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COTTON CONDITION IN THIS STATE 18 BELOW AVERAGE FOR RECENT YEARS Government Report Shows Conditions West of the Mis sissippi to be better than those in the Eastern Belt. Washington, Juno 11.?Tennessee and Mississippi wert among the few States cast of the Mississippi in which crop conditions on June 1 did not fall below the average condition on June 1 of recent years, the department of agriculture announced today. Gen eral conditions in the United States on that date averaged 0.5 per cent, lower than on the same date last year and 1.2 per cent, lower than the aver age conditions on June 1 of recent years. ; CondJ^ioius were some What above the average, however, in States west of the Misslppi, except in North Da kota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah Idaho and California. Few States show any decided dc viation from average conditions. The best conditions arc in Nebraska with 12.7 ver cent, above average and Iowa with 7.6 per cent, above average. The lowest conditions are In Cali fornia with 20.9 per cent below average. The cindlUons of various crops on June 1 compared with their average (not normal conditions), were as ' - lows: Raspberries 105; blackberries u.; winter wheat 103.5; alfalfa 102.5; cantcloupes 102.4; hemp 101.fi; apples 101.5; sugar cance 101.5; rye 101.3; cabbage 100.6; clover 100.6; lima beans 100.4; onions 100.1; all hay 100.1; spring wheat 99.7; pasture 99.7; watermelon 99.5; cotton 09; sugar beets 99; oats 98.4; bailey 96.2; peaches 95.2; pears 89.9.?The State. TO PROTECT AUTOS. Suggested that Pedestrians l>e Licens ed to Walk the Streets under Cer- j tain Conditions. I It has been suggested that the fol lowing ordinances in regard to reck less pedestrians he passed in seme of the leading cities of this county. These ordinances were proposed by the Greenville Daily Piedmont and follow: The new ordinance, regulating the tmovement of pedestrians, iand re quiring them to take out licenses, is said to be something about as follows: Rule 1?Pedestrians crossing the streets at night shall wear a white light in front and a red light In the rear. Rule 2?Pedestrians before turn ing to the right or left must give three short blasts on a horn at least three inches In diameter. Rule :$?Pedestrians must, when an inexperienced automobile driver is made nervous by a pedestrian, hide behind a tree until the automobile lias passed. Rule 1?Pedestrians shall not car ry In their pockets any sharp sub stances liable to cut automobile tires. Rule 5?Pedestrians shall not, in dodging automobiles, run faster than twenty miles an hour. Rule 6?Pedestrians must register at the beginning of each year and pay a license fee of $5.00. Numbered li cense tags will then be issued to them No rebate will be allowed if they do not live through the entire year. (Rule 7?Pedestrians before license tags will be Issued to them, must demonstrate before an examing hoard their skill in dodging, leaping, crawl ing, hurling and extricating them selves from machinery. ?Rule 8?Pedestrians not wearing numbered license tags will be held responsible for all damages done tt automobiles or their occupants by collisions Mrs. S. A. Roland. News was received here last week of the deatli of Mrs. S. A. Roland, wife of Dr. S. A. Roland, of Statham, Ga. Mrs. Roland was the sister of Mr. Man se! Owings, of this city, and was well known in this county. She was only sick for a few days, death overtaking hor Friday. She was buried In the cemetery at St a than. Mrs. Poland, as Miss Mattle Owings, was married to Dr. Roland fourteen years ago and since that time they have made their home there. The many friends here who knew her will sympathize with her husband In his bereavement. THE WINTHROP PAGEANT. Moving Pictures Taken at Winthrop College will l?e Shown Here. Manager Lavender has secured for tomorrow, Ihme 19th, the reels of miving pictures taken of the grand pageant given at Rock Hill during the past month by the Winthrop CollegO girls. This wonderful play "The Reign of Queen Elizabeth" was one of the greatest productions ever at tempted in this state and proved a groat success. All of the Winthrop students took part and among them are several Laurens girls. The pic ture promises to he one of the most entertaining ever shown here. TELEPHONE POLES MOVED. Western Union Telegraph Company Removed Poles in Dirt