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VOLUME XXXV1119 LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922. NUMBER 21 ,P11EltSH.NXV PLEAS MIULITA11Y CAUSE D1eclares Amerienl Must be Saved froim iate of (1inse Nation. St. 'Louis, -Dec. 4.-General John J. PerAhing today made a plea for a larger 'Amenican military establish ment so that .Americ will not "like China, become the football of fortune, subject to the dictation from abroad ail possible disruption from within." The general spoke at a, Chamber of Comnerce luncheon. (iHe declared the present trouble in ,Far and Near 10ast should give Ameri ca some concern. "The developments which have taken 'place since thi Turkish vic tory over the Greeks indicate stifll ciently the danger which we run of beconifrg entangled in questions sur rounding that age-old center of racial, religious and political strife," he as sei-ted of the 'Near East sitifation. "When war is thrust upon us," the general stated, "our patriotism flames ,up and we are tremendously aroused. MXlhen the danger has passed, however, we gradually slide back into the old easy-going ways, serenely coniident that the future will taIk care of itself. We usually fail to attribute the costs of war to pre-war unpreparedness." The general is making a brief tour under the American defense society. le declared there was no danger of America becoming militaristic. as some persons- "whose idealism oveuwhelms .their common"stise" fear. Military training should not only be put into effect for defense pUrposes, -but also for the upbuilding of the phy sical and m'oral manhood of America, he emphasized. :During the past 150 years the army has been engaged in one important un dortaking every 18 months. General Pershing said, and "no one can say that war in the future will be less frequent." SAMUEL G. HUNTI&B Ion of Late Dr. Hunter, of ThIs Conn. ty, Died In Greenville Sunday. 4After a. ipngthy illness Samuel S. riintemed farmer of' 60' Peti'y Avenue, Greenville, died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Green ville. Mr. $-unter was a son of the late -Dr. 'Melmoth Hunter, of this county and had lived ill Greenville about -two years, having resided in the city of Spartanburg and the county the greater -part of his life. He was well known over the entire section and a recognied leader. Besides a host of friendtand his wife, who was a Miss Sexton, assister of W. IL. and Liisses Annie and Allie Sexton of this city, the follow-ing sons survive hhln: S. W. and W. T. Hunter, of Greedville, and Frank M. Hunter, of Los Angeles, Cal., and one brother, Joe L. Hunter, of Liberty. The funeral services were held'Mon day at the Woodruff Baptist church at 12 o'clock, cohducted by Rev. Mr. Riley of Woodruff. The fungral party left Greenville at 10 o'clock. lnter mont was 'in the 'Presbyterian ceme tory. The following gentlemen acted as pahll bearers:' Melmeth Parks, Sum ter :Paiks, Jr., 'Ben Kilgore, Ben Hun ter, ygilliam Hunter and W. D. Sexton, nlepb\ews. ~ Honorary pall bearers: H-. P. 'Boggs, J. SM. 'Phillips, 1W., WV. Simp son,, 8. M. Kilgore, J. B. Kilgore and S. 'P. Parks) The 'following nieces acted as flow'er 'bearers: Miss Edna Stillworth, Miss -Ida Lod ;Hunter, Miss Della.PParks, .Miss billie 'Parks, Miss Linda Hunter,"Miss Janie HIunter, Miss Nannl6 Kilgore~ - Mrs. Saltie Stephuenson Deidd Mrs. Sallie Steihenson, an aged vrilp ple woman ivh6'has'i 1Pd al the Juia Irby' sanitaium'fat tli as iine years tinder the care of 'M% fgulia Irby, pass#.d away 'at the 1sifal W1 iday. The 'body was 6prried t# hor frmer 'Yome in Jackonyjille,- Ala., Satt d.y, #ffere interetpelnt tookkplace, tt rp malas 'being accompa i ed b,4. Miss Irby. lMrs. Ste.phensoni *es 81 yearso' age and~bad been a 6$ple for many, years. -At 'lnlty- 4%Ige The School .1mip ~kent a'hiocia tion ofTrriptyditidgf 1i1 serveta' hot su per' in the school bnhildin~g' on'the night of 'iday 'Dec. 8, beginaging at.. o'clock.' Ilverybody is. invited t0 come. tinople: nd i e, Sea oft'Maymion 'nd t'hoi also says the .Angora govetg.. a yuinthe .peni the atrait l th # doodprce 4danattaax 'emnbestions.'' SOVET RUSSIA SUPPORTS TURKS DELEGATES A1r LAUSSA-NE D. OLAlIE THAT BOSPHORUS ANI) )ARbD'ANELLES BELON( TO TUR. KIEY ANiD THAT TURiKISH PEO. PLE E.NTITLED TO FULL SOT. EREIGNTY THERE. Laussanc, Dec, 4.