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THE CITY COUNCIL 3 REFUSED PETITION Gave Several Reasons For Doing So. NO CORPORATION SEEKING ENTRANCE? Petition of the Freeholders of the City Asltlug that an Election he Held to Decide Whether Bonds for Railroad Purposes shall he Issued was Turn ed Down. As much as to say (hat the free holders.of the city do not know what they want when they ask for an elec tion to decide whether or not the city shall issue $17,r>00 in bonds for the purpose of purchasing stock in an in terurban railroad, the City Council Wednesday afternoon turned down the petition of a majority of the freehold ers asking that such an election be ordered. The resolution to refuse the request of the freeholders was intro duced by Mr. F. P. McQowan. Messrs. T. C. Switzer and J. C. Philpot voted against it and Messrs P. P. McGowan, N 13. Dial and J. Leo Langston voted in favor of it. Mr. John B. Brooks was not present and the mayor was not required to vote as there was no tie. It is understood that Dr. H. K. Alken and Mr. W. L. Gray appeared before the council to place the petition be fore them. The act of the Legislature, under which the freeholders petitioned the City Council to order the election says that upon the petition of the majority of the freeholders the council shall be empowered and directed to order the election. It further prescribes that the money derived from the bonds shall be paid "in such installments as will guarantee the certain completion of such railroad, when the. entire fund dhall have been paid over." In ad dition the city hps the right to de wand from the railroad, certificates "it stock for the amount subscribed. L The resolution of Mr. F. P. McGow 1 4, after making the usual introduc i on explanatory of the petition, con lues as follows: "Whereas, the said City Council is teslrous of and solicitous vfor the ? building and operation of an inter ynrban railroad through the city of Laurens for the accommodation of the public, but as it does not appear that any railroad corporation is desirous of building such railroad in the near future and that the line of the said interurban railroad is not located so as to run through the City of Laurens and not from some point on the edge of the corporate limits to some other town or city: N Wherefore, be it resolved, that fur ther consideration of the said peti tion be and the same is hereby post poned." Although the petition is only post poned, the action resolves itself into a dismissal of further consideration Of the petition. The action of the council in turning down the petition of the freeholders was severely criticized on every hand by the people Of the city when \ho decision was learned. Robert Walker Returned. After several days very pleasantly spent in Columbia, where some have ??barged that he proved the jonah of the Columbia ball team, Mr. Robert Walker returned home early Satur day morning. Walker, who is a staunch supporter of tho "Comers" went down Thursday expecting to soe them trounce tho Albany bunch, but Albany turned tho tables in tho first two games so Walker returned home, greatly disgusted with it all. How ever, as soon ns he left the capital city, his favorites began winning again and the smile returned. Invited to Anniversary* Mr. J. T. A. Ballew is in receipt of an Invitation, oxtended by Capt. Dan Crimmins of New York, to at tend the first nnlvcrsary celebration of Mayor Gaynor's escape from as ?aslnallon in New York. The celo hration will bo held In the Now York Jity Hall tomorrow, August 9th. Mi Sallow Is otto of a very few in C , itate to receive Invitations aild^j highly honored by It. He has u however, that ho will be unable t* tend and has sent his regrets t committee. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SESSION Waterloo Is Entertaining tlie Laurens County Sunday School Contention. Waterloo is again a center of ac tivity this week. The Laurens Coun ty Sunday School Convention delegate* are marching on the town in full force nnd by the time that all of them get there it Is expected that the town will be about "full." W. Carl Whar ton is acting a:, master of ceremonies and generalissimo. That in Itself Is a guarantee that the Sunday School delegates will be given proper atten tion. A number of prominent educators from all over the state are expected to attend and make addresses. Dr. J. S. Moffatt. of Erskino College, made an address yesterday morning and Dr. Geo. B. Cromor last night. Dr. E. M. Poteat will make an address this morning at l o'clock. Thia afternoon the meeting will adjourn. Mr. W. Carl Wharton is president of the Association and Mrs. R. E. Babb is secretary. The delegates from Lau rens to the Convention were Wisses Julia Gllkerson nnd Willie May Child ress and Mrs. R. E. Babb, from the Methodist church, and Messrs. A. C. Todd and Alec N. Bramlctt from the Presbyterian church. SHERIFF'S OFFICERS BUSY. Several Arrests of Minor Character have been Made Within Past Few Hays. Deputy Sheriff Reid wen up to Greenville Sunday and returned with J. R. Cunningham, white. Who Is charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, he having gotten money from the Clinton Mills office after some misrepresentations. The sum of $22.00 is involved in this spe cial case, but it is said that he has made a regular practice getting mon ey dishonestly. Ho has been lodged In the county jail. He is a native^\ North Carolina and has no relative? in this section at all. " Richard Workman was cauglu Sat urday night at Greenwood and brought back to Laurens Sunday. Ho Is chnrged with breach of contract. Henry Young, colored, was arrest ed on the streets here last Thursday by Sheriff Owinga chnrged with breach of labor contract. He had left his employer, Mr. William Hunter, several weeks before and was found here by Mr. Hunter. He is now in jail awaiting trial. REAL ESTATE CHANGES. Several Houses have Changed Hands in Recent Few Weeks. Mr. G. B. Bundrick has purchased, through Bishop & Wolff, tho house of Mr. W. A. Todd, on Caroline Street, and will move into it sometime In Sep tember. Mr. Todd will move up on West Main street into the house now occupied by Mr. Clark and known as the Clark boarding house. Mr. and .Mrs. Clark will move September 1st to the Traynham house on West .Main street. Mr. John C. Hcllams, of Gray Court R. F. D. No. 1. has purchased the livery stable of W. A. Parks on Fleming street. The sab; was made by Bishop & Wolff. Curtailing Output. The Laurens Cotton Mills, follow ing out the plans of the cottin man ufacturers to curtail their product, has shut down their plant for at least a week. The orders to shut down wore given Saturday afternoon. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Fae Tucker of Woodruff and Miss Eveline Austin spent last week with Miss Grace Poole on R. F. D. No. 2. Miss Emmie Hicks of Greenvlllo Is visiting Miss Nannie Bramleit. Rev. and Mrs. "E. C. Watson nnd i children havo gono to Harbeysvlllo to bo at the bedside of Mrs. Watson's mother, Mrs. Holcombe, who is very 111 Miss Estello Taylor of Princeton was the guest for a few days last week of Mrs. T. Lane Monroe. Misses lmogn.no and Kathleen Wllkes leave this week, fory Balti more, where they will visit grandmother and other relative? a few weeks, f Miss Kathleen Wllkes sue? week at Orpy?~#ie, tho V 1 Mr4 urrl?. vin, COUNTY OFFICERS MOVING. Clerk of Court Holt Is the First to iimke u Movello goes to Enterprise Hunk Building. The old county court house is a scene of hustle and bustle these days. All of the officers are making prepar ations to "shell out' to give place to the contractors. Although all of the officers have not as yet been assigned to rooms by Supervisor Humbert, Clerk of Court Bolt will be in the rooms underneath the Enterprise Hank building. He has already commenced to get his books out. Mr. Humbert is still on the trade to place the other ofilces and It can not be said yet where they will be found. However, it is thought that the trade will be made this morning and then the officers will commence to move out. The books are already being packed up. CAMPERS AHOY! Large Fleet Sailed For Boyds Beach Yesterday With Cilors Flying. What will probably go down In the history of the Laurens School district as the most, up-to-the-minute camping exphlition sailed from the port yes terday, steerng, with full sails ahead, for tho waters around Boyds Ueach. The fleet, which drifted ashore about seven bells yesterday afternoon, con sisted of the following Ships of State: Mrs. W. H. Anderson, Misses Lola Anderson, Rosalie Franks, Nannie Kate Hudgens, Aurella Lodge of Gaff ney, Ethel Langston, Rucla Wolff, An nie Gllkorson, Lola Fuller