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VOL UME XXXVIII. 'ILAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEbNESDAY9 DECEMBER 13, 1922.0UBR2 BUiSINEiSS, [[AGUE[ [LECiS OFfIC[RS GEORGE M. WRIGHT AND OTHEIlI OFVICIERIS OF PAST YEAR RE. E-LECTEI) FOR ANOTliIlt YEAR. HIGH SOHOOL FOORjALL TEAM -AUE6TS AT BANQUET. At the annual meeting of the Lau rens Business 'League, hold after the banquet at tlie' Laurens 'Hotel last Tuesday,\evgning, Mr. Geo, M.. Wright and the entire board of directors of the past year were re-elected for the ensuing year upon a motion from the floor offere'i -by W. L. Graz. -'The di rectors are L. -G. Balle, W. 0. Lancas ter, E. 'D. 19ae'orby,, Alison Lee, R. R. Nickels and S. M. Wilkes. At a sub sequent meeting of the directors W. R. Mc(Cuei and M. .. Smith were re-elect. ed secretary/and recording sec'etary respectively. Besides the ahnual election of of fBers, the. meeting was featured by the 'presence of the entire foot-ball -sqquad of the iLaurens -high.sichool as guests of the league, With the squad was Stpt. -.1 'W. Gasque, Coach Re. and'Manager iWinro. Called 'tipon at the "talking hour" of the banquet, Supt. Gasque expressed the thanks of the 'team for the invitation to' the ban quot and reviewel the record of the s0ason, 'pointing out that the team had won four out of eight games, and scoring two touchdowns againqt Gaff ney, one of the strongest high school teams in the state. Regardless of its recorti in scoring however, foid Mr. Gasque, the team had played .a clean game ,and had followed his injunction ''that it were .bettqr to do down play ing a clean game than. to win and have -Its name besmirched." Later in thq evening.Coach Estes awarded th' following insigna 'to various members of the'squad: Cresent, 'laurice' Glenn; Star, Duckett Young, Lawrence Kilgo, Jaines Templeton, Ralph Crisi,' Carl ThmQnlpson and 'Richard - Counts; "L", Jerry Win-go, -Harold Hudgens, Rus sell (urns,' George Wright, Lithius Tidwell. Just before the close of the meeting IDr. J. Ill, Teague made a vig orous appeal for flnancir) 'huport of the team next year. . W. 1j. -GraY read a letter froil a com mitte from the Clinton Chamber of Commerce suggesting a joint meeting ..of committees from both commercial bodies to discuss plans looking toward the completion of highways in the county, which had been included in the stato highway system, including the proposed Calhoun Highway rupning through the county from Renno th'ough Clinton, Cross Hill and Mlountville to ,the proposed Puckett's Forry. bridge, and the remnants ofthe HnoreeAlaurens to Waterloo and Greenwood road as .yet uncompleted. A committee of nine was appofild to meet with the Clinton committee last Wednesday afternoon. After going ov er the matter, the joint committee do cided 'to await further -action until a *nmeeting could be held with the chief of t-he state highway department and a, committee from Greenwvood county: 'Pires. Gee. M. Wrigitt was na-med in arresoluto~n as a'delegate to the state higsw'ay convqntion in Columbia Mon day. - A n'otion by Mr. Gray that a comn mittee on new industries be- aipoint ed )y the 'presidekt andsan ain~eument by Dr. Ferguson .that the committee be' ,made -permanent were adopted tinani moitsly. In reporting .fpr -the cOilnIitt(ge .on *marketing, Mr.. W. 0. L.anegetdr .aid that'4le was 'endeavoripg to. securb. $rI vate individuals to un'dertilfe the 4u'u nees of (hAndtng' countyi prO4tletS. Jiert An~d expressed the',opinion that 'titis was 'a very invitinialdd foV'lSuch n H~gre'l .ah the loinMbant 6 i ~ otet ,matters Z 'a 'vdptino conuy d4(01t410, to be prekent it .thao no ejt;4Iettiig in Jariuar% -A Jien 80 00) "A, l; .aloat " audevleo shoW1 tont$.4 the "hit bf the seaso"'W1 bhe 5IE ift p4ege~hot R~ue $~ o eni aefgber flAM[S. DAMAG[ B[NCNOFf STOR[ PlIE S'TARTING IN BENeOIFF'S 5'A. 10 CENTS STORE MONDAY