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VOLUME~ XXXIV. LAUIRENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919. NME
BLOOD FLOWS [R[IY
IN WSINGTON RIOTS
Troops Patrol Streets Day
and Night
FOUR KILLED
MORE WOUNDED
most Serious Situation Pollee llave
Had to Cope with Since Civil War.
Trouble lesult of Numdrous As
saults upon White e1'ople' by Ne
groes.
iWashington, July 22.-Another night
of race rioting found the National Cap
ital today counting the largest casual
ty list it has since soldiors, sailors,
marines and civilians began retaliat
ing on the negro population for the
long list of daylight hold-ups and at
. tacks on white women which has
alarmed the city.
Four known dead, two mortally
wounded, eight on more seriously
Wounded, unknown numbers slight
ly wounded or injured in the street
fighting, and police stations and hos
pitals packed with others, are the re
aunts or the most disorderly times the
National Capital has seen probably
since the Civil War.
Although reinforced with provost
guard,; of troops and stinadrons of
cavalry patrolling Pennsylvania avo
nue, the police apparently were as
unable to cope with the situation as
they were during the celebrated dem
onstration of March 3, 1913, when the
crowd completely overran them and
all but mobbed the suffragists parad
ing on Pennsylvania avenue.
Washington, July 21.-An air of
suspense hung over the nation's capi
til tonight as armed forces of cavalry,
1iparines and sailors joined with the
pollee and provost guards to prevent.
if possible, a threatened renewal of
the race riots which began two nights
ago in retaliation for numerous at
tacks by negroes on white women in
the outskirts of the city and general
lawlessness.
Two troops of Cavalry from Fort
\lyers patrolled the dlown-town streets
ready to quell any outbreak which
might start, although the city gener
ally was quiet. Two hundred ma
rines, brought here from the Quantico
training camp today when it was fear
ed that the provost guard and police
might not be able to stop tile dist urb
ances, were scattered .throughont the
city, together with 100 navel military
police. A dozen motor transport
corps trucks, each able to carry forty
men, were stationed at strategic
points, prepared to rush reserves to
any part of the City.
Uneasy crowds made up of civilians
and numerous enlisted men of the
army and the navy, on leave from
nearby camps, mtovd up and down
Fensylvania ave-ite from the capitol
to the Wite to0Ii.30. E0very effoit wvas
being made to keep) the meni In mo
tion, and wvhen any number gathe red
at corner's, pol ICe quiiicklIy d is Ierised
them.
*On the awhole, there was little is
orders. Orders were issuedi from jo
lice hieadquarteris to avoId tactics
wvhich might result in fantinig the
spark of lawlessneiss inito an outbreak
of more serIous nature.. lFrieindl y
warnings to 'keep moving'' s'rvecd thle
pur'pose' of preventing aniy dlanger'
from gathering of mobs.
There was amphle proof. how.ever',
that the ,preimarat Ions to g'imrdi the
cIty had been made advised ly. 'Early
in the e'veing1 severiaI distuIIrbiances
took place, wvhich igh t have gr'own
to seriouis'proportions had It not been
for' the timely 'ntei'ven tion of the 1'Po
lie(' and thir t rein fuor(emen' t..
A crowd of miore thain .200 ipersons
congregated at Peace monitiumuien t, at
the foot of thle capitol shortlIy after'
the house adljourined and mienmbet's
were 1lcaying for theirol hoimes. A nie
gro htad s tairted i)an argumen t with a
white so1lier, and1( by-stndi'rs ruished
to take a partL Street vat's were hault
ed gnd trtafli was locked' for' s'vertal
yhiund red yards in ealh directtioni. ito
'OrO any3 lthlng seriiouts dievelopiedi, how
('ver, four a' utoiioblil's fillled withi po
lice ireser'ves, made through thle crowd
and halted the' istutrhatnce.
Lbater In the evetinug, l'atrtoltmatn
Thtnn, crack shot otn thle WashIigtn
pollce forco, was struck lby a buillet
lredl hy a negro in the ntorthwvest see
(Continued on Pas Filve. )
THE Ab"*'ERTISER TO
HAVE NEW HOME
Two Story Buildhng to he Erected on
Lot Adjolig Minter Company.