Pond Be* tvtoen Laurens and Ora. Following a suggestion by W. R. McCuen, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, the Western Union Tele graph company has removed a num ber of poles between this city and Ora that were inconveniently placed in the dirt highway. These poles have been rathe rdangerous for automohil ists and others traveling this road, be sides making it hard for the super visor to work around them. As soon as the company's agents in Spartanburg were reminded of the dangers to traf* lice along this road, they very willing* ly sent out a gang of workmen to re move them. Mr. A. W. Todd, of the C. & W. C. railroad, has consented to remove a number of poles between hero ami Fountain Inn that are alike danger ous. It is expected that those poles will he removed within the next few weeks. Several weeks ago Sec. McCuen made a request of the ('., N. & L. to remove certain poles between hero and Clinton. However, nothing has been done along this line yet though it is expected that some action will he tak en at an early date. Ritten by Dog. Saturday morning at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. T. I'. .leans, who lives in Youngs township, little Ida May Hunter, daughter of Mr. llamp Hunter of Laurens, and Fred Wallace, son of Mr. Wat Wallace, of Ora, were bitten by a dog which was at first thought to be mad. The chil dren were carried, to Columbia for treatment Sunday, but were brought ' tck home Monday and will be given the Pasteur treatment by mail. The dog Which bit the children escaped, so it was impossible for the depart ment of health at Columbia to tell whether or not the dog had hydro phobia. However, it was recommend ed that the treatment be taken as a precautionary measure, so this is now being done under the direction of lo cal physicians. As very little more was heard of the dog, It Is hardly probable that"he was mad. In any event the children are being given close attention and uneasiness as to their condition has largely abated. Closed Pouch to Spartanburg. Beginning tomorrow, the C. & W. C. will carry a closed mail pouch to Spartanburg on the early morning train. Since the inauguration of the new schedule, there has been no early mall in that direction. Also, return ing the same evening, a closed pouch will be brought to Laurens from Spar tanburg, enabling the subscribers to The Spartanburg Journal to get their paper:, as before. Death of an Infant. The Infant child of Mr. Frank Walk er, who now lives in Florence, was buried in the cemetery here Monday. Mr. Walker having come up to be present at the services. The little Child had been living with relatives in Greenville since the death of Its moth er a few days after its birth nine months ago. THE PRESS GANG MEETS NEXT WEEK Animal Gathering of Newspaper Work? ers Expected to be I'roiltnhle and Enjoyable Occasion* Columbia ,S. C, Juno 12.?"I ex pect a large attendance at the animal meeting of the South Carolina Press Association to he held at the Isle of Palms June 20 and 27," said 11 I.. Watson of Greenwood, president of the assiciation, who was in Columbia yes terday to attend the preliminary met ing to the welfare conference. An in teresting programme has boon pre pared for the newspaper workers and several strong addresses will be de livered. IHisine.ss sessions will last through out Thursday an dFriday. On Friday morning at the business sessions the annual election of ofllcers and the selection of the next place of meet ing will be decided. President Watson and the ofllcials, in accordance with the constitution limiting the terms of ollico to two years, will retire and new otllcials will be selected to guide the press association. Special rates have been granted by President .lames Sottile of the Isle of Palme hotel, the rates being $2 per day for members of the association. Many members of the association will attend the meetings of the Master Printer's association, which will be held June 2-i and 25. Make your plans now to attend this Isle of Palms meeting of the asso ciation. Hock Hill has already launched a campaign to capture the 1014 meet ing and a determined fight for it will take place Anderson will also urge the association to come to that city. Other places will probably put in bids. Annual Orator. On Friday evening Norman 1 lap good, editor of Harper's Weekly, will deliver the annual address before the associatiin. Mr. HapgOOd