EVE ING DES SERIOUS DAM. AGE. Benchoit's 5 and 10 cents store, bulging with holiday goods was seri ously damaged by fire Monday even ing a short time after the store had been closed for the day A bright glow was first seen in the rear end of the second floor by parties on the opposqe side of tle square. Within a few min utes the fire truck was on th6 scene and for over ap hour the fire depart ment and oiunteer assistants batkied against the smoke and flames in-an en deavor o save the buldi ng and con tents. account of the -dense vol ume of moke the fire lighters found difficilty in locatfing the flames and it was not intil a hole had' -been cut inl the roof in the rear end of the storb was it possible to bring the ifr'e under absolute edbjection. While it. was found that the flames had 'been con fined largely to the rear end of the second floor, the entire store was dam taged "by water and.smoke. When the flpmes twere finally subdued and the smoke -had cleared away, a deep pool of water was still settled on the see ond floor and dripping to the first floor bepeath. The .exact origin of the fire is in knownm. Mr. Benchoff said yesterday that the stqre was closed abouit the usual hour, around s'ix o'clock. Tn the afternoon an oil stove had .been burn ing on the qecond floor, but this was extinguished about five o'clock and shoWo4 no signs of an explosion af ter 'the fire, 4 Jire was left in the 'stove on tie first floor in the ear of the buildin Ind this was found till -burn Ing:. vpen the firemen entered the 'bulIdityK, The chimney flue from this stove rmIts up' through the second floor and ha an dieningfd afiothe' stove in the small reserve stock room where the first glow \of flames was seen. It is -possible that sparks from .the itove beneath went up the flue and escaped through this hole, igniting some .,of the inflmnmable 'Christmas go, s nearby. This was I the only theorg that Mr. Benchoff pduld think' of yefidrday as to, the fire's origin. B. Benchoff said yesterday that it pwas difficult to arrive at a definite es timate of his loss. Most of his stock, ibeing of flimsy materials and of light colors was easily damaged by water and smoke oven though they were not reached by the flames. A conservative estimiate,of tke amount of stock Jcar ried, he said, would be around $?23, 000.. Insurance was. carried in the amount 'of - $15,000. Mr. Glenchoff said that he expected the fire adjusters to arrive either t'o day or tomorrow and that he hoped for du immediate settlqoont, in which case he would opev, again in time to serv( the Christmas trade. The abuilding is a -part of the late J. 0. C. 'Fleming estate and belongs to hiq daughter, Mrs. F. H. Caine. Oon Aiderable damage was done to the in terior a'Jd roof -by flames,-end fird meirworkinit to' save the building and contents, TEA0HERS MEfFlINI SATURlDAY PrOf'.'/Iibrson to Give..RItistrated Lee tore on "Rad1o" at Ne~h. 'r'le Laurens County Treachers' As sociation will held 'its rgutlar meet' .lug in the court house ozr tturday, Deceinber. 16th 'at 11 o'clkk,J M1sa Annie fD.-Hatton, of the Olintkmscools, will lead theslisotasesio stj'thmette in tihe internmediate d~4nt. The priinary' teachers. will 4~';Readirg" ag' theit' subject for geneqtOA discus elob.' Miss lPitts,'- of ' 'ho 'Clinton' schools 'will! talk on "First <rec~ M~thods,";' iise McS*.ain, of O~lim tojg 'scools, on '!Seedh prade ~e' Odsd and .Mis 'Putmii~ ,f'4V'tiiff~ on "Third: Gra4e *dki'e '' Ng'eA igh' ~oiol"'group of~ teaoh illMiicusp "U~nglish," led by Oupt~t . ea#1 The discussion will be badod on the 's ntof the stibjdat ini the thanua df~tte high 'sbhool insDector.