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12 PAGES. PART 2, PAGES 9 TO 12 VOLUMAIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1913. NUMBER 19 FLORENCE MAN KILLS FOREMAN H'. Cook is Shot. by T. iiurcl in Front of Hotel. Florence, Nov. 29i.--.M. Cook, a fore man on the plantation of T. Btlure h, nlear the city, wits shot an d killed by his employer in frott of a hotel ihere this afternoon. 'There are maniy c~on flictitig stories in regaIrl to the kill ing, but Iroms wtia 'an be gathera il Cook had been following .\lr. I u reb -all dlay with somec comnplatin andl the controversy bea me an altereation and later grew hotter. It is staled that C'ook cirsed and tlhreatened Mr. iil('ch and the latter drew his pistol and shot him. lI had.(1 previoutsly led (ook into the vestilule of i.he noteli and the two were seated inl chairs di scussing tle dluestion on which they differed. Burch: iale no attempt to escape. Suiimollilg his attorney, .T. P. Mc Nolil, aind LICCOIII P1111 led by the deputy sheriff and his attorney lie repaired to the oillce for conference. Through his attorney, Mr. Burch says that hie does not wish to discus:; 'the shoot ing, saying that it grew oti of a n al tercation and cirsing and threats. Cook was a mian about :5 years of age. Ile camne here about three years ago Ironi Ilorry county an( for abouti two yeats worked at the carpenter's trade. lie had baee foreman for .lr. Ilurch for nearly a yeair. Ile leaves a wife anld two vo in childretn. Mfr. !ttrceb is a y'oung mslan, a trav ling silesimain. the sons of the Iirst coroner of Florence coulnty andi a member of one of the largest famliie in the county. 11 is well to do and very ilcopular. Cook is said to have hen a mian of steady liabits and very ri'liable. I is I'ori er eiployer at the car penter's trade said that. he had) spoken to hint only abotit a halr hour bfore the shooting and Cook was not drink ing at. that tinte. W7itiessies at, tlhe initest said that Cook had a knife in his h:?'il during the lintr 'view. Sloimiach 'roubles Ilisaizpear. -Stomach, liver andl~ kidnley tr~ouhhe, weak nerves, lame back and t'emale' ills di:sapimar1 w':wn Electric Illiters are used. TIhousnands of wtonwns wouhd not. he w':ithoult aI bottle in their homhe. Eliza ool o!f i)eiwi'w. Oka.. writes: "Ellectric lBitters raksed 'nwl fromt a bmd of si(kltis' atil sufleriug and has cone mile t world of good. I wish 'zery suf foring wonniii could isc ti excell ent remzely and find out. as I didin, st how good it is." As it Ias helped tholis aznds of others, it surely will do the same fori you. 'very bottle guar anzteed, 5oc and $1.00. At all drug gists. -11. 1E. lluckclen & Co., l'hila dlphin or St. L~ouis. 88888888888888888888 8 8 EDEN NOTES. 8 ' A 8918 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Eden, )ec. 1.--The marriage of Mr. '/imrie Reeves to Miss Ada Nash was solemnized at the home of the bride lnt Welnesday evening, November 26th, Rev. It. F. Morris, the former 'palstor' of the br'ide, obllating. Mr. and .\is. IL. IH. It'ooks were thie guests or M~ir. 1 WV. Owens Wecdnescday. M'. anid Mr's. i,. A. Armstrong werei In Lai us Tu'iesdauy shloping. Mrs. Isabell ilr tiooks w'as 1 le guest of her dlaughter .\i Mrs. Zack Nei hbor's. of' (Coltia, Ilast week.{ Thur i lsday ni gh t andl iday in Wood - .\lr. and .lzrs. . \\' . (ray and little son, bake, spenlt the laitti'r endii of tI ~eekvi'n li reevi'i~ile w~iith realtlives. Mi's. Mattie Woods Is visitinig In Laui r'ens thits week. M.Nii I and .lrs. Z imii i ll er es spn'il Siinday w'ithi .\r'. I. W.Mahiaff'ey andi fa'mily. M.r. andl Mr's. .1. b. .