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WORA TRUSTEES WITHDRAW OFFER Says not to Best interest to Move College. LAUREINS COMMITTEE AWAITS DEVELOPMENT! At the Meeting of the ChtcOra Trus tees Friday Night, the Offer Made to Laurens some Time Before was Withdrawn, hut Luurens does not Agree to it. Contrary to expectations based up on the contract entered into between the trustees of Chicora College and the citizens of Laurens, the trustees at a called meeting Friday night re scinded the action taken at the form er meeting and asked the citizens of Laurens to allow them to recall the proposition. A complete history of the entire campaign will be found in the statement by the Laurens commit tee found in another column of this paper. However, it might be stated here, though It Is set out in the statement i spoken of, that it is hoped that at In early date those members of the board of trustees who voted hastily In this matter and who were not fully informed as to the situation will re consider their action and request that another hearing be given them. In that case, It is fairly certain that Lau rens will secure the recommendation of the board and go before the Pres byteries strongly entrenched In the good favor of all who will pass upon the question. Dr. W. M. McPheeters, one of the members of the board who voted with Laurens throughout the meet ing and who Is deeply Interested in all the educational institutions of the church, was In the city Monday even ing. Several of the leading citizens consulted hlra about the recent meet ing and as to the status of affairs, and be expressed the opinion that Lau rens would yet be favorably recom mended by the bonrd, as the meeting jVviday night should and could not be ?'considered as final. Therefore, it will be understood by those Interested In the moving of the college to this place that the end is not yet. W. H, HOLDER'S HOME BURNED. Former Citizen of .Laurens Meets With Misfortune In Anderson. The Item below taken from The An derson Daily Mail will be read with regret by Mr. Holder's friends In Laurens. Mr. Holder was manager of the Standard Oil Company's plant here for a number of years. The fol i lowing is the clipping from The Daily News: The home of Mr. W. H. Holder on Murray avenue was entirely destroyed by fire Thursday morning about 4 o'clock. The alarm was turned In and the firemen were on the scene in a short time but the blaze had gained such a headway that it was impossi ble to save the building or even the contents. The dwelling was valued at $:i,r?00 with $2,000 insurance. The value of the contents was $1,200 with $000 insurance. The building was a large two-story frame structure and caught fire In tho upper story. Several of the fire men were slightly burned and one man's eyes were hurt by his being hit in the face with a high pressure 1 stream of water. The men fought the fire for two hours before it was considered safe to leave it. The building was tho property of the O., S. & A. Railroad and the prop erty agent, Capt. G. K. Willis, came _^yer from Greenville today to see Bout settling the loss. This was ' fmown as the "Julc Anderson house." Mr. Holder haa been living here but a few months, being the resident agent of the Standard Oil Company. Hl? furniture and piano were new and his loss Is heavy. Mrs. Holder was visiting relatives in Laurens. She Is a niece of Capt. G. ?. Willis. The fire was discovered by a young man sleeping on the upper floor. He barely had time to escape and to awake Mr. Holder, who got out as (he rafters were falling In. Mr. Hol der did not save even one complete outfit of clothing. I VALUABLE PRIZES AT LIVE STOCK MEET Prize* Offered for many Entries at Meeting In Madden on August 18th. Large Crowd Expected. Many of the farmers, especially the live stock breeders, are looking for ward now to the annual meeting of the Live Stock assosiation, which Is to be held at Madden Saturday, August 13th. The meeting last year was held at Waterloo and proved an Interesting and instructive as well as enjoyable one. The meeting this year, being centrally located and in the midst of an hospitable community is ex pected to prove equally if not more attractive. Four or live speakers will be present, most of them from Clem son college, so the opportunity will be given for the farmers of the coun ty to gain a great many progressive ideas from those in a position to give advice. A barbecue Will ho a big fea ture of the day and all the crowd will be fed. The merchants of the city wore ask ed to give prizes for different entries, A list of the prize givers is not at hand just at this time, but they will bo published before the meeting comes off. First and second prizes, howev er, will be offered for the following and other exhibits: Host brood mare and colt. Rest horse colt. Rest mare colt. Rest pair of shoats under one year old. Host