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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1922 NUMBER 26 BONDS FAVORED DEFICIT IN 1 AL~Min La OdittaHuse Satarday Comn * euens D.eegation and County Of - fr Efforts d Economy. .lddli i thorough review of li 1i4bletaiion, by Supervisor Watts ir tv.e tabt moetiag held in the court houst tiUdan imprning and after the meet. linlihad passed a commendatory reso !ttlonin- rognmrd to the county deloga tin.1 And county ofticers, the meeting, 1on motion- of W. Carl Wiarton, oi IeArloo placed itself on record aE voY2ring a bond issue in the neighbor. Arnod of $40,000 to retire the present 1i0UUg indebtedness of the county, hihitting to albout that much. 'T. 1wheeting was fairly largely at tendOe. It was organized with Sena -tor 0. V_. Goodwin as chairman and 1. Y. Qulbertson as necretary. 18enator Good'w-in, as the ranking 'ninlber of the county delegation, stat ed the cauee of the meeting, 'po1nting Mut that a deficit of about $40,000 ex isted in the county from operating ex tenSes this year and from deficit, brought ovor from iIrVcious years. . Mter Mr. Goodwin had finished, Superviso'r Watts asked for the floor * Qad . aid of figures and a black board gave a review of his adminis tration, explaining why the deficit ex Isted. Of the $40,000 deficit, 'he said, 415,000 represented the county's share of a valuable concrete bridge built at Ware 8Ahoals, about $11,000 was for muoney advanced by the People of (Ctinton and others for the road con leeting Clinton and Mountville, and the remafnder an actual deficit 'brought about by the difference 'between the county 4ovy and the county appropria t namrin oddition,. by te actual in * vaas.ed expenses of.-the year. 'went art ei ft the -94so of tVe coiuty's affaira dealing with .Me chain gang and the deficit which -evists there this year. He said that he6 had followed humanitarian dfciiatoes In dealing both with convicts said stock and that he had found that tllis proved profitable. As an exam 'IClo of bis, he said thaft fewer men had escaped from the gang than at any time in its past history, that no men had died on the gang and none had re fused to 'work-WAIn'Dte of the fact that the gang had more white men than at any time during its history. He said that he had not lost a mule during the Year and that .with the exception of one insta:nce, where a mule was laid up fortsix hours, he had not had a mule standing idle during the whole year on account of sickness or injuries. - Daltnig with the county bridges; he said that .practically all of them had either been repaired or rebuilt dutriAg the past two years, as their lif# was abOUt- lived when he took office. / Th is, ti sa4A, -had -been a tremendo drain on his office; a drin which q'tinues to exist as people are continu ly con Allaining of broken down bridls. Mlr.Watts .pointed out thf the ap 5)roprtiaon for this doer ent h'ad neve.' been inceed durin the period rf'high prices. It 'was on y by prac tiedidt' e4pseet /economuy, I said, that he ha'eeable to makt ends. -meet, An ad l~~ .Of- econl( y, .ie said that hdf qigen ov~r' t work of the .count* r i~ Mr.- 'Cu lgnhami, cand the ealaif aved to the ounty." As~ a r'eason fog' Jereitsed ex endittires this Vear~ he- pointed fact'.that the chnuIn gnagiahad been increased from 18 Antxnbers to '72. The increase in niitofehad 'oyercomie the advantage of .redtced prlies "for' supplies. ErAdr. Witti had coricluded, he take tbh 'oor azbd inform the mieeting a*- to $$"proposed 4thoun. highway, o ~hich th' 1M91it4hle-Clinton road iet lo b a parti 'Mf. Jacobs (gave S Calbeud highway m1overnent and the 6%hlfits' of good toal ii general, clos lag tid addes with a'piea for co-4p. ,- ration and progree Iii the county 14lIIresolution, .preo4iously referred to; 'betelved~ 'it 4tho P00P10 of Laiu' vernsi County, t in made at~g assett bledI take pleasure expresslag theii cotxdiction: that the ltfa~eggt1O in ibe South trol4,i fiendjid AkVoai t'l \i1.the' (olin~ Oulf ~nom eoy N the s 1' TO REMOVE 0UNTY FINANCES ALERSON GUmLTY SAYS PETIT JURY tI XIe Eilled Besided in Laurens Oounty. eilling was Done at Eno. ree, apartanburg, Jan. 4.