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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11
"The Bat" In November

"The Bat, the thrilling Nmystery
story by Mary Roberts Rinehart and
Avery Hopwood, which is to be seen
here in November, has been called the
greatest mystery play in the world.
One convincing proof of this assertion
lies in the fact that more attempts
have been made by both play and mo-
ton picture pirates to, steal the story
of The Bat" than OF any other play
in the history of the American theatre.
'Wagenhals and Kemper, producers of
The Bat" have protected the play
vigorously throughout the United
States, having taken out injunctions
against one motion picture pirate and
having sent one play pirate to jail.
In the numerous other attempts made
ito steal the plot OF "The Bat" warn
Ing has sufiiced to stop the piracy. In
q recent announcements from the ofic-
es OF lWagenhals and Kemper, they
made 1t most emphatic that the public
need never fear Of being imposed upon
ny unscrupulous play and picture men
who advertise that their product Is
like "The Bat" The play will con-
tinue to be presented under their own
management for some years to come
and when the picture rights are final
ly released, q nationwide announce
ment will be made Of the fact.
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11

place to show our love for the Mas
ter, in helping to advance His king
dom on earth as she has done. May
God spare her to her church and chill
dren for many years to come. We Of
ten stand by the lovely monument at
his grave and wish our lives could
count for God as his has done and
with tear OF sorrow, place flower
on the mound that marks the last rest
ing place of him who has done so
much for our church and Sunday
School.
S. r. H.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11
JONES NEWS
-

Jones, Oct. 6.-The recent sudden
death Of u. S. Senator Thomas e. Wat
son, OF Georgia, was a great shock to
his friends. His untimely death was
a great loss not only to his beloved
southland but throughout the nation.
He was bold, fearless, out-s,poken
champion Of the working people. And
we sincerely cherish the hope that his
successor may be as loyal to the best
interests of the laborlng people. Let
us revere his memory and emulate his
virtues for he was one of the greatest
statesmen that America ever produced
Mr.. Walter Morrison, of Greenwood,
has returned home.
Mr. Leonard McNinch, our new rural
policeman, was born and reared in
this section and is splendid young
man. We wish him great success in
his new field Of work.
Ihe friends Of Miss Laura Graham
Will be glad to learn that she has re-
covered from her recent illness.
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs George
Medlock will be pleased to know that
their little son, who was recently run
over by an automobile, is doing we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmot Smith, of
Greenville, and Miss Mary Smith, of
Laurens, recently visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Joel A. Smith.
Richard Carroll, Of Columbia, ad-
dressed large audience of white and
colbrod people at Ware Shoals last
Sunday. At an emancipation celebra-
tion at Good Hope church several
years ago the writer was present and
enjoyed Carrolrs good advice to the
colored people. Carroll has been
benefactOr to his race and his influ-
ence has been in the interest Of peace
and good will between the white and
colorcd.
Nr. George Redden, who was born
and reared in this section, but has
lived in Rome, Ga, for 80 years, is
visiting relatives and friends here.
We were in Greenwood last Tues
day and enjoyed meeting with so many
genial, companionable, warm-hearted
friends.
We recently met the following
friends, Dr. lDonnon. Of Boyds Mill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon Boland, Con
Elledge and Allen Arnold, of Owings-
vile; Coleman Davis, of Montana;
Walter Riley and Masena Higgins, Of
Hodges; w. A. Friday and DR.. Wood,
OF Greenwood; Jas Robertson, OF
Shoals Junction; Ossie Martin and +.
b. Boland, OF Mt. Olive; VIM. Syfan, of
Abbeville; Rev. and Mrs. f. L. Bram-
lett, OF Mccormick and Mr.. Henry
Nickles, Of Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-11
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?

Are you doing part toward the of home
Try! lumber
other and of employment fellow
dents When we send out Of town for ReayCut
cripple OF our leading industries which
prosperity depends The will
and be satisfied that ne not doing the right thing
time and money.
MORAIA slap to gether house will give slap together
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Government Shacks.