\i.aitaffiy lhad thei givinig. Wei offier Onie IIlundredil lidoIlarus li' w'ard for any3 ('ase' of ("ata'rhi thati ean 1". .1. ( henny j & co.. TIol edo. 0. We, thle u illrlsi ni'i, have knhowni F. .1. ('ihtee foi' he1 list lS yeariis, and be'lievo. him ioif'ec lyv hioiiorbili' ini aiillisiness liranisactionis aii fiiii cilly'L lei to carr I' ualt anyv obligai tIoins miadie by his Iirmii. N.\T'I)N.\i, li.\NK(01 OM .1H':1!, Toledo0. 0. 13'. atig i:'iu'lly 1upon1 Ih l oodi i an.1 muossrae f h yti.Ts * * T NAVI MILLIIONS TO .('1' * TON (GltOWEII$. * * (Written for The State by It. I.* * P'. leilsneider of Thei Piublie * LAedger, Il'hilmiellhia.) * * * *l * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *I l'hibitdelp~hiat, Nov. :;n.--TIo nutture cottont bolls artilteially, saving niil lionsx of dollars aiinally to plant e tit.roth1ing :t wtter sated and eventtually ("\t "ratineating the' boll wee it Is Ite dream of, .lohn 1. Hlnl, Inlvenitor, and l t Illall Cottonl R(t "Itinlg conipany, incorptorated in thel State of Debilwart' with an luinitiala f $1t~un It reads like a .\lulherry Seller's prospectts, ye't thle direazn of the in ventor and his coliany givs plrol ise of early realizalion. 'T'his view is stircnthoned by the results of n num her of practical dernonstrations inthe presence of Southern Cottui growers and gininers, and experts whose (es tinony is to the effeCt, that cotton bolls may be nipped off the stalks like so iaiy oranges, weeks, it' n'ec'es sary, before they would ina.ture nat urally, and by either a chemical or a mtiecianicaI Irocess, ri'll ened at the ('ontVenience of tite ginner. Figuring onI it In petr cent. !(oss of acotton c"rot in imututre, unlopen'ed and 'rosl bit t'i bolls, It' h all tro ctess woui have saved to the plant 'rs ofthe South this ye'ar alplroxi mately I,.50t0,l0d0 bales. 't'e.ts of the I lal roc :;ss with holls birotght l'o til' South in va 1iou1s stagte; of nit111'ity soul' of thlill ifront hitt I 'l -were I nt uluced al the' l'hila de'l hiat ' ol1 er1i il4 111 Sha in thl presence of rowiie1rs and (innrs. All( tog 'hest' we4r T. S. 'ate and .1. l. I. est 'ling of viarn well. S. ('. tiolls fro s t ll expit' - mental t -acr ltiatlon near :l' i:delphia also wtl ''a1ee t a (tre by tte mechanical Or incubiiation p rocess. 'Thie e'xperimntat:l lantation belongs; to .1. ' llwood I.51) ol f I 1 t v . T' ire Ian1 d I(ul-'Ir opii uny. wo) i: f'iha iv presi. h-t lu oft l laooisill t naimil(by. ( jinltt o '(0 l a lny. I f is a a rted it is )ttlield tests will confirmn thiose which we're aide at oa I y onu esreiad .\itlse Iu, tanll that it will he within th e roia ge' of possibility to grow tot ton prolit ably in 'ti nn'sylvanil iaot and other Northern State's wi'ere te' soil is adapted to that crop. 'his viiew iii pr( d1 lae, d on l ' ility to plu k tlt holls In advance' of frost and ripetn them by inlt 1ion. The r'tthets of bothth-- eheinal and mtchai~nicail tre'at~ment of .hoils were stui'atteu xd to ilovi . O'Neal and Commnissioner Kolb of Alabama, ov. Ilall of Louisiana and ((ov. 1oll uitt of Texas, all f whoat , it Is stated, are favorably I impressed ad( 'i)trom ised, If the claIlus of the inventor aro further borne out, to encourage the introducetion of the ptrocesses In their several states. Commissioner of Ag riculture 1. .J. Watson of South ('ar o!inat, who is president of the South ler'Cotto congressti ha1 i viewh deonsWtra I iti ih 4'l poundi iis of hllits fo Slt 'Ca1rio ~lna, and in ah tlllllfew' Itays ago.tittmmstionerat' Wasngsthat no4 4WIi' 1 ttime'4 he1 lt i tltities for11 thEmicatlt treatmet p o th be followed t p ( by11 th4 nsa:tin o bolls, forcing them to disclose their wealth of snowy, fluffy raw cotton of contineree, is sinply incuhation ap plied to plants. The holls are "hatched out" in fron tw o to three hours, a nia chine and anl 0oerator natitlring fro' Ii'r to eight bales of cotton per day. The tie i'onstatne:I by eI (' (lnia' ical process inoy be -sev"eral hour11s or s'' 'era)lCdays. 