VOLUME xxxvi LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1921. NUMBER 52 TO ME[[ MOMY To Discuss important School Matters NEW LAWS TO BE EXPLAINED County Superintenident of Education Calls 31eei1K of Trui'istees to Go ver Sclool 3Inilers so ais to Avoild Confusion When tho Fall Session County Superintendent of Education Wilson said yesterday that'he is call ing a meeting of all of the trustees of the county on Wednesday, July 20, for the ;urposc (if (iscussing school probl rmns for another session. This neeting is to be held inl the court house at tc.n o'clock. Among the problens to be discussed are the salaries of teachers, the insurance of school buildings and the new laws that were passed during the recent session of the logislature relative to, the schools of the county. At this meeting, not only the trus tees are being invited but the menm bers of the grand jury and the mem bers of the legislature as well. Of especial interest at this meeting will be the discussion of the new law re garding compulsory attendance of all children between the ages of eight and fouricen years. Under the new la.x, states Mr. Wilson, the period for attending school is the same as the old law but under the present law the trustees are given the authority to de termine the four months which a child shall attend. This authority, how ever, is dependent upon the trustees givinig due notice for at least thirty days before the, period of attendance shalt begin. According to the ,now law, every parent or guardian of a child between the age of 8 and 14 must make a re port to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of his or her district on the last Friday in July, showing age, sex and race of such child, Unless such is (one on said day the penalty pre scribed is the same as that for non attehdance. Such a penalty is a fine of not lCss than flive dollars nor more than ten dollars or imprisonment for not less than flive nor more than ten days. After the chairman of Board of Trustees of each district has received this report it is then his duty to send such report to the Superintendent of 10ducation not later than the 15th day of August. Likewise the names of all children must he given to the teacher of the school. The tencher of the school must send a written report to the trustees each month as to the numbe: of absences and the excuses for the same. If ex cuses are .iatisfactory the trustees ex cuse; if not such is reported to the County Superintendent of Edhucat ion. lieI then places such in the handls or th e rura polI1)1ice for p rosecutLion. Tfhis prosCcuttion is therefore canrriedl b)efore tine neares(t magistrate for trial. Any umagistrtate who fails to au'pirehuend the responsible partles; or who fails to re .Port to the County Supierintendent the reason for such failure within thirty (lays shall he guilty of a hreach of* his official dutly andl on proof sub ject to removal from oflice. 'n less a satisfactory report, conies fronm a teacher at the end of the month thte triustees are prohibited from Is suinig a pay warrant to stuch teacher. Un'ess a satisfactory rep~ort comes to the County Superintendent he is pro hihlted from approvIng upay warrant, the penalty being his lIability on his official b~ondl form. amount of claim. Suplerintendent Wilson states ghat the carrying out of the law is entire ly dlependent utponi the accurate statis tics which the board of trustees is re qutired to give on the last Friday In July. Unlesu( such Is done Ito thinks that tru stces cannot issue warrants nor he approve them. .\l. and .\rs. II. Coke GAray cnme down Ftur iiday to spend the week -endi In the city with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L,. Gray before the latter started on their Iriuj to California yes terdlay.' They returned to 0-astonla 'yesterday, going through the country by automobile, being accompanied by Mr. William Gray and .\iss Hattie Gray, who will remain with them for about a month. 4~ LOCAL PLAYERS WELL RECEIVED "Sand" Presented in Chester and Rock 11111 by Laurens Cast to Ap. preiolative Audienees. The ,group of local players who went to Chester and Rock 11111 Thurs day and Frlday of last week to present "Sand," the play by Miss iRebecca )iai, returned to the city Vaturday afternoon very enthusiastice over the reception accorded the play and the social attentions accorded the cast by the people of both places. In Ches ter a ilarge audience came out to at tend the play in spite of several coai. flicting gatherings and its spontaneous api)plause early in the evening dis pelled misgivings that amateur talent ,would not be appreciated outside of the home circles.