cow, any breed. Rest bull, any brood. Host calf, any breed. Rest stalk of corn. Best stalk of cotton. Rest hen and rooster. Rest mule. Rest saddle horse. Best buggy horse. Nicest made shirt by girl under 18 years. Best cake, made by girl under 18 years. In addition to those prizes, anoth er prize will be given for the man who had the largest number of chil dred in school the past session. Fine Films Coining. The moving picture show has a sc ries of line pictures on for tills work. For tonight "The Captured Burglar", a comic picture is the leading pic ture, while tomorrow afternoon and night will be shown the regular Pathe weekly scones. Prominent among the scenes are a Are in .Jersey City, in Which a candy factory is destroyed with a loss of $75,000 and resulting in the death of two firemen and the in jury of hvo others. Another popular picture with some (unpopular with othersi will be the scene In New York state where over $lf>,000 worth of whiskey and wine wore destroyed by the excise commission as a result of raids on blind tigers. Besides those, other interesting pictures will bo shown. ft, N. A; L.TAKES CHARtiF. Mid-day Trains, formerly Operated by Coast Lino, now Operated by ('., & L. A recent change has boon made in the operation of the mid-day trains from Columbia to Greenville by which the C;, N. & L. takes over the opera tion of the train from Columbia to Laurens. Heretofore this train has been operated by the Atlantic. Coast Line. No changes of schedule will be made at this time. In connection with this change, comes the rumor, only a rumor how ever, that trains No. 12 and 13, morn ing and evening trains, heretofore only run on week days, will be run as far as Laurens from Columbia on Sundays. It is understood that the railroad officials have this under con sideration but have not come to any decision. To Clean Off Cemetery. All members of Beaverdam Church and those who have relations buried in the cemetery are requested to meet there Friday, the second day of August for the purpose of cleaning off the grounds and the cemetery. It la re suested that lunch be brought along so the entire day may bo spent on the work. Those who have relatives now buried there and who live at some distance away are requested either to come themselves or to send a sub scription to aid in the work. A PLAIN STATEMENT Of FACTS TU THE PUBLIC Committee Having In Charge the (Negotiations with Chlcora College Trustees Issue a Statement Ex planatory off the Present Status--The Committee Refuses to Entertain the Resolution Passed aj the Last Board (Meeting. To the Citizens of Laurens County, and all others whom it may con cern : The undersigned eommittee ap pointed by the Citizen's meeting to represent the interest of the people of Laurens in consumatiug the agree ment for the removal of Chieora Col lege from Greenville to Laurens, feel that the circumstances of the case de mand a statement on their part. We wish to say in the outset that we have no desire or purpose to in any way injure or embarrass Chlcora college, or its trustees, but hope for it and them the very highest measure of success and usefulness in the great cause of Christian education. Neither do we feel any hostility or uukindness toward the citizens of the City of Greenville. It is natural for them to desire to retain Chlcora college. We feel that the situation now demands "light and not heat." j Some time prior to July Und. l!H2, we were informed that the hoard of trustees of Chieora college had. at j their annual meeting in 1911, passed some resolution appointing a commit tee to consider the question of remov ing the college from its present site, to some other suitable site in or near the City of Greenville, or from Green ville to some other community, and in this connection, that the City of Lau-j rens had been mentioned. With this information, a number of citizens of the City of Laurens went to Green ville on the afternoon of the 2nd of .luly, 1012, and requested a hearing before the board, which was very generously granted. At that time, we stated to the board that we did not appear for the purpose of suggesting to them the removal of the college from Greenville, nor would we make any bid for it as against any other community, and that it was to be presumed that the board of trustees were in a better position to determine what would be for the best interest of the college, but if the board should decide to move the college, and would make us a definite proposition, we would endeavor to meet it. On the following day, .luly 3rd, Rev. E. B, Glllespie, chairman of a sub-commit tee, came to Laurens and placed in the hands of the chairman of the Lau rens committee the following propo sition as the action of the board of trustees in annual session: "1st. That the board reply to the committee from the City of 1.aureus that If the community will provide