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News Letters From Many Sections.. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to Jinny Feo plo nil over the County and to Those Who HnTO Left tho Fnmlly Hearth, stone nud gone to Other States. Tylersville, Jan. 22.?Sunday being tbc Hrsc favorable Sunday tbis year to go out, quite a crowd assembled at Sandy Spring for services but were greatly disappointed for Rev. Mr. Davis did not come. We are sorry to lose from our wldst Mr. A. E. Cleveland and family but wish them much success at their new home in the Huntington section. Mrs. Charlotte Farrow has left Mr. T. I?. Poole's and gdne to Mr. J. 11. Dowers, where she will make her home for a while. We are glad to welcome Mr. \V. C. Winters to our neighborhood and trust that it shall be a pleasant year for him, He has accepted a position with Mr. J. S. Craig as overseer. We are glad to report that Master Fred Little is up again. Miss Mattie Donnan spent Sunday With Miss Mattie Hello Peterson. Mr. Russell Poolo was in Lauren8 Saturday. Mr. J. H. Craig of Clinton spent the week-end at his home here. Mr. Furman Poolo was in Clinton Saturday. \ Cross Hill, Jan. 22.?Tho local tele phone wires have been considerably "out of whack" since the big freeze. Mr. Simmons is having new posts put , in and the wires adjusted, and pretty I Soon all will be in working order *7again. The entertainment at the school building, given by the boys and girls of the school last Tuesday evening was enjoyed by a good audience. Work on the farm has been suspend ed almost entirely for two weeks on account of the snow and slush. ''? C. A. Todd of Clinton visited y 1:. M. Hanno Friday and Sattir Dr. B. W. Pinson was taken to the hospital in Chester last Friday. Mrs. PUlSO'n and Mr. Miller Pinson, hi;; brother and Dr. Peak went with him. His condition is about the same, and although he does not suffer much pain lte is perfectly helpless. Dr. Miller spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at home and will return to Columbia today. Mrs. I.essie Dantzler of Hodges was a Cross Hill visitor last week. Mrs. Gussie McDonald and children are with her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Crisp for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. ITagood of Greenwood were tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Lenmnn Saturday. All passenger trains going South were about six hours late aSt inlay on account of a freight train getting off the track near Chester. Mr. Hugh Leaman of Clinton spent Sunday with his people here. Miss Kate Austin was with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Austin. Sat urday and Sunday. Trinity-Ridge, Jan. 22.?Although . the weather has been very severe for tho past two weeks, our people have kept going. The school at this place fc has been In session every day. The ?^attendance was vory good at all times except one day. Rvery morning and afternoon buggies loaded with children could bo seen going and coming from sohool. Such a day as last Friday reminds oqe of spring tlmo. Baseball Is get ting in tho boys' bones. ?b>.e;ra S. J. Davis,, (.'. S George, Wm Cain and Georgo Bolt are taking a two-weeks' hunt down oil the Santee rfc. Sam Cain has returnod from ltor where she has boon visiting her parents. Mrs. Scott George, has also returned from a visit to the lower part of the 8tate. Misses Ruth Payne and Annie. Put nam, assistant school teachers, visit* W hoinefolks Saturday and Sunady. ?