-After being out for four hours and fifty minutes this afternoon the Jury rendored a ver dict of ,guilty with a recommendation to mercy in the caes of T. B. Alverson, charged with the murder of Ir'by Knighton at E1noree last September. The case was hard fought. The testimony in the case of T. B. Alverson, charged with the murder of Irby Knighton at Enoree, September 0 last, 'fIs comileted in sessions court yesterday afternoon. The plea of self defense was put up. The testimony of the state was that Alvorson, 'Knighton and another were in Alverson's store at Enoree on the night of the killing. Alverson was un d(er the influence of whiskey, Knigh, ton went out of the door vhen Alver sna told him lie wanted to close Up. Alverson then went to his cash reg ister and got the cash and to his show case and got his pistol. -He put his pistol in his pocket, but it fell out on the floor, When it was picked up Knighton told Alverson not to draw 'that gun on him. As Alverson came out the door lie IS alleged to have asked Knighton if he had not always treated him right, and received an affirmative answer, with the statement that Knighton had always treated Alverson right. Alver son gave the lie to Knighton and Knighton returned It and as he did Alveron. shot him (lead. Lawrence Knighton was standing by his brother and caught him when he eIL .A.Jiocaught his brother .Alver son shot Lawrence Knighton, who .picked up a piece of iron and struck Alverson on the head. The defense's testimony Is that when the lie was rpassed Knighton put his hand. to his hip as if to draw a pistol, and when he did Alverson fired as quick as he could. Two witnesses for the defense testified that Alverson shot Lawrence Knighton after he was hit in the head, while the defendant says that he was knocked senseless and does not remember shooting but the one time. 1111 PRIOED "TEA" Local Genta Bought "Bottled in Bond" at Bargain Price. Turns Out to be Colored Water. Local (gentlemen who have been feel ing the effect of aridness during re cent months, were shockingly treated by a polite stranger who showed up in town' Friday night 'with a case or two of "bottled in bond" -which he was willing to part with at .$7.60 per quart by the case. The stranger dis posed of nearly two cases, so it is said, and left several bottles with the l)orter at the hotej saying that .he would come bach. for them. According to the story going the rounds, he had a bottle of real whis key from 'which he served out samples. He .took orders from as many peojple as he could' gather' teigether, got his money, delivered the goods and left for unknolwn .parts. It was not long -before some of the purchasers found that they had been duped, but the stranger was go'ne. The "bottied in bond" was nothing more than colored water, but it had been packed and la beled so neatly that the unwary wedre easily deceived. - . Judge Watts Improving Friends of Judge II. C. Watts will beo gla'd to learn that' he is fmproving at tihe hospitl, 4rn Columbia. , He has been sick for several weeks and a feow days ago underwent a slight operation. public interests." After further detailed discussion of the county finances, including a plea for 'the farm demonstration depart menut by Mr. W. !P. Thomason, and the Mois9 Son in regard to the Issuance bon*ids to retire tle, flnating indebted non6 the meeting adjourned. It4 opeurily Temailked that the V tne ig ll took an enit~rely different angle f'om wfrt wfgerDoctqd, The fu411 and 443 t*.llent of etiervisor Watts, f~lowe bytboIoioal and engaging ~~ an4ge6-oporation Mie inheItain a0. IRISH TREk Y RATIFIED BY SMALL MAJORITY De Talera Immediately Announces His Resignation' as President. uadh Bathusiasm Ohown by Ppl& Dublin, Jan. 7.-The treaty creating the Irish Free fitate -was ratified to night by the Dail lireann. By a ma jority of seoven votes, 64 to 57, the dali gave its approval to the document signed by its delegates at London. Coincidentally, I"amon do Valera announced his resignation from the presidency of the Irish republic. The news was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and the patient crowds, which had waited for hours outside the university building in an ticipation of advices, burst into cheer ing, even before the official figures were announced. Ratiflcation of the treaty came after a day of intense excitement and heat ed controversy. Although the result was as had been expected, the ma lority in favor of the agreement was greater than had been counted on al, muost up to the last minute. A tense, straIned silence prevailed while the vote was being taken, and a gasp of relief .went up from the sup porters of the treaty when the' result was announced. A dramatlc scene on sued, when do Valera stood up and in broken voice, which vibrated with emotion, declared that "the repu-blic". must be carried on. Eventually he broke down so com pletely that he was unable to pro eed. The Dail Eireann, with one ac cord, applauded and cheered him. The situation at the adjournment Df the dali appeared to remain cha Ale. The dail 'will meet on Monday ind there is no dlsposition revealed by de Valera and his followers to %bandon the factional struggle. The future control of the'.Irish re publican army is tonight the subject )f anixous speculation, as Charles Burgess, who atrongly opposed