Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INTERESTING ITEMS rROiVI THE COUNTY News Letters From Many Sections. - I CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to .Many Pco. pic nil over (lie Count) ami to Those Who Have Left (lie Family Hearth, stone ami gone to Oilier st.ii<>. Madden, Dee. 1_\ There 'ire quanti ties of grain being sowed through In re One young farmer has prepared an aero for wheat with extra care and wo shall watch the growth of Slime aild roport results. The good people of New Prospect Sunday school are preparing a box for the Orphanage at Greenwood, should any member of the church see this notice and wish to contribute to same they can give their contribution to Mr. j J. A. P. Moore of l.aurens who will be | glad to take charge of Slims and see! that it goes in the box. The !'ri< nds of Mrs. O. O. Thompson Will be glad to hear that she is get ting bitter. Iler son, I);-. Thompson is the attending physician. Dr. Chris topher of l.aurens was also called in one day last week. Mrs. Edwards of Fountain Inn is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Tompsou. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Finley visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Madden, recently Mr. John Oulbertson, who some years ago lived here, was in our city recontly shaking hands with old frionds. Time has touched lightly the luce of our former friend and the laugh rings out as true as It did in days agone. Mr. Jim Finley, whose serious 111 uok-s has been noted, passed away at hin home near Seneca, last week. He was a brother of Mr. John R. Finley of this place. He leaves a large fam ily connection and a host of frionds in this county who will sincerely mourn his death. His sister, Mrs. Nannie Langston died in June. Thus ttio Reaper?death?has twice entered fcho family circle this year. Mr. Larry Martin who spent his boy hood here, has accepted a position in Qroensboro, N. C. After a short visit to his grandmother, Mrs. W. T. Alli son, he and his charming wife, left for their future home followed by the hoarty good wishes of all. Mr. and Mrs. Thad Moore visited Mo*, and Mrs. Furman Brown, Sunday. Mrs. J. E. McFaddcn was the guest of Mr. Wofford's family Sunday. Gross Hill, Dec. 11.?Dr. B. W. Pin son improves very slowly. Ills peo pio are still very much concerned ttbout his condition. They have bought for him an invalid chair that cm be rolled about and hope he may soon be rtble to use it. Dr. Hughes of Laurens was here to see him lnst Tuesday. Magistrate Culbert who was operat ed upon for goitre last week Is thought to be doing very well. Another little (Ire in cotton deposit ed on the street hero caused some ex citement one day last week. Two hales were singed pretty badly. It belong ed to Mr. John Smith. Farmers are breaking their stubble land and running middle busters un der the cotton stalks. It takes 13 months to make a cotton crop and gather it. We like to see faithfulness reward ed even if it is nothing but a faithful dog. A lady from Spartanburg has In formed this correspondent that Haran Austin, who was a slave and Horvant oS my father died In Spartanburg re contly. lie was for some time janitor at the graded school there. The white oeople ministered to his wants during ht's Illness and saw that he did not sillier for want of attention; and thin' lady says she sent a wreath of flow ers for his bier. We are glad to know thut our one time servant kept in his place and was well thought oi by hin superiors. He said to mo once "Bud 1 missed you when you was n baby." Poaco to his ashes. The Spartanburg paper had a notice of his death. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Austin wen- de lighted to entertain a number of their friends and relativ.>s last Wednesday. December Oth, their "ruby" wedding. There were eight persons present who were at their wedding 10 years ngo. They live at "Mnplc Grovo" tb<> obi Austin homestead where they have DEATH OF YOUNG MAX. Samuel A. Mills died a( (ho Home of His Parental Rfr, and Mrs. John I). .Tiiiis MoiMiii.t i'Mi.