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VOLUME XXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908. NUMBER I YORK COUNTY MAN SHOT AND KILLED i - Deplorable Tragedy Oc curs at Gray Court. THE ALLEGED CAUSE Louis Williamson of Near Rock Hill Slain in Presence of Young Lady by Her Father. A most deplorable tragedy occurred , Friday night at Gray Court, in which Mr. J. Louis Williamson, of Rock Hill, was shot and killed by Mr. Henry Gar rison, the shooting taking place in Mr. ! Garrison's home. The affair occur-' red at about 11.15 Friday night at j Mr. Garrison's home just a half mile i from the station of Gray Court and Mr. I Williamson died in three hours. He re ceived careful attention from Dr. C. E. Rodgers, for whom Mr. Garrison went immediately after the shooting. The load, from a shotgun, took effect in the abdomen. Mr. Williamson, it is understood, was a young farmer between 25 and 80 years of age, residing somewhere in the vicinity of Rock Hill, while Mr. Henry Garrison, though not a native of this county, has been living here for years. He is a well-to-do farmer, a peaceful, law-abiding citizen, and has j never been in a serious difficulty. His many friends here were pained to hear ; of the unfortunate occurrence Friday night. Mr. Garrison came to Laurens early Saturday morning and gave him self up to the officers. (JAHU1SON OUT ON BOND. Counsel for J. Henry Garrison ap peared before Circuit Judge Richard C. Watts, at chambers, here Saturday night and obtained an order for bail in the sum of $1,000 for bis appearance at the next term of the Laurens criminal court. The bond was executed and the defendant released from custody Sun day. Richey & Richey and Feather stone & Ferguson are the attorneys re tained by Mr. Garrison. The body of young Williamson was shipped Saturday night to the home of bis father, who lives about eight miles from Rock Hill, the remains being ac companied from Clinton by a brother of the deceased. No tragedy in recent years has caused more general regret in Laurens than Friday night's deplora ble affair. THE NEWS AT KOCK HILL. Rock Hill, August 2.? News came here today of the killing last night of Mr. Louis Williamson at Gray Court, Laurens county, by a Mr. Garrison, of] that place, The matter cannot be un-1 derstood here, and it is believed that a terrible mistake has been made by some one. Mr. Williamson is a prominently connected and prosperous farmer of Bethesda, near here, a son of Mr. J. L. Williamson, one of the county's fore most men. Young Williamson has been devoted in his attentions to the young lady in whose presence he melhisdeath. He was engaged to her and was making preparations for their marriage early in the fall. He had talked the matter over with his parents and bad made arrange ments for renting part of his father's farm. He spent Thursday night here with his brother and left on the early train Friday morning to visit his fiancee at her home in Gray Court. Tho news reached here too late for any of the family to make connections and get to Gray Court, but F. Harron Grier, Esq., of Greenwood, a cousin of the de ceased, attended the inquest and will bring the body to Rock Hill tonight. Captain 0. W. Babb Honored. At tho recent encampment at Chick amauga Captain O. W. Babb, of the Traynham Guards, was signally honored in that he was appointed Sanitary In spector of the 1st regiment, the ap pointment being made bv Col. W. VV. Lewis upon the recommendation of Major Walker of the South Carolina hospital corps. Because of this office it was Mr. Babb's duty to see to tho sanitary condition of the camp and the health of the men was largely in his hands. Hero is an incident worthy of mention: It was against the rules of the camp for the negro servants to sleep in the kitchen tents; under Mr. Babb's keen eye this rule was strictly enforced, only one violation being rc porled and that in tho case a negro asleep in the hospital tont, so it became Mr. Babb's duty to report Maj. Walker, tho very man who secured Mr. Babb's appointment. FARMERS' INSTITUTE HELD ON WEDNESDAY Practical Talks Made By Experienced Agriculturalists and Others. Small Attendance. The Farmers' Institute was held in Laurens at the court house Wednesday morning and afternoon of July 29th. Because of inclement weather, and for other reasons doubtless, only about one hundred men attended the meeting and heard the lectures. The Institute is carried on and conducted by the Clem son College authorities, assisted by rep resentatives from the agricultural de partment of the United States govern ment, with the object and purpose to discuss improved farming methods and encourage scientific agriculture. The lectures are of a high order and worthy the attention of everybody. Wednesday morning the meeting was called to order by Dr. H. K. Aiken, president of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices it had met. Af ter a few words of welcome Dr. Aiken turned