3 le entlin g 11101n the c'harac'ter of til' bttilling, kiteni'praturl' and dei'grtt of iauoisture in which the boll:; ar~e treated ---condlitionls wholly Within the control of the giannr''a or planter. Whiilst. bothi proceosse's proan is( to save n'ar1ly $ ln.t)(ium.no annual ly Ill cotton. perhaps the miost start litig clail iuale for tho(n Is ilat by ihei' coininion use the boll weevil will eventulally be exterlinnted. Thle death kntelt of the dtstriitive post is being Solunded In the Ilrepara)tions uidcer Way for reclainming f'rotbitten and ini inatut' bolls within a week or two. iy prolonging the hiberating perilod of the boll Weevil by se'vrial weeks, which I Is to he iccomliplished by artificially rip erring the bolls that long in advance of the tilne when natture would do the worlc, the Weevil will be \irtually starIved ouit. There will bel n(,thing for' hii to feed upon luring the few weeks that Iust elapse frot the tilte he (rwils froin his Winter ilart rs tin til the crop h's twen plaiteaii. The l'(l pt'ocl'ssl's are pronotilnetd b)v several phlnters as rnairking an1 l'poch inl the history (If' ctton prO (lue'tion no0 les.; inip!ort::nt lthan the introdile'tion1 of thle pill. Iit. C. .\Ilus griOVe, a tottont expert. 2.~. I!roadi strel't. New York. who wit ness.! ;ih' anih'n ii'::I pr we (. of ipie.'ing ol31)ls-::i;i af 1erw:rds sut!iittdltl'(l 3. l to the'' 311stal tests, i' '131t3''] as satyigt lthat the sl:apl. o!f the Luall' ctitured by lte proc'esas is longer 3lthiia 1fr3oin Lolls rip oned on tlt' stalk. !I.' hy th cot ton hart a fire'r' a*n' t ure :ilky \ loss 11a1 1h:11 which w as rip. 1 ntil n:tiral ly; tihat It is of a 1in3 rlci ing qutaality 1nd that (he hl eat (Ii of.' t 1' in juit sI the textile stren;1t1 and quality of cot ton inatured in t fie!!. ,\lt. .\1u3 t1)1 ;;i ' .:e fit. l': in i: . ;4p' it: l n, als o ( 1e .latIe'stownI exJ1ps5ition3. 3, I ji eI of cot on at Ihl .\An-'ri1a n 1.i1n3 m idu Iri 3(.ion ex 1ositio33. N '': York. W. .. \\'illi;:ia , a go vernn3i333'ent ce'o - itI at the I' 3ite'l S:ate, I'rsen:l In I'.311l lp Ilia. rl'po'ting 0'n tests (3 se'eI fro(n holls ilatur'ed bot1 artili (i:3lly and rnaturally, s:'Vs le fouluii 11:. the artificially ripenel ('ot(tni s'e'l contained abhout 2 pillr cent iore (oil and f'at. thant that which had been al lowedi to ripen in the field. Othe3r tests a'' held as having de'i ol'lnstratld that seed fromr artificially ripened holls g rn inates .'ven more satisfactorily than that froin bolls that were m1:tur ed onl the stalk. The bolls f'ron lharnwell which Were subijecte:1 to treatment in the in eibator were clissiihed-some being taken three weeks before maturity, others 1ouri' weeks andl an intermleuiate class 10 days before -m aturity, frot the fields respectively of r. J. Grubbs. M.. 1ichar.'dson and(1 T. . .av Art1ifieial i'r'tening of ('ottont 1h11s will, it is ('ontenided, go far toward'( s'olviing thet labor' prob(lem(is fromt att ileast Onel (If itsi anlgles. It is de(signed( e'xtentt, and1out w3i V.'11ac(k P~ros'. * * *WAR~flOR CRIEEK.* * *1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1 Thank1t1sgivinig day lpasse'd oIff very' <ptii .\lrs. ('. A. .I(olly and33 ('1hiiren, .\11aryi \lirs. TI. .\. it:-33mn3: ! I ai 1 < h l !