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local potentate. argued that the
legal point must be tried in
higher court Lloyd George re-
piled, in a perfectly polite man
ner. "Yes, sir. and in a perfectly
lust and unbiased court, too"
The chairman, aghast, asked which
MAGISTRATE he was referring to as
biased. II refer to you. in particu-
lar, sir" replied Lloyd George.
The indignant magistrate left the
court, followed by three others.
Evening star., 1921-10-30
PHILIP kERR-WHO HE IS.

Philip Lloyd George from 1917 until
the field journalism and
his personal affairs. which, he
Lothian, important and extensive
Mr. specially charged with foreign affairs and Lloyd
the latter of the
the all the other international conferences in
Paris Spa San Reno, which have taken place since them
international and imperial affairs is immense He
the world well
known that he confidence
sneak with greater authority Lloyd George and his policies
knows Canada
from end to a and has often been
hoard to xo their There
,ereing significance the fact that the descendant OF one
Oldest of nobility of Oxford
much wealth and political standing should
have appointment Lloyd George of the
of him this of articles only
with admiration mentality force but with affection for
him a
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reapportionment bill sent by the
House to the Senate, fixing the mem
bership at 435, as at present. This is
purely House matter. and stands to
fail through Senate inaction. What
ever the House sets as limit on its
own membership the Senate ought
not to obstruct, leaders of both par
ties insist.
X X X
The country, criticizing the delay
of the party, power, overlooks the
fine program Of legislation the Con-
gress has enacted. This includes the
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LLOYD GEORGE-The Man and His Times BY %' 5

French and Latin were obligatory.
ihe schoolmaster could teach very
little Latin and no French and the
diif1culty was increased by the fact
that the boy wanted very badly to
keep it dark that he had embarked
upon SO ambitious a career until
he had something to show. To-
gether his Uncle Richard and he
tackled the obstacle, though his
uncle knew nothing of either Ian
guage. and with the help of a
grammar and a dictionary, they
succeeded. He passed the examina-
tion at the age of fourteen.
The final examination was passed
with honors when he was twenty
one, and then little Grass plate
appeared outside the DIOR of the
little house in Criccieth. David
Lloyd George, Solicitor" and the
back parlor was given Up to be
used as his Office.
X X X X
One of his first briefs was the
Llanfrothen burial case, and here
again he seized the opportunity of
challenging the authority of a
church which, though established,
was not the church of the people.
The parish churchyard had been
enlarged by the gift of a piece Of
ground seventeen years before by
a Mr.. and Mrs. Owen. A minute
in the vestry book recorded the
fact, but no deed of conveyance
had been thought necessary. Nom
conformists were permitted. by
act of parliament. to bury their
dead in the parish churchyard
with the rites of their own de-
nomination, but the local rector
considered this direct attack
upon the established church. and
persuaded Mrs. Owen, after her
husbands death. to convey the
piece of land to him in solemn
form, with a condition prohibiting
the use of any but the burial rites
of the established church. Then an
old nom -conformist quarryman, one
Robert Roberts. died, and on his
deathbed asked to be buried by
his daughters side. The daugh-
ter's grave was in this particular
part of the churchyard. but when
the old quarrynan's relatives ap-
piled to the rector for permission
to carry out the burial according
to their denomination they were
refused, and by the rector's orders
the grave, which had been partly
dug, was filled in. The aggrieved
relatives consulted Mr.. Lloyd
George, and he instantly took up
their case. He told them to go
ahead, "and If you cannot enter in
any other way, pull down the
churchyard wall" Let them leave
the rest to him. A Calvinistic
minister spoke the burial service
and the old man was buried by
his daughters side. The rector
took the case to the county court.
anu CdI-
ried the case through the higher
courts until he won.
X x X X
On another occasion he defended
four quarrymen who were prose-
cuted for fishing in a mountain
tarn. He believed that, despite
tradition, the rivers should be free
to the public. but he found the
local bench of magistrates were
so far prejudiced in favor Of ira
dition, perhaps because some of
them were landlords, that the
chances were heavily against his
clients. His method was charac-
teristic. When the chairman,
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Lloyd Georges next exploit was
to challenge the political domi-
nance of the conservative party.
1t was a daring step for a young
man of twenty-seven to take-far
more daring in those days GS90)
when the prestige of convention
and the older generation was far
greater than it is now. His first
election (Carnarvon boroughs)
was a fight between the old order
placid, venerable, graceful-and
the new, vigorous, democratic ma
tional spirit incarnate in Lloyd
George. "The tories" he said at
the outset of the campaign. have
not yet realized that the day of
the cottage-bred man has at last
dawned." He was right. On April
he was returned by the narrow
margin Of 18 votes in a poll Of
$500. His defeated opponent was
Mr.. Ellis Nanney, the once all
powerful squire of Llanstumdwy,
Mr.. Lloyd Georges native village.
X X X X
His first few years in parliament
were not notable. In his charac-
teristic way he was quietly learn
ing to understand the new world
into which he had entered. so diff
ferent from the intense local life
among the Welsh hills and valleys.
though he early revealed the same
courageous spirit of sturdy inde-
pendence in defying accepted con-
ventions.
But his heart was still with
Wales. He was concerned to COM
plete the work of emancipating
and instilling democratic self-re-
lance into his countrymen which
he had begun in Carnarvon. He
threw himself into the campaign
for the disestablishment of the
Church of England in Wales. He
challenged the grand old man him.
self-Mr. Gladstone-at the height
Of his authority, and the leader Of
the liberal party. to which he be-
longed, in order to fight him tooth
and nail over the clergy discipline
bill. But much of his time was
spent in organizing Wales politi-
cally and breaking down the pow
er of the English liberal machine
in Wales. In the end he triumphed
and the Welsh party-an independ-
ent unit in the liberal party
emerged. pledged to work for the
national needs of Wales as we'll as
for the larger causes of liberalism.
X X X
LLOYD George was and still is a
fervent Welsh nationalist. He is
never so happy as when he is at
tending the national Eistoddfod
and singing the beautiful old
Welsh hymns for hours in concert
with ten thousand of his fellow
countrymen. There was a time
when Welshmen were ashamed to
acknowledge themselves as such
among Englishmen. Since Lloyd
George took his courage and in
dependence to Westminster. still
more since he became prime minis
ter, there is not a Welshman who
is not pround and assertive of his
race.
He has always been in favor of
autonomy for Wales as we'll as for
ireland. but he has always resisted
the Sim Fein spirit in Wales. He
has often said to me that little ma
tionalities gain enormously from
union with big ones provided they
do not allow themselves to be over
shadowed.
Events, however. were soon to
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BY WInL p. KENNEDY.