All of the shack structures set up in
Washington by the government under
stress of war need should be torn
down. If this cannot be done now be.
cause of lack of space in the regular
buildings for carrying on government
work, the idea should be kept in mind
that these shacks were built under the
plea of emergency and haste, and
ought-to be steadily looked on as
things to be got rid Of at the earliest
day possible. Efforts ought to be made
TO abandon and wreck them without
delay. They are unsightly, not safe,
and they incumber park space. They
are far out of line with approved plans
for capital betterment and develop.
ment. If the work force Of the gov
ernment at the capital has been SO ex-
panded that greater space is called for
i: should be provided in a dignified and
proper way. Government will confess
itself a bad manager if it does not fur
rish proper buildings for its help"
The barrack buildings should not be
made to serve till they decay and drop.
There cannot be many years Of useful
ness in them, but they ought not to be
permitted to live out even that short
span Of time.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
undoubtedly quicken enterprise and
increase building operations"
So People May Eat.

In spite Of Frances effort to ad-
vance the culture of tho world. OF her
heroism in the great war, of her art
in clothing the better looking half Of
humanity with fashions latest and
best. certain French legends that have
occupied many puzzled Yankee minds
for more hours than they were worth
are to be erased. All this means that
the plutocratic hotels and the cafes
in this land of the finally free and the
always brave are to dispense with
the French language in naming their
dishes of food. and thus permit people
to eat what they want when they
wish. Indeed. the carte du jour" is to
be dumped into the wastebasket and
Yankee bill Of fare Is to take its
place on the table. "Garcon" will
sadly take his departure and come
back merely q waiter, but the chef
will not be able to laugh at him. for
he will become a cook by the same
process.
Chou" will once moro be known to
it's devoted admirers as cabbage. Nor
will there be any more Of "au" this
In fact, Americas soldier-French
won't be worth a centime pocket piece
any more when the new rule goes
into effect, but for this loss there will
be a great profit in more food sold to
happy Americans who can order with
confidence and escape the Indigestion
that was sure to follow a half-hour
wrestling match with q French "earte
du jour" with a ''garcon" as q
naughty referee.-Sioux City Journal
(republican).
Evening star., 1922-03-11

publican legislators decided to put
tariff revision ahead Of tax revision,
and ahead, indeed, of all the items on
their card. They tackled 1t ct once,
and gave assurances that new tariff
law revising the Underwood law would
soon be on the books.
AS time passed, however. tax re.
vision increased in Importance, the
business world pressed for action. tax
revision was put ahead Of tariff re.
vision. and without much further de-
lay a new tax law was enacted.
The tariff, thus displaced, still hangs
fire. The House disposed of this sub
ject last year, but the Senate has yet
to act. The reason is Of less moment
than the fact, and the fact is giving
rise to a question as to how much
longer the delay will last.
Must" should be written across the
jacket Of the tariff measure. AS soon
as possible a new law should go into
operation, so that it may have as much
time as possible before November to
demonstrate whatever merit it may
possess. Nosone thing can revive bust
ness, but everything entering into q
sound economic policy should be
brought into play.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
The Return to Normalcy.

Impatience continues as q sort of
curse. We are all so keen to return to
normalcy, an unreasonableness pos
tsesses us. We want everything done
on a while-you-wait schedule. We for.
get, or ignore, the circumstances of
our departure from normally. and
what has taken place since.
Another thing. We forget, or ignore.
the fact that normalcy does not exist
anywhere. Some years ago the world
departed from normalcy; and in no
quarter is normalcy now in evidence.
The best efforts to return to it have
failed.
misery loves company" Sure. Then
why not console ourselves-indeed,
encourage ourselves-with an appre-
citation of the general situation? Why
not reflect on the fact that our fate
sis the common fate Of all''?
We are in NO worse condition than
Evening star., 1922-03-11

