Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:??? Dining Room Furniture Consisting of Beautiful Line of Sideboards, Buffets and Dining Tables All made of Solid OAK, beautifully finished in different designs and sizes. On account of buying these goods direct from the Plj manufacturers in car load quanities, we can sell you the best wXt quality of goods at prices you would have to pay for a cheaper In quality. Be sure to see our line and let us \Q quote you prices before you buy, as we \? know we can save you money on the same LU rw quality of goods. \^ m w S.M.&E. H.Wilkes&Co. jjj i LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. * Spartanburg will hold a horse show, beginning November 4th. ' Miss Winona McDanicl, daughter of Mr. M. E. McDaniel, left Saturday for Due West to visit friends and relatives. Mr. M. A. Mahaffcy, one of the State organizers of the Farmers' Union, was in the city last Wednesday and Thurs day. The Court of Common Pleas was adjourned last Thursday at noon. Judge Gary returned to Columbia in the after noon. Mr. Claude Boyd, eldest son of the Hon. R. Dunk Boyd, has entered the High School department of the city graded schools. Mr J. Frank Walker haa been elec ted to a position on the Laurens police force, and Policeman Jernigen has been promoted to assistant chief. United States Senator Asbury C. Latimer made his first speech since his return from Europe to a Greenville audience last Thursday night, under .the auspices of the Farmers Union, Mrs. Ethel Blair, who was found guilty of manslaughter, charged with the murder of her husband in Columbia last winter, has been released on bail in the sum of $2,000, she having heen granted a new trial. Miss Ella Wharton, daughter of Col. J. H. Wharton of Waterloo, and a graduate of the Greenville Female College, class '07, haa taken a position with her alma mater in the department of elocution as an assistant instructor. The G. F. C. opened last week. Church of the Epiphany, Sunday 6th., October 1907 Nineteeth Sunday alter Trinity. 11 A. M. Morning pray er, Sermon and Celebration of the Holy Communion. 5:00 P. M. Even ing Prayer and address. W. Edward Callender, Rector. Mrs. S. S. Boyd, of Laurens, nrrived n the city yesterday morning to visit her ?ister, Mrs. J. H. Mattox, on Ware atreeL Miss Agnes Boyd of Laurens, has returned to her home after a month's stay in the city with relatives and friends. ?Greenville Daily News, Sept. 28. Mrs. Ann H. Jeter, widow of Gov ernor Jeter, has donated $16,000 to "the University of South Carolina for the purpose of building an infirmary, to be called the "Wallace Thomson Infirm ary," in memory of her nephew, the late A. Wallace Thomson, an alumnus of tho University. Wolite Opening Books of Subscription. Notice of subscription to capital stock to Eureka foundry and Supp r Company: Take notice that on Saturday, Octo ber f>th, 1907, at ten o'clock a. m., at the office of Hudgens Brothers, in the city of Laurens, S. C, the books of subscription to the capital stock of the Eureka Foundry & Supply Company will be opened and remain open until the amount of steck $8,000.00 has been subscribed. A. L, HUDGENS, D. C. McLAURIN, R. L, WOLFF. SepL 26, 1907. Corporators. It THE SCHOOLS OF BY-GONE DAYS. Capl. Charles Petty Writes Interestingly of the Chhangcs of School Methods. The following excellent article from the pen of Capt. Petty, of Spartan burg, is taken from the News and Courier: The opening of the. schools is at hand. Even the advertisement of school books, school clothing and everything that a scholar needs bring the fact before the parents. Fitted teachers are to be found at nearly every cross roads. These teachers, hand made many of them, and their scholars, equipped with all sorts of books, slates, pads, drawing material, song books, by way of con trast, carry one back a hundred years in this up-country. The teachers of those days were not loaded down with degrees. If they could write a good hand, "cipher" through the arithmetics of those days, and Spell every word in "Webster's Blue Back" they were con sidered competent. Some of the early teachers of the first of last century were Revolutionary soldiers. There was one who taught the boys 1810 to 1825 about Gaffney, he had only one leg. some times the preacher would turn teacher. The teachers for