-The fundanen tal position of dRussia on the Bospho r011, the Sea of 'Marmosa and the straits of the Dardanelles 'was out lined by foreign minister Tchnitcherin who read a prepared statement in French, of which the following oflic fil summary was given out this after 1100n: 1 The Russian delegation will strive to attain two objects first, equality of the positions and rights of Rus .sia and per allies--phe -Ukraine and Georgia-with 'the positions and rights. of the other - powers; 'second, safe -guarding of the peace and se curity of the Russian territories, and liberty ot their economic relations with the. other .powers. M. Tchniteherin conceded that nav igation, and- 'Paciflc maritime 'con inunJcation in the. Bosphorous, , the Sea of Maimosa 'and the Dardanelles, must be assured in the .most absolute inanner and - w'ithout .restrictions. He said: "Maintenance of peace on the Black Sea and the security of its coasts, Peace in -the Near East and -the security of Constantinople should be guaranteed in a durable manner. This ngeans that the Dardanelles and the Bospherous, in -time of peace as in time of wit, ought to be Constantly closed to the -warships and armed ves sols, as well'as the military airplanes, of all coun-tries except Turkey, only in this. way can liberty of peaceful xIavigation in these waters be effec . ually gtuaranteed." M. Tchnitchorip continued by say i4g4hat the Russian government sfart ed with the elementary fact that the Bosphorous and. the Dardanelles be long to )urkey -and that, the Turkish .people are entitled to ful sovereignty over their .ternitory and waters. M. Tchnitcherin said Turkey could effectively defend her watel:s against attack by possessing the right to fortify and arm her coasts by pos sessing a floot of warships and by tt4,zzing for her defense every tech nichl\Means of modern 'warfare. iM. Tchniitcherin then 'passed to what was interpreted as an allusion to England. He said: . "Closing the straits to othet war ships contorms to the .principle of equality between states. Throwi then open. will give a preponderatin position 'to the strongest maritime %power." . Russia and her alli'ed republic, M. Tchnitcherin .argued, had no ag &resite, bellicose, militaristic de signs against the liberty of other poo-l pies; .therefo they were in a pecu-I liar posi1tion to 'watch over the inter-i este' Of the working masses and .to contribute to the 'world's economic . dievelopment. Their solution' was the only .possible solution of the straights problem. The aVusian loader added: "S8oviet Russif, in annulling without competisation the agreements touch ing upon the return..pt Constantinople to 'Russia, and in libeiratin. all the countries on the ~Mediterranean.<basin from the former menace and ambitions of Czarism, will never' permrt a settle meat of -the str.tits question '!which would menace ,Russia's owin seeg'iity." lie emphasized .the importan'ce . of the straits for the economic prdosperi ty of the soviet lederafrion. In 1910 mores than sevrenty -per &ent of the en tire Rtussieb. wheat expotation passed thirou~gli the ports of the Black Sea .and :the sea. of Aaov. lie said that,, from the standpoint * defende, this stl'&its solptiort' alend .the vital eIW entary: inter &f:Russia and he , allie, and enf~es onl i tcall .thatIt was '1lks to the. free passage # h $a4..Q. b he: naval forces of all thd a;thiat the ententes.poWiert wore toorgantze in' Southern .ausila orgfe e -Denikine and WfrAngel d 'opthem~ in their war 4gaiat sian. geoenenu~l SCHOOL BUILDING DESTROVEr BY FIRE itoeiont Colored School Near V -ess -ill Destroyed )y Fire FrIday 3Morning (H1efore ThanksgjihIng. Rtosemont school building, onie of the best negro school buildings in the county, was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin Friday morning, November 24th. The school is located several miles to Jhe right of Cross IHill. Whein lirst discovered about 10 o'clock in the morning the flames had already advanced so fiar that neither the 'building nor any of its contents could be saved. 'So far as is nown, the building was empty when the fire .occurred. The Rosemont school was built un der the Rorenwald fund and was in sured with the state sinking fund for $2,250, the only negro school in the county being Insured. . M. J. Mliller, agent for the sinking fund, came to lIaurens Monday morning: following 'the fire and made a setIlement of the -policy In full. The trustees of the school have already laid plans for ro building at once and will build prac tically on the same ,liies as the old 'building. O5peaking of the fire yesterday, Supt. of Education R. T. Wilson said that the trustees of the school were very fortunate 1% having the building in sured. All of the white schoQls of the county, he said, are insured vith the state sinking fund commission. SAFE CRACWI'D IN AUG. W. SMITH STORE Loot Consists of $1,000 Casfh and a Similar Amount Liberty Bonds. Spartanburg, Dec. 2.-A yeggman or yeggmen bFoke into the Aug. W. Smith department store, cracked the safe and secured approximately $1,000 in cash and $1,000 in 'Liberty bpnds and 'War saving stamps some time Saturday night or Sundaf morning, it was dis covered today when J. 1B. Ulos, a clerk, entered the store about 11 o'clock this morning to write a let Irrdicatious accordIng to the .poUcg, are that the job was done by exports' who were familiar with mechanism of the safe. A hole was drilled near. the combination iob where the two doors met and an iron pin inserted. B'y means of a stel hoop-shaped brace [which. was placed around the safe, lev erage was secured and great pressure brought to bear on the pin which finv' ally caused the mechanism on the in.' side to yield. This released the steel catches holding the doors shut and the safe was opened. No explosives were used. Detectives are working on the case, but have made o iprogress aq yet. They refused to discuss the rob bery tonight. The tools used were left on the floor. Entrance was made from the rear of the store which is situated on East Main street in the heart of the shopping district. There was no light burning near the safe. This is the fourth time .wthin t;w0 years that the department store has been entered, '1H, Frank 'McGee, man ager, stated -tonight. The store car' ried no burglar insurance. hloy 1Has *Narrowy Escape Clau~e Starnes, a school boy In short apants living in the 'Laurens Mille village, had a narrow escape from serious injury 'yesterday about two o'clock WVhen he was knocked down and, dragged severali feet 'by an auto mobile bread whgonj of J. A, Cureton & Coihpany, of Greenville, driven by a Mr. Craig. The tratck; was coming out of TLaurens.'ftreet into the public1 square it the, LMiite. 'Company corhor, tr'avelling at a mnodeitte rate. 'ihe1 boy, coming' from~' school, .ran out in fi'ont of the truck from behind an au tomnobile in front of thq Minter Com. 'pany store. ,When he saw tihe truck h'e uiade a dash to gtet out'of the way, but (lid not get quite fat oudughi. Tihe right fender struck him and. knocked him dpwn. .ife clu'ng .to the fronit bumper and cried fof 1ielp. 'l'he driver of the car was unable to stoj immediately, but after .9)ishing .the boy along for' a few,. feoot came to .a full stop and got -out tot'ender asuistanuce, The boy -was .picked up and found to .bo uininjui'ed. After brushig~g his olothes off and re gaining his .self-possoaion he ,put~ oni his cap and walked 'way, Episcopalians to &el 'Fancy Work . U~nder. the auspices. 6f, the Guild of the I~iscopa1 Ohuroh,' fancy artlclea mil be sol4 at towe's druag store on P'ridar.mo.gning. 'rTe dalo begI~s Pyrnmptly- at ,to e ook. SHALL SHERIFF OCCUPY JAIL? Shieriff Ileld Has Ioved Into Vacant toois In New JailI, but May be Forced to Mtove Out. Question Raised by Suiperlvisoir. Is the sheriff f the county to live in the new county jail, into which he has already moved, or will lie have to move out? The question will likely have to be decided by some higher atithority than now exists in the County. Several weeks ago the jail commis sion turned the new jail over to the board of county 'cominssioners, of which the supervisor is ex-ofilclo chairman. -When they turned the Jail over into the hands of the county corn missionors, according to Supervisor Watts, they. reported that it was not in a finished condition -as funds had not -been suflicient to place cells on the lower floor.- Supervisor Watts, acting for the county commissioners, in turn delivered the keys of the jail to Sheriff .Reid. When the formality of turning 'the ., keys over was gone through the supervisor, as lie says, adiised the sheriff that the jail was delivered for -the keeping of prisoners only. The intimation was, so it is understood, that the sheriff was not to move his family into the. jail. - - The sheriff, whether or not he gath ered the full significance of the super visor's remark, moved his family into the jail last week, occupying the lower rooms of the building originally in tended to be used for cells but not actually containing p'!son equipment. WIhen the bowrd of county commis sioners met in annual sessjon yester day Sheriff Reid was called to meet wit_ 'the commissioners and state his Alain'for occupying the space lie does in the jail. The sheriff was out of town. It is understood that lie claims that .as the prisoners are in his cus tody and that as he is held responsi ble for th6in he has a right to remain Inf thd jail and be near them. 'iore +r he contends that by staying in tho jail building himself lie salves the :dtaty.the-expea of an extra Jailer. rhe Jail building has a small rootm |tnd office for a Jailer. The contention of Supervisor Watts ls that 'the plans of the jail building lid not call for occupancy of so much )f its space as living quarters; that without the spac" now occupied- by the dheriff the accommodations for pris >ners are inadequate since necessities iequire that males, females, whites, lacks, juveniles and hospital patients )o held in different .wards; and that Ahile the rooms occupied by the sheriff ire not fitted with cells they are in all ther respects as safe as the rooms pstairs and may be used to advan :age for prisoners. What steps are to be taken in the matter have not been decided upon )r at least have not been divulged. Buperviso'r 'Watts, who incidentally jaid that there was no perhonal mo Live on his part, intimated that lie 'night appeal to the state uwelfare board or to the governor a's a means f arriving at an understanding. FIAZAAIR TO BE lIELD AT 0. 0.-O. hIUIDING i)bject to Secure Funds for ai Ligthtinig Plant for thme Building. Gray Court, IDee. 4.-On Friday, Dee. 15th, a 'bazaar wvill be held at Gray Court-Owings school building to Becure futnds for the contemplatedh wa ter and light plant to be installed in the school building. The several booths, arranged at tractively in the .auditorium, wvill be opened sit'2 P. M. The fancy-uvork booth wvill display all kinds of fancy work for sale, and will have also bun galow -and kitchen aprons, children'as rompers, boys' waists, etc. Thdo copuiittee in charge of the "hiarvest'' booth will he ready to lpre vide the housekeeper with all kinds of eatables, grown on .the farrn, or pro duced in the dairy. 'Many kinds of delicious hiome-miade candies will' be found at the candy booth. And for the spiecial pgleasure of the little folk a 'fish--pond will-bo. near. There iwill very probably be two games of basket ball, otie of the girls and on'q the 'boys, played during the af ternoon. After,5 o'clockt a real tum$cey dinnoe' Will-be served in the abasement. In the early evening, juist -following inner, a musical ~pro am will 'be giv ett in the auditoripta, , verytbody. is inyited to come. (0O.OAN ACA, is ii-:.(1 Deathi Cme Monday Afternoi Mife Long ilness. Greenwood Index-Joiirnai. Thonas S. IBlakely, proiinent busi 11C.4s 111iti iild fai hinr of Curouaca, die, Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'Iocl following an illiess of several m1ontlih. The funeral will be conducted this af ternoon at three o'clock from th Presbyterian church at Coronaca h Rev. C, E. Sullivan and Rev. 'M. A\ Brabhiam. Interment will be in Beth lehem cemetery. Mr. 'Blake was the son of )r. im Mirs. Thomas S. Blakely, and was born and ivared at Ninety Six. lie was 5: years of age having been born De comber 27, 1869. A number of year ago hqimoved to Coronlen nd engag ed in the inercantile business as wel as farming. lie was c6nntcted with , number of business enterprises of coro naca, and was one of the most sub stantial citizens of that community. 'A 'member of ithe -dresbyteitiar church, Mr, 'Blake hed al'ways showi a deel) intieet in 'thi affairs 'of hII. church. 'Ile is survived by his wife wIho was Mliss 'Av'ie Andei'son bofor marriage; ne son, Edwin A. Blake and one daughter, Annie E. Blake bjoth of Coronaca. -He also leaves thre sisters, Mrs. W. B. Stewart, Ninet3 Six and Misses Bettie and - Annh Blake, of Ninety Si. Desides his iii. mediate family, 'ir. Blake had a larg( family connection in ttris section, an( his death will be learned with grief b5 many friends. Active pall bearers 'will be: Ander son Simpson, Dave Byrnett, lendersoi -Stuart, J. 0, Owens, Marcus Willard Richard Buchanan, W. 11. Hiarvelcy F. E. Wells. ITonorary pall bearers: Jay Motsinger, Lewis Thompson, 'yill Rice, Larry Watts, Robert Stuai4 T A. Robinson, R. T. Morris, L,. Rt. Boyd S'l'ATE CONVENTION OF U. R. C. MEETS Will Meet in Greenwood for Threc Days. Elaborate Program Planned, Greenwood, Dec. .-Phe twenty sixth annual 'convention of the Soutl Carolina division of the United Daughters of 'the Confederacy will meet in Greenwood on December 6, 7, and 8, and final preparations are being made by the two local chapters of tle U. D. C., to entertain the visitors. Ap proximately 150 delegates from every chapter in the state are expected., 'Practically all of the state officers will be present, as -well as one or two of lcials of the national organization. The delegates will arrive Wed nesday afte.'noon and will be tendered a "Welcome meeting", at Lander col lege on the evening of December 6., A reception in the college parlors will follow this meeting. The 'business sessions will begin Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock, fol lowed by a luncheon at one. Thursda) afternoon, all visitors will be giveri an automobile ride around the city That. evening will be known as "His torteal evening,," a'nd will b~e in char-gi of 'Mris. J. H., West of Newber'ry, statt historian, An addr'ess' 19 Col. J. Rior McKissick, editor of the Grceenvilh< -Piedmont, will 1be delivei'ed at thal time. Friday moi'ning, the business ses sions wviil be resumed and at on< o'clock all dlelegates will 'be the guiesti 0o' the -Rober't A, Waller and JoI Mclellar Reynolds chapters of the 'U, D). C. here, at a luncheon. Thi: lunchmeon wvill conclude the forma program of tho convention. Elaborate'oreparations are beli made for the entertainment of viltor: by the local, organizations, *' Bailey School Hloinor Rail -Seventh (Grado-Mar-y T1empletor Robert Martin, 'Fifth GradeS Joel Fiul11er, Lizz',ie lPul Fourth Graide-Evelyni Ramage, Es telle Fuller. ' Third Grado--Roy Jerry, -Second Grade -ientr'ice Templeton Lillie Mae Shockley. First Gratie-Augustus -Ramnage Martin Milam. . Must Hlave'Trash Containers After hearing a report fr9m thi health department Monday 'ight, i1 which it was stated that i-t .was prac .tically imnpossible to' keep abreast o street cleaning utider apresent condi tions, city council passed a resolutiot declaring. that eitizens must- provi containere for trash instead of dump ing t. in piles for' tho: trash wag~ns ti pick up,. CITY