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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
VARIOUS MATTERS
Committee Appointed to Investigate
Feasibility OF Emergency Steam

City Council, at its regular bi
monthly meeting Monday night, an
pointed committee composed of AL
/ dcfmen irwin, Simpson and Dial tc
investigate the advsablity of the cit,
or the Recdy River Power compan,
providing an emergency steam PLAN
to supply the city with electric chr.
rent when droughts or other condi.
tons cause the present supply to be
cut Off The committee is to go int
a full investigation Of costs and tc
confer with President Dial OF tho
power company.
considering other phases of the wa.
ter and light plant, the council dccid-
ed TO have survey of the city made
IN order that broken meters might be
reported and any leakages in power
or water located. The mayor was en-
! powered to employ an extra man for
short time to do this work.
a committee composed Of Aldermen
bishop, Simpson and Dial was an
pointed to investigate various makes
or trucks to take the place of the gar
bage truck burned in the city barn
IRE and to make a recommendation as
to purchase.
On motion Of Alderman Moore it
was decided to postpone surfacing
Fleming street until the effects of
wear On the gravel placed on North
Harper street are found out.
On motion Of Alderman Irwin, me
mayor and street committee were di-
rected to investigate the plans of the
l'aurens Mills for the proposed in
stallation of water and sewerage on
Fleming street.
On motion Of Alderman Dial the
council voted gift Of $50 to the high
school football squad for the promo
llon and maintenance Of athletics at
the high school as a reward for the
teams material assistance and gal
lantry' in saving the city's livestock
when the city barn was burned.
request from Maj. wv. A. Watts,
that the city Dlow up the plot of land
near his home from which the top-soil
for large part of North Harper
street was secured, was received as
information and no action taken. AL
dermcn Irwin and Bishop supported
the request of Maj Watts, which was
voted down to 2. Mr.. Irwin pointed
out that Mai Watts had supplied
nearly all Of the top-soil for this
street and that it would take heavy
teams to put the land back in condi-
tion.
On motion Of Alderman Smith, Fire
man Fooshe was granted weeks va
cation with pay.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
DELEGATES APPOINTED
TO COTTON MEETING
Farmers to Discuss CO.Operatiye
Marketing ut Columbia September

4"' hoih5 ilt SoluHlDlu september
9th.
| air. w. ID. Byrd, president OF the
lIaurcns county branch OF the Ameri
can Cotton Association, has appointed
ilfty delegates to represent this coun-
W at the meeting to be held in Colum-
pa Frlday, Sept. 9th, to discuss the
co-oppcrativc marketing Of cotton and
other matters Of interest to farmers.
Carl Williams, of Oklahoma CITY.
president of the American Cotton
Growers Exchange, will make the
principal address of the day and other
prominent speakers arc on the pr&..
gram.
On accqpnt OF the Importance of
this meeting. Mr.. Byrd urges all the
delegates appointed to attend the
meeting. list of them is as follows:
a, c. Coats. Mountvile.
Hon. c. ID. Nance, Cross Hill.
5. S. Farrar Mountville.
Wash Long, Laurcns.
George Bolt, Laurens.
S. II. Cain, Laurens.
j. NJ. Sumerel, Gray Court, Route /.
II. b, Bailey, Laurens, Route 8.
Chaney Stone, Clinton.
r. NJ. League, Clinton.
ID. a. Glenn, Clinton.
Il. p. Poole, Laurens, Route 2.
Senator O. P. Goodwin, Laurens
Route 2.
w. Willis Yeargin, Gray Court.
III. b. Workman, Godvlle.
James A. Browning, Clinton.
B. Fl. Copeland, Renno.
II. II. Fuller, Gross Hill.
G. B. Owings, Owings.
r. o. Hunt, Owings.
r. G. Harris, Woodruff.
j. W. KelJctt, Gray Court, Route 4.
w. NJ. Nash, Gray Court, Route A.
NJ. w. Gray, Owings, Route 2.
j. E. Wham, Owings, Route 2.
j. f. Walker, Laurens, Route 4.
w. w. Culbertson, Laurens, Route 4
w. l.. Cooper, Waterloo, Route 2.
NJ. w. Hill, Waterloo, Route 2.
w. B. Sims, Waterloo, Route 2.
S. A. Browne, Cross Hill.
j. T. Hill, Cross Hill.
j. b. Cook, Fountain Inn.
w. B. Garrett Fountain Ins.
10. j. Sloan, Fountain Inn.
A. J. Monroe, Princeto.
E. e. Simpson, Prisceton.
F w. Little, Laurens, Route 2.
j. w. Donnan, Laurens, Route 2.
II. S. Wallace, Gray Court Route l.
0. C. Cox, Woodruff
j. ii. Davis, Clinton.
NJ. w. Workman, Mountville.
NJ. d. Smith, Fountyille.
j. Frank Davis, Princeton.
M. l.. Copeland, Laurens.
3. B. Blakely, Laurens, Route 8.
j. Roy Crawford, Clinton.
John NJ Copeland, Renno.
Reese Young, Clinton
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
w. Il. Sexton