Plans were practically agreed on
Monday for the erection of a two story
building by The Advertising Printing
'Company on the lot adjoining the
Minter Company store. The present
structuxre on the main part of the
lot and generally known as the Josiah
Hunter building will be torn down and
an ~entirely new building erected
which will take up this lot and the
alley way which has 'previously been
open between it and the Minter Con
pany store. The Advertiser will oc
cupy the second floor and the first
floor will be rented for store purpos
es. C. L. Rounds, contractor, has been
engaged to do the work 'which will
begin next week.
S-E:N. DIAL CATCIllNG ON.
Newberry Pnper Says the Senato'r
Seems to haxve Made n "Killing"
with the Newspaper Correspond.
ents.
Senator N. iB. Dial seems to have
made a "killing" with the newspaper
correspondents of Washington, says
the Newberry Helrald and News in
writing editorially of the senator's
activity in Washington. It goes on
further Jo say that the senator seems
to be on the job in other respects and
hands himi a little bouttuet in the judg
ship appointiment.
The following is how the Nowherry
paper speaks of these things:
"Senator Dial seens to have made t
"killing" with the newspaper cor'e
spondents over in Washington, espe
cially those of our papers down In
this neck of the woods, lie gets
"played up" nearly every day. It
may be that. he is doing big things
up In Washington, and we hope that
he is, but we sometixes wonder what
has become of "('otton" Smith, and
if we have any congressmen over
there from down inl South Ca;rolina.
Mr. Dial seemed to be'the only one
who had anything to do -with the ap
pointment of a judge, and ie ,was
satisfied that he had done the right
thing after he looked over the list of
atpp 'licunts, and that is something
worth while. And we reckon he was
'ig ht.
And we notice that he Is going to
have something done about. these
postmastershil appointments down
here that have been held up so long.
And really just the other day there
w'ere Several appoitu en fs $nt In.
Newberry will have attention very
soon, we suspect."
Ol"i ('E 11S Ai ETiE(''PF)
IOt WAIEIOl'Si
II. ''erry is Elected President of the
Potato Warehouse ('ompany.
At a meeting of the directors of the
newly incorporated potato warelhouxs
company which was recently formed
h r..., .l.. 11. T ...rr.y was lci l ed pri'5 i
dentix. .\l . W. I,. (ray, vice iretsidlent,
anxd \xr. R. 10. I abbxi, Set'retairy and
treasurer('x. TPL(- directors' of thenx comix
tmnxiy arxe \Mssr's. lsxamr Sithii. .iohi
A. Fra'tnks, W. I,. Gray,)' -i. Tiexrry andx
.. .1. Owinigs.
comnpiany wa~s orgaized'x bxy loc'al citi
zenxs lox bil a pota:to warehou'lcxse ix
enxxoura':ge thex raxising xxi swxt ixoi
ox's in iIs x'ouinty3. Th'le ixrese'nt enxi
taxl stox-i is~ $'',.nxxx lhui it is ,xrolxosedx
to iraise it tox a con~xsider'ib~lly largex
S. .1. Waxxssxon Deadmx
.\ in. S. J.- Wa~xson, a welli knxown xiti
Thurx xsday mornxing axflex' ani ill ness of
sxevxeral mxonthls. Thel fuxneral axnd In
Sitement tooki it'~'i plac Thusda~y xafter'
notonx axt iFr'ie ship churichi, lixi'. .. .\l.
Dalltas conduxxt in ig thle servwices. .\lr,
Waisson is sixrvived-x by hiis lxroither x andi
sister', .\lr. W\ililamx W. Wa~ssxmn andt
.iss i,izzie' W\asson, withx whomi lxx
lived, l.-I C., an i 1xxiI. WV. Wasso5Ii x, f x th
ty, dxxdi.\lr . (lxo. \'a'~xxn. of -linxx .
ilo xxixd txx lxinnii'ns'.