~ EPUBLICAN leaders are grow
- ing fearful of what will hap
N pen in the next election be-
cause the specific legislation
for which Congress was called into
extra session has not been passed,
and because the republican party's
campaign pledges to the voters have
not been kept.
The United States Senate is being
held responsible.
The voters of the country who put
the republican party in power are
growing resitve, according to reports
received from practically every state
in the Union by the party leaders,
who are only too anxious to receive
exactly the opposite kinds of re-
ports.
President Harding, who gave his
personal pledge and the pledge of the
republican party to the voters that if
they sent him to the White House he
would see that certain definite legis-
lation was passed and business con-
dition improved, is growing equally
impatient. AS concrete illustrations of
President Harding's frame of mind
take the letter he wrote to Senator
Medill Mccormick of Illinois recently
on the work of Congress-; take also
the executive order which directs the
United States bureau of efficiency to
put into operation a practical re-
classification of federal employees and
re-establishment of merit system.
Congress having played so long with
that proposal without getting any
where, even after spending about a
million dollars to make study.
Here are the cold facts. that make
the present situation look dangerous
to the republican party leaders:
For more than half century there
has been running a sentiment against
the smaller or more conservative
bodies of legislation. like the SEN
ate in our own country. There have
! been campaigns throughout the land
along the line that the Senate was
irresponsible to the people. That
finally took form in the change Of
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The bench asked Lloyd George to
tender an apology, but he sat un-
moved, saying. Il shall not with
word 1 have spoken is true" The
four magistrates had to return
and the case proceeded. With
that attack the petty tyranny of
local magistracy fell to the ground.
Some one had had the courage to
speak up and challenge the justice
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Pressure on America to Outline
Policy as to Naval Armaments

