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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-14


The Board Of Aldermen concurred
with the Common Council in the fol-
lowing matters. which now so to the
Mayor for final approval:
Ordinance authorizing tho Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company 10
construct a spur track across seventh
Street into the new warehouse Of the
Ligctt & Myers Tobacco Co.
Ordinance designating the intersec-
ton of Lombardy Street. Monument
Avenue and Franklin Street as stuart
Circle
Resolution repeating franchise
granted on January IS. 1854. to An
drew Plzzini and others to distribute
electric light and power throughout
the city The franchise was never
accepted or used and was reported
By the City Attorney as mere en-
cumbrance OF the statute books
Resolution approving award OF con-
tract made BY tho Committee on streets
to /. E Brown for a sewer in Allen
Avenue to cost s9.+24.62.
Ordinance allowing William RuegeT
TO close one-half of streets abutting
his property. pending rebuilding.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-14
Hn. Sold yater nefors.

' SO'u bCioIE.
Mr. Powers thought the Committee
on Water had ample right to continue
some temporary ARRANGEMENT to meet
the emergency. Mr.. Moore pointed out
that the city had sold water before.
not only in large manufacturing
plants. such as tho Locomotive Works.
outside OF the corporate limits. but
to Woodland Heights. Barton Heights
and other towns. where II was sold
again. No franchise had been re-
CURED in those cases
II we see ~ TO sell the water" said
Mr.. Adams they can do what they
please with 1t. so long as they pay
the bill We cannot give them a
franchise to do business IN Chester
field County. II one IL needed. they
must get IT from the county super
visors'
Mr.. Hobson protested tina, simnaf
grants had been made again and
again in the past for Fair
mount. Barton Heights and Woodla nd
Heights. and he saw no reason Tor
going through the long red tape OF
granting n franchise. The notion OF
Mr.. Powers to refer the whole mat
ter 10 the City Attorney with lnstruc-
tons to report proper ordinance
meeting his legal objections. was
adopted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-14

Resolution appropriating $500 for
paving with bltuminous macadam the
roadbed of Cary street from the Boul-
evard to the new corporation line.
Resolution instructing the city En-
gineer to prepare plans and estimates
for the completion OF the Shield Grove
lake and annex to William Byrd Park.
Resolution appropriating $500 for
payment of back salary OF the Dock
master and providing for the manage
ment of the City Dock property
Resolution instructing the city At
torney TO acquire for public school and
playground purposes the block bounded
by Thirty fourth. Thirty-third. O and
Streets.
Ordinance increasing the pay OF the
foreman of the CITY Crematory to s2.75
per day.
Appropriating 1880 for pay roll and
repairs to public bridges
Appropriating $500 for expcnses OF
delegates in attending the convention
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association.
Increasing the pay OF the gatemen
at the Settling Basin and the members
OF the tapping force. Water Depart
ment, to s2.65 per dey each.
Some Smooth Paving.
On recommendation OF the Commit
tee on Finance. the Board appropriated
s2760 for paving with asphalt block
the roadbed of Lombnrdy street from
D..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
ORATORICAL CONTEST
OF COUNTY STUDENTS
High School Boys to Compete In Ora
torical Efforts at Graded School Au-
ditOrium Friday Evening.

High School Boys to Compete In Ora
torical Efforts at Graded School Au.
ditOrium Friday Evening.
The annual contest Of the Laurens
County High School Oratorical Asso-
citation Will be held Friday evening
In the auditorium of the graded school.
Eight schools Of the county will be
represented. All of the schools are
sending their champion" speakers
this time SO it is expected that the de-
cision will be made with some effort.
A gold medal will be awarded to
the speaker who comes out first in
the contest and silver medal to the
one who comes second, The orchestra
from the Presbyterian college at Clin-
ton will be present and will render an
attractive program.
An admission fee Of Is cents to
school children and % cents to grown
people will be charged.
The following are the names of the
speakers, the schools they represent
and their subjects:
ohliOu IllSu OCnOOl-MelV1n ADer-
crombie: The Death of James A. Gar
field.
Clinton High School-Charles Ay-
cock: The Negro and the South.
Laurens High School-Richard Dun
lay: The Black Horse and His Rider.
Princeton High School-Thomas
Freeman: The Path of History.
Gray Court-Owings High School
Charles Garrison: The New South and
the Race Problem
Waterloo High School-Coyle Moore:
The Equality Of Man.
Cross Hill High School--Dewey Nell
son: Sparticus to the Gladiators at
Aqua.
TrinityRidge High School-Mike
Parks: A Plea for Cuba.
During the morning the usual track
meet will be held in Garlington's pas
ture and in the afternoon a base ball
game will be played between the Lau-
rens school team and the Central
High School of GreenviIIe.
The ladies of the Junior Aid Society
of the Methodist church will serve
tea, sandwiches and ice cream on the
grounds while the track meet is go
ing on.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
COMMON PLEAS COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
Judge L. S. Sease to Preside Court
Will Last for Two Weeks or Until
Calendar Is Cleared.

