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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-23

afternoon at o'clock. The president
requests all the members to come and
bring someone with them.
Miss Eula Osborne, little pupil in
the Central school, has been selected
by the home demonstrator as one of
the five girls in the county to take
training this summer at Winthrop in
the canning department and domestic
science.
Lieut.. James Drummond, of Camp
Jackson received his discharge from
the service last week and will go in
business at Laurens for the balance
OF the year. and 1t is supposed he will
resume his profession of teaching fo1
next session.
Mr.. II. M. Johnson has returned
home after very pleasant visit tc
Hendersonville, N, c., with his daugh-
ters, Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Randall
Mr.. G. L. Waldrep and family, Mrs
c. d. Cox and family spent Easte,
with their father.
Mrs. B. f. Bomar spent Easter will
Mr.. j. r. Franks and family.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-23
LANFORD NEWS.

Lanford, April 21.-Snnday morning
was beautiful Easter morning. All
nature seemed fresh and rejoicing in
the balmy, bracy weather.
Rev. Mr.. Haddock of Laurcns filled
Rev r. J. Williams appointment Sun
day afternoon. A large crowd was out
to hear Bro. Williams and were dis
appointed in not seeing him, though
they were glad to see Bro. Haddock
and enjoyed his sermon very much.
The school had their regular annu-
al Easter egg hunt Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Bomar
hid them so we'll they had to make a
second search to find them all.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Cunningham, of
Laurens. were guests OF Mr.. r. ]. Pat
terson and Mrs. Mills who can boast
on having fresh ripe strawberries and
English peas for Easter dinner.
| Miss Annie Lou Payne, Of Green
wood, visited Miss Othello johnson
this weekend
Messrs. Yates and Charles Waldrep,
of Wofford College. went to Greenwood
TO attend the contest and stopped here
on their return to see their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Waldrep.
Mr.. ]. w. johnson and Mr.. James
Patterson went to Greenwood Friday
to see the ball game between Furman
and Wofford. We could not help but
give three cheers for dear old Furman
when we heard that It won the first
place in the State Oratorical contest.
The Rural Improvement association
will meet at the schoolhouse Friday
| Afternoon and we would like for all to
be present as we are in the race again
| for twelve regular meetings during the
year.
Woman's Missionary society will
meet in the Baptist church Saturday
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-23

Ladies'! Visit the Oil Stove demon
stratfon at our store today and tomor-
row. See the Oil Stove that works
ike gas-has no wicks, uses very lit
tie oil and bakes perfectly.
S. M. & e. II. WILKES G. co,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
GEN. BELL LEFT HIS
ESTATE TO WIDOW
Made Provision for Education
of Granddaughter.

Major-Gen James Franklin Bell be-
fore his death short time ago chose a
soldiers life for his granddaughter. whose
name also is James Franklin Bell. This
was indicated by the will of the former
commander of the Department OF the
East.
The will was filed in the Surrogate's
office yesterday and directs Sally Buford
Bell, widow Of the General. to expend
$4,000 for the education of young Bell,
stating, however. that this appropriation
will be unnecessary should the young
man be successful in obtaining an APP
pointment to West Point.
The value OF the estate Is not given
In the petition accompanying the will.
All real and personal property Is left to
the widow, with instructions that she set
aside a fund OF 1000 TO provide an In
come of 800 year for the mother OF
the decedent. Mrs. Jane Harden Bell.
Gen. Bell mentioned in the will that
the reason he left all his property to his
wife. and none to his mother, brother or
sister, is because OF the sacrifices his
wife made to help him pay the obliga-
tons he assumed on his fathers account
when other members OF the family were
as much bound to meet those obligations
as were his wife and himself.
Mrs. Bell is directed to make "a will
within a month OF the death OF the tesla
tor, leaving the entire estate TO James
Franklin Bell, the granddaughter. my
namesake and sole representative of my
family especially interested in perpetual
ing and rejecting credit upon the name
and memory OF his great-grandfather
and great-uncle. on tn edeath OF the lat
ter" The will was dated February /
1916
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21

