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SENATOR TILLMAN GOES ON THE STAND Comes From Washington to Testify. GUARDS ARE ON DUTY. Officers Attend Sessions of Dispensary Investigating Committee in Or der to Protect Witnesses. The committee investigating the af fairs of the State Dispensary and which has been holding open sessions in Columbia for the past two weeks decided to summon Senator Tillman from Washington for the purpose of having him testify in reference to a letter written to the Senator by Chief Constable J. R. Fant of Spartanburg in 1901 to the effect that the Dispensary management was full of collusion and rottenness. The committee wanted Senator Till man to appear Friday but this evi dently did not suit the Senator and he left Washington Monday night for Co lumbia, sending a telegram ahead to the chairman of the commission, re questing that he be allowed to appear before the Investigating Committee JTuesday afternoon. Of course what the Senator shall have to say will be of the greatest interest and sensational developements are not at all improba ble. The dispensary investigating commit tee proceeded with Monday its examina tion of witnesses under guard of half a dozen uniformed police and three plain clothes men, this precaution being taken in view of threats by a director of the state dispensary that if any wit ness were allowed to testify against his character on the stand he would shoot him down on the spot. The committee would not say who made the threats, but these threats came direct in the form of a warning from this director to members of the committee. The incident caused a lot of talk throughout the city of Columbia as the identity of the director is apparent to all, although his name is not officially given. The examination Monday developed no sensational testimony. General Manager Norton of the Carolina Glass Work resumed the stand. His state ments disclosed that since the plant was completed three and a half years ago the concern has paid two ten per cent, and one twenty per cent dividends on a capital of $60,000, as a result of fat contracts with the dispensary. THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM. First Contract About Finished?Two Miles to be Added. It has been decided to extend the sewerage system which will include nine miles instead of seven, embraced in the original surveys and given under the first contract. This contract is practically finished and work on the second award will proceed at once. The additional two miles survey includes Brooklyn and portions of Main street. It will be a month or so before the system is complete since it has been determined to extend the lines. Thirty thousand dollars in bonds were voted for a sewerage system last year. Come to I.aureus, Gentlemen! Messrs. T. D. Copeland, R. C. Phil son and Larry Dillard, three prominent young business men of Clinton, S. C, were in the city yesterday on a visit of prospecting with a view of estab lishing a clothing store here. They seemed favorably impressed with Spar tanburg and it is probable that they will embark in business here. ? Spartan burg Herald, Feb. 13. Death Near Enoree. Mrs. Nancy Liles, aged 76, died last Friday at the home of her son near Enoree. The deceased was the widow of Mr. John H. Liles, who died several years ago. COL. STOBO SIMPSON FOR JUDGE. He is Said to be a Candidate for the Federal Judgeship. Washington, Feb. 9.?With the pos itive statement of Mr. Stobo Simpson of Spartanburg, that he will without doubt become a candidate for the posi tion of judge of the new federal dis trict as soon as the same is created, the premature race for the judgeship is becoming interesting. Mr. Simpson has been in Washington for a day or two past, and in discussing the question of the federal judgeship, with a Journal representative said: "You may say for me that I will cer. tainly become an applicant for the posi tion of judge of the new federal dis trict?the Western district, if Congress passes the bill creating it. I do not care to say just at this time what in fluences I will bring to bear in my be half, except to say that I believe I have some very good- endorsements." Besides what Mr. Simpson said it is known that he came to Washington with the very best kind of endorse ments for the judgeship and that some of the most prominent men in the coun try are lending him their influence in the matter. With Messrs. Simpson of Spartan burg, and McGul'ough, of Greenville, as applicants for the place there appar ently will be little trouble for the Presi dent to choose a good man for the judgeship as either of the two would no doubt fill