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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-01
LANFORD NEWS

Lanford, May 29.-Mrs. j. S. Hig-
gins delightfully."- entertained the mem
bers Of the Rural Improvement Asso-
citation Tuesday afternoon with re-
freshments consisting of salad
course, olives, sandwiches, cake and
ice tea. They all pronounced her a
charming hostess. The program was
Education" topics discussed by Mra.
j. NJ. Fleming, Mrs. ]. b. Williams
and others.
Miss Pearle Chapman paid us a ny-
ing visit last Tuesday. She has accept
ed school elsewhere, much to the
regret of her many friends and former
pupils.
Mrs. VIII Martin and Mrs. f. d.
Lomas Of Gray Court, visited Mrs.
Ethel Lasford last Monday.
Mr. Layton and Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Lanford. Of Woodruff. Mrs. C. D. Cox
and Lilly Mae Cox, were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Nj. Burnett.
last Sunday.
Miss Nora Cannon Is visiting friends
and relatives in Rock Hill, and will
bring John M. Cannon, Jr., home with
her in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. G. e. Bobo, OF Lau-
rens. visited Mrs. o. F.. Fowler a few
days ago. Mrs. Fowler Is some bet
tor at this writing.
Miss Lottie Lee Langston, OF Foun-
tain Inn, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. j. IT, Patterson.
Mrs. c. J.. Waldrep and children, and
Mr.. G. c. Cox spent Sunday in Grctn-
wood with Mrs. Othello Payne.
Mr.. J. r. Burgess and family, Mr..
Brooks Fowler and Mr.. c. d. Cox at
tended the singing convention at Lucas
Avenue Church Sunday.
Miss Mary Higgins returned home
from Limestone College, to spend her
vacation @ith parents.
Miss Audry Franks. OF Spartanburg,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Franks.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-01

Ambulance Airplane Goes Down In
Wind Storm and All Occupants are
Instantly Killed. Five Army Men
. and Two Civilians.
Washington, May 29.- Seven men,
ttye Of the army and two civilians,
were killed in the wreck of an army
Curtiss-Eagle ambulance airplane
near Indian Head, Md, forty miles
southeast Of Washington yesterday ev-
ening In terrific wind and electrical
storm.
The dead are:.
Lieutenant Colonel Archie Miller,
U. 5. A., M. H., Washington
Maurice Connolly, Of Dubuque, Iowa,
former member Of the House of Rep
resentatives.
a. G. Batchelder, OF Washington.
chairman OF the board OF the Ameri-
can Automobile Association.
Lieut. Stanley NJ Ames, Of Wash
ington, pilot Of the plane.
Lieut.. Cleveland w. McDcrmott,
Langley Field, Va.
Lieut. John NJ. Pcnncwill, Langley
Field, Va.
Sergeant Mechanic Richard Blumen-
kranZ, Washington.
Army air service officers said the
accident was the worst in the history
OF aviation in the United States, either
military or civil, and that it was one
OF the few in which all of the passen-
gers In falling plane had been killed
almost instantly.
The ship struck the ground nose
first and the force of impact was so
great the big 400-horsepower Liberty
motor in the front end Of the craft was
torn from its chassis and thrown back
into the cock pit on top Of the pilot
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-01

Miss Carry Lou Higgins is at home
from her school at Buffalo.
Mrs. j. 8. Higgins attended the fun
eral OF Mr.. j. l.. Nabors, at Laurens.
Mrs. j. #. Waldrep spent Monday
IN Woodruff with her brother, Mr.. j.
3. DeShields, who has been very sick.
Mr.. j. M. Fleming attended the
Shriners' meeting at Greenville last
week.
Mr.. Mel Fleming has returned home
from the old soldiers reunion which
was held at Camden.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-01


