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EIbe 21bbertiser Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by ADVERTISING PRINTING COMPANY Laurens. 8. C. Advertising Raitej on Application. Obituiarles and Cards of Thanks: Ono Cent a Word. ntered at the postoffice at Laurens, S. C., as second class mall matter. LAUlRENS, S. C., NOV. 16, 1921 LEIT'S H1EP1 T lIl CK11FJT1IRY! In another column will be found an account of the last meeting of the Laurens Cemetery trustees, several of the matters thereat discussed being of general interest to this community as a whole. The executive committee is working on comprehensive and well -considered lans to make Laurens cemetery a n'iodel of dignity, cleanliness and beau ty. The .trustees are backing the com mittee inl every detail. If the people of Ir is will back the trustees with et. loyalty, we should soon have a cemetery of which any city in. South Carolina might well lie .proud. Let's hl) the cemetery! AN EARLY P1AGlANT Apropos, as Col. iRion .lcKissick of the Greenville Piedmont would say, tile controversy which -has been mild ly waged recently in regard to the fIrst historical pageant ever held in the state, The Advertiser ventures to lay claim for Laurens County to the dist-inction of having held at least, an eurlier )ageant than has yet been lirOuVht. to light. Possibly, after we have laid Our cards on the table, some ot-her scribe may lay claim to a still egirlier pageant, so we will only make the conservative cla im of priority over those already unearthed. A fow days ago The State recalled the pageant held on the grounds of the Ilniversity of South Carolina in 19161 apld claimed that it was the ilrst -pageant held in the state. We believe, though we cannot place the time, that The Greenville News had claimed that the great pageant, "The Keowee Trail," in which the Cateechee myth was exp!c , : '( (. e'', I.t! of thie Piedmont, %%as the first histoli cal pageant ever presented In the state. In Thursday's morning paper of' Co lumbia, a Winthrop college champion uppIeared wIth an article refreshing our memory as to the earliest pageant of them all, that one shown at Rock .11111 In 1913 when an old l0nglish pageant was -pro(luced. :Now, we go still a little farther back to the year 1912. In that year there was a pageant given in I.aurens. It whos not called a pageant. by the ac complishedl but riural re)orter for The Advertiser, but pageant it was, just the same. It .bore every resemblance to a pagecant andl may have been called that !by its producer, MIss WViI Loo Gray, bitt the ntame, insofar tas the newspaper r'eport 'is concerned, wvas missing. The repoit of this, as taken from The Advertiser of October 23, 1912,1 was as follows: "An addiltional uini(Iue and1 succss fuil feature of the fair' yesterday and one that, in Itself, wvas largely educa tidnal in its nature, was 'thie exhib't and ':arade of floats symbolical of ev~ents and Idleas closely connected with American histoi'y and lIfe. These floats were gotten up, with one excep) tidn, by the rural schools of the couna -ty.: T his ecotlon wvas tho .beautiful floait of the klndergarten school, of the La~urcns mill village. Prizes of $10 anal $5 wvere offered for the floats best regresenting the idea selected. The first prize .was won by the Bailey schocol, representing 'The Nations of thd 'World'. The Bailey school Is tai ght by Miss Winona Riley and has aDR pt forty pupils. The second prIze 'war Won by ,the Prospect school, Miss Idr~ Turner, 'teacher, the float repre aer fing 'Applied iArts'. The Lanford school, with a float representing 'The Los0t Cause' andl 'Southern Chivalry' becauso of the sentiments It presented, was gIven a voluntary contribution of $6.O0 'by Miss dEmma 'Dial, of Gray Court, All of the floats were beau ttitlly gotten up and showed that a .gregt deal of work-and study had been giv~1n to thekrypreparation. As one of the; tadher's kaid at the olose of the da~ 'I have never seen children so stIrred up over winn-ing the first 'pride. It Is surprising how much study they gave It and how anxIous they wore to :wdn Ifirst place.' 