~ Mr. Henry King has tinned from Ihe Ml. Pleasant section Into our n Igll . borhood. Wo extend to Mr. King i ELASTIC CURRENCY OBJECT OF RESOLUTION Offered by Rcprcsctnntlve W. C. Irby j .lr., of This County, nnd Which has Been Ordered Sent to Semite. During the sessions of the Legisla ture laHt week, Representative W. C. Irby, of this county .introduced tbo following concurrent resolutions which were agreed to and ordered sent to the 3enate: H. 837.?Mr. Irby: A Concurrent Resolution: "Whereas, Under our present Nation al Hanking Laws great wealth, pow er and Inlluence is concentrated in the hnnds of a few Individuals, there by creating a money trust, which plat es the industrial welfare, as well as the development of the resources of tbo country at the mercy of the gamb lers and speculators, who will stop at nothing in their mad attempt to own and control the country, although It means ruin, want and misery for mil lions of Vidustrious and unsuspecting people; "And whereas, The scarcity of mon ey in the South makes it necessary for this as well as other sections of the country to become dependent upon Wall street ami its allies for hundreds of millions of dollars In order to car ry on its industrial development and increasing business, thereby subject ing all legitimate business to short, and in many cases call loans from New York and a few other money cen tres, and enabling the speculators of Wall street to create a panic at their pleasure and rob ami ruin the produc er of the wealth of the country; "And whereas, Such power and in lluence in the hands of the few is dangerous to the best interests of the country; now therefore "He it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concur ring, "Section 1. Thiit we most earnest ly urge upon the Congress of the United States the passage of laws which will allow the different States upon a safe and sound basis of valua tion of taxable property to issue pa per currency under such rules and regulations as will safeguard the pub lic Interest and relieve the people from the domination of Wall street and enable the agricultural and other producers of wealth to market their products to the best advantage and securing a more just and equitable dis tribution of the currency. "Sec. 2. We especially urge upon the Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State the wisdom of such legislation. "Sec. That the clerk of the two houses are instructed to provide each Senator and Representative in Con gress from this State with a copy of this resolution." Mr. Irby was in the city Saturday and in speaking of the resolution had this to say In regard to it: "According to tbo report of the Comptroller General, In regard to the State debt, $r..t;L'!..IT. 1.07 of said debt bearing 1 1-L' per centum interest may he paid In full at any time after the year 101". The annual interest on this debt is fJf.L'.OGO.S:!. If we continue to pay this Interest for the next twenty years we will have paid $r.,?T.;>.L,16.GG as Interest alone without having re duced the debt." 'If we could obtain a law as urged in my resolution, the state could place its bond with the national government and Issue enough money to pay, $6, 621,351.97 debt and would not have to pay more than $2S,10G.7r>, thus sav ing the people in taxes to pay inter est to tbo amount of $22l.8r. 1.08 an nually." "Those figures aro based upon the same charges to national banks for the same privilege p.t present and I do not believe It would cost the state as much." Promoted Again. The many friends of Mr. J. Y. Wal lace, who wont to Augusta to work a few months ago, will bo glad to hear of his continued success. Sinco going there to work at the Union Station he has gradually climbed from seal clerk in the yards to chief record clerk and now has one assistant working under him. By close attention to business, he has made quito a name for himself with the Augusta officials, hearty welcome. We wish lo commend the move which The Advertiser is milking ftl ward the Increasing of school (Ib)'arJeB, Tl 0 public schools ami the public i i ii hould work band in 1 nnd In , tbo Uplifting of our people. COTTON CURTAILMENT CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN IN LAURENS COUNTY The Committee Under the 1 Rock Hill Plan Calls for Meetings all Over the County In the Interest of the Plan to Reduce the Acreage of Cotton Over the Entire Cotton