The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-13
BUSINESS LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS

llGVlO WI abUlMO
GEORGE NJ. WRIGHT AND OTHER
OFFICERS OF PAST YEAR RE.
ELECTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
HIGH SCHOOL FOORTBALL TEAM
GUESTS AT BANQUET.
At the annual meeting Of the Lau-
rens Business League, held after the
banquet at the Laurens Hotel last
TuesdayNevening, Mr.. Geo. M. Wright
and the entire board of directors Of
the past year were reelected for the
ensuing year upon motion from the
floor offered by w. L. Gray. The di-
rectors are L. G. Bale, w. G. Lancas-
ter, E. ID. Easterby, Alison Lee, r. r.
Nickels and S. NJ. Wilkes. At sub
sequent meeting of the directors w. r.
MoCuep and NJ. 4. Smith were re-elect-
ed secretary /and recording secretary
respectively.
Besides the annual election OF Of
ficers. the meeting was featured by
the presence Of the entire football
squad Of the iLaurens high school as
guests Of the league. With the squad
was Supt. II, w. Gasque, Coach Estes
and Manager Wingo. Called upon at
the talking hour Of the banquet.
Supt. Gasque expressed the thanks of
the team for the invitation to the ban
quet and reviewed the record of the
, season, pointing out that the team had
won four out of eight games, and
scoring two ,touchdowns against Gaff-
ney, one Of the strongest high school
teams In the state. Regardless Of it's
record In scoring however, said Mr..
Gasque, the team had played a clean
game and had followed his injunction
that it were better to do down play
Ing clean game than to win and
have its name besmirched." Later In
the evening Coach Estes awarded the
following insignia to various members
Of the squad: Crescent, Maurice Glenn;
Star, Duckett Young, Lawrence Kilgo,
James Templeton, Ralph Crisp, Carl
Thompson and Richard Counts; "L",
Jerry Wingo, Harold Hudgens, Rus
sell Burns, George Wright, Lithius
Tidwell Just before the close OF the
meeting lDr j. III. league made Wig
orous appeal for flnancml Support Of
the team next year.
w. j.. Gray read a letter from a COM
mittee from the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce suggesting q Joint meeting
of committees from both commercial
bodies to discuss plans looking toward
the completion OF highways in the
county which had been included in the
state highway system, including the
proposed Calhoun Highway running
through the county from Renno
through Clinton, Cross Hill and
Mountville to the proposed Puckctt's
Ferry bridge, and the remnants of the
BnoreeLLaurens to Waterloo and
Greenwood road as yet uncompleted
A committee of nine was appointed to
meet with the Clinton committee last
Wednesday, afternoon. After going oy-
er The matter, the joint committee de-
cided to await further action until a
meeting could be held with the chief
OF the state highway department and
a committee from Greenwood county.
Pres. Geo. NJ. Wright was named in
&C resolution as a delegate to the state
highway convention In Columbia Mon
day.
A motion by Mr.. Gray that COM
mittee on new industries be appoint
ed by the president and an amendment
by DR.. Ferguson that the committee be1
made permanent were adopted ,inani-
motlsly.
In reporting for the committee on
marketing, Mr.. w. G.. Lancaster said
that he was endeavoring to secure pri-
yate individuals to undertake the bust
ness OF thandflng county products.I
here and expressed the opinion that
this was a very inviting field for such
Il business. He urged patronizing of
12cal Industries, such as the local bak-
efy and -four mill. n. &5{.
Several other matters Of a routine
nature were discussed. \.
A resolution was adopted beforo adj
journment inviting tho members OF the
county delegation to be present at the
nexttmeeting in January.
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