.\lx. O)sl' Sigrx'v's ixnd fixliy. xx
Briltol Tenn.I'' xi. arrxivedo ini the city last
wxexk to max~ke thxeir' home lxin aurens
andx are'x tem'iporait-ily fliv in g sin 'thle
il enottaxge oni Souxthi liaxper strxext,
.\lrin. Sit gri-aves is a brother lx oxxf .\x'. i'
Sitgr'eav's, of this o'ity, anti time fa
thxer of Mx's. Albert Diah. lie expe(ts
to enter- inito buxsiniess of somec klux
has nxot. matde a deftinite tici
' (ts naxturxe yet.
POWER COMPANI
Voters Ratify Proposed
River Power Compan
fly a vote of 6i7 to 1 the voters of
the city yesterday i'atifled the contract
entered into some time ago between
the City Council and the Reedy River
Power Company. In general terms the
contracts provides that the city pay
to the power comipany a rate of 2 1-2
cents per kilowatt hour for electric
current. used, that the power company
shall have a monopoly of the motor
load in the city above a quarter horse
power and that the owners of the pow
er company shall receive power over
the city lines at. the rate paid by the
city for the current. A similar con
tract, with the exception that the
term was for ten years instead of flve,
was voted down' in February by a
vote of 98 to 38. Since that time very
little interest has been taken in the
matter.
Asked yesterday as to what. rate the
city would have to charge consumers
to mitake the power 'plant meet expens
es, Mayor Babb said that he was un
('01,. 0 V(3t11'. 11IRRli
SIT'EtVISO1{ OF ('ENSUS
Native I,aurens 3Man, Now Private
Secretary to ('ongressman Nicholds,
('ominir to (Greenville.
Aecording to information of an uni
otllcial ;nature received in I rens
last week, Col. Oscar W. Blabb, ivate
secretary to Congressman u J.
Nicholls, is to be appointed supervis
or of the 1920 census 'work in the
fourth 'Congressional district, and is
to assuimte charge of the work at an
early date, having his headquarters
in (.reenville.
No definite anno1ncemlents have yet
come out of Washington relative to
the organization for the taking of the
1920 census, bilt it is expected that
these announcements .will be made
within the next few days, for the
slpervisors of the work in the various
districts will necessarily have to be
gin work slortly in order to perfect
the orga nizati onl necessary to carry
out the work etlleiently.
The actual taking of 1in ('ensus,
doubless, will not* L started nut ii
early in 1920. but the work involves a
great deal of ('ari'etul anldh pailstakiig
lahor, and will req uire numerous
workers throughout this section.
The next few months, it is likely.
will see a great deal of )reparation
for the taking of the 1920 census,
which, it is planned, iwill be more comi
ilete and thorough than any of the
"uislises so far taken by the govern
ment.
IItunds (cts the ('ontract.
C. L. ltounds and ('onpany was
awarded the contraet. last week for
the erection of the new mill houses
planned by the Laure4nk .\ills several
muonth s aigo. AbloutI i10 new houses
arue to be built,1 all of thIem Iarigeri and
more14 mtodernt itn1 the reent hlouses.
Ini addit ion I) lothse~ buuihlinilgs, ai now
I hurchel is to) be1 built for the I lohnes
w hose builing was destrloyedI by firel
severtal mon)1 ts ago.
W'ihth ii rection' 101 of the~ new (ot -
I ages and1( chu lrch th le miiill ('0orpora
tioni planls ('xtenIs ive iminproveimetIs in
lage'.
Xioldiers (so into IlI insiness.
.\l 4'srs. .1. '. Uand I toberC t 1'. ('lap
miant, soins of' .\l i A. W. Chlaptmn, oif
Uold l'oint, wij their loothIer, A. W.
