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!V!1SS ANNIE CHILDRESS LEAD IN THEJOITY Took Down One of the Dis trict Prizes. IN THE GREAT VOTING POPULARITY CONTEST Mr. T. II. Nelson Came Second In TIiIh County and Miss Odessa Hembree Won Third Prize. Miss Laurence Culbertson t ame >ext and Miss Euphemia Thompson Next. j WINNERS OF COUNTY PRIZES J First Prize: Suit of Furniture. Miss Annie Kate Childress 437.870 Second Prize: Gold Watch. Mr. T. H. Nelson 389,260 Third Prize: Sewing Machine or Bicycle Miss Odessa Hembree 256,510 Fourth Prize: Traveling Bag, Miss Laurence Culbertson 104,065 Fifth Prize: Correspondence School Scholarship, Miss Euphemia Thompson 87,315 Miss Annie Kate Childless, whose home is a few miles outside the city limits of I.aureus, headed the Laurens contestants in the Chronicle-Advertis er Contest. Up until the last count was made, opinion wr.s divided even within the walls of the two papers as to who would be the successful ones. In addition to winning the tirst prize in the county, Miss Childress also won the fourth prise of the Second South Carolina District offered by the Chron icle. This prize is a $75 scholarship :tt the Osborne Business College, of Augusta, and is an exceedingly val uable premium. The first prize for this county is the beautiful set of furniture bought by The Advertiser from S. M. Ai K. H. Wilkes & Co. The i-'ccond prize is a $50 gold watch bought from William Soloman, the jeweler. The third prize is a choice between a bicycle and a $.'.o sewing machine. Miss Ilembreo won this prize so it Is needless, to guess that she will tnko the machine. The fourth pr ize, ; nd a pretty one too, is the hand bag bought from Davis, Roper &. Co. it is one of the very best of its kind and is a beauty. Miss Laurence Cul bertson won this one. The fifth prize is a correspondence course In one of a large number of branches in the In ternational Correspondence School. Miss Euphemia Thompson, of Ora, won this prize. Following Is the. standing of the leading contestants. Augusta, Cia., June 8th, 1011. Wc, the undersigned, chosen as judges to decide the winners In the Augusta Chronicle's Great Joint Vot ing Contest, do hereby declare the fol lowing persons entitled to the prizes opposite their names: (?rand Capital Prize Master Richard Rowden, Thomson. Ca.7,018,620 Georgia State Capital IVrizo?' Mrs. s. io. DuPuis, Warren * ton, On. 3,356,850 South Carolina State Capital Prize Miss 1511 eon Ousts, Edgoflold, S. C. 4,258,470 Second South Carolina District. Kirnt Prize Miss Annie Whar ton, Iva, S. C. 936,230 Second Prize Miss Lila Sher rard, Iva, S. C. 689,130 Third Prize-Miss Laura Mc Allister, Latlmer, s. c. .. ?8:1,180 Fourth Prl/.e?Miss Annie K. Childress, Laurens, S. C. . . 437,870 Fifth Prize?Miss Lou Ellen McFall, Abbeville. S. C, . . 105,495 MR. LAWTON B. EVANS. County Supt. of Education. MR. M. it. n. DUVALL, Member of firms of Goodwin, Du vall & Co. MS. MILLBDGE LOCK HART, Real Estate Dealer. MR, HARRY H. JONES, Junior partner. .Jones Furniture Co. MR. FRANK FERRIS, of Ferris &?. Arlington. MR. M. J, H ALLAH AN. of Hallaban & Costello. MR. J. R. LEWIS, of Gnrdellc Drug Co. Judges. FOURTH SESSION ORDEREASTERN STAR To be Held Here Next Week. PUBLIC IS INVITED TO OPENING SESSION The <>ranl Chapter Will be Called to Order lu the Masonic Hall by the Worthy (.rand Matron, Mrs. Tnllu Iah L. ('add, of Spnrtanhiirg. The Fourth Annual Session of the ' Grand Chapter of South Carolina, Order of Eastern Star, will be held'in I this city next week. The delegates | will begin to arrive Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The first ses sion will be held in the Masonic Temple. F. P. McGowan. Esq., will welcome the delegates oil the part of the city council. Dr. II. K. Aiken will welcome them on the part of the citi zens of Laurens and Hon. R. A. Coop er will speak for the Masons. As the program of the meeting has not been completed or made public it cannot be said who will respond to these ad dresses of welcome. To this opening session the public will be invited to at tend, but the other meetings of course will be of a private natUI't. The sessions will be carried on dur ing Tuesday and Wednesday. It is expected that about one hundred dele gates will be in attendance. A large majorty of them will be ladles al though there will tie a generous sprinkling of men among them. The following are the Grand Officers of the Chapter: Worthy Grand