Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FATHER AND SON SURVIVE BLOODY I STRUGGLE OF THE EARLY SIXTIES Capt. John Moore and His Son, James Addison Press ley Moore Fought Side by Side in the War Between *he States. Capt. John Moore and James Addi son Presslcy Moore, lather and son. are veterans of the Southern Confed eracy. To them alone belongs this distinction now among (he survivors in I,aureus county, so far as can be ascertained. Capt. .Moore celebrated his XTth birthday on the L'Tth of May last, while his son passed into his tilth year January 22. Mr. Moore, the younger, was the only child of John and Sarah Moore. Before the War Between the Sections the elder Mr. Moore was for many years captain of a military company al Royd's C ross Roads, live miles south of the court house. In 1863 he entered the Con federate army, joining Company B, Sixth South Carolina cavalry. Col. W'y att Aiken commanding, a year later the son. then 17. joined his father in the service' of the Confederacy, and the two shared the frotunes and hard ships of the same command insepara bly until near the close of the strug gle, when the father was stricken with tin attack of fever and was sent to a hospital in Raleigh. After his recov ery he was taken as a prisoner by Un ion soldiers and was not paroled until May, after the surrender. Having confiscated his horse, lie was provided with a gray mule, which he rode home, and for many years thereafter this same mule did faithful service toward restoring bis new owner's somewhat dilapidated farm and more or less em barrassed condition. When Lee sur rendered the son was with his com mand at Charlotte and soon afterward joined the one who had remained at home, struggling and sacrificing and praying, and one whose deeds and love and sainted memory, in common with thousands of other Confederate women of the old commonwealth, will be at an early day enduringly com memorated by the erection of a mon ument in Columbia by the men of I.au reus and of South Carolina. The Messrs. Moore, with their com mand, were engaged in nine different battles and skirmishes, coming out of them all without a single wound. Both were valiant soldiers and hesi tated not when duty called them into CHILD BITTEN BY BBC. Nol Supposed To Be Mad, However Short Items of Nc?s. Harmony. Oct. 30. Addle, the little daughter of Mr. K. K. Simpson, was bitten by a dog Thursday evening as she was returning home from school. The dog bit her on the jaw; and the j wound looked very had at first, creat ing a little excitement. Mr. Simpson carried the child to Dr. West at Prince ton, who doesn't think it will he sc- i lions, as the dog is not thought to have hydrophobia. The little girl was tilde to attend school the next day. and is apparently getting along very well. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. 1,11. ther Hall died and was carried to Pop lar Springs and buried last week. The parents have the sympathy of the cut ire community, Rev. N. <i. Bethen preached his last sermon here last Sunday for this con- ' ferenoe year. The church ami people generally are anxious for him to be returned to this charge another year, (he church doesn't want to entertain any (bought of giving him up. Mr. J. C. Cluck of Mountville is vis iting in this Community this week. This is Mr. Cluck's old home and be has many friends that are always glad to see him Mr. Jim Hardy Eppn of Oroenvlllo Is in this community this week. Mrs. Larkill Hughes of Pickens is spending a while with her children in this community. The school at this place is in pro gress. Mr. Peden, the principal, says It is doing very well. A great many of the school children are not well tip with their farm work yet. so are not in attendance. Miss Alllia Wallace has i .'turned and taken charge of the school at Poplar Springs, and Is getting along line; the children are all glad to see lo r again. The real estate of the late K. (1 Mitchell has recently been sold by the helra; one tract, sold to Mr. .las V. fiel ion. Mr. Moore, Sr.. was a son of Oeorge Moore, a citizen of some prominence and patriotic to the core, who lived a few miles from the town of Luurens ami reared a large family. As a boy .lohn obtained only a meagre educa tion, hm alter attaining his majority he learned the carpenter's trade and was very Industrious, a characteristic that marked his career throughout and brought to him comfort and a compe tency, lie was married in ls!">. (lie "dry year," to Miss Sarah Martin. Despite his early frugal habits, he pos sessed only $1 in cash when married. With this he used in supplementing his very meagre supply of household ne cessities and tor a year lived in a cabin near his lather. The following year he purchased 19 acres of html, and thus laid the foundation of an independent fortune, for when he and his son a few years ago divided up their estates for partition they