washington, which began yesterday
morning, the plane was stripped of IT'S
hospital equipment and seats pro rid
ed for the passengers who were taken
to the Virginia aviation grounds to
witness review Of the army air fleet
which Is to participate in the navai
bombing tests off the Virginia Capes
in June and July.
Suggestions that the wrecking of
the plane was caused by a bolt OF
lightning were secuted by army air
[ service officials, who declared that
there WAS no record Of lightning hit
ting a. plano. They said that even had
bolt struck the Curtiss-E Eagle it
could have done little If any damage
as the lightning could not have affect
ed "a grounding necessary to cause
damage.
The theory of some officers is that
an unusually heavy blast Of VIM
struck the ship on one side and ua-
balanced it, sending it into a nose dive
from which 1t could not recover be-
| cause Of the short distance to the
ground.
IN preparation for the official in
quiry Lieutenant Paul c. Wilkins went
to the scene of the accident today to
take photographs of the wreck and to
obtain from eye witnesses and others
ana possible information that might br
Of use in solving what Is now mys-
| terry.
Statements of naval officers at In
dian Head that the plane fell only a
short distance caused surprise to army
air service officials, who examined the
personal effects OF the passengers
which "ere brought to Boiling field
today. stick Of shaving soap and it's
nickel plated container was found
mashed almost as fiat as a knife blade
a heavy black leather handbag was
ripped and torn while a straw hat
which one Of the civilians had worn
'Sas torn to shrcds.
| Lieutenant Colonel Miller was a ma
tive of Illinois and was appointed to
the army from Missouri. He served in
the 'Spanish-Amcrican war the Philip
| pines, where he won the congressional
medal Of honor, and in the World War
lie was executive officer OF the avia-
ton division OF the army when the
United States declared war on Ger
many and later was assigned to com
mand the Mitchell field Long Island.
lie i%as 43 years old and is survived
by a widow and several children
The action which won for him the
highest decoration within the gift of
the American government took place
on Tian Island, July 2, 1909. The Am
orleans were opposing hostile Moros
and Colonel Miller, under heavy fire
with the assistance Of an enlisted man
placed machine gun in advance of
It's former position, about 20 yards
from enemy, in accomplishing which
ne was obliged to splice a piece of tim
Der to one ley of the machine guns
/ tripod
Mr.. Connolly was the Washington
| representative Of the Curtiss Airplane
Company and was born at Dubuque,
Iowa, IA years ago. He served in the
air service during the war with the
rank OF major. For time he was ex-
'ntlve officer in command Of Wilbur
| Wright Aviation School, Fairfield,
! >hio, and he flew for Liberty loans.
= 4 II II a n
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-01
MIR. and Mrs. j. B. Cooley are visit
Ing friends and relatives in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
No Worms In a neaIthy chlld

All children troubled with Worms have an un-
healthy color. which indicates poor blood and %
rule. there 10 moro or l cas- stomach disturbance
GRoVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given reau-
lary for two or three weeks. win enrich tho blood
improve tho digestion and act as general Strength
enins Tonic to tho whole system. Nature will then
throw of or dispei the worms and tho Child wilbe
10 perfect health Pleasant to take. 60c per botte
Evening star., 1921-09-25

Mr.. Bird has added
materially to Mrs. De
Loosey's little dinner
by holding forth on the
New York traffic sys-
tenn for exactly thirty
seven minutes by the
clock.
Evening star., 1921-09-25
Copyright. 1921.

No weekend party is complete without the couple
who put the screamngly funny dressing up stunt
1t takes hours get them fixed up and the effect on
their audience is what they expected. Every
body tries to laugh awfuy hard and somebody rushes
for the camera-then it's all over.
Evening star., 1921-09-25

"Why, your head and
your heart line and
your life line all run
together! Goodness,
that shows you're 60
ing insane and will
die a violent death"
Some one really ought
to censor the things
that amateur palmists
tell us. They are
much too narrowing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

cane growing the useful timber is
removed and the rest Of the wood
burned on the land. Owing to the
previous shade the soil is free from
weeds and requires little prepara-
tion for planting For the first
planting men with heavy sharp
pointed ''jique" sticks about five feet
long cross and recross the fields in
paralleled lines punching holes with
these stakes fur or five feet apart.
They are followed by men carrying
sacks of cane cut into short pieces
of one or two joints each. A piece
of cane is i,iri,5j into each hole, and
the earth is pressed over IL with
the bare feet. The new cane shoots
up from the eyes Of the planted sec
ti0ns of cane.
When cane is planted on the open
"savana" land the rows are laid out
with more regularity and cultivated
with modern machinery.
BY the end of eighteen months
from the first planting the cane is
ready for the mill. Cutters with
heavy machetes hew down the cane
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