News was received in the city Mon
Rome. Ga Mr.. Sexton was native Of
this place. having left here about fifty
years ago He was brother OF Mr..
j. d. Sexton, who went to Rome to
attend the funeral. A younger sister,
Mrs. Goodwin, died few weeks ago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
Henderson Reunion

There will be reunion OF the
whole Henderson generation at the
home of Tobias Henderson, the old
Henderson homeplace, near BarKs-
dale, Saturday, September 10, 1921. All
relatives and friends are requested to
be present and bring picnic dinner.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
At Hickory Tavern

The young people OF Friendship
VIII give an entertainment and ice
cream supper at HICKORY Tavern
school house, September 8, beginning
at o'clock. The entertainment con-
sists Of play, songs and humorous
dialogues. The public Is invited. A
small admission fee will be charged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
Cotton Makes ,Jumn

The cotton market. which has been
steadily rising for the past few weeks
went UP about SO bale on the New
York market yesterday with total
advance of 200 points. Local buyers
were giving around 20 cents yesto T.
day.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
w. o. w. Unyeiling

Fairview Camp w. o. w. will III
veil a monument to the late Sow. o.
ctery Sunday afternoon, Sept. II, a
o'clock. The public is invited.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
GREENWOOD FOLK
SEE GRIFFIN DIE
Negro Pays Penalty for Murder of
DR.. LipscOmb at Ninety Six.


DR.. Lipsc0mb at Ninety Six.
Greenwood, Sept. 2.-About twenty
i've men from Greenwood county went
to Columbia today to witness the
execution OF Pink Griffin, sentenced
to die for the murder OF Dr. Lawton
c. Lipscomb, prominent business man
and planter of Ninety Six. Griffin
went to the electric chail at 1880 a.
m. with smile on his face.
"A statement left by Griffin with two
negro preachers, his spiritual advis-
ers. urged all negroes to go to church,
behave themselves and leave their
guns at home. He said that if he
had followed that injunction he would
not have murdered Dr.. Lipscomb.
Just before execution, Griffin de-
clared he had killed DR.. Lipscomb in
self-defense, that he did not get a
fair trial but that he was going to
his God, where he would get justice.
! Columbia. Sept. Pink Griffin,
Greenwood county negro, was put to
death in the electric chair at the state
ipcnitentiary at noon today for the
! killing Of Dr. Lawton G. Lipscomb OF
Ninety Six, July 5. Griffin killed DR..
! LipScomb when DR.. bipscOmb rcmOn-
strated with the negro for beating one
iof the farm animals on the Lips
comb plantation. The negro was
rushed TO the pcnitentiary immediate
| ly after his conviction at a special
term Of court to escape mob violence,
although there {was no demonstration
against the negro
| Mrs. G, A. Nickles with her little
daughter, OF Charleston, is the guest
! of AIr, and Mrs. Geo.SM Wright.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
MAS0NS MEETING CHANGED
TO BE Held Thursday Instead OF Fri
day OF This Week. Meeting to Be.
gin at 1880 p. NJ.

The district meeting Of Masons, PFC
viously arranged for Friday Of this
week, Is to be held on Thursday ac-
cording to an announcement by Rice
r. Nickels, district deputy. The
change in date was found necessary
after the first plans were made A
large number Of Masons are expected
at the meeting, including Past Grand
Master Geo. T. Bryan, of Greenvillc
and Grand Master S. r. Lanham, OF
SEartanburg.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07
1902; samar, lool-1oo2; Leytc 1901

World war. ST. Mihiel offensive,
France. September 1916, 1918; Meusc-
Argonne offensive. France, October
1922. 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive,
France, October 27Nov. If, 1918; Ar
Mould sector Vosgcs, France. June
l4-July l6. 1918; st. Die sector, Vos-
gcs, France, July 17-August 90, 1918;
Marbache sector France, Sept. 1929,
1918.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-07

