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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
ORDER OF MOOSE
81 IS ORGANIZED HERE
Fifty Seven Members will be Initiated
Thursday Night.

Fifty Seven Members will be Initiated
Thursday Night.
The Laurens Lodge Of the Loyal Or
der OF Moose, which has been in the
process OF organization for a month,
will he formally opened next Thursday
night at 8 o'clock in the Knights Of
Pythias hall. Phe local lodge will be
known as Laurens Lodge No. 1049.
According to present plans, 81 mem
bers OF the new fraternal order In the
city will be initiated Thursday night.
M. r.. Giles, OF Greensboro, N. G., will
institute the lodge. He will be fol-
lowed by ID. A. G, Outz, Of Greenwood,
Past Dictator of the Greenwood lodge,
who will address the members on,
MoosedoIn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
MONEY RECEIVED FOR
AID OF HIGH SCHOOLS
Treasurer ROS 8 y. Young Receives
$7,S12 rs High School Aid,

Treasurer Ross u. Young Receives
$7,S12 rs High School Aid.
State aid for the high schools OF
Laurens county amounting to $7,S12
was received Monday morning by
Treasurer Ross D. Young from the
state superintendent Of education's Of
flee.
The amount received will be divided
In the. following manner according to
Mr.. r. II. Wilson, county superinted-
ent Of education:
Laurens high school :. ). .$2,906.0 90
Gray Court-Owings -. >. ..1,467.00
Cross fiill ..1,O1700
Clinton :. ..1,79200
Clinton (coloreO :. :. ;. :. $4,000
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
LAURENS BRIARS HOLD REUNION
Riddles Old Field is Scene r0f Thirty
Fifth Annual Reunion of Civil War
Veterans. TWcnty-Three Veterans
are Present.

Fifth Annual Reunion of Civil War
Veterans. Twcnty-Thrce Veterans
are Present.
Survivors Of Co. G Srd S. G. Infan-
try, Co. 70 18th Infantry, and Co. e 3rd
Battalion, met in their thirty-fifth an
nual reunion on Saturday last at Rid.
dies Old Field. This is the old muster
ground of the upper battalion list regi-
ment S. G. militia where our fathers
drilled with the guns they killed
squirrels with. We had royal well
come and splendid entertainment.
There was large crowd, among them
a goodly number Of widows and wives
Of veterans. The exercises Of the
school pupils under the leadership of
Miss Rhodes, was fine. Their render
ing Of Dixie brought forth the old
Rebel Yell. Judge Thompson presided.
Messages of affection and regret at
inability to attend from Miss Varina
Davis Brown, OF Anderson, and S. r..
Ihackston, Of Gaffney, were read.
Addresses Of interest and instruc-
ton were made by Capt. H. p. Gri tn
of Limestone college; f. p. MCGOWAN.
esq, and Admiral Sam MCGOWAN, the
attendance Of the latter was Of un-
usual interest, being a nephew, and
bearing the name of the uncle, great
~ distinguished citizen, soldier and
Jurist, Sam MCGOWAN, who had led tho
famous brigade, the gallant survivors
Of which, together with survivors OF
kershaw's Brigade compose this Or
sanitation.
Our organization antedates the or
ganlZation of the United Confederate
veterans which had its birth in New
Orleans in 1889. Ours dates from 1887
lnclemency Of weather. nor other
cause, has up to date, kept us from
holding our meeting once a year. Sew
eral comrades from different sections
OF the county We're with us. we have
peen entertained by these people be-
fore-a splendid section that has al
ways furnished it's full quota for war
or other calls. Long will we remem-
Der Riddles Old Field, with her noble
people, with her old time, whole souled
hospitality and genuine friendship
She has all the up-to-date improve
ments in school and home and fiold
with the old-time goodness.
c. A. Power was with us to lend .
helping hand.
Resolutions in memory of Lewis
sfoddard, Co. 3rd Regiment, who died
since our last meeting, were passed.
Following are the veterans who
were present:
Co. e, 18th Inf.-H. p. Griffith, A G.
OWings, w. B. Parson, r. J. Stoddard
j. A. Putnam. j. D. Mock, J. w. West
moreland, G. II. Hughes.
co. G, 3rd Info. G. Thompson. Mel
FLEMING. It. Y. Henderson
Co. 10, Bat.-Simeon Ball.
Other Commands. w. Jones. W.
a. Simpson. G. NJ. Hanna, w. B. Full
Ter, j. f. Pinson, j. p. Caldwell, w. B.
Owens, L. M. Cannon, J. w. Lanford,
A. M. Lanford, M. e. Davis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
Call to Pastorats