~ 80~3 A. M. 1prof. A. C. Caf~at, he e't 1 departgymit of Phyucosof hli( euity of Souti Cariina,, 1l oitaM eir dortidgh t 'h CAI>L ACCEPTED TO BAPTIST CHURCH Rtev. Weston Bruner, D. D., fastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ra leigh, N. C., Accepts (atll to Local Church. ' At a congregational meeting held at the First Baptist'church after the morning service .Sunday a call was unanimously extended t 'Dr. Weston Bruner, pastor of the Tabernacle ,Bap tist church of Raleigh, N. C. By a tel egram sent to Mr, C. .R. Roper yester day, .Dr. (Bruner accepted the call and will arrive some time in January to take up his new duties. Dr. Bruner is well known and hig - -ly thought of not only in North Caro lina and his native state of Kentucky, but throughout the entire South. For more than sevqn years he was in. charge of the Evangelistic (DepaltnMent of the Home Missions Board of the Southkrn Baptist convention. He has been for the last six years pastor of the Tabernacle church at Raleigh, a church that numbers 'between 1,400. and -1,i00 in its congregation. -Dr. Brun@f was called to fll the va cancy caused by the resignation of the Rev. .. (H. Templeman, who left to fill a pastorate at Elizabeth City, N. C., early in October. In the interim, the Rev. J. CWash Watts has eAtpplied tho.,Baptist church before sailing for foreign fields. RED CROSS TQ ASK COUNTY SUPPOlT To Petition Legislaturo to Make Ap. propriatilon for' County. Physeian and County *ursb. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the 'Laurens '0hapter of the Red Cross, Tuesday morning it was decided to endeavor to secure an 49 iropriation, from the -ledislaturo 'to carry on the health pork of the Red Cross for Tie comisng year. At present the Red Cross has not enougin funds to continue'the woik. After the de. parture of the county nurse, Miss Gos pett whQse resignation 'g akes .effect in January, the work wil The abandoned unless state aid is given. 'The Red Cross hopes for an appro priation that. will give then a "health unit" consisting of At county physicitr and. nurse. In that case the funds of the Red Cross can be used in individ ual and special casca for; clinics, home service work, and iwork among dis abled'isoldlers.' For the last year the county nurse -was supported by the Red iCross . and . anti-tuberculosis league, with funds that these organ izations had already on hand. Accord ing to the statement of -one of the menbers of the committee, Newberry county vith an organization ng larger than that of Laurens has a unit con sisting or coitnty -physician, nurse and home-dtmonstrator under state con trol, and it is thegofore 'hoped htit IIA4urens. will be given ,the s'sne ajid. To date, the Red Crogs in their re cent drive have secured over 100 mem -berships of a dollar each, and it is hoped to raise this number to 500 be fore the drive .closes. One-half of this sum goes to national headqiuartery' for relief work, and the other lIfalf is the only money that the local chapter' se cures to carry on their health 'work. The annual dIrive foi' selling Red Cross anti-tuberculosis etanips is now o.n under .the leadership of Mr, R. T. Wilson, chairman of the Laurens chap ter of the anti-tuberculosis league. The 'Red, Cross ,and the Anti.-T)jherculosis league are entirel'y separate organiza tions but are. united- for the purpose of selling these stathps.. Bishop Fliuley Hero $iihop K. 6- Finleyr of the Diocese ok 'IUer south Carolina 'was in the etL fr, an afternoon and evening ad n the Episcopal church on Wed it , Dec. 6; riis subject at 'both nl gs ,pertained to Stewardship as a'lplied spirituafly and materially by pr#ressed Chriita'n imen.' d yvomen. H(Ionso, gave detailed and firsthand 'i'n itionl of the ~great-, Forward' ignin-~fovemnent of the I~piscopal ')j in 'both .domektio and 'foreign f1 p ah4dan account og some pf the g4tfying results of the xudemant to dat.f Bishop 'Finl1ey was thie guest of Mr. and Mrs, .N. C, iliglies while in the city. ' 2 Ministerial Stidept 'to' Pieachl The 'l. C. TI. A 1fes '11I partici' pate in tihe iristsilaion, o t te Rev. Eifthe' esby tii4c'vh