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AVANT GIVES BOND AND ISJELEASED Been Confined In Prison Three Months. EXTRAORDINARY CASE Man Convicted With Dr. Blgham for ^ Killing Latter's Wife In Georgetown County. W. B. Avant was released from the penitentiary this morning, having been confined there for three months, pending settlement of questions relat ing to IiIb appeal to the supreme court. Avant together with G. C. Blgham. was convicted in Georgetown of man slaughter, for the killing of Mrs. Big ham last summer at Murrell's Inlet. The case was appealed but thero was some question as to whether the ap peal had been perfected and the court j ordered that both Blgham and Avant should bo imprisoned. Avant gave him self up and has since been confined in the penitentiary, but Blgham has nev er been found. On a writ of habeas corpus Avant obtained bail from the supreme court, but several weeks have passed and he has not until today been able to give bond. lie was re leased today by Superintendent Grif fith on a bond for $3,000. signed by Lewis A. Parsons and D. W. Avant. The trial of Avant and Blgham took place in October, 1900, and Avant re ceived a sentence of three years and six months. He has already served about three months, for which he will probably be given credit if the verdict of the trial court is sustained.?Colum bia Record, Fob. 25. Rev. Mr. Clarke's Brother Bead. Mr. James A. Clarke, the only liv. ing brother of the Rev. W. A. Clarke of this city, died at the home for old soldiers in Columbia, about ten days ago, aged 79. His remains were taken to Bethel church, Falrfield county, for interment. The deceased is remem bered by many friends here where he frequently visited during the past several years. He was an ex-Confed erato soldier and because of a severe wound received during the war lie was a constant sufferer for many yearB. Press Taylor Case Dismissed. Preston Taylor, tho former colored tenant at the county home, v/1 o was some time ago placed under a $500 bond for his appearance at the next term of court to answer to a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it being alleged that ho had, on a certain occasion, struck and otherwise assaulted Jack Summerei, an aged white inmate of tho homo, was a few days ago given a preliminary hearing before Magis trate Hudgens. Several witnesses were examined. Including the old man Summerei, but the evidence submitted was considered insufficient and the magistrate dismissed the case. Why Our Crops Cost ?8 Too Much. One man may, under similar condi tions, the same soason and In the same section, produce a crop for one-half or even one-fourth what it costs an other. In other words, In crop pro duction, the single factor of manage ment?the man?very frequently so reduces the cost as to yield a liberal profit to one man while others suffer a Iobs. The cost of producing most of our crops is too high, but the problem of reducing the cost of their production docs not receive the attention it merits. As a general rule it does not COSt too much to produce our crops because we live extravagantly, nor because wo pay too high prices for j labor. It Is not because we have too | much money Invested In equipment nor because of extravagance in the quality or amount of the tillage giv en the crops; but because we have I noglected to give duo consideration j to the two most important factors in j determining the cost of crop produc- \ tlon, the effectiveness of the human 1 worker and tho fertility of the sou. | The Southern farmer is generally economical; but his economies are in small things, while he is extravagant of human labor and neglectful of that most Important of all factors In crop growing, tho productive capac ity of the land?Raleigh (N. C.) Pro gressive Fanner and Gazette. SCHOOL NEWS NOTES of LAUREnS county The Schools, Teachers and Pupiis. Quite a number of schools over the county observed Washington's birth day with appropriate exercises and a holiday. Miss Macie McCarley has been sick for a few days at the home of Mr. J. N. lludgens. She has however, returned to the Trinity Ridge school to resume her work. Miss Lula Werts, the new teacher