the treaty, is the minister of defense. So Mr as the .public is concerned, Dub lin seems delighted over ratification. A.rthur Grlffith and his colleagues, on mergig from the parliament, were wildly cheered and the city tonight is in Jubilant spirits. On the announcement of the ftgl ires, do Valera rose and declared that ,be Irish people had established a re public, and until the Irish people in Y, regular manner disestalblished the republic it constitutionally went on. rhis would be a eovereigp body in. the nation, to which the nation looked ror suipreme government. It was the )Ygecutive until the people disestab lished It. * The body was disposed to challenge this proposition, for the general opin ion all along had been that during the transition period Ireland must keep icr representative assembly until the treaty' was converted into an act of parliament and the Irish would have ,in opportunity to erect a legislature nf the Free etate to replace the dali, Michael Collins In quiet tones fel io~wed do Valora. Hie saId he did not regard .the result in any spirit of triumph, lie claimed that the men representing the dail .who would be responsible for taking over from the British government control, of the Irish administration should get a fair ahance. In every country what mat tered most was -public order, and he appealed to the ether sIde to appoint a joint committee of both sides to carry on the government. This was greeted with cheers. M'r. Collins de clared that de Valera held the same place in his heart as ever. 'Then followed a violent speech by Mary Mac~winey, denouncing the re sult as worse than the betrayal of Ireland in the days'- of Castlereagh (Viscount Catlereagh, Mfarquis of Lon, doniderry, who as chief secretary for Ireland in- 1798, was instrumental in carrying the nion in 1800.). 3fr. do Valera os again, suppos edly to reply to idr. Collins' overture. Hlowever, he todlk no niotice of it. and merely appealed to all hisa own sup porters in the dai tq meet him at the Mansion House tomorrow afternoon. This eidently hurt M'i. Collins very much, but hie qget 'sei,: "It tihe visible presence ot'ngelO1,* nd col leagues is so -distagttfu1,. tiere might att any rate !be dORhTS- comimodation between 'Ile parties-for the purpose of pubite order," .'' 49tipster Burgess nmediately re toio: "' w9i1 t .ro that the disO #lbl 'ff tl 1 ar~,I preserved." SUNDAY PREACNES IN SPARTANBURG Tabernacle Crowded at Three Services, Large Choir Sin^, 2partanburg, Jan. 8.--BIlly" Sun day opened his meeting in Spartan. burg today, speaking at three eorvic. es, morning, afternoon and night, to audiences that packed every possible seat in the tabernacle, seating more than (,000 persons. Though the rain was falling throughout the day, the crowds came and hundreds of them enalned in the great building through out the day, except for Journeys to neighboring restauranta for dinner and supper. Mr. Sunday's three texts were: In the morning, "Havo ye re ceived the holy ghost sinco ye be lieved?"; in the afternoon, "The 'hour is come"; night, "Why cal ye me Lord, Lord ?" The speaker's marvelous enthusiasm, his -power of action and the amazing rapidity with which he speaks were all contributing elements in the hold he has already established oil his au diencoo. At the afternoon meeting the choir of 300 voices, under the direc tion of (Homer Rodeheaver, turned in to its real revival swing with the old time songs, above which the voice of the great song leader was heard. Mr. Sunday will preach every day in the %yeek, except Monday. "Billy" -Sunday has spoken to three audiences of more than 5,000 each on the opening day of this campaign hi Bpartanburg and closed tonight's meeting staniding on top of the pulIpit crying with both hands to his mouth, "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things I say." Ilis text of the night sermon, from which ho preached upon the sins and weaknesses of society, mixed scrip ture and modern slang with a rapidity that leaves his audience almost dizzy. The South Carolina audience broke into prolonged applause at one time when he concluded a denunciation or the divorce evil and again when he paid his respects to the bootleggers. When he reached in the course of his sermon the theater and society, he de clared he had no quarrel with the theater or with society but with their sins and declared mothers of girls who permit them to Joy ride into the night were opening the gates of hell. Mr. Sunday (preaches from a text and sticks to ihis text, calling it over and over throughout the course of his sermon until the line rings in the ears of his audience. He switches from the serious to the ridiculous in a breath and applause and "amens" are constant response from his