e ?4aiiety Six n4et Sh1ay mess~ing. The' pulbit of l'SUINESS LEAGUE TO BACK FARMERS Agrees to Co-operate -with Farm Dem onstrator In Securing Car of Cal cumi1 Arsenate for botton iDusting. At a conference yesterday afternoon between C. L. Vaughan, county farm demo strator, and directors 'of the Laf'ens Business ILeague, plans were definitely-formulated to secure at least a carload of calcium arsenate for the Use of Laurens county farmels next year. Mr. Vaughan explained that the price of calcium arsenate was rapidly rising and that it was important for the welfare of 'Laurens county farm ers that at least a carload of this in secticide be definitely procured before the price goes so high as to work an Additional hardship. Under the plan agreed upon at the ieoting yesterday afternoon the Busi iess League assumed responsflhility for the major .portion of the cost-of the Car. The individual user of the calcium 4rsenate is to make a first payment of our cente per pound for as much as he wishes to order.' Upon the arrival f the shipment in the sprlig of the 7ear, he 'will then pay down the rest. he price ,delivered here will - be round 17 dr 18 cents,.. Mr. Vaughan stated that the. pre Ilminary- order must be pfaced at dnce. Therefore, he urges all he fftrmers of the county who wish to thke advantage of this plan to see him at once. The smallest amount to be bontracted for is CO2 .pounds. Those unable to come to Laurens to make arrangements in persoh may bend their checks to W. It. McCuen, Secretary of the Business League, who will look after the matter. Those send ing chec)s, hiowevdr, -are -reminded that 200 pounds is the, minimum amount sold and that the calcium ar senate comes only in 200 pound sacks which will not be broken. ISH WILLIAMS CONFESSES JURL AltY Admits Entering Lanford-8mith Store at Waterloo . but Denies iBurning Golding Store. J3ish Williams, colored, now .being held in the county jail in connection wigl the burglary of the :Lanforl Smith 'itore and tile burning of the Golding store at 'Waterloo last Wed nesday night, has . confessed to the burglary, according to Sheriff Reid, but denies any knowledge of the fire which destroyed the store of' E'. V. iolding shortly fler the Lanford Smith burglary wts committed. None of the articles recovered from him or which were found to have been sold by him between Waterloo and Coronaca in Gfeenwood county have been iden tiled as coming out of ' the bprned gtlore. The iLanford-Smith store was enter od some time 'Wednesday night.' After midnight the same oight the ware house, grist mill and general merchan (ilse store of ID. V. Golding next door were destroyed by fire. The fire 'was supposed to have been of incendiary or accidental origin. The -burglary and fire happening on the same night lead to the belief that one party w'as guilty of both. Bish Williams was ar' res~i by a. constable. at Coronaca'the morning after the fire. HeI had somie of the loot of thos burglary ill his pos session and admitted selling some of it to negroes along the road tihe hight before Questioned by lSherftY Reid who went to Coronaca to ghesk him ini charge, he denied any. knowledge .of the Golding lire. Two ether negroes, Jime5 Harris and Charlie Calhoung arrestoi Thurms dlay- 'morning after alighting from a1 freight car in the railroad yard here 'were released after no evidence was i found connecting them with either of4 the -crimes. 3(rs. Hettle Austin Dead Mr's. 'ettie A1:stin, .wife of tlie late WI. F. Austin, 'died Suhday muorning at the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leemani, Cress 'Hill. Mrs, Auistip had been ill for about a week. She 'was the only siurviving''member of the 'fargo family'of the late Rev. W. .A. 