THE BOYS CORN CLUB TO BE FORMED SOON Superintendent of Education Pitts Is sues ii Cull to Tlicui to Apply for Blanks und to Enter tlic Contest with Vim und Enthusiasm. Superintendent of Education (5eo. L. Pitts has issued the following let ter to the hoys who intend joining the Corn Club this year: Two years ago the Hoy's Corn Club wub organized in Laurons county. The first year f. '.arge number of buys en-, tered the club and made good reports. The highest yield of the llrst year was 97 bushels. The second year a great er number of boys entered tho club and made good reports. The greatest yeld was 109 bushels. The Boys' Club has stimulated a great Interest over the county on tho subject of corn growing, and has already done a won derful amount of good. This year wo are organizing anoth er club. Simple pledges for boys who desire to join are being sent to the teachers of tho county. Any school boy Is allowed to Join. There is, nor will be no membership fee. All you have to do Is to fill out the paper which your teacher will give you and sond it to tho County Superintendent of Education and you are enrolled as a member. If your teacher cannot supply you with the pledge blank write me for it. or come to my office. Each boy is to "nlect his acre of land, which may bo i her bottom or upland. He selects bis n seed corn, and us es such quality and quantity of fer tilizer as he thinks best. Many nice prizes will ho given again to those making tho highest yields, best ten oars, live ears, and single car. The County Corn Show will very likely be held in connection with the County Fair again this fall. Last year the County Fair was rather early and some of the boys had not gathered their corn. Groator precaution will be taken this time that this may not oc cur again. The names of tho mem bers will be sent to Washington and they will receive free much tine lit erature on the culture of corn and Other farm products. The National Corn Show will be held this year in Columbia and it is hoped that our Stuto will make a good show ing and carry off her part of the many prizes to be offered. And Laurcns county must tako the lead in this. Any boy who desires to join the club should get one of the blanks either from his teacher or my ollice and fill it out and send to me and he becomes a member. Those who mean to join the club are urged to send in their names at once. Gco. L. Pitts. Co. Supt. of Education. Mrs. Loyd Lynch Passes Away. On Monday night, the 5th, the death reaper entered the home of Mr. I.oyd Lynch and plucked from it the pride and joy that had so long characterized it. Susie was called home to live with God and Ills chosen saints. Susie was a true lady in every sense of the word,, doing such things as she conscientious ly believed to be light. She bore her trials and sufferings with Christian resignation. Truly a good lady has gone. She leaves a husband, four little oncB, five sisters, five brothers and a dear old father. She was a member of Belview Baptist church and wns laid to rest in the city cemetery Tues day evening. R. .More Reductions. At the call of the trustees of School District No. 6, Dials township, met on February 10th with the farmers in the surrounding vicinity, and have agreed on the following: To reduce their cotton acreage 25 per ceut. To reduce amount of Fertilizer used \-'.\ per cent. \V. if. Barksdale, Chairman. \V \V Yea rein. Secretary. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment and bound on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back or pains in the side or chest give !t n trial and you are certain to be note than pleased with the prompt ?lief which it affords. Sold by all lealers. * MOUNTVILIiE NEWS. * Mountvllle, Feb. 12.?Mr. William Lyles, formally from Union county, but more recently from Clinton, has moved to Mountvllle. He will engage in farming on Mr. John W. Turner's plantation and place bis boys in the Mountvllle school. Mr. Paul H. Fellers, who has filled the position of bookkeeper In Colum bit for several years, has returned home and will take charge of the farm ing business left by the recent death or his father. Mr. M. 1$. Crisp made a business trip last week to Greenville and other points along the route. Mrs. J. A. Davenport was thrown from the buggy last Tuesday and re elved some painful bruises. The horse her husband was driving became frightened at an automobile and Mr. Davenport got out in order to manage him better, but the animal loosed him self from Mr. Davenport's hold and ran away, throwing Mrs. Davenport from the buggy and demolishing the vehicle. Mrs. Calne of Laurens is having a neat tenant house bu!'t on her farm at Mountvllle. Dr. A. R. Fuller has sold his mercan tile business to F. Conway Smith and will devote bis timo hereafter to his farming interests and professional work. Mr. Smith will continue the mercantile business at the old stand. Ho has been the manager of the A. It. Fuller business for a number of years and understands it thoroughly. His customers, therefore, may expect the same intelligent treatment as here tofore. How to cure a cold is a question in which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable cur.