Ch'Iapmant, .ttr., ye opented up a gen
een'Pt lyl( i retured fromt ardIll serv 5'l.ice
ini I~rance4 andt( their1 father'l is giving
1lhemi a lift, In making a stait in life
* **,* ** ** * * * * * * * * * *
* *
II. ('. Iiarv~eley, uwho hais beent *
* tin)oir of~ Gren Ill' for Iwo yea rs, *
V. Ii. 3Maitini, former'Ily of thIs*
*ye'ste'rday, acecordinlg to a1 tele'- *
* phIoneC miessaige rIeele by 'I'hie *
* Advert'lise'r last, ighit. *
* *
r WINS ELECTION
Contract Betweea Reedy
y and City of Laurens.
able to say exactly. However, he said,
they had estimated that the loss of
the city from Its water and light sys
tems last year, counting interest and
depreclat:on and not includin.g the
coot of lighting the streets, was In
the neighborhood of $8,000.00. The
estimated Increased cost under the
new contract, he estimated at from
$@0,'0 to $5,000, making the actual
deficit of over $10,000. The mayor
stated also that he would carry out
the wishes of the voters as expressed
at the polbr-and sign the contract as
the election provided for.
The following was the vote by
awards:
Yes No
Ward 1 .. ..... .. .. ..; 10
Ward 2 .. .. ....... .. ..17 5,
Ward 3 .. .. ...............3
Ward 4.............. 4 4
Ward .. 21
W~ardt 6 .. .. .7..;. .5 1
''otal .... .. .. .. .. ..i .
A1,IlluDY) .tl)V.\N ':
1N F.ILL SI'l'S
Price increase of $5 a Suit. Already
Anunciii ed.
A local merchant. has received the
following letter froi a prom inent t
manufacturer:
Dear Sir:
Owing to the tinprecedented advance
in the cost of labor and material, the ,
Fall 1919 line of heavy-weight suits
and overcats is advanced $5.00 a gar
ment, effective on and after .luly 9tI.
All orders received from and after
that date will he accepted only on the
new schedtle of prices. Owlig to the
upward trend In the cost of labor and
material the entire line is subject to
further advance without. notice.
On account of the unusually low
stocks of merchandise in the hands of
merchants, and the tretnendou s de
mands that aro helog made upon
them, daily imiuiries are received by
ts in regard to shipmlettts for lhall.
accompanied by reituests that such
shipments he miade at once. \e have
advised yot previottsly, both tlroulgh
our sales force and in the' actknowl
{edgemitent of your orders that ship
tenlts would cotmence in the months
of August and S elptembet. As conli
tions have in no manner changeud, it
will be lim posslle to make earlier i
shipments and repeated insistence to
the contrary is accordingly unnees
nary.
Our shipments to you will ihe Ix
tedited and tnade at the earliest pus
sible momnte i, and you Can repl y itton
out: ftll co-operat ion.
.11W.\It11-:11 S(01101..\Itsilll'.
.11 ss linirrlet t SullIinan of l~aurens to
I iter (olumltbla1 Unliersity3.
.\liss Ilarriet II. Sutllivani of'. thtis
city hals been nttied otticially thaet
shte has beent awarded a (arlwnttier
residence scholaursht ip at l ianad
'dltege. (oluittia l'initersity, New
Yorkl. ~.liss Sullivan, a dIautghitr of
Ai.and .\rs. J1. G. Sullivan, is a this
vear's hotnor ;.raduiate, from W.in Ithrol
College. It is undt~erstood that thle
scholarshiip at C'oltumbia lUniversity
was awarded on M\iss 8lullivan's~ record
t~lbroutgh the 2aiurens city stool as
well as that she inade att Winthrlop,
sth) will inter Itarntard (ollege for
the A. 1I. degree which Is given at the
entd of a two year course. 'Te schiol
To ('lant Off (emetery.
All personis wvho ha~ve telallives
buitedl it litaerdei:wl eenterty ate
repitested toi be at thIe cemnetery Thlutrs
day, the :lst, to assist itt tleav'.g It
otT. Those who live at it distantce or
who eatnnot. (omte to hllp themetselvyes,
ate asked to send handlis 01 mloney~. as
li tntied Young Fi~ riendls.
.\liss Alary Ainderlson, the yountg
dnilghlter of Mtr and 'Irts. 1 ,ewvis Ati
der'son, (ntetainedl(( about1 a dozeln of
ler tyoun1 g schtool friends yester'tay
at a s pend i-Ithe-day partiy att htert ho0m
otn East MlaIn street. Thte chI idreni en
joyed romin g about theii plage and
wingit in the brtatnch nlearbty, spenctd
ing a:jplly daty loget her.