ments; that it is not seeking in
grudging spirit to resist the tide of
public opinion ard hold on to every
possible vantage point and prestige
for the Navy, but is sincere in trying
to conform to the public demand for
international agreement which will
bring a lessening of the burdens of
warlike preparation.
In this sense, the spirit of the ad-
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donning policeman's uniform
and passing out in this disguise
as the only method of saving his
life.
On another occasion at Bangor.
in his own native Wales, the
crowd was infuriated at his audac-
ity in walking down the central
gangway of the hall after
hostile meeting, and waited all
night outside cafe in which he
had taken refuge. Meantime he
had slipped out unnoticed at a
back window,
But only few months later the
tide began to turn. He brought
a very unfrienJly audience at
Nevin. also in Wales. to their feet
in a storm of enthusiastic cheer
ing by spontaneously turning and
saying to them in Welsh:
See here now-five years ago
the electors of the Carnarvon bur
oughs handed me a strip of blue
paper. the certificate of my cleo
tion, to hand to the speaker as
their accredited representative.
If I never again represent the
Carnarvon boroushs in the house
of commons, l shall at least have
the satisfaction of handing back
to them that blue paper with no
stain of human blood upon it,"
Evening star., 1921-10-30

PHILIP H. PATCHIN,
One OF the men responsible for fur
nishinE the news Of the activities of
the delegates. His headquarters are
located in the State, War and Navy
building. During the Paris confer
ence he held a similar position for the
United States.
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Courage, Broad Human Sym
pathy, Compelling Oratory
and Power for Popular
Leadership Outstanding
Traits of the Little
Welshman."

carry Lloyd George on to a wider
field. In the autumn of 1899 he was
travelling in Canada when the
news of the impending storm in
South Africa arrived. He instantly
hurried home. He was not pre-
cipitate in his judgment about
the Boer war. He was clear that
Kruger was wrong in his treat
ment of the Uitlanders and in at
tacking the British forces, but he
was certain that with better
craftsmanship the issue could have
been settled without war. He was
in no sense a pacifist, and his SYM
pathy then and now with small
nations has been always tempered
with a strong sense that they have
no right to live unto themselves
alone.
What inflamed, however, every
instinct of his nature was his
sense that certain aspects of the
imperialist policy represented the
same hateful spirit of domination
which he had spent his early life
in fighting in Wales. AS long as
it was a question of repelling the
Boer advance on Natal and Cape
Colony he was cautious. But after
the fall of Bloemfontein, when it
became clear that annexation was
the policy of the government. he
came out against the war with all
his might and main. In speech
at Oxford he expressed his con-
viction that by annexation 1--WE
shall miss something infinitely
precious to every true lover of
Britain, the distinction of being
the hope and shield of the weak
and oppressed in all lands"
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He entered upon a campaign
from one end of the country to the
other. He attacked Joseph Cham
berlin-the leader of the war
party and the most formidable
debator in parliament-ando on one
occasion so successfully that
Chamberlain got up and crossed
the floor of the house and shook
his fist in Lloyd Georges face. He
went down to Birmingham, the
stronghold of the war party and
almost the pocket borough of
Chamberlain, and took the town
hall to speak against the war.
The crowd became SO violent that
they drove Mr.. Lloyd George and
his friends off the platform into a
little back room, shouting for his
blood. The chief constable deem
ed the situation so critical that
he insisted on Lloyd George
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EPUBLICAN leaders are grow
ing fearful of what will hap
pen in the next election be-
cause the specific legislation
Evening star., 1921-10-30

At the general election in the
same year Carnarvon boroughs re-
turned him to parliament with the
largest majority he had yet
achieved On that occasion the
crowd was SO enthusiastic for him
that his friends had to close
around him to ensure his safety.
So ended the first phase of Mr..
Lloyd Georges life. He had won
prominence as the champion of
liberty, as the indefatigable op-
ponent of privilege and tyranny in
all its forms. first in Wales, and
later in a wider field. He was the
acknowledged representative of
the young radicalism which gained
its opportunity with the en-
franchisement Of the people. He
had won his triumphs by his
courage, his broad human SYM
pathy, his oratory, his power for
popular leadership. He was now
to be tried in the more difficult
school of responsible statesman
ship.
Downright, 1921. by the Mcclure Newspape
Syndicate.l
Next Sunday-The Assault on
Wealth and Privilege.
Evening star., 1921-10-30
I.-EARLY DAYS.

TEw will dispute that Lloyd
~ George is the outstanding
political figure of our time.
Others may have SurpaSSed
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ny N. O. MESSENGER.