Matron. Mis. Talulah I.. Cudd, Soartanburg; Worthy Grand Patron, D. A. G. Ousts, Greenwood; Asso. Grand Matron. Mis. Louise M. Tweed. Sumter: Asso. Grand Patron. Dr. .1. W. Pitts, Saluda; Grand Secre tary. Mrs. Agnes it. Swygert. Lau rens; Grand Treasurer. J. W. McCovvn. Florence; Grand Conductress. Mrs. Jennie Hawes. Orangeburg: Asso. Grand Conductress, Miss Nancy Hen net t, Greers. The Count)' Props. During the past week rain foil OV 1 a considerable aroa of this county, but the lilOSt part the drought remains unbroken. The fact that there has not been a general season since the crops were planted is proving ruin ous to many farmers who have been unable to secure stands of cotton and in some instances entire fields have just been replanted, it is estimated that fully 2? per cent, of the cotton crop in (Ms county is not yet up. The condition of the plant, however, on the other three fourths of the acreage is excellent and is gi'uwmg beautifully. Corn is doing fairly well but needs rain as a general thing. Dentil of Mrs. Nancy 0wines. Mis. Nancy Owings. widow of the late Mr. Sam Owings, died at nor home In Dials township Sunday and was burled in Dials Church Cemetery Monday morning. Slit; was the moth er of Mr. Frank Owings, of this city. in the Insurance Field. Misses Lila Hart and May Delle Darro have gone to Greenville whore they are using the summer months to advantage. They have both taken out Insurance licenses and are .idling" policies, in a well known southern company. When their vacation is over, however, they will return to their work in the city schools, Too Many Wires. Ed. Hutto, a white man. was brought back from Union several days ago by Deputy \V. H. Worthy and lodged in the county jail on the charge of biga my. The warrant was sworn out by Wife No. 2, at the Laurens Mills, this city. She was a Miss Armenta Wix. His first Wife lives in Augusta and in n letter says that she will come to Laurens to testify against him. Hack From Hot Springs. Mr. It. W. Willis is at home from Hot Springs, Arkansas, having re turned Friday. He was gone four weeks nnd says he received great benefit from the treatment and now feels better in every respec t than In mnny months. Ills friends are glad to see him back and to know that his health is much Improved. MAKING PREPARATIONS j FOR FIRE TOURNAMENT; Neu Wagon lias Boon lloot'lvel uud (he Department is Having Dull) Practice. The Laurens Are laddies are prac tising daily, getting In trim for the big tournament in Columbia the lat ter part of this month. Saturday the department received a light new single wagon for the boys to do a few stunts with. The new wagon has given new life to the team and by the time that the tournament opens the Laurens boys expect to be in trim to take down a few trophes. Both the double and single wagons will be carried to Co lumbia so that the team will be able to enter a larger number of the events. The two big grays, Henry and Counts, are giving good account of themselves, showing improvement in spied over last year. It has not been decided yet which of the two will be used In the single harness class. Each horse is n favorite with different mem bers of the company and the specta tors who go out to watch the prac tice and so far no decision has been reached as to which is the faster. This will be decided though tomorrow af ternoon when the two will be timed and the winner will take the single wagon at the tournament. The noszlers are counting on cut ting down their past record with a new nozzle made by Nozzleman Div ver. This is something new and is an invention of Tom Dlvver himself. It saves a deal of time in making the connection and will help to lower the record considerably. The department me: a few nights OgO and elected the following officers: Chief, .1. T. Crews: President. .1. II. Peterson' Vice President ThOB. Down ey; See. and Treas., C. II. Bnbb; ("apt. K. 11. Crews: 1st Lieut., .1. F Smith: 2nd Lieut William Swltzer; Xoz/.leinen. It. (1. Franks, B. II. Nel son. T. M. Dlvver and ,L N. Richard son. Master John Richardson Bnbb was elected "Mascot" to accompany the company to Columbia. J, T. Crews and J. Kd. Ilioks were elected new members of the company, W. II Anderson. M. L. Nash. It. 1'.. Chlldress, F. I*. Childless. Tom Foucho and J. II. Swltzor are other members of the company and C. II. Roper is an hon orary m< mbcr. DEATH or MH. IV. II. IIcDILL. (Ira Citizen Expired Italhcr Silddcnl) mi