other nations. Are we not, indeed, in
better condition than the best Of them? f?
Unsettled as matters Of all kinds are
in this country, we have yet basis
upon which to do business when again
business in volume is possible. Let the
swing upward begin, and we shall be
among the first, If not the first. to
show the effect.
Steady is the word. The fog will lift
The way will appear plain again. You
can't keep working world down; and
when the world-not a portion but all
of it-begins to work again, as it is
certain to do, a greater degree Of pros.
periy than at any time hitherto in
America and everywhere else will be
registered.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
House Shortage in Capital
Less Acute Than Elsewhere

troduced in Congress for the estab-
lishment of home loan bank Of the
same character as the Farm Loan
Bank. While admitting that such q
bank undoubtedly would help their
business. the brokers took the stand
that such an institution was wrong
in principle. placing the government
in direct competition with line OF
private endeavor. Such competition
they the contend would be contrar,y ara,y, 70
More business in government ana
less government in business"
posed means for lending financial as
sistance to the builder brings the
student Of the problem back again
to tax-exempt securities.
The realtors Of this city and Of
every city are opposed to all forms
of tax-free securities. whether ma
tional. state, county or city. In TAX
ing this stand these men champion
the cause Of the American property
owner. who, according to statistics,
pays 80 per cent of all general taxes
and whose investment in the up
building of the country represents so
per cent Of the combined wealth of
| the nation.
Mr.. Hiett told the assembled real
tors that tax-exempt securities In
the United States reach 1.-The stagger-
ing total of $16,000.0O0,00 He be-
lieves that the injustice of this is
| evident. and should be emphasized.
| Into these investments the large es-
tates Of the nation are placed. there
to be sheltered from taxation at the
! expense Of the property owner: be-
! cause it is on the shoulders of the
property owner that the increased
burden eventually falls.
The greater evil. however. Mr.. Hiett
! stated, was that money SO invested
would be otherwise available for the
| construction of homes here in Wash
| ington and elsewhere for public
works, for business and for Industrial
! uses. The movement to prohibit the
issue Of such securities will be
| stanchly supported by these business
Careful estimates. made public at
| United States has adequate housing
facilities for but IS per cent Of its
population. The remaining Is per
| cent, Il total of approximately 3.0o0,-
900 families. must be properly shell
tered. There is a certain percentage
of the population that does not re-
quire separate houses. Taking one
half Of the total that are now pro-
vided for, there are 100000 families
I in America today who are not prop
| erly housed. 1t Is thought that this
! is a conservative estimate of the ma
| tional house shortage.
Funds for building. SO far as WASH
| ington is concerned, appear to be
more easily available today than a
| year ago. This opening up of the
| money market has been reflected In
the revival of home building here last
| fall and this winter. and the prepare
| tions being made for spring construc-
| ton.
! The advances which local builders
1 have made since 1918 in residential
building made a profound impression
| on many Of tho visiting realty Off
| cials who lived here during the war
| while engaged in government service
washington leads the country" as
one realtor put it.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Lawn and Parking.