the place with entire satisfac tion. ? PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE Mr. R. E. Copeland spent Sunday in Clinton. Mr. M. A. Bass of Clinton was in the city Sunday. Mr. Lee Spoon of Duncan Creek was in town Saturday. Mr. E. Y. McQuown of Clinton was in town Saturday. Mr. Young Godfrey of Ekom was in the city Friday. Miss Belle Craig of Ora spent Satur day in the city. Mr. J. P. Jones of Owingsville was in the city Saturday. Mr. Milford L. Cheek was in the city Friday from Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Duncan of Cole Point were in town Friday. Mr. William C. Mitchell of Mount ville was in town Friday. Postmaster McCravy made a brief visit to Greenville last week. Mr. W. C. Wbarton of Waterloo spent Thursday in the city. Mr. Walter Cork of the Mt. Bethel section was in town this week. Mr. W. W. Ball of Charleston spent a few days in the city this week. Mr. R. R. Chapman of the Friend ship section was in the city Friday. Mr. W. H. Carter of Princeton was in the city a day or two this week. Prof. L. D. Elledge of Poplar Springs was a Saturday visitor to the city. Mr. Ed Chapman of Dials was in the city for a day or so during the week. Mr. Calhoun McGowan spent several days in Columbia during the past week. Mr. A. E. Hamilton made a brief business visit to Prosperity Saturday. Messrs. J. Andy Jones and John Y. Gary of Jacks were in the city Satur day. Rev. Ray Anderson is spending a month at the Paris Mountain Bible In stitute. Cadet Earle Barksdale of Clemson College was at home from Friday until Monday. Mrs. M. L. Roper and Mrs. W. A. Todd are visiting relative? in Anderson this week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mahaffey were in the city Saturday from the Rabun Creek section. Misses Lillie and Essie Drummond of Lanford visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Willie Henderson Saturday. Mr. D. C. Smith and Prof. G. H. Ligon of Waterloo were in the city Saturday for a few hours. Miss Madge Mcdlock of Dials was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin F. Med lock during the past week. Rev. S. C. Byrd of Winnsboro, who came over for the funeral of his mother, returned home yesterday. Col. H. Y. Simpson, Mrs. Simpson and Mr. Sam M. Wilkes have returned from a pleasant trip to Cuba. Mr. R. B. Riddle of Burlington, N. C, was the guest of Dr. H. G. Cole man's family Saturday and Sunday. Miss Addie Horton of Clinton was the guest of Misses Mary Bowen and Nell Bolt a day or so during the week. Mr. R. F. Fleming, of BMeming Bros, the well known jewelers, spent Monday and Tuesday, in Spartanburg on busi ness. Mr. H. Terry left Saturday for a three weeks trip to the Northern mark ets, where he will buy his spring stocks of goods. Miss Rhett Mobley returned to her home at Chester Monday after a ten days' visit to her sister, Miss Martha Mobley, v/ho is teaching the Mt. Bethel school. The M. M. C. Club. Members of the M. M. C. Club were beautifully entertained Friday evening by Miss Wessie Lee Dial at her home on West Main street. The programme for the evening included a variety of entertaining and amusing games and contests, closing with delicious refresh ments. Those who had the pleasure of being present were: Misses Marjorie Gelder, Ruth Payne, Sadie Sullivan, Helen Hix, Eva Coleman, Helen Crisp, Toccoa Cainc, Jessie Bolt, Lucia Simpson, Lau rie Gray, of Gray Court; Messrs. Gus Hart, Samuel Fleming, Marion Wilkes, Tom Bolt, Albert Simpson, Claude Cole man, Roy Little, BoyceClardy, Richard Simpson, Henry Counts. Railway Mail Clerk. Mr. W. B. Clark, the efficient and faithful rural free delivery carrier on Laurcns number two, has hcen ap pointed to a position in the railway mail service and he will report for duty sometimo next month or the first of April. Mr. Clark is a most excellent young man and his success is a matter of much gratification to his numerous friends. Handkerchief Bazaar. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presby terian church will hold a Handkerchief Bazaar in the McCord building, Friday, March 2. Refreshments will bo served during- the day. The proceeds will be applied to the organ fund. Further an nouncement of tho bazaar will be made later. r < The house amended the Philippine tariff act and passed 429 pension bills. DEATH OP MR. A. J. KENNEDY. His Body Carried to Charleston For Burial Today. Mr. Adolphus J. Kennedy, a mer chant of this city, died at the Gilkerson boarding house Monday night at one o'clock after a ten days' illness. The de ceased was a native of Charleston and his remains were shipped to that city yesterday afternoon. The body was accompanied by Miss Emma T. Ken nedy, an only sister, who was with her brother through his illness. The young men at the Gilkerson House sent a beautiful floral design with the casket and there were other floral tributes by friends and acquaintances. Mr. Kennedy had been engaged in business here about a year having come to this place from the south-west. For a number of years he lived in Atlanta and was well known in business and social circles. He was 46 years old and was never married. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. This is Saint Valentine's Day. Mr. C. E. Gray has leased the Lau rens Hotel. The board of township assessors will meet in March. Mr. J. N. Drummond is clerking for W. G. Wilson & Co. Maro, the Magician, February 22, at the Mill Auditorium. Mr. D. H. Counts can interest you if in the market for mules. The candidates' column will soon be in demand. Who'll go at the head? There was quite a large crowd in town Saturday and business was pretty lively. Mr. Y. C. Hellams ban moved into his handsome new residence on Church street. Mr. Fleming M. Smith, manager of the Darlington Cotton Mill Store, ar rived in the city yesterday for a brief visit. The friends throughout the county of Mr. T. R. L. Gray of Lanford will re gret to know of his continued serious illness. Multiplied and diversified industries are sure and steady city builders. What will be done in Laurens along this line in 1906? Remember the meeting of the county teachers and county school trustees which will be held jointly in the court house Saturday. Supervisor Humbert went to Wood ruff Monday to confer with Supervisor Miles of Spartanburg relative to some bridge werk on Enoree. Messrs. D. A. Davis and W. H. An derson leave Saturday for Baltimore and New York for the purpose of buy ing goods for Davis, Roper & Co. Col. J. H. Wharton, Mr. John D. W. Watts and? Col. J. T. A. Ballew at tended the spring meeting of the State Fair Association in Columbia last week. At some of the recent meetings of the cotton association in/other counties matters pertaining to entirely different subjects seem to have overshadowed the workings and purposes of the cot ton association. Not so in Laurens. Prudential Pays Policy. While in the city last Wednesday Mr. R. H. Ferguson of Spartanburg, State agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Company, paid to Mrs. N. M. Salley, wife of Prof. Salley, superintendent of the graded schoois, $1000, in settlement of a policy on the life of Miss Julia V. Smith, an aunt of the beneficiary, who died 9th of January at her home in Spar tanburg. See our line of Combination Book Case and Writing Desk. They are made of solid oak, beautifully finished and we are offering them at prices that will make it to your interest to sec this line. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. 8PLESDJD WATER AND LIGHT PLANT. Power House Overhauled and New Ma* chinery Installed??Abundnnt Water Supply?Notable Improvements. In a short time now the city of Lau rens will have a splendidly equipped water and light plant, probably one of the best small plants in the State. Of course both systems have been in operation for several years, but a few months ago the work of improving and extending the service commenced with the result that the plant has been thor oughly overhauled and greatly enlarged. Something like twenty three thousand dollars have been expended in improv ing both systems and it will perhaps take two or three thousand more to complete the work in hand and make some contemplated additional improve ments and changes. The power house has been over hauled and enlarged, a commodious brick extension having been added, in which has been installed two new engines of a hundred and fifty end a hundred and twenty-five horse power each, and two large dynamos capable of maintaining seventy five are and six thousand incandescent lights. The pumping apnaratus is also located is this building and is driven by the new engines. Within the past three months fifty-odd additional bouses have been wired and furnished with light and the entire lighting system is in perfect working order. The city 's water problem has been solved and the supply would now seem to be adequate for all necessary pur poses and in any emergency that might arise. The additional supply is brought through an eight inch pipe from Reedy Fork creek, five hundred yards distant, to the big reservoir, located near the power plant, thence to the standpipc. Before passing to the reservoir, whose capacity is two hundred and fifty thou sand gallons, the water from the creek is filtered through one of the latest im