owned about 1,200 acres of liii" land within three miles of l.anrcns. Be sides, they have large holdings in bank and factory slocks and are accounted among the most successful farmers and business men in I.aureus. Moth are members of the llapth;! church, ('apt. Moore having been the superintendent of the Sunday school at New Prospect for more than 20 years, a position which he still holds, though he has been unable to attend for more than a year by reason of the Infirmities of old age. lie now resides in the city and a year nest week was the last time he was able to appear in public, In- having at the last general election voted for llryun am! prohibi tion in l.anrcns. Likewise, the son is an active church man. prohibitionist and true citizen and democrat Seven years ago ('apt. Moore's wife died. A year or so later he married Mrs. Margaret llndgens Allison. .1. A. P. Moore mnricd a Miss Box of (he County, and to (hem were horn four daughters, who now are Mrs. .1. S. Machen. Mrs. W. II .HudgCU?, Mrs It It .Terry of l.anrcns ami Mrs. I? (1 Ruckmnn of Stnunton, Vn. Then- are quite a number of grandchildren now constituting this remarkable family. Cat'1 lisle for thirty dolars per acre; fifty- six acres in another iract for eight hundred dollars: the third tract sold to Mr. 10. K. Mitchell ?I fifty dol lars per acre. Married On Sunday Illuming the 21 III, ai 10 o'clock, ai the home of the bride's parents, in the presence of a good company of relatives ami friends. Mr. Wllford A. Simpson ami Miss Katie Hughes. Rev. X. (!. Halben officiating. Marriage nl (Jni) Court. Cray Court. Oct. 27. At ttlHO o'clock this afternoon, at (he home of the bt'ide's parents, Miss Mamie Willis and Mr. William Yeargin were married. Mrs. Yeargin is the daughter ol Mr W. \ Willis, one of the substantial farmers and citizens of this county, and Mr. Yeargin is the son of the lute Win. Yeargin. Mrs. Yeargin as Miss Willis was one of the most popular yotlllg ladies of this section, and Mr. Yeargin is well and popularly known. The Rev. R. M. 1)11 Rose, Methodist pas tor hoi'O, performed the ceremony. Only lh< members of the two families and a few close friends were present. Citation for Letters of \ilininistrathin. The State of Smith Carolina, County of I,aureus. Ity o. o. Thompson. Probate Judge: Whereas. Oolden 0. Hrowtl made suit to me to grant Him letters of Ad ministration of the estate and effec ts of it. c. Drown; These are therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said It C Rrown, deceased, that tiny he and appear be fore me in the Court of Probate, i<> bo held at LnUI'OUH (\ II., S C . Ml the inth day of November, 1000, next, af ter publication hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not he granted. c.iven under my hand tliis 2i"lh day of October, Anno Domini 1000. O. 0. THOMPSON'. .1. 1". I.. C. Have yon bought that Heating Stove yet? If not he sure to see OUI' line as Wfl only have a few more on hand 8. Ni. & B H, Wllkes * Co CURTAILMENT IS >O HU FF. Fanners Urged lo llii) Cotton Goods Pads ami Figures. it Is noteworthy that the resolutlnos passed by the hoard of governors of tin' American Cotton Manufacturers' association and the executive commit tees fo the various state associations, did not demand a reduction in the price of cotton, but called for un ad vance In the price of cotton goods and yarns. In view of that fact the recent ut terance of President Uarrett of the Farmers' union and the editorials in Harvey Jordan's paper, the Cotton Journal, of Atlanta, ure in hail taste and show a surprising luck of grasp of the situation. The cotton manu facturers of the south tire interested in the development and welfare of the south, ami are big and broad .oiigh to realize that a fair price for ? 'on menus prosperity for this ; . m, Most of (bom have other lllVCS m ills the value of which depends to some extent at least upon the price of col toll. It is also noteworthy that no .journal of the southern cotton manufacturing industry has ever advocated a low price for cotton. The curtailment is no bluff, and the object of this cur (ailment is not to lower the prb.f ctoton. The mills can not ge( orders that will show a profit today and they can not afford to make goods out of II cent cotton and risk enormous losses should cotton decline, which is by no menus an impossibility. If President Harretl ami Editor Uoed of the Cotton Journal will take a broad view of tin* situation and lend their efforts towards boosting cotton goods. instead of maligning the cotton manu facturers, they will in the end accom plish a great deal more tor the farm ers. Estimating this crop at 111.000,000 ball's it will, including (be seed, sell at present prices km one billion dol lar.-. At tell cents per pound it Would have sold for $700.000,01)0 and the south is therefore, by reason of the advance, receiving an extra $1100.000. 