cause the punishment does not ut the
crime Moreover there is no sound rea-
son why that part OF a judgment when
infiicts punishment should not be the
subject of review to the same extent as
any of the preliminary proceedings
which led to judgment"
Senator Knights partnership act ID
approved and It is pointed out that II
was promulgated by the National Con-
ference of Commissioners on Uniform
state Laws and has been approved by
both the American Bar Association ana
the New York state Bar Association.
A majority OF the committee disap-
prove the Davenport onohuc health in
surance bill and a number OF other labor
bills and socialistic measures In long
memorandum discussing the policy OF
such legislation. Nelson s. Spencer
Robert L. Luce, Curtis Peters and John
Godfrey SAKE dissent from the memo
randum on the ground that Judgment
upon the policy of suen legislation Is not
within the province OF this committee
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themselves and to help the fund that
sends the smokes abroad.
Mrs. Louise Morgan, who gave .
charming dance for the fund year ago,
has received a letter written in Rouen,
France, on January so, last. The sign
ers, Boys Of the A. T. S." addressing
this fund donor tcnderly as Dear
Louise, say:
you cannot imagine how much your
gift has been liked by the boys of the
A. T. s. Good smokes are hard to get .
so that when any are given to us with
such liberality as you have shown you
may rest assured they make the biggest
kind Of q hit. We wish to take this
opportunity Of thinking you for your
consideration of the boys in the service
of which your donation is a proof, and
we wish you prosperity and the best
Of health"
From the looks of II all in a company
have signed their names to a letter
thanking Mrs. Cox for her gift Of Gig
arettes through THE SUN Tobacco Fund
Sergeants, corporals and privates are In
cluded in the list. which follows an ex
preston Of thanks good and hearty
LOT Lne tODdCCO CHttT. I1tIc 10 Tic ibt
NJ. E. Stevenson, Charles A Garbie
James e. Griffin. Gervis I. Dominica
| Ralph Costello, Grant Steadman. Charlei
T. Hops, Marion T. Foley. William J
Smell. Arthur G. Limbach. Freeman
Insko. Virgil r Browning. Slaon Grader
Earl NJ. Sofia, Albert Maranys Franz
Ahart. James r McHenry. Charlie Per
son, James NJ. Crutcher, Edward E
Solomon, johnson Alves, Ronald z. Max
we'll, Ernest A. Rudy. Frank g. Keller
@. ]. Bautch. Willie Perkins. Henry w
Levin, William ]. Schnell. w. B. Ascock
r. d. Blaney. j. Hanlon. Paul Struch
temeyer. Walter Baker, Robert c. Brown
Andre r DeMott, Robert Stewart
George w. Ingle and G. B. West
From Dion. France, John w. Unger
mess sergeant of Baker Company, 321s
Infantry, writes on January 26 to tn,
Hotel Ansonia: your tobacco vii
come in handy. as we are leaving within
| a week for the front as part of the Arm!
! OF Occupation. Thanks on behalf of tn,
boys"
On January 25 Private Floyd J. Oberl,
wrote to the Huntington Club: IT re
ceived cigarettes from you through thu
kind offices of THE Sun smoke fund ant
! was very thankful to get them. as
vas in the hospital at the time. AS 6
matter OF fact I'm in the hospital yet
But I am all right and waiting to joir
my OUTFIT in Germany. You people hav,
surely stood by us in the war and We
Ut derstand that the people and THE Sur
arc standing by us in Germany. No
BODY will ever regret II. Thanks NJ!
| own home in Prophetstown. ILL.,"
From St Dizier on February 1 come!
this card written by Corporal Gordon F
Bottomley. 212th ". p. Company. A. P. Q
! s21: II have lately come from thu
Rhine zone and am on my way on ;
short furlough to Grenoble. The smokes
will come in very handy while an
resting up a bit. / send you my heart!
thanks and will come in to meet TIL
Sun fund IL I ever get back to New
| York.
The boys OF Base Hospital 2o3 hav
written a card that is as ornamental a
valentine. II says to a fund donor
| ''Our vocabulary OF greatful expression
is as mild in forcefulness as the fin
flavor OF your smokes. so we'll just sa,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21

