VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. NUMBER 2 COUNTY EDUCATHI OPENS HERE SAI Needs of Education to be Stressed . STATE LAWS BE EXPLAINED To Put on Campaign to Acquaint Pee ple with Needs of the County so That Pressure May Be Brought to Bear on Leglslature to Make Appropria. tions SuifticiCt. For the purpose of acquainting the people of the county with the past pro gress and future needs of their schools so that a sentiment will be created for stronger school support a countyiwide educational campaign, under the aus Vices of the state federation of wo then's clubs, has been inaugurated to gin 'with a 'big rally in the court se here Saturday morning and to be followed the 'following Tuesday night by similar rallies in every school district of the county. A tentative plan for the campaign -was made here about a month ago when Mss Wil Lou Gray, state supervisor of adult schools, addressed a meeting of citizens in one of the local churches and placed the arrangement for the campaign in the hands of local committees wvorking under 'Mrs. J. S. iBennett, president ol the Civic League. A tangible object of the campaigi is to bring pressure to 'bear upon thi state legislature for more generou. st'ixport of the rural and h'igh schools The meeting in the city Saturday : expected to -be attended by all th4 school trustees of the county, schoo teachers, ministers and those speak era who will address the distric meetings. 'liht following 'progi'am has., boe announced for this meeting: Mrs. J. IS. Bennett-Presiding 1.. (Roll call of trustees. 2. 1urpose ". of dleing--James i Sullivan. 3. School iLajw and Their Practice Application to Laurens County. R. T. Wilson. 4. What Can be Done to Relieve th Situation 'Regarding School D( ficits.--Col. E. H. Aull, Supt. < iEducation of Newberry County. 5. Discussion. 6. IRefreshments. The meeting in the court house is I open at 10:30 LEaturday morning ar will 'be presided over by Mrs. Bennet The meetings in the school distric Tuesday night will be held in ti school houses at the hours at whi< meetings of such character are ge erally held in each school district. Speaking of the meetings yesterda Superintendent of (Education R. T. W1 son said that he hoped that ever tru tee in the county -would attend t meeting here Saturday and that c ery -patron would avail himself of t meetings Tuesday evening. Nothl he said, is more important tot schools than that the :people who su 'port them are thoroughly acquai with their problems and that the vlewvs arc made known to those w~ represent them in the legislature. CAINIVAL AT WATTfS Annual Event to Take Place Saturi . Eivening on Watts Mills Lawn. The annual carival, given under *.direction of -Miss 'Bettle Richards, ce \munity tworker, will be gIven on1 Wats Iils lwnSaturday even 'beginning at 8 o'cl The usual ti provok-ing games wvill 4ield with added attractions of Fortund Telle Flying Jennies, Fish Pond and N etrol. The 'Watts 'Mills concert be will furnish music. A small admissior fee 'will be cha ed. The public is cordially invitecl attend and join iri the fun. Death of a Chcild Frances McCuen , the two andl a1 year old child of Mr. and.Mrd. J. McdCuen, of Princeton, died at the hi of its -parents last Gaturds$' aftern and the funei'al ivas'held Sunday ternoon from .ther IPrinceton 'Bat 'hurch, .Rev, 'Mr. Ope~ai condue the services. Thil 'tt gft'l f was W~8loy aittractlVidoild da 4~ as. a sad 'i16t% to all of ~%hrg and friend . At1non tl ~tendedtl (11un4iral nwas - o6i4' atrnele, 'Mr. NV l McXuo NAL RALLY 'URDAY MORNING CLAIMS CONFLICT ON STIRIKE K001' Shopmien and Executives Issue Site inents. "Die Hards" Blamed. Now. York, July 24.-Asserting that the rail strike has not already been settled "because the die hard group of Eastern road executives wan& it to-go on" shop craft union leaders today submitted that only the roads' refusal to assure returning strikers reinsate ment of seniority rights prevents an immediate settlement of the contro versy. "The government now admits that ithe railroad -strike is a grave publiq issue; the public knew It two weeks ago," was a statement issued by the central strike committee. , "It is only the die hard group of Eastern executives who deny it. They deny it because they want the strike to go on. They are using this crisis in a vain attem'pt to install the open shop. "-If the government wants to relieve the transportation crisis it -ill- settle the strike. And the way to settle the strike is to persuade Gen. W. 'W Atterbury and his 'hard .boiled' Wall street clique to cease holding up th< nation's business by their private re fusal to allow seniority rights to work. ers. .It is inconceivable that a hal L dozen men can impose their selfish wil upon the 'welfare of a hundred mil i lion." Thse charges* brought from th, I Eastern executives' conference in ses 3 sion today a declaration through thel I Chairman, L. F. Loree, president 0 - the elaware & Hudson, that the "pos t sibilit y of the strikers tying up th, Eastern railroads had passed." 1 'He announced that 88,804 men ar now employed at .full time in Easter shops, compared with 145,872 the da before the walkout and declared tha [.,the 00.8 per-'cent force now -employe "has -an out-put that compares favorabi J with the work of the larger force b( fore the strike." "This is due," the statement contir e ued, "to the fact that we formerly en I- ployed .more men than we needed b4 f cause there was ont enough repa 'work to keep -the shops goign pt c1 pacity, and partly dueto the fact th, many union rules designed to restri< *o output have been eliminated. On d willing mechanic now does the wo, that formerly was take up in the ro ts tine 'by several, with the consequei e delays." h The conference made plans for I augurating on additional roads tl "company union system" which alrea has been started on four Eastern lin as an outgrowth of the strike. A - though'it was tacticly admitted th e the effect of such organizations wo v be to weaken the national strength i the mother union of the six shop craf the Anierican Federation of Lab' he rail presidents refused to comment pthe conference program. airi Mr. Cohnu Leaves ho 'Mr. 'D. E. Cohn. twho has 'been c< nected with The Advertiser for si eral months as reporter and gene assistant, severed his connection wv the paper last week to accept a me lay lucrative -position as advertising m ager of a chain of five stores w ah 'headquarters at St. 3Mathitws. * Cohn rendered valuable service dun hhis stay with the paper and made ngstrong ,place for himself with the tire force. Heb will be missed in the newspaper office' and we 'believe 'she iwill be missed among those v .whom he mingled to got the ne tad The Advertiser wishes him well. .rg.. Big Cantaloupes i to .' Rural -Policemian Owens brought "whopping big" cantaloupes to- ti Monday,' each one of them as big an average size 'watermelon. TI waf ere g ran iby Mr'. Walter Caldv on GMr. W. 'B. Knight's uplace, and: Bsented to the "rural" for home mesumption. 'He intimatad that he on going .to send one also to the Gai (I~ditor of The Advertiser, but ul tist the presenit writing it has not appei an Attendijig Sumneer Sechool the Miss iDecimer Quinton, delma Ki ~oe Annie Mae Urow/COlal'a Camnpbell H Edna Rector, of WitWs Mills,. are $ ot ti ng the spetial ~utmper oouret gtirlt n JAnder collegre this inot)t COUNTY CAMPAIGN STARTS AUGUST 9TH First Meeting to be Held at Langston Church, Last at Watts 31111s. 'At a meeting Saturday afternoon of the -Laurens county executive com mittee the Itinerary of the county campaign meetings was arranged and the assessments by those who ille pledges for county offices in the com ing primary were fixed. ' The county campaign will open Au gust 9' w-ith the dirst meeting at Lang ston church in -Scufflotown township and will be followed by meetings in every other township with two extra speaking engagements at the Laurens mills and at 'Watts mills, the campaign closing on the night of August 22 at Watts after the meeting at the court house on the same day. itinerary Langston Church, August 9, 1.0 A. M. 'Lydia, August 9, 7 P. M. Renno, August 10, 10 A. 'M. Goldville, August 10, 7 P. M. Clinton, August 11, 10 A. -M. Clinton Mill, August 11, 7 P. M. 'Cross Hill, 'August 14, 10 A. 'M. Center Point, August 15, 10 A. M. Hickory Tavern, August 17, 3 P. M. Gray Court, August 18, 3 P. M. Youngs School Building, August 21, 10 A. M. Laurens AIMI, August 21, 7 P. X1. Laurens, August 22, 10 A. M. 'Watts MillA, August 22, 7 'P. M. Candidates for auditor and treas urer are to pay an assessment of $2C each; county superintendent of educa tion, county supervisor and the hous< of representatives, $15; judge of pro. 'bate, $10; county commissioner, $5 magistrate for 'Laturens township, $10 magistrate for Clinton, $5; all othe1 township magistrates, $2.50 each 'These low, assessment figures wor made possible by the fact that th treasurer of the executive committe C has on hand a balance of $199, carrie over 'from the campaign two year ago. d. Tho time folfiling pledges e pir y August 5 at 6 ip. im. It was agreed at the meeting tha the state campaign meeting, Augue '16, will be held in the court house. Announcement of assessments an itinerary has naturally .added intere: ir to political races and rumors of add: L_ tional candidates are going the roundi it Until last, night, however,'no now ar a nouncinents .were made since lat e week except that of W. 'L. Gray, whom -k name has been entered for the legislh ,. ture 'by friends. Othes mentioned fV at this same race are R. Dunk Boyg, L. 'Bolt, 'H. B. 'Humbert, former supe . visor, all of this city, and Dr. D. e Il'ouglas, president of the ,Presbyterik ly college at Clinton. Nothing defini Ds has come from them so far. ,.