die college with an acceptlble site, and the sum of $75,000.00 toward a suita ble plant, this board will recommend to the controlling Presbyteries that they advise and consent to the trans fer of the college to that city." "2nd. That this hoard appoint n committee to communicate its action to Dr. Alken, chairman of the commit tee from the City of Laurens. and to take stich other steps as may be nec essary to give legal effect to the pre vious resolution." A mass meeting of the citizens ofj Laurens was then called* the above resolution was laid before them;'can vassing committees were appointed, and after nine days of earnest and en thusiastic effort, these committees re ported to an adjourned meeting of the citizens that Laurens was ready to comply with the proposition made to them by the trustees of Chieora col lege In every particular. The report of these committees shows that more than the amount asked for had been secured. A committee was then ap pointed to notify the sub-committee of the board of trustees of our accept ance of their offer. Having been in formed that a special session of the board of trustees had been called to meet in Greenville on Friday, the 10th of July, we went to Greenville on that day and placed in the hands of Rev. B. K. Glllespie as chairman of the said sub-committee our acceptance In writing of which the following Is substantially a cony: "Greenville, S. C, July 19th. 1912. Rev. E. B. Gllles pie, chairman of sub-committee of board of trustees of Chieora college. "Dear Sir: "The undersigned, a duly accredit ed committee representing the citizens of Laurens beg to acknowledge receipt of your proposition dated July 3rd, 1912, and to Inform your board of our acceptance of same and willing ness and ability to comply with same In all particulars." "Respectfully submitted "H. K. Alken, Chairman, "W. L. Gray, "R. A. Cooper, "W. H. Dial. "C. P. Rankin. "Committee." We did not ask for a bearing before the board of trustees at its special session on the evening of the 19tb of July because we regarded the matter as closed so far as the trustees were concerned. We remained in Green ville during the night, however, for the purpose of being ready to answer any question that might arise, or fur- j nish any information desired. About ! four o'clock on Saturday morning, the I 20th of July, after the board of trus tees had been in executive session for several hours, we were summoned to appear before them when the follow ing resolution was read to US: "The board of trustees of Chlcorn college desires to say to- the people of Laurens that, after a full consid eration of the removal of the college from Greenville, without any offer from Greenville or other places, the board in a full meeting deems it un wise to remove the college from Greenville at this time, feeling that it would be damaging to the college and work materially against its in terests. Therefore the board begs to Withdraw the offer heretofore made to the citizens of Laurens. The board expresses its grateful acknowledge men! of the generosity and interest shown by the people of I.aureus in Chlcora college.-' The chairman of our committee stated that pending the formal notice of the board's action, he would not attempt to say what the citizens of Laurens would do. The individual members of the Committee expressed to the board of trustees surprise and disappointment at the action of the board for the reason that we regarded the tirst resolution and our acceptance of the same as being conclusive of the matter so tar as the board of trustees was concerned. After confer ing with Citizens of Laurens our chairman has sent to the board of trustees the following communication which explains itself and which Is in reply to their notification of its ac tion on July 19th: "Laurens. S. C, July 23, 1012. "Hoard of Trustees Chlcora College, C, E. Graham, Chairman. T. W. Sloan, Secretary, and E. E. GlUespie, Chairman of Special Committee of Seven. "Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of July 22nd, transmitting the official action of the board taken Friday night, July 10th, 1012. After mature consideration of all that has transpired we regret the necessity which is ours, to have to decline your request to withdraw the offer heretofore made the citizens of Laurens. Our compliance with the second Clause of your agreement, it seems to us, puts you under both moral and legal obligation to carry out said written contract, entered in to by competent contracting parties in a legal manner. This agreement was not that you would remove Chl cora college from fjrecnvillo to Lau rens, but upon our compliance with two specific conditions you would at tach your favorable recommendation to the proposition and pass the same on for adoption or rejection by the Presbyteries. We have complied with condition number two and are ready, at your pleasure, to