LLITERACY WORK
BEGUN IN COUNTY
Hiss 1linie Wallace has been Ap.
pointed ('ounty Organizer for Lau.
rens County and is Already Organ.
Izing the ('1aimaigna.
The County Board of IEducation for
aurens county has begun the drive
igainst illiteracy in the coutfty by
tppointing Miss Minnie Wallace as
ounty Organizer for tlio "lay-by"
chools. This work in Laurens coun
y is being begun in connection with
t similar work in every other county
n the state. A concerted drive against
ilIiteracy in the si A!: heing mAdc
inder the supervision of Mias .Wil
,ou (;ray.
Miss Wallace has just returned
from WVinfhlro!> ieollege, 1twhelre tShL
ook a course under .\Miss Gray rela
ive to this work in Laurens county.
The is planning her work for the drive
igalnst. illiteracy, and is anxious that
nany of the teachers of the county
vill avail themselves of the oppor
unity of helping t.o remove the stain
)f illiteracy from the state.
Miss Wallace has addressed the fol
ow appeal to the trustees of the
:ounty:
'o the Trustees of Lautens County:
The Federal e(enstius will he taken
text. year. Acording to the census
)f 1!1111 there were 27G,9 l) people in
olith Carolina who could not. read
tnd write. Liaurens county furnish
'I 7,1;!13. in rank South Carolina was
Caued next to the hottoin. We are
lot' protl of this record, tiherefore,
he State dpartlient of education is
naking an effort to have 10,0001) per
ons * taught hiring the lay-hy sea
sonl. Our share for gatrens coun1y
t I. Will you help us? Many of
he tounti 's are employing paid o'
anizers of adult s(hools for the
nthut of Auguiist. At the reluest of
lie 'oint, lloard of Edlucation I am
letailed to or;.anize thelt county for
his drive. It shall be 1m1y duty to
n wil the t superintendent and
ri t tee (:ur netlod of work, to se
ct a !cw schools for concentrated
vor:, to help the teachers with organ
zation of - e'tols, the selection of
ext hooks. etc.
If the work is to be a success I must
nave .tie co-ope'ration of the peoph
)f the county, therefore, I amd comt
ing to you, as leaders in your (etm
itunities. to ask aid in this drive.
l'he Ftate is willing to pay the teach
Is, provided the various comilpluli
itis are initerested enouigh to organize
lansses.
'T'o ntany of 0r1i' people the're has
beet little opportunity of alt(nding
wchool. The illiteracy which exists in
ir state is but the result of neglecte
childhood. Let us repair the evil
lone, by taking as our muotto: "Not
In illiterate in mly school district af
er August 8tst." Por as Kipling
ays:
'It ant't the guns nor armament,
or tIm futtis that they can pay
hit the close co-operation
l'hat mtakes them .winl the day.
it ain't tih' indiiv idu al.
otr the armyi3 as a whtole,
ery biloii n i' 5(oul."
Sintcer'ely yOurIs.
>rs oif the rents 'lTrus. Comlpaan)
tli last. Wednteisiday it was 'decidle<
was or'iginially' formedt'i. Th'e newv call.
it at is brouiighit intoi thle comipany3 I<
latak ('nre of' the rapidly inicreasin).
business. 31. J. Owings is prideniltt
rt ay and ii tir-as u i indI).ti. iTo;uth
nitet. Th'ie ('ompllanyl is ini a health11
('(1ndhition atnd pays a semii-anniuali divi
iln~t of l'rrot' ()ni ni Peitrtograid.
at luhistaig's arle rejiotiedi to have
last threel weekt and1 Petrougrad ti'.t
piapersa- puliisht almlost dlaily lists o
from 50 Iiil~ to ersoni Sw ho n hav ee
nlamtts oif nil t tose ini(i lharg oif lihi
di plotinatic arcthie'ves of fore igti legn
tions in P'ettogtnd auppuear (In the lists
A lliantt genetral, 70) year's old, I|
re:' tedh to hav be'iuen shot Cor' hain;
in his' rom weaon 1(15whiicht he wa:
REPUBLICANS CONFER
WITH THE PRESIDENT
G. 0. P. Leaders Called Into
Conference -
DISPUTED POINTS
ARE CLARIFIED
Senator (olts I)elares 'lTale with
Wilson Failed to Remove Ills Doubts
On Certain Portion of League
(ovenatnt. President Asked for In.