Mrs. G.. A. Nickles with her little
daughter, Of Charleston, is the. guest
Of Alr, and Mrs. Geo.M. Wright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

@He doesn't like the food give him. He actually threw one of my biscuits at mel"
 Why, the awful brute" consolea the friend. "He might have klIleu you with it!'
 I've seen some biscuits almost that heavy" tesIlned the doctor. But they were not at my house. Ana then he sort ot dritred off like, anu you could tell he was seeing himself as the star in play where the only characters were himself and kniAc and fork and plate or hot pls- cuts and buLter--and-
 "hey--what else about this cook ling dope?" 1t was an envious man wno broke into the rhapsody.
 Just say this" declared Dr. Bar rett. Good cooking cuitivates 8 happy disposition in mankind. They can't get around 1t.
 The Man Well Fed.
 Ben M. Jacobs declared that he was the worlds greatest example of a man who was well fed and who knew that classy little meal prepared by the hands of his wife made man feel more like a king than any yinlng topside of the universe. ~R 'The fact that his wife prepared II for him appeals to his heart. I'm pretty fond of cake" went cn Ben M., but like the homemade va riety. Pretty soon after these bought cakes began to be fashion able, I noticed the difference. averred I didn't like 'em. After thai l 1t got to be the family's sole amoi- | tion to fool me.
 But I've got ttings my way now Ben confided. "I've hired a detective 1 to snoop around the kitchen and heeI | me informed.
 Homemade cake or nothin'," SCI | I. "and, oh, don't they wonder aboui my uncanny knowledge" l Likes His Sweet. | w o. Broyles hasn't hired de | tective to see that he gets home-madt l cake, but he loves cake and insists that he is perfectly satisfied with an. kind of food they offer him just SC it is pie and cake and dessert an' pudding and custard and ice crean and anything else. After that giv' 1 him vegetarian dishes.
 sI'm an expert in this business. said he. "Different men get used t different kinds of eooking-and U att why each husbanu vows and declare his wife is the best cook in th | world.
 Now, I positively know Mrs Broyles is the finest cook anywher l but you sec" he looked around t, make sure that Mrs. Broyles was no near-''you see, 1t was training" Hear the man." vociferated friend of womankind. But MT. Broyle'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
Thousands Suffering From
 Pellagra

They suffer torture from this disease Pellagra. Then they die. And in the so,lth this year thousands will meet un- timely deaths-deaths which might have been prevented.
 For Pellagra sufferers can get relief, Thousands have been saved and many more thousands will be brought back to normal health.
 A big-hearted Alabama Pellagra special ist named Baughn studied Pellagra for many years, and as 6 result of his invest ipations he developed a Pellagra Treat ment which has been signally successful. It is treatment which relieves the torture of open sores in the mouth and throat IL reduces the swelling in the hands, arms and feet It does away with constipation and diarrhoea. And, best of all, it brings back normal health.
 No matter how severe your Peliagra may be, bear in mind the fact that others who have had Pellagra suffered more severe cases than yours, and that they are alive today---simply because they took advan- tage of this remarkable treatment
 You can learn all about this treatment from FREE booklet which the American Compromising Company will send to you It tells how thousands have had normal health restored and will show how you too can regain your health. There is no obIiga- ton whatever. Just send your name and address to the American Compromising Company. Box 20l4. Jasper. Als---Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