The parking" along miles of resi-
dence streets is in rundown condi-
ton. The turf has been destroyed.
The parking is mud now, and will
be baked clay, dust or gravel when
summer comes. 1t is not believed that
the public authorities can do very
much toward correcting this condition.
The correction, il brought about, must
be the work Of parents. The destruc-
tion has been caused by children, and
1egions of the little people seem never
to have been instructed at home that
the public parking is good thing. a
pretty thing, and that it should be pre-
served. 1t ought not to be trampled
down in play and it ought not to be
walked on. Where there is q park
ing" there is a pavement, and the
paved part Of the sideway is the place
for walking.
Back in the early 70s the parking
commission, with the aim Of making
Washington a beautiful city. not only
began the work Of planting trees along
the streets but adopted the plan of
having a strip Of lawn between the
pap4ment and the curb. This was for
the health of the trees and for the
pleasure which sight Of this strip Of
green would give to citizens. 1t is 1.
plan which is continued today, but
along miles Of streets where the aver
age sort Of people live there is no
parking" but merely a strip Of un-
paved earth.
This parking, if kept up, adds value
Not kept up it Injuries not only the
abutting property but the whole
neighborhood. Citizens who are anx.
ious to maintain the parking before
their property find it impossible to do
this because Of other peoples children.
Eouseholders, homekeepers. find it
dificult-in most cases impossible-to
maintain a bit Of unfenced front
lawn, and in extensive neighborhoods
have given up the effort and gone
their little patch Of green. Many have
sought to compromise by planting a
hedge around the plot. but a hedge is
nothing before troops Of undisciplined
or illregulated children. Both hedge
and lawn disappear before them. Along
some of the best built-up streets in
the city there were grassy terraces
between the building line and the side
walk, but hundreds of the property
holders gave up the effort to keep
their terraces in grass. and were
forced to build stone walls at the pave
ment line and to fill in behind them.
The remaining terraces have little or
no turf on them. and tend to give a
shabby outlook to the neighborhood.
Here is a case where home instruc-
tion should be given to children in the
care Of public parking and in respect
for other persons lawns. When the
parents themselves show a need for
such instruction it should be given by
q neighborhood organization.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
The Sea-Going Radio.

From the practical point of view
tests have shown that it is possible
for any one in a home or an Office to
pick up the ordinary telephone and
converse with another person upon q
ship in mid-ocean without having to
touch any cumbersome apparatus or
tinker with any delicate controls.
The success attained by the expert
ments with the America shows that
it will not be long before telephone
communication with Europe through
a combination Of land line telephone
and wireless telephony is in regular
use. 1t is merely g. question Of when
the stations capable of performing
this service can be put into operation.
The equipment already exists.
Similarly, communication with pas
sengers upon an airplane in the air
and with others on an express train
will also be possible by the same ap-
paratus or combination of systems.
The automatic central station. which
connects the ordinary with the radio
telephone, will do all the technical
work. and the speakers will use Moth
ing more than the ordinary desk
teiephone.,-New York Tribune (repub-
lican).
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Churchgoers and the Treaties.

At frequent intervals there come to
the Senate, in the form of communica-
tions received by senators or by the
Vice President and laid before that
body. appeals from organized religious
associations throughout the country
urging the ratification Of the treaties
formulated by the arms limitation and
in point is furnished In the letter pre-
sented to the Senate last Friday by
Senator Lodge, from an Organization
styled "The Massachusetts, Federation
Of Churches" The communication ex-
planned the federation as Officially
representing the denominational bodies
OF the state of Massachusetts," 1t
went on to add that the federation at
a special meeting unanimously voted
to respectfully but earnestly urge
the Senate promptly to ratify the
treaties agreed upon by the Washing
ton conference on the limitation Of
armaments as submitted by the Presi.
dent"
that the treaties constitute great and
important steps toward insuring world
peace by providing for the peaceful
settlement Of questions which other
wise might disturb amicable relations
between nations and by ending inter-
national competition in the building Of
navies and all its Inevitable burdens
and evil consequences"
II it should be suggested that these
communications to the Senate from
the people at large are in the nature
Of organized propaganda, the word
propaganda seeming to be regarded
with peculiar disfavor in Congress,
might it not be inquired il the Senate
hears of any organized propaganda
from the people at large against the
treaties? Occasionally there are in
dividual protests. rejecting and in
dorsing the views held by some op.
ponents Of those instruments Of world
peace; but are they, in form and
number. such as to indicate the exist
ence Of widespread public sentiment
hostile to the treaties?
1t is to be assumed that the men
and women who make up the member
ship of the religious denominations
are thinking people. conversant with
the great issues and topics OF the
times, and. along with thousands OF
worthy folk who are not affiliated
with such organizations. are think
ing in terms Of peace. progress and
prosperity for the world as well as for
this country.
BY every sign by which 1t is pos
sible for the people to indicate their
desires it is being made known to the
Senate that the sentiment Of this coun.
try is "set" in favor Of the ratification
of the treaties. The Senate should
have no difficulty In feeling the pulse
Of the public on this question and to
sense the fact that it is throbbing
steadily for ratification. The request
contained in the appeal of the Massa-
chusetts organization that the treaties
be ratified "as submitted by the Presi-
dent was probably unwilling su-
pererogation upon its part. The Sen
ate, in it's own wisdom will decide
w1,t are advisable reservations or If
any are needed, and that decision will
be accepted by the people who want
favorable action on the main PROPOSE
disqualification.
Evening star., 1922-03-11