meet condition number one. As wo see it. the matter is in reality already before the Prcs by'oiios and your board is only duo us the recommendation you proposed to make. Our people appreciate the kindly references of your board to certain characteristics of our citizen ship and beg to assure you that our interest In Chlcora college is both sentimental and sincere. "Fraternally yours, (Signed "H. K. Alken, "Chairman." The above is a fair and impartial statement of the facts. The board of trustees of Chlcora college is Compos ed of twenty-eight members, repre senting the seven presbyteries, four being elected by each Presbytery. At the annual mooting on the 2nd of July I wo are informed that there were pres ent sixteen members, a majority of j the whole board, and therefore, a legal board. We are informed that each and every member of the board had been formally notified of t iis annual meeting. On the question of the pas sage of the resolution above sot out we are informed that the board voted as follows: nine for the resolution, and six against It. the chairman not voting. Had the chairman voted, he would have voted in the negative. At the special meeting on the 10th of July, there were present twenty-five members and on the question to re consider the resolution of July 2nd, the vote stood thirteen for the motion, and eleven against It. And on tho question of the passage of the reso lution on July 10th. the vote stood fifteen for, and nine against It, the chairman not voting In either case. We do not feel that this Is the time or place for any elaborate argument of this question, but a few pertinent observations will not be out of order. Did the board have the right, either In law or morals, to pass the resolu tion of the 19th. rescinding the action of the board as set out In the resolu tion of July 2nd. after the conditions therein stated had been accepted by the citizens of Laurens? We do not think so. It seems to us thp.t the ac tion of the board at its annual ses sion was Just as binding on the ab sent members and on those who were present and voted against the propo (Continued on Page &ix) SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN HERE NEXT TUESDAY Kx-Cougrossman W. Jasper Talbert and Hon. N. B. Dial to Address the Voters. The senatorial campaign will be held in the court house In thin city next Tuesday, beginning at eleven o'clock. Hon. N. 13. Dial and Hon. W. Jasper Talbert will be the speakers. Senator Tillinan is also in the race, but he is not making the campaign be cause of his health. As neither Con gressman Johnson nor Solicitor Coop er have any opposition, they will not speak at this meeting. Mr. \V. T. Crews, chairman of the county executive committee, wishes it announced that the committee will j meet here on the same day right af ter the campaign meeting. BASE BALL GALORE. Laurens Will He Honored With Two Games This Week and Three Next Week. Gray Court versus Fair Forest and Laurens versus Gray Court, 3 times, will be the baseball talk of the next two weeks. Friday coming tho hoys representing Gray Court-Owings will mix sticks with Fair Forest hailing from somewhere around Spartanburg. They have both selected Laurens ;>s a suitable site for the games, as neu tral ground prevents all fear of the steamroller. The game Friday has all the symptoms of being a first class sample of the great American K?me. Everybody in these parts has. a pret ty good idea of what Cray Court can produce. As to Fair Forest it is only necessary to say that that troupe laid Enoree In the shade with a score of H to 0 and Watts had to bring in a reserve corps to beat Enoroe. And thus they standet!). Game called at r>:"{0. Admission twenty-live cents. Watts vs Fair Forest. The Fair Forest team will also play a game with Watts Mill team next Saturday, the game beginning at 4:30 and the admission IB and 25 cents. This game bids fair to be one of the fastest of the season as both Fair Forest and Watts have put the blocks to nearly every competitor this season. Games Next Week. Now as to the games next week, these are guaranteed under the pure food and drugs act. I00G, to be simon pure horse-hide conflicts. There will he three games -Wednesday, Thursday and Friday beginning at r>.3ti and costing the simple sum of one quarter. The Laurens manager has harpooned about eleven of the best ball players that ever tickled the end of a bat with the sphere. Fisher, Irhy. liyrd, Watts. Simpson. Mills, and oth er artists will wear the big L. Deutli of a Child. Orie Cooper, the little son of Mr, and Mrs. Helton Cooper, died at the home of his grandfather, Mr. Hep. Osbornc, near Laurens, Friday af ternoon, July 12th, after an illness of several months. He was a sweet and lovable son, having won for him self a warm place in the hearts of all who knew him. His remains were laid to rest Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives who had come to pay their last tribute. The services were conducted hy Rev. L. s. Shealy, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Laurens. Heath of Miss Ma> Willis. dray Court, July 21.?On July Kith the death angel visited our midst and removed from us the soul of Miss May Willis the eldest, daughter of Mrs. Mary H. Willis. Miss Willis was in her twenty-fifth year when the sad call came, ohe was a young lady of high Christian character, a devoted member Of the Gray Court Methodist church and highly esteemed by those who knew her. The funeral services were held at her home and her re mains laid to rest in the Methodist cemetery here at eleven O'clock July 14tb, Rev. J. K. McCain conducting the funeral services. Picnic at ML Gallagher. There will be a picnic at Mt. Galla gher church Sai'irday, July 27th, giv en by Mt. Gallagher Camp W. O. W.. and Hrewerton Lodge A. F. M. There will be an address by Grand Master Mower, of Newberry, Hon. ft, A. Coop er. W. C. Wbarton. A. P, Goodwin and others. Music will be furnished by the Honen Path brass band. The public is cordially Invited to attend. Much Interest Aroused In Municipal Campaign PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ON POPULAR PEOPLE President Douglas hns Employed One of the Greatest Landscape Artists of the Country to Lay Oft Grounds of the College for All Future Years. Clinton, July 28.?The remains of Mr. Washington Williams were brought here today for Interment. Mr. Williams was known to the older members of this community very well and used to visit in the home of Dr. J. J. Boozer. Ills body was laid in the Boozer family square where oili er members of his family lie. The Municipal Campaign. There are two candidates for the mayor's office in this town. The hon orable W. M. McMillan is a candidate for re-election and has a strong fol lowing. Mr. W. Elwood Dillard is making Iiis first attempt at politics in this campaign, lie also has many warm friends who are working for his election. There are no burning issues and no great excitement lias mani fest Itself so Tar. There Is a great, deal of excitement over the probabili ty of a democratic president next year and the local Woodrow Wilson club by a slight and allowable tampering with facts has evoked a namesake for the future president in Mr. W. Wil son Harris, secretary of the club. College ('rounds Laid tiff. Much interest has been aroused by* the display in the post ofllce lobby of plans for the Presbyterian College, campus. These plans were made by, Mr. W. O. Leavitt, a landscape gar dener who stands in the front ranks of his profession. These plans pro vide for a compact but well-spaced ar-. rnngement of the buildings. Work is going on well on the new dormitory. These plans call for a gymnasium to pair with Laurens hall on the oppo site side of the campus from It. , Society Activities. The severely hot weather has al most brought about a cessation oC parties, The moving picture show draws good crowds every night. II Is well run. has pleasing music and the same pictures as are shown in towns even larger than Clinton. Mrs. W, H. Fair entertained a largo number of her friends at a I'CCOptfoit on Thursday afternoon. Sunflowers furnished the theme tor her decora 1 Hons. Miss Carrie Fair of Atlanta and Miss Esther Jeter of Santuc as sisted Mrs. Fair. Miss Zoo Wright entertained In hon or of her guest. Miss Vates Friday ev ening. Meeting at Loiighrniich. I There will be a tent meeting at the new school house on [jongbranch, five miles north of Clinton, S. ('.. be ginning August 1st and continuing for ten days. The met ting will he con ducted by It. It. Jackson and ('.. I'. Taylor of Falson, N. ('. The public In 1 invited to attend. We are praying and I trusting Cod to give us a real revival hie truths will he preached. Thoso services will be held on regular Pen tecostal linos and nothing but the bi ble truths will be preach. Thoso preachers are men of deep spirituality whose lives are Clean. Wo ask tllO people generally and Christian in par tlcular to attend. Bring your bible-; with you and leave your prejudices* at homo. Don't listen to any wild re ports, but come for yourself and BCO. God will bless you as he has us. Pray for the meeting that God mny havo his own way with us all and bring US close to himself. We certainly need, a great revival among us, seeing that so many are unsaved and even Chris tians are living so far below God's purpose for them. Will all the coun ty papers copy this and greatly oblige m. a. Sumorol, For the band. Spoke In Union. Mr. C. B. Hobo, a prominent busi ness man of Laurons, addressed th > congregation of the First Baptist church Sunday morning and evening and large crowds greeted him at both services. Mr. Bobo is an earnest, consecrated Christian, and his address has left Its impress upon this com munity.?Union Times.