-1 and33 .18is 1 : 'roIlin' P33wh r3 . (33 I an ford'3, spent3 Ti3hnk11itm wVth their3 3tilahtrg last weelk. Orbl~indoI la~.. 3to sp8l'3I the wintrI. .\Iis's ibillian h''3ownl.' :and, .l.ssre. K.'! 11 I ('(w'311 . I ,.~ '3i.1 nigh 3'nd .: T. Ialipet:T kiig ntr vil':' 333'' mI' ll th t3 r3 Ip'' i . !3 l' 133:3 IIar.I. . '3 .1 t3 31' f~ Vel33 ~ ' I33'of our I :'li 333!. ~ mi th * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Princeton Locals. * *. * * *A* ** ** * ** * *** * * 'line('toln, Nov. 2N.-(Quiite a slrprise 'a:: giv(el at the hon1' of .lr. and .\I r. It. F'. .\ rnold's, on \\'e~t1nesdayr 'vlling ti ":1' th. The .lisses Arnold sonlt 11. crII for : social v1ellllng bt 11er in(' uess arrived tvhy were sur pr1ised( by the' tua:riage' of .\liss. .\nniu I'e . irn l to .\Mr. .ain s '-:. Stoe(. Thle ce'rcinony. \ wa5 In frn- b)414'1 1Y (l'I". It. (e . I.ll in a 4o stbe:ultiful n111(1 stl('in wl:'y. \lin:1 r(!iAtely aIter tei 'inouy they were shown1 to1 thg e diel i ss 1( ero( i by two lilt-' .irls, Ituth .rn otd ;1u 11l (slace .\llnro0. 111n11: e' (to I ".1141t a 501nlienir. win-rte :1 de1lic"iousr s: an ! 1.5te was; se'rved( by .\Iiss; Kid dlit. lleinlrix .\rniobl. Sister of' thel b~ridel TIh" b;:-id1( is thl- third dtaughter of l r. and . ! rs. I. t. rnold, wh ile ti groomn is a son of' Air. .l. T. Stonle, Iot ar. popular in local circles and have( ianyl friends1 that are giving thent)) their hearty c'ongratutlations and1( best 'ishes. . r. and .rs. Stone w i l l (nake their ho ' In 'rinceton. Anmong the out-of-town :;uests were: .liss tllIrtla .ilford and .\Ir. Rob. .\ - Ge;e of A lerson, ProI'. G, . 1\\'r'lhoril of \\'illiatuston. .\essrs. .lim .\rnold. .l01 i 1igb'. .n111 .lon ys \\'ashintlon of1 1' Sl z r : I ' Ite . 1 (1 .\lls. . G;. 1,4"1 of ill e we'ill el. ' lr. arll ( .\ rs. 11. 11. Iiutub er:- anId little' . iss \11 lar t, o) ' ant'r ns, p11 it " T''hanksg0i ing t ii (Ia'pi. and .\s . .1. it. IlIIn4 be:1. Air. ad .\ . \.C. Itcaannesof ;r n \1114', s wl nt. S(l'l0. y L (i-r t111 .\rt I . \\'. * TY'LERSVE7LE DOTS. * Opera ** Hous* *ae ** Tylrsvia, De c. 5\t. .h. \\'i1. .r. \\'illi: n Peterson spent the w\\ en w 'c(11 ithi hol(iefok. .\I:. l.::11r1nu, Poo!('. (1f C'ross .\inebor. Evierythir I ha Ev:ehy eason.v (n.i ld by all w:1 WIrd p arttlesi pt.) \11r. ;11( .\I rS". T1'14n I'oole( a:r11(' a v \: I:10 to V: VI !w( x(o11n1 ;(.'(p!( ("njoy. 111n i int e h roc( of ! . \\'e h :'Ir ((( a 111o i 11(4 1n111n ;1r'( 1 111 in hidern Aity.~ ranash .\r Ilarvey; .lennin11)s has1 )411\('; into 'roup and (ouIth l TIemed. ('r01up is a terrile 1 11h.w: ." 1; :nt tacks childIren so snle~;nib theyl are veryi" at to chboke( unIless :,i4'n Ohe pp I l' remnedy at once. T!p is noth ing better in the world than Ilir. K<ing's New Discovery. Lewis Chlamberlain I, 0 g \lanchester, Ohio. Writes about 1: s childIrenI: "Somnetime/ in severe at. tacks we were afrIaidj they" would dit.. bult Since we proved what a celrt/lin remedcy 1)r. King's New Discovery is, we have no 1ear1. We rely 01n It fr:,r croup, coughs and colds." So can y"ou. 501. and $1.400. A bottle should be inl every home. At all druggists. Hf. 10. Ituckclen &i Co., Phila. and St. Laouis. BANiACON- TEBS ter YO R {{S GOM N Harve z a.w home} t o / 4. a% g t Ai t YORHME OUR bank YORbrA NterprisNT E Ba N.Y B. DGAL Prs HO . H. ROPRUGsieT A ~ AL SAEHM O OFMOE Perona Prpety i t ietew tr of le F ridy cembern the wn ittreie of thrieoes laten .L. Nah, our mile nroreth yofur ens Hvone he nlle yRod.: goo ca onrrditn onter mic cowf I tou heiers onet o-hore wU a n, Oe bgy ar min tool a imientes, on foinsDerhentc. Temnftaepcasohges bidder N. .DALPrsCC. . O ER Ex Ctor Estaexo A . )1).r.t? N sh. 3 DRCCEA IