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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Singing Ink In New Mexico.

In recent letters to friends in this
city, Haskell Dial, who is now in Dem
ing, New Mexico, states that he is run
nlng newspaper as a side line while
the brokerage business in which he is
engaged IS a little dull "The | cming
Headlight is the nanie OF the rarer, a
copy of which shows that hr IS giving
his Subscribers a 1--we paper.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
cotton Market BrcakS

me cotton market has shown dccid-
ed weakness during the past few days.
Yesterday morning the New York mar
Ke1 was up about fifty points, but
later in the day broke nearly $500 q
pale. The local spot market closed
around 10 cents.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
CAMP JACKSON SOLDIER
COMMITS SUICIDE HERE
TOOK Carbolic Acid in Laurens Hotel
Saturday Night and Was Found
Monday Morning.

-uohuay MOrn1ng.
Private Rosco Williams, Co. C.. 18th
infantry, identified by papers on his
person, was found dead in his bed at
the I4aurens Hotel Monday morning
after he had evidently lain there since
Saturday night. An ounce bottle of
carbolic acid on table nearby with
about eight drains gone out of it.,
with burns about the mouth and excre-
tions from the stomach and kidneys,
connected with letters on his nerson
formed evidence enough for the coro-
ners jury which held the inquest over
the body the same day to return YER
dlct Of suicide. Letters from his faith
er at Crystal Springs. Miss, indicated
mat the son had been writing dcspon-
dcnt letters home and i'm the absence
or othoT testimony it is generally as
Sumcd that he ended his life as a
means of relief from earthly troubles
The deceased WIS first seen in tho
city Friday afternoon. He sDcnt that
hlsht at the Smith boarding house, but
appeared then TO be i'm a normal con
dltion. 1t is reported that he endured
about employment at the carpenters
trade the next day saying that he had
gotten his discharge from the army
Tie was seen at the Central Cafe tax
ing supper Saturday night and later
tn IL
ounce bottle Of carbolic acid. He reg
lstercd at the Laurens Hotel that
night, paid for his lodging and went TO
MS room. Sunday morning when the
maid went to his room to clean /. ~,
for the day he was still lying in bed
and she thought he was sleeping late
as guests often do on Sunday morn
lngs. Inc maids went off duty at
noon Sunday and did not return un-
I'll Monday morning. When they
found the man lying in bed in the
same position in which they left him
the morning before, they reported the
matter to the clerk who sent a negro
roy TO the room to find out his cond
ton. The boy went to the room and
reported that the man appeared to be
dead. This was confirmed by tho
clerk who notified the sheriff and
chief Of police. Messages were immc-
dlately sent to his superior officer at
Camp Jackson and the chief of police
Of Crystal Springs. An officer from
Camp Jackson came up Monday even
ing and ordered the body held in the
Kennedy undertaking establishment. to
which 1t had been removed and yester
day afternoon it still remained there
fils relatives nor officers at Crystal
Springs had not been heard from ycs-
terday afternoon.
me dead soldier was apparently
about thirty years OF age, about six
feet tall and weighed probably 250
pounds. Besides $40 in cash and tho
letters from his father. he carried a
pass from Camp Jackson to Columbia
ior November and 4. His clothes
were neatly pressed and these he care
fully laid away before retiring Satur-
"ay hight. IN his statement before tho
coroner's jury. Dr.. w. D. Ferguson
VINO performed the autopsy said that
the man had probably been dead no.
'NSch - and 36 hours and that the
large dose Of the dcdaly poison nrob-
AMY caused n painless death
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Returned to kannopoIis \ r..

Miss Wynona Chancy, who is now
MISSIONARY Tor the lst Baptist church,
hannapolis, n. c., spent several davs
IN the city with her parents, having
ocen called home because OF the i'll
TESS OF her grandmother, Mrs. n. C.
stone She returned to her work SAT-
urday.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
New Farm DcmOnstrator.