us from the top In this day and genera
ton" she declared. II am tired Of hea ring
80 many references to Abraham Lincoln,
who respect. but Abraham Lincoln is
oead. i want to be a live Republican.
want self-determination for the voter"
This reply to the arguments Of the
advocates OF the convention system, that
Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roose-
welt had been given TO tie party by the
convention system, brought out a hot
retort from Martin SAKE. who declared
that members Of the party should never
get tired OF hearing about the great
lcaders Of the past.
IN returning to the convention sys-
tem,' he asserted. 1--WE are leading the
way back TO representative government.
our President says he has been max
ing the world safe for democracy
what we want Is a world safe for rep
resentativs government. We have de-
mocracy In Russia.
The last primary we had here for a
city election was disgrace. 1t was the
nrst time had to blush as Republican.
l have always maintained that we could
win with straight Republican here"
Cost Nation Roosevelt in 1912.
Stanley II. Isaacs said that while II
was TRUE that the convention system had
given Theodore Roosevelt to the party
II had also later deprived the nation OF
ms services through the manipulation OF
the Chicago convention OF 1919
The debate being held was the best
argument that could be put forth for the
convention system. ex-senator Elsbere
declared. He said that the plan of the
minority to have nominations made by
set OF delegates or committeeman Sc
lected year before was impracticable
In that they would be out of touch with
the issues of the hour.
Mr.. Lewis said that while II was true
that the convention system had given to
the party Charles L. Hughes, II had re-
suited In a Democratic President and
nearly wrecked the party because OF
manipulations by certain men for selfish
ends
Don't let any one deceive you by say
ing that direct primaries mean Bolshe-
vism." the speaker added. "If they had
a constitutional form of government In
Russia there would not have ~heen a
revolution there"
"One OF the great achievements OF
direct primaries" said Joseph Levenson
leader of the First Assembly district
| with fine tone OF satire, was wher
Charles f. Murphy and McCooey OF
Brooklyn met in Delmonico's and decided
| that Hylan should be the candidate oil
| the poor people. Did the aristocrats op.
pose that nomination at the primary
Did anybody oppose the nominate
| there? No."
Ezra p. Prentice would favor a re.
view of the work OF convention II !,
| were practical. he said. but the scheme
| advocated by Mr. Lewis would not work
The return to the convention sy tenn,
said Robert Jordan. means that no new
life can be injected into the party sc
long as the dead ones hang on
| Robert Oppenheim, leader OF the Seven
\ teenth district. moved that both reports
be laid on the table. but 1t did not lnt
favor with the committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
CONFER ON BUILDING STRIKE
Employers Decide to Meet Men as
Secretary Baker Advised.

Although earlier in the day the en-
ployers had declined to meet the striking
building trades laborers in a conference
suggested by Secretary of War Baker In
Wednesdays strike caucus at Washing
ton 1t was announced last night that the
New York Building Trades Employers
Association would gather TO thresh out
the controversy.
A meeting of the two factions is likely
to be held to-day. according Ito Samuel
B. Donnelly, secretary of the employers.
II is believed that the meeting will mark
the finish OF the strike, which has been
on since Monday at all the structural
undertakings OF contractors in the New
York Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation.
Edward ]. McGivern. president OF the
Operative Plasterers and Cement Fin
ishers International Association. ordered
all his men off the New York Building
Trades Employers jobs Thursday morn
ing. He hoped TO pull $4,000 men away
from their tools on jobs In various parts
of the country, he stated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
How the Fund stands To-day.
100000 MORE FOR BoRDENs
New Appraisal Gives Large Sum
to Merchants Two Sons.

Bertram and Howard S. Borden. sons
of the late Matthew C. D. Borden, dry
goods merchant. learned yesterday that
they are each about s3,500,000 richer
than they thought they were. When the
father died in May, 1912. 1t was found
on the probation OF his will that his en-
tire estate was to be divided equally
among his three sons. Bertram, Howard
and Matthew S. Borden. The latter died
short time ago, and under the pro-
visions OF the fathers will his share re-
verted to the surviving brothers.
In the original appraisal 1886 shares
OF stock in the American Printing Com
pany was valued at $3.50 a share. but a
new appraisal by Timothy Murray put
1t at $500. Other items found by the
appraiser are stock in the Central Syndi-
cate Building of New York, the New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, the Lib
erty Square Realty Company. Rumson
Park Company and Rumson Country
Club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
LARGE NEW HOTEL
TO AID SMOKE FUND
Party With Many Interesting
Features in the Pennsyl-
vania Next Friday.
AUCTION IS SCHEDULED
Expressions of Gratitude Fill
Soldiers Letters to "The
Sun" and Donors.

