died in a short time. Joe Williams %was for many years a ramiliar character around town, run ning a small store at one time. Gil liam worked for a pressing club in the 3ity. The origin of the trouble between them has not develoeped. T. P. OWINGS DEAlD Aged Citizen of Gray Court Passed Away Saturday N.ight. JBurial at Harmony Sunday. Thaddeus P. Owings, aged Confeder ito veteran of Gray Court, passed tway at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gussie Moore, at that place Saturday light and was buried at Harmony 3hurch Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. rhe funeral was conducted with Ma ionic honors, a religious service being 2onducted 'by Rev. George 'Hopkins. The deceased was in his 83rd year. ilis wife preceded hin to the grave a row years ago. Ie is survived by the following sons and daughters: Messrs. Efme, A. 'M., 0. V. and W. T. Owings, ind 'Mesdames Etta Dorroh and Gussie Wloore. Mr. Owings fought throughout the Civil War and made a brava and gal alit soldier. lie was a member of vchroder Lodge No. 1-1-, A. F. M. FOR JOINT IEUNION [Hd Hicekory and Wildcat Mee ting Con sidered. Asheville, N. C., .Nov. I!-Bearing he indorsenent of Maj. Gen. Charles J. Bailey, who commanded the eighty Ilrst. division and Brig. (en. S. L. Fai *on of the Thirtieth, a move was for nilly launched here today for a joint -enni" n of the Wildcat and Old lick )f'y divis'or.s, to be held in Asheville starting on Armistice day, -November Ii, 1923. Col. iDoii Scott, 'Col. S. \V. Mi nor, ?:ol. Frank ia Isteadl and otherpp romn l.(yti tlicer in' bot d)1li(ivislins have nldorsedl the reun ion. One of the features, acor-ding to Clutative ar lrangemeints, will be a 'oot all game bietwen two leadinag South r;colleges, with North Carolina and~ Vaniderbiht of Tennessee50 as tihe choice >f contestants. ,John C. Stont John C. Stone, a resident of l.au r(ens pra'ct~ically all his lire, died Wed riesday night in Atlanta at. tile home of uls son, Guy Stouie, whomi ho had been visiting for a few weks. The (deathi of Mlr. Stonle was due to heart failure anid lie was ill only for a shoirt timei. The remlains iwero brought to Lauti rens and laid to rest 'Friday in the Laurens cehietery. M3r. Stone -is survived b~y thr~ee d1augh1 ters, Mrs. William H!. Ir'by and( Mr's. Biallie Madden of 'Laurens, and Mrs. Lou Mobley, of Columbia, and( 'by thi'ee sons, Guy Stone, Atlanta; Luther Stone, Mountyvllle, and 13ec Stone, Lau. rens. Convticted i Federal (Court. Charged with sending an obscenle let toi' throughl the United States mail, Ma. miie KnIght, negress, of Lautrens, was foundt guilty 'Wednesday in the Fedleral 'court at Greenwood, and receiveda sentence of three months or a fine 01 $50. The fine wvas paid. The est 'was handled locally by a post oflice in anpetor. NETS BIG 8UN s-moOrii S~r RA N(,,.:' t T'A E J.S 01i it'IC la CIII-:C(s OF ('ITY AN1) TE'I'$ BIG SUM OF 34MON E:V IN OTjjilt CIiES. NO'I' V-IT Alt. I ElS'I- 1). I laving flashed- live checks aggregat ing $1,070 -in four cities on the official :blank checks of the City of Laurens, a ianl signing his name on some of them ax 14. E. Pearson and ol others as 'Paul Scott has so far eluded arr st and at least four banks in South. Carolina, North Caroliia and Virginhi are up lparently out of approxiiately $1,000 unless the smooth gentleman is locat ed. The first intimation of the forgery came about the middlo ,f last week when The 1nterprise National Bank, of this city, received a long distance telephone message from a bank in Winston-Salem, N, C., asking if the mayor of Laurens had issued a check for $220 to P. 10. Pearson, -pretending to -be a consulting engineer. C. H. Roper, cashier of the-bank, immediate ly sought the city clerk's office and found out that no such check had been issued. le at once wired the Winston 0alen bank that the check was a fogery and then called up over the telephone to tell the bank to have the man arrested. The -person talking from the Winston-Salem end said that they had the nan under surveillance, but wanted to he sure of their ground before having an arrest made. Mr. Roper assured them positively that the check was a forgery, but before the 'orth Carolina bank had taken action the surpect had made his departure. Later intimations of the successful ,plan worked by the check-flasher were received when checks commenced to arrive at t-he Enterprise National Bank from four other 'banks, a second one at Winston-Salem, and one each at Greenville, S. C., Charlotte, N. C., and Charlottesville, Va, In each case ex cept one the check was for $250, the exception being from another Winston Salem bank for $100. All of these ar rived at the bank in the regular man ner and bore evidences of having been cashed at sight. While local police officers are not certain as to how and when the smooth stranger got in) possession of the blank cheeks. they think that he got them when he was in ILaurens Saturday night, November 4th, when a troupe of actors gave a show at the Opera flouse. it is not thought that he was a 'member of the troupe, but that he was an actor and was visiting friends in the company. In the (Iressing rooim of the theatre were being kel)t surplus city su':iplies, including stationery of the city clerk and treasurer. Finding here a blank check-book, he tore out six of them and placed them In his pocket. On leaving here, 'he evidently went to G1reenville, w1here he cashed in for the. first time, taking down $250. Th'is chieck bore thec endorsement of a prominent electrical contractor of G reenvillec, which was also doubtless ly forged. It, like the oit's that. have arrived since, wer~e returnied unfpaiid by the local -bank. All of the checks had the name of t~Mayor Dial forged to them. The stranger evidenitly neglected to get the iname ofQ lerk Stanley Crews for the name 'C. 0. Alasseci" was signed1 as clerk and treasurer. All of them were diesignatedl as checks .payable for "Services as Consulting Elngineer" in the department of "Streets". Chict Crews is giving assistance to the onut-o f-town banks in attempting to cat ch the forger, hut uip until yester day no word of any arrest had been re ceivedi here. Attendants for Wedding Arrive f.lre~ Sherman Hart Baillard, of Mul lins, -Wert Virginia, wvhose .wedding to Miss Maudie Mae Jessee will 'he one of the outstanding social events of the autumn, arrived in the city Monday with Mr. Joe Dingess, of Huntington, West Virginia, who iwili act as his best. man. Miss Jessee has as her guest (Miss Irnia Theresa Floyd, of S'tates b)oro, Gleorgia, whbo wvll-* be thme maid of honor. The only other attenklant will b)e 'Mrs. Carter 'Price, of Barnwvell, as matron of honor, wvh6 has been visit ing her parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. W,' HI. MePhail, for the last week. The Wed ding wvill take 'place this afternoon tt four o'clock at Miss Jessee's home on North 'Harper street and will be twit neossed by only a few friends,