The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-14

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-" 2Aa %",.GN iai!i%. lie is also
i:ea'- tH' c. tA3 i.&nton3 bonded
~lr"~t co.. .pGay, which he
g. & IL lGg..
M. niul mas bcan Interested.
Toe, IN developing the water pow
e.s ni this S,ate. He orsan.zed
tHo G4Ur ta~CurOlina Power com
y =, no&g A@1uata, OF which TO
:" DC "rat president He built,
q '2a president of, the Ware
-"Ni.2cturing company,
a,Nod dyr0-electric plant
""t2l Hjil. he and two as
orG2ai"ad and built
+" !t!l2r HoWor company and
,aI toU0l company, of both
g. .cA Il Is still president.
lie aI"&yS Interested in the
6 OF his section and state,
-: seldom a1pired to Office.
%13d maay years ago he was
-e I!l"cs elected mayor Of
l.@u"oA1. tic served several
terms on the state Democratic
executive committee, and in 1883
w"S delegate to the National
Democratic convention in ST.
Louis, which nominated Grover
Cleveland for president the sec
onl S!rIc. In 1898 President
Cleveland offered him the consul
ship at Zurich, Switzerland,
which he declined. He was a
candidate for the U S. senate in
1912 against Colonel w. Jasper
Talbert and Scn; tor b. r. Till
man; in this election he received
over 10000 votes, but was de-
Teated by Senator Tillman He
was again Il candidate for this
office i 1918, against Senator
Tillman@J. T.. Rice and ex-Gov-
crnor 3leaSe. After Tiilman's
telth the race was run between
the others, Dial carrying forty
two Uut OF the forty-tive coun-
los IL inc state, receiving G5,064
'~''% \ ihn primary, Rice and
100 iacaiv!ns respectively s.
:" no e .H5G. He wNs unop-
~ lA2rai eiac,ion. His
N arch 4. 1919.
'.l'l,s3..S <iI3&& WORKS
"'" INN admircs another
new trail in the in
Il AND makes sue.
%ld tho man who un-
~ juNli3h new bust
!nnG5try in q hitherto
!" makes it go in
f" h-~ VA! is a man whom
"'%'o3 and business
10 Il pride in pointing
. cf thcir fcilowtowns
IS just exactly what the
..i2.e Cess Works, incorpo-
.,. ..;.s done.
t.!e arc only three glass fac
tories III the entire southland
tn: L&arenS Glass works is one
= mo tH-2c. This undertaking
was o"Gani.od and gotten under"
VIZ" II 1911. G. II. Roper is
p".a.dc2t and treasurer OF the
C1rg@-% owning and operating
tNr glass works, and Albert Dial,
one OF &c most enIcrprising and
t".-S a.Ng yGunS business men OF
South Carolina, is secretary and
tGN TnCgc gcntlemcn began
with The iactorys organization,
il tEcir present capacities. and
t,tGI h"vc seen the undertaking
@"-2 frCm moderate beginning
to lis present large proportions.
BLOWING, BOTTLES
WEan you go into a country
81 cory store and call for bot
10 &C Coca-Cola, you probably
!, : g.ye the bottle a thought.
Won don't know where It came
iruL, where it was made, and
tho probabilities are you don't
c&' { NOu don't care, however,
for &c reason that you have
nc.rr ,Houyht about the bottle.
Nc!i, the probabilities are that
t':c ha.Uo out OF which you will
dri..7 your Coca-Cola tomorrow
was blown right here in the Lau
rcns Class works.
'"3 cactcry manufactures
cC't drink bottles, medicine bot
tics. feed containers, and it Is
'''H OF the five factories In the
United States making Coca-Cola
bottles. IT has n capacity OF
solid car load OF bottles every
day. ard It's products are shipped
to every southern state.
All the latest and most modern
machinery and apparatus for the
Laa"i:3 OF the various products
which this factory turns out have
been 'installed, and every glass
blower employed is a skilled union
Ihc factory employs and works
Nrpro%imately $50 operatives, the
plant is run both day and night,
and the monthly pay roll ranges
around $4,000. This Is o great
r,IcGt to the merchants OF the
city OF Laurens.
iDE. hf.Y LOCATED
rI.ns localcd, as it Ii, right In
tnc ceutor OF the soft drink field,
~ it were, tho Laurens Glass
ttn-',y iu In hpsit inn tn ennpIy