'And,' .he said, 't-ho trustees ,were Interested too.~ One of themi said that he would raileor lead given one of the mules Iul1$hg the 'wagon tihan to have lost (he "'ir t -prize.' "lhe children de rived great deal of benefit from their studf in getting -the' floats- up and tpe feat 1e eeigiInly centrlibutes to the edu tip~a)t egress of the county. 000ecii of 401479 npozt Se road 'and also by reason of a misunderstanding ] as to time for the parade, two floats said to have 'been extremely beautiful, (i( not reaoh the city In time to take part in "the exhtbit. These schools were the Fleming school, taught by Miss Nannie 'Creidgiton, typifying 'A 'S'ettlement in North Carolina,' and the Friendship school, Miss Nannie Wallace, teacher, with a Iloat repre senting 'Ceres, Goddess of the Uar vest'. Other schools not already men tioned and taking part in. the exhibit I were the Rockbridge school, 'Colum hus Crossing the Ocean',; Gray Court- I Owings, 'Ilawatha'; Mills school, 1 'Pioneer North Carolina,; Trinity- I Ridge school, 'United States at Pres ent Day'. It is confidently predicted that next year at least twenty-five flods ,will take a part in this feature of the falir. The idea of the school I exhibit originated with Miss Wil Lou I Gray, rural school supervisor for Lau- t rens county, and it was largely I through her efforts that such a credi table exhibit was iade." It may truthfully be said, then, that barring future pageant exposures Lau rens may lay claim to the introduc tion of pageantry in South Carolina I and that Miss Wil ILou Gray, now state supervisor of adult schools, was its ilrst sponsor. FO11 li P110F ESN1l1 DI)ES AS ElISiINE Paul L. Grier Strieken at Football Gamne. Teacher of 3Maihlenal les. Due Wost, Nov. I1.-Prof. Paul Liv ingston Grier, well known citizen of this town, died here this afternoon of 'heart failure while attending the football game betweenI Erskine col lege an( Newherry. lie was stricken suddenly while at tile field and ex pired in a few mililites. Mr'. Grier has beeln in feeble health for several miontlhs. and some weeks ago was at tile poilit of death. Mr. Gier s8 yearl-s old and for about :12 years was head of tile de partment of mathematies in 1'rskline college. lie gave ulp his college work a'holt two years ago on account of failing health, and since that ilme had not beel strong. lie was widely known iln this section of the state and over the Associate Reformed Presby terian synod and his sudden death came as a shock to his friend:- and relatives. Mr. Grier .was a son of the late Rev. I. C. Grier and Mrs. Banbara 'Mof fatt Crier. lie Is survived by . his widow, (Mrs. 11lffle Pressly Grier, and : ildrcn: The 1ev. W- I P. Grier, of Clover, the Rev. R. C. Grier, plresident of Erskine college and formerly pastor of the Associate Reforned Presbyterian chureh of Co lumbia; Miss Barbara Moffatt Grier of i; le Wert. P. L. Grier of 'Hender- , sonville, N. C.; F. Ebenezer Grier of 1ock 11111. A brother, the Rev. Boyce Crier of 'Camden, Ala., and a sister, Mrs. TAulr White, W1ho lives near Charlotte, also survive. Laurens is. Hlonea Path Friday The local high school football team wvili meet the st~rong team from Hionea Path on tile local field Friday after nloon at 8 o'clock. H oneca Path is in I tile race for the high school chamnpioln shiip along wvith Gaffney and Chester. Thei visitors have a splendid record l without a single (defeat, and have a knack for lpiling ul! telp heavy scores against their oppon'ents. ' 'The local team, w~hile not hioping for I a victory, exp~ect to 1ho1( the "hill billiesu" to a small score. The team thant goes on tile field Friday will not he the patched up team that wvas nosed l cut b.y Clinton on November 4. TEvery main iln the squlad will be0 ready3 and cager to -play and when tihe final whistle is soulndled, Honca Path wvilli know tlha~t they have had a real battle. A large crowvd should witness the contest as this may 'he the last one to .he pilayedl on the local field this season. Coutry Dwelling Burned The home of Mi'. Russell Poole, lo ca$.ed near Mir. W. 