.'ornttion by Senate.
Washington, July 17.-dIow the Ver
sailles conference reached many of
the agreements embodied in the trea
ty of peac. was dscribed by President
Wilson today to three Republican sen
ators inyted to the White -louse at
the head of a long list of republican
nemubers whom ho purposes to take
into his confidence.
Afterward one of his callers, Sena
tor Colt. of Rthode Island, said Mr.
Wilson had been able to place the
Shantung settlement in a new light
and had clar'iled other disputed points
in the treaty.
Senator AleCumber of North Da
kota, and Senator Nelson of Minne
sota, the others who saw the presi.
dent, were retient as to the subjcets
discussed but said the President had
given them mull interesting intorma
tion.
Senator ('olt, who announced his
general approval of tho league of na
tions in a senate speech delivered
shortly before he went to the White
Hiouse, indicated after the conference'
that his dotubt. over certain portions of
the league covenant had not been re
moved. lie said he was not ready to
express an opinion regarding Shan
tung an'. intimated that. the Pres dent
might. make public a6 statement O
on the siubject.
Senator MeCtnber is the only re
publican memnber of the foreign rela
lions Committee who has favored theu
league and it is understood Mr. Wit
son talked over with him committee
action oi the treaty and the general
situation on the reimblican side of the
senate. Senator Nelson never has
nuade a public declaration for or
against the treaty. To all of his call
ers the President is said to have reit
erated his opposition to reservations
of any charater in senate ratification
of the treaty.
'Tite President, tomorrow will con
titnne his talks with senators inclined
to be friettdly towards the treaty 'pro
visions, though it is expected that
later he will seek a conference with
virtually every republican senator, In
cluding those who have most bitterly
opposed ratifleation. Senators Kel
logg, Mlinnesota, and Kenyon, Iowa,
both of whom have kept open minds
on the treaty, have been Invited to
c all on thte President tomorro)w morn
ing anutd Sen atorts .\le~arty, Oregon, a
leagute sup lporter, and Capper, Kan.
sas. who has taken nto definite stand,
in the aftternloon.
-1The Posit ion of Ithe foreign rela
tionis conitttee with regard to mneei
iing the iresidtlit as a body was ex
tlinted in a stat eitent tonight bY4
Chairmtan 1-odge, who said no congresJ-l
sIa (onantittee "has any rigltt oz
shiotthi hav e any right to sutmmon"' &
presidtti btefotre it, anid that Mr. Wil
son had ntot beent asked to a 'pear. Hip
tmad' nto iredictioni whtetheri the o
mitt'er woul d areeiit l ater the Presj
dent'! s oifler to recive it at the while~
hotuse but. poitted outt that so f
connutiitt eO contsidetration Of the tr eat'~
is ill its prelimilnary stages.
\\hile thte P'reslient wais beginnin
hiis whiite htouse conferen'tces the sOnl
ao deba ted Shtantiung and the lenguo ,
andti Idotled without a recotd vote a
rsoltion i i by Senator Boraht, repubil
iiin, idahlio.,tskintg for iniformation re'
IatIive to thii Shantt tung ntegotlatloni,
nout debaited. ashs thIt Precsideniit ~1~'
an nomlit.It iiilont as to whtethei thlea
Chliiii deled it is wutO "intlimidat
1(4" by~ the Jialanse and~ requteslt
(copy ofi a lettr said to have o
wr tittn ottnt behalf of General Bli
Secrearyt lenisnlg an td 1litry W1I
prtstfing I agat ist the0 Shatuntilg Ret
In his id as anntoutncing aco
ta~nce of the league princi ples,
for ('oIl dlelaired thte covenant
noit ( ottlii't with thte Amehtrletnf
(C td onPage Four)
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