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8T0B0 J. SIMPSON PASSESTO REWARD Honored Son of Laurens ' Died In Spartanburg. DISTIMGUISHED LAWYER Wns n Son of .1. Wistnr Simpson nnd mis Prepared for College by Col. Ferguson, Spartanburg, October 28.- -The Hon. Stobo .). Simpson, one of the leading attorneys ot this bar. and well nnd prominently known throughout the stato. ('ted at his residence in this city tonight, alter an illness of two months, of stomuch trouble, Stobo .1. Simpson was horn at Lau rens. S. C. on March I I IS.".:!. He was a son of J. Wlstar Simpson and Anne Untillo Farrow, lie attended the vil Ingo schools during his early boyhood and was prepared tor Princeton Col lego at the Laurens Male Academy. Which was then conducted by Col. .lohn W. Ferguson. In the tall of IS7I be entered the sophomore class of Princeton College, remaining for two years. He was un able to complete his course, however, and returned to his homo in Laurens, serving as school teacher during the year he was principal in what was then known as the Clinton High school Ho was elected principal of the Laurens High school in 1S7."> and taught there that year. During his spare hours of thai year and in the early part of 187(5 he read law and was admitted to practice at Greenville, s. c, in the spring term of I87G. In June of the same year he settled in Spartanburg, entering into partner ship with his uncle, Col. W. I). Simp son. This partnership continued until 1ST!?, when he entered tho linn of ISvlns A Boinur, the lirm then becoming ISvinn, Homnr <fc Simpson. This firm continued until the dentil of Major .lohn Karle ?oiutir In 1800, Horace L. Domnr, Ilie youngest son of Major tlomnI', had entered the lirm a year previous, and on his Ml tier's death the firm became Simpson & Homnr, as i1 lias existed since. in lssti Mr. Simpson was elected !o the State legislature r.Ud after ; cry ing one term, refused to again oiler himself a candidate, lie was a mem ber of the .judiciary committee. in 1802 he made the race for the Senate as representative of the Antl-Tllllimil or Conservative party. In '.s!'.~> when delegates were being elected If) 1110 Constitution Convention, factional feel ing still being unnbntcd In Spartan burg county, full tickets were put forward by both parties and Mr. Simp son was again chosen as the repre sentative Of his party and defeated by a strict patty vole. He married Miss M. lOlolso Simpson, daughter of Chief Justice \V. I). Simp son . on May 18, Issr,. They had no children, Mrs. Simpson and six brothers sur vive Mr. Simpson. Ills brothers are: Dr. Frank F. Simpson, a promlm physician of Plltsburg, Pa.; Wells \V. Simpson, a leading citizen of Wood ruff, S. C.| Arthur C. Simpson, presi dent of the Farmers' Fertilizer Com pany, of this elty; Caspou Simpson, Paul s'mpson and Hai" >y s. Rlmpron, the last three ?ante! belt,; of (?eiill Springs. Mrs. C. VV, Zimmerman, also of Qlenil Springs, is ;t sister of Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson was an elder In the First Presbyterian church in this city, II trustee of Converge college and a director in several of the leading bus iness enterprises in this city. If those who knew him best were asketl what was Mr. Simpson's loading Characteristic, the answer would be his honesty, honest in thought, in prin ciples, In practice, iionecl In every relation of both Ills public and private life. ills profession assured him of what in this day is counted but a com fortable Income, and ho was generous in spending it to a marked degree. Another leading trait was his gener osity and for years ho has contributed freely to mission worn, lo leading educational Institutions am! lo ilie or phan homos in both North and South Carolina. Kvory one who came in Contact with (bo man loved him. At all times be was cheerful and jovial, being especial ly fond of children, all of whom loved him dearly. His high Ideals were an object lesson to many young men in this City, and Iiis honest, straightfor ward manner won for him tlm name which commanded respect wherever it. was spoken. Although any office In the glfl of 1 the people of the State could have | been Mr. Simpson's bad he wanted it. he always refrained from entering pol - 1 I itics in his later life, being content to , ! remain in his law office and continue ; the good deeds which had made men out o/ youths, which protected widow ed mothers who turned over their bus. iness interests to him and Whose ad vice was always heeded. i The