- Sir. Humbert, in a telephone me at sage to The Advertiser from Abbevil Id last night, asked that we express h of thanks to those friends who had ta ts, en it upon themselves to announ yr, him, saying that he appreciated thf on interest 'but that he had present C gagenlents which would prevent hl from making the campaign. The following have announced the -candidacies so far for county oilc in- either through The Advertiser or 01 S~er Ipapers: al 'House of -Representatives--Jamels ith Browning, Hugh 'D. McCravy, CarolI >r Nance, W, D. Owens, Towvns A. Will & J. C. Mc~Daniel, W. L. Gray. ith Treasurer--Ross D. Young, R.J tr- g~angstonm. ing Auditor-J. Waddy Thompson. Sa 'Supervisor-J. D. W. Watts, H. en- 'Humnbert, the ISupt of Education-Mlss Starga hat1Dun~lap, 'Miss Kate V, "Wofford, ith IShawv Johnson, aBen A. Sullivan, ws.'r best acre of wheat krown on the cou: S ty. Mr. Hopkins made a record r- 39 1-2 bushels on one acre. Othe - who made commendable yields we Ln announced by Mr. Franks, as follow te J. A. Leslie, 18 bushels; E. G. Brai lett, 29 1-2; M1. C. Oxner, 22; E. 8- Coggins, 18; L. T. Templeton, 28, 1e iM. Harlan, 38. Is 'Mr. 'Hopkins has stated that he w k- turn his prize over to some one of t cc orphanages of the state, though he b kir not saId which one. n- The 'wheat growing contest Inat [i urated by Mr. Franks caused a gre deal of interest in the county, a Iar ir acage being plantedl this year tIh Cs in many years. 'The crop suffered ci h~i sidIerable damage from rust, -hut a f yield was madle ini the county. DSTIIURE W'INILL ~ Is, BUSINESS REVIV udGothamn Man Declares It Will be Thmi tied by Present "Emergency". B. New Yorsk, July 23.-tThe pres "transtportation emergency" will th1 ret tie the new :business revival in g, cradle If the railroad strike contin Jr., much longer, said David Williams, n. rotary of the central strike commit ytonight. 'He 'based his statement figuries submitted 'by the Labor Burn (Inc., showing he asserted, that the lowing measures are almost ineviti in dealing with the crisis: to JErmergency pooling of rolling si >Ck, under federal c'ontrol. fast nesurrection of priority control ill or shipments as exorcised during ens War. ock Shutting down of -non-essential fty" dustries and throttling of the 'busil url- revival.. cals 'With can -loadings langer' nowi ring in 1920% despite' the coal strike, with heavy crops to be moved, the e a still in commIssion In ,the fall wil for togmy inadequate to handle the tr slay. portatton, even if the strike is so ould soon, agild M!r. Williams, clting wth shortage of 11920 and the '49 per increase in fall loadings for that,: COAL DISTRIBUTI B Tenative Plan Formed by Se Conferences With Produce and Government Officials. day. Washington, July 2i.-Agreement upon a tentative plan for distribution of coal and for restriction of unfair prices was announced tonight by Sec retary Hoover after a series of confer ences during the day with represen tatives of -producing: operators, the railroads, the interstate comnierice commission and other departments of the government. The plan which was described by At torney General Daugherty in an opin ion as "entirely legal" is to be dis cussed further tomorrow by the con forces and the agAvement of the op erators present is dependent upon the approval of their various associations. -Under the prolposed plan President Harding would appoint a committee which w'ould have general supervision of the measures to -be adopted for emergency fuel control designed to safeguard the public from an impend ing coal famine. Application of the laws governing interstate commerce, through the interstate commerce com mission, would enable the allocation of freight cars to be governed by thc maintenance of fair prices for coal iamong the operators. The tentativc plan follows: "A committee in Washington to bN - appointed by the president of repre - sentatives of the department of com i merce, the interstate commerce com. l mission, the department of justice ant - the department of the interior, to b< f designated the presidential committee This committee to have general su pervision of the measures to be takel - hereunder and .to authorize the execu 1 tion of such of these measures as ma: . be necessary from time to time. a "The adminitsrative committee coi d prising representatives of the pires] , dential committee together with reji resentatives of the operators, repre sentatives of the railways and, wher necessary, representatives of the large consuming groups. . "The presidential committee will es ta'blish a representative in each cov is producing district. is Schedule of Carolina League July 27-28 Anderson at Laurens. Vs Greenwood at Abbeville. e July 31-Aug. i Laurens at Anderson. Abbeville at Greenwood. V August 3-4 G. Abbeville at Anderson. Greenwood at Laurens. ill August 7-8 he Anderson at Greenwood. as Laurens at Abbeville. August 10-11 g-Greenwvood at Anderson. ~at Abbeville at Laurens. er August 14-15 an