Belt?Each School District to Have a Cotton Reducing Meeting?Chairman of Each Committee Supposed to Call the Meeting. The committee appointed for this county under the Hock Hill plan for the reduction of the cotton acreage over the South has held a meeting and decided upon a campaign for this county. The committee is composed of Dr. H. K. Aiken, Mr. \V. L. Cray and Dr. W. C. Irby. After the con ference which they held over the mat ter, they issued a call to the farmers of Laurens County to cooperate in the plan. The Call of the Committee. The call issued by the committee Is as follows: "To tho Cotton Growers of 1.aureus County: "The cotton crop of 1911-1912 ('.his last crop) is now adimttcd to he the largest ever produced, a do/en south ern startes produce about 7". per cent of the world's yield. The price of cotton is fixed by sellers and buyers of the staple who reside OUtsiC.0 of the cotton belt. This crop is watch ed and. reported on more closely than any other. From the time the seed 's put in the ground until the bale drops from the gin every circumstance and condition affecting this crop is known to the world. The very first step in figuring out the probable price is to know how many acres will be planted in cotton. Given this information, the probable yield is forecasted with re markable accuracy by men of long training in such work and the com mercial value is decided upon. "These well known facts are hero set down for the purpose of bring ing out the importance of acreage sta tnstics in their hearing on market prices. if the price of cotton fell fifty per cent this year be cause we made 'fifty per cent more bales than wo did last, what Is the lesson from this experience? Co-operation Demanded. "A plan to let the world know what the cotton planter is going to do about it has been proposed by a South Caro linian and the rest of the cotton grow ing states will he asked to try it along with rs, : itd this they will do. This plan depends for success upon hut one thing and that is (he co-operation of all who grow cotton. It is a plan to help ourselves and we know that the Lord helps only this kind. The Plan Settled 1'pon. "After mature consideration, we have decided that the best way to secure this co-operative effort in Latl rens county is to ask the trustees of every school district to call at once a mas meeting at their respective school houses and at this meeting give every planter an opportunity io indi cate in writing how many acres he is willing to reduce and what fraction of what he planted last year, such re duction will be; whether a half, a fourth, an eighth and so on. Send Names to Papers. "Then send this Information to either one of the papers published at Laurens, They will publish all lists free of charge and keep tho totals standing from now until planting is over. The names of those we have de cided to ask to do this much for the general welfare are as follows: Names of the Committees. "First name given in each district !.s chairman of the board. Second name Is clerk of tho board. Lanford No. io.?w. H. Drummond, C. I.. Waldrcp, M. G. Patterson, Lan ford Station. Laurens No. 11?C. II. Roper. J. .T. Pluss, O. M. Simmons. P. A. Simpson, .1. C. Owlngs, S. M. Wilkes. Laurens. Ora No. 12.?L. P. Mlakelev, O. L. Hunter. \V. U. Hlaklev, L. F. Nabor?, J L. McClIntock, Ora. Cross illll No. 13.?T. M. Pinson, .1. W. Simmons, R. a. Austin, it. a. Hoyco, \v. C. Rnsor, J. \V. Hannah, P. s. Pinson. Cross Hill. Waterloo No. II, \V, c WT.arton.l W. 11 Wharlon, H. i> Wlnn, li. c. Fuller. .1. C. Smith \ -loo. Hurricane no. i? c. c Voting, i M. Simpson, .1 1.. Simpson CM;,ton, Mountvlllo No. IfJ,. I . \. fun, ?. m II. Cr! '.. W. c. Mitchell, Mou'u ?? lllo. Lauderts No. i. G. \. Kuller, k. j. Owlngs, .1. I). W. Watts, I.aur ?,>.. . Laurons No. 2.?W. H. Hudgens, T. A. Wofford, Q. H. Pinley, Lauren*. Laurens No. 3.?Z. R. Trnynhain, C. Y. Craddock, P. H. Burton. Lau renn. Lauren's No. 