000. About $i:t0,000.000 ol this extra $:!00,000,000 goes to the farmers of North Carolina, South Carolina ami Georgia, which are the three great manufacturing states of the south. In spite of the vast sum which the farmer is receiving lor his cotton and the unusual profit Oil same, be is to day buying less cotton goods than usual. Every farmer knows that be inns' have a certain amount of cotton goods to run him through until next season, and if be will make his purchases now he will soon deplete the small stocks in the hands of retailers. The retailer must then cull upon the lubber for more supplies and the jobber, who has been holding his slocks down to the lowest possible amount. Will be forced to placi orders with the mills. Noth ing can do more In sustain I lie present price of cotlon than a general buying movement by (he southern farmers. There are in the south today I 1,1100.- ' lino spindles, the tntal value of which is npproxlmutely $22."i,ooo,.i The success of the textile industry means also much to (he south, and cUl'tall lUCUl means loss of wages to a vast army of mill people. The farmer is in the midst of prosperity, while the mills are in distress, Moth are lined together in the general prosperity of the (.until and the farmer should i how bis willingness to cooperate. The cost of cotton to tin- mnuufucturci is not the nominal cost, for there is a loss of Iii per cent in mann tact u ring, including bagging and ties. The av ei'Ugo cotton mill will produce only Sfi pounds of goods out of 100 pounds of cotton, which will now cost $11.0.0 Dividing this $ 14.00 by 8.1 it is seen that the cost of the cotton in a pound fo goods is today li'.'j cents To this li'.'j cents the mills must add tin' wages of the operatives the manufact uring expense and the <? ist of selling before they can break even Few mills can lind a profit on to day's basis and enormous losses can only be avoided by curtailment. The farmer and the people of the south have the purchasing power in the shape of one billion dollars lor this cotton ( iop. They can now con centrate this purchasing power and give the mills a share of prosperity, or they Coil buy gradually and let the spindles stand idle. Textile MailUfnc t ii rer. \\ r. V. It. Crisp, lleardmonl. Ml*. A. II Crisp, the popular agent for the Seaboard at llcardmoilt, attend ed the trial Of W. H, Avant and (1. 0, Ulghain in Georgetown, s. c. last week. El her ton star i im:rni oi yiits. ilex simpsox. i'li*' Funeral M?s 11. hi at Friendship Church on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Simpson, widow of the IlltO Mr. Mos Simpson, tllud at Ihm home, mar Tumbling Shoals, early last Saturday morning alter an illness of several months, The deceased was OS years old and was a daughter of Simpson (Sleu, a prominent citizen in Iiis day of Sullivan township. Mrs. Simpson is survived by the fol lowing children: Messrs Frank Simp son of (irceuvillc county. Thomas and Cllenn Simpson. Misses .lanie and l.ina Simpson of Tumbling Shoals, ami Mrs Flora Pruitl of Anderson. The funeral was held at Friendship Presbyterian church Sunday morning. news notes 1KOU liDHX. Various Visits and Visitors Vllioilft lilt* L'dcu People Last \\ eck. lOdo.n, Nov. l Mrs. Blanche t'rlsp and little son. ('lay, luive returned home from a \ it it in her father, Mr. (! v. Hipp. ('apt. Harvey Woods and wife were visiting Mrs. Finnin lloevos last week Mr. V; V, Hipp and wife were \isil ing W. K, (tray Sunday. Mr. F. W. Malmlley and wife visited Mr. m. w. (tray Sunday. Miss 101111 Helle Copeland spent Sal nrday night and Sunday With Mr ai Pert Carlingion's family. Mr. Clyde Mahaffey ami wife have been visiting in Fountain Inn this week. Please Vote for Tie My Dear Friends; The Lau ret is Advertiser is going to give away a mighty pretty piano, and I want to get it. Won't yon help nie? I am the little girl thai pupa Wrote you about several weeks ago, I am loo small to work myself, or to go to see you all, hut papa is doing my work for inc. Won't you VOtO for me? Send coupons, subscriptions, ami re newals lo my papa, A. Itoss IHnkoly, or to The Advertiser ofllce. You can see from my picture that I am too small to work verj much, hut when papa comes to see you, please give him your subscriptions, The Advertiser is a good paper; everybody in the county ought lo have it. and it costs only $1.00 a year. A year's subscription will give me 200 VOlCS. Try il a while and you will like il. And then loo. I would like to have your renewals; they count just the same. if you owe The Adver tiser a dollar, or any amount, please send it to tneo or to papa, oi just ask Tin- Advertiser lo credit (he votes lo /cllc IUiL.lv. me. i will appreciate any help (hat anybody will ?Ivo ine. Tim contest will not last so much longer, so please send in your sub Kcrlptlons as soon as possible Please vote for me; I will thank you so much, Yours sincerely, Belle Plakcly. Ad\ el l IsOUlCIlt. I IN vi? M i l i.eMl!XT, Take ItOtlCC thai on tin- 1st day of December. 