- of colds, it can always be depended upon. For ! salo by all dealers. Red Iron Racket closing out their stock, to rebuild. ale will run all through February, come and look through this immense stock, it will pay you to buy lots of goods now at ibis closing out sale. Hurry up, goods are going. .1. C. Hums & Co. "YES, I'M A GREAT AUTHOR Reade, Balzac and Sue Puffed Their Owii VVorkb as Being Fine Literature. Authors In "the good old days'' wero not above writing tluir own puffs, a writer In the Bohemian says, Charles Rende wrote a long article on himself for Once a Week. In which he said: "It is impossible to speak too high ly of 'The Cloister and the Hearth.' It is one of the most scholarlike and learned as well as one of the most artistic and beautiful works of tlctlon In any language. Read him. Resign yourself to the magic spell of his ge nius. The effect of 'Foul Play' 1b perfectly marvelous. It leaves the stories of every other sensational writ er far behind." Nor was Balzac In France above praising his own works. "If you have not been born a story teller," he wrote in a review, "you will never obtain the popularity of M. de Balzac. And what a story teller! What nerve and wit! How *he world is dissected by this man! What passion and cool ness!" But the height of literary advertise ment In the first half of the last cen tury waB reached In the cbbo of Eu gene Sue's famous novel, "The Wan dering Jew." Every little while the daily installment In the newspaper In which it was appearing would be missing, and In Its place would be an announcement that M. Sue was suffer ing from a Blight indisposition and readers would be obliged to wait 48 nours for new developments of tho narrative. "And all the while Sue himself was industriously abetting tho publishers by posing overdressed and With spurs in his boots at tho Cafe de Paris In an attitude of deepest ab straction, as If wondering what the next installment would be about." Thought He Was Dreaming. "John," sa'd the foreman,unexpected ly, "wo have decided to raise you live dollars a week." John made no an swer, b'.it appeared to bo looking lor something on his desk. "\\ by don't you say something?aren't you satis lied?" demanded tho foreman. "I'm trying to seo if there's an alarm clocU here," taid John. IC candle power Electric Bulbs onl IC cents. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes Co. **** *******: ***** ********** ? CROSS HILL NEWS f tf. * * * * **#.? ** Sr** 'V ?.-fr?, f, Crost, Hill, Feb. 12.?Mrs. N. I. Wil liams visited relatives in Greenwood last Wednesday. Messrs. Kdd Adams, Luther Martin, Misses Addison, Drown Carter and Ramey and Mr. and Mrs. .7. O. Denny, went over to Abbeville to seo "Madam Sherry" at the opera last Thursday ev ening. Miss Funice Shumate of Piedmont is | visiting her friend. Miss Ruth Sim- I mons. Messrs. It. O. Austin, J. E, Leaman. R. A, Doyce and Henry Miller, attend ed the laymen's missionary meeting in Chattanooga last week. Mr. Shclton Culbertson, of Gaffncy, Is snnndiug a few days with his moth er. He came to bo here at the fun eral of his father. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hill of Mount Olive attended the funeral of Mr. Jo die Culbertson last week. Mrs. E. B. Wright, of Asheville, N. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Wade. Miss Rhldona Owens teacher of the Vaughnvllle school was with her peo ple here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. B. Fuller has been appointed magistrate here in place of Mr. Jodie Culbertson, deceased. This appoint ment will give universal satisfaction. Mr. Carl Proffott of Maddens was a Cross Hill visitor last Friday. The ground is covered with snow again, it fell on Saturday again, much to the chagrin of the darkies and small boys, who delight in hunting rabbits at such a time. This weather would indicate that the ground hog knew what ho was nbout, and it is hoped that the people profited by the advice of our Madden correspondent and "got up plenty of wood." We town folks seo that our winter supply of coal Is getting away very fast. This weather Will sot back our plans about gardening another week or ten days. One of our neighbors has plant ed peas, beets, and has put out about ?100 cabbage plants, and all of ii may como along alright if the buds in the plants are not killed. Iturlnl of Roswoll Cralg. Hock Hill, February 8.?The funeral services of the late Mr. Rob well Craig, only son of tUe Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Craig, who died Tuesday morning, were held Thursday morning from tho First Presbyterian church. Tho do ccased was a popular momber of tho senior class at Davidson College, and a delegation of students, headed by President Smith, attended the funeral. The pallbcurors were: Messrs. John Heid. Isaac Bigger, Farley Huey, ?lus Heid, of this city; George Howard ami Young, of Davidson. Those from a dis tance attending the services were: Dr. Shaw, of Fountain Inn; Mr. ami Mrs. .lautes Anderson, of Moore's; Mr. and Mrs. a. Seiden Kennedy, of Duo West: Mr. Joshua Grain, of Clinton; Dr. Henry Louis Smith, and. Messrs Howard and Young, of Davidson Col lege.?News and Courier. You nre probably aware that pneu monia always results from a cold, but you never beard of a cold resulting in pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy""was used. Why take the risk when this remedy may be had for a trllle? For sale by all dealers. Ii the District Court of raited tSutes, -for the District of South Carolina. In matter of Mrs. m. a. Ray, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy. Pursuant to the order of Hon. Henry C. Tilltuan, as Referee in Bankruptcy in the above entitled case. I will sell at Laurcns Court House, South Caro lina, on Salesday In March. 1912, be in^ Monday the Ith day of the month, between the hours of II o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the af ternoon all thai tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being with in the corporate limits of tho City of Lnurens, in Slate of South Carolina, containing fifteen (15) acres of land, more or less, with dwelling house and outbuildings located thereon, bound ed as follows, on the north by Kast Main street, on east by lands of Har rison Hunter, John C. Hoyd and Ray Anderson, on south by lands of J. Watle Anderson and on west by land of Mrs. Jnnle C. ('lark and lands of tho estate of Sam Woody, deceased, ami Richard Hunter. Terms cash, put chaser to pay for papers. .1. WAHL ANDERSON, Feb. 11,-31 As Trustee. Wo. can save you money on Silver Knives ami Forks. S. m. & K. II. Wilkcs &? Co. >000000000is and ?. iL Anderson are now on the waj to llnltlniore, Philadelphia and New Vork where lliey will buy an elegnnt spriii" HtOCk. Hour interest to gitc us tour business.