[ that the Central High school ever
 had, was unable to deny the fact. Keeps Elm at Home "Of course it'll keep him at home" he averred. "A man will stay home as long as there is something brew
 ing on the stove and he thinks he has chance to get some of it. He's
 like hound dog.
 But a man can't nave ris wife cooking "A hours a day in order to keep him home. Women probably stop because they don't want hus- bands hanging around every minute. They would never work otherwise.
 T sympathize with the poor wives. and l must say that all ever could have the heart tosexaet from a wom- sn would be four or five meals day and maybe little between times.
 But I'm an advocate of having the man do some of the work, too. Not long ago I visited the home of a
 man friend. He insisted on making the biscuits. Cute little idea of his to keep the rolling pin in use, wasn't it?"
 Good cooking saves us from being 1 9 nation of dyspeptics." First Principles Settling to more brass tacks, MT. Wright said that some of the best cooking he ever ate was the "ex- pertinent" kind one got now and then in the Birmingham schools-but at intervals, too far apart. he rather felt. He seemed sad at the thought | It is a fact worth noting that since he has become principal of the Hem | ley school the board of commission CTS is adding a s3,000 lunch room. Put me down as one who has never | had any experience whatever with poor cooking!" said Dr. N. A. Bar rett. skipping his chest. Mrs. Bar
 rett is such a good cook my life has
 been one continued period of thanks 1 giving.
 l Gee, it must be awful to have a | wife who serves you a case of in digestion every time you sit down to enjoy a square meal.
 1 At Least Direct It | Every woman should learn t6 cook. If she doesn't have to do it
 she ought to be able to direct the l food preparation. Mighty few cooks 1 can ever swing a wicked hand with l the battercakes and the chicker dumpiings like mans own wife car :, turn the trick"
 1 The president of the city commis- l sion related that he never heard the subject of cooking broached but Il l reminded him of story he read tol "a flirtatious wife who was weeping | to her girl friend:
 I'm so dissatisfied with my hus'
 bandr'
 Why, dear?" questioned the friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

1 in Chinese treaties with foreign powers"
 It Is added that If the proposals comprise Japan's final concessions they surely inadequetely prove the sincerity of Japan's desire to settle the question"
 The note was handed to the Jap anese minister yesterday by pr. Yen, the Chinese foreign minister. The Japanese minister said at the time that he received the document In q purely unofficial capacity and that he would turn 1t to pr. Yen if it was unacceptable to Japan. Today at the Japanese legation it was said 1t had not been decided whether to forward the memorandum 10 Tokio or return it to pr. Yen. The text of the memorandum, In part, follows;
 China Wants Rights
 Referring to the important Shantung question which is now pending between China and Japan China indeed is most desirous of an early settlement and for the restitu- ton of her rights and territory. The reason why China has not until now been able to commence negotiations with Japan Is because the basis on which Japan claims to negotiate are all nature most objectionable to the Chinese government and the Chinese people. or are such which they never have recognized.
 Furthermore, regarding the Shan tung question, although Japan has made many declarations, she has ac- tLally had no plan which was funda- mentally acceptable. Therefore. the case has pended many years, much to China's expectation to the con trary.
 "On September z, Japan submitted certain proposals for a readjustment of the Shantung question in memo randum form, with the Japanese min sters verbal statement, that, in view of the great principle of Chino- Japanese friendship, Japan had de- cided on this fair and just plan as her final concession. After careful con sideration the Chinese government feels there Is much in the new Japan ese proposals still incompatible with the Chinese governments repeated declarations, the Chinese peoples hopes and aspirations and the prin ciples laid down in Chinese treahes with foreign powers.
 If these proposals are to be re- garded as Japan's final concessions, they surely inadequately prove the sincerity of Japan's desire to settle the question:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

1 had yielded the floor to the unmar- ried--to C. E. Jones, In charge of the traffic department of the Chamber of Commerce. Can't Find Ont. "Everybody's sort of got me fab bergasted." insisted MT. Jones. How
 is an unmarried man to find out
 whether a girl can cook or not? That's what I want to know. I'm
 never allowed within 40 feet of the
 kitchen. I don't know whether it's
 because I look hungry or because
 they think I might take up with the place."
 For climax we turn to o. l.. Bum,
 president of the Chamber of Com-
 merce.
 My hands are ep-every card on
 the table. Shoot me at daybrcak," !" he said, but just say for me that think all women are just one degree below angels-only one degree, mir d exactly onev' | He's stealing my stuff" walled a l chorus of men. T meant to say that myself"
 But MT. Bum calmly brushed all 1 Interference aside. took on the ex- pression you see in the picture-all
 except the mustache-and settled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
JAPAN OFFEREDNO
 PLAN ID SETTLE CHINESE PROBLEM
Celestial Government Plain Spoken In Letter Jap Min
 ister Accepts UnoffiCially
By Associated Press

Pekin, october S.--The text of Chinas reply to the proposals of the Japanese government concerning a settlement of the Shantung contro- versy was mode public today. It declares the Japanese have advanced TO plan for a settlement which is fundamentally acceptable to the Chi nese government and people. and that the Chinese government feels that there Is much in the new proposals "stilI incompatible with the Chinese governments repeated declarations
 the Chinese peoples hopes and aspi- rations and the principles laid down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
SULPHUR CLEARS
 A P|MPLY SKIN
Apply Sulphur as Told When
 Your Skin Breaks Out