~ In Rock -Hill the play was given in the large auditoriunm of Winthrop College before an audi ence of about five hundred, composed largely of teachers attending the sum mer school but with a generotts sprinkling of town people. Although the play had been given before fn Laurens and several adjoining towns where members 6f the cast were known, the consensus of opinion among the caste was that the recep tion given the play In Rock lill, as indicated .by applause, was the most appreciative that the cast. had (, perienced. The principals had to an swer to several curtain calls and when the curtain ,went down on tile last act the audience would not leav until Miss DIal had responded in a short curtain speech. After she concluded repeated. calls were made for "Ma", "P41)a'," and 1Jimmie" played by Miss Rebecca Dial, .Mr. 0. L. Long and Ir. W. E. Meng respectively, lut tile transformation from actor to every day apparel had already begun and they were unable to respoild. A num ber of the more enthusihctic came on the stage to compliment the company upon its success. Several amusing occurrences added to the amusement of the trip as, for instance in' Chester, when several members of the company who were partly in costume but had not been "on" yet, were caught in the middle of the staige after the irat act when the curtain went up In response to an encore qand had to make a marathon for the side entrances. In Rock 11111 "Pal)" Anderson forgot that he had several more lines to say before the third act was ended and rushed to the dressing rooms up two flights of stops to make a rapid change for the fourth act. In tile midst of his ac tivities Ill) there he heard his cie again on tile stage and realized at once that he had 'made a .mistale. With lightning like rapidity, lie rO covered his trousers, Performing neve essary operations oi them .whilie go ing down the steps like a house afire and rushed on tile stage with his shoes off. lie had the presence of mind. however, to insert a speech tha wotld have expained his shoeless condition,. butt othler memnbers of thec cast On tihe stage at thle timle were 5so shtocked at htis appearance In hIs stockilng feet thlat they could not re stran!n thelir amullsemet . Thte aud(1 enice then caught tile signifiennlee or htis hleadi-lonlg anld partly drtessed ap pearance and let out a roar. At both Chester anld lRock 11111 tile ca.,t e was shownt many social a11tten tionls by the peOple of the two cities, especially ,by thloset who hadi friends in the caste and b~y former residents of Laurens. Inl Chester the casie was entertained entirely Iin private hlomes, nloting .heing le'ft untdone by thte htosts~ to contribute to tihe leiasutre of their guests. Mirs. Clarence 'Cross, who has1 boon a frequent. visitor to Laurenls, hleaded tile committee onentertaini~ mont and( saw to It that the caste was delightfutlly and cougetnial ly situated. In Rtock 11111 thle caste was ettrtainedI largely at Winthriop College, som11 of tile male membllers being enttertained at the homes of Mlessrs. 'lziwren1ce P'itts andl Alexander Lon1g, former res idetnts of Laurecfs. After thte play Feriday n.ilht Mlr. and .\rs. Long ten dlered a delightfutl informtal rececpt ion~ to the cast, among thlose pr'esent he lag Mir. and Mr's. Piitts and their mlother', Mrs. J. D. Pltts, of Greenwood, whofwas visiting tdlem. The play was carried to these two1 cities as a part of the progr~nm of thel Iilitergecy Commisaion to stimutlate in-' terest in tile adult schools, of which Miss -Wil Lou Gray Is state supervisor. The financial aspc~t of the trip was not lost sigrht of, however, tile ro AN APPEAL FO People of the County Called European Sufferers. Mon To the American Citizenshi) of Lau rens, Clinton, Goldville, Cross Hill, Mountville, Waterloo, Ora, 1anford, Gray Court, Owings, Princeton, and of the County at large, mnen, women and children: A cry of impending need and distress Is reaching our ears from Central Europe. The 1)op1le of t'iese coun tries are facing the strong probabil ity of going Into this fall and winter practically naked. They are victims of conditions and circumstances over which they have no control, nor even are they In anywise responsible for much conditions. But they are human bcings. They are outr brothers. We, out of our blessings of )eace, health and pirospritly ilust come to their succor, and come (ilickly. Cold and biting freezes come 111)011 theimi sole two m1onths or mlore earlier than they come upoin us. lience tile great ticed for rapid response and action. Sotme of tile appaIling things we are told as to the conditions over there by re stonible witnesses are: Quoting from the Literary Digest: "New born babes in hospitals itI Murc:e atre being wrapt in newspa "Tens of thousands of childretl possess but one garment atyl expect to go barefoot next winter." "Many have to stay in bed for lack of clothes; many a mother has sold her last skirt