audi ence. As with all the Sunday meetings the singing under the directjon of Homer Rodehoavor is a feature. At the night service, "Brighten the Corner Where You Are," had its introduction, and under his direction Mr. Rodeheaver had every section of the great audi ence carrying the-rofrain in sections and then all together. The singing tonight showed the work of the artist as tihe old familiar hymns of the church rolled 'rom 6,000 throats. The expense of the Sunday cam paign, amounting to $20,000, it was announced, will be cleared up in the collections for the first week. Thou sands of dollars were dropped into the tin pans today. Mr. Sunday will not preach tomorrow but again on Tuesday afternoon the 'week's work will be be gun. Governor Cooper Here Governor Robert A. Cooper spent the week-end in the city on business mat ters-and visiting among the homefolks. Saturday afternoon, in company with Mir. C. A. -Power, he went down to Wa terloo and paid a visit to his old friend, 0ol. J, H. Wharton, at Water oo, 'who has boon confined to his home for many months. 'They found Col. Wharton in genial spirits in 9pite of his Ill health and still deeply interest ed in the affairs of his county. Judge Thompson Unwell . Judge of Probate 0. G. TPhompson has been unwell for the past wecek An has been unable to be at his oilce.:HIis conldition was repo'rted as much i proved yesterday, though he is not yet aible' to return to his Work. In his ab sence, his duties have been performed by7 his son, Mr. J. Mf. Thompson. * Delegation Goes D~owi . tiensbers of the Laurens county do1l. gation to the general ,assembly ledl Monday for COolumbi'a to be pf'esent'ai thc opening 'of 'the session. Spiitogg '1*'0g lac~well, whose duties call )bin *~j~ %f~ .e)~i~iy,. i CHANGES RECOM) B) FEW TEACHERS REACH THE GOAl Not a Sin& , Applicant Recelves Firs Grade Ckrt18cate in Bxaminatjoi Held in October. Only 28 Out (W 5] Receive License. According to a report sent to the of. flee of the County Superintendent al Laurens by the State Board of Exam iners for Teachers, only 28 of 51 ap plicants who stood the teac,hers ex. amination in October, received a Statt Teacher's license. Not a single onc in the county received a first grade certificate. Thirty-two teachers tooli the primary examination. Of thest 12 failed outright, not any received a first grade certificate, 11 a second gradc certificate, and 9 a third grade cer tificate. In the elementary examination, out of 11 who stood, 6 failed, none received a first grade certificate, 1 a second grade certificate, and 4 a third gradc certificate. In the high school examination only one stood and this one failed to pass, Following are the names of thosc who passed and the grade of certificatc received: Second Grade Certificate-Miss Clara [Bell iDabb, Mrs. A n nie il.)l?, Miss Isa - 'bel Compton, Mrs. M. . Gambell, MisE Helen George, Miss Janie Holland,.Miss Sudio (Medlock, Miss Mae McCarter Miss Ora Powers, Mliss Grace Temple ton, Miss 'Marie Tinsley, Mrs. Belle Sumerel. Third Grade Certificate--Miss Alvi, Farrow, Miss Ary Iolcombe, Mist Claudel Holder, 11iss Martha McCarter Miss Edna Riddel, Miss Corrinnc Roper, Miss Lucile Roper, Miss LoE Watson, Miss Gladys Williams, Mis Gladys Fuller, "Mrs. 'Mae Rhodes, Mist Cora Threatte, Miss Anna Wallace. The State Board of Examiners seemE to be grading very closely the papert handed in -by the teachers as very few in the state received a first grade cer tificate on the last examination. Those failing 'to pass the State Board of iExaminers will not be allow ed to teach next session in the county. Heretofore, the County Superintendent of Education has btseen Innning from ten to twenty temporary permits. Ac cording to a recent ruling of the Coun ty Board of Education no temporary permits will be Issued in 9Laurens County after July 1st. This action was taken, so says the County Superintend ent of Education, because of the fact that the State Board of Examinert holds two examinations per year, aUnd those failing to pass that examination ought not to receive publiic money ftom the districts of the county. ALLIGATOR FOUND MONDAY Had Been1 Under Store Building fo, . Long Time. Workmen employed in repairing ont of the storerooms of the Gray building on Sullivan street were considerably surprised and at first alarmed yester day when they came upon a real liv4 alligator about two feet long under neath the flooring of the building. While wdrking on the flooring th( men ~hoard a hissing sound coming from underneath. fWith the aid of a flashilight, they succeeded in getting full view of the ground underneath thd floor and located the alligator at very short distance from them. It is &:hought that the alligator is the same one which was sent to Dr. Put nam from Florida last summer and af terwards escaped. [Many conjecture: have -been made as to how the anima lived so long away from water or heYm ho secured food, but up to the preseni writing nothing definite has been set. tied upon. 