is one of the best known editors in the 1'nited States, and the fact that he is to he the speaker will add interest to the ap proaching press meeting. For several years Mr. llapgood edited Colliers Weekly. Recently he bought Har pers Weekly and on June 1 assumed editorial charge. A highly educated and intellectual man. Mr. llapgood will bring to the South Carolina press a message which is certain to bo one of the best ever heard by that body. The Program inc. In addition to the formal pro gramme there will be many features to add to the pleasure of the members while in the city if Charleston. The master printers of the State meet two day ahead of the press meeting and several of them will remain over for it. In arranging the programme this year the underlying idea was to have fewer "set" papers, in order that more members wiuld take part in the va rious topics under discussion. "Shop" talks will feature the gathering The matter of an organization for some uniform and standard advertis ing rate will probably he agitated at the Charleston meeting. Several now members have sent in their application and they will be given a cordial welcome to Charles ton and the association. REPORT ON LIQCOR SALES. Amount for May Was Over $217,000. Columbia, June 11.?Dispensaries in eight counties of South Carolina sold $217,117.8,r? North of whiskey during May, according to a statement issued yesterday by Harvey W. Mitchum, State dispensary auditor. The operat ing erpenses for all counties amounted ti $11.871.65. The following shows the sales by counties and the operating expenses: Sales. Expenses. Aiken .$ 15.018.00 $ 1,698.67 Florence _ S3.0C7.15 1,471.46 Georgetown .. 12,555.15 470.00 Jasper. I,23p.l0 82.81 Union. 13,025.77 . Hoaufort .... 12,121ft". 917.83 RIchland _ 78.588.05 1.170.20 Charleston ... 60,942.13 3,100.05 Totals .. ..$217,447.86 $11.871.05 Union Meeting. The Woman's Missionary union of the second division of the Laurens association will meet with the First Baptist Church, this City, Saturday, June 28th. PROF. D. W. DANIEL ELEVATED AT CLEMSON Laurens Count) "Boy" Given a l ull Professorship nt C. A. C. Clcmson College, Juno II. -The reg ular spring meeting of the Clemson trustees which convened last night here was adjourned today alter the transaction of routine business and consideration <>i' the president's re port, the election of several new men and the promotion of others to till va cancies. All members of the board were present except Senator B. H. Tlllinan and Representative A. P. Lever who were detained in Washington. Mr. | J. R Weaver of the University of\ Nebraska, was elected associate pro- j fessor of botany and bacteriology to succeed Prof. J. Q. Hall who resigned two months ago to take a position In the far west. Prof. H. C. Woods of the University of Colorado was elected assistant professor of civil en gineering to succeed Prof. F. R. Sweeney who has two years leave of absence. Prof. O. M. Clark of Clem son College who lias held temporari ly the position of assistant in horti CUlturell was eleeted assistant profes sor of agronomy to succeed Prof. P, T, Wilson, who goes to the University of Florida. Mr. W. 13, Spelts a grad uate of Wake Forest College and Johns Hopkins Univorslty where be has been Instructor for several years, was chosen to fill a new position as instructor in physics. Prof. Chas. M. Purman who for :'i> years lias served Clcmson faithfully and well as professor of English, re. signed, and the board in recognition of his scholarly service made him professor emeritus, desiring that h" retain connection witli the college in that capacity. Associate Profes sor 1). W. Daniel was elected profes sor of English to BUCCced Prof. Fur man and will become head of tin; Eng lisli division. Prof. Daniel has been a member of the English division 'for fifteen years. Assistant Prof. A. B. Brynn who hits been it member of the Eng lish division eleven years, was made associate professor of English to suc ceed Prof. Daniel. Mr. A. (). H?ring I resigned bis position as instructor in woodwork and Prof. (!. P. Llpscoillb assistant professor of chemistry was granted leave of absence for a year to study in Germany. The board made the November meeting a special order for commem orative exercises in honor of Col. It. W. Simpson and Hon. W. I). Evans who served the board faithfully as members for many years utnll