Judge T. s. Sease to Preside Court
Will Last for Two Weeks or Until
Calendar Is Cleared.
The court Of common pleas for Lau-
rens county will convene in the court
house next Monday morning, April
18th to remain in session for two
weeks or until the calendar is clear
ed Judge T. S. Sease will preside.
The jurors for the two weeks have
been drawn and are as follows:
First Week.
Laurens-D. E. Barnett, E. M.
Stewart, j. G. Brown, Earl Wilson.
Dials-Geo. f, Wolff, d. p. Curry,
John Brownlee, r. r. Owings, S. b.
Wasson, l.. l.. Owings
Youngs-G. c. Quinn, r. l.. Cook,
w. Rhett Sloan, C. r. Wallace.
Scufiletown-M. A. Paterson, j. l..
CLANCY, W. p. Poole.
Jacks-John e. Adair, John f. Bell,
T. j. Nabors, Fred Johnson, James
II. Nabors.
Hunter-H. E. Simpson, j. w.
Chandler, A. p. Fuller. r. C. Summer
ell, A. b, Galloway, }. VI. Monroe, John
II. Robertson.
Cross Hill-W. II. l.. Wade, T. T.
Hill, Jas. S. Hill.
Waterloo-A. c.. Long, c. |. Martin.
Sullivan-R o. Carlisle, e. e. Pitts.
Second Week.
Laurens-C. E. Kennedy, S. b. Sex
ton, j. M. Wallace, d. b. Swygert, r.
w. Nichols, l.. r. Corbett, w. NJ. Bry-
son, S. w. Rutledge, James T. Lang
ston.
Hunter-W. b. Farr, Jack w. Dill
lard, A. j. Johnson, r. j. McCreary
j. Rhett Copeland, Fred f. Fowler,
w. H. Milan, NJ. T. Notes.
Dials-W. F. Stewart, w. b. Poole,
II. j. Armstrong.
Youngs-N. ID. Garrett John l..
Burdette, j. G. r. Martin, b. G. Rhodes,
w. c. Brown, j. p. Martin, w. NJ.
Coker.
Sullivan-M. V. Holder, Jr., j. II.
Balentine, Jr., j. A. Roper.
Cross Hill-O. b. Pitts, j. II. Rasor.
Waterloo-J. C. Mcdaniel, p. O.
Smith, j. Broadus Hill.
Scuffletown-T. p. Poole.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
RUNNING CITY PLANT.
City's Emergency Plant has been Fur
nishing Powers until Reedy River
Gets I'm Shane

City's Emergency Plant has been Fur.
nishing Powers until Reedy River
Gets in Shape.
Considerable discussion was heard
on the streets yesterday when it was
rumored around that the city had or
dered the current from the Reedy Riy-
er Power Company disconnected from
the city's power lines. In some way
the impression got abroad that the
city was attempting to break the con
tract with the power company.
representative of The Advertiser
went to headquarters to find out about
the truth of the matter. Mayor Babb
stated at once hat nothing of the kind
was intended, but that he was only
attempting to give to the city power
enough, temporarily, to supply the
needs of the city. The power plant
at Reedy river has not gotten into
complete working shape since the re-
cent flood and as a result enough cur
rent has not been supplied TO run The
city. The big water pumps at the
CITY station nave not been enabled to
produce proper results and conse-
quently the water in the stand-pipe
had gotten low, in fact too low to sup
ply water to all sections of the city.
Mayor Babb enquired of Boyd's Mill if
more current could be gotten and was
advised that all was being supplied
that could be given Mr.. Babb there
upon gave notice that he would be
forced to do without the Reedy river
current until it could be furnished in
fuller quantities and that the city's
emergency plant would be used to
generate electricity instead. The cur
rent from the Reedy River Power
company was cut of Yesterday morn
Ing and the city's current substituted.
AS soon as the Boyd's Mill plant is
In position to furnish sufficient cur
rent 1t will be called upon again.
In this connection, Mr.. Babb stated
that the new motor to be used in pull
Ing the filter rake had arrived and
Will be put in use right away.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
MEETING IN COURT HOUSE in INTEREST
Mr.. DIAL'S CANDIDACY FOR SENATE