Tuesday, June (i, Hurled at Old Kleids Church. Mr. W. II. Mel Mil. a good citizen of the county and an ex-Confederate sol dler, died at his home at Ora Tin : day. June 11, The circumstances sur rounding his death were singularly sad. While on his way early Tuesday morning to Iiis farm some three miles from his home, he cither fell or was thrown from his horse. Shortly after wards be was found by a passerby ly ing in the road, unconscious, lie war: at once removed to his home, and X o'clock Tuesday night he expired with out ever regaining consciousness The attending physician gave it as his oplnon that the decoased was tic \? tim of apoplexy, the attack seizing him as he was on the way to his work. He was a good citizen, honest and Upright, lie was ('. I years of ago and is survived by Iiis widow and one daughter. The burial services, con ducted by the Rev. J. R, Ilooten of Clinton, were held Wednesday after noon at Old Fields churchyard. Had Pleasant Visit to Arkansas. Capt, John M. HUdgens and his granddaughter. Miss Mary Teague. have returned from a four weeks' vis it to relatives In Arkansas. After attending the Confederate reunion at Little Bock, they went to Amity, ('lark County, where they spent Vome time with Rev, F. B. Teague and fam ily, Mrs. Teague being a daughter o Capt. Hudgcns. They also visited i el atlves at Hollywood, a town about twenty miles distant from Amity. Capt. Hudgcns roportS a most enjoy able trip, the weather out there hav ing been delightful and the country aiost interesting to the Lnunns vis Itors. He says the corn crop then is line while cotton Is late on account of the wet weather in the spring, Building Now Home. Mr. John A. Hicks Is having built on the corner of Todd and Farley Avenues a largo two story home. Very attractive plans have been made and when Is finished It will have a very handsome appearance. A BOOSTERS CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED Young Men to lime a Meeting Thurs day Afternoon hi the Armory to Perfect an Organization. Laurens is to have a "Boosters Club." Several of the young busi ness men of the city have gotten to gether and decided to call a meeting I of the progressive citizens of the town for Thursday afternoon at 6:16 o'clock to organize and got to work at once. They have decided that Lau I rens must be pushed forward like a number of other cities In the Piedmont and that she must resume her place with the leaders. They have not built any air-castles or dreamed of making Laurens the foremost city in the Pied mont in thirty days, but they have dc I elded to meet together, perfect an or ganization and do?everythlng that is in their power to forward the Inter ests of the city. The meeting is to * be held in the Aemory and everybody in tin' city who hasn't "given up" is urged to be present. The nieeGrve has been called for young men. In a movement of this kind anybody under one hundred years of age and wants to join is con sidered a young man. One matter of importance is al ready en the prog ran be discussed. It is something that h is to be attend ed to at once and it is hoped that a representative crowd will be present o that the matter can be determin ed. Ft'N Kit A L OK MIL FLF.MIN'?, Another Prominent I.aureus Citizen is Laid to Kcsl in the ( it) Cemetery. The funeral ami burial services of the late Mr. .1. O. C. Fleming, whose death occurred Tuesday evening, i June ?*?. were held Thursday morning at half past nine o'clock at the city cemetery. The Rev. Chas. F. Ilankin, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated, t:nd a select choir rendered very sweetly the hymnal service. There was a large outpour lug of the people of the city and the surrounding country and a gorgeously beautiful llornl collection evidenced loving tribute of scores of Iiis friends hero and elsewhere. The following acted as the pall bearers: a. c. Todd, [Or, W, 1 >. Ferguson. James Todd Cressweii Fleming. ?>' Loo Langslon, s. L. Saxon. 1);-. \V. II Washington, s. m. Wllkes. i. II. Parks Id nornry: W. L. P.oyd. .1. \V, Ferguson, C w. Tune. II. V Simpson. .1. W. Todd, T F. Simpson. N. It. Dial, \V, A. Wr.ttS, C. I). Mosoley, J. N. i^.