'D. Byrd's in the Sandly Sprigs section, wvas destroyed . by fire at one o'clock Tuesday after noon, Nov. 8th. It is said -that Mrs. .Poole and the, children wvere visiting at the home of' Mi'. T1. P. Poole at the time and that Mr. Poole himself was in the field 'when the fire occurred. The Origin of the -blaze is unknown, and when neighbors reached the place the fire had made such headway that nothing could be saved from the bu~ilding. It is undlersttood that the'I dwvelling 'was insured for something like $4,000. It was fol'merly the home* of the late Charlie Pully and had been 4 remodeltd and,. improved within the past few year9. Cotton Market Stronger The New York and Newv Orleans cot ton markets showed signs of inereas ing strength 'Monday and Tuesday, due, it was said, to a favorable view taken of the arms iarley in Washington. The market jumped about 70 points up Monday, ibut lost abgut half of-thip guring 'later hours df the day, fee. dayv's diarket osed ab~out ten pointsI abov MIonday's close, Local *pote ng 0)m as 'high as 10 cents )bE(S ON VISIT A TO SPARTANBURG Irs. Margaret Cathcart Passed Away; Was liesident of Jauren4 County. iSpartanburg, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Mar ;aret Cathcart, widow of the late Da 'id Cathcart, wlhose home was near )wings, in Laurens county, died here arly this morning, at the home of her laughter, CNirs. L. A. Whitmire, 318 4orth Church street, and the remains lave !been sent to the former honm. !Mrs. Cathcart had been ill for a ew wieks but her death came unex ectedly to many of her family and argre circle of relatives and friends. 'he had been visiting her daughter icre for two or three weeks. The de eased formerly lived .in Spartanburg or several years, and she had many riends here who 'will feel the loss hat her death wiill occasion among hose who knew her quite as deeply Ls well as among the unusually large :ircte of relatives and friends that he had in Liaurens county. Mrs. Catheart .is survived by ilve huildren, Miss ilmma Cathcart, S. J., V. C., and J. A. 'Catheart, all of jaurens county, and AIrs. L. A. Whit nie, of this city. The funeral was told Thursday at I o'clock at ile Yutbin ,Creek llaptist church and il- i erment was in the church cemetery. ,A'IIENS F'AIIMEIIS FIG11T1ING WEVI iliall 61u1in1 and Clover lleinig PaItt ed in (reatly Increased Quantli ies. Large Wheat Acrenge Being Plant. ed. County Agent, J. E.lTrevathan has >wen conducting a campaign against he .holl weevil du ring the past several veeks. Alectings have been held in I ;hool houses all over the county, mild sever articles have been pub kihed in the county papers urging the :Irmers to plow lunlder cotton stalks ld sow winter covetr erops as one 1 tep towarls fighting the )01l weevil. n addition to this Mayor Franks of 'aulrens has been selling wheat at cost Lad has offered a prize of $25 to the 1 nan who makes the highest yield of vleat In the couity.C The farmers have responded to this amupaign in a v ery satisfactory way, tates \ir. Trevathan. More cotton ( talks are being iplowed under than as ever been the custom in the past. Ahe amount of rye. oats, clover, and 'etch seed sold in the county is about louble the normal sales. It Is esti nated that over live thousand bushels >f wheat will be planted In the county his year w-hich Is an increase of pos uibly a thousand per cent over the tsual anoint. These figures are 'ough vtitmates it they show that he farr.:ers are preparing to attack t he bull weevil at a very vital spot nd at a very opportune time. LAND1 SALE itate of South ('arolita, Coutty of LauIitriS. IN COURTl' O COMIMON lyiElAS V. E". Cray, -Plaintiff, against I. J1. Owin n, ,Defendant. ''utrsuant to a decree of the Court I n the above stated case, I -will sell at 4ublic outcry to the highest biddet, at r 2aurtens 'C. IH., 'S. C., on Salesday in )ecember next, being M.