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PATRIOTIC CITIZEN, NOBLE AND M, WAS THE LATf COL. A. W. BURNSIDE (By a Comrade.) U would bo imposlble In the limit, ?cd Hpace I shall take to do Justice to ?%e subject of this Imperfect sketch. ''*he meoeage on last Saturday morn ing that Colonel Allen W. Burnside 'tad died the night previous carried Vudneas to the hearts of all who knew J-.mi and excited profound sympathy ?or those near and dear to him. He \"as stricken with appoplexy at 7 ''. M. Friday and died at 2 A. M. Saturday morning, Jauuary 8th. Had 9i?l lived uuttl the 28th of this month "he would have beeu 76 years of age. He was born and reared in the V/arrlor Creek section of Laurcus ?:'junty and very early In young man b*>od his lovable traits of character d*ew from his fellowmen that esteem K-nd admiration that lead to his pre ferment and elevation to positions of honor and trust. Very few men with tn our knowledge came so near of having the Bupport and approval of all men. As soon as old enough he was j - lected Captain, under the old mill-! V*a organization, prior to the war. ?'e then rose rapidly to the colonelcy of the Upper Battalion, 41st, S. C. Militia. The great war between the sections r.atue on in the early days of 1S61 and i?t the organization of the first troops ?nder the cull for ten regiments of ?infantry, Burnside was elected First lieutenant of the "Laurens Briars." f which company R. P. Todd was ? aptain, greatly beloved by every man in his company and serving with dis vinctlon from the hirst Mannassas :t) the famous "Seven Days Rattles", ?e was severely wounded on the field if Savage Station. Juno 20. 1862. Disabled by his wounds he resigned, Having sufllclently recovered he again, luring the autumn of 1862, entered '.no service as Lieutenant In Company B, 3rd S. C. Bat.. Which had in the meantime been attached to Korshaws rlgade, in which brigade the Laurcus ?riars, as.a part of the 3rd Regiment, Tad served from the beginning. He ?ose to the command of the'company i nri was ranking ofllcer ill command if the Third Battalion at the time of ila consolidation with the Third Regi ment; a very short while before the ommand surrendered at Greensboro, The writer knew him as Well, per >ips as any one now living. I knew b|hl first at a country school; bel?g ? onsiderable younger and a mere boy. ? recall very little of the period. It ? ?as not until thrown with him in the Irring, trying times of the first year , f the war, while we were members ?>f the same company, that I leaj-ned to know and love him, as I know every member of his old company did. Ev ery man of the thin gray line of sur vivors of the great struggle, Will join i this humble tribute to his memory. Modest, affable, always avoiding con ?Mition or offensive dispute and pos I Hessing in the highest degree that flue attribute which prompts consider ation and respect for the opinions and I feelings of others, no matter how hum j ble or lowly they may be, led some who did not know him thoroughly, to attribute to him want of opinion, decision, or Belf assertion. No great er mistako could have been made. ! Those who ever entertained such opin ions had not had the opportunity to learn that beneath that modest, un. assuming and pleasing exterior, there wns a plenty of Are and force of re sistance and self assertion when some questions of right or wrong, or crls ises of serious import confronted the community or country. I have seen the genial-faced lovable gentleman, Allen Burnside, transform ed in a raging line in battle, not los ing his presence of mind, but while his boys were falling all around him, with sword pointing to the enemy, and with face lighted up with the fire of battle, he urged on his line. Returning from war, he lived on his farm until the overthrow of the I reconstruction regime in South Caro lina (in which overthrow he bore a [conspicuous part) when he was elect ed to the ofllce of Probate Judge, which ho held for fourteen years. Sinco hit> retirement he has lived ! In Greenville City and latterly in Augusta, Gn.. with his