this up-coun try were poorly equipped for their work. In some of the Scotch* settlements they were better educated, and some of them taught Greek and Latin. The teacher generally "boarded around," going to one house tonight and to another the next night. He was not troubled with wardrobes and books. Many of the earlier teachers had never seen an En glish grammar, geography or graded reading books. But somehow the boys and girls learned to spell well, write legibly and they learned enough arithmetic for business purposes. Some of the "old field" scholars could spell better than many of the college gradu ate of today. When the fine school houses, furnish ed with desks, maps and toilet rooms are contrasted with the houses used a hundred years ago it is dificult to under stand how children could endure the winter months. The horses were made of logs daubed with mud with only one door and often no window. Dirt fioors were sometimes used. When plank came into use they were not dressed. The benches were made of slabs. The writing board was a broad plank resting on pins driven into a log on the side of the house. A portion of the two logs above this plank was cut out so as to give light. All scholars brought their dinner. Buckets and baskets were hung on the hooks of hickory withes that were twisted and tied around a pole in the roof of the house. The spring was generally near the house and when a scholar wanted w*hter he went to the spring. The ordinary house was 18 by It. A. COOPER, President. C. W. TUNE, J. F. TOLBERT, Sec'y and Treas. Mgr. Ins. Depart. M. J. OWINGS Vice-Pros. DIRECTORS: j. O. C. Fleming, E. P. Wharton, C. D. Moseeby, H. K. Aiken, S. M. WlLKES, C. E. Kennedy J. W. Tom), S. J. CllAIO, D. A. Davis, J. W. DuPree, W. j. Fl.emino j. F. TOLBERT, W. A. Watts, M. J. Owings, R. A. Cooper. Laurens Trust Company Capital Stock $25,000 Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds bought and sold. Loans negotiated on Roal Es tate?long time and easy payments. Our Insurance Manager, Mr. j. V. Tolbert, can give you the very best Life and Firo Insurance contracts. We also act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Receiver, Trustee, etc. y We offer, subject to previous sale or withdrawal Five Shares Enterprise Bank at . 121.00 Olve Us Your Business and Help a Home Enterprise. 20 feet. The fireplace was 8 to 10 feet wide. The first step in getting up a school was for the teacher or some of his friends to go around with "articles" for signatures, each patron signing the number of scholar he would send and pay for. From that custom was derived the phrase "half scholar" which is heard now. Tere were no scool years then and no eight hour days. A year was twelve months, and the day began as soon as the children assembled. In the summer school began at six to seven and closed five to six, with a play time of two hours. In winter there were fewer teaching hours. The teacher was expected eo be an expert pen-maker, as there were no steel pens in those days. Lead pencils were rarely seen and the first the writer ever saw at school were made of genuine lead, by melting it and pouring in a small cane or pipe stem. Although the the genu ine article, it was a poor excuse for a lead pencil. The paper used for copy books was foolscap, stitched together with a covering of wrapping paper. In the early part of the century the paper was not ruled. Ink could be bought in some of the stores, but it was generally made. The women of that day under took dying cloth and they knew what kind of barks made a fast black. They sometimes made ink of certain barks. The school boys made it by pressing "ink balls" which grew on oak trees and dropped to the ground. Whe red ink was wanted poke berries were used Every Friday evening match, or spell ing across the bench, as it was called, two of the boys would choose sides and range themselves to each side of a long bench. The poor spellers would soon drop out, but often a few of the best would stand until "Webster" was nerly exhausted. There were no holidays. It was a custom to turn the teacher out a day before Christmas. When lie arrived early in the morning he woulq^find the door barred, he could not get in until he promised a Christmas holiday and a treat. If he resisted a terrible threat was made that he would be ducked in