\onday the 5tht Lay of the mont-h. (luring the legal -I out's for such sates, the folloing de- I cribed piroperty, to wit: All that lot otr parcel of land lyingt 4eing and situate in Dials township, ounty and state aforesalid, containiing 3 ulnety-fIve (915) acres, more or less,.t loundled on the north 1)y landls of J. . -Woods, on -cast by lands of' L. E., illedeson,. on the sotuth biy lands of. '. A. Armstrong and on the wvest by , a nds of %. N. Gray and iRabun creek, nd being the lands conveyed to the aidl 1. J1. Gwinn tby .John Codfrey. TVerms~ of sale: one-half cash, bal nce to be palid twelve months from late of sale; the credit portion .to be eeutred by bond and mortgage of the itrchaser over the saidl premises,c earing 8 pcir cent interest ftrom (late;,' vith leave to 'purchaser to pay his en-. tre bid lin cash. Purchaser to -pay 01' papers' andl stamps. If tie terms ts 4f sale are not comliedl with, the land I o be resold on same or some suibse ucnt salesday (in same terms, at risk f f'ormetr pur'chaser'. C. A. .PO W~fR, C. C. C. P. and1 C. 'S., L.aurens, S. C. )ated, this Nov. 14, 192.1. 18-3t-A NOTICE OF LAND SALE ~tate of Routh Carolina, C'outnty of Laurenis. 'Pursuant .to the decree of the Court 4? Common 'Pleas sin the case of RI. , ray vs J. T. WVood, I will sell at Lau ens Court H~ouse, South .Car'olina, on alesday In December. 1921, the same ecing The fifth day of the month, at mublic outcry to the highest bidder for as-h, the following tract of land, to vit: All that tract of land situated in the. ounty and state aiforesaid containing orty acres, more or less, and bound ml on the north by lands of J. D. Gray. Ion, on the east -by .lands known as he Aboi'oromrbie trlace, on the south >y lands of TP. .. Campbell and on 'the vest 'by landsf Japies Armstrong and sameArmstron&, the said traot of land >eig .known As 'the Jim Grcydon Terme ;of sale: cash, Purchaser to ay T6 'avers and stamps, and If the wrehAser'does not comply with Ieh ermis of sale, -the land shall 'be reqd lh I4ho smeo 'or any 0Ubseque~nt eap tay on the asnie ter'inch the r~s~e he deifaulting purchaser. LAND SURVEYING I will be in a position from now on through the fail and winter months to do your surveying. Surveyiny is tiresome and expensive v work, so why not have it dono accurately now and not have to do it over. B. R. T. TODD '. O.-Barksdale, S. C. Phone-Laurens 346 COAL Plenty of coal on hand--the better kind. Do not wait on the cold weather to order. Order now and avoid the rush. EICHELBERGER BROS. Phone 33 UL Princess lheatre Thursday,, November 17th Thos. H. Ince's Great Drama of Life and Love "LYING LIPS" ALL STAR CAST WITH HOUSE PETERS AND FLORENCE VI DOR1. STORY BY MAY EDINGTON. ALWAYS THE WOMAN! That's the cry of the World-ALWAYS, the Woman! From dawn to dusk, through beckoning valleys of Romance to the final hour of mortal judgment, Woman Is placed on the auction block to bear the burdens of Destiny designed by the mind of man. But there Is a Reckoning, as inevitable as the law of life, as sure as the bonds which brought Nancy Abbott and Blair Cornwall tri umplant to the gates of eternal Life-and Love. In this story of women of the world, you will open the Innermost chapters of H'umanity; you will see things that you have never seen before. You'll be thrilled and amazed over the swiftly mov Ing events which include spectacular scenes seldom equiled even by the prowess of the magle Screen. It's Thos. H. Ince's Greatest[ Production. Music by Laurens Orchestra Afternoon . . . 10c and 25c Night . . . . '15c and 30c . The Sweetest Little Maid wants to say, "Thanks, to her friends who come each clay To buy of her rolls, so good and hot At the mnodel ELECTRIK MAID BAK(E SHOP. Electric Maid>; Bake- Shro Lauren.' Supeirior' QuiUty Bakery . Postoffke~ 04posite Os SPECIAL WOTICES. $ Lost-Hound bitch, blac aid tanl, bbout year old. Answers l o name Queen". -Reward for her return or nformation as to her whereabouts. 3. J. Corbett, 'Mountville, Route 1. 