week from to-day will be a gala &C.
casion for THE Sun Tobacco Fund for
American soldiers in France and Ger
many. The Hotel Pennsylvania, one Of
New York's biggest and newest hotels,
through the president OF the oper ating
company and its manager. E NJ. Statler
and Roy Carruthers respectively. has Of
fered the fund party to be held there on
the night Of February 2s. It will be held in
the great grill. a handsome room Of
noble proportions and an atmosphere Of
bon homme. and as It is to be the first
party" given in the new house every
effort OF the management will be directed
toward magnificent result
As always THE Sun Tobacco Fund
appreciates the generous intentions OF
Its hosts, and will do all in its power to
further their wish to make the donation
for soldiers smokes a large addition to
the grand total"
Professional talent In its three dimen-
sions, always profuse in the metropoli-
tan city. has had some inkling OF the
purpose OF the Pennsylvania. and re-
nowned singers OF the opera and con-
cert stages, dancers representative of
home steps and others from far OF Rus
sa, stars OF vaudeville and actors of
fame have signifed their intention to be
present and to add their talents, II called
upon.
Valuable Jewelry 20 he sold.
The fund is rich with accumulated
gifts which 1t has held to sell to fitting
audience. and that Is the sort the Penn
sylvania Is certain to provide. Among
these donations Is a quantity of exquisite
jewelry In platinum, white gold. dia-
monds, rubies and sapphires. Appro-
pirate gifts for either sex will be found
mong them. In addition, a we'll tanned
skin of a cobra six feet In length, a gift
from one OF the funds family in South
America, will also be offered for sale.
The orchestra OF the Pennsylvania
grill has already won a reputation for
dance music, and something rare in the
way OF table decoration az we'll as In
new dinner and supper dishes its prom
ised by Maitre d'Hotel Venice. It takes
but a slight spirit of prophecy assume
that the big grill will be crowded week
from tonight with friends OF the SOL
diers who win go there both to enjoy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
SUB.TREASURIES SAVED.
Senate Refuses to Concur In Their
Abolition.

wAsHINGToN, Feb. 2o.-Provisions In
the legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill for continuance OF the
nine Sub-Treasuries at Baltimore. Bos-
ton. Chicago. Cincinnati. New Orleans.
New York. Philadelphia. st. Louis and
San Francisco. were adopted to-day by
the Senate. which refused to concur In
the proposal Of the House for their i'm
mediate abolition.
Senator Smoot OF Utah said the Sub
Treasures were continued without a
shadow OF excuse
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21

CableErams for Alsace-LOrraine.
now are admitted under the same con-
ditions and at the same rate as for
France. the Commercial Cable Company
announced yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21

The sea going dunnage Of the sailors
who died in the merchant service dur
ing the past year. and that OF those
who deserted will be sold at auction at
the Barge Office. Battery Park. on March
under the direction OF Patrick II
Quinn. United States Shipping Commits
sioner. The articles listed include tele-
scope baskets. dunnage bags, sextants
watches. suit cases and a large num-
Der of miscellaneousI articles collected
by the seamen in their travels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
PRIMARYLAW is HIT
BY BAR ASSOCIATION
City's Organization of Lawyers
Favors Return Of State
Convention.
TAX LIMIT BILL OPPOSED
Report OH Legislation for 1919
Disapproves Abolishing
Death Penalty.

Return to the State convention plan Is
favored by the Association of the Bar
OF the City OF New York. In It's first
report on legislation for 1919 the COM
mittee on the amendment of the law. Of
which Louis Marshall Is chairman. ap-
proves the bill already introduced by
Senator Walton Of Kingston. The report
says:
This committee in 1918 reported upon
substantially identical bill, and upon
the report OF the special Senate commit
tee in connection Herewith II expressed
itself In favor of the restoration OF the
State convention for the nomination OF
candidates for officers TO Re voted for by
all the voters OF the state. and 1t again
asserts It's opinion that the state con-
vention should be restored.
This bill again proposes that candi-
dates for Justices of the Supreme Court
shall also be nominated by convention
Dealing with that phase of the subject
the special Senate committee said: 1T IL
inherent in the functions of the judicial
office that the Office shopld seek the man
and not the man the Office In this We
again heartily concur"
Copies of the report, which has been
published in the form of bulletin COW
ering several hundred bills. have been
sent to the Governor and the members OF
the Legislature. MOST OF the merno-
randa are OF disaprroval.
stand on Bills Affecting Realty.
The committee dlsapproves OF Assem-
blyman Sesselberg's bill to limit the tax
rate In New York city to . per cent. {:
also Senator Dodge's bill to relieve four
family converted dwellings from many
Of the requirements of the tenement
a Tn arl To lat
1t is suggested that one of the purposes
Of the bill may be TO validate the law
Of 1917. which the committee believes
was not constitutional.
1t disapproves Senator Burlings bill
to amend the decedents' estate law and
personal property law in relation to the
investment of trust funds. stating that
It would tend to imperil trust estates.
while highly, merciful" the memo
randum disappearing Assemblyinan Clas-
sens bill for the adjustment of the
death penalty says, III passed this bill
would play the mischief. At present
murder in the first degree and treason
are punishable by death. This bill would
repeal these provisions without provId-
ing any other punishment for these
heinous crimes. Hence they would &c
unpublished. This is but another illus
tration of the danger Of III considered
craftsmanship.
On the ground that the Public Service
Commission has the power to accom-
plish the object sought in each case the
committee disapproves a large number
! Of proposed amendments to the railroad
! law and number Of special railroad
bills.
Assemblyman Z. A. Smiths bill &c
provide for the Office of public defender
is disapproved on the ground that suct
an Office would be impractical and un
wise.
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The committee approves Assemblyman
Kaplan's bill comforting on the Appellate
Court the power to reduce the sentence
imposed by trial court saying:
There are many cases in which an
excessive or unreasonable sentence is
imposed where the Appellate Court is al
times strongly disposed to reverse on
more or less technical exceptions judg.
ments founded on proper verditts be-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21