Mr.. j. Il. Trevathan, until few days
ago farm demonstration agent OF War
ren county, N. c., arrived in the city
Monday to assume similar duties here.
Mr.. Trcvathan succeeds Mr. NJ. d.
Moore, who resigned several months
ago His Office vii be in the court
house.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
BAIL is GRANTED
TO &C OWENS

e Z. Owens, Who Killed His Father
October 18th, Granted Bail in the
Sum of $4,000. Not Yet Applied For.
! G. c. Owens, the young farmer from
the upper part Of the county who kill,
ed his father, Allen Owens, on October
18th, was granted bail in the sum of
$4,000 by Associate Justice r. G. Watts
after hearing Saturday morning.
owens has not been able to furnish the
necessary surety SO far and still re.
mains in JAIL
Preceding his testimony as to the
killing itself. the defendant gave a
lengthy history Of the family life at
his home in. which he said that his
father at times had been very violent
toward certain members of the family
ard especially to him. This treatment,
he said, has continued for the past IA
or ID years and grew more violent as
MS father grew older. Besides mis-
treating him, he testified. his father
undertook to beat his mother with a
whip about four years ago and was
only prevented from doing so hy his
brother and himself AT this time he
Said, his father threw his mother on
the floor and chokcd her severely. II
am informed" he testified, that somc
three years ago my father shot al her
with his pistol
After rcciting several instances of
ils-treatmcnt and telling CT threats
"hlch his father had made against his
lifc, he gave the following account of
the killing itself:
On the day of this unfortunate oc-
currcnce, this daponcnt had started
over to his uncle. Tom Owens. who
lived about onc-half mile from his de-
ponents residence, and in going to his
uncles, passed through his fathers
pasture where his father was at worI,
repairing a molasscs mill This depo-
hent did not know his father was therc
uhtil nc reached the mill, not having
seen him during the morning. In
passing the mill whore my father was
at work kindly asked him if he
wanted q drink as had a little whis-
Key lie said, "No, BY Cd, 1 don't"
then kindly said to him, 'Pa. want
to talk with YOU" He said, "Yes. By
Cd, you come down here for fuss
nave you?' fIc then said. "I will
burst your d--n brains with this ham
mer.' He had then advanced on me
some & or steps and struck at me
with the hammer after | had stepped
back "a little. In lodging the lick
pulled my pistol and shot to keep him
from killing me with the hammer. Hc
continued to hold the hammer in strik-
ing attitude and with his left hand
held the pistol and | continued to fire
until i believed my body free from So
rlous bodily harm or my life from
danger OF death. | was squatted on
the ground when my father advanced
on me with the hammer and he press
cd me SO rapidly that never had tmc
10 retreat to any extent | was afraid
10 turn the pistol loose after he grab
bed 1t because | knew he would kill me
ana he fell holding the hammer in one
hand and the pistol in the other.
trled 10 live in peace with my father,
although he made repeated threats
against my life.
Testifying along the same line as tha
deiehdart as to previous unr~ W re-
lations in the home were h .othcr.
Mrs. Sallic Lee Owens, ana mis- two
Dfothers, Robert Lee Owens and Irwin
Owens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
New Market ODcns

Nr. j. E. Oglesby has opened his
new meat market in the store building
formerly occupied by the Dixie Floar
q Grain Company, next to the South
ern Exprcss Office He has installer
some new furniture and fixtures and
is now ready for business
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Play at Gray Court.Owings

The Comedy, Diamonds and
Hearts" will be presented by the High
School at the Gray Court-Owings
school building Friday evening, No
vember 10. The public s cordially in
vited to attend. Watch for Sammy and
"Bud"-a diamond in the rough!
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
TO Address EndeayOrers

Mr. o. l.. Long will make an address
before the Christian Endeavor society
at the First Presbyterian church Sun
day evening at 6:45 o'clock The pub
lie Is cordially invited to come and
hear him.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
At Wadsw0rth School.

The school Improvement Assocla-
ton will have a turkey supper at
Wadsworth school house Friday night,
Nov u. beginning at 6 p. m. The
public is cordially invited.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Opens Harness Sh0p.

Mr.. 9. Nj. fiinson formerly engaged
as a harnessman with Mosely G. Ro-
land, has returned to the city and
opened harness and leather shop nn
West Ianrens street.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-11-10
Court Convenes Today

The fall term OF the court OF COM
mon pleas will convene this morning
with Judge Ernest Moore, of Lancas-
ter, on the bench.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

this hotel three days with lodging
and meals at the hotels expense. 1t
was announced at the banquet that
Troop 2 was the best of the entire
lot and of course / sure was proud.
l took the first train possible out of
New York for old Mt. Sterling,
reaching here the 9TH.
Mrs. Ayres, if all the boys could
only know what a fine time a Scout
can have | am sure we would have
a dandy council here and l hope that
before long We can get such a
crowd together that all of you will
be awfully proud of us. I am sure
proud that am a Boy Scout-Tll
tell the world.
Your friend,
TOM HOFFMAN.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

Why should Republican leaders

Why should Republican leaders
pretend to be shocked by Governor
Cox's charge that they are raising
an enormous campaign fund to buy
the Presidency They were not
shocked when Senator Newberry
was convicted and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary on the
charge of spending a fortune in his
campaign; they neither asked him to
resign from nor threw him out of
the Senate. They were not shocked
at the millions spent in the primary
cacpaigns of General Wood and
Governor Lowden. but this latter
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

was a moral and not legal offense.
Only when the offense charged might
come within the province of the
criminal courts do they seem to dis
play a pretense of resentment. What
ha become of the claim that the G.
o. P. is 'the party of great moral
ideas7"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

pulled my hair and l did get little
feeling for home. In London l met
Mr.. John W. Davis, the U. s. Ambas-
sador there, who was mighty nice to
me. On July 30th we were trans
ferred to Old Deer Park, Richmond,
a suburb of London. The "Jambo-
rec" began on the 31st, which was
the next day after reaching Rich
mond. This was attended by Boy
Scouts from 80 nations. all of which
entered into the arena at Olympia,
where the contests were held during
the seven days of the "Jamboree."
The Boy Scouts from each nation
put on a show relating to the custom
of their county. The Boy Scouts of
America put on an Indian Pageant
in which | was taking the part of
"Squaw." There was rough riding
by the officers from Culver in this
show also. The old U. S. A. carried
off most of the honors. When car
rying our packs which was on an av-
erage of nearly two miles, not one
of the boys gave out during any of
the time. We were then taken across
the English Channel to Paris where
we enjoyed our stay and the many
sights we saw, including 40 other
boys and myself in trip to the
Marty, 100 feet to the top Of the
Eiffel Towel, and seeing the Grand
Opera. On August 18th we entrain-
ed for Chateau Thierry, where we
had buses and army trucks in
which to tour the battlefelds. We
went to Belleau Woods and saw Bel
leau Wood cemetery which was
nicely kept by some American fam
lily living there to keep it. We plac-
ed wreath for the dead Americans
and then resumed our journey TO
Scissors where we spent the night.
We then journeyed to Brussels
where we put on show for the Bel
yian people. On our way to Antwerp
rom Brussels we stopped and met
Cardinal Mercer, the greatest Cardi-
lal living. In Antwerp We attended
he Olympic games where We saw
Ianden of the q. s. break the
worlds record in the high jump. We
ure had fine time in Belgium and
he Belgian people sure treated us
me during our stay there. On the
9Th We set sail for Brest from Ant
7erp, taking with us from Brest the
odies of about 800 dead American
oldiers. We then went to st. Ma
airre and took on more bodies,
oming home ON the U. s. A. "Prin-
ess Matoika.' Had quite a restful
ZIP, saw many whales, porpoises
nd sharks, and after II day trip
ONE landed in New York on Sept.
III at z p. m. We landed at the
artery where | first saw Dad wait
e for me. Through a kind invita-
on from the Commodore Hotel we
ere given swell banquet there and
lose who wanted to, could stay at
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14
Interesting Letter
From Tom Hoffman