spring branch. Then would begin a race and finally he was caught, and of course, he yielded. It was a gaeat in sult to a school for anyone passing to call out "school butter." Teacher nor scholar knew the origin of the expres sion, but they understood that it was a direct insult. If the offender was caught he was either ducked in a near by stream or handled in a very rough manner. Studying aloud wns common, and when the teacher announced "got the spelling!" the school house was as noisy as a large sewing circle or a wo man's club when it breaks loose, The old field scool met the needs of those days. They were stepping stones to high and better things. Opening Books of Sub scription. We, the undersigned, have been con stituted and commissioned by It. M. McCown, Secretary of State, a Hoard of Corporators, and authorized and em powered to open Rooks of Subscription to the capital stock of the Gray Court Union Warehouse Company to be orga ni/ril and created a corporation with its Court, South Carolipa. for the purpose of doing a general warehouse business, grading, warehousing, marketing cot ton or other farm products ox merchan dise, and other purposes. We, therefore, give notjec that the bonks of subscription to the capital stock of the said Gray Court Union Warehouse Company will be open on Saturday October oth. 1907, at 11 o'clock, a. m., at the oiljeo of L. C, Dorroh, Gray Court, South Carolina, and will remain open from day to day until the stock of the said corporation is all subscribed. The capital is to be Two Thousand Dollars, (2,000.) divided into Four Hundred!-UM?) shares of par value of Five Hollars, (I?.fJO) each. Signed: How about that cooking stove that you are going to buy this fall? If you want one that will last and give you satisfaction get a Rucks. Sold only W. R. CHEEK. G. P. DORROII, S. B. MARTIN, C, R, WALLACE, 1/. i . oil I . I /I ., W, A, 1'UTMAN. U-lt. by. S. M. ft E. H. Wilkes ft Co. October Farming HINTS ABOUT MAKING GOOD HAY. Hay-making claims the attention of farmers this month and should be pushed with all possible vigor. The high prices that have prevailed for the past few years should stimulate our farmers to make all the hay possible. There are thousands of tons of crab grass in the territory covered by The Progressive Farmer that is allowed to go to waste that could be made into a fine quality of hay if cut at the right time and properly cured. Compara tively few of our farmers cut crab grass as early as it should be cut to make good hay. It should not be al lowed to stand un|jl the seed arc ripe, nor should it be allowed to lie in the sun after it is cut until it is sun-killed before cocking or stacking. Cut when the seed are in the milk or dough state, permitted to take the sun a day, then cocked and cured in the cock, it makes hay about equal to timothy bay. There arc other grasses than crab grass that can be cut this month which will make fair hay. gathering and saving cotton. Cotton picking in the cotton growing sections will claim pre-eminence this month. While it is well to pick the cotton as rapidly as is necessary, we should not do that at the expense of everything else; and especially do we advise against the custom of picking and ginning immediately. It will be far better to let the cotton lie in bulk for some time before ginning provided the seed cotton is dry when picked. No gin can make its best turn out either in quality or quantity on green cotton. Again, when cotton is ginned put it under cover. A $60 or $75 bale of cotton is too valuable to leave out to be weather-damaged. take your eyes to the cornfield. This is the month to select the seed corn in the field, provided it has not already been attended to. It has been fully demonstrated that varieties bear ing two or more oars to the stalk will yield more corn per acre than varieties bearing only one ear to the stalk. At the Edgecombe Test Farm last year there was a difference at the rate of about twenty-nine bushels per acre in the yield of different varieties of corn, and the yield at the other Test Farm of different varieties bore about the same ratio to each other. These facts should impress us with the importance of seed selection. In field selection, we advise taking for an ideal, a strong, vigorous, sym metrical stalk, not too high, bearing two or more