the meeting over to Col. R. W. Simpson, of Pendle ton. Col. Simpson introduced the speakers after a clear explanation of the purpose of the meeting. Laurens enjoyed a special feature in the form of an educational address by Judge Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson. DR. C. L. GOODRICH. The first speaker was Dr. C. L. Good rich, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, who spoke on the sub ject of "Rotation of Crops." His talk was very instructive and showed a thor ough and remarkable knowledge of the proportion of land. He said that rota tion of crops would destroy the various diseases that wero in the soil; that i| would make possible the raising of tbo necessities of life, doing away with the many purchases the farmers had to make; would save labor, and above all would preserve the fertility of the soil. "Soil," said Dr. Goodrich, "is the capi tal stock of the farmer, and he should keep it." The way to preserve the soil, he said, was to rotate the crops and to use more humus, or stable fer tilizer. He advised a division of the farms and tho systematic rotation of crops on those divisions. DR. E. M. NEIQHBERT. Dr. E. M. Ncighbert, government cat tle inspector stationed at Clemson col lege, next addressed the Institute on the matter of tick eradication. He re viewed the cattle quarantine law now existing in the country, and said that it was an effort on the part of tho gov ernment to destroy the dangerous Texas fever tick. Dr. Ncighbert said that the only way lo get rid of the tick is to get them out of the pastures. To do this cut tho pasture into two divisions and use only one a season, meanwhile treat ing the cattle with an oil mixture. The ticks will die out in an empty pasture; then the next year change to the other division. When the ticks get on the cows apply the oil mixture. JUDGE GEO. E. PRINCE. By special invitation Judge Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson, was present and delivered a rousing educational address. The tenor of his speech was a plea for better teachers, better school boards and better superintendents of educa tion, giving as the chief cause of the incompetents now in service, the small ncss of the salaries paid. Judge Prince scored very heavily the practice of em ploying young girl graduates "just be cause they happened to be pretty and sweet, and who wero teaching ordy for a makeshift preparatory to matrimony.'' Ho censured tho trustee who would em ploy any one just because ho or she happened to be a relative or close friend. The speaker plead for a co operation of teacher and parent in the ruling of children, assigning as a reason for so much lawlessness the lack of strong discipline in the home and the school. Mil. GUY L. STEWART. Another representative of the Agri cultural Department was present, Mr. G. L. Stewart, who spoke on tho sub ject of "Fruit Culture." While Mr. Stewart's talk was very brief it was valuable. He gave as a cure for blight, rust and insects that infected the apple and poar trees a mixture of bluestono, lime and paris green to he sprinkled on the trees, the paris green being to poi son tho insects. Use fi pounds of blue stone, 4 pounds of lime and a little paris green, mix and dilute in about 25 gallons of water and spray the trees. COL. J. S. NEWMAN. At the afternoon session Col. J. S. Newman, formerly of Clemson College, (Continued on Page Eight.) DR. J. Q. PHILLIPS DEAD. Popular Clinton Pharmacist Succumbs to Typhoid Fever. Clinton, August 2. A gloom has boon cast over the entire town of Clinton by the sad death of Dr. J. Q. Phillips, pro prietor of the Clinton Pharmacy, after an illness of four weeks of typhoid fever. Dr. Phillips was born at Ninety-Six, December 10, 1876. He was the eldest son of Col. J. Q. Phillips,of that place. His mother was Carrie K. Adams, who died when he was an infant. Dr. Phillips came to Clinton in 1900 and en gaged in the practice of pharmacy, at which business he was very successful. In 1901 he was married to Miss Annie Byrd Davis, youngest daughter of Mr. Jno. C. Davis, a prosperous farmer near Clinton. Dr. Phillips was a member of the Knights of Pythias and also of the Masonic. Lodge of Clinton. He was one of the most popular men of Clinton and was loved and admired by every one who knew him. Dr. Phillips leaves a wife and two little girls. He is also survived by his father and two broth ers, W. L. Phillips and J. Peter Phil lips, all of Nh.jty-Six. The funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 6 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. W. Jacobs, assisted by the Revs. C. L. Fowler and W. H. Hodges, after which the body was interred in the city cemetery. iDVOCATES PAVING RESIDENCE STREETS Friday afternoon the Chamber of Commerce held a business session, a number of important matters being discussod and several committees being appointed. First, since the required number of members have boon re-en rolled it was decided