'Me~wain. Mr's.' Austin wasw 83 years of age. She was a devoted<memuber of the Presby terian chiurch and itdok great interest in the Bun~day Schogl and' nisesioni work., She had no children biut'ls sur vived "by a' large connection of nices anid nephews. Te8&rvices alt Oray Court ,' TeLauareds 'Layman's League will, con4ts6t thr sprvices next eunday.gt.. 2 ternoon et 38 o'clodk at the Dorrob 1 $16,000 FIRE AT WAT[RLOO E. V. GOLDING'S STORE AND WARE. HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE WEDN ESI\AY NIGHT.' BUR(LAIl iENTERS LANFORI-SMITIH STORE Waterloo, Dec. 7.-JLast night aboul Dne o'clock fire was located in thc warehouse of E. V. Golding and with a wind blowing in the direction of lis store, the blaze soon enveloped h handsome brick store and conpletely destroyed it, Mr. Gqlding suffers t loss of something over $16,000.00 with Dnly $5,000 insurance. His corn mill was also destroyed, which was just i the rear of the store building, He has been in the mercantile busi. aess for a number of years and haa x handsome trade. His faithfulness tc luty, his kind and generous dealings with his fellowman, and his ability tc 2arry on the business have won him x very popular list of customers. He :arried a large stock of general mer %handise, fu'rniture, hardware, auto xccessories, etc. ;ome time prior to the burning a )urglar entered the store of Lanford 3mith Co., another large general mer andise store, and carried away about 75.b0 in cash besides a number of ar Joles of clothing. The burglar en ered by means of breaking the glass n the front door and it is supposed hat the thief accidently set fire to the vurehouse after he had gone there to nspect his booty. A number of articles lave been found near thq store. TO SELL. CHRISTMAS SEALS "omnittees Appointed to Sell Chrisf mas Seals Startifig Thursday Morn. Ing. At a meeting yesterday afternoon of tbout thirty ladies and gentlemen in srested in the sale of Christmas seals, )ians wre laid to sell Laurens' quota >f Christmas seals before the holidays. ['he seals, as is already well known, Lre sold.by the Anti-Tuberculqsis as ociation and the proededs are used in he care of tubercular patients and in lie spread of anti-tubercular informa Ion in the state. The actual campaign f6r* the sale s to begin Thursday morning. Com nittees have been appointed for vari ms sections of. the city, as follows: On Main street, Misses lHattie Gray Lnd Sadie Sullivan; Mrs. L. 0. Balle, diss Francis Davis, and others to be elected. Public Square, Mrs. B. C. Crisp; Mrs. . C. Hughes, Miss Sarah 'Dorroh. South Harper street, -Mrs. William solomon, U1rs. E. C. Wolff, Mrs. J. J. dams, Mrs. Toni Henderson. North 'Harper, Iri. C. P. Itoper, dias 1% illie Jones, Mrs. lamp Uunter. Laurens and Church streets, Mrs. L. 3. Blackwell and Mlrs. Warren Bolt. 1ul'livan street, Mrs. M. D. Gibson tnd Mrs. J. D. Watts. Irby Avenue and Jones street, Miss 'Tancy Sitgreaves, Mrs. Geo. S. Mc 3ravy andl Mrs. Lane Mionroe., Laurenis and Hampton streets, Mrs. h. D. 'Childress and others to be se ected. Mr. Ralph T. Wilson is chairman of .he committee. NAMED SPECIAL JUDGE '. R. Richey, of Local Bar, to Pre side at Speeial Term of Court in Beaufort. WN. R. Richoy, Esq., member of the ocal bar, wvas appointed by Governor -harvey to .preside over' the ~regular erm of' common pleals court which ~onvened at Beaufort 'Monday .morn ng, December 11th, andl an exitra ses ion beginning next Monday, Decem >er 18th. The appointment was made ipon the recommendation of the chici ustico of the supreme court, Eugene 3.'Gary. WEECK VICTIM FROM HERE ?rank B. Patnam, Brother of Arthmur Putsna, Clerk in Local Post Wffiee. 'Fr nly Boyce Putnam mehtloned in iews~ dispatches Sunday morning as oeribttly wounded in an A. C. L. rail 'oad wreck near 'Charleston saturday nording, was a native of this ciounty m-d ik well knownin thiis' city. fIj is brother of Mr. Arthur, Putnam, postal ilerk in the local post office. .Reports" from Charleston- yesterday Vere to the effect that Mr, Putnam was osting well. Indications are that he TAKES ON[ LIF ISIAC A. EDWARDS .OF SUMTER ~iES WHEN FAST TRAIN TELE. SCOPES LOCAL. TWENTYsFIVE OTHERS HIUHT NEAR CHARIJES. TON. Charleston, Ive.. 9.