proved and approved filters now in use and when the water finally reaches the resevoir and standpipc it is as clear and drinkable as any reservoir water in the State. The daily capacity of the filter is four hundred and fifty thou sand gallons. Supt. Jas. H. Boyd takes pleasure in explaining the filtering process. He will tell you that thirty tons of sand, pretty white, clean sand, "made to or der," comprising five grades, and a million little sieves and strainers are among the principal things used in the "process." Once every twenty-four hours the sand is stirred up and thor oughly washed by the use of a special pump. The filter is now in full opera tion with very satisfactory results. The daily supply from the artesian well is a hundred thousand gallons and with the additional facilities for fur nishing the city the water question seems to be settled. CROSS HILL CULLINGS. Little Son of Mr. Wade Turner Sc riously Burned. Cross Hill, Feb. 13.-Mr. Josh Cal houn of Lota spent Sunday here. Miss Carrie Culbertson, a matron of Connie Maxwell Orpha ige, spent a few days with her parents the first of the week. Mrs. Wade Turner's little son who was badly scalded last Tuesday is in a critical condition. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McSwain had the following couples to tea Thursday eve ning: Miss Maude Martin, Mr. J. W. Hannah; Miss Mary Dagnall, Mr. E, Paul Allen; Miss Mary Boyce, Rev. James Bradley. In spite of the dreary weather all was as "Merry as Marriage Bells" within. Mr. W. T. Boyce visited relatives in Clinton Saturday and Sunday. Big and genuine Bargains are offered you in all white goods while our big white sale is on. The Hub. WITH THE CANDIDATES. Avowed and Prospective Aspirants for Some of the County Offices. Candidates avowed and prospective for the various coup*-' offices arc to be encountered and J if almost every day now. Withii ? weeks there will likely be quit announce ments appearing in papers of the county. For the different offices to be fdled this year it can be authoritatively stated that Judge O. G. Thompson, Su pervisor H. B. Humbert, Auditor C. A. Power and Superintendent of Education R. W. Nash will stand for reelection. It is understood that Treasurer J. H. Copeland will not offer again. There will be no election for sheriff, clerk of the court and coroner. Among those who will be in the field with those mention id above Messrs. Jas. M. Summerell of the Alma section and J. B. Cosby of Youngs are avowed candidates for county supervisor, while County Commissioner Joseph Eugene B. Roberts of Waterloo is said to be thinking of running for same office- The office of county treasurer will besought by Messrs. Walter A. Baldwin of Sulli van, J. A. P. Moore of Laurens, Ross Young of Clinton and others. Nothing is heard about legislative candidates or the position of county commissioners. MRS. EVELINE CRAIG BYRI). A Most Estimable Lady of the County Has Passed Away. Mrs. Eveline Craig Byrd, widow of Capt. Downs Byrd, a very prominent citizen of the county, who died about fourteen years ago, passed away Sat urday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Ora at the home of her nephew, Mr. Oscar L. Hunter, wiium she was visiting when she became ill early in January. The funeral service was held Sunday after noon at the home of Mr. W. D. Byrd, who lives at the old homestead, the in terment following at the family grave yard, located nearby. The services were conducted by Rev. Robert Adams, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Laurens. Mrs. Byrd was a woman whose line graces of mind and heart, her love of Church, the pride and interest exhib ited in the welfare of others, greatly endeared her to all and she will he missed among those who knew and loved her. She is survived by one daughter,Mis. Jas. P. Dillard of Tylersville, and three sons, Messrs. Thos. P. Byrd of Ora, William D. Byrd of Tylersville and Rev. Samuel C. Byrd of Winnsboro. SOME JAPANESE CUSTOMS. Their Way of Doing Many Things That Arc Contrary to Ours. The following is taken from one of Col. Bryan's letters to his paper, The Commoner: "Every nation has its customs, its way of doing things, and a nation's cus toms and ways are likely to be peculiar in proportion as the nation is isolated. In Japan, therefore, one would expect to see many strange things, and the expectation is more than realized. In some things their customs are exactly opposite ours. In writing they place their characters in vertical lines and move from right to left, while our let ters are arranged on horozontal lines and read from left to right. Their books begin where ours end and end where ours begin. The Japanese carpenters pull the saw and plane toward them, while ours push them from them. The Japanese mounts his steed from the right while the American mounts from the left. Japanese turn to the left, Americans to the right. Japanese write it 'Smith John Mr.' while we say 'Mr. John Smith.' At dinners in Japan wine is served hot and soup cold, and the yard is generally at the back of the house instead of the front. The Japan ese wear white for mourning." Attend our big white sale. The H ub THE TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES MEETING. Hon. J. J. McSwain of Greenville Will Deliver an Address at the Joint Meeting Saturday. County Superintendent of Education R. W. Nash this week calls attention to the meeting of the Laurens County Teachers and Trustees association, at the court house, Saturday, Feb. 17th. All teachers and school trustees, or at least a representative from each board of trustees in the county, are earnestly requested to attend this meet ing. The joint session will be called to or der promptly at 10 o'clock a. m., at which time the Hon. J. J. McSwain, of Greenville, will deliver an address to the teachers and trustees, after which the regular programme, as announced last week, will be taken up. All teachers and trustees in the coun ty are most cordialy invited to attend this meeting and bring others interested in education. J. E. Mintcr & Bro. Workmen have been engaged for the past several days in making some nota ble changes and improvements on the interior of J. B. Minter & Bro. 's store. The old counters have been discarded and elegant and modern show cases are to take their places. On the shoe side the shelving has been extended to the ceiling and the indispensable rolling ladders have been put in. One of the basement rooms is to be used for one of the regular departments after undergoing some improvements and necessary changes. Putnam?Teague. Married Thursday evening February 8th, at the home of the bride's father, Mr. S. H. Putnam at the Laurens Mill village, Miss Eva Putnam and Mr. J. H. Teague of Tennessee, the Rev. M. C. Compton, pastor of the Second Bap tist Church, officiating. The Next Lyceum Attraction. Maro, prince of magicians, and his great Saxophone Quartette, will be the next attraction at the Laurens Mill Au ditorium, Thursday evening, February 22. This is one of the regular Lyceum numbers and it promises to be one of the very best attractions of the season. A Sunday Marriage. Miss Lela Wells, formerly of Green wood, and Mr. Chas. A. Murray were married at the home of the bride's pa rents, who reside at the Watts Mills village, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. M. C. Compton officiating. The big Mill End Sale has closed and we are busy taking stock. We find many odds and ends that we will con tinue to sell at great sacrifices. Come to our store to supply your needs. We always have the reliable kind. Davis, Roper & Co. Keep in mind that Bucks' Stoves are made of the best quality of iron and so constructed that one will last and be a saving to you in amount of wood it will consume. Sold only by S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co., Laurens, S. C. Be sure to let us show you our line of solid oak, beautifully finished Chiffon iers with French plate mirrors at prices that will make it to your interest to see our line before vou buy. S. M. & 10. IL Wilkes & Co. Laurens, S. C. Our Big White Goods Sale starts on Saturday, February 17, make it a point to attend. It will pay you to be there on the opening day. The Hub. It will pay you to investigate these bargains we are offering. Big reduction made throughout our entire stock. The Hub. Notice of Election. An election of the qualified voters of Waterloo Special School District No. 14 will be held Wednesday, February 28th, 190t), from 2 to 4 o'clock, p. m., at Waterloo, to vote for or against Special Tax. 28-2t W. H. Whahton, Clerk. End of Season SALE OF PICTURES! To close out quick, beginning February 15th, we will sell our entire line of Framed Pictures at and below Factory Cost. All these pictures are in good shape, not shopworn or dingy, we wish to make room for new goods, come early and get "pick of lot" no pictures will be Laid Away or Charged during this Sale. Now is the chance for you to pick up a bargain. The pictures will be marked in plain figures. The Laurens Drug Co. Laurens, South Carolina Todd Block Goods Delivered in City. STATE AND GENERAL NEWS. The town of Littleton, W. Va., is re ported to be practically wiped out by Are. A congressional committee was ap pointed tc go to Annapolis Tuesday and investigate hazing. Congress will adjourn Friday until Monday on account of the Roosevelt Longworth wedding. A Spartanburg policeman has re ceived a reward of $175 for arresting a post office robber a year ago. Five persons were injured in a wreck on the Central of Georgia railroad, near Forsyth, Ga., Thursday morning. A local life insurance company is to be organized in Charleston with a paid up capital of a quarter of a million dol lars. One man was killed and three were seriously wounded in a pistol fight be tween members of political factions in Savannah, Ga. Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the President, and Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio will be married at the White House, Saturday, Feb. 17. Ernest F. Cochran has assumed the office of District Attorney succeeding Capt. John G. Capers. The oath was administered by Judge Brawley at Charleston. G. M. Wilkins, Jr., committed sui cide in Greenville on Saturday because of protracted ill health. He was forty years old and was a member of a dis tinguished family. The Ginners Association of South Carolina will be organized in Columbia on March 2nd at 10 a. m. The Associa tion will form a part of the National Ginneni Association. Henry Watterson in a Courier-Jour nal editorial, predicts that Bryan and Hearst will control the next democratic convention and regards Hearst as a presidential possibility. The Columbian Banking and Trust Company of Charleston with a capital stock of $50,000 closed its doors on Thursday and made an assignment. It is thought the bank will be able to pay up in full. An unknown aged man with $-17 in his pockets was found dead at the Southern railway bridge over Catawba river, near Fort Hill, on Saturday. He was thinly clad and it is thought he froze to death. W. T. Castles, who is suing the county of Lancaster for $50,000 for the lynching of Morrison, which took place at Kershaw on October 1st, 1904, has asked for a change of venue, alleging that an impartial jury cannot be had in Lancaster county. W. H. Newbold is one of the leading attorneys in the case. A suit for $10,000 damages for per sonal injuries has been filed against the Camperdown Cotton Mill by Mrs. Net tie Tatham, an operative who alleges that she received very serious and pos sibly permanent injuries last September as a result of a fall,caused by slipping on a bannana peel while going about her work in the mill. MARRIAGE AT MOUNTVILLE. Death of Rev. Air. Jacks' Lamented" News of a Live Town. Mountville, Feb. 13.?Mrs. Blanche Rasor returned Sunday from a week's visit to Dr. J. R. Culbertson's family at Owings Station. Bryan Stone, a lad of 11 or 12 years of age, left Thornwcll Orphanage last week and came to Mountville. He says his mother lives in Kentucky and he is waiting here to hear from her as to what he must do. Miss Carrie Boyd, daughter of Mr. William Boyd, recently spent sometime with her cousin, Miss Lizzie Richey of Abbeville county. Mrs. Fannie Stokes of Greenville county has bought the dwelling and several acies of land of her brother, Dr. A. R. Fuller, and expects to move her fnmily to this place next year. This is one of the nicest residences in town, with a beautiful flower yard, splendid orchard and other conven iences att; died. Mrs. Irene Langley of Camp Hill, Ala., is on an extended visit to her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin M. Toaguc and other relatives here. Mr. B, B, Crisp, who has been at Whitmire several months studying telegraphy, returned home last Friday. Last Sunday afternoon we had an other marriage in our community. Miss Annie Caine Boyd of this place and Mr. David Russell Lynch of Spartanburg county were the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride by Rov. J. B. Par rott of Clinton, in the presence of a few relatives and friends. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boyd and the irroom is a son of Mr. David S. Lynch of Cross Anchor, Spartan burg county. The happy couple left Monday morning for the home of the groom, carrying with them the con gratulations of many friends. This section of the county was sad dened by tho death of Rev. Thos. C. .lacks. He was a young man, just en tering the prime of young manhood, with bright prospects of a useful and dovoted Christian life. When a boy he attended the Mountville school and at one time was a member of the Presby-! terian Church at this place. For these I and other reasons he was intimately known here for his strict moral life and consecrated Christian character. At the time of his death Mr. Jacks was a member of Beaverdam Baptist i Church. Legislature lias Forty Days