1000, i will rentier a iilUll account of my ac ts ami doings a - Ad ministrator of the estate ol .lohn I), Sullivan, deceased, in the olllCe of the Judge of Probate ol l.aureus County, at ii o'clock a m . and on Hie s ine' day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. aii persons indebted to said estate are notified and rotjllll'Od lo make paj incut on that date: and all persons basing claims (igllinsl said estate will present them on or before said dale duly pro Von, oi he forever haired. Allen .1 Sullivan, net SO, 100$ I in lOxecutor. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CARO LINA RAILROAD. Arrival and Departure of Trains, I.aureus, South Carolina. BFFBCTIVK A CK 11. I, 1 909. west noufoo. No. I, Leave Augusta.10:10 a in No. L Leave I.aureus . 2:32 p in No. l. Arrive Spartnnburg-., 4:05 p m No. r>. Leave Greenwood. . 6:50 a m No. 5. Leave Laurcns. 7:55 a in No. .">. Arrive Spartanburg., P.,'10 a in No. 58. Leave Greenville,. . 12:20 p in , No. f>:i. Arrive Laurens. 1:45 p in No.*86. Leave Greenville .... 4:!10pin No.*8G. Arrive Laurens. 0:25 p 111 SOUTH POUND. No. 2. Leave Spartanburg 12:20 p ni No. 2. Leave Laurens. 2:!12 jl 111 No. 'J. Arrive Augusta. 15:15 p in No. (?. Leave Spartanblll'g . . 5:0(1 p in No. (*>. Leave Laurens. i!:.'lf> p in No. (!. Arrive Greenwood .... 7:.r>0 p n> No.'s?. Leave Laurena. 8:10 a in No. "ST. Arrive Greenville, . .10:20 a in No. 52. Leave Laurens. 2:515 p in No. 52. Arrive Greenville .... 4:00 p in Trains *Sii and "ST daily except Sunday, Tri weekly through Pullman Parlor Car ser\iee between Augusta and Asheville on trains Nos. I und 12; North bound, Tuesdays, Saturdays; Southbound, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. c. || GASQUB, Agent. I.aureus. S. C. G, T. IIIIY \N Gen Agt., Greenville, s. c. A. W ANI>BUSON, Gen. Supt., BHNBST WILLI A MS, G. P. A . Augusta, Ga. Fleming; Brothers JEWELERS The first consideration in selecting a watch is t<? j?ct .i reliable time-keeper. It makes no difference how lit tle \ oh spend foi a watch it is money wasted unless you can depend <>u it lo keep somewhere ncai perfect time. In the manufacture!y ol ;i watch, one <d the cheap expenses is the final adjust inn ?Mid rej^nlatinjj. There are howei inexpensive watches <d~ real meiil, these are eonsti ncted alon^ situ pic lines and arc dependable time-keepers; other cheap watches gotten u|> in ;< shovy way are not worth carrying. We have learned From experience i<i distinguish between the <;<><>(! and bail Watches and we will n<il sell ;i watch ;tl :mv |>l i? c thai we cail Hol f^naiantec. Call and v?-i (?nt pi ii es. Fleming Brothers Jewelers aurens, S. C. P YVoori\: Descriptive Q\ illfot mal on tilioiil all Seeds for the Farm and Garden, Grasses and Clovers, Vetches, Alfalfa. Seed Wheat, Oats. Rye, Barley, etc;. Abo tells all about Vegetable & Flower Seeds that can bo planted in the lall to advantage ami prollt, ami about Hyacinths. Tulips ami other Floworintf Bulbs, Vegetable ami Strawberry Plants. P Hry Supplies ami Fertilizers. Kvcrv Farmer and fl?rden?r ?hould have this KAUlog. It is IiivrIiwMo t>; its heljifnlne and mifOfesllve Meint?! ii |irofltSbl(i Mid Hit factory Y'tum oi '.?rrlrii C.italoKiin mailed (reo an roiiiiost. Write lor it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, j| 1^3 Seodr.iiion. Pichincnd. Va. Cj \>\\. CLIFTON JON KS Dentist Office in Simmons building Phone: Office No, sr.; Residence 210 Be it ever so Mumble there's no place like home if it is \oiii own. Ii isn't necessary that it should be so humble in your case, however. We'll sell you a Home foi a little money down and take the balance in easy monthly pay ments. Y< 'ii can move riidit in and free Yourself from paying rent at once. Hrinj? your wife when you come t'> see us about it. She'll appreciate the oppor limits. ANDERSON & BLAKELY. Toilil Building I.aureus, S. C. PHOTOGRAPHS the McCord Studio ? will copy any Photo, en x> large any picture and I make i 1 igh tirade Pho ? tographs for you at the I very lowest prices. No I photographer can do 8 g more nor offer any g % morespecial inducement ? ? than tin- 8 ricCord Studio has always done. ! The McCord ! Studio's I motto is >> y "IJest Pictures, Lowest I Prices" ti ('ome t o see US. All I i re i n sura nee Coin pa uies are (iood rind any \> .1 it \ is all iighf if von do not have a fife. When \on have it fire, how ever, a properly Written policy in a c;ood company i^ the one you should have. Heitel sc? about this Blattei before the tire occurs. I'll ere rife iio better com panies in the cOUiitiy than the National l?irc Insurance Co., of Hartford and I'ire Association of Philadelphia, represented by J.J. Adams at Bank of I.anrcns Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts. prompt attention given to all busirwiB,