death, Mr. T. E. Keltt, station chemist, was made professor of soils in addition to his present work. The fertilizer income is estimated to reach $230,000 and from this the usual appropriations for running ex penses were made and $110,000 for public service work. There will be no large building work because of scarcity of surplus funds. $3,000 was appropriated to begin experiments in breeding cattle, horses and mules. PK \TII OF W. It. COMPTON. Well-Known Singer who hud littst of Friends in This County. News was received here yesterday of the death of Mr. W. B. Compton, which occurred at his home near Cor onaca Monday evening. Mr. Compton was exceedingly well-known all over Laurens county where for years he has been the leader at big singing schools. Wherever he went he was certain of winning hundreds of friends. His congenial personality, his wholo heartednesH and strength of Character made him a general favorite with young and old. Mr. Compton served gallantly throughout the War Between the States, being a member of Co. B, 27th Infantry. He leaves a devoted wife and several children to mourn his death. He was a native of this coun ty, having been born at Tylersvllle. Children's Bay at ML Olive. There will be Children's Day ex ercises nt Mt. Olive Baptist church Saturday July 10th, 1013. All are in vited to attend and enjoy the day. Mrs. S. g. MeDan id. Worthy Ma tron, Mr. s. g. McDanlol, Past Pa tron, Mr. Ceo. L. Pitts. Patron, Mrs. Nathan Richardson, who holds a state office, and Miss Luia Eichelberger will attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge Eastern star in Greenville next week. WAI TS NOW SF.COM>. I.\ Winning From Newherrj Last Sal urdii) Shoves Into Second Fiaee. The Watts Mill; aggregation of hall toss.ms climbed to second place in the c. x. ,v.- I., league Saturday afternoon by Winning from the West Kaders, of Xewborry, by the score of 7 to 2. "Bill' Fisher, of the locals, contributed no| small part lo the victory of the Watts Mills team, making the measley rec ord of two homers, a double and a sin gle out of four times up, besides con tributing two put outs and four assists out of six chances around the key stone sack. Hill pitched a consistent game for the local hoys, Huff putting up his usual good work behind the bat. Swlnk, the red-headed llrst sucker, scooped up a COUplo of hard chances which looked to be wild throws, be-1 sides doing a little extra stick work. I Norman, the husky right fielder for the locals, took is four long chances sent into his garden, relieving the fans in several occasions when long lilts would have meant damage to the Watts Mills record. Livingstone, r<?r tlx- Newhcrry hoys, pitched a steady game up until the eighth, when Fish er's homer with one on, took the starch out of him. after which he was battered freely. Wright, the lanky i Backer for the West IDndors, was a prime favorite with the fans, his con sistent and, at times, stellar work tak ing the hearts of the local fans, ('amp hell, the West hind backstop, played in good form throughout the game and 1)007.01', a: short, made several running slops that COnj'tlhUtcd large 'v to keeping the score of the local boys down. Umpiro w. ?'. Irhy, Jr., had his lamps working in good order, "illum inating at least, twenty-live feOl in front of Iiis car," and gave general satisfaction to both players and on lookers. On several decisions there were a slight difference of opinion, but no widespread dissatisfaction was evi dent. A peculiarly regrettable feature of the game, considering the tine record made so far an dtlio form in w hich the team was playing Saturday, was the little knocking going on at. limes. Several onlookers in the grand stand dere given to throwing bricks :tt odd times and. to a close ol.server, It Lore results, though in the opposite direc tion from that expected. The following is the ofllcial score: Watts Alt H II l?0 A K Kam melt, ss . . . . 2 2 I I o Watts, cf.I 0 (i 0 (? I ?Scaly, 3b.I I 0 I - l Fisher, 2b.1 2 I I 2 0 Swlnk, lb .... .3 1 I it 0 0 Huff. 0.I I I 7 (i Simpson, If ... .4 0 0 0 0 I Norman, if.I 0 1 1 0 0 Hill, p.4 0 1110 Totals.:;<; 7 10 27 12 :: Neu berry. AB R II PO A R Boozer, ss..'{ 0 l 2 ?"> 0 Jones, 2b ..... t 1 1 1 :*. 2 Vaughan, 3b.t 0 0 I 0 1 Mills, cf.1 1 3 0 0 0 Troutman, rf . . . .4 0 0 1 0 Bishop, If .... . t 0 1 200 Wright, lb.1 0 2 1."? 0 ?? Campboll, c . . . 0 0 2 1 0 Livingston, p . . . 