'New Poieelnan at Cross Hill The new city council at Cross Hill which was 'recently re-elected, at it business session thold last week electec M. F. Workman as chief of police,, sue ceeding -J. H1. Hltt. Mr. Worikman it well known In the community and the citizens are looking to him for a thor ough enforcement of .the law, Thb administra)tlon Is composed of Ft. A Austin, mayor, ands 3. El. Leamar Olati, ~Hipp, I9. 8. Pinson and W. '1 Boyce, twardens. Preaching at Gray Court RIev. C. T. Squires will ipreach at th Dorroh Preobyterisan Church, Gra 4ENDED EFFICIENCY MEN Special Legisatlie Inresftgators Would Alter S8. , Government. For State Offieo BuUding Radical changes Da state gover ment, including the erectfon of an oft flee building in the city of Columbia for state offices; the abandownent of scholarships In state institutions; the albolition of the system of athletic coaches at the University; the reduc tion of military training and increase of emphasis on the sciences at the Cit adel; the withdrawal of state support for the state fair; the abolition of the offlce of secretary of the state high way commission; the incorporation of the work of the public service- commis ion in the work of the railroad com mission; the abandonment of the pf flce of secretary of the budget commis sion and the Incorporation of this in a n' department of finance, are ree .ommended to the legislature by the Joint legislative committee on Oceni omy and consolidation, based on find ings of the efficiency engineers, Grif fenhagen' and associates, whose find ings were made public Saturday. The report of the committee will be sub mitted in book form to the legislature, which convdnes on Tuesday. Changes in the control and notlods pf operation o nn h - hartments and institutions, reductiolls of salary In a few cases, new sources of state revenue, a reduction of the state tax levy and the creatioU, f a few new-departmente are, recomnmeaid ed by the committee. The committee estimates that its recommendations will save the state half its tax levy. Included In the committee's rec ommendations are the following: That the property tax be reduced to four Mills, and that income, In creased corporation, inheritance, gaso line, luxury and hydro-olectric power taxes be imposed. The removal of the adjutant gen eral's office from the capitol to the state armory on Assembly street. The abandonment of the Weekly Market Bulletin and the y~ar 6tObk 16f the department of agricultu .e a$d the reduction of some salaries cot ot ed 'with this department. - The employment of one bhlid 'ufihe warden fr each congressionaf dietrict, each witi an automobile. Discontinuance of the engbijing courses at the Citadel, and coinbining these with Clemson's engineering de partment. Support of Clemson College %;y di rect appropriation and the additiec of a postgraduate course at that institu tion. Changes in the offlee force of the comptroller general's office. Enlargement of the railroad" coii mission to seven members, with en largement of the railroad cominishion's powere, to include the regulation of all common carriers, both as to ier vice and rates. Granting of citizenship to the Ca tawiba Indianls and payment of money only to the aged and disabled. ,Discontinuance of support to the Confederate home college, in Charles Teestablishment of a testing lab oratory for the state highway depart ment. The establishment of a law enforce mont department. The establishment of En office in the capitol for the board of Dardons 'and various examining boarda, the board of law examiners, the board of medical examiners, and the like. 4The management of the ipenitentiary transferred to the board of public wel tare and the election of the emiperin tendent by the board. Maintenance of the state house and grounds under direction of the state electrician. T Ihe reorganization of the stat. tax commission, with the cbairman a busi ness man, one member of the counnnis sioni a lairyer, and the secretary a man of accounting training, the machinery of the tax commission to be enlarged, The discontinuance of the practice of furnishing homes for profeera of the University; the creation, of thd of flee of director of physical eduoatioh, to have charge of all athlettes st the6 University, the director to 'be rduwg *'Sible to the president, and th mtpya ment of coaches to be ,diseontintled; the abandonment of, the ceni'se %inoh gieerig at the Ulversity; the etb Slishment in few'ymre ot ( *'deAth 1 (Continue onPa#WW