>*. I):-. It. R. Hughes. .1. .1. Pluss, W, J Cop land, I. II. Sullivan. II. II. Kennedy, \v. L Cray. Dr. \V. C Irl?', T. I). Lake, C I). Bnrks\lalc, W R. Rieh? y. Sr., S I> Oarllngton, W. P. Childress, i>. II. i founts, Or. W. II. Hi:.:. Mr. J. 0. C. Ph ining was a son of Samuel and Harriett Williams Flem ing and was born in (his town sixty seven years ago. At t!n> age of seven teen, fresh from a military college, young Fleming volunteered for serv ice in the Confederate army, joining Company A, Third South Carolina Regiment At the battle of Frcdcrkk burg he was wounded as was Iiis brother, R. Frank Fleming, the sane afternoon. Young Fleming made a good soldier, patriotic and true, and after the war lie returned to Liiul'CriC and engaged In business From that time henceforward ho was Idcntllled with the life and business interests of the town and vicinity in a manner that makes his passng a distinct loss and one of peculiar sadness. Ho was an exceptionally successful business ' man and accumulated a handsome cs 't?te, he being generally regarded as One of the wealthiest men in the county. For several years he had been a director of the Charleston K j Western Carolina Railway Company, the Peoples Loan & Exchange Rank, the Laurens Cotton M.lls the Reedy River Power Company, and in addl | tlon he was Interested In numerous other enterprises of the city and coun ty. For many years he had been the senior member of the mercantile firm of J. o. C, Flomlng Company. In 1888 be was married to Miss Carrie Todd of Due West. She sur vives, together with ihr e children, a son and two daughters, 111 addition to a largo and prominent connection in this and other counties, the di ceased Is survived b> two sisters. Mrs. Cressweii Oarllngton and Mrs. w. w. Jones, both of this city, and one brother, Mr Frank Fleming of Green wood. AN EXTRA MILL 18 ADDED SCHOOL LEVY Only Applies to this School District. NEXT YEAR'S FUNDS HAD TO BE INCREASED For Several Hounoiis (lie 'ncoiiie From All Sources Nox( Ye Would lime Keen Less Than Hie Post Year go Hie Kxtra Mill had (o lie Voted. Other Matters Attended to. At the meeting of the citizens and taxpayers of the Laurens school dls trlct, held In the court house Thurs day, it was decided to add IUI addi tional one mill tax to the three mill tax which has heretofore boon levied on property within the district 'to meet the expenses of the city schools next year. The report of Secretary and Treasurer ('. II. Ropor, of the school hoard, showed that for various reasons the Income for school pur post's next year would not he as as largo as they were the past year. In this connection it might ho stat ed, for the information of those who are not familiar with the ways in which the school money is disposed of. that there arc two funds that tie' city of Laurens is taxed for. one from Ich she gets no returns and from the other she only gets a partial re turn. The first of these is the fund 'or state high schools. Although no direct levy is made for this purpose it collies from the taxes collected on all property. Of this fund the city high school hereafter will get noth ing. To the other fund, derived from the state constitution).? three mill lax. the city contributes in round numbers about $4,200. out ol this she yets in return $1,(150, this being pro i portioned all over tin- stale at the . rate of $2.00 per child attending ' school. While nothing Was said III the UK I lug cone u'uIng the disposition of the Ihne mil lax fund, which nearly everybody agrees Is as it should be a slight not ? of discord was noted as tr ' the loss by the city of its share of ihn high school fund. Lb-lien of Trustees. Ti e terms of M- ssi's. <i It Sim noons, P. A. Simp.ton ; ml .1. .1. Pluss I bavin:; expired as trustees, iiomina '. i on , were gone Into to elect their successors, A motion was made to reel i< t all ihn o of tin m, Mr. Pluss, however, ashed to bo excused and Mr. T. 1? Lake was nominated in hi>, stead. Thereupon the three as noinl I net d were unanimously elected. C0LRT NEXT WEEK. Xo Cases Of Much Inten t (n be Tried, ' Judge (Jarj (o Preside. I The ?'one Term of the Court of (Jen 'Oral Sessions will convene .Monday morning, with fudge (lary on the Bench. o cases Of special Importunco arc on t doclo t. FOr the first Hma ill many years anl in fact for the first time In Iho memory of a number of tin- county's oldest Citizens, not a single murder case is Ott the docket. Only one Ca ? was on Iho docket at the last term and the prisoner cam.' clear then. The credit for tills healthy state of affairs is given in largo ineiisuro to the vigi lanee and good work of the rural po lice. The rowdyism which has been I more or less prevalent over Iho county for some years