At congregational meeting, Of the
Friendship presbyterian church held
last Sunday afternoon, q unanimous
call was exteded to the Rev Charles
p. Sullivan, of Atlantic Beach, Fla, for
the pastorate. Other churches In the
proposed group are expected to act on
the call next Sunday .&s,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
TO DECORATE GRAvGs
Woman's Auxiliary to Observe Memo.
rial Day for Dead OF World War. a

rial Day for Dead OF World war.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Thos.
ID. Lake, Jr, Post, American Legion,
has arranged to observe next Sunday
as decoration day for deceased SOL
diers of the World War and Will dec
orate the graves of soldiers in the $lo-
cal cemetery. a 4 gs
Fl Mrs. s. ~. Childress, president OF the
auxiliary, said yesterdaS that friends
or relatives of veterans may secure ire
flags and bunting for the decoration OF
graves from her. II
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
! Twenty. six Negroes Arrested

Twenty-six negroes, each OF whom
was fined $500 by Magistrate Wright
for gambling, was the result of two
raids, made by city police and county
officers Saturday night and Sunday.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
Receives Government appointment

Mr. Charles Thompson, son OF Mr..
and Mrs, II -. Thompson cf this city,
has received an appointment as as
siatant in the government training
service and has gone to jackson,
Tenn, to take up his duties. For the
past year he has been principal Of the
school Id Tlmmonsville.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR COMMENCEMENT
aargest Class In History of
School to Graduate
BOYS AND GIRLS TO
PRESENT OPERETTA
Exercises will Begin Sunday Night IN
Methodist Church. Pageant to be
Given Wednesday and Class Day
Thursday. Graduating Exercises
Friday in Presbyterian Church.

superintendent II. w. Gasque, Of the
city schools, announced yesterday that
arrangements for the commencement
exercises have been completed
The exercises he said, will be more
elaborate this year thao those held in
several years. They viii! begin Sunday
night, May IA, at p, M. in the Metho-
dist Church where DR.. George w.
Quick, Of Greenville, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon The service
here will be in the form Of a union
meeting, there being no services in the
other churches.
Wednesday afternoon, May II, at 5
p. NJ, an operctta entitled, "Under The
, Sugar Plum Truce will be present
ed by the pupils Of the I.aurens school,
The operetta will be given in the form
of pageant on the campus. Teachers
and pupils have spent six weeks re-
hearsing for the overetta and it is ex-
pected that the pageant, never before
seen here, will be performed in an able
manner.
The cast Of characters Is as fol-
lows:
Amber Locks Rolfe Hughes
Curley Locks Gertrude Templeman
Dicke James Dunklin
Alice Frances Switzer
Orphant Annie Augusta McClintock
Raggedy Man Clarence Albright
Shuttle Shoon r. P. Todd
Uncle Doc Ducket Young
Captain Of Sailors Paul Philpot
The boys and girls Of the sixth
grade will assist the leading charac-
ters as hunting lads and lassies. The
boys Of the seventh grade will be
sailors. Fairies in the operetta will
be the girls Of the fifth grade, while
fifth grade boys will be picnickers. The
first and second grade boys will be
Squigicum Squees. There will also be
dancing drills by groups from the pu-
pills Of the second, third and fourth
grades.
The program will continue Thursday
night in the Opera House where class
night exercises will be held. On Fri
day night in the Presbyterian church
the graduating exercises will be held.
DR.. ID. w. Daniel, OF Clemson college,
will then deliver the commencement
address. A scholarship medal will he
awarded as well as certificates for per-
feet attendance and punctuality.
The graduating class this year IS the
largest in the history OF the school.
Eleven boys and eighteen girls, whose
average scholarship, according to Supt.
GasQue, Is higher than that OF any pre-
vious class, will graduate.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-10
CHILDlEN IN SCHOOLS
HAVE MANY DEFECTS