Mr.. N. b. Dial, who everybody
knows in these parts is running for the
United States senate, bos expressed
desire to address as ny OF the
citizens of the county, as can be got
ten together, SO that he can tell his
object in running for the senate and
to speak of his platform Mir. Dial has
stated that he felt that large num-
Der of his own county people were not
aware of his views, so he wants to
get the opportunity of giving them to
them.
For this reason meeting has been
called for Tuesday night, April 23,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
RURAL POLICE MAKE A HAUL.

One Hundred Bones Collected from
the Dusky Ones for Distributing
the Picture Cards and Gathering I'm
the Coin.
Rural Policemen Sullivan and Lowe
made a little raid into the little com
munity know as Red Town, near En-
oree, Saturday night and returned
with three evil doors in the card line
and $40 collected from two others who
were able to put up bail. The forty
bones were forfeited before Magis-
trate Crews and sixty more were Civ
en- up by the other three delivered
Monday morning when the time came
to make show down. Thus round
sum of one hundred semollons were
added to the black account In the ex-
chequer department.
Deputy Sheriff Reid also made a lit
tie trip to Lydia Mill Sunday and
brought back Columbia Brewington
and lodged him in jail on a charge OF
violation of the laws as regards the
disposition of liquids of an Intoxicating
nature.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
bishop Guerry Here Sunday.

The Rt. Rev. w. A. Guerry, Bishop
of South Carolina, will preach at the
morning service of the Episcopal
church Sunday morning, the service
beginning at IL o'clock. Bishop
Guerry is well known in Laurens out
side of his own denomination, so it is
expected that qiuGe a large congrega-
tion will be present to hear him. The
public is cordially invited to hear him.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Attention Democratic Clnhs.

The presidents of the several dem
ocratic clubs are notified to call their
respective clubs on Saturday, April
27th, for the purpose of re-organizing.
election of officers appointing commit
tees and the election of delegates to
the county convention which meets on
the first Monday in May The basis
of representation is one delegate for
every twenty five members and one
delegate for majority fraction there
of
r.. a. Cooper,
County Chairman.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Laurens Boy Leads.

Supt B. l.. Jones, of the city graded
school, acted as a Judge In the Pied
mont Oratorlcal Association contest
held at Greenville Friday night. The
association is composed of the high
school in the vicinity of Greenville.
The winner of the first honor was
Wilkes Dendy, son of Mr.. S. X. Dendy
who ran store at Watts mill up until
last year. Young Dendy represented
the Senaca High School.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
THE TITANIC

Largest ship I'm the world.
Built I'm 1910.
Length, SS23 feet.
Beam, 92 feet.
Depth 81 feet.
Gross tonnage, 10000 tons.
Displacement, GS,000 tons.
Capacity, 5000 people.
Passengers aboard, 1900; crew
$50.
Well known people aboard:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor,
Maj. Archibald Butt, aide to
President Taft; ID. f. Millett,
the artist; Mr.. and Mrs. IsadOre
Strauss; j. w. Widener of Phil
adelphia, j. Bruce Ismay, man
aging director of the White Star
line; c. Nj. Hays, president Of
the Grand Trunk railway; Ben
iamin Guggenheim, w. L. Stead.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
WORLDS LARGEST AND NEWEST STEAMSHIP
SINKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-
now is on her way with them for New
York.
biggest In World.