has hern almost en tirely wiped out and especially have the rows and lights so usual in former years at negro meetings and frolics been put a stop to. The rural police have decided not to put up with it at all. Installed Neu f'arbonator. The ( oco Cola Bottling Company has just installed a new and improved carbonator In their plant underneath lludgcns Repair Shop In addition to this they put in a now washing ma chine some weeks ago, which is of the very latest pattern. With it they can wash over 1,000 bottles an hour, each bottle going through three dif ferent waters before being bung up tO dry. Fach bottle Is flrsl soaked, then washed and brushed on the in side, rinsed and then drained, guaran ; teeing an absolutely dean interior. AGRICULTURAL TRAIN TO BE AT WATERLOO At Live Stock Association Meeting. THE TRAIN WILL BE THERE WEDNESDAY .Mr. W. Carl YVIuirtoii lias Extended mi Imitation to Kverjhoil) In lite Conn* I) la In- Present 'Unit Mil) and tlm Mil) liefere A ho. Ample Spure W ill lie at Hand for Show Stock. Next W-dnesday, Jini" '-'Ist. will bo Live stoek day at Waterloo, That day the CloniKon agricultural and laboru lory ear will be there. Thai same day and the lay following the Lauren;'. Count} Live Stock Association will hold their annual meeting there. Mr. W Carl Whai'tOU, secretary of tin: Association, has made all prepara tions in advance and everything wilt he done to ticeollllliodllt C a I.UK" crowd. Mr. Wharton has recently completed a large hum in which Ilm entrants in the live stock exhibits wilt have plenty Of room. Mr W harton al so says (hat he will see 10 it thai Iho entrants are (tired lor and teil free Of charge, So everybody Is Invited t<> attend the meeting. Visit the ClelllSOli curs and meet their friends. A barbe cue will he preparel on the grounds by <i. W. Long so i hat all will lit; certain of getting something to eat. The following lettei has been ro celvel by Mr. Wharton from Prof. D. X. Marrow, who will have the train iiv charge: Clcmsou College, S c. May !I0. 19,11, \V. Curl Wharton, Waterloo. S C Dear Sir: You have probablv seen by the list ol tin- itinerary of our train, published in last Sunday's pa per, thai we have planned to stoi til; Wiilei loo July 2\. a previous tic . counts o this (rain mtve hIiowii, wo ( w ill have a carload ol livi rock and ,'. laboratory car in which corn judging 'and cultivation and other problem.-* of the farm will bn discur.seil and dem I unsti nted There will also be In hi . ?train two can from Winthrop Cid ? logo in one of which demons!rations In domestic sehnte will be given, .while the otbar Hill contain a largo number ol exhibits In household con vent* lices. There I; It' i two art Hi' course for tin- bei III of the ludleV, i and we hope lliey will tarn out iu force to gre< t the irail I feel sure that you will ili what you can towards ? "???Ill ing us a good ait- mil Hi While it i; possible tint w? may have oiir own sloepei and diner oil this train, yet ariaiigeiiient; tor these have not. yet been perfected. Ill 111' event that this Is not done 1 will ask that you use V'oUl llieiieucn and SC i that we uccurc both meals and lud? ing. There will be in the oeighhoi hood of iirieeii men and threi lnd|. in our party, Tlmuking you i;. tidvt uei for any thing you may do (ownrlt making tlii a i ucces- , I remain D. X Mit no Ii. Si.pe, mi, ndeul uosri i \i. n \s oi i.M.n. The First I'atienl was liiken in I.list \\ eel, .1 ml Opi rilled on. The Laurens Hospital although tjip full equipment ha no! r.rivod, baa opened. The hist patient wa. placed in it last Week by l)l S'.'hfiyi r and an opera)ion peffoi med. As |s already well hi.own, Mis;; I Irby bus opened the hospital tem porarily in tlm houst recently vacat ed by Capt. Smjtb. a largo amount of necessary furniture and Instru ments have be. ii ordered but have ma >et arrived. When the hospital Ih nut Oil a firm looting It w.ll bo moved into the old Irby home ami as Lhq patronage increases botti r accommo dations W ill be prOI i<leil F.xctirsion to Spnrtanhurg. The C. K- W. C. Hy . has aniioni ? 1 ? an excursion from (Ireenwood to Spartanbuig. Wednesday. June 21 I The train will pass Laurcm about s o'clock Wednesday mo: mug. TliCi : round trip llekets from hCrd will Cost <",:. cents. The train Will leave Si tanburg the same afternoon uc ' o'clock, j'.lvlng time for those who w i u to see the base ball game t<> attend The train will stop at all lot mxediatO points.