-Isaac A. Ed wards of Sumter, ag'ed 24 years, is dead; F. Seth W. -Scruggs of Green ville and F. 4B. aPutnam, also of Green Ville, are very seriously injured -and al)out 25 others, mostly passengers, were Injured in a rear-end collision betiween passenfger trains on'the At lantic 'Coat Line railroad ft lfanahan, a flag station, 12 miles fre .Chprles ton, this morning about 7 e cIock. I While attention was being given to a hot box, -trein No. 52, Ciarlfston to Greenville, at the station* tr4hn' No. 80, second section, Ch .eqton to Washington, running, it ts5Asd At 40 miles an hour, trashed ity ~the tpol Pullman at the tail of tta.iN -G causing the PLiNan to telescope the wooden day codcbes ahe#4t of it, the smoking conhpartnent ibeitig, a fearful wreck. Foggy conditions*, sa to have caused lDngineer W. 4, '1*ilias of Florence to overrun slgnal. *Ie escaped *ith injuries by loading from the running board fqrward of his cab. Edwards was in the smoker of the day coach, being Injured Internally. lie died in a local hospital at about 10:30 o'clock. His body his been tak en to Sumter for interment. Scruggs, a mail clerk, was seriously injured in ternally. iPutnam, express messenger, received a fracture of the skull and his cgndition is grave. 'Besides Messrs. Scruggs and Put nan, the list of injured includes: W. M. Smith, Florence, ongineer train, second section, No. 80, injuries to bick and lower abdomen ; I. J. Tal ]on, Charleston, mail clerk, contusion on left 'hip; Samuel B. Whaley. Port - Terminals, left arm crushed at shoul der; J. E. Gamble, sheriff of Claren don county, bruises; .W. A. Williams, Charleston, engineer, train No. Z2, in juries to back and body. The- less seriously injured are re ported to be: J. W. Gerard, Charles ton, baggagemaster; J. C. Ficken, Charleston, Pullman conductor; J. M. Legare, Charleston, fireman; Mrs. R. G. 'Causey, Pinopoli; Mrs. C. G. Ter rell and Miss Catherine Terrell, Char leston; Norman E' Cato, Ridge Spring; Archdeason 8D0. iL. Backerville, Char leston; 3lrs. J. M. Kelly, Charleston; L. Horovitz, 1onneau; Hayes 1Miller, Charleston; Richard Small, (loncks Corner; Caesar Palmer, Bonneau; Dora 'P. A Iston, Charleston, and W. I. Willard, Charleston. But for the steel Pullman at the tail of train No. 52 It is conceded by railroad men that the results of the collision .would have been much worse. This coaneh caught the brunt of the imlact. Its forward Impulse tore in to the (lay coach ahead, wiping out the smoking compartment. Trucks on 'all the cars on train No. 52 were wrenched off or badly dlamaged. 'Second sction of No. 80 was inade up of exp~ress cars and Pullman sleep ing ears which were being deadheaded to Washington, It Is said that the flagman for -trairn No, 52 -went back, but that ,the engineman on train No, 8E) dId not see his lantern. It is alsh aid that the engineman did not see the automatic signals because of theo fog. The collision being on -a double track, service was not interrupted. Cars on the rear of train No. 80 es calpedl damage altogether and have gone for'ward in service. Meeting of Winthrop Daughters Miss Pearl Clardy and Mrs. Earl Owvens were hostesses Wednesday af tornogn to an enjoyable meeting of the Winthrop Dautghters, given at the home of Miss Clardy in honor of IMiss Leila Russell, president. of the ,Win throp Alumnae Association. The us ual businesa was taken up, after which Miss Russell gave a short talk on Win thropi news and gossip. At a social half ,hour after the meeting the host esses served a salad course followed by coffee. Box Supper at Central ,There will bye a 'box supper .at Cen tral school -riday night, Dec. 15, giv en~ by. the School Itarovetneti asso..