0 1 0 4 0 Totals ..... 2 1) 24 14 3 Summaries: vase on balls, Watts Noborry?; left, on base. Watts N'ewberry ~>; first base from Watts 3, from Xewborry 1 ; two base hitts, Hammott, Fisher, Swlnk. Huff, Wright; home runs, Fisher (2); struck out, Hill C, Llvingstos 2. One Of Vice Presidents. Mr. ('. B. Kennedy attended the meeting of the South Carolina Funeral Directors and Kmtxilmers association In Columbia last week. Mr. Kennedy was honored by being elected vice president of the association, besides being elected as a delegate to the national association meeting in Mil* w aukee. \ Correction in the last issue of The Advertiser appeared personal Item taken from the Southern School News to the ef fect that Miss Janye Oarlington had been elector! school supervisor of An derson county. This should have been Ml Maggie Garllngton as Miss Janyo Ctarlington has accepted a position as teacher of tho Rock Brldgo school in this county. CARS TURN TURTLE BELOW COLD POINT Serious Wreck on C. & W. C. Railroad. SEVERAL INJURED BUT NO DEATHS Mid.day Train from Augusta with Fast Schedule Moots with Mishap when 1'nssciigcrs Narrowly Miss Serious Injuries. Little Delft) in Traffic. Running at about forty-live miles an hour. Train No. 1 from Augusta to Spartanburg on the C. & w. c. struck a bucking rail Monday near ('old Point, resulting in the overturning of (be white passenger coach and the chair car. The accident happened about nine miles below I.aureus, just, beyond and in sight of Cold Point. People waiting on the train at Cold Point saw the train swerve and UlO two cars turn over and drag at least 150 yards before the train came to it Stop, Neither of the overturned ears were badly smashed, and while all the passengers were glvon a thor ough shaking-lip, there were no se rious Injuries. The passengers were delayed only I a few minutes at the scene of the j wreck, the engine and express ca.' be ing used to catty the injured and oth ers to Laurens at once. Mr. Kosh niakely of this city received the worst injuries, Iiis foot having been badly cut due to the fact that in the shake up it slipped through the window on the side the car was dragging. How ever his injuries are not at all .seri ous and he expects to be out in a few days. All of the injured were brought to Laurens County Hospital hen uid given immediate medical attention. Dr. .1. L. Fennel of Waterloo happened t<> be on the wrecked train am] gave prompt assistance to those needing it. The Injured, w. .1. Preston, of Conllucnce, I'a., cut slightly on eye and arm. Ross Klakcly, of Laurens, cul <>u ankle. II. A. Harnes, cut on head. T. 10. Tenguo, Miss Ida A. Toagu ! and Miss May Toaguo, all of Arkan sas, cuts ami bruises, T. A. McAlister, Augusta, slight juries. Mori's Koppel, Oroonwood, slight in juries. i'reston, Furman, colored, Ihirks dale. slight injuries. Several others received slight cuts and bruises from the tailing glass but escaped other injury. F.llginc kept the Track. The train that was wrecked is tho regular evening train from Augusta which gets in bore at 2.25 in tho afternoon, carrying parlor car from Augusta to Ashcvillo. The train was in charge of Conductor William A. Wallace and Engineer I) L. Prlntup, of Augusta, and left Augusta at. it o'clock, it was making its rogular schedule time of about 40 mile an hour and was on time when tho wreck occurred, shortly after 2 o'clock The engine, tender ami mail car pa 0(1 over tho bucking rail all right, but the first class passong? r coach and the parlor car were thrown from tho track with such force that they turn - ed over upon the side. The combi nation baggage and negro coach .' ist preceding the regular passenger Coach was not thrown from the track, though the rear trucks Jumped from tiie rails. Sunday School Com cut Ion, Program of Dials Township Inter denominational Sunday School con vention will be held at Dials church June 2sth.. 1013. The convention will open at 1'? a. in. with song service and devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. T W. Munnerlyn. The following program will be carried out i Address of welcome by W. C. Curry, Orgati/.ation and report from schools. Address by II. K. Aiken. Address by c. A. power. One hour for dinner. Song and devotional exercises by \v. ('. Wllklo. Address by it. a. Cooper, Address by .1. 13. Johnson. Motto: Every man, woman and child in Dials Township a member oC BOmo Sunday School.