to rent an office for tho holding of meetings and the en tertainment of visitors; one of the new office rooms on the second floor of the Enterprise bank building was 'selected as headquarters for tho Chamber of Commerce. One of the most important discussions was upon the subject of paying the residence streets of the city. Some weeks ago The Advertiser suggested that the Chamber of Commerce organ ; ize the property-holders on the various streets into co-operative bodies and get. i them to pay for the work in front of their property. This suggestion was carried out and a committee of two and three was appointed for each street to take the matter up with the owners and residents of those streets and in duce them to co-operate with each otla r and the city in their effort. These committees will begin at once and a strong effort will be made to have all the resident streets of the city paved. Another move by this now active and progressive body was the appoint ment of a committee to secure the co operation of the people in a petition to the C. & W. C. R'y Co. for a passenger coach to be run on the early morning train from Greenville to Laurens. New Photographer Here. Mr. II. Nichols, formerly of Green wood, a photographer with an excellent reputation, has moved to Li? irons and will on August 15th open up his gal lery. Mr. Nichols is building on the vacant lot above Calno & Pitts' store opposite the express offlco. Taylor Family Kc-union. Today at thoir home near Princeton tho family of Mr. John W. Taylor gathers in their first re-union. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, although they both have lived many years past middle age, are both in excellent health, and are still residing nt the old homestead where were horn all the children who gather there today. Several friends in addi tion to the immediate family will enjoy the day at the Taylor home. Messrs. A. J. Taylor, of Sedalia, and .1. B, Taylor, of Greenville, arrived in l-aurens yesterday and left today in company with Messrs. W. L., C. W. and J. Arthur Taylor for thoir father's home. Statement Prom Captain Hahh. Because of a rumor to the effect that (luring the encampment held at Chicka niuuga Park, Ga., some of the men of the Traynbam Guards were guilty of conduct unbecoming a soldier, I beg to ?ay that such rumor is false and on the contrnry the conduct of the men was excellent, the discipline was of the he t :nnl there was no trouble svith the men at all. "D" company maintained the excellent reputation it made at James town and there was nothing hut praise from the regimental offlCOrS for tho men of "D" companv. (). VV. BABB, Captain. M. It. WILKES, Company Clerk. DEATH OF MR. BEN F. PARROTT. Former Citizen of Clinton Dies After Very Brief Illness. Clinton, Aug. 3. ?Tho sad news of tho death of Mr. Ben Parrott reached here last Wednesday morning and was such a shock to the town. Mr. Parrott had been sick about two weeks but had never given up and did not go to bed until Tuesday night and died a few hours later with acute indigestion. He was manager of the Harris Springs bottling works situated near Spartan burg. He was the eldest son of Rev. J. B. Parrott, a very prominent Bap tist preacher of South Carolina, and was at the time of his death the beloved pastor of the First Baptist church of Clinton. Mr. Parrott was born at West Springs, South Carolina, and was about thirty-one years of age. In the year 1901 he married Miss Robbie Guiggs, of Columbus, Ga. He is survived by his wife and four children, his mother, two sisters and three brothers. His remains were brought here, where his mother and sisters live and was buried here in the city cemetery at 3 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. C. L. Fowler, pastor of the First BaptiRt church of Clinton. The bereaved fam ily have the deepest sympathy of their hosts of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Phillips, Mr. Pete Phillips, of Ninety-Six, and quite a number of other friends were in Clinton Sunday for the funeral services of Dr. .1. Q. Phillips. MR. THOMAS J. HATTON. l ine Citizen Died Near Renno Last Fri day, July 31, ARed 79. Mr. Thos. .1. Hattoh, a veteran of the civil war and for throe score years one of the county's most excellent and sub stantial citizens, died at his home near Renno last Friday, .Inly 31st, after an illness of about ten weeks, (hi Satur day the burial of Mr. Hattontook place at Shady Grove Presbyterian /?r "J^\| Rev. II. Fowler and >v Clinton, comlueti7i7^.rTT?*Si'1 vTOk < ?* r Mr. Hatlon was 79 years old. Sixty years ago he removed from Newberry county, where he was born, and located in Laurens, two miles from Renno, where he spent the rest of his useful life with theoxception of the time given in defense of the Southland during the civil war period. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Robt. II., of Clin ton; Jas. K., of Hamlet, N. C.; Thos. M., of Laurens; William S., Lew Ed ward and .lohn M. Hat ton, of the coun ty; Mrs. E. W. Copeland, of Laurens, and Miss Frances Hampton Hatten, of Renno. Siinpson-OwinRs. Cray Court, Aug. 3. On Thursday evening, .Inly 30th, at 8 o'clock, Mr. ami Mrs. B. F. Simpson gave their eld est daughter, Fay Indie, in marriage to Mr. Wistar Owings, Rev. .1. M. Dubose officiating. After the ceremony a de lightful supper was served. The mar riage was a cpiiet one, only a few rela tives of tiie contracting parties being present. The bride, as Miss Simpson, was a charming young lady and will be great ly missed in the community, church and Sunday school, but our loss is Owings' as well as Mr. Owings' gain. Mr. Ow ings is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Owings, of Owings, and is a prosperous planter at that place. We shower upon them heartiest con gratulations and wish "that their joys may be as deep as tin* ocean and their sorrows as light as its foam." Church Anniversary Celebration. Tho Now Harmony Sunday school will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary at New Harmony church Saturday, Au gust Nth. Addresses will be made by Rev. T. B. Craig, of Rock Hill, S. C, and W. B. Garrott, Jr. There will also be exercises by the Sunday school. At a meeting of the Chamber of Com merce last Friday afternoon the matter of building a city park was taken up and discussed. Some years ago, it is remembered, a citizen deeded the plot of land including the sulphur spring near the Laurens mills to the city for the purpose of establishing there a park. It was never done and the prop erty passed into the hands of the mill, which now owns it. The effort now is to got the mill to donate this plot and , then for the city to improvo and fit up the place. A committee has been ap pointed to take tin- matter up with the 1 mill authorities. For A City Park. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS MET HERE Annual Session of the County Convention Held With First Presbytc rian Church. The 80th annual session of the Lau rens county Sunday school convention was held in this city last Friday and Saturday with the first Presbyterian | church. The several sessions of the convention were presided over by Rev. i B. II. Grler, of Ora, president of the association, with Mr. Geo. L. Pitts, of Laurens, as secretary and treasurer. The convention brought together a large number of earnest Sunday school workers throughout the county and the programme included a varity of topics pertaining to Sunday school work. The convention met at 10 o'clock Friday and was opened with devotional exercises led by Rev. C. F. Rankin, pastor of the Presbyterian church. In well chosen remarks Mr. ('. W. Tune, superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school, welcomed the delegates and visitors to the city. President Gricr responded in a very happy man ner in behalf of the convention. Then followed the roll call of delegates and the enrollment of the same. At 11:15 the Rev. J. M. Way, of Pelzer, State Sunday school organizer, addressed the convention on the subject of "organiza tion." The afternoon session was opened with devotional exercises, conducted by Mr. J. P. Saxon, after which reports from this various Sunday schools were submitted. At f> o'clock a very inter esting service for the children was led by Rev. C. F. Rankin in the absence of Rev. W. IL Duncan,who was scheduled to conduct this part of the program. Friday night's session was opened with a song service under the direction of Mr. J. P. Saxon, followed by a very in structive address delivered by the Rev. W. E. Thaycr, of the First Church ?llirrch. SKCOND DAY. The convention met at 9:80 Saturday morning and c?rnplC*C(! i* : \Voi1t. Rev. J. M. Way led in devotional exorcises after which Rev. Mr. Grier was pre sented for address of the final session. officers CHOSKN. The new ollicers chosen for another year are: W. L. Gray, of Laurens, president; F. j.. Bramlett, of Prince ton, J. P. Saxon, of Huntington and J. B. Benjamin, of Mountville, vice pres idents; Mrs. J. S. Bennett, of Laurens, secretary and treasurer. Executive committee, composed of nine members, one from each township; J. F. Tolbort, J. C. Wasson, W. B. Garrett, W. P. Harris. W. F. Wright, J. C. McMillan, A. O'Daniols, Conway Dial, W. C. Wharton. Superintendent of elemetary work, Miss Ella Bell; Supt. of adult depart ment, Dr. IL K. Aiken; Supt. of Home Dept. Mrs. J. F. Bolt; Supt. of Teach ers' Training Department, Rev. C. F. Rankin. With the executive committee will be left the matter of time and place of the next annual meeting of tho conven tion. Sidewalk Paving Under Way. The Construction Company having all hut completed tho work on the streets of the square has now fairly begun on the sidewalks. Already the; walk in front of Minter's, Wilkes' and the Ad vertiser otlice has been completed and the force .are at work in front of the city station house and Hopkins'. Al though Some of the people have ex pressed a