of Colum bia, and the following schooners: R. G. Franks, Clyde T. Franks, Clyde Fowler, Gus Babb Ossie Anderson and Creswell Fleming. The trip was made in gasoline launches, steamers, brigs, barks and every kind of sailing ves sel mentioned in nautical dictionaries. It is the Intention of the command ing ofTcers to remain anchored for abe1 Vne week. While ashore the rJOt'iy^ \ *rews will be entertained in ^-ea' houses with electric lights and waterworks, the latter being situate In that parcel of the camping ground known as the river. During their nnchorage they extend a cordial In vitation to all land-lubbers to visit them providing, of course, that all who accept this kind invitation bring well-fllled baskets. CALVIN HARPER HEAD. A Highly Respected Colored Citizen of 1,aiirens Passed Away Last Wed nesday. Calvin, Harper, a negro highly re spected by everyone for so many good qualities, died at his home here last Wednesday. For honesly, Integrity, and loyalty to those whom he served few of his race can claim a better rec ord, and it goes almost without say ing that these qualities have won for him not only a high stand among his people but among Die white people that knew him. His rcoortl in the War Between the States first showed his loyalty to the whites and this loyalty he li;:s shown many times since In the perilous periods of the South following the great struggle. Before the war he was owned by William Farley, member of a fine Laurens family and with him as body guard he entered tho war. remaining faithful to tho south during tho four years. Following the death of Wil liam Farley at the battle of Brandy Station, Calvin continued in the ser vice as the body guard of Cnpt. Hugh L. Farley and ('apt. It. P. Todd, under whom he proved his bravery on many fields of battle. Following the war Calvin became a prosperous farmer and during the stirring times of ",r, he again showed his loyalty to the whites. During the last few years of his life Cnl was in failing health and the white people of Laurens, realizing his In capacity to make a living and in rec ognition of tho services that he had rendered them, granted him a small pension which was authorized by a special act of tho legislature. Off With The Hounds. Messrs. John I). W. Watts. Dudley Young and John Bolt left Monday for the low?- part, of the state to join "?? deer hunting. Mr. i'ac1 of hounds " ck after 'uniting ?>ro\v M?ST HAVE RECEPTICLES. PatruiiK Who Propose (o Get the Ben efit of the Free Delivery Service Must Provide Boxes. Only throe more weeks now remain before the free delivery system is to be installed in Laurens. The first day of September is the date set for the Installation. Two carriers will be put on at first. Although .when the service was first awarded several months ngo It was announced that only one new carrier would be em ployed, the other coming from some other town, it has been announced that this plan has been changed nnd two new carriers will be put on here. The government demands that prop er recepticles be provided at all doors for the proper reception of the mail. Unless these recepticles are provided j the mail will not b9 delivered. The citizens should therefore provide themselves with them at once. Postmaster Hicks leaves tomorrow for Glenn Springs where he will at tend the South Carolina Postmasters Convention. He will be gone several i days. i Other* Follow Suit! Capt. Rob Hudgens has been spend ing a little of his spare time working the roads between the city and his summer home a few miles out. Sup ervisor Humbert went over the road with his machines nnd Capt. Hudgens took up the work where Mr. Humbert left off and has put the finishing touch es on. The road is now in fine condi tion and would servo well as an ex ample for other enterprising farmers in the county. THOSE COTTON' BOLLS. Mr. J. F. Hicks Sends In the First Op en Boll and (lets the Free Sub scription. When The Advertiser offered a year's subscription to its paper last week for the first full open boll of cotton, It almost exposed its ignorance of farming. Having just returned from a. visit of a couple of weeks In Green wood, where we had heard no reports of open cotton bolls, wo felt safe In making the offer thinking that it would still be a couple of weeks be fore an open boll would be found. We did not take Into consideration