1-8-1t-pd Trespass Notice--All person- are iereby warned against imiting or ther-wise trespassing upon pir lands. Tiolators of this notice .will -be prose uted to the fullest extent of the law. . -1. Ball, W. A. Simipson, -L. i. Ball, 1. 13. Childress. 18-it-pd Lost-Several pairs of wire stretch rs, loaned out to customers. Some of these may have been lo Led to oth rs. Those who now .hav them -will >lease return them at oi cQ. Look tround your farm and idce if you iaven't fal d to return iem. They ost us mo1 icy. Jones-Taylor Ihard vare Company. 18-5t-I)d Tresiss Notice-All persons are teroby warned agairst h1u1 ting or >therwise trespassing upon n; lands. iolators of this notice will be pr9e -uted under the law. Albert,, W. L'eague. 18,2t-pd For llent--One two-story h!1nise Onl -stnult street, lighlts and water. ddress R fox 126. Islt-c Lost or Strayed-llcd heifer, weighs 30 lbs.; One black 1;lOL on siq4. Finder ilease notify Proiitt Dendy, S3S Wash ngton street, Laurens. Reward. 18-it-pd Wianted--Man with car to sell low )riced Grahan Tires. $130490 per reek and commissions. G n Tire 0., 31-17 llouleva or, dich. Pd Lost--T-'an rain at a -on ng at Rocky 'Spri s church. Lost out >f Scripps-looth cat, near dinier ta ale. Finder please return to Mrs.A. . Cooper, Laurens, 'Route 2. 1 8-d-pd For Sale--00 gallons of I geiuline leorgia 'ldbbon Cane Syrup+- I gal oil in cans Fic, 5 gallons in\eans at Oc, 30 gallons In wood at 75c60 gal ons in wood at 60c. lail orders (with ash to G1. -. RJtter. Olar, S. C. 18-5t-p For Sale-24 1-2 acres of land on ational highway, one and a quarter niles from cIty limits, with good ten nt house and all necessary oilt-build ngs. lPrice $2,800. Also 1 3-8 acre ot on lhttst l'ain street, with 4ix room Lwelling, with water and lights, ga age and barn on lot. Pribc6 $4,000. iasy terms. All belonging to estate if .Jno. D. Childress. Fannie K. Chil iress, 10xecutrix. 18-1t-ipd e Automobile ('hluis at ('pst-'All of o1r 1, 4 1-2 and 5-Inch We nlid Rid )-Skid tire chaliis fo r sa at cost, ncluding seven pairs of 32x4 1-2 meiumatic tire truck chains. WV. C. Valdrop. jg..t Government, Wagons-Fori Safec, or >ffered in exchange for corn, 'oas, hay )r lumber. Wagons in go condi ion. Dixie Ice and Fuel Clin on. . ' 1-Lt 1ouse Movinug-I am ready tp move hat house of yours. 12 years g. peri Wee. C. A. Owens, Route 1, Clinton. 17-5t-pd Trespns Not ice-All persons are iereby 'warned -against hunt'ni. cut Ing down trees or otherwise ttespass ng upon m lands. Violat'p-silf this varning will- be dealt with Uy law. J. 11. Leopard. 17-:'t-pd Trespass Notlce--All pel-sons are kereby warned against hunti g or itherwise trespassing upon th lands if the estate of the late J. H. I nnledy. 1iolators of this notice %will\ e dealt vith by law. C. F. Kcnnedy Admin strator. 17-3t-pd Trespass Notice-All p~erso1. are iereby wvarnedl not to hunto otlher vise tresp~ass upon01 the lands fG the indersigned. Violators of thi l notice vill be prosecuted' to tihe fullest ex cnt o1' the law. S. 'H. Flemin-g, -R. Ii. olemning, IDr. H. HI. Bryson, Mrs. S. Hi. Niemiing. I 7-'3 t-pd Notice-A tifty pound all cot oz mat ress, heavy ticking, made I wUreen rood, n1411 dlollars andl a ularter. Vrlto for descriptive circulars and estinmonials. John A. Holland, Green hood S. C. . 1776it-pdl Notice--I have arranged tp- :be In iaurens twvo days each month\ tf your inno needs tuning leave ordqr with ;. M. & E. H. W~ikes & Co.? 0. M. ully, Piano Tuner. 28-tf otice of Lost Certiflcato of Deposit Notice is hueropy given that Certifi ate of Deposit "Nod: 2055 of Peoples oani and Exch~angel Bank, dated May 4, 1920, has been/lost or misplaced nd( .that I will make application. for duplicato of -same at said bank, on )ecemboi' 16, 1921. aaurens, S; C., Nov. 1 ,1921. A. L.A ESO ARCH9 'CT Apply Electrik Maid Bake Shop LAURENS, S. C. O'pposite the Postoffice FO ALE BAGGI~ ND TIES Speci~I Prices Sjeeted ,machinery re-rolled jiattern bagging and ties at 5A.e- per pattern. Greenvie. .Ang quantity,, Phone: 880 our exrpepse, Can ship today. U. S. S4ACGING C0l@ANY