Mrs. M. c. Ayres,
Local Editor Mt. Sterling Advocate,
My dear Mrs. Ayres -
AS you asked me to write an ac-
count of my trip with the Boy
Scouts of America attending the In
ternational "Jamboree" held at
London, England, I am pleased to do
so. / did not dream of being one of
the fortunate ones to attend il and
not until ] reached New York did
find out what big thing it really
was.
left Mt. Sterling on June Goth
and arrived at New York June 3Oth,
late in the afternoon. On July End
/ went to Fort Hamilton, where /
registered and was accepted as one
of the party. We were QUILTED and
for three days drilled hard and were
taught many things of soldier life
and scouting. 1t was about, so we
were told, the same as the boys who
had entered the army. When it
came time for the grand parade that
had been arranged for us in New
York we were all prepared" We
marched from 23rd street to Central
Park, a distance of nearly 4 miles,
carrying our packs weighing about
so pounds, where we were received
by the Mayor of New York and sew
eral other big men and where we
put on a show for the public. We
then went to Hotel Pennsylvania for
a farewell banquet given us by them.
On the 9th We were taken aboard
the United States Army Transport
"Pocahontas," the boat was in dock
about 5 minutes waiting for a tug
to draw her out of the harbor. There
were 301 boys in the party, divided
into eight groups of about SO boys
each. Troop 1 was the Denver
Scout band of so boys. I was No.
10 in Troop g. We were all under
the leadership Of Col. Gigilliat, of
Culver Military Institute, Culver,
Ind. During the 10 days going over
we were drilled and practiced for
the "Jamboree." The weather was
fine and only one boy got seasick
mot me). Landed at Southampton
on July 10th and entrained for Lon
don, arriving there about l p. m. and
we're quartered at the Y. M. c. A.,
hlluWdy dIhs lOT dDOul week.
Here we had drills and practice for
he Indian Pageant or Scenic Dis
,lay. While there we also met many
If the English Scouts and made
many trades of buttons, coins and
'adges. During the time we were
lot drilling we were on sight seeing
rips in London where we saw many
historical and interesting places, in
luding The Bank of England, Tow
r of London, Houses of Parlia-
lent, Westminster Abbey and War
vick Castle. The English automo-
lies and street cars were so funny :
nd different from ours; not near so
lany and running only about third
r half as fast. At Warwick Castle
met Lady Astor, M. p, and l was
he first boy to get her signature in =
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14
LIFE

Life is singing on the way,
This sweet world to sorrow,
do not weep the world away;
Dream your sweetest dream todf
Sweeter dreams tomorrow
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

There are several ways of prov
ing that you are broad minded, but
getting soused or picked isn't one
Of them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

Cleopatra wasn't the only woman
who SOAKED" her pearls when she
wanted to put up a bluff.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-14

SENATOR Harding is not a whirl-
ing dervish," asserts Senator New.
He certainly is not. Now, that that
is settled. what is hef
Newark post., 1920-12-29
1.-The Wave is breaking on the
Shore
The Echo fading from the
Chime
Again the Shadow Moveth
DER
The Dial-plate Of time''
WILL ENTERTAIN
STATE PRESIDENT
OF WOMENS CLUBS
New Century Club Will Hold
First Meeting of New
Year Next Tuesday

AS announced last week the
first meeting of the New Century
Club year will be a notable one.
The club will entertain next
Tuesday, january 4th, the Presi-
dent of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mrs. H. L. Boyer,
of Smyrna, and Mrs. Ina j.
Perkins, State Director of Child
Welfare. Mrs. Emma Wilson
will read a. paper on "New
York" and Miss Eleanor Duffy
will sing. After the program,
which will be given promptly at
2.30, the club hostess, Mrs. c. A
Short, will serve tea.
Newark post., 1920-12-29
FARMERS INTERESTED
IN FLAX CULTURE
President of Recently Formed
Corporation Discusses
Its Advantages

At a meeting of interested
farmers and others held in Smyr-
ma recently, w. Ray Baldwin of
Elk Mills, president of the Chesa-
peake Flax and Linen Corpora
tion, explained the feasibility of
planting flax ON this peninsula
and the methods to be followed in
it's production. =
Among the important facts
brought forth were: That the soil
and climate here are almost ideal
for this crop. A sandy loan of
medium texture we'll drained be-
ing the best type of soil, but amy
ground that would grow wheat,
oats or corn successfully, could
be planted. Flax planted so as to
succeed pasture was the best pro-
cedure but it could be introduced
into the rotation at any time sue
cessfully owing to it being quick
crop averaging about 80 days, 5
or 10 days shorter or longer de-
pending on the season. The crop
to be planted from April 10 to
May 1, or as soon as the danger OF
frost has passed. The harvesting
should take place as soon as the
beans along the stalk begin to fal
and should he completed in as
Newark post., 1920-12-29