ful wedding of Wednesday marked
with simplicity was that of Miss
Myrtle Smelling and Mr.. William
Earnest Owens, of Atlanta. The
wedding took place at the pretty su-
burban home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Smelling at
g p. m.
The big living room, where the
ceremony took place was beautifully
decorated with Southern smilax, sal
via and silver candelabra holding
lighted white tapers.
Preceding the ceremony Mrs.
Lloyd Montgomery, of Preston,
cousin of the bride, played several
appropriate selections followed by a
song Because" sung by Mrs. Ed
Kimbrough, another cousin of the
bride.
There were no attendants, the
bride entering on the arm of the
groom to the strains of Mendels-
sohn's wedding march. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. L. B.
Crawford, pastor of the Baptist
church of Richland.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the couple left amid showers
of rice, good wishes and a few old
shoes for Columbus, where they will
spend a few days before going on
to Atlanta, where they will make
their home with relatives of the
groom in Inman Park.
The bride was particularly lovely
in her wedding suit of midnight blue
tricotine, brown panne velvet hat,
with a French veil of brown lace and
accessories to match. Her corsage
was of cream brides roses and
maiden hair fern.
Mrs. Owens is the third daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs. W. ]. Smelling.
She was born and reared here and
numbers her friends by the score on
account of her lovable, generous dis
position, her beauty and her many
accomplishments. 1t is regretted by
all that her marriage takes her to
another city to reside.
Mr.. Owens is a young man of
sterling character and excellent bust
ness ability. He has splendid po-
sition with the Underwood Typewrit-
er Co.
Among the out-oftown guests at
tending the wedding were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Montgomery, Mrs. Sophie
Cobb, of Preston; Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

Of the totaI area of Cuba, about
30000,O00 acres, 1t is estimated that
not more than 100000 acres are at
present available for cane raising
and adapted to it. About two-thirds
of that is now used for sugar rails
ing. It is possible that some 10000
acres of swamp land might, when
drained, be usable also. There are,
however. few of these tracts both
large enough and rightly located 10
make cane growing profitable. The
oretically sugar producing might be
increased to 100000 long tons an
nually In Cuba. Practically nowhere
near that amount could be attained
In addition TO the land question.
where would the labor supply come
from?
The most desirable soil for cane
fields is the virgin forest land. The
accumulated . humus of centuries
produces an ideal growth Of cane.
The sugar cane responds readily to
proper fertilizing, and fertilizer is
being used more and iaere.
In preparing This Forest land for
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24
J INTERIOR OF a BIG
cUBAN SUGAR MILL .

CLOSE to the ground and strip off the
leaves, leaving the cane in piles
ready to draw to the mill.
In recent years hand labor has
been hard to get in Cuba. Since the
Of the World War cutters
wages have risen from $1.25 to $3.50
and SO a day. Cuba has never had
enough resident labor to handle her
sugar crops and is obliged to bring
in thousands of men every year
from Spain, the Azores, the Canary
Islands, Venezuela, Panama and
other West Indian islands. Most of
them return home at the end Of the
season.
In some ways the work is still
carried on in primitive fashion.
Heavy two wheeled carts drawn by
four to eight oxen are still generally
used to convey the cane to the mills.
Flowing, too, is done largely with
oxen, although these are being re-
placed gradually on the more mod
ern estates by tractors with gang
plows and by motor trucks for
drawing the cane.
1t can be seen, therefore, that la
Dor plays an important part in pro-
ducing sugar in Cuba. In 1914 the
cost of producing pound of raw
sugar under the most favorable
conditions was about 2 cents. But
with he rapid rise Of wages that
followed the cost has risen greatly
and iluctuates So much that it is
hard to determine. AS a result O
great many mills not favorably To-
Gated will be unable to continue
running at profit. These unforttl-
nate mills, however, we're largely
those erected in unfavorable dis
tricts to meet the urgent demand
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24
A Big CUBAN CENTRAL OF
SUGAR MILL ONE OF THE
ISLANDS 200 PLANTS THAT
C1ANDLE THE WORLDS HG6ES1
SUGAR CROP