-i Living Sou. A peculiarly sad deatli occurred in tins county Monday about noon when Mr. Samuel A. Mills, the eldest living son of Mr. and Mrs. .lohn I). Mills, died at the home of his parents be tween Bnrksdalc and Ora. Young Mr. Mills had been in failing health for some months but only bconnic serious ly ill last Thursday. II" erew stead My worse until Monday when he breathed his last. The death of Mr. Mills is peculiarly sad in that only about a year ,igo, the family was broken by the death of William Karle the eldest son of the family. Samuel Mills was the second or nine brothers and three sisters. '?'he in icrnl services ate being de layed awaiting the arrival of one of ti e brothers. Mr. II. (). Mills, win. left Port Arthur. Texas, Monday evening. Immedintey after his arrival the fun eral BCrvlCCS will be held at Old Field church, near Ora. Mr. Samuel A. Mills was twenty three years of ago and unmarried. Me is survived by hi parents, three sif ters and seven brothers. Mr. Mill-, was a member of Laurens ("amp No, 'is. Woodmen of o o World. All Present and Accounted Vor. Friday afternoon was one time when all the children in certain grades at the city schools were all present and on time. However, the afternoon was not to he spent in study or reciting hut in having a good time. Manager Lavender of the picture shew distrib uted tickets to all of the scholars in the lower grades of the city and mill schools. They were all expected to be at the school house at a certain time or get left behind. They were all on hand. A line was formed and the whole crow marched up the street gave a little parade on the public square and then went in to look at the sights. It is needless to say that the day was thoroughly enjoyed by the littlo ones and that they will be ready to go whenever they can raise the coin. Returns Prom Chicago. Mr. 10. I'. Mlnter has returned from Chicago where he attended the Na tional Irrigation and Drainage Con gress. Mr. Mlnter went as a delegate from this state and as a representa tive of the Southern Land Develop ment Company. Mr. Mlnter is very enthusiastic, over the meeting and the work that he put in there. In this connection, also Mr. Minter states that the land company is getting inquiries every day from all over the United States as to their property at MeBce. The company has been doing some ad vertising in the northern and western states and the result has been very gratifying to them. Big Cotton Deal. Mr. R. G. Franks left yesterday for "Whitnilre where he goes to ship out 700 bales of cotton which he recently bought for Cooper & Grlflln, of Green ville. This is one of the largest pur chases of cotton ever pulled off In thfw section of tho woods and they say it takes some cotton grader to put through a deal like this successfully. Rig Scores Made. Some heap big games have been go ing on at the ten plnnett alleys. In a game several nights ago Team No. I defeated Team No. 2, the score being lf>76 to 1571. Mr. Laurens Darksdale made the highest score of the entire "bunch", scoring 30J>. The winning team was presented with a box of cigars by the manager. Meeting D. A. It. Regular mooting of the I). A. R. will bo held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Carol Miller. Tho meet ing will be called at 3:30 o'clock. lived all these years. Those present wero Mrs. N. B. IJoycc, Mr. and Mrs. TL A. Royce and children, Mr. W. T. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Austin, Dr. and Mrs. .1. I). Austin, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Leaninn and Miss Leonora Loa man, Mrs. .Tanie McSwain, Mrs. Lena Puckott, Miss .Tanie Grlflln, Mr. .ami Mrs. II. L. McSwain. Mrs. L. F. Mc Swain and little daughter. Virginia. Miss Connie Martin. Mrs. G, M. Hol llngsworth and Miss Georgia Hollings worth. U.V. .1. \. Martin and Messrs. W. E. GrhTln and S, FT, Ooggnns attended tic [Jnplist Stnto Oonvci 'on at Greenwood last week. ATLANTIC COAST LIME GOOD ROADS TRAIN To Itv lix Laurens Jstniinrj' Second !? Give Exhibitions in Itoud Building und Maintenance. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has announced that it will run a good roads train through all the states touched hy Its system and trib utaries. The train will leave Rich mond, Va., and work its way South'by easy stages, making two towns each day. The train will give it - exhibition in Laurens on Tuesday morning, Jan uary ?nd Tb? demonstration will be gin promptly at '.'. "*> a. in., and will last until about noon when the train' will continue on its way. The day 1 before it will be in Clinton. The demonstrations are to he given under the direction of the United states olllce of Public Roads. Depart ment of Agriculture. The department will provide a corns of road building experts who will give stereopticaii lectures and thorough instructions for building pood roads. They will also give instructions in tin. p radical working of Improved road building machinery tun hy electricity. The train will he thoroughly equip ped with all modern machinery for the building of roads and will carry a large corps of demonstrators. All of the deinostrations will he free of charge and open to the public. Bv erybody from