at the Vouugs school, was in town Sat urday. The regular monthly teachers meet ing was held Saturday In the graded schol building. The next meeting will be held early in April and all teachers are urged to come as this will be a very Interesting meeting. Mr. J. W. Thompson agent for the Georgia Chemical Works, offors the following prizes to the boys who will use his fertilizer. To the boy who makes the largest number of bushels of corn 7 sacks of 8-3-3 guano, socond greatest yield, f> sacks of 8-3-3 guano. Third greatest yield, 3 Backs of 8-3-3 > guano. The prize medal for the High School deelalmers contest is now on exhibi tion at Fleming Bros, store. It Is a beauty. It would be well for the hoys to take a peep at it. It will be an in spiration. Stato Supt. of Education, J. E. Swearingen, has called a meeting of the county superintendents for March 8th. to discuss the changes mado in the school law at the recent session of the legislature. The time for listing members to tho Corn club has expired. We have 127 members. These names have been sent to Washington that lltorature on tho cultivation of corn may be sent to the boys. We have one of the largest clubs In the stato and if tho boys will do their very best wo will mako a good showing at tho exposition In Co lumbia. A full list of tho members will be published later. I LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. | Miss Lydia Rudd of Cross Hill is In Atlanta laying in a stock of millinery and notions for tho spring trade. Mr. Emory II. Machen is at home again from the hospital and it is now thought that he is on tho way to com plete recovery; his friends will bo glnd to know this. . Messrs. S. M. Wllkes, W. G. Wilson, Thos. C. Swltzer. J. A. Simmons, W. H. Anderson and Mrs. L. A. Sharks have returned from business visits to New York and llaltimore. Mr. Thos. .1. Weathers has moved to the city and occupies his now cottage on Garlington avenue. Miss Emmie Lou Humbert of Princo ton was tho guest of her brother, Mr. 11. II. Humbert, during the past week. Mr. T. C. McDanlel of Ekom who was taken to the Columbia hospital over a week ago for surgical treatment, re turned home Saturday, and it is under stood that bo la getting on very well. Messrs. B. M. Wolff and C. R. Bishop, two young hustling business men of Laurens, were In the city Tuesday. They have friends hero who are al ways glad to see them.?Newberry Herald and News. Make Your Home Deautlfnl. So again we say, love your farm. Make it a place of beauty, a place of Joyous frultfulness, an example for your neighbors, a hcritago for your children. Make Improvements on It that will last beyond your dav. Make an ample yard about with ad the old fashioned liowors that yout grand* j mother knew; set a great orchard near it, bearing many manners of fruits; lay off walks and roads lead ing to It and keep them up; plant hedges along the approaches, and llowering bulbs and shrubs?crape myrtle, and splrea and privet and ros es?so that your grandchildren will some day speak of their grandsire, who cared enough for the beautiful and loved tho farm well enough to plant them. Name the farm, too; treasure up Its history; preserve the traditions of all the romance and ad veil lU re and humor ami pathos that are In any way Con ine ted with it; and if some of the young folks must leave it, let them look back to it with happy memories of beauty and of worthy Ideals and of well-ordered industry.?Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Ga Tho following contributions have been made by the different grades of the Laurens city schools to the Mon ument Fund: First Grade.$2.02 Second Grade.64 Third Grade. 1.61 Fourth Grade. 1.61 Fifth Grade. 1.65 Fifth and Sixth Grades.SO Sixth Grade. 2.10 Seventh Grude. 1.10 Eighth Grade.75 Ninth Grade boys. :j.00 Ninth Grade girls.1.00 Tenth Grade. I 75 B. L. Jones.50 Total.