Report OF County Nurse Shows that
More than Half Of Children Exam
ined Have Defects
The first monthly report Of Miss
Sallie e. Gossett, county nurse, was
made public this week.
According to the report, Miss Cos
sett has travelled 567 miles through the
county during the month. Ten schools
were visited and II talks On health
and sanitation were made to 346 chill
dren. The children to whom these
talks were made were examined by
Miss Gossett. The report shows that
197 Of the 346 children have a total of
312 defects. CLASSIFIED. they are as fol-
lows:
defective eyes, 10.
Defective ears, 4.
Defective nose and throat, 1876.
Defective teeth, 145.
Miscellaneous, 28.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08
pROHIBTTION THE ISSUE

Prohibition will be a dominant
issue in not fewer than thirty states
this fall. and results will be watched
with more than usual interest.
The vets contend they are cerain
of victory, while the drys openly
state that if no other force kills the
hone for light wines and mild beers
il will die at the hands of the boot
leggers who are making too much
money under their present system to
permit the traffic to become legalized.
New York and New Jersey are all
"het up" over the issue, which also
will be paramount in all of the New
England states, and in Missouri
PENNSYLVANIA will face the question
as will Maryland, Deleware, Wes'
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Color
ado, Ohio, Wisconsin, Washington
Nebraska, Michigan, California, Ore
gon, Utah, Louisiana, Texas ant
Oklahoma.
! PENNSYLVANIA vets pretend to be
lieve they are sure OF victory, but th'
recent sweep of the Progressive Pin
chot points the other way.
1t would be difficult to predict tn
outcome in many of the states, bu
it is to be hoped that whatever be tn
verdict it will result in an obedience
! to law.
A decided dry victory will mos
emphatically express the will OF tn
people. and unless the bedrock o
IAmerican government is to be dyna
mited the sooner the expressed vii
of the people is obeyed the better.
And it will not hurt if Uncle San
himself leads the way on the one o.
two of the seven seas he is now man
aging to navigate.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

dispatch, "the banks draw the obyi-
Gus conclusions that real prosperity
is here and but waiting the settle
ment of upset industrial conditions to
be visible. AS an officer of one of
these organizations puts it: When all
allowances have been made for the
clouds now overhead and for the
great seriousness of the forces OF dis
organization as expressed in the
strikes, the domestic economic posi-
tion presents pleasing contrasts with
that prevailing one year ago, when
American business was at the lowest
ebb in many years. TO measure
some of these contrasts is to gain
the twofold conviction that business
recovery has been substantial and
that, when strikes are settled, the
revival will logically continue many
months before reaching the crest of
a new prosperous era.
Florida has every reason to put on
her best smile-and get busy.-Mi-
ami Metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08
CLIPPED COMMENT
A Great Winter Coming

Florida can well make ready for
the busiest and most prosperous win
ter in its history. People in other
sections of the country are again on
Easy Street" Moreover, they are
craving relaxation and entertainment
Their financial worries and the gen
eral business uncertainty strained
their nerves. They'd like to come to
Florida and play, or lounge about in
the sunshine, Just resting
Miamians returning from trips to
other states bring back word Of much
sojourn talk. Interest IN
3 Miami, particularly, seems to be
greater than ever. The threatened
coal shortage, too. is a big factor in
the shaping OF peoples plans for the
winter. There's a vivid memory in
the North of that terrible winter a
few years ago when there was no
fuel. and suffering and disease held
sway.
: But Florida will derive the largest
, benefits from the general increase IL
g prosperity. Predictions that thi:
o prosperity was coming have Ions beel
! occupying space in the newspapers
d. but these predictions are being bols
:, tered up now by statistical facts
New York banks have taken tn
trouble to get these facts togethe
and present them as real evidence.
According to these figures ban
" clearings in 165 cities are 15.7 pc
'o cent higher than a year ago; indus
trial employment in New York stat
= II percent and throughout the coul
.. lry Is percent; pig iron productio
D 171 percent; zinc production "a pc
e cent; copper production go percen
y automobile SO percent; sugar mel
- ings rs percent; electric power pr
~ duction 81 percent; building Co
~ tracts 67 percent etc.
ro And the Washington dispatch quo
&c ing the report says these figures a
cd the true index of what has happent
-s- and firm foundation on which
m build a tremendous prosperity for ii
nd immediate future"
e From these facts" CONTINUES Il
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