the entire county are expected hy the railroad to feel per fectly at liberty to attend the demon stration and to take a lively interest in it. LAtJHEXS AMONG LEADERS. Ranks Among the Top >otchers (if Hie Counties who Get Benefit of State High School fund. The State of South Carolina appro priates $00,000 every year to he di vided among the high schools of the state which are located in the smaller towns of the different counties. The schools are required to have so many teachers and so many students hefore they can get the benefit of the appro priation, in the recent apportionment of the appropriation made hy Supt. of Education Swear Ingen, Laurens showed sevcu schools eligible to re oe'vo the tax. There wore only two oth er counties in the state that had more eligible schools and only one other that stood equal with this county. An derson county has ten schools eligible to the tax, Greenville county has eight and Orangeburg county has sev en. Spartauburg and York Counties come next after Laurens and Orange burg counties and they have six schools each. The following arc the schools in this county that receive parts of this apportionment and the amount which they receive: Cross Hill.110 Gray Court.390 Mountvllle .412 Princeton .300 Shiloh.200 Trinity Ridge .300 Waterloo.500 Two other high schools are located in the county: one at I>aurens and one at Clinton, but these schools are too large to, come within the range of those that get state assistance. "DAM FL BOO NE.** Fine Historical Drama at the Opera House Friday, December 15. Nothing will have created the ex citement in a long time as will the arrival of Daniel Roone on the Trail with Its trihe of Sioux Indians, its cages of Siherian Wolves and its trail ing dogs. Manager Roht. II. Harriss has spared no expense in framing this big production. The story of the play follows closely the history of Daniel Roone when he invaded Kentucky, then a wilderness with Indians and wild heasts. When Room's cabin is burned it Is done by real red skins who give their blood-thirsty yells and war danco in the reflection of the (lames. When Roone has to fight for his life with wolves, it is the real hensts which have been trained to at tack him. This is one of the most daring scenes ever attempted on any stage. Not a single detail has heen overlooked. A noted scenic artist' spenl several weeks nt lloone's old home in Kentucky in orrioi !<> I/O ' to reproduce the exact atmosphere. A strote; cast has bOCU Selected and those who witness the pcrtprmanc.o of this piny will sec a real live exciting historical drama as into to iii< as is . possible to produce. TO PRESENT PORTRAIT OF COL. B. W. BALL Portrait of (In* Lute Grund Master will Adorn the Walls of the Grand Lodge Masonic Temple. The delegation from the Masonic lodges of this city have left for Charleston where thqy will attend the Grand Lodge mooting which will he held this week. Messrs. R. A Coop er, K. O, Anderson and c. A. Power will represent the local lodges. A feature of the Grand Lodge moot ing this year will he the presentat ion Of a portrait of Col. Iteaufort Watts Hall to adorn the walls of the lodge rooiU3. The portrait was recently finished by Miss Esther Edmunds, of Columbia, and is an excellent like ness of tho departed Grand Master. The presentation will he made hy Mr. Cooper in behalf of the local masons. PLMF.S RRIUGKS' STATEMENT. Representative J. Archie Willis De clares that Statement of Mr. Itridgcs is False. In another part of this paper is an account of the latest happenings in the Dedmond Remedy Company case as recorded in the Greenville papers. After that nccoul was printed. The Advertiser received a letter from Mr. Willis asking that the clipping below, taken from the Greenville News of Saturday morning, be published. Al though The Advertiser has already stated that such an affidavit was made as is published in this clipping, it takes pleasure in acceding to Mr. Wi lls' request and publishes it in full. Mr. Willis' letter was addressed on the outside to one of the owners of The Advertiser as editor." On the inside he addresses his letter person ally, so The Advertiser does not con sider itself free to disclose the remain ing contents. The Advertiser takes the liberty to state, however, that Mr Willis denies the allegations made by Mr. Dridges in the affidavit made Sunday as to signing the first affidavit under duress. The following Is the clipping that Tho Advertiser is requested to pub lish: J. Archie Willis Exonerated. At two o'clock this morning, upon the completion of the auditing of the books of the Dedmond Remedy Company, the affairs of which