The Chicago lawyer who on being
notified that he had fallen heir to an
earldom declared that he desired no
other title than that Of United States
citizen deserves three cheers. His own
wishes will not be considered. Titles
are thrust upon men bycircumstances,
and it Is the popular love Of them that
keeps them in evidence; not the pride
of their possessors. The newly made
earl will find but few of his acquaint-
ances willing to defer to his wish,
however sincere, that they go on call.
ing him plain Mister" or by his first
name. The title is less an arrogant as
sumption than a difference to the pub
lie taste for such things.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
The Seer Speaks.

Perhaps the League of the Rights
Of Man is a league little too radical
for many Of us, yet that league heard
and applauded a speech that it would
at least in part. The speech was that
of Anatole France, youthful and hope
full in spirit, idealictic even in poll
tics. 1t was q diatribe against war.
fFrenchmen," he told his compatri-
OTIS, you must not aspire to a hegem-
ony henceforth impossible on land and
sea. Cease dreaming of victories and
conquests Reduce your army, short
en- military service. and cut those
enormous. useless expenses" Misery
Of his love, a misery that can be
avoided only by one means. THAT is
real peace, not the peace Of pompouS
treaties on inert paper. but that peace
In mems hearts which is the only
peace that will do for Europe."-Mo-
Sometimes we wonder why a pop
ular government is so unpopular
Syracuse Herald.
One of the crying Transportation
needs of the day is non-leakable
trunk.-Portland Morning Oregonian.
The bandit industry has its little
faults, but there has been no public
scandal connected with it as yet
Baltimore Sun.
The woman suffrage amendment
has been declared valid by the SUI
preme Court. Man again gets the last
word. but only by agreeing with
woman.-St. Joseph News-Press.
The rumor that the Prince Of Wales
had been fired upon is incorrect. All
that the Indian people desire 10 70 IRE
him.-New York Call. /
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Vigorous Politics This Year.

An attack on Leader Mondell from
the democratic side in the House the
other day was construed by his friends
in that body as a contribution to the
Wyoming campaign. Mr.. Mondell is a
candidate for the Senate, and will soon
be in action at home at the head Of
his forces.
This attack as construed simply H.
lustrates the fact that politics is now
the wear. All roads lead to 1t. All acts,
whether of commission or omission,
are searched for evidences Of 1t. If a
senator or representative is a candi-
date for reelection. or for promotion,
he is supposed to be regulating his
votes andshis outgivings solely with
the purpose of serving his personal
fortunes.
This supposition is narrow. 1t leaves
out the fact that the man who really
knows the game Of politics knows too
much to play it with an eye single to
nersonal advancement. He must take
something else into account. Consider
ations even partly selfish teach him
that he must keep his party in mind
as he goes along. He cannot injure
that without injuring HIMSELF
When they get into their stride. the
politicians are going to be caustic this
Year. To a degree. the campaign of
1924 is opening. If the country in No
vember pronounces against the repub.
licans we shall see such an awakening
of democratic hope in a complete
comeback two years hence as will set
democratic circles in every state and
section tingling.