Very businesslike indeed and
very determined to get the most
out of the carefully prepared
program arranged for their bene-
fit, the achievement champions OF
the boys and girls clubs are in
possession of the town this week.
AS might be expected of
achievement champions, they were
not daunted by the disagreeable
weather which greeted the OPEN
ing session of the week. The ma
jority of them were on hand on
time for the first event of the day.
Miss Agnes P. Medill, County
Agent for New Castle county, had
charge of Mondays program for
the girls. General Instruction gov
erning their work here were given
by Miss Dorothy Emerson, Coun-
ty Agent for Sussex county. This
was followed by a model club
meeting demonstrated by the
Christiana Club. In the late af-
ternoon they enjoyed an hours
pleasure ini the gymnasium with
Miss Emerson as leader.
T. T. Martin, State Club Leader,
was in charge of the boys pro-
gram for the week. VIM. S. Lilly,
3rd, a student at Delaware Col
leqe, is directing the work of the
young champions in the gymnas.
ium. This was the first event OF
the week for them after the gen.
eral instructions were given by
Mr.. Martin. From a O'Clock unit
s they were instructed in corr
Newark post., 1920-12-29
PROMPT ACTION OF FRIENDS
AVERTS FIRE DANGER

While members of the family
were away last Saturday after
noon, fire broke out at the home OF
Nathan Davis and destruction OF
the property was 'averted 10y
prompt action of neighbors and
friends.
The fire was discovered in the
late afternoon by Miss Nellie
Todd and Leonard Price. An
alarm was sent to the AETNA Fire
Company but they were out OF
town in response to a call from
Landenburg. The equipment o1
the American Vulcanized Fibre
Co. was pressed into service and
the flames were extinguished. "A
bucket brigade also did valiant
service.
Newark post., 1920-12-29
Kiwanis Club to be
Here January 18th
Local Members to be Hosts
Will Bring Women Folk and Have
Banquet at the College
Commons

The Kiwanis Club of Whining
ton has accepted an invitation to
hold a banquet at Delaware Col
lege on Wednesday evening, Janu-
ary 18th. 1t has been decided by
the club to make this ladies'
night and it is expected that a
large number of its members
with their wives will be present.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is
arranging to put additional cars
on the train both ways to accom-
modate those who decide to come.
The invitation was extended by
Mr.. Arthur G. Wilkinson who is a
member of the club. He will be
assisted in entertaining the guests
by other Newark Kiawanians, Mr..
George L. Townsend, Jr., Mr.. w.
E. Holton, Mr.. Louis Klee and Mr..
H. L. Bonham. The wives of the
Newark Kiwanians will act as
hostesses.
Dinner will be served at 7.15
p. m. under the direction of Miss
Natalie Belts and already a very
pleasing program is under way by
the Committee in charge.
DR.. Walter Hullihen will de-
liver the address of welcome.
Newark post., 1920-12-29

short a time as possible after
that time. The crop needs only
three days seasoning i'm good
weather, before delivering to- the
company's stock yard.
Yield Said to be Large
The average yield of flax per
acre in the United States as stated
in the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture reports is two tons but
the maximum of three and one
half tons has been obtained. This
yield sold at $40 per ton delivered
to The stock yard, probably at
Smyrna Landing, makes the new
crop a most attractive and profit
able one to the farmer who at this
time cannot see much profit in the
usual field crops for reasons that
are so familiar as 20 need no ex-
planation. In addition, if flax
growing is taken up here at this
time it will inevitably mean a new
industry that may mean much to
the country and to Smyrna in par
ticular. For Smyrna being among
the first to develop this industry
and being so conveniently situat-
ed as regards water transporta-
tion in conjunction with ideal
condition of soil and climate
should soon be an important if
not the important flax and linen
fibre centre of world industry.
A planting of mot more than
1000 acres is desired by the Com
pany this year, but increasing to
5000 or even double that in 1922.
Newark post., 1920-12-29
|OGLETON SCHOOL

Ogleton School, of which Miss
Jennie Smith of this town is
Teacher, is the proud possessor OF
a new victrola and a number OF
fine records. The money for this
splendid addition to the school
equipment w.as raised partly by
the students through entertain
ments and sales, and partly
through the interest and energy
Pf George Carter, editor OF the
Evening Journal, who procured
substantial donations and several
gifts of records.