4.?B. B. Dlakeley, J. Q. Brown. Laurens. Laurens No. 5.?Jno. D. Mills. T. B. Childress, Henry Kennedy, Laurens. Laurens No. 0.?T. R. Blakely, Bee Bailey. Will Mott, Laurens. Youngs No. L?A. B. Stewart. J. P. Sloan, T. Y. Henderson, Fountain Inn. Youngs No. 2.?J. M. Cray, VY. It. Henderson, Austin Abercrombie, Gray Court. Youngs No. 3.?C. B. Taylor, J. B. Roads. Egbert Riddle. Gray Court. Youngs No. 4.?.1. B. Cook. P. B. Cooper, IL T. Thompson, Fountain inn Youngs No. 6. II. P. Burdett, Ora Garrett, R. M. Parson, Lnnford. Dials No. L?J. D. Wood. Aimer Babb, Sampson Babb, Cray Court. Dials No. 2.?C. A. Babb, L. A. Arm strong M. W. Gray, Cray Court. Dials No. 3.?H. S. Wallace, R. G. Wilson, .1. P. Cray. Cray Court. Dials No. t.?ll. J. G. Curry, J. I. Cook, .1. E. Holcombe, Owlngs. Dials No. 5.?W. R. Cheek, R. L. Cray, R. M. Bryson. Cray Court. Dials No. 0.?W. Ii. Barksdale. W. A Putnam, W. W. Ycargln, Barksdale, Dials No. 7.?D. D. Harris, .1. T. Armstrong, W. B. Abercrombie, Cray Court. Dials No. s. AV. F. Medlock, Walter Nash, B. I.. Babb, Cray Court. Sullivans No. 1.?A. .1. Monroe. W. I. Freeman, .1. F. Davis. Princeton. Sullivans No. 2.?N. B. Wood. .1. 11. Henley. S. C. Cook. Ware Shoals. Sullivans No. 3.- .1. 1'. Simmons. T. T. Wood, IS. E. Simpson,, Ware Shoals. Sullivans No. 1. -11. 11. Mahon, W. A. Baldwin, R. M. Bolt. Cray Court. Sullivttns No. 5.?J. W. Kellett, .1. M. So morel, H. B. Roper, Cray Court. Sullivans No. G.?R. M. Wasson. W. A. Traynham. .1. L. Don lion, Laurens. Sullivans No. 7.?T. S. Crawford, V?'. B. Davis. .1. A. Balentine, Jr., Ware Shoals. Waterloo No. 1. B. I.. Henderson, .1. C. Martin. .1. M. Golden, Ware Shoals. Waterloo, No. 2.- a. w. Sims, w. .1. Anderson, .1. A. PuCKOlt, Waterloo. Waterloo No. ". I.. C. Culbertson. T. II. Hurts. C. C. Coldwell, Laurens. Waterloo No. M. I>, c. Mo.ire, IS, M. Elinore, B. Boyd, Waterloo. Waterloo No. .'. W. II. Williams, .1. D. Terry. Andy Boyd, Laurens. Waterloo No. C. .1. D. Hunter. .1. W. Fowler. Mose lladdeii. Cold Point. Waterloo No. 7 .1. It. Burton. W. I.. Cooper, M. W Hill. Waterloo. Cross illll No. 1. E. B. Plnson, R. I.. Cole. ,lno. Smith, Cross Hill. Cioss Hill No. 2. W. B. Grlflln, K, W. Brown, 0. B. Pitts. Cross Hill. Cross Hill No. - -S. 11. Coggans. .1. G. Neal. Walter Watkins Cross Hill. Cross Hill No. 1. -J. S. Hill, .1. W. War.' .1. C. Workman. Cross Hill. Cross Hill No. fi.?\V. M. Griffin, S. A. Loainnn, c. M. Fuller, Mountvllle. Cross Hill No. C, T. .1. Colemnn. .1. Y. Benjmnine, w. c Cunningham, Wa terloo, Hunter No. L- - J. c. Jacks, L. K. Coobett, W. L. Tongue, Laurens. Hunter No. 2.?S, W. Bryson, II. 1.. Jones, T. A. Lynch, Mountvllle. Hunter No. ::. C. M. Davis, II. E. Simpson, T. .1. Chandler. Clinton. Hunter No. C. R. Workman, J. F. Workman, .1. P, Uondonbough, c.m ton. Hunter No. .". B. L. King. C. A. Copelnnd, E. L. Pitts. Clinton. Hunter No. 6.?L. W. c. Blalock, J. Y. Cray, H. C. Hunter. Coldville. Hunter No. j. a. Wallace, R. G. Wallace. .1. A. Davenport. Kinards. Hunter No. S. -J. .1. Young, I). R. Crawford, I). M. Williams. Clinton. n.Icks No. L- I. W. Adalr, .1. E, Adnlr. R. J. Adalr, Clinton. o.Icks No. 2.?T. I.. Johnson, J. n. Pitts, Fred Johnson, Clinton. lacks No. 3. -B. F. Copelnnd. A. ... HolllngSWOrth, P. M, Pitts, Benno. .Ineks No. I. I 0 Kay. W. S. Hat ton. Will Riser, Reiino, Jacks No. w. I). Glenn, .1. A. Jones. Will Lyles. Clinton. Jacks No. C S. W. Dean. W. L. Lynn. T. W. Dillard. Renno. ScilfflctOWn No. I.?J. W. Blnkloy, Sam Todd, 0. M. Cunningham, Clinton. Scufflotown No. 2.?