son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. .lames R. I Cooper. Of his immediate family Mrs. Ilattie Cooper and Miss Bessie Burn side alone survive. .Mrs. Burnside and throe sons died several years ago and were buried at Greenville City, where Col. Burn side's remains were laid to rest on last Sunday. One more loving father and loyal friend gone: one more good citizen gone; one more of as true and brave soldier as ever loved and eared for his lane tooted soldier boys in bivouac or march over frozen ground languish ing in fevered wards or flashed sword in the face of insolent foe. "By their fruits ye shall know them." To claim for any one Immunity from fault or mistake, would be to claim more than mortals ever knew, I but if, to have a long life of self-ab negation, of freedom from guile, of love to fellowman, as a consistent J member of the church from early life, ] and In short, in the practice of those virtues and graces, that adorn Chris tian character and conserves the high est interests or huinantiy. and that would refuse any intimation of inten tion wrong doing be evidences of a Christian life, then our comrade, who ! has just fallen, on the firing line, must i have found that city which he has long sought, reserved for the faithful Of ?U ages, and whose builder and maker is God. ^11 .1? urn*** MM \ Following is the Honor Roll for the ' rnrth month of th<> school vom-: Firxi Grade Ulbert Copeland, John Robert 1011 is. Frank Harvln, Douglas Smith, William Taylor, .lack Wallace. Float rice Babb, Jessie Bishop, Ruby Dent. Maggie Duncan. Grace liolton, .eo Ora Hunter, Margaret Lake. Blon or Miller. May Morgan. Mary Owlngs. tSecond Grase?Thomas Barksdale, .ueius Burns, Monteith Calne, Mar rhall Bendy, William Franks, Clark ray, William Gray, Flora Bennett, ? Marion Bolt, Katherlno Bolt, Klolso 'hinlap, Lillian Garrott, Mary Gasque, Josa Gray, llarrictte Hughes, Caro rie Rnnkin, Gladys Hoper. i.oe Wat t on. Third Grade?William Lake. Nash hilpot, Mary Blackwell. Kstelle Mar ti. Fourth Grade-Calvin Teague, Mil : red Counts. Virginia Gray. Fifth Grade?Strlcklcr Bankln. Re becca I*nke, Elizabeth Yoong. Sixth Grade-Cecil Roper, Sarah <'*olt. Frances Davis. Seventli Grade?Herbert Sullivan, .trglnla Simpson. Elizabeth Moseley, 'tattle Gray. Lizzie I^eake. Inez Hud i PiiH, Hugh Alken. Lilla Todd. N'inth Grade?Joe Holt. Edwin Mose jey, Anna Trentlss. Tenth Grade - Helen Sullivan. Mary ?-'osey. Mill Sehonl. *Flrst Grade?Perry Ca*ipbell, Carl '"utnam, Alice Boyd. Mamie Campbell. Hary Campboll, Eflle Cook. Second Grade?Fred Bragg. Toy ?'Shields. .!. D. Williams. Foster Whit, ?en. Bonnie Barton, Mottle Towers, Kannte Lee Stioddv. Third tirade Eva Robinson. Anise \anhoy. Fourth tirade-Knims i> Barton Mrs J. Arthur Taylor ha returned to the city from a visit to nor par ents. Mr. and Mrs, W. F. Medlock, mcsr Fountain Inn. I uIon Meeting. The I'nion meeting of the Second and Third Sections of the Lnurens Baptist Association convened at Now Prospect Church last October. At that time the I'nion adopted a sched ule according to which the i'nion shall hereafter convene. Beginning with second Lnurens, on Snturdny before the 5th Rundny In lau.. 1011, the following is the sched ule: Second Lnurens, Mount Olive, Rnbun, Chestnut Ridge, Mt. Gallagher, Highland Home, First l.aurcns Pop Irr Springs. Union, New Prospect, Princeton, Bulah. The oftlcers of the various churches mentioned above are requested to save this sohedule for future reference The Second Churc h at l.aurcns" is requested to communicate at once With Rev. W. B. Thayer, who is chair man of the Committee Oil program, and o.k.; in him of its intention to entertain the union. B. Y. Culbertson, Clerk of the Union. Saves Two Lltes. '"Neither my sister nor mvsolf might bo living today, if it had not been for Dr. King's Now Discovery" writes A. 1). McI>onald of Fayottovllle, N. It.. R. r. I). No. 8, "for wo both had fright ful coughs that no other remedy could help. Wo were told my sister had consumption. She wus very weak and had night sweats but your wonderful medicine completely cured us both. It's the best I ever used or heard of." For sore lungs, coughs, colds, hemor rhages, lagrippe, nsthmafl hay fever, croup, whooping cough, -all bronchial troubles, ?ltn supreme. Triai bottie free. dOo nnd $1.00. Guaranteed by Lauren* Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co, Old Soldier Tortured. "F?I" years I suffered unspeakable torture from Indigestion, constlpntlon and liver trouble," wrote A. K. Smith, a war veteran nt Brie, P?., "but Dr. Kings New Lifo Pills lined me all rlnht They're simply great." Try them for any stomnseh liver or hid ney trouble Only 2.*>c at Laurons Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. m^Ktmmmtmnmmm^^ wm mmm mm Special Sale on Talking Machines! I We have several fine Columbia talking Machines, and a fine lot of Disc Records, in both single and double that have been used slightly, to close out at the Greatest Bargain ever heard of. These are not old or worn out goods but are high-class goods and in first-class condition. If you want a Machine you can't afford fo miss this chance. If you have a Machine now is the best time you will ever have to purchase a fine selection of Records. $29.80 $29.80 This is a regular $45.00 Machine. Has large Nickle Plated Horn, Quartered Oak, Piano Polished Case. ONLY $6.95 Regular ._ $15,00 ^^m^[ Machine. ^HHBHNi??^fia ONLY $14.65 Regular $25.00 Machine. 10-inch Double Disc Records, slightly used - - - - 49c. 10-inch Double Disc Records, new, ------- 65c. 10-inch Single Disc Records, slightly used, 25c, 30c and 35c. 12-inch Single Disc Records, slightly used ----- 50c. These are the Greatest Bargains ever offered in Talking Machines and Records. Don't delay. Come quck before the stock is sold. & ARCUND THE TOWN. ? ? g Mr. A. W. Teague und Dr. .'. II. Teague have formed a partnership t'< std! automobiles. They hove taken the agency for the "Elmore" for ten counties in the Piedmont, Mr. A. II. Tongue will have the activp manng0 mcnt. Mr. II. Terry will move into the corner store which Is now occupied by The Trlbblc clothing Company. Mr.- Tribble has decided to close out his business and return to Anderson. He has made many friends here who will regret to sec him go. The Hank of Waterloo opened for business Monday morning. Mr. Cits, per Smith is cashier. In the "Hidden Check" Contest last .week, Mr. Job Little was the lucky person. He found the check under the Knst River bridge, near the depot. He brought it to this office, where it was properly signed so that he could get the money. This was the last of the series. Mr. R. K. Howe!I has resigned the position of manager of tho Planters Grocery Company, and is succeeded by Mr. W, H. Hudgeus. FURS WANTED! \A\l Kinds of Purs, Muskrat and Others Muskrat 25c to 85cts Mink. 50c to $7.50 The Highest Market Price Always Paid Further Information may be had by calling on or addressing S. P0LIAK0FF Next Door to Post Oftice, Laurena, S. C. NOW is the Time -AND WE are the Place T<> I)in Roiirdloss Sjninu Harle? at $2,011 per luishcl to sou mid mow. Rod Itust Proof Scott On Ik tit IMI cents per hlislicl for spring sowing. Full stock of? Hour, corn, ineal. inn las scs, bacon, siiurnr, coffee, lard, tobacco, feed oats ami liny, cotton seed meal on hand, and the prices are right to meet your views. uc sell the well-known line of HlounlH I in ii ri.ms und Middle dus ter Plows aud poluts no better plow made a trlnl will comiiiee the must Skeptical that Mount* is the best plow on the market. Yours for ousiiicss J. H. Sullivan I.AURKWS, S. C. See the new line of Ruga that we are showing, both floral and oriental dcatgnx, b*0aUtifU1 patterns, prices very low. ?. I?. * K. H. Wllke? ft Co. ? A BANK ACCOUNT S 5 SEEMS to BE a MAGNET; ? ? when once Started S ? I f% X ^ -^-^ -ma-fee. it ? ? m * 4 ? 5 In 1861, a depositor in a bank in Cleveland, Ohio, ? ? had $418. Since that rime he has drawn out $573, # ^ and still has $1,500 to his credit. ? (9 How do you figure that out? Why, he let his 5 ? money STAY IN THE BANK. It grew. ? Make OUR Hank YOUR Bank. ? ml We pay liberal interest consistent with safety. w ? Enterprise Bank ! ? Laurens, S. C. ? 8 N, B. Dial, President C. H. Roper, Cashier ?>