100000 tons. Her annual crop is
worth some S250,0000O0. When it
comes to selling this huge crop she
finds a market for half of it in the
United States. This country, includ-
ing the Philippines, Hawaii and Por-
to Rico, produces only a little over
100000 tons of sugar and con-
sumes over 100000 Upon Cuba
we depend for practically all that
we do not produce, or about 2,000,-
600 tons. Hence the Importance of
any proposition like the present
tariff measure which might in any
way cripple the Cuban sugar indus
try and indirectly affect seriously
the welfare of two peoples.
Cuba comes naturally by her pre-
miership in the sugar industry. Her
soil and clifsate are most favorable
to the production Of cane, and her
people, aided largely by American
capital and enterprise have taken
advantage of the rapidly Increasing
demand for sugar. Throughout the
world. During the fifteen years pre-
ceding the World War the general
demand for sugar practically dou-
bled. During that period Ci1ba tre-
bled her. volume of sugar output
with an annual increase of approx
mately 125,000 tons. In 1914, the
year of the wars outbreak, the
world crop of sugar was nearly 1S.-
/ 100000, with beet sugar nearly equal
to cane in quantity. But the wars
damage to the European beet sugar
industry cut the proportion of that
commodity down to less than - per
cent. Of the whole and redaced tie
worlds total annual crop by over
million long IONS
| Betwcon the opening Of tbe war
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24
SUGAR CANE PLANTATION
IN CUBA.

and the present year, in response
to Americas urgent appeal that
Cuba exert every effort to avert
sugar famine in the allied countries.
fields of cane have nearly doubled
their output. In fact, ever since the
establishment Of the republic twen-
ty years ago the development of the
sugar industry has been steady and
rapid, in part assisted by the benef-
cent influence of a reciprocity tariff
agreement with the United States.
This industry haG its beginnings
nearly 400 years ago when sugar
was produced on a small scale and
in most primitive fashion. 1t was
not till close TO the end of the six
teenth century that the industry was
placed on firm basis. But during
nj those early years it got little
encouragement from the Spanish
government. Toward the close OF
the eighteenth century and opening
Of the nineteenth century it began
tn assume considerable proportions.
1t laid the Foundation for the devel-
opment, once political freedom was
attained, of proportionately one Of
the greatest industries in the world.
1t is a quite general popular error,
however. that practically all of the
lands in Cuba are adapted to the
profitable cultivation of sugar cane
and that the annual production Of
sugar in Cuba could be increased
Euntil il supplied the needs of the
world
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

TOR sugar brought about by rns
World War. The proposed increase
in the American tariff threatens te
put many more Of these mills cut
Of commission. --
There are in vogue in Cuba tive
methods of handling the. Sugar
crop, known as the "Colono, and
administration" systems. Under the
former system, by which 90 per
cent of the sugar in Cuba is raised
the mill owner pays the Colono, the
man who runs the plantation, In
sugar, the amount of this sugaI
payment being certain per cent.
of the weight Of cane delivered.
This percentage varies by bargain.
Ing in different regions and in DIFF
ferent seasons, but averages about
ga per cent.-that is, for every
hundred pounds of cane delivered
to the mill the Colono gets 81
pounds of raw sugar or its equfva-
lent in cash. Hence the mill own
ers take all the risk, the Colono
being assured of his percentage OF
profit first.
Under the administration. sys-
TEN the mill owners direct the work
of raising, cutting and delivering
the cane and the owners Of the
property pay all labor charges and
other expenses.
American capital has q large part
in the sugar industry In Cuba.
About so per cent. Of the sugar pro-
duced there is turned out by some
sixty-fve or seventy mills owned di-
rectly or indirectly by Americans.
The remaining number, about 135,
is owned or controlled by Cuban OK
European interests. 1t is estimated
that altogether about 5000, 900, 600 In
American capital is invested In the
Cuban sugar industry. The pro-.
portion of mills nominally American
has increased rapidly in recent
years from about 10 per cent In
1906 to about rs per cent in 1919.
Furthermore, Cuba depends ON the
United States for the refining of tina
major part Of her sugar output.
There is practically no refining
done In Cuba. She ships her prod
uct in the raw state largely to the
United States, the greatest sugar
refining country In the world. In
placing this sugar producing coun-
try at our door nature has given tina
people Of the United States great
advantage in that If the situation Is
correctly handled we are assured
of not only an ample supply OF
sugar but of obtaining this az q
reasonable price. All this, how
ever. can easily be defeated by an
unsound tax program.
Through the medium OF sugar.
then, there is peculiar relation
ship of mutual dependence between
Cuba and America. Curtail the Inn
portation of Cuban sugar to the
United States by any process Of law
or nature and you will not merely
dry up the hearts blood of Cuban
industry; you will put bad crimp
in the great sugar refining industry
of the United States, take nicg
out of American capital invested In
Cuban sugar production and make
the American people, the greatest
sugar consumers inGthe world, pay
an exorbitant price for this essen
tial food product. - 49,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