to Work. TOO MUCH TIME LOST. Members Have Urged Governor to Call A Special Session But He Sees No Good Reason for It. There was talk in Columbia a few days ago to the effect that an extra session of the General Assembly might bo required to complete the work on hand. Many members of the legislature, it is said, urged Governor Heyward to call a special session, but it was an nounced from Columbia yesterday that at present the Governor is disposed not to take any such action. He has stated that he would regret very much for any legislation to be sacrificed, but he does not believe in calling special sessions except for very urgent purposes and it has not been made to appear that the extra session is absolutely necessary. A good deal of time has been lost this session. This was especially the case in the matter of the Morgan bill. The debate on this bill lasted through several sessions and it is stated that in all probability not one vote was changed by all the talking. Another way in which the house has lost time has been in the matter of taking up bills, discussing them awhile and then adjourning the debate until some other hour when the discussion would begin all over. This has been done once with the biennial sessions proposition which is yet unfinished bus iness. YOUNG BAPTIST MINISTER DEAD. Rev. T. C. Jacks Passed Away at Home of His Father and Was Buried at Lisbon. Rev. Thomas C. Jacks, a devout and promising young Baptist minister of the county, died at the home of his fa ther, Mr. John J. Jacks, seven miles below tho city, last Thursday morning at 6 o'clock after a lingering illness. The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Jodie A. Martin, pastor of the Cross Hill and other Baptist Churches in the county, were held at Lisbon Church Friday at. noon and the remasin of the deceased were laid to rest in the Lisbon churchyard. The Rev. Mr. Jacks was in the 27th year of his age and bad been engaged in the ministry for several years, hav ing from time to time supplied the pas torates at Beaverdam, Holly Grove Churches in this county and the Enoree Baptist Church at Enoree, A few months ago his health completely failed and he gave up all his pastoral work perfectly resigned to his lot. He was an enthusiastic Christian, a successful preacher and pastor, whose death is much regretted by all who knew him. Postmaster P. B. Conaor. Dr. P. B. Connor, for a number of years a resident of Laurens, has been appointed as postmaster at Greenwood. His name was sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt last Wednesday. The Greenwood office is considered a fine plum and there wen? several appli cants for the appointment. It may be stated in this connection that Green wood is soon to have city delivery, ano ther evidence of our neighboring city's growth and prosperity. Mr. Guy Daniels Weds. Mr. Guy Daniels, a prominent young jeweler of Newbrry who is well known at Clinton and Laurens, was recently married to Miss Lena Parramore of Americus Ga. 25-CENT COLUMN. MONEY TO LOAN We wish to make a few desirable loans on Real Estate in town or count y, at 7per cent, per annum. Address S. C. Byrd, Winns boro, S. C. 28-2t WANTED -To sell lot of Cows, four gallon milkers and over; fresh. Also two Plymouth Rock and one Brown Leghorn Cockerels, $1.00each. .). Wade Anderson, Laurens, S. ('. 28-21 FOR SALE Early Charleston Wake field Cabbage Plants, tough, hearty, open air grown; $1.50 thousand C, q. I>. I,aureus. J. W. Donnan, R. F. D. No. 2. Laurens, S. C. 28-4t FOR SALE- Lot extra fine Berkshire Pigs; sired by Wookburn's Model 111. No. --. Also eggs from choice Silver Laced Wyandotts, Hill more and Holt houser stock, 1(1 for $1.00. George M. Davis, Clinton, S. ('. 28-lt FOR RENT One four and one live rOom COttagO, both on Holmes street. Fach place wired in. and good well water convenient for either. A. Ross Blake',;. . Office next door to Express offico, 2S-1 NoTlc r. Fridays will be our day for ginning cotton, cither at (iudgens Gin nery or at Oil Mill. It. H. Hudgens, Manager. 25 4L For SALE Corn in the ear. Will make it to your interest to see me be fore buying. W. D. I'.arksdale, Fan rens, S. C. 25 -7t. SCHOOL OF STENOGRAPH V AND TYPEWRITING On March 1. Miss Lillian P. Irby will open a school of Stenography and Typewriting in the elegant new rooms over the People's Loan and Exchange Hank. Miss Irby is a graduate of the (iollego for Women, Columbia, and of McFeat's Busines:. College, in which she taught for several terms with flnosuccess. Thosedosirinj to attend this school should apply to Miss Irby at once for terms, etc.. as a'ie can take only a limited number. 2i\ \