ed conditions, the newspaper and
printing business is on much higher
plane than a few years ago, condit-
ions during the world war having
served to eliminate thousands of the
weaker members, the most of which
were of no value to their communit-
les and a positive detriment to the
profession. This process of elimina-
ton and the part played by the news
papers during the war served to open
the eyes of business men to the prob
lens facing the newspapers and their
value to the communities where pub
lished, resulting in greater apprecta-
ton of them by the public upon whom
the newspapers depend for their
support. Recently Bradentown was
threatened with having two daily
newspapers. When the merchants Of
the town heard of it. they held a
meeting and notified the would-be
publishers of the two dailies that If
two were started they (the mer-
chants) would patronize neither,
knowing full well that the business
of the town was not sufficient to sup
port two dailies and that while 1t
would be of advantage to have one
strong paper two weak ones would
be Of no value and would cost the
merchants a great deal of money for
which they would get no return, be-
cause one paper can cover the fed.
AS :. result of their action Braden-
town will have one strong daily.
The merchants of Bradentown are
wise ones and il is to be hoped taat
those of other towns where similar
situations arise will display as much
sense and backbone.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

waves of the Pacific. A dozen or
more great states sprang up along
the trails of that caravan of the piOn-
eers.
The railroads, controlled by men
of vision and foresight, helped in the
great movement to the west. With
a rare courage they flung their lines
out thousands of miles into the un-
known western wilderness. Their
courage was justified, for hardly
were they completed before towns
and cities and farms sprang up, and
they were bringing out trainloads Of
grain, meats and other products.
That same courage and liberality in
the control of our southern railroads
would produce similar results for the
south now offers the last remaining
field for a great development, and
Florida is the choicest part of the
south. Until the railroad heads set
the vision and foresight to see few
years ahead we must depend on the
tin lizzies for our immigrants. They
may not leave as much ready money
IN the ocuntry as the Pullman pass
engers, but they will leave many
more settlers such as we need to
build up a back country. The tin
can tourists should not be ridculed
or condemned. Many of them are
looking for desirable locations as
they skurry back and forth over the
state, any many find them and be-
come Floridans. They should be
given every facility to pursue their
quest. 1t will pay.-Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08
What Florida Needs

The Jacksonville Journal in a re-
ida in an eloquent and convincing
manner. Starting out with the as
sertion based on the records of the
surveyors, that only per cent of the
soil OF Florida has yet been brought
under cultivation, it stressed the SUI
preme importance of actual settlers,
men and women of sturdy character
who are willing to come here and
bear The hardships of a pioneers life
for a few years with the certainty of
reaping rlch reward later on We
want men to come here not merely
to pass a pleasant winter playing
about our beaches or golfing on our
evergreen links. They are welcome,
of course, they leave much money
in the state, and we lay ourselves out
| to entertain and please them so that
| they will return year after year.
That is we'll, but we have greater and
nobler ambitions than to be known
as "the playground of the nation"
We have possibilities in the 81 per
cent of land as yet uncultivated which
amply justify those ambitions. When
we think of upwards of 10000 car
loads of food products contributed
during the past year 10 the feeding
of the nation, from the insignificant
5 percent of our cultivated land, we
wonder what it will be when the bal
ance is subdued to the use of man.
What Florida most needs at pres
ent is more men, men with strong
hearts and sturdy hands, men who
will take root in the soil and build
homes for themselves and their child
: rem, men who will not fear to tackle
! the clearing of our idle acres or the
= drainage OF our low lands, because
they have the vision to foresee and
, the determination to achieve the ulti-
mate results. We care not how such
, men come, whether in "tin lizzies,
, lon the brakebeams of the freight
cars. or riding in Pullmans, but we
have an impression that more actual
) settlers come by the former methods
than by the latter. 1t is of vastly
more Importance what they do after
they get here than how they come
If they get a bit of land and start
to improve it for productive purposes,
. building home in the meantime
they are doubly welcome. From
that time on they are one with us,
sharing our success and helping to
retrieve our failures if any.
The Journal sees in the tin liz2ies
the legitimate successor of the
prairie schooner" which trekked to-
ward the setting sun in the early
days of the last century, an endless
caravan which built up great em-
pre on the plains of the middle west,
on both slopes of the Rockies, and
was only stopped by the surging
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Slander should be put in tho Cata-
logue of crimes punishable By hang
ing, for the character assassin, especi-
ally the dirty ours who without cause
would blacken woman's character,
are less honorable and less desirable
mem 5ers of decent society than the
average murderer. If few OF them
were 5erked back to hell, where they
were spawned, it would have Won
derful effect on the rest of their pack,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Each week Golfers publishes a
verse describing in a general way
prominent public men. Their names
are not mentioned, of course. and the
game is TO guess to whom the verse
applies the closest. The Herald, not
to be outdone by a miserable con
temporary such as Golfers, will use
this feature from time to time. See
if you can dope out" which Char,
lotte county citizen the following
quotation applies to: Il am the
greatest above degree that is, or was
or ever shall be; the sun it dare no
shine on me and bid him go down.
No prize is offered for the correc
answer, so never mind about writing
us about it,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