biggest In world.
For the rest, the scene as the Car
pathia came up was one of desolation.
All that remained of the $10,000,O 900
floating palace, on which nearly 1,4OO
passengers had been voyaging luxur-
iously to this side Of the Atlantic, were
some bits of wreckage. The biggest
ship in the world had gone down,
snuffing out in her downward plunge,
it appeared, hundreds of human lives.
A significant line in the Cape Race
dispatch was the announcement that
of those saved by the Carpathia near
ly all were women and children.
Should it prove that no other vessel
picked up any passengers of the sink
ing liner this might mean that few
of the men on board had been saved as
the proportion of women and children
among the passengers was large. The
same facts would likewise spell the
doom of practically the entire crew
of 500
In the cabins were 230 women and
children, but it is not known how
many there were among the 74O third
class passengers.
In the first cabin there were 1913
women and Is children, and in the
second cabin 20 women and s chill
dren.
Notable Persons Aboard.
Notable persons, travellers on the
Titanic, whose fate was in doubt in
the lack of definite advices as to the
identity of the survivors were: Mr..
and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mai.
Archibald Butt, aide to President
Taft; Charles M Hayes, president of
the Grand Trunk Pacific of Canada
his wife and daughter; w. T. Stead
Benz. Guggenheim, F. d. Millett the
artist, and ]. G. "Widener of Philadel-
phia; Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore Straus, ].
b. Thayer, vice president of the Penn
sylVania railroad; j. B. Ismay, Henry
II. Harris, the theatrical manager.
and Mrs. Harris, and Col. Washington
Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn
bridge
Ray of Hope.
ray of hope appeared shortly be-
fore IL o'clock last night in a mes
sage to New York from the operator
at the Marconi wireless station at
Sable Island near the scene of dis
aster Answering an inquiry regard
ing the delivery Of wireless messages
TO the passengers of the Titanic, the
operator reported it was difficult to
deliver them as the passengers are be-
lieved to be dispersed among several
vessels.
Even this faint indication that other
vessels than the Carpathia had picked
up survivors Of the Titanic was eager
ly seized By the thousands of relatives
and friends Of those who had sailed
on her voyage to this country.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Work Under Way.

The actual work of construction has
been begun on the buildings of S. NJ.
& E. II. Wilkes on the north side of
the public square, of DR.. Clifton Jones,
on the east side, and of Mr.. Gibbon
Traynham on the south side. The
work will be pushed with vigor and
inside of a few months the buildings
will present an entirely new appear
ance.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Junior Order of Mechanics DcIerrotes

At the state council of the Junior
Order of the United American Me-
chanics, which is to be held in Lam
caster this week, Mr. H. Terry will
be present as ii national representa-
tive. Messrs. Hayne Taylor and w.
p. Thomson will 20 as delegates
from Laurens council No. "a and Mr..
W. NJ. Powell will go as delegate
from Little River council No 63, Watts
Mill. Mr.. f.. II. Moore will represent
the council at Lanford station. All
of these gentlemen left Tuesday for
Lancaster.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17

time when number of people from
the county are in the city attending
court, when Mr., Dial will express his
views on national questions. The
meeting will be held in the court house
and will begin at 500 o'clock.
Although this night was purposely
selected because of the fact that court
would be in session and large num-
Der of people from without the city
would be in town. Mr.. Dial states that
he ".~hes that date will be set later
when the farmers are not so busy.
when he can speak to more people
from the country.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Great Steamer Making
Maiden Voyage.
MILLIONS IN WEALTH
REPRESENTED ABOARD
LARGEST SHIP IN THE WORLD
AND JUST COMPLETED.

Wireless Messages State that the
Great Steamer Flowing the Ocean
on her Maiden Voyage Struck Great
Iceberg and In Spite of Modern APP
pliances for Keeping Ahoat She
Sank After n Few Hours Of Ter
rible Suspense. Estimated Nearly
1900 Souls Lost.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17

More than 1900 persons, it is fear
ed, sank to death early Monday when
within four hours after she crashed in
to an iceberg, the mammoth White
Star line steamer Titanic, bound from
Liverpool to New York, on her maiden
voyage, went to the bottom off the
Newfoundland banks. OF the approXi-
mately 2200 persons on board the
great steamer, some of worldwide
ezEominence, only 675 are known to
have been saved. The White Star line
officers in New York, while keeping
there had been horrible loss of life"
Accepting the early estimat" of
the fatality list as accurate, the )
acter is the greatest in the marine
history of the world Nearest ap-
preaching it in magnitude were the
disasters to the steamer Atlantic in
1878 when STA lives were lost, and
to La Bourgogne in 1898, with a fatal
ity list of 571.
Still Some Hope.
Should it prove that other liners,
notably the Allan liners Partisan and
Virginian, known to have been in the
vicinity Of the Titanic early yesterday
had picked up other or her passen-
gers, the extent Of the calamity would
be greatly reduced. This hope still
remains.
News Of the sinking of the liner
and the terrible loss of life in con
sequence came early last evening with
all the greater shock because hope
bad been buoyed up all day by reports
that the steamer, although badly
damaged, was not in sinking condi-
tion and that all her passengers had
been safely taken off. The messages
were mostly unofficial, and none came
direct from the liner, SO that a lurk-
ing fear remained of possible bad
news to come.
Ship Had Gone Down.
Shortly after O'clock last night
there came flashing over the wires
from Cape Race, within 400 miles
of where the liner had struck the
lSopoiBe WOIu IhdL dJ SsDU "
Monday morning, 4:55 minutes after
= Eeiving her death blow, the Titanic
I'd sunk. The news came from the
steamer Carpathia, relayed by the
White Star liner Olympic, and re-
vealed that by the time the Car
pathia, outward bound from New
York and racing for the Titanic on
a wireless call, reached the scene,
the doomed vessel had sunk
Left on the surface, however, were
lifeboats from the Titanic, and in
them, as appears from the meagre
reports received up to late hour,
were some 675 survivors of the dis
aster. These. according to the ad-
vices, the Carpathia picked up and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Cordially RECEIVED.