State. ! The State's daily reports of cotton ! ? seed markets show no large diver- 1 gence in prices in the towns of the j Slate this year. Wednesday the price j at Lake City was 4fi cents abushel and at Union, m cents a bushel, a: ' difference of six cents a bushel or near four dollars a ton. but that j may have been due to special and purely local causes. It is of no sig ' nlflcance. Last year differences of i I lfi or H! cents a bushel were some-j times noted. Taking the reports from a dozen towns in every pari of South Carolina ; that appeared in The state yesterday, it will be observed (hut the cotton prices were generally on a level, which . is in some sense coincident with the! Piedmont region, being no better than those paid in the 1*00 Dee and south western towns. (Poen wood's price was an eighth of a cent higher than that of any other town reported but,! as we have heretofore remarked, it Is about as safe for the farmer to sell his cotton in one neighboring i town as in another. Sometimes there I may be a temporary enhancement or depression in a market, but the range ol' prices in these days is nearly al i ways Instantly anil closely res poll. J slve to general conditions. It is well' enough, however, lor producers and i business men to be watchful of the] local markets so that, if any sign of stagnation creep's in, it may be (illicit ly corrected, t in k< ii \vi:i>im\(; \i:\t ivkkk. Marriage of Miss /,eleite (?rnj ami Mr. .1. >V. Danklin Wednesday. A social event of wide interest will he the marriage Wednesday evening. November :?. at the First Methodist, church, of Miss Helena dray and Mr. .lames Washington Ouilklin. Cards announcing this Interesting affair were issued a few days ago by the hride elect's father. Mr. Hugh }?). day. Miss Cray and Mr. Dunkllll are among the most prominent and popular young people of this section or the Stale, so daily ami otherwise, ami the celebra tion of their marriage will he of more than local Interest. Poor Old Pumpkin! The State. Although pumpkins have no ? Ii place in The State's creed and their over-prodtlClion 111 South Carolina should be carefully avoided, it Is of, Interest to observe a statement of The' I LaiireilS Advertiser that William P. Snow of Laurens county will exhibit J at the State fair a pumpkin weighing pounds and another more Inexcus- , ably heavy that tips the scale at 05. 1 It must be confessed that the soil of South Carolina is so fertile and the skill of South Carolina farmers so i considerable that excessive pumpkins can not he prevented if the pumpkin business is fooled with ai all. We, who have no toleration for pumpkins, believe that the cost of living must climb to three times its present dis graceful and despotic bolglil before we shall be driven to the depravity of pumpkin consumption bin among the I 1,000000 inhabitants of the State thai the census will disclose, there are all : sorts of people. As hitherto admitted., the 26.3111 In Columbia include all ' sorts of people and in some of lb6111 the pumpkins of Laurens will arouse I admiration. At any rate, bigness is a thing worth while and n State fair w I thou I pumpkins at which men. wo men and Children, stand and gaste ! would be no Statr fair at all. These' pumpkins of Mr. Snow would probably fetch fnnoj prices in I lost Oil, the pumpkin being perhaps the nearest approach to n fruit (hat nan he pro ducod in \ew England, When a cold becomes settled in (he1 system, it will take several days' treat -' j nienl to cure It. ami (lie best denied)' to use is Chamberlain's Cough Heine <l.v. It will cure quicker than any oil. er. and also leaves the system Is in1 j natural and healthy condition Soil ; by Laurens Drug Co ITEMS OF INETREST IN SOUTH CAROLINA Culled and Condensed for Busy Readers. RESUME OF PAST WEEK South Carolina nt a Glnncc -What is Doing in a Groat state From l>ny to Day. Columbia, October 28.? A live stock exhibit will be at the State Fair, in charge of Mr. E. F, Jackson, who is the animal husbamlryman for the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers' association. There will be placed on exhibit about twenty-live head of beet cattle, and the method of feeding and results obtained will be explained lo those in terested in the fattening of beef cattle. At the same time there will be shown some native types of cattle in order to demonstrate that, for fattening pur poses, the types broughl into the Slate are the best. Abbeville. October 29, The llrsl gen uine cold wave of the season