= RESIDENT HARDING is having
his first close contact with
what might be called hand
.o-b,pd erapnle with the prob
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
MUCH INTEREST
IN CONTEST FRIDAY
A Rafaber OF Schools to Enter Ath.
leto and Oratorhcal Contests at
Graded School.

a great deal Of interest in the Lau-
fehs county school contests to be held
In Lsurens on April 1at Is being shown
AMONG tho schools In the county. Sew
efal have already signified their inten-
tion OF entering the contests, aanone
them Clinton, Iaurens, Cross Hil,
Gray Court. Wadsworth, Mt. Pleasant
Tftnhy Ridge, Barksdale, Ora, MT.
Gallagher and Prospect. Other schools
are expected to enter this week. The
athletic events will be held on the
athietic field of the Lalrens city
schools, beginning promptly at 2 P.
M. Coach Walter Johnson. assisted bv
students from the Presbyterian col
lege, Of Clinton. will conduct the meet
which inshres that the events will
be run of with promptness and fair
ness.
The merchants OF Laurens have do
mated prizes for the winners in the ten
events as follows:
l0O yard dash-choice Of fountain
pen or gold pencil-Laurens Drug Co.
Hnnftlhg high jump-fountain pen
Powe lDrug Co.
22O yard dash-student's lamp
wilkes & TO.
Discus throw-baseball glove-ones
Taylor Hardware Co.
Half-mile .run-pair Of shoes-Wells
Clardy Co.
Running broad jump suit of under
wear--Switzer Company.
Pole vault-one shirt-Dayis- Roper
Co.
44O yard run-one watch-Fleming
Brothers.
10 yard low hurdles-onc shirt
Minter Co.
Shot put-one pair Of shoes. c.
Burns & Co.
The oratorical contests will bo held
In, the court house at 8 p. M. Judges
for the contests will be selected from
Laurens, Clinton and Gray Court.
Those who attend the contests are
urged to come promptly as no one will
be seated while one Of the contestants
is speaking.
Two medals will be competed for,
the John r. Minter medal by the boys.
and the Laurens County Teachers
medal, by the girls
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
GLASS FACTORY
RESUMES WORK
Furnace now being Heated and Blow .
Ing Expected to Begin Next Week.
Many Orders Already on Hand.

furnace now being Heated and Blow
Ing Expected to Begin Next Week.
Many Orders Already on Hand.
Tho Laurens Glass Works. after
having been closed down for several
months, will resume operations next
week, announced Albert Dial, presl-
dent and manager, yesterday. Mr..
Dial said that there were distinct stkns
OF Improvement in the bottle manufac-
turing line and orders were already
on hand for several weeks dperations
and with the soft drink season Just
opening up he had no reason to be-
lleYe but that good business Is ahead
AS an instance OF orders coming in
he said that Wilmington concern had
Just wired in an order for two car
loads Of Coca Cola bottles and that
carload orders were being constantly
received. The factory turns out about
carload OF bottles day.
This concern closed down several
months ago following heavy wind
storm when the roof OF the main
building was dislodged and shifted for
about foot out Of place. After it's re-
pair 1t was decided not to reopen at
once Oh account Of business condi
tions About half Of the blowers left
at that time for their homes in various
parts OF the country. mostly in Ohio
and New Jersey, and those remaining
Will begin work again next week, only
a day shift being used for the present.
superintendent Finkbener who has
been in Los Angeles, CAL, since the To-
cal plant shut down assisting in
Strengthening out glass factory there,
Is expected to he on hand to direct the
work here when operations begin.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
Chautauqua Man Arrives

Mr., a. G. Mason, the "Twenty-one
Day" man OF the Redpath chautauuua,
arrived in the city yesterday to map
out plans for the engagement here
beginning April goth. Tie is to look af-
ter h' ing the town and planning 9TH
cr forms Of advertising besides con-
ferring with guarantors in regard to
the sale Of tickets. Mr. Mason was
very enthusiastic over the program
for this year and said that he consid-
cred it one OF the best that the chau-
tauqua has had
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
INFANT FOUND I'm CREEK
Grucsome Find Made by Fisherman
Near GOldyille Friday.