$18.53 Contributors. First Grade?Monteith Caine, Rosa Gray, Lawrence Thompson, Ruth Thompson, Elolse Dunlnp, Leo Ora Hunter, Ryland Culbcrtson, Mary Belle Myers, Thomas Cromer, Clark Gray, Roy Chlldress, Walter Nichols, Jack Hudgens, James Postoll, Jessie Bishop, Allolno Pitts, Jink Clary, Marshal Ben dy, Mary Smyth, Dorothy Tiibble, Gladys Roper, Caroline Rankin, Marion j Bolt. Clark Bundrick. Ambrose Easter by, Clarence Babb, Mary Owlngs, Thos. Barksdale, George Albright, Lorraine Goocb, Flora Bennett. Second Grade?Catherine Crews, Juanita Wllkes, Jennie Stone, Sarah Bishop, Jake Shayer, Ernest Stone, Tom Davenport, 1 G Ellis, Ola May Hammen, Mary Moore, Estello Martin, William Lake, Joe Harvln, Mary Black well. Third Grade?Claudell Holder, Bur nice Meng. Harlan Crews, Martha Barksdale, Isabelle Sullivan, Robert Lucas, Fannie Pollakoff, James Dun-, lap, J L Lnngston, Ezell Holder, Lewis Hopkins, Julia Young, Annie Moseley, Helen Dodson, Mildred Counts, Esther Heam, B. K. Humphries. Washle Cul bcrtson, Louise Deudy, Eugene Ander son. Calvin Teague, Ray Boyd, Damon Gasquo, Kathleen McGee. Fourth Grade? Charles Thompson, Fred Holder, Thornwell Dunlnp, Charles Crisp, Virginia Sullivan, Clau dia Stone, Johnnie Milam, Inez Nichols, Hilda Bundrick, Sophie Shayer. War ren Bolt, Strlckler Ranklin, O. B. Sim mons, Belle Burns, Dewey Boyd, Re becca Lake. John Lake, Frances Myers. Fifth Grade? Roy Taylor, Frank McGowan, Sarah Bolt, I-ois Nelson, Frank Armstrong, Miriam Brown, Tru man Roper, Carolyn Fleming, Jessie Culbortson, George Hopkins, Blanch Cunningham. Fifth and Sixth Grades?Mary Sulli van, Earl Langston, Annie Howell. Tom Easterby, Jean Dodson, Martha Owings, Cecil Roper, Montague Cope land. Sixth Grade ? Eugenia Nichols, Georgo Moore, Inez Hudgens, Daisy Johnson, Ulla Todd. Dray ton Barks dale, Lamar Copeland, Hamilton Brown Hugh Alken, James Gallegly. Ruth Watklns, Henry Marlin, Raul Lake, Jo Ann Monteith, Boozer Burton. Seventh Grade?Margaret Dunlap, Hayno Taylor, Gladys Boyd, Harriet Simpson, John Rltts, Nellie Thomp son, Bertha Shayer, Pierce Moore, Le land Bolt, Asa Gossett, Lawrence Ken nedy. Eighth Grade?Theresa Shayer, Clio Roper, Clntlo Roper, Miller Brown. Richard Dunlap, Grady Wasson, Jannie Milam, Anna Prentiss. Ninth Grade Boys?Mr. B. L. Parkin son, James Todd, Tom Bennett, John Terry Pool, Otis Huff, Willie Nelson, James McLln, Douglas Featherstono, Moore Dial, William Byrd, Eugene Barnett, Willie Drummond, Tom Lake, Roland Moaeley, Grover Rlchey, Roy Owlngs, Leon Dodson, J. D. Sullivan, Julius Sltgroaves, Hasting Dial, Harry Gaaque, Herbert Martin, Floyd Martin, Sam Bolt. Ninth Grnde Girls- Esther Fowler, Grnco Poole, Marguerite Simpson, Ger trude Barnett, Marie Langston, Sara Shayer. Annie Hnnunett, Helen Sulli van. Tenth Grade? Margurlte Tolbert, Russell Pool, Alluwee Watson, Ose Slt greaves, Charles Fleming, Phil Huff, Karle Owlngs. Once again the unthoughtful South ern farmer begins tho folly of burn ing up trash, grass, leaves, half-decay ing vegetable matter, the humus which 1 is the hoil'n greatest need. Or.cc again [ Nature, with her inllnlte patience, has spent twelve months trying to develop j this humus and help restore the soil's | fertility. The blind folly of thwarting ' her efforts, so general throughout tho south, is nothing less than tragic.?> J Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer I Love Your Profession. Love your stock and have comfort able quarters for them, and you will have good luck. A man with only a hog hovel and a mule has nothing to love in the way of stock, and no ono spends much love on a scrub cow that stands outside all winter and has tho "hollow" stomach in the spring. No one can take pride In an c!d razor back sow and her long-nosed pigs. But let him once have a line Berkshire pair and he will take pride in showing I the litter of stub-nosed little roasters. \ He will get to love a colt from a good | mare with good blood In him, and will 1 boast to all his neighbors of his Jer seys that have been well fed on pea vine hay and have been making gold en blocks of butter all winter.?Ra leigh N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Gazette. Committed to Jail. Duck Byrd, colored, of Scufllotown township was commlted to jail Thurs day afternoon by .Magistrate Domini) charged with housebreaklng and larc eny. NOTICE OK BALK. United Stales of America. In District Court. In Re, HJurekn Foundry & Supply Company, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. Pursuant