for food for her starving little ones, and wrapt herself in an old shawl." "Owinig to the almost worthless value of money in these countries, all clothes and clothing material that are imlpoted from countries having a more normal currency value cost very, very dearly. For instance, a stit of clothes now cost a Vleona University professor three months' salary. In Poland a iair of shoes cannot be bought for one iember of the family without the entire family going hun gry for a month. Red Cross workers tell of any nun ber of babies being -born ;with abso lutely no Irovision made for clothing them. A million mothers, they say, will be unable to provide clothes for thbir new-born infants unless hel1) comes soon. liundreds of thousands of children must go barefooted all through the liard winter of Central Europe unless American shoes and stockings colie quickly. lerbert Hoover says that the cloth ing of the 1pecile of Euroipe, the East ern and Central parts, is today "worse even than at the time of the Armis tLice." For seven or eight years it has boen all wear of the supply then on hand manufactured atnd a steady decrease of materials and )troduxctlon dux ring thlat tie, till at pesent these people are' ver'italy thr xead bare.'' A thxousatnd othetr facts couldx he told sitmIlIarx to thxese, but ts5pace will 'FThe L aur ens ('ounxlty (Chap11tr of thxe Soxxther'n D)1vislotn of the Amxericani Red Ctross has deter'minecd to mxake a strenuxouts effotrt to muake a countty widle appleal to thet citizenry t''0 comet to thxe x'cscue of these stfferling iwo 1)1es with a viml andt fr'om a synm luathetic hxeart. Th'lis is one of the manifold occa sionis to be muet by a Chr istiant pco Ide wvhen Jesxts said "I was tnakedl anxd ye clothed0( me"'. Never' was. duxty more nlin, nor' a cry fox' Sutc(or' more ur tgent. Let xu.s for'get our ltty tr xou1 bies fox' a tmotmetnt anxd answetr to the~ bxest of ourt abi lily, if even to ott hurxx xt, thxis call fr'omx beyotnd thxe seas atnd Senx. Dial Retrns Sen. N. H. i~ial left Monday foxr Washxingtn to take upl hxis senlatorilal dutties againl. Setn. D al saidi that -he is expectinlg eatly action on hxis cot tonl futtures bil1l and~ If it passes, as he confidexntly expects it will, he thinks that it will pxrove a great ben efit to soutthernt farmers. co11)ts fx'om the two performances be lng very gr'atifyinxg. After thxe ex pensos of tho tril) aro pxaid, the net ptroc' , will be uxsed by the com miss5ius for cer'tain activities for which no appropriation hlas been mxade by tile state. R OLD CLOTHES. on to Give Old Clothing for ey Will Be Accepted. thereby fulfill one of Jcsus' man dates. A central committee has been or ganized at Laurens to pilut through a campaign for the gathering in of old clothes to be sent to these people. I0very town and every section of the county will be reached, and therefore practically every one will b, given an opportunity to make a Contribution. We want Yotu to give somethin'g, if only one article. This Is not an alp Ipcal for money, although money for now clothing, materials and shipping expenses will be welcome, and we ex iieet of course that many will plrefer to contribute money. But It is pri marily a request that every family, and individuals without families col lect outgrown), old iashioned, partly worn clothing that is still useful or C!an) he made so and give it to the led Crons to be distributed to the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe. The directions sent out by the ited Cross are: First of all do not send anything you simply wish to get rid of, that is not worth paying freight 0n. Do not send worn out, ragged garments, soiled untderwear, fliimsy lingerie, fancy shoes. If the clothing you selid needs oathling or repaiin ag, or but tons sowed on, do that before sending. All kilnIs of outfits for habies are leeded. F.or women and girls of all ages, stout, serviceable suits, cotton dresses, underwear and stockings that have still some months of wear in thein are wanted. F~or men and boys durable siits, shirts and under wear and sox and shoes. Tie each pair of sox and shoes together. If you can, polish the shos. Army "Issue" shoes with some months of wear in them will be most acceptable. 