how ever, the usual advanced methods of the Laurens county farmers. All of the papers bad not been got ten off the press Wednesday morning when the first boll was brought in. It had been picked by Mr. .1. F. Hicks, 8r. Mr. Hicks was especially proud of the boll for the reason that he was until within the past few years a res ident of Tennessee and he considered it quite a victory over the Laurens fanners, who had been planting cot ton all of their lives. Mr. Hicks gets the free subscription. H. M. Cole, of Cross Hill, and Elijah Grant, of Wa terloo however sent in bolls that were picked before Mr. Hicks'. Their were picked on the 29th. Others who sent in early bolls were .1. O. Tongue. Waterloo: C. D. Nance, Cross Hill, .1. W. Wells, Cray Court; T. A. Nickels, Waterloo; W. II. Cooper. Owings; S. .1. Taylor, Ora; Victor ' Woathers, I.aureus No. 2; and M. I,. Nash, of Babbtown. Besides these sev eral telephoned that they had found i open bolls. U "The Bloody Angle." Mr. W. II. Plnson was in the city Monday and had occasion to come to The Advertiser office in order that he might advise the old soldiers of Co. C 11th S. C. Regiment that Col. .1. N Brown of Anderson bad sent him a letter saying that he would be unable on account of sickness to attend the reunion of the company. Mr. Plnson had with him also an account written by Col. Brown for the Keowee Cour ier, of the fight at "The Moody Angle" near Spottsylvanla Court House. Gen. McGowan commanded one of the two brigades of the Confederates in this battle and Mr. Pinson's company took part in it. It was one of the severest fights of the war, being specially not ed for tho fact that a largo oak tree was entirely cut down by fire of the guns. Over 7,500 federals lost their lives or were wounded in this battl??>. Co. F. Uti bold its nnnl 19th of Angl church. Tl.ej and to brim be prepnvrt day. A NEGRO KILLED AT A BARBECUE Flno Record of the Count)' for Storni? cldcs Broken Saturday Night. The excellent record of Laurents county, no homicides having been com mitted since Nobvember 28th, was broken Saturday night by Andrew Hubbard, colored, who shot and kill ed Will Thomas. The shooting oc curred at Soule's Chapel, near the Newberry line, the negro dying in Newberry County. Both negroes were from Newberry county. The difficulty occurred at a dance following a bar becue near Vaughnville. The shoot ing was done with a shot gun, follow ing a dispute over which one of the ne groes should dance the right wing. Thomas started home. It Is said, when Hubbard met him with the gun and shot him In the face. Hubbard then escaped and Thomas went to a nearby house across the Newberry line where he died. If the negro is caught he will prob ably be tried in this county, although It would be lawful for hint to be tried In Newberry. RICHARD CARROLL'S MEETING. Interesting Meeting is Being Held by the Negro Leader at Davis Spring. Rev. Richard Carroll, the well known negro evangelist and Indus trial worker. Is holding a series of meetings at Davis Springs, a mile and a half east of Laurens. The attend ance has already grown to large pro portions, a number of white people attending some of the meetings. Richard Carroll has arranged for a special day, which will he Friday the 10th. when several prominent white people will make addresses. Col. J. H. Whnrton, of Waterloo, and Mr. J. D. W. Watts will speak. In addition to these two Q. C. Williams, of Lau rens and M. L. Williams, of Orange burg, will speak. The subjects for discussion will be "The Farm Labor Problem," "The Advantages of the Share-cropper," "The Retner," "The Use of Fertilizer" and "The Care of Farm Animals." Richard Carroll and other promi nent colored men will also speak. Arrangements have been made for a big farmer's barbecue, which is to be held Thlursday, the 10th. Rev. .1. D. Pitts in the City. Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Pitts have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C C. Featherstone for several days. Sunday evening Mi. Pitts occupied the pulpit of the Methodist church, the house being filled to overflowing witli friends from all the churches of the City who had come to hear him preach. He made an earnest plea for a more fervid religion than tnfit which the latter day Christians practice. Mr. Pitts' sermon was given close at tention by the huge audience. Admitted to Probate. The last will and testament of Col. it. \. Cuningham, deceased, was Hied in the office of tht Judge of Probate Monday morning, lie left the hulk of his properly. Including the historic (drl homo at Rosomont, to his nephew, Charles II. Banks, of Savannah. Oth er minor bequests were made. \V. It. Rlchey, Sr.. is named as one of the executors. I'nlncK* N'lilllhtr I'hmd. Itural Policeman Columbus Owens hushed a Covty <n" thirteen ?Map shoot ers ami card players hear Mr. Will Martin's place several nights ago. The WholQ crew was captured asd car ried before his honor Judfio Abercrom bio, who touchtd eleven of them up for $20 a head. This was quite a neat little haul. OFFICERS ELECTED. Herald Company Holds Meeting and Elected Directors and Officers. At a meeting Wednesday of the stockholders of The Herald Company, recently promoted to tak ? over and publish the Laurensville Herald, which was recently bought from the estate of the lato Col. T. B. Crows a constitution and bylaws were adopt ed and tho following directors electedt ed: N. B. Dial, S. M. Wilkes, H. K. Alken, L. B. Blackwell and il. a. Cooper At a subsequent, meeting of tho board, Mr. fcj B. ' Vl was chosen pron INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to Man) Peo ple all over (lie Count)' and to Those Who Have Left the Family Hearth stones and Gone to ether States. Mt. Olive, Aug. 7.? Revival services began at Mt. Olive church last Sunday with the Rev. .1. A. Brock of Green ville, S. C. in charge. ? Mrs. J. R Knight who has been vis iting her sick mother, who lives near Mnuldin, S. ('., returned home last Sunday. Mr. Geo. W. Washington has bought a new buggy. Mrs. .lohn Wren of Greenville, Is visiting relatives in this section. Mrs. Henry Cooper of Laurens is visiting her son, Mr. "Luther Cooper. Wo have had line seasons through out this section and crops are looking very well. Some of the tanners aro not through work yet. Harmony, August 5. Mrs. Sarall Carlisle died last Wednesday night' at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Mattison. The funeral and buri al services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. B. R. Mitchell, at Poplar Springs church Thursday evening. She had been a consistent member of. this church for many years. Mrs. Carlisle's maiden namo was Beauford, having been raised in Union County. Her husband, John Carlisle, was also of Union county, their mar riage having occurred before tho war. t Some time after their marriage they sold their farm in Union and moved to Mississippi. When the war broko out he enlisted with the other^'ift-a/o Southerners and in one otfxhe num erous battles lots his \ltoW After the war was over, she, with her two girls) and one boy, returned to So-th Caro lina and to this county where they have lived ever since. One of her children. Mis. Fannie Mcdlock, died two years ago. Her oilier children .lames Carlisle and Mrs. Mary Matti son, still survive her as do a number of grand children. Mrs. Carlisle bad bei n In failing health for h year or more. During bee long life of 78 years she remained a, consistent member of the Baptist church. A very interesting meeting is now in progress at Poplar Springs, tho ser vices being conducted by tho pastor, Rev. B. P. Mitchell. Tho Children's Bay exercises at Mt. Bethol were quite n success in every particular. The children acted their pieces woll and tho social features ol! the occasion were greatly enjoyed. A j bountiful dinm r was held on tho 1 grounds. I Mr. and Mrs, A. K. Hughes are off! for n few day-, visiting relatives and friends Mr. Hughes' old lone- in S? Prii - ton. Aug, 7. Mr. (I. R. \\ born and s r, Mb h Rmma of 1*1 ens are \; king friends here. Miss I'll' n MeClnry, who is str Ing in Vtlnntn, to be a trained n |S Visiting her slst01\ Mrs. J, M. ' Miss Bsfi lie 'i \vlor. who h visit lug in I.; ?i ens, lias A i i Jioine. / ' ' Mr. and Mis. Jno. If. <J: in* daughter Marie, of Honen, 1 >fh Sunday with Jno. f,. Br-.gw I Miss Mary Arnold hai returned home after spending a f?w \\< >ks wit relatives in Pelzer. Mr. M. P Senn andWtotbor, the week-end In Laureft Miss Mary Taylor r.aure I visiting here. Miss Sara Biitt la VI : in;, in Abbeville. Mr. Twos. FreormJij, :,c. om his sister. ?M 4^|renc spend a fev^ tho we?k-e Messrs. roe. Yv\ l 'Davis sp interest NJMr. > Alfrbam ' ? v ' It