to order of the Honorable J. .1. Barle, one of the Heferees in bankruptcy, in the above stated cause. ? w'll sell at public o >l< \y, to the high, est bidder, for cash, at La vir ens Court House, South Carolina, on salesday In March next, the same being the 7th day of the month, during the legal hours of sale, the property of the above; named bankrupt consisting of mer chandise, machinery, toils and appli ances, iron foundry outfit, and office furniture and fixtures, an inventory of which will be furnished by the under signed on application. The said prop erty will be sold in hulk and in the event a purchaser should fail to com ply with his bid, (he property will he offered for sale on tin; same or some subsequent salesday on the same terms at the risk of tho former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for all papers, W. 11. Cilkorson. 30-2t Trustee. Notice. There will be an election by the qualified voters of Waterloo special school district No. 14, at Waterloo, S. C., on Saturday, March f? from i o'clock to 3 o'clock p, m. to vote for or against a special school tax. W. II. Wharton, Clerk. February 10 1!I10. 30 lit NOTICE OF SALE. The Oil Mill at Cross Rill. S. ft, nill he sold at I,aureus, S. ('., on the 7th., day of March, 15M0. United States of America, District of South Carolina, In District Court. In Re. Cross Hill Oil Mill. Bankrupt. In IliiiikmpU'y, In obedience to an order ami decree of sale passed in the above case by his Honor, John J. Karle, Referee in Bank ruptcy, on the Ifitll., day of Feby.. 1910, we will sell to the highest bidder at Laurens Court House in the city of Laurens, in Laurens county, South Carolina, for cash, at public auction, on the 7th., day of March 1910, the same being the Ill's! Monday in said month between the hours of eleven (11) o'clock in the forenoon and three (3) o'clock in tiir afternoon of said day, the property belonging to the Cross Hill Oil Mill, bankrupt., as fol lows:? The Oil Mill Plant at Cross Hill, S. Cm consisting of one lot of land with the Oil Mill buildings thereon, and the Oil Mill machinery, contained in said buildings and on said lot. belong ing to the llnnkrupl; the said lot con sists of one-half of an acre of land. more or less, bounded on the North by a street, on the Fast by the track of the Seaboard Air Line Railway; on the South by Church lot and on the West by Knitting mill lot, and being more particularly described in a deed executed by M. S. Halloy anil W. J. Bailey to the Cross Hill Oil .Mill. Oct.. 1st., 1908, and recorded in book "3 at page 102, in the Clerk's office at Lau rens, S. C. The purchaser to pay for deed; If the purchaser does not com ply with the terms of sale, the said property Bhftll be resold on same or on some subsequent salesday as pro vided Under the State laws, at the risk of the defaulting purchaser; when the property is knocked down to the highest bidder, he shall Immediately pay to the trustees the sum of one hundred dollars to hind the bargain and If he falls to do so the property shall bo Immediately resold at his risk. Till:', property "?<?-! ?old by us r?n salesday In January. 1910, and was bid off by Mr. J. R. C Hover, through his attorney, who has failed to comply with the terms of sale and the resale of said property will be at the risk of the said J. H. C. Hover. C. C. Featherstone, R. A. Cooper, Trustees. Real Fstflfp flffpri r.oo ocicB. r> miles from city of l,nu rons, bounded by lands of A . Huff, .lohn Brown & Bailey land. 8 horse farm In cultivation, well supplied with tenant houses. Price right and terms easy. lf>0 acres land hounded by lands of Ludy Mills, L. B. Bruns and V. A. Mills. Price $30 per acre. 307 acres of land in Scuflltown town shin near Hyrds Cross Heads, hounded by lands of M. P. Poole, Will .1. Adair. Will Myers and others, known as the Varborough place, 3 dwellings, $r,,ouo. 74V4 acres of land near Green Pond church, S-room cottage, with bine barn and out-buildings, 4-room tenant house, bounded by lands of Jno. Tay loi, Mrs Abercrombie, and Jno, Curry. Price $00.00 per acre. 70 acres of land bounded by lands of Jim Ad Moore, Will Hudgens and others, cottage house. 