'While summer weight clothing is ac ceptable, spare all the heavy .weight clothing you can. Raw materials, such as cloth, yarn, and sewing ma terials are needed in enormous quan titles, in addition to the second hand clothing. SMorchants may send shop morn and out of (late clothing and shoes. Anything better would be greatly appreciated. Cotton mills would render a wonderful service to send yarns and manufactured goods. Enclose a list of what you send with the article sent. Send or bring all articles to the Central Station at Naul rens, in ciarge of NI. H. -IIunter, or if youl cannot (10 this ask your pastor what to do ,with them, hle will tell you. Send all cash or check contri butions to *M. II. .1llunter, Treas., Lau reas. Some mlloney will be needed to (lefray t ransportation charges oil at least a carload of clothing from hele to tile Brooklyn docks. In Laurens and Clinton a miniature lamgeant will greet the people, giving a living 'picture of conditions In Eur1opeC in tihe matter of rags on Mo0n (lay a fternIoon1, .1)u1y It h. Solicitor's .will call Onl you on) thatI date, perha ps anyl3 timhe or the dlay, lbut esipecially In) tihe afternoonl. Ti'uesdfty the I t9hm will b e the gathering-inm-dlay. if pos siblde have,' your 1 collnibtion1( a I done uip amnd placed at the fron t door. Tihoso who( may wish to contribute before then may sedl lhenm to) 3. ii. Ihl telr, baurendls. W. ILM. log is captaln of collectors. lie 0r tihe look{out for him. Th'ere will also be a captainl of collectors for' (lint on. It is hIoped that everybody, menci, wvomen andlI~ chiildrenCI of all ages ab~ove seven or eight .will chieerfumlly and promlfptly' respond to this urigent call andl most5 deser01ving cause. (Chalirmana of Co0mm ittee'. Tio Hiold Session in Greenmvillec July 20) n'ad 21st. llcalI clothiers are lookinug forwa rd wvithI a great deal of Interest to thle 11ianIa meeting of thle Sout~h ("arol ina lRetail Clothier's Association, which is to lbe 1held In Greenvi lie July 20th and 21st. An interesting~ program has been arrmanged, acoerding to a notie Bent out bly Thos. M1. Watts, Sec., and a prmofitable and pileasant meeting is anticipiatedI. Mr. and Mrs. James R, Davis have returinedl hIome after a delighltful visit to relativea in Atlanta. LEGION PLANS ENTERTAINMENT Musical Stars to Present. Artistic Pro. Igram of Classical and Popular Va. riety. Tt the regular meeting of the Lau rens Post of the American Legion held Monday night ill the new club room it was decided to stage an enter talinmenit i the Opera House during the latter part of Jily for the benefit. of the post. This performance will be given by the Clef Concert Company w hosC scIv iceS have beeni SCCureO(d by various Legion Posts throughout the country, and they come to Laurens with qiuite a reputation for their talent as entertainers. Announcemient will be made later as to the date of this pe1forllance and advertisement will be made through the local post. A full house is deosired as a liberal share of the proceeds will go to the upkeep of the Legion lall. Every one who attends will be well paid in the enjoyment received from liearing these talented artists. The Post decided to start base ball Practice and challenge other Legliol Clubs as soon as a regular ei am is selected, and elected Charles Fleming as manager. The piblic may expect sOie classy games and a winning team from these veteran sluggers and a fill] piblie attendance at all gaies will be appreciated. 1y a vote of the members the Le'gion Hall Is to be in charge of Guy I"'. lenjamin, .who is to keep the keys and have Aeneral care of the (.lub1 rooml and equipmlent. The priv ileges of the club room, and especial ly the pool talbles, will be allowed to those who have paid their miemllber silpi (Ides and assessments, but each menimber of the club 'nay bring one of his friends occasionally who is not a im ember. An election was ield to fill tile l!o sition of Post Adjitant made vacant by the resignation of "Skinny" Mar tin, and Thomas C. Bolt was elected. The Post Adjutant was authorized to write to tile Post Adjutant of the State Legion headquarters for a de cision as to who are eligible to be come imeinbers of the American Le glon and the decision will be read at the next regular meeting. The ne:yt meeting of the Post will be held In the Legion Hall Monday night, July 25. All ex-service men who have not already joined, are cordially invited to fall in line. PIOMINENT EVANGELIST COMING llev. Bob Jones to Speak at the First Baptist Church .luly 21. An overflow crowd is predicted for the fanous evangelist, Rev. Bob Jones, who is to speak at the First. Baptist church of Laurens at 8:30 p. m1., July 21st. Dr. S. 11. Temileian is chair man of arrangements. -Laurens is considered fortunate in being included aiong the thirteen places to be visited by this well knlOWn evangelist in his second~ tour (If Poth ('arol inia under01 thle autsices of the IEvatngelism Commtlit tee of thle Souith Ca'irollina Sitnd~ay School1 Ass-o (iation1. "H ob' Jones it is saidl, stands amlonlg theO foremoest evanlgel ists of thle worldl today. Although a comparalti tively yountg manfl, heI is *meli knlownl thiroiughout Amtlericn, hin~ Itg 'ondul~ct ed hu ige ta berniacle mleetinogs in over hlalf the states oIf the l'nion. In a short touri of the state last Januar lie ieadched over 10,00)0 ple~ and1( it is ox Pected t hat thitis tour will dIra w eveti larger ('rowds. Mtr. Jlones comles undler thei auspices (of tile lva angelism1 '01 Committee of Lthe Soutth ('arolinla Suinday School asso diltion of which Drt. W. L. Hall, pas tot of tile Firtst Ha it.i st clhuirch of S paritanubturg..Is c'haiman and Dri. Rtobert S. Trtuesdale of Alafi St. Miethodithst ('lltrch , ('olum1bia , is vice chlairmlan. It is expected that (quite a nutmbe'r of peoi.l e [reom Laurens1 antd adjoiIn~lg countties will be itn attenldance as well as the towni peopile. A Good iensoni Aldermatn Joe F. Smith was late at thed Council meeting .