-W. M. Myers, G. C. Byrd. I). A. Glenn, Clinton. Sduffletown No. ". P. l. Donnon, J. P. Saxon, Reese Holland, Clinton. Respectfully submitted, IL K. \iken, W. L. Cray, W. C. Irby. Committee. Clinton, Woodruff and Fountain Inn papers please copy, Sun,ia>\ Sermons, ppr n -xt Sunday morning, fiov, w. H, Thnyor linn announced for his sub ject "Daniel" mid for the evening f . i- ?? "Jo US as a Man of prayer." THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE LOCAL SEASON The Cantata "Saul" to be Rendered by a Chorus of Trained Voices in the School Auditorium, Tuesday Even ing, January SOth. PerhnpB the musical events which are coming to be most looked forward to In Laurens are the not too frequent appearances of tho local singers in different cantus. The two cantatas, "The Naznrene" and "The White Sis ter," given in the past, proved such successes that both were repated time and again, each successive rendition proving better than the one before. Now that the different members have been singing together for over two years, they have come to work togeth er with a remarkable unison. The cantata "Saul" is the next to be presented. The Hoard of Trustees of the city schools have kindly granted the use of the school auditorium for the purpose and it will be given there next Tuesday evening. January :'?0th. Between thirty and forty members compose tho caste, just enough vole es heing present to give ample volume in a ball the size of the auditorium. The cantata is a story, told in mus ic and song, wound around the rise of King David to the throne of Israel and tho consequent downfall of Saul. Although it has a religious setting and possibly giving a rise to a belief that it will be dull and uninteresting, still the opposite is true. The story of the slaying of Goliath by King David is a thrilling one and is one of tho most interesting in the history of the world. Much action comes both before and after the downfall or Saul and this Is depicted in many striking anthems and solos in the cantata. To those who love masculinity in music "Saul" will prove a revelation and for those who prefer sweet strains of melody and Choruses of blended voices, "Saul" has many attractions. In fact the cantata seems to have been composed with the Idea in alew of pleasing a cosmopoli tan andiene?'. In It are many passages which would please the most fastidious and at the same time there are others for those who are not so particular in their choice. Taken as a whole "Saul" can he said to belong to that class of productions which is popular with all classes. (ha meters The production is under the person al direction of Mr ( has. II. Micks Ho is assisted at the piano by Mrs. ('has. II. Micks. The caste of characters is I as follows: Saul.Mr. .lohn Hicks Samuel.Mr. ('has. II. Hicks ' David.Mr. Kd Hicks ' Jonathan.Mr. It. 0. Franks I Micha).Mrs M, K \ikeii Abigale.Miss Annie llichcy Witch of hinder ..Miss Minnie Curry The Chorus. Sopranos: Miss Jennie Shealy, Mrs. J. II. Tongue, Mis. .1. m. Cannon, Mrs. It. K. Habb, Mrs. I). .\. Davis. Miss Ed tin Itgronvos, Miss Willie May Chil-J 'dress. Miss Annie Helle Childless, Miss Hess I e Crews. Altos- Mrs. W. R McCuotl, Mis. W. P. Thomnson, Mrs. W. II. Anderson, Mrs. L. G. Halle. Jr., Mis; Henry Wright, Miss Addle henly. Tenors: Messrs. W. R, McCuen, lohn d. Chlldress, Alison Leo, W. (?. Thomnson, 1.. 0. Hires. Hasses: Messrs .1. S. McCravy. 10, II. Wllkcs, M. L. Roper, I?. A. Davis, .1. n. Wright. c. II. Casque. NEW CONCERN UK RE. The Mcl.aiirln (.and and Lumber Com. pail) Receives Charier. The Secretary of State has Isi lied a charter to ?tho Mcl.aurin Land and Lumber Company. This company i. to have a Capital stock of $10,000.00 ail of which Is owned by Mr. d. W Mc Laurin of Columbia and Mi. d. c. mc Laurln of Laurens. The former is a Well known real estate man of this state, being the State. Land Agent and tho latter Is an experienced lumber man, having boon connected with luni br concerns for many yaars. The com pany will do a whole.sa'e lumber bus iness and will deal In real estate, their torrltory covering this stale. No Need to (io lleyond. If the c. K' W. c. railroad is- re built, there are a lot oi' people who will make a trip down thai road Jti 1 to see if thoi'O is such a place as Au gusta. Ga. Nearly ovi rybody in Spnr tntlbiirg has heard of AugUi In 1 