While Ron II uorro;o .,,
of GoldviI,a 100. ss,,;, =, 81.
River croek noor th,t n,ooo l., .
lowor nort re .ho .'.
tcrnoon his ottontion voa o..uo,,
tn sack hot,hino nm ona do,,n =, -, .
wotor and vyho, ho vi, :.
closely he found 80, !. o.,o,.,
tho remo;n. of dooa ,ason. IT,
so started ,t his Gcrd thot No dronoa
II back IN tho ,yo,or ,,a ,,rr;oa >, 80
mort the mottor 70 omcors =. ,ho ,o,,
Tho hodv vac toLon from, tho o,o
and carried to clinton whoro on !,
oucst ,yas bo,d s,t,rdoy NJ o,,o.
deyeIoncd thai iustiood III. oRcor, ,r
maxine an orroet
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
MENTIONED FOR
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
W. T. Moore, Of this City, Among those
Mentioned rs Successor for w. A.
McSWain, Insurance Commissioner.

w. t. Moore, former prescription
druggist In Posey's drug store and an
insurance man OF considerable expert
ence. has been mentioned as a possible
appointee Of Gov. Cooper to fill the
vacancy in the state insurance COM
mtssioner's office made vacant by the
resisnation Of w. A. McSwain. Mr..
Moore has been writing insurance for
number Of years both before and
since his connection with Posey's drug
store
Another name mentioned in connec-
uon with the place is r. w. Davis, of
fountain Inn. Mr.. Davis is a native
or Clinton and was for several years
resident Of Laurens. He was form
erly cashier Of the Bank of Fountain
Inn and Is an insurance man Of MANY
years experience.
W. A. McSwain, the present com
missioner. is native Of Cross Hill
IN this county. Several days ago he
handed his resignation to the cover
nor. 1t Is understood that he IS to
Join new company to be organized in
Columbia at better salary than that
paid him by the state.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
Last Day For City Taxes

City Clerk and Treasurer Stanley
Crews asks that city tax payers who
have not paid their taxes be warned
that Thursday OF this week is the last
day for payment without the heavy
penalty and executions. The time for
payment, as will be recalled, was ex-
tended by City Council from February
lst to March 1st, the extra time expir-
ing Thursday. A few days ago about
one-fourth Of the city taxes still re-
mained unpaid.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT
Two Houses In Jersey Section OF the
City Went Up In Flames and Smoke
In Short Time.

In Short Time.
Two substantial frame dwellings be-
longing to O'Dcll Owens and Dunk
Darlington, colored citizens, were de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night about
eight o'clock in the Jersey section Of
the city. The fire started in the house
OF O'Dell Owens and was OF unknown
origin. Owens himself was in Phila-
delphia. where he went several weeks
ago In search Of work, while his wife
was away at church. The blaze made
such headway that practically nothing
was saved out OF this house. Tho
blaze was famed by wind until 1t
caught the house OF Darlington next
door, but a part Of the furniture was
saved here. Some Of the furniture was
abandoned while the fre-fghtcrs
formed a bucket brigade to save the
houses adjoining.
On account Of the distance from the
fire hydrants the fire department was
not able to give effective aid in sup
pressing the flames and additional de-
lay was caused by the laying Of part
Of the hose in reverse order.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
DEOLAIMER IS CHOSEN
Miss Margaret knight to Represent
Local School I'm DccIalmers' Contest,

Local School In Dcclaimers' Contest.
At the preliminary contest for Sc
lecting representative from the Lau-
rcns high school in tho Laurens coun-
ty oratorical contest April /, the
Piedmont contest at Greenvillc April
IS, and the state contest at Columbia,
April 81, held at the court house, the
first place in the tests was awarded
Miss Margaret knight of the ninth
grade, and second place to Miss Nancy
.Meny OF tht 11th grade Miss Knight
won with the recital OF "The Story
OF Patsy" while Miss Meng used "The
Lion and the Mouse" for hor declama-
ton. Music was furnished by Misses
Dorothy Fairy and hiildrey Laney and
Messrs. Cecil Roper and Joe B. Par
ker.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
ANOTHER STILL RAIDED
Rural Policemen Ouings and BOYD
Make Raid Near Irwin's Mill on Sa-
luda River.

a large copper still Of so gallons ca
pacity, a, quantity Of mash and eight
gallons OF real liquor were captured
by Rural Lolicemen Owings and BOYD
near Twins bridge on Saluda River
Friday afternoon. Two men were seen
leaving the vicinity before the officers
came upon the outfit, but they got
away before an arrest could be made.
The officers were not expecting an out
ht just at this point so they did not
SUSPECT the two men seen on the
premises as being distillers until at
ter the outfit was found. 1t was then
too late to capture them.
A raid was made by Anderson coun-
ty officers in this same vicinity about
two weeks ago and four men arrested.
The still found by the Laurens officers
Friday was less than a quarter OF a
mile Of the site Of the still raided by
the Anderson officers. A number OF
raids have been made in the same
vicinity during the past year and
many outfits destroyed.