\lnnday night, hut when lie camel In lie gave a good excuse, le saId that a 1)0y hlad ar rived at his house a few nIghts ago and he had to stay there aw'hIle to teach him a tew things like shoulder lag a gun, thrlowlIvg a few curves, LaggIng 'em out on second, smoking cigarettes, etc. Joe F., Jr., arrived Thursday and in hale and hearty. HARDING SUGGESTS DISARMAMNT M[[T Calls Great Powers to Dis cussion ALSO DISCUSS FAR EAST State. Departmeit Gives Out State mi ft In Which It. Is Saild that Pres lident Hiarding his Called ihe Prin clpal Allied Powers Together for Disarmamtuent Discussiont. Washington. July 1 0.-President Ilarding has taken definite steps look ing to a conference in Washinigton of the principal alied and associate(i powers to discuss limitation of arma nient. 'IIe also has suggested to the inter ested nations that there be at the same time a discussion of Pacific and Far O."astern problems with a view to reaching a common uiderstatnding with regard to principles aid policies in the Far East. This announcement was made to night by the state department by di rection of the lresident, in the fol lowing statement: "The President, in view of the far reaching importance of the question of limitation of armaments, has ap troached %with informal but definita iitiry the group of powers hereto fore known as the principal allied and associated powers, that is: Great Britaim, France, Italy and Japan, to ascertain whether it would be agree able to them to take part In a con ference on this subjict to be held in Waslhington at a time to be mutually ar'eed uipon. If the proposal Is found to be acceptabi, formal invitations for such a conference will be Issued. "It is manifest that the question of limitation of armaments has a close relation to Pacific and Far Eastern problems, nd the President has sug gested that the powers eni.ecially in terested in these problims should tin dertake In connection with this con ference the consideration of all mat ters bearing upon their solution, with a view to reaching a common under standing with respect to principles and policy in the Far East. This has been communicated to the powers concerned and China has also been invited to take part in the discussion relating to Far Eastern problems." The department's statement was made public without comment and the fact that the President had sug gested to the interested nations a joint discussion of the Far Eastern and Pacific problems came as something of a sunprise in Washington. The de partinent's statement did not make clear what nations had been ap proached on these particular subjects, but aside from China which was specifically named, it was assumeld that (reat Britain and .Japan were among them. Renewai of the Anglo-.lapanese al l iance is a subject before the British and .1 apa'n ese govern men ts, but whiether this is contsidered by i. ii aiding as .within the scope of the proposed conference on Pacifle andl Far Esastern problems has not been diiosed. Mr. LlAoyd George, the 1int ish prime in iister'I, atnnionneed re cent ly in the 1-louse of Commons t hat he exiected to have some statement to make with regard to the allianec tomorrow, but that this was dlepend ent uipon "t he repieis received from thle 'n ited St at es, Ja Pan and China.'' Aolr. liaridin g's move with riegarid to( limitation of armament was (desc ribed by some of his adlviseirs as the second~ step i ni th 1wvork Ing out of his in te itational pi'ogrami, adopt ion of thle peace r'esolution having been thle first. Before that resolution wvas put t hrough ('ongress. he sent out infor mal "feelers" on the sumbje'et of d is armament. Ile now~ has gone a step forwardl in Inviting the lprincipal al Ihes to attend the conferenee. Council in Session, Cityv Cou ncil imet in reenlar' sessioti Monday~ night, bitt besides transact lng routine matters v'ery little wvork was done. City Attorney Todd was present to confer with the council over the proposed bond issues and said that he .wotild prepare the regu lar notices in time for a special meet ing the latter part of this week. Stif tieient signatures, It was stated, had been secured to enll the nlinoinn