l4TIRS ' DISC S8 FINANC[S JOiNT 11EETIN(G OF CTy OUNCIL .AND) TWO C0313ISSIONS Il1,1 . MOND.Y NIGIT. Iil a Joint meeting of city council, the water aid light commission and the bond commission in city council chamber Monday night financial af I fairs or the city were discussed with a view of arriving at a definite plan for retiring the outstanding bonds when thoy become due. Some pre-ar ranged plan for dealing with this phase of city finances, explained I IMayor Lal in opening the meeting. t became necessary when it was point ed out to the city council 'by Nlr. Wal lace, who recently audited the city books, that through failure of past city councils to lay aside the annual sinking fund a delicit in the sinking fund had been created which wou'l'd' prevent the full payment of the bonfds when they became 'due unless -a large appropriation was made -yearly for this purpose or unless refunding bonds be issuled ait maturity MNi'. Wallace was present at the leetlg -iionday night. Ased as to the amount necessary to be appropri atod each year to meet all of the bonds when they became due, lie said that he estimated the annual amount to be in the nelghborhood of $2-1,000. On flg ures presented by Mr. 'McCuen, of the water aid liglit commission, it was shown that the appropriation would be a'pproximately $21,000 if the original schedule were adher(I to and the present deficit be igiored. lnder that plan no attempt would be made to Imlake up the present deficit in the sinking fund, but refunding bonds would bofloa'ted to make 'up the deficit when the bonds became due. The cx act amount of the defieit was not dis closed at the meeting. The total bond ed indebtedness was brought out as $296,500. Mr. MIcCuen. said that the .present bond issues had been provided for un der suggestions from the Business 'League and that he felt that the league. should be consulted as to 'what meas ures are to be taken for their retire ment .in view of the fact that to retire all of tile old and now bonds at ma turity might require a larger levy for the next few years than the league an ticipated when the bonds were recom mended. The view of -Mr. McCuen was acqiuiesced in and the matter carried over until another meeting. 'Council and the water and light comn mission also discussed the question of the commiss-ion assummig respon sibility for payment of interest and sinking'fund for past bonds for wa ter and lights as well as the now $65,000 Issue. An animated discus sion of this question, took place. The commission took the position that it could not meet these payments in cash while the city was only having a "book-charge" made against it for the water ando lights it was usin1g. As a matter of accounting, it wvas decided thlat book charges should be made against 'the commission for these items and that settlement In cash be post lponed until the commission Is able to meet the payments. Members of the commission Intimated that this might lbe a very long wvait as tile water and light department was showving an an nual loss of around $12,000 before the commission took charge. Action on tihe disposal of about $9,000 In accumulated interest and pirenmiums on the (bonds recently sold tWas postponedl. Mayor Dial recom mended that no expenditure of this money be made, hbut that it be pilaced in the lhnds of. the sinking fund com mission to applly on future payments of interest. Mrs. (Caine Burled ,The remains of Mrs. 'Rosa 1. Caine, 'whose -death took place at her home ,In thlis city last 'ionday evening, were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in the Laurens temiety. The servicds were 'conducted by her pastor, Rev, C. T. Squires, of the IFirst Presbyterian church, assisted Jby Rev. J. W. Watts, -uIply pastor of the F'Irst Baptist fchurch. A large concourse of sorrow.. - ing friends and Telatives followed the body 'to its last resting place. The ac 3 tive pall 'bearers wore nephews. o - the deceadd as follows: Ear?. Wilsoia, R. V. Irby', Jim lIrby and W. C. idhey