con cern,Mr. .1. A. Willis, secretary and treasurer, was charged with misman aging the following aflidavi' was hand ed a reporter for The News: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Greenville This is to certify that I have seen the audit of the books and accounts of the Dedmond Remedy Co. of Green ville, S. C, as made hy the Carolina Adjustment Agency, and that I swear upon oath that the charges made by E. W. Dedmond and myself against .1. Archie Willis weio absolutely ground less, as the result of te auditing of the books and accounts shows that the affairs of the company have been properly conducted and that all mon eyes received were properly accounted for. (Signed) JNO. W. BRIDGES. Sworn to before me this 7th day of December, 1011. JOHN M. PALM, Notary Public. Mr. J. A. Willis, the defendant in the action brought was present this morning when tho affidavit was handed a representative of The News. Mr. Willis asked to be quot ed as denying most emphatically the insinuation in an afternoon paper of this city yesterday that he had come to Greenville for the purpose' of ef fecting a compromise of the case. Mrs. F. .1. 0wings. A very sad death took place in tho Trinity Ridge section of the county last Wednesday when Mrs. Frank J. OwlngS breathed her last. Mrs. Ow ings bad been ill for quite a long time. Her death is greatly regretted by a large circle of friends. Tho bu rial services wore held Thursday af ternoon at Chestnut Ridgo church and the body interred in the cemetery nearby, Mrs. Owings was the daught ? r of the hu.- Nathan Bnrksdalo. Re sides her hm band, she leave-; seven children io mourn her loss. Mrs Ow ings was Ilm 1I (er of Mrs. C. B. Hobo and Mrs. Frank Walker of this city, Mi -. w. 11 n irfci dale of Harkt dale, ; lid V C II. ami W. E. Il?rk?d:tlc of oi lulu a. SUCCESSFUL MEETING CLOSES. Rev. J. Andrew Smith Preached Last sermon to Large Andtonco Sunday Night. The sorviecs which were conducted hist week in the 1 'rcshyterian church closed Sunday night, when a large au dience from all of the churches of the city listened to an impressive ser mon hy iho evangelist. Kcv. .1. Andrew Smith, who has been preaching. The services were well attended all dur ing the week and doubtless much permanent good will result from thein.j Rev. Mr. Smith is the regular evau* gellst of this Presbytery and the South Carolina Presbytery, lie labors among all the churches of these Presbyteries and probably in time will return to 1.aureus auain to nice! the many friends ho made while Io was here. Till: SALES KIM OIMH I). Number of Sales Made Last Wecfc Forced out of Last issue bj Lack of Space. Last Monday was salesday and the usual or perhaps a larger crowd than usual was present. Unlike salesday in November) the weather was beau tiful. The following sales were made: Ii; the Probate Judge. 101 acres in Cross Hill township to It. P. Wade for $1,575. Hy the Clerk of Court. 32 3-4 acres in Dials to W. \V. Cray don for $594. .Mary ?. Sullivan, house and lot. Sullivan street, to W. II. Nicholson for $2.223. In the case of A. X. Uramlctt et al., vs. Louise Hunter and .1. D. Hunter, tract No. 1. containing 111 acres in Scuflletown township, was bought by A. N. Bramlett for $31 the aero. Tract No. 2, house and lot in the city of Lau rens, same purchaser, for $1,350. I In case of Pitts vs. Adair, lot and Stahles in town of Clinton, to Mrs. Minnie C. Adair for $1,2:10. In case of Southern Cotton Oil Co. vs. P. ?fc M. Ciin Co.. one acre lot and ginning outfit at Cross Hill to the plaintiffs for $2,r)00. In case of Winn vs Winn. KiO acres in Waterloo township to S. S. Farrar for $1,000. In case of Burns vs Burns, (50 1.-4 acres to S. S. Farrar at $12 per acre; 277 1-2 acres to G. a. Browning at $10 per acre; s."> acres to Mrs. B. C Hums at $20.2;". the acre; 05 acres to R. II. iludgCUS at $10 the aero; 72 acres to D A Colcman at $1(1 the acre: 04 acres to Mrs. R. C. Burns at $15.50 per acre; 2.7 acres to R. k. Burns at $20.75 the acre; 63 lots in the city of Laurens to Mrs. B. C. Mums for $l,5(;r>. In the case of Wilbur vs. Sims et al.. Waterloo township, 50 acres to S. L. Moore for $1,900; ' eres to Mrs. Ni l lie Rasor for $1,2 12 acre to S. L. Moore for $025. By the Sheriff. In the case of the Wilmington Sav ings & Trust Co. vs R. (!. Cranks et al. house and lot in the city of Laurens and three tracts of land containing about 150 acres, were sold hy Sheriff Owlugs, bought hy R. G. Franks. Under Bankruptcy Proceedings. Under bankruptcy proceedings the house and 15 aoren of hind of Mrs. M. A. Ray, located In the city of Laurens, was hought hy R. A. Cooper for $1,950, By