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* *C * * e e e . . S S * Miss iva Orner of Kinards, was siopping in the city yesterday. Mi. I C. Gray, of Gastonia, N. C.; spent the week-end in'the city '-ith I Srelati'es.' - Mr. F. W. Grissette, editor of The ( Woodruff Naww, was a biusiness visitor < in the city yesterday. Miss Frances Davis has returned to the city after taking a special course in music In New York City. 4 M r. 0. C. Tollison, of Colunbia, I spent the week-end in the city with his I parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tollison. 4 .4 Mr. and Mrs. Walter H1. Finkbeimer, of Guthrle, Okla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. H1. Gasque on Laur ap street. i Mrs. Carlos R. Mosoley, :Spar- I tanburg, with her two chlMden, has 4 bedh visiting 'Mr. and Mrs. ' C. D. 1 Moseley for several days. The friends of Mr. W. H. Gilkerson will be sorry to' learn that he has 4 been quite sick at his home onf South Harper street"tor several days. 'Mrs. .Hugh A. Sanford, of Mocks ville, N. C., arrived In the city last week to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Gelder and Mr. and Mrs. 1. P. Minter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCravy and Mr. James McCravy are spending a few days in tle city with their mother, 1 Mrs. Gco. C. McCrdy. Dr. mnd Mr. T. L. Timmerman, a'nd M1r. and Mrs. L. L. Moore spent last week-end in Spartanburg visiting rel atives. Mismes Lucy iPrimrose Whyte, Fran ces maddox and Norma Hass, mremhers of the Anderson College glee club, have -heen sponding several days with 4 Miss Lucy Mclhail. r. an( Mrs. Earl Wilson came down from Gastonia Sunday to visit relatives. Mr. Wilson returned Mon day, but Mrs. tWilson will remain in the city for several weeks. Miss Mattie Poole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. 'P. Joole, who live a faw miles from the city passed through the city Gaturday on her return home I from Ander college where she grad uated "rday'ight. 1 14r. Geo. C. -Hlopkins, who is in a I Columbia hospital in reported to bO making satsitaotory progress and is expected homse in a few days. Mr. 1 * Hopkians was erroneously reported last week 4,g already returned, but he is still it Columbia. Mr. J. D. 'exton was called to In man Menda"'to attend the funeral of A his brotherin-law, . Mr. J. A. Lynch, 'ho died tiere the day before. Mr. Lynch was !jk -resident of this county aebut 45 ye4a ago.and is remembered .by the old itisens of the com munity. * LA$NFORD NEWS * Lanford, April 4.--Mr.. and Mrs. J. ,11. Cooley have returned from Spar tanburg and will spend some tie with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lanford. Mr. Carl Herry returned with them and iwill be their guests a few days. Miss Jennie lBurg,ess spent the 'week end with her friend, Miss Pearle Raw linson. Mrs. J. S. H'igins has had very un favorable news as to -the condition of her brother, Mr. llenry Ferguson, who is In a Baltimore hospital in a very critical condition at .present. Mrs. J. W. Johnson is in Spartan burg at Steedly hospital and wvas op eratedl oni M\onday. We hope she will4 soon be able to return home and in goodl health. firs. Walter Odelle anld little daugh ter. Nell, are spending a few dlays In Asheville, N. C., where air. Odelle was -called on special abusiness. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Garrett epent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. Mr. Jlohn 13. 'larmon, of Laurens, I was a welcome visitor in our midst last Sunday, greeting old.-time friends. I Mr. Loule Larnford, of Furman Uni versIty, spent the week-end with his < mother, Mrs. Kthel Lainford, le was looking well and was loud in his I praise for Furman. Mr. D~ewey Langston, of FountaIni Inn, spent the week-end with his sis ter, Mrs. J. T. -Patterson. Rev. J1. 1,. Watts will preach at thei Baptist church next Sunday mornIng April 10th. We hopie everyone will cope $~ndi hear- this younesg man, as it is his first sermon here, and -we want I a laige congregation. Mr. and Mr~s. 'Don 'hurns, of Harks-1 dale, and Mr. .Jamres Pattersou. of Eno-4 rec, spent Sunday with their grand heMrs. 0. F. Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. D~anil Drummond, of Spartanhurg, Dr. and Mrs. Vincent4 and family, of L~aurenis, wecre guests of Mrs. Mamle D~rummond Iast Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Nabors, of Laurens, and Mr. and Mrsi. Furman Poole, spent Sunday with Mr. andl Mrs. J. IR. Patter sonl. I ?disses Mattle and Annie Fowler, of Central, visited Mrs. 0. F. 'Fowler kccentiv. 0 O kross R inslrsD ato Contet @ray . Cpertb.