struck Abbeville yesterday afternoon, and this morning ice had formed on water in exposed places and the sun was high in the heaven before it had till melted. Steady wind front the west prevented the liest from forming, but.the cold was sufficient to nip potato plants, and as a result the potato patches today arc black. The wind has blown steadily here al most all day. and this evening the ther mometer is falling slowly, and there is every indication of a second freeze to night. If the wind settles, the frost will probably put an end to the plants which escaped the freeze last night. Florence October 29. The cold wave struck Florence with a vengeance last night tllld the thermometer struck tl.e freezing point notch in the tube. The result was that a killing frost was observed this morning and vegetation is blackened and dead. Considerable ice was noticed on exposed places, To night hids lair lot a freeze and a black frost. Newberry,*Oct. 20. The f$#H^erm of1 the court of general s?*" .mis for New berry county will he held during the week, beginning November 21 Kl. It is expected that the trial of lion Hub. If. Fvatis, former member of the board ol dispensary directors?one of the so called "graft" cases will come up at this term, and for tiiat reason this ses sion of the criminal court is looked forward to wilh much interest. It Is raid that an announcement ((, (his effect has been made by Attorney floii eral .1. Printer Lyon. The Indictment, charging Mr. Evans witli receiving 'graft" from llqtloi houses, while a member of the slate board of dispensary directors, was handed out lo the grand Jury of New berry county at (he .lime term of tie criminal court, and a true bill was re turned by that body. Attorney dell oral Lyon was in New berry at the time titid personally attended to blinding out the indictment. This proceeding came as quite a surprise to many per sons In Newborry and throughout the Slate. immediately upon the Unding of a true hill by the grand Jury. Mr. Evans engaged counsel, 'Kugene S. Rlcuse, Esq., of the local bar. ami put uptlie required bond. Mr. Blense and Mr, Evans demanded a prompt trial of the case, but this was opposed by the at torney general, and it was Continued, It. Is presumed that Mr. Lyon will represent the state In this case, and will he assisted by Solicitor Cooper. while Mr. Evans will be represented by Mr. 10. S. ideas.-. The case will be hard fought, and it is safe to predict that the trial will be heard by a large crowd, owing lo the prominence of Hie defendant. Columbia, Oct. 20, -The sum ol $221,011.9:'. has been received since the first of the year from the sale of fer tilizer tags. This fund goes to Clem son college. The total amount received from the tux last year was approxi mately $202.000, The total amount re celved to this date la: I year $18." 300.10. it is estimated that approximately $240.000 will be received during the year from the tax. At the annual con vention of the State Farmer:.' Union there was a resolution passed Indorsing the proposition of Increasing the num ber of free scholarships at Clemson college The argument used was ihul the scholarships have not boen In creased although when the free tuition was first granted only $l~>0,00 was re ceived from the tag tax. This means that the farmers of South Carolina have used nearly 1,000. 000 tons of fertilizer this year as there is a tax of 2f> cents on every ton sold. It is expected that the matter of Increasing the scholarships at ("lent. son will he brought up at the next ses Sion of the general assembly. There may be a movement started to use pari of the $250,000 for agricultural high schools to ho located in several sec tions of the Stale. LAUREN'S CENSUS FACTS | Washington, I), C. Oct. Popula tion statistics as collected by Uncle Sain decennially for more than a cen tury past presents a maze of fact of absorbing interest. The recotds show that the lirst ton sits of South Carolina was lakon in 17!?0 when Iho total population of the stale \sas 210,07:1. In 1000 this total 1 had mounted to I,340.310. The lirst census in I.aureus county was als?) secured in 1700. At this tlllio I the county honst od a population of :::'.T. In 1000 the total was .'17,5182. A study of the various census's shows thai the county en joyed an nv- , erage growth of 3,000 each ten years, save in the years intervening between I 1830 ami IS111 and IS'.U ami I860 when the gains were 1.011 and 400 respec tively. Prom I Still lo isTu there was a loss of more than 