U. S. Army tanksiof the type that
waddled over the Hindenburg line
and ex-soldiers who fought on the
line have combined in Duluth, MINI,
to furnish Christmas trees for child
rem of the city. The American Lee
gion is supplying jobless ex-service
men to. do the cutting. Tanks and
trucks haul them to central loca-
ton where the Legion is selling them,
the proceeds going toward merry
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24
BY GARRETT SMITH

~ HE little island republic of
Cuba, which for the last
twenty years has claimed
a share of American at
tention all out of proportion to its
size, is again in the foreground in
connection with the financial and
economic crisis in that country-a
crisis that is making it difficult for
Americans to do business there
and is making it Impossible at pres
emit for us to collect some hundreds
of millions of dollars in outstanding
accounts. 1t has caused this gov
eminent to send General Crowder TO
Cuba to advise with her government
as to. the financial situation. This
crisis is now being complicated fur
Their by the proposal before our Con-
gress to impose permanent GO per
cent. increase in the tariff on Cuban
sugar.
Now, the average American may
well ask why the Cuban crisis
should so greatly concern US, par
ticularly why all this TODD over the
sugar tariff. Why is an increase OF
tariff by single country on a single
product Of little West Indian IS
land. even though It is 60 per cent.
Increase, a matter of such far-reach-
ing importance? They are suggest
ing a higher tariff on Cuban tobacco,
too, and the chances are that to the
man in the street this will be much
more significant. But to Cuba sugar
is ten times as important as tobacco,
it's next biggest crop. When it
comes to the comparative value of
exports Of the two commodities TO
the United States the ratio in favor
OF sugar is much greater.
In short, Cuba is aptly called the
"Sugar Bowl of the World" She
produces over 20 per cent. Of the
worlds sugar supply. Out of some
100000 long tons of beet and
cane sugar produced annually in the
world at large Cuba accounts for
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24

Employment projects ranging. from
land reclamation schemes to the
working of a gold mine in Missouri
have been submitted to the American
Legion's national unemployment
council. Milton D. Campbell, Gin
Cinnati, o., has been appointed chair
man of the council which will meet
early in January at the Legion's ma
tional headquarters, Indianapolis, to
draft remedial measures for the
winter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-24
w. B. LAMAR
GROWER OF PAPER SHELL
PECANS
Orchards and Nurseries: Monticello,
Fla.
ThomasvilIe, Georgia.

Editor, Americas Times-Recorder:
| have very fine budded pecan
trees for sale. Varieties are Schley,
Stuart, Success, Pabst, Froscher,
Delmas, Money-Maker. All five va
rieties, salable nuts from these
trees.
cut out agents this season and
sell at most reasonable prices, di-
rect to the buyers, to meet depress-
ed times. Prices viz: Three to four
food trees, seventy-five cents each;
four to five feet, eighty-fiye' cents
each, and five to six feet, one doll
lar each and six to eight feet, one.
dollar and twenty-five cents each.
Trees will be dug with fine root
system, and well packed for ship
ment.
Quotation of above prices, f. 0.
b. Monticello, Fla. Pecan nuts. pay
handsomely. For eight or ten years
does not interfere with publication
of the land.
Very truly,
adv.sy w. B. LAMAR.