Private Sale. The Renhani estate, containing ?Hl acres, located a few miles from the city, was hought by .lohn D. Cappel man for $12.000. The Rice lands in .lacks township, two tracts, l.soo and 740 acres each, hought hy w. C. Coleman, Another Cutting Scrape. Deputy Sheriff Rcid has placed Ola Reld, colored, Into the county jail charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill. Ola carved up one of her female friends pretty hrashlv. it Is stated, ami for a time it looked a ; If the wounded woman W( uhl die. hut she has succeeded in surviving the wounds so far. The affair happened In the upper part of the county last week. Returns to His Work. Rev. Con Way (!. Anderson, who has hcen spending a well earned vacation with his brother here for several months, left last 'lue day for the scene of his labors in Gunlemala, Cen tral America. Rev. ML Anderson ha hcen recuperating Iii strength fol lowing Ills arduous labors in the trop ical land and when he left for the r< (urit trip he foil much I 11 >ro' ? d fo the stay. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN TOWN Of CLINTON Postor Coming to Look Over Field. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ON POPULAR PEOPLE IM*. Douglas Deceiving milch . Cll coiiragcmcut in Work for llio Col li n Installation of Officers i n Titoimvcll Mrimii i.il (lunch Oilier Items oi' )lit. rest. ('Union, Doe. iL'. As Christmas draws near* r the slim s are (akin;; mi a more holiday appearance, and liiere are mure people on the Streets, allhough the merehnnls are unani mous in declaring (hat Iradu is dull. The clly council on last Thursday evening proved Itself ahrcasl of tho times and interested In the uplift of the rending public by voting an ap propriation of $KMi to the public lib I rary. The library Is growing steadily and Is undoubtedly established. Ii has a membership roll of more than a bundled, a collection of live or six hundred volumes of readable books, ami a reading table on which are to be found about twenty of the best periodicals. It is kept open Monday. Wednesday and Friday afternoons. It has been open since last February. The junior Class of the college planted ll class tree last Wednesday and after the ceremonies entertain ed the members of the senior cln til an elegant banquet. The president of the college, Dr. I). M. Douglass Is meeting with a cor dial welcome wherever he goes in the interest of the college and is greatly encouraged. The Kec. i'. A. Ilodgin of Oroons boro, X. ('., who was recently select ed by the congregation of the First Presbyterian church to succeed tin* Rev. Dr. Jacobs as pastor of the church will preach for the congrega tion next Sunday, lie has not. signi fied whether he will accept tho call or not hut it is hoped (hat he will find the work so urgent as to insure Iiis undertaking it. The people of this church are for the first time in their history as sheep without a shepherd and they feel bewildered. AI the Thornwell Memorial church on Sunday morning a very interesting ceremony was performed when Mr Allen I.ookwond and Mr. Wilson Har ris were installed as elders and Mr. Henry Wlnn as deacon of the church. The Rev. A. U. Ilolderby of Atlanta preached in the Thornwell Memorial church Sunday morning and afternoon and in the First Prosbyterlan church at night. Among recent social pleasures none seem to possess a fascination greater than riding and the members of the horseback club are to be seen galoping along the streets almost any time. Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Owens. Jr., cel ebrated their wedding anniversary Monday evening, a number of their friends being guests. On Wednesday Mrs. Neville enter tallied at a dinner in honor of Dr. and Mrs Douglass. (in Friday Misses Julia and Eliza Neville entertained a number of col lege friends at dinner. On Saturday afternoon Miss Elise Spencer entertained the Tattlers. Today Miss Sallie Wright entertain ed a number of friends at dinner. Mrs. A. E. Siiencer entertained the Friendly Dozen Rook club this after noon. Miss Clara Duckett returned this week from a visit to Anderson and Greenwood. Miss Dorothy Owens returned yes terday from a visit to Miss Kato Mc Sween in Timmonsville. Jones Property Hold. Mr. John o. Wham, who until re cently as been living in Ninety Six. has bought the JohOS place, roCOUtlj owned by Mr. T. I) Darlington. fl is understood Ihn I the place brought around $7,500. The sale was mad' 111 rough the real estate agency of (listl op ft Wolff. Sunday'* .Sermon. Mi1. Tliayei' lias announced that j ci of his sermon Sunday vill nson." This is another in the i '- under the general