A card received from Rev. e. C. Wat
son, who is now preaching at Simp-
sonville, states that he is greatly
pleased with his new field of labor
and that he has been cordially receiv-
ed by his congregation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
Meeting Of w. O. w.

A meeting of Laurens camp No. 9S,
w. o. W., will be held Thursday night
in the lodge rooms. A full attendance
is expected.
Signed j. Lee Langston,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
in TOWN OF CLINTON
Funeral Services of DIR.
Rutledge Copeland.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ON POPULAR PEOPLE
a Large Delegation of Clinton Peo-
pie Went to Columbia to Help CeIe.
brate the Unwilling OF the Monu-
ment to the Women of the Confed.
eracy. Other Notes.

Clinton, April 16.-The funeral of
DR.. Rutledge Copeland last Wednes-
day morning cast general gloom ov-
er the community. He was one of the
most popular of Clinton's sons and his
early death is lamented by large cir
Gle OF friends and relatives. His widow
and her sister attended the funeral.
returning the next day to Baltimore.
The WOman's Monument.
A large party from here attended
the unveilng of the monument to
South Cardinals women of the Confed-
eracy in Columbia last Thursday. The
X. 5. Owens camp of Veterans, the
Mace Langston camp of Sons of Vet
Grams, the stephen ID. Lee chapter, u.
ID. c., and the Rutledge Owens chap
ter OF Children of the Confcderacy all
mad members present. The Thornwell
Orphanage junior and senior classes
went also There were probably fifty
Cllntonians, at least in attendance.
Ncwberry Base Ball Game.
The biggest crowd of the season
gathered at the p G diomond Mon
day afternoon 70 SEQ what tnrnod om+
to be the poorest specimen Of tho
great American game seen in Clinton
in many day-excent nossihlv omonr
the small boys The score foIs 70
tell tho tolo "a ., =, ra,a
berry. Bat every team has its off day,
and the =. c. Bows can n,ov GOOD hoI
as .hey have demonstrated NJ ,bo 9th
er games. This is the sccon, p.mo
they have lost out of six mi. reason
The border vidette., 1912-08-31
OPIUM SMUGGLERS CAUGTH.
Creighton and Smith Follow Them
 to Tucson.

Two opium SmugglerS were arrested yesterday Wednesday, as they came out of the Wells case containing 80 cans of the stuff. The arresting officers were Harry Creighton and H. A. Smith, both customs officials. The men came up from NogaleS and expressed the suit case on ahead of them. When they came to claim it, they were arrested.
 Frank Lees and another, a Mexican were the two men snug gling. Lees goes under various aliases, and MT. Creighton says that he has been operating out of Ell Paso for some time. On account of the disturbances in Mexico, the smugglers came to Nogales to get the goods, but the customs men had their eyes on them.
 As soon as it was known that the men were sending the suit case to Tucson by express, the customs men started for the city. When opened the grip was found to contain so cans of opium. It is worth about S16 can, ac- cording to the Tucson market. MT. Creighton said that it or dinary ran higher than this, but on account of the large quantity, the men would not have been able to get more than that for it. Star.
The border vidette., 1912-08-31
Uncle Sam on the Job

Yesterdays Tucson Star says: According to latest reports no trouble is being caused the rail road from the rebels now. The bridges have been repaired and it was stated yesterday at the railroad offices that the line would be opaned to GuaymaS by Saturday and that trains would be running A bunch of provi- sions and supplies have been col lected at Nogales and will be sent down. the coast. Provisions are a scarce thing since the re- belS have been in that section, as they are said to be eXellent foragers.
 The cruiser VickSburg arrived in GuaymeS harbor Wednesday night and it is reported that she was in bad shape. The damages have been repaired and the ship is ready to sail or for business, which ever way the order comes. The arrival of the United States gun boat in those waters caused some little eXitement and conjec- ture. It is said that its showing up in that section will have an excellent moral effect.