Thanks and mean II TO It's fullest de-
gree"
Mike Paulin got this comfortable note
from four boys in the Stoker Mortar
| section:
THE boys in billet No. 8 received
carton of tobacco to-day (January 2S)
and write because,I want you to know
that we surely like Ahe tobacco and ap
preciate your kindness in sending II
over bysway Of THE Sun, This old wal
would have been lots harder on the A. Il.
F. IL 1t hadsnot been for THE sun smoke
| fund and for people like you. We are
hcping they will let us 60 home soon"
Sydney Jaienkos card of thanks reads
like this: THE Mobile Veterinary Sec
ton No. Z, a. p. o. 1893, acknowledges
receipt of your tobacco. gift and wishes
to express its thanks. Good for you and
for the smoke fund. Keep 'em coming
Max RUBBER. sergeant-major Of Train
| Headquarters. Seventh Division, on jan
uary % wrote from Noviant, France,
the same donor: THE heartiest thanks
for your tobacco donation are sent by
every man in this detachment"
| Corporal Paul r. Bisberg's card. writ
ten in Base Hospital No. 1 on January
81, expresses his Joy that gift OF to-
bacco happened to come his way. THE
! people Of the L.. 8. A. take good care of
the soldier boy, and this time the SOL
der boy happens to be me-
How the Fund Stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING sun. 5000. 90
United Cigar Stores boxes ........... 12,Oel "a
Otherwise acknowledged .............. S5,4Si 90
New contributions .,.,.,,,,...,......... lis 90
Total s3sc, e97. Ga
Shipped and paid for. ........ f3e2, 362a
Cash balance ......s......'.'. o5f''V -.
Schultz Cigar stores boxes............ s6'B97' 81
Grand total .s429 800. 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-21
Harvard Summer Sessions.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Feb. 20.--Two SEES
sions of the Harvard Summer School will
be held this Gear. one beginning July
and the other August IL. to permit stu
dents to make UP work lost through alb
sence in military or naval service. lr
announcing the dates to-day officials sale
that courses in the school would coun
as half courses toward degrees.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-10-10

was also great success from a moral
point Of view, for, in addition to the
Zionist Organization of Argentina,
the Poale Zionists workers and the
non-Zionist societies and Jewish COM
munities assisted in collecting. The
"Jidische Welt, the Zionist central
organ of Argentine, published richly
illustrated special number, devoted
exclusively to the Jewish National
Fund.
Right successful, too, was the Ma
tional Fund Week held in Poland in
the month Of Elul. Besides special
collections, organized in all the Jew
ish centres of Poland, advantage was
taken of the National Fund week for
putting National Fund work in Poland
on broader basis.
With regard to the Flower Day in
wilma the local papers reported that
in the same was a magnificent demon
stration Of the wilma Jews, the young
people in particular being very en-
thusiastic supporters Of the National
Fund idea.
In the month of June Flower Days
were held in all the towns Of Holland
on behalf Of the Jewish National
Fund.
Other meetings will be arranged
very shortly for the Jewish National
Fund in different coutries. Among
others, a Palestine Week will be held
in the Tschecho- Slovak Republic dur
ing the Sukkoth Week. The Jewish
National Fund office. in Strassbourg
is making preparations for launching
an action on the occasion OF the proc
lamation Of the Jewish right to Pales-
tine.