little impationce at tho Boom Ingly slow progress of the work, it is a fad that it has been rapidly pushed and the time has been remarkably short. The chief drawback has been-the inad equacy of the rock supply. Will Purchase Street Sweeper. The merchants of the city, acting upon tho request and solicitation of Mayor C. M. Babb, have subscribed $800 for the purchase of a line street sweeper. As all well know, the sand now on the square will be cleared away add it will become necessary to keep the streets clean and free from dust and dirt. This is to he done with the sweeper, an up-to-date Studebaker, which has been ordered and is expected to arrive at an early date. Small Blaze Saturday. The lire alarm was sounded at 2 o'clock Saturday because of a small blaze in the kitchen of Mr. Ossio An derson's home. Before the company could respond the (ire was extinguished having done but little damage. COUNTY CAMPAIGN BEGAN YESTERDAY First Meeting Was llehl at Lnnton Church. NO SPECIAL FEATURE The Liquor Qucslion Takes Prominent Place In Discussion of the The Laurons county campaign o|icncd yesterday at Langs ton, Scullletown township. The meeting was held in the grove near the church and was presided over by Mr. L. S. Machray, township chairman. There were perhaps 150 peo ple present, including a number of ladies. All of the candidates for coun ty offices were present, and each aspir ant was accorded an attentive hearing, though the crowd was wholly undem onstrative even when a good point was made by a speaker. Hut this is charac teristic of the Scullletown people. A good dinner was provided and all en joyed the day. The candidates for the Senate and House spoke first and, as was pretty generally known previous to the opening of the campaign, there was an even division on the question of county dispensary and prohibition. On other issues they are practically united. The first speaker was Col. John II. Wharton, candidate for State Senator. He began by expressing the hope that this campaign would be one of informa tion to the voters and that no issue would overshadow the important sub ject of upbuilding our own county and its resources. Rural schools mus' be given more attention as the education of the white children is all important. The question of taxes is a serious sub ject and be thinks reform is needed along this line, giving his reasons therefor. If sent to the Senate he will try Vo_'fig*,11a\es down._()p[>oses the vors better roads. Thinks immigration should be restricted. Let all who may wish to settle among us come of their own volition. No reason for whiskey issue in this campaign as matter will be voted on in November. He will vote against the dispensary. I Ion. John M. Cannon, also candidate for the Senate, followed. Glad of the opportunity to tell of his stewardship as one of the representative's from Laurons in last session of the legisla ture. Had no apologies to make for his record. Is opposed to compulsory edu cation but favors liberal appropriations for all educational purposes. Taxes higher today because of the progress of the State in all lines. Voted to de crease appropriations of Winthrop and Clemson. Rural schools should receive more money, as "the children must be educated at all cost." Opposed the im migration bureau two years ago and was still against it. Riff-raff of other countries n(>t desired. Good people welcome provided they come of their own volition. Thinks the lien law question should be submitted to the peo ple as other questions are settled. Had voted for its repeal. Prohibition is pretty in theory but a failure in prac tice. Citing Spartanburg as an exam ple he declared that there was as much whiskey Ill ing drunk in that county as in Laurens. Can't legislate morals into the people. His position on liquor question is well known, "and." de elared he. "if you vole the dispensary out a dozen times I will go to the Sen ate as a dispensary advocate." Had been willing to drop the question but for the preaching of prohibition from every pulpit in Laurons county. Per sonally he is temperato in all things, or I l ies to be. Doe ; not drink. Charged the prohibitionists with putting presonl liquor law on statute books. Mr. Clarence Cuningham was next prese nted as the first speaker for the House, ?ccausu he was born in Charles ton and oducatcd abroad it had beer. Charged that he was not in sympathy with the. interests of Laurons county, although he has resided here for many years. Ho had also been charged with being a Catholic, whereas as a matter of fact, he had, during his residence in Charleston, fought Romanism politi cally in that city. Stood for the State dispensary two years ago, now favors the county system. Prohibition is wrong in principle, although very nice in theory. Discussed the material and moral aspects of the subject. "Prohi bit ion does not prohibit." If thoStatO votes general prohibition it will mean a (i outline d on Page Bight.) Various Issues.