Any breaking out of the skin on face, neck. arms or body is overcome quickest by applying Mentho Sulphur, The pimples seem to dry right up and go away, declares noted skin spe- cialist.
 Nothing has ever been found to take the place of sulphur as pimple remover. It Is harmless and mex pensive. Just ask any druggist for a small jar of Mentho-Sulphur and use 1t like cold cream.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

PnoC0S or W. U. brOyleS, DeI WI. Js By MIGNoN HALL "Does a wife's weIl-cooked food keep her husband at home?"
 Prominent eaters all over the city of Birmingham are aroused over this question.
 "Bet your life it does!" thundered Dr. N. A. Barrett, Brmingham's mayor"
 "Yes sir-ree" announces Ben M. Jacobs.
 "Ill tell the world it does!" de- clares O. L. Bum and w. Nick. Wright, waving a white hand to get the chairman's attention.
 If I didn't fight against it, my wife's food would keep me at home all the time," murmurs w. O. Broyles.
 Mot being married, l don't know anything about it." asserts c. K. Jones, but as eating is certainly a habit I can't quit, l am entitled to know some inside dope before I em- brace matrimony." All of which carries us to the tale of a jud.ge-a big judged desperate judge--Judge Sabath of Chicago who needs aid.
 | He is calling for It, and men of | Birmingham have risen to give him sympathy.
 | Started in Court What is poor jud.se to do%' walls l he. Men appear before me seeking divorces, claiming that all their wives can cook is couple of hard | boiled eggs and ham sandwich. 1 Must l send them back to eat the l eggs, advise them to hire cooking | school, get a job in a restaurant, oI start them out looking for other wives who are regular South Sea islanders when it comes to swinging l the tongs and skittle'?'
 The Judge rushes on: 'I've been severing the marriage | tie at the culinary link. I have pity | on them.
 "One man told me he had eaten SC | many eggs he felt he ought to go out and roost in a tree; and another one said he would swear to 1t that he hadn't had anything but fried l meals ever since he took his wife | home from her mother's.' Dr. Courtney w. Shropshire knows l way to help solve the problem. He says he has started his little daugh- l ter to cooking at the age of six. and 1 she can already make biscuits and Is rapidly learning the art of other culinary delights. ] Girls should be encouraged youth 1 fully to cook-shortiy after they be- l gin to make mud pies. he believes. The Prettiest Thing
 "Prettiest thing In the world to the eye of man. quoth the doctor, wno is also international president of thu l Civitan clubs, lis woman in { I bungalow apron dolling around over a gas range. encouraging a delicious I dish to do it's best.
 ''As against it"---the doctor warmed to the subject and became poetical-- mo bright-eyed beauty in the mos fetching Paris gown could ever pusi that woman from the limelight--ol vamp her husband from his peaceful
 fireside."
 Strong words. you say?
 Follow on and hear the speech 0 physician so modest that under n, circumstances must his name appea
 for fear of some kind of unknown complications.
 "A good cook" chirrups he. lis lik1
 a star on stormy night; a sirel
 call from the uttermost heart of bi.
 business: silver cord that fasten
 a husbands affections between tn,
 two front legs of the diningroor
 table, and makes his whole work
 rock to the tune of When do W, eatg"
 will wifes good food keep he
 husband at homer w Mex. Wright, newly electe, principal of Henley school and on, of the cleyerasf faachara of Ey crii sl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
in receive between s1.5oo.OOO and

will receive between s1,500,00O and g. .0OO,0 ,000.
 The professors petition added that up to 1914, he had frequently, with his wife and children, employed the best instructors and tutors in music foreign languages and science for the education of the latter. and gave them the social and educational op- portunities appropriate to their situ- ation. His reverses, the petition con tinued, forced him to change his en- tire mode of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
scALPERs AND SPEAKERS

From Life.
 The New York Stock exchange has one thing in common with the New York theatres.
 All the seats are in the hands of speculators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

down to a discussion such as Se- fitted the serious nature of the ase.
 q don't think a man ought to marry any fellows daughter and make a cook out of her" he stated. But every wife ought to know how cooking is done-this for the welfa1 e of the family"-he coughed slightly and naturally the happy satisfaction of the head of the house!
 He leaned forward after putting that one over.
 Just say for me. also--and say it strong
 You'll never sec me out at res taurant as long as Mrs. Bunn's In town. I never tell what a splendid cook she is very often, though-for fear I'll start q hungry breadline out toward the house."