*lgg mige Deoog ation 7Cste~h in4 ..bisteins High 8chop1 Athfetde 'Oestw,4. The tovA'ra.of the.:Lattrea County 'ield' Day aTid" Declamation' setests, keld in this ci4ty Friday afterooen and vening; dr.qi4. out a large umaber of ontestau'ts and spectators - besides )roving a 4ay of enjoyftent jsr botlh 'oung an4 :old. Threvivof the annual es=st was o it0tive of the county eachers' assoolation and general In erest wasitAhen in It all ever the ounty.' 'he. 'day was ideal rom a veather-6aiad-ooint and the decisiont of the jidges met with lgeneral agreo nent. The athletic meet was directed )y W. P.' Jacobs, of Clinton, and a rroup of Presbyterian college boys, .he different events being handled vith dispatch and ipartiality. The leclaimters' contest wias )resided ov -r 'by Supt. 11. W. Gasque of the local rraded school, who made an eacellont )residing offlicer. The gir'ls' medal for declamation, >ired by the county teachers' asso :lation, was won by Miss Johnella \ustln, of Cross Hill, her recital being 'Ole Mistis". Miss Marie Crosby, of 'linton, with "A 13111 from the Milli icr," was awarded second place au \liss Margaret Knight, of lAurens, Aith "The Story of Patsy,", caie hi id. The judges had it announced ,hat they had imtichl dilliculty in coi ig to a dlecisionl oil this contest. In the boys' declaniation contest iharles Johnson. of Gray Court-Ow nas, with the subject "The 10ternality Ai 2aw", was n'-warded first place an1 lie 'linter medal l)rovided for In th vill of the late Capt. 1. R. Ilntar. W 3. Austin, of Cross liil!, was awardet recond place with the select.ion 'Woodrow Wilson In Defeat". Thir< lonor in this contest went to Wroc llitton, of Laurons, who Mote or 'America, the World 'Power." In the athletio contests Laureni ig'h school scored the largest aumboi >f pointa with a total of 48. Clintor u1gh school came second' with 2: )ointe, and Gray Court-Owlugs thir with 19 pointa. The athletic contests by evente re iulted as follows: 100 yards dash-Harry Woddside L-aurons, first; Afiatiie, Clinter end; Koiroe, Clinton, 3rd. Rutnlng 'hIg1 jun.p--Roger, Gria .ourt, lt; John. R. Ellis, L.aurens tnd; Blakely, Clinton, 3rd. i880 yards run-Monroo, Clinton, lt Hopkins, Gray Court, 2nd; Gaston Laurens, 3rd. Discus thr6w-'Woodside, Laurenp 1st; Putnam, Laurens, 2nd; Boyd linton, 3rd. 220 yards dash-Woodside. Laurens lst; Rogers, Gray Court, 2nd; Blake y, Clinton, 3rd. Pole' vault-Charles and Carl Put ,iam, Laurens, tied for Ist ilace l3alley, Clinton, 3rd. 1urdles-Bllakely, Clinton, 1st Irred Bishop, Laurens, 2nd; John Rf FillIs, Laurens, 3rd. Thinning broad jumnp--C'harles Blarksdale, Laurens, 1st; Fred Bishop LGaurens, 2nd; -Boyd, ClInton, 3rd. 440 y-ardhs run-Rogers, Gray Court lat; Monroe, ClInton, 2nd; Steer Shot Put-1--~oodside, Laurens, 1st; Topp, Grijy Court, 2nd; Gaston, Lau 'ens, 3rd. After the close of the meeting Fri lay night, Supt. Wilson said that he vas v'ery much agratifIed with its suc 'ess and that next year' it w-.as hoped hat the meet would be held on an ev ni larger scale. 0),000) POI'NDS 01F PO)WDEft EXPLODEI IN (CAl Fr'ederickcsbu rg, Va., April 3.-Twa non were injured,. at least six freighi ars were destr'oyed, and traille on thc 1. F. and P. 'RaIlroad was blocked for tours this afternoon 'when 40,000 >oundls of black powder In a car ex >loded~ in the freight yards ntear here rhe Injured are A. W. ohnson, con' luctor, and A. RI. Brown, brakeman. The blast could ,be heard ten or fif ccen miles dIstant. Glass windows and >Iastering In homes and stores hroughout Fredlerleksbu rg were dham Lged. The extent- of dlamaige could noi eC estimated tonight, but It is thought he total will be0 hIgh. Intense excitement was cauisedl herc ndu throughout the sorrounding~ ountry. Hundreds rushed to the cene of the blast. Several freight car's were slintered y the sexplosion. v"hifeh set thie- oth 'r ea rs on.h toe. 'ihrw Fredrleklshu rg I re di 1.artment citeir a hard flght, reven-edr the flinms from spreading, 'or a timhe it 'was feared other caurs >f -explosIVes m~ghit be on the train, mut thIs was dispelled -by the authori les of the raIlroad. Two water tanks In 'the Immedlate ricinity were destroyed by the .blast; tndl two cows in a nearby field were :illed. Y~our dloll-aris willI do double duty hIs week at J. C Burns & Co., 2 stores n Tanrens. OP LiYL I a' ffmpiroe t fa umig Bufltag lAttl 4frl et M16 Mie Seetlen PetShee Withi Sound of zer.Kethe, Mt. Olive, April 4,-Oae of. the mlost terrible and shockieg tuiedente known in this section .tor a number of years occurred near this place last Friday when the five year old daughter of Mr..and Mrs. Roe, living on the Aunt Nancy South place this side of Poplar Springs church, was burned to death. The little girl had gone Into an out building in the yard to look for a hen nest. The house, It Is said, contained several bales of cotton and it is sup posed she lighted a match to see the eggs from which in some way the building caught fire. By some un known means the child was cut off from the only door 'by the flames and *as heard -by the excited mother call ing and crfing in the opposite side of the house. The grief-stricken anoth or could give no help as the flames had already enveloped the door when discovered. With a heart leaping and writhing in the most terrible pain she could only stand and listen to the pit lable and awful cries of her own child as the little voice gradually softened into death. The charred remains were huried at Poplar Srin gs on Saturday. Tho family have the. deepest symp athy of all -people in their grief-strickeln(d condition. The house with all its contents was entirely consumiued by the firle. After winninog invo gai e.s of bh aill from the it. Gallagher teai I:' spring, one of which, we believe', was a shit -out, the Mt. 01ive nin' ii.r theo Poplar Stprings boys last atula ny ternoon on the latter's gromd!; inl Ii somewhat harder fought hatile. The game was hard fought by both sides from the beginning and up to the "ifth inning neither side had mude a run. The result seeied dovhtful but the teams grow more anxious and the game more interesting. In this strain od condition and with tenseness he coming more intense during the fifth Anning Mt. Olive In an extraordinary effort niade a -break for a soore. But the home boys continued to hold them down with a tight grip and a little lat er in the game they' alsb scored. Then the fun bega. again with new vigor. But reaching the eighth inning Mt. Olive began to pile up enore scores and the game became ay, cloqing with a score of 70 to 2 for ti -visitors. Milton 'Bagwell, Mt. Olive's untiring slinger, Ditched 'fine ball and was well supported by his fielders, while Roy Culbertson stood steady behind the bat. The remaining line-up for this team was, Clyde Baldwin, 1st base: -Hhry Cooper; 2nd bhee; Charles Coo per, 3rd base; Manning Bolt, short stolp; Stokes hMartin, left- field; Bob Cooper, center field; Ellie Lee Martin, right field. Poplar Springs put up a Nplendid game and yielded the fleld only after a vigorous struggle for ev cry inch of ground. MR1S. CHAPAN NOT TO VISIT E. i). JIOHAM .Jailor at Florence Wries to Aged' Mother of etorgin Man Convicted of Murder. ,Florence, April'2.--In view of a let ter -w~hich Jailor 3. E. Cook has written Mrs. Chapman, mother of -Dr'. Chaiman who is serting a life sentence for the murder of Walter Wade in Georgia, it is not believed that the aged woman will make the journey to Florence in the effort, as has been suggested in press dispatches, to secure from Ed mundDighm aconfe'sion that he, and of Wade. As a matter of fact there are none here conversant with the case who b lieve that Iligham could be guilty of' the Georgia crime. Jailor Cook wrote Mrs. Chapman several dlays ago that in his opinrionl her trilp to Florence wouldl be time thrown away ; that he had no idea fligham could lbe persuaded to say a word, and even if he knew any thing about the dleathi of Wade lie yvould keel) thIs information to him self. Jail officials here do not know whether AIrs. 'Chapman is coming or. not. They (10 not believe that she will. Bighanm stated- Sunday that tihe Gleor gia story had been .epread around Florence county to plrejuice his case in the killing of his miother, sister, brother and two clild ren, of which crime 'he was convicted by a Florence ceounty jury Monday. "I have been automioleI ridIng 'with relatives of Wade after his death and if these people suisp~cted ine in con neet('iion with*the case certainly t hey would( not have con tinued their f r ad Ily relat ion) withI me,'" said Hligham. There have been nlo dev\elopments in the ilighiam ease since Monday. i~e is 'being held in the Florence conity Jail plendi1n4g receilpt of orders from the governor to tranisfer him to the pleni tentiary. lHighami spends most of his time readling the IBible. Mrs. Hlighiam, who faintedl -when she heard the news of her husband's con1 viction, is still confined to her bed and is under the care of a physician. The Home The purchase of kind of economy to 1 keep in mind the fat ture a long time. It you wear only a sho hastily selbcted and ten devel1ops into an The type of furi forwas5 sele'cted E. ter, for eauty, and on ourfn ors The designing o the fine arts, and th designing are found there is no reason w place kind. We invite you t comparisons. S. M.& "T Never Knew You Could Keep Rats Out of a Butcher Shop." What Ralph Watkins says: "Fig ut-d rats around store had enutvgh to feed on; wouldn't touch anything sus picious. Ileerd about 'RAT--NAP, gave it a trial. Results were wonder ful. 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