good well-shaped ears, some four or live feet from the ground, and that have medium shanks so as to permit the er-.'s to turn down and shed the rain. Wti do not advise selecting ears that stand upright so as to permit the rain to run in and cause the grain to rot, neither do we advise the long shank so often seen in corn. A medium between the two extremes is best. Use care in selecting, for if one selects only a dozen or two stalks in a day and the stalks so selected are of the ideal type for planting a seed plat, it will be time well spent. Make a start on such a selection this month. seeding small grain. This is the month for sowing wheat, oats and rye in a great deal of the territory occupied by The Progressive Farmer. In all these crops thorough prepara tion is not meant plowing up the land and leaving it in a loose condition; but rather in a fino compact condition. Land intended for wheat, if fallow land, should have been broken in July or August, and harrowed and rolled un til fine and compact before sowing the wheat. Of course this does not refer to stalk land. When one sows wheat on stalk land the only preparation nec essary is to go over the land with a cutaway or disc harrow, giving it a good working with that implement. We want to get out of the slip-shod ways that have given many of us an average yield of wheat of about eight bushels per aero. To do this, we must pursue !nor<> intelligent methods of preparation and seeding. A great many farmcrB are not careful enough about the quality of seed tobe planted. Let us all remember this one truth: the best seed are none to good, and if we want big yields we must sow good seed. Again, it is the custom of many farmers to sow only three pecks of seed wheat per acre. With this light seeding it js impossible to make a max imum crop. Tho light seeding may make largo plump grains, but not enough of them. A bushel and a half per acre on good land will pay better than half that quantity. increase acreage in oats and rye. The fact that it has been demonstrat ed by farmers that oats can be raised more cheaply than corn should stimu late oat growing. With this crop, as with wheat, the land should be well prepared, and only good seed should be used. For oats, sow two bushels of seed per acre of some good winter yarlpty. Rye is another crop that should re ceive more attontion than wo arc giving It. Almost any land will grow some rye, hut tho better the land the more rye we will get. Sow one bushel per acre if for seed, and if for pasture or soil improvement, sow two bushels per acre.?Progressive Farmer. oPncumon|a's Deadly Work had so seriously affected my right Jung," writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of Rural Route 1, Georgetown, Tonn., ''that I coughod continuously night and day and tho neighborn' promotion ? consumption seemed inevitahle, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, which in my case proved to he tho only real cough cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs." When all other remedies utterly fail, you may still win in the battle against lung and throat troubles ivith New Discovery, the REAL cure, juafantped by Laip'ens Drug Co., and fatmctto Drug (lo. |>I>m. upd $1.0fl. Trial bottle free. Wndsworlh Pariners' Union. L'OOntv Organizer John W. Reeks re cently ipstilqtiid a )o|:al of the Farmers' Union at Wadsvyorth school house with the following ofiicer?: R. (}. Wal)ape, president; J. L. Crawford, vicc-prea! dent; J. F. Workman, secretary; J. M. Workman, Chaplain; T. P. Davis, con ductor; C. R. Workman, doorkeeper. Organized with fifteen members. They'e All Ready For You Sir! 0 UR crop of Men's Shoes for Fall and Winter wear is the finest that we have ever gathered. We've drawn on the best Makers of Men's Shoes for their best productions. There's a style and character about our Men's Shoes that appeals to the Man who appreciates good Shoes. We believe we've the best $3.50 Shoe in town. We believe we've the best $1.00 Shoe in town. We believe we've the best $5.00 Shoe in towns Better leathers, better Shoemaking or better style, can not be found anywhere. Come in to see our new Fall Shoes, Sir, and then you'll surely believe as we do. ft i vcr if Copeland's Customers Shoes Shined Free. Shoes, Hats, Furnishings The One Price Store. K >5l WHY? First, because we buy goods for four stores=-two in Laurens, one in Spartanburg, one in Greenwood', S. C, which enables us to buy in big lots and get the most of our goods 15 to"20 per cent under the market. Second, we believe in short profits and quick sales, and ^ne price to everybody. We help you save your hard-earned money. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! Special values in Men's Suits, ranging in price from $2.98, $3.75, $4.98. $0.89, $8.75, $10.00, $12 39, $14.75. The above suits are worth from $1.00 to $4.00 per suit more money, come and try on one and see the fit, finish and examine the quality. We know you will be delighted. Boys and childrcns suits at money saving prices. $1.39, $1.75, $1.98 to $2.25, $2.89, $3.50 to $4.39 suit. Bring the boys in and fit them up and have 50c to $1.00 on each suit. SHOES! SHOES! For the whole family, every day shoes, school shoes, Sunday shoes, full dress shoes. Baby shoes 15c and up. Men's Shoes $1.18 up to $3.98. Ladies shoes 98c up to $2.89 per pair. Childrens shoes 48c up to $2.39. Extra size shoes, 12 and 13 for men, and 9 and 10 for women, Millinery Beautiful Hats and prices are lower than else where. Big line Ribbons, Feathers, Flumes at remarkably low prices. Dress Goods Specials SCinch Broad Cloth 39c. 54 inch Broad Cloth 48c. Serges, Brillianteens, Mohairsand Plaids all going at cut prices, also Sea Islands, Ginghams, Outings, Callicoes, Bleach Goods, and at less than market value. Extra size pants for men, 44-46 and 49 waist. Come in and see, we can cover you up. Hats and caps for men, boys and children. Hats, 25c, 80, 48c, 75c, 98c up to the best John B. Stetson for $3.47, worth $4.50. Caps, 10c, 13c, 18c, 25c up to 48c. Red Hot Values. Ladies Jackets, Long Coats, $2.98 up to $10.00. Skirts, Dress, $1.48 up to $8.25. Underwear Big line Men's skirts 23c. Men's heavy fleeced Shirts 39c, 43, 48c. Wright's Health Underwear $1.00, cut price 85c. Ladies Under Vest, heavy ribbed 25e 39c, 45c, heavy bleached tleeced lined Shirts 45c, Come and get your good warm Under Shirts at our cut prices and you'll save some money to keep your pocket book warm. Pants for everybody, 75c, 98c, $1.25, $1.48, $1.98, $2.39, $2.98, $3.50 up to $3.98 per pair, worth a $5.00 bill straight. Socks and Stockings, Stockings and Socks for all sizes, from baby to Grand Pa, 5c, 8c, 10c, 13c, 15c, 18c to 23c per pair. $1.00 Bottles Patent Medicines 87c 50c '* " " 42c 25c Box Pills 18c $1.00 Package Native Herbs 87c Call for what you want at Red Iron Racket. Notions and Racket Goods at Red Hot Searched Down Prices. 10 Cakes Washing Soap 2Cc 7 Cakes Octagon Soap Soap 25c 2 Spools Thread (good) 5c 7 Balls Thread (good) 5c Best Six Cord Spool Cotton, price right, you come see. Needles, Pins, Hairpins, Key Chains lc each. $1.00 Watch, Red Hot 68c $20.00 Gold Filled Watch, Special $11.97 6 foot Buggy Whip 10c, 2000 cab and buggy whips 15c 2.'U:, 39c, 48c up to 89c. 1 lb. Gloss Lump Starch 7e 1 pkg. Celluloid Starch 4c Good yard wide Sea Island 7c (iood Heavy Shirting 6c 1 Eight Day Clock $1.98 1 Sewing Machine Guaranteed I2ycars$12.97 1 Set Solid White China Plates 50c 1 Set White Plates 18c 1 Large Gray Enameled Pan 10c 1 Large Wash Pan 5c 1 lb. Good Parched Coffee 12 l-2c 1 lb. Fine Parched Coffee 15c 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar $1.00 1 Nice Parlor Lamp 98c 1 Set Tumblers 18c 1 Set Motel Tumblers 39c 1 l'lug 15c Tobacco 10c :i Plugs Baby Ruth Tobacco 25c 1 pkg. Piedmont Cigarettes 4c 3 Boxes Searchlight Matches 10c 10c Can Good Luck Baking Powder 8c 5c Can Good Luck Baking Powder lc 5c (Sold Dust 4c Now figure for yourself and be convinced that we can sell you same gooods 20 to 35 per cent, on the dollar. We have everything that you see listed on this bill, it is all first-class up-to-date merchandise and we guarantee it to give you satisfaction. All we ask of you is to come and make a trial bill with us and we are sure that we will make you one of our regular customers. Come once, you will come again. 6 - Special Bargain Days = 6 FOUR STORES - Laurens, Spartanburg and Greenwood, S. C. Burns & Co., Originators of Same Goods for Less Money. Red Iron Rack Our Guarantee is Money Back if Goods Dont Suit. We Want Your Trade and Will Serve You Well 208 Laurens Street. Completely out of the high priced district. 1 ?