40 acres under cultivation. Price $1,700.00. f?2 acres land, bounded by lands of .1. H. Armstrong. S. 1,. Owlngs and Mandl Owings; 4-room dwell lug, one tenant house. Price $30 per acre. 2 acres of land In the town of Whit mlre, S. C. nicely situated, suitable for dwelling lots. Price, $1,000. lliOVa acres of land bounded by lands of Hryson place, Bee Hailey, 1 lamps Holland and others; 5 room dwelling, 2 tenant houses; good barn and out-bulldings; known as the old Ferguson place,owned at present by Will B. Motte. Has sown 14 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of oats.?Price $27.Tit) per acre, Terms easy. One lot on Main street, close to the Public square; six room, modern dwelling; water, lights and sewerage. A nice homo. Price $f>,0<i0. 210 acres of land In Dial's township, known as the Oapt. Swltzer place; six room cottage, 2 tenant houses, lino barn and outbulldiirgs. Price $20 acre. 02% acres land near TumbVing Shoals; bounded by lands of W. 1). and J. G. Sullivan; 8 room dwelling; good outbuildings. Price $22..,0 per acre. GO acres land, beautiful cottage, hounded by lands of Win. Childless, Hobt. Hell and others. Price and terms made right. I 47 acres of land, ."-room cottage, good out-buildings, bounded by lands r?P W I.' M....1I.. i I? ?? ?? 2 Ms no res of land, 6 room cottage* nicely located In the town of Qray Court, with one of the finest wells of water In town. Price, $2,300. 8 room dwelling, on Centennial St., Clinton, s. c, with 8t hundredth* of an acre of land,, known as tho Griffin place. Price, $4,000. 32.') acres land 4 miles of Cross HM1, known as the old Camphcll place. Price $l? per acre. Easy terms. 150 acres land, onc-hnlf mllo of Dial church, with a handsomo dwelling 3 tenant houses and good outbuildings. Come quick If you want this place. Price $.">0 per acre. lt'.7 acres of land bounded by lands M. II. Holder, W. 1). Ahercromblo, and others; s room dwelling, 3 tenant houses, good barn and out? buildings. Price $2."..00 per acre. Terms: $1,000 cash, remainder In llvo equal Instal ments. 17T> acres known as old Goodgyn place, has S room dwelling, 3 tenant houses, lino corn mill In good running older with 7f> horso water power. Price $4,500. Terms made easy. ill acres bounded by lands of J?ff Davis and Herbert Martin; 3 good ton ant houses, and good barn. Price $,Ml per acre. 117 acres of land near Gray Court, bounded by lands of 10. T. Shell, W. 10. (.ray; seven room cottage, fine barn and outbuildings and fine past ure Price $00 per acre. One S-room dwelling In city of Lau rens, No. 33U Hampton street. Prlco $3,250. 140 acres bounded bv lands of T. C. Heliums and Mitchell Owens, In 3 miles of I.aureus; 2 dwellings and out buildings. Prlco $3,r> per acre. 71 acres on Roedy River, bounded by lands of James Downey, Will CaJd wojl and others. With tenant house, Price, $20 per acre. Terms made easy. s:; acres of land closo to P.euluh Church oil tho dividing line of Green ville and Laurens with an eight room dwelling, one tenant house, also good out buildings and line pasture. This place is known as the Thaddens Hatob homestead; Price $33 1-3 per acre; terms made easy. 323 n< res land, bounded by lands of Daniel South, Davis land. Miss West and others, known as the ('alien Iai*k homestead, 1 room dwelling and 3 flBTt ,,,,< I.,......... t?-.i.- -* J. N. Leak Remember To see us for The best job of Electric Wiring, FSIectric Chandeliers, Rlectric heating devices of all kinds. How about a front door Bell? Swygert & Teague Agents "R. M. IV Automobiles BlountVTrue Blue" Middle-Breaker Light Enough for One Mulo Strong Enough (or Two! Greatest labor-saving invention since the cotton gin. Saves half tho ex-' ? pense of planting Sg\ j?m""" ,,h,c 'lm?-, sV?n? ^ bl enough for breaking. Light enough for cultivating. Every plow guaranteed. Plant and Cultivate Cotton or Corn at a Saving of HALF in Time?Men?Mules No soil too stiff, no sod too tough, no growth of grass too rank for this "True Blue" wonder. Over 50,000 in use in Mississippi alone. Sold and Ciscd throughout the South for over forty years. Come In and See These Great Plows! J. H. SULLIVAN, Laurens, S. C. 4172