1,000. The great est gain was from 1800 to 1900, the in crease bolng over 6,000, The npperded table should prove of marked interest throughout Laurens county, showing as it does, the pop ulation of all division? of the county in I SOU am! Poo. P.100 Is'.or Laurens County .17,382 '11,610 Cross Hill twp, including Cross hill town 3.638 2.073 Cross Mill loss II I"'"-' 216 Dials twp Including Cray Court town 1,8?7 11017 (Iray Court loss n 181 Hunter two including Clinton ami Mountvilb* towns &.6-I11 1.7 7 7 Clinton toss a 1,867 1.021 Mountvilb- loss a 120 .lacks lownsliip 2,f?l!l L'."i72 I.aureus twp. Including Palliens town S.hlO 6,201 Laurens town 1.020 2,2l"> Scullletown iwp. 2,100 ... Stllllvans twp. including Part of Princeton town 2,000 2,218 Princeton loss 11 1 pa|'t of) 181 Waterloo twp. including Waterloo I own 3,"?73 ",000 Waterloo loss 11 ISO 201 Vouitgs township l'.?it! 2.816 UtiMI N'S HAUL Can Hnsllj Me .Made h'nsclniltitiu and Luxuriant. On April 1010, Mrs. lt. M. Worden. ."1 St. .lames Ave . Ilolyoke, Mass.. wrote: "Parisian Sage is the best hair dressing I ever used, ii gave my hair life and a gloss which no other dres lug ever did. beside.-, slo, pint It Iron, falling out. Il is the only dressing for up-to-date women." Parisian Sago is guaranteed by Lau rens Drug Co. to cure dandruff, stop falling hair ami itching scalp in two weeks, or money back It makes hair grow' lustrous and luxuriant Ii Is a delightfully refreshing hair dressing not sticky or greasy and will it. diately banish all odors. Large hot tie ftO cents ai druggists everywhere, ami at Laurens him; Co. The girl ssiih the Auburn hall' is tin every package. Opening hooks of .subsi rlptlon. Hooks of subscription t<> the cap ital stock ol Peoples Supply Company, of Ooldvllle, S. C . 0 corporation to be organized to tlo 11 tfenernl merchaittlle business, will bo Opened ai the olllce of William A. Wooroheud, at Cold vllle, s. c. mi Thursday, <><t 27lh, 1010 at la a. 111.. pursuant to a com mission from the seeretao ol state Authorized Clipllill $*i.000, divided into Mm shares of Hie par salin- ol $.'.0.00 each, pas able a! once (1, c. I lopkins, .1. Y. Cars. I.. W. C. IllOlOt k, William A. Moorohend, Hoard oi Corporators. WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS Have vim overworked yi.ur nervous sys tf-m and cftU8od - trouble with your ki.i ru vs and bladder? HftVe you pains in loins, side, bach and bladder? Hnvo you a flabby apponrnnco of the face, ami un der the eves? A frequent desire to pass urine? If so, Williams' Khlnoy Pills wilt cure you?Druggist, Price \V11 I I AM S MFG. CO.. Prop.., Cle?-Unrf,Oi.io Laurens Drug Co., Laurens H C, ITS ALL OONE! $ a&ked /nvu /mm Wim p Wmm the Bank MOST HRIHNDSHIPS cease when they cost tt man money. Have yon ever needed money and asked it of vom Friends? What did you get? Have money of YOl'R OWN safely deposited in onr hank and be indc I ?endent. Mako OUR Hank YOUR Hank. Wo pay liberal interest consistent with safety. Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. X. B. Dial, President C. H. Roper, Cashier W. 0. Wilson & Co. Have opened a full line of Black and Colored Wool Dress Goods, Ginghams, Outings and Flannelettes, Hosiery, Underwear, Table Linen and Towels. Also a complete line of Domestic Goods of every description. Special values in Ladies' and Misses Sweat ers will arrive this week at W. Q. Wilson & Co. I ?<Xif?L>C94 Oakland Heights - s i Realty Company With cotton selling for 14 cents and increasing daily, there's no reason why Farming Land shouldn't increase in value in the same proportion as cotton; therefore take ad vantage of the bargains we are offering in various sections of I .amens Comity. W'e offer a tract of land one and one-half mile from Water loo. This is a splendid piece of property.-- has one eight loom dwelling in good condition. Three tenant houses, barn and stables; will make liberal terms, 244 acres. Ninety Three acres seven mile west from Lanrens, $1.200, liberal terms. 24S acres in Abbeville Count)'?three miles from Loundsville, 75 acre under wire fence; 25 ac re in oak timber, 75 acres in heavy pine timber, One 6 room dwell ing complete; one 4 room honse, ham and Stable, This place rents for 2500 lbs lint cotton, price $4.000 cash. We have o'.her lands. We are having inquiries for small tracts of land from 50 to 100 acre. List With US?we give our time to the handling of real estate. Oakland Heights Realty Co. B, A. SULLIVAN, Mgr. Sales Dept. l^aurens, - - South Carolina.