it very few have ever bad nervo cnoti '? to travel beyond Lauren on I. ? (', ti w. c. railroad. SpaTtanburg 11 raid, MANY RESPONSES TO LIBRARY OEEER Many Teachers Will Get up Clubs. - r ACTUAL VALUE GIVEN FOR EVERY DOLLAR The Advertiser Wishes to Stress tho Point that Actual Value ?111 he Olv en for Every Dollar that is Turned in and None will he Lett in the cold. The management of The Advertiser feel very much gratified over the In terest that is being taken in the offer of books made last week. A number of teachers have already signified their intention of getting to work and securing enough new and old subscrip tions to secure one or more of the sots of books. While only a few have boon beard from at this oltlCO, we are quite sure that others are nlrondy thinking of it and by the end of this week will have already begun a campaign. It i.s quite unusual to have oven as many responses as have had so soon af ter the offer was made. The Advertiser wisher, to stress tho point that this is not a contest, al though one handsome book Is offered to the school that prduces tho most results. The Advertiser made the of fer with the expectation that every school that entered into the plan would get a fair and square deal, that every teacher that did any work ill all would get the benefit of that work whether .somebody ehe did more than she did or not, that each ami every child in the counts would do a littlo work so that the labor would not fall heavily on any one person that thil teacher in the smallest school stand? just as good an opportunity of get ting sonic of the books as the teacher in the^Higer school although she prbably will not ge t at many and that every teacher who enteis into the work will be satlsflted with thl results ob tained. The Advertiser is confident that. there are numbers and number:; of! people in every community who would lake tho paper i.' it were only mildo I convenient for them to subscribe They 'are also confident that those who aro behind with, their paper would bo per fectly willing io r< new ii it woro made convenient for them to <!?> so. Wu aro told so often, "I fiovo been intend ing dropping in to pay my subscrip tion for some time, bui every tlniu [ that I come Into town I forget it." Wo are told this very often This das? of people is the class thai will be most: easily reached by those who Glldouvoi' to solicit subscriptions, those who arc willing to pay in subscribe bul who just neglect lo do SO, A few Mure Direstlonv. All payments credited to old sob scribers. even if paid several years mi advance, will be credited as old sub scriptions. Also, all payments mudo on new subscriptions, even ? paid sev eral years in advance, will I? credited as How subscriptions. We would also say further, that wo have a larger selection of hook* 11 ill those made in the Initial offer and If the hooks offered are not suitable oth ers will be substituted, although we consider the selections a:, excellent. If any of our subscriber* come in ami offer to place their subscriptions to the credit of different schools, WO Will make a careful note ol it and glVO (ho proper credit. I We have purposely failed heretofore, to set ;i closing date for tin's offer (I it Is not a contest and as it is not a case of Competition, However, we be lieve for many reasons that a month is as long as the offer should stand Open. Unless requested to do so by some of the teacher*, the offer will most probably bo closed on Saturday ]the 24th of February. I Tho management f>f '('be vdvertl er win gladly furnish any additional ' information. Paid Pollcj Proinpfly( Mr. 1). W. CoChrailC, district agent for tho Greensboro Life fnsuruneo Company, was In tho city Monday, hav ing come down to deliver 1 cheek to Mr. John 1). Mills In pnj men! of ? i policy on the lifo of Mr. Samuel A, Mills who filed a few W00l< I ago. The pulley was taken ouf on Kehrum loth only one paym< ryt having hi en m on ? i [ in full.