1t used to be that when man had
made a failure at everything else he
could for a few dollars acquire a
Washington hand press and a shirt
tail fun of and so in the news
paper business-to make the biggest
failure of all his failures, as rule,
even if he didn't lose much money.
There are not so many birds of this
feather any more, for it takes real
money to buy even small outtt, and
it takes real work and considerable
ability to make a success even where
conditions are the best, the business
. having become a highly specialized
one where a desire to run news
paper and a big bump of egoism
won't take the place of training and
common sense. As a result of chang,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Some one who is an expert at de-
nuncination is urged to give the Tam
pa wholesale gTocers Il severe baWl-
ing out for the yillainous matches
and soap with which they are afflict-
ing suffering community. or
course they will claim that their
matches and soap are all right, but
it's not so. The matches are the
very worst that we had this year.
Last year, they were all right, easy
to light and not subject to every little
bit of dampness in the atmosphere;
but now a fellow has 20 search all
over the house to find something on
which to strike Il match, which is an
awful nuisance and puts a terrific
strain or his religion. The slighteSl
dampness makes these abominabl'
matches very difficult to light, and ;
fellow often has to strike several o
them before succeeding in ightint
his pipe or cigarette. The soap
inst as villainous. Why don't thos
darned Tampa wholesalers let we
enough alone" and quit introducin
as experiments so many exasperatin
articles OF daily use?
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

While loudly asserting their friend
ship for Charlotte county, our erst-
while relatives to the north Of US
in Arcadia and DeSoto county to be
explicit-continue to knock on State
Road Number Five. The people of
Charlotte county long ago quit
knocking" State Road Number Two
-Arcadia's pet project-and started
boosting State Road Number Five.
1t seemed that the harder we knocked
Number Two the more progress was
made on it and the less on Number
Five. Since we quit pounding Num-
Der Two and started boosting Number
Five. things have slowed up to n
snail's pace on Number Two and
Number Five has been progressing.
Maybe if Arcadia would try our plan
they would soon see hope of getting
Number Two finished within the life
time of the present generation.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

one year, 81; six months. st;
three months 75c; in advance.
Remittances should be made by
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ordering change of address, give
old rs well as new address. SUP
scr.bers desiring subscription dls-
continued at expiration should
notify office in writing. otherwise
il will be continued until notice
TO stop is received
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Digplay, run OF paper, matIer 70
b. set, 35c per single column inch
each insertion; plate matter, with
no type to be set, Csc per inch,
Additional charge for preferred
positions. Locals six words to
the line, 1Oc per line. CLASSIFIED,
7c g word. Legal advertising at
rates fixed by law. Cards OF
thanks, formal death notices
resolutions, etc, 75c c h
Notices of entertainments, where
charges are made, and articles i'm
behalf OF mOney-making enter
priseS, at regular rates.
Make Renittances payable TO
Panta Gorda Publishing Company
and noy to individuals.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Punta Gorda and Charlotte county offer wealth OF op-
poruntes who have the energy and vision to
take ADVANTAGE hemand these the kind OF people
most wanted and needed here in comparatively new
country Lands yet be had at low prices but this
condition last long after the completion of good
roads building program that is now getting under way
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

Blessed with good lands suitable nearly anything that
can be anywhere in Florida climatic conditions that
exist nowheres else in the state being very
fruit growing and market gardening and making
on of remarkable heahruness with building of good
roads the next few years sure to witness remarkable
progrsss. Booklet request
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-08

THE PUNTA GORDA COMMERCIAL CLUB
NJ. c. Price, Secretary
Punta Gorda