Anderson at Abbevilie. in- Laurens at Greenwood. drAugust 17-18 Anderson at Laurens. -Greenwood at Abbeville. August "1-22 Laurens at Anderson. ALAbbevillec at Greemvwood. ot Visited Peach Orchard n~t M'. Hugh 'H. Fiul11r, of Mount'vil ot- carried a -party of .neighbors to Gi the yesterday to view a large peach eschard wvhich has been in cultivat c-thei'e for sevei'al years. Mr. Full wh, vio has already set out an orchi onof his own, came back very enthtisi au, tic ovei' -thle peach growing indust fol- 'He was toldl at Gi'eer 'by a man v ble had a ten acre orchard, that he then shlippinlg his tenlth carload ock lpeaches to northern markets and t he had netter $1,300 from each cai' ov the Services at Sandy Springs A series of services is to .begin in- Sandy Springs Methodist chlurchl less Sunday, July 20, morning and ii Tihe pastor, Elev. B3. IM, tiobertsor han to 1)e assisted 'by >Rev. Owen, of C1 and Anchor. Tlye public is invited. ars I. be Dusting Demonstration Friday ans- County Farm Demonstr'ator Vauj tied announces a dusting demonstratlo the be held on the farm of J. S. Craij nat the Tyievilea sectin. IVrlday- a EING CONSIDERED eretary Hoover After Day of rs, Railroad Representatives Diseussion to Continue To "The presidential committee will ap point d committee of operators in eacn district to bc nominated by the district operators' association or independent operators (in case of failure of the op erators to take such action, the prest dential committee may appoint such operators as they see -fit on such com mittee.) "The members of these district com mittees may be changed as determined upon by tihe presidential committee. "The presidential committee will co operate with the interstate commerce commission in carrying out preferen tial orders, issued )y the commission. "The governmental representatives in the districts with cooperation of the district committees shall advise the agencies of the interstate com merce comm'ission as to local car movements to effect the purposes of this plan. "The operators :will proceed with their usual business until they arc af fected by preference orders. "It is expected that the district com mittee under authority of the prCsi Idential conmittee will recommend the allotment of cars on the basis of those who conform to fair prices to be agreed lupon with the presidential committee. "When the operators demand, then suitable guarantees shall be given for payment by persons buying under !pr! I vate orders. "The railroads will 'be requested to appoint a representative to deal with - purchasers of railway fuel. I "The 'basis of prices agreed upon be - tween the operators and the secretary of commerce on June 1 are to be main tained except where varied by the - presidential committee -and this same - basis of price determination shall be - apil)ied in all districts which are so far not operating. e "The whole of the above Is tentative, r pending further consideration by the interstate commerce commission, the 1- department of justice, department of tL the interior and the department of commerce." AUTO AND MOTORCYOLE CRASH KILLING WOMAN WinstonJSalem, N. C., July 23. 'Mrs. Ida Landreth, wife of A. F. Lat dreth, 'was almost instantly killed this afternoon near Yadkinville, when an automobile struck the motor cycle on which she, her husband and their sev en year of age child were riding. Mrs. Landreth suffered a fractured skull and died in twenty minutes while Mr. JLandreth had two ribs fractured and received many bruises. The child was only slightly hurt. The occupants of the automobIle did not stop but hur ried on, and not a trace of their Iden tity or whereabouts has been discov .ered. HIARVEY TO CURTAIL TOo MUCH[ FREDEDOM Set Down on Practice Prevalent in Columbia, July 2-1.-Governor WI! son CG. Harvey today sat hard on the practice i seome counties of allowing prisoners on the county gangs 'too Le, much freedom. IHI addressed a comn ser munication to the foreman'of the Ma. or'- ion county grand jury, in whliit~ ho lon asked that reports of ,thiis kind from er Marion county be investigated and a ird report made to the chief executive. "" 'Reports from various counties have i' b~een received in late weeks, that of ~ho fleers alloiw prisoners to go in some vas casos to their homes. From Marion of county the governor has been advised hat that escapes from the chain gangs are frequent; that a man convicted of manslaughtoer is al'most immediately, madle a trusty, and that In some eases at convicts are allowved to go to their on hiomes and work their crops, hut. -_ _ _ is Erecting School Building oss 'Construction of the new school butild ing for Central school, -in Youngu township, was begun last weelC and 'will 'be ipushed to egmeletion so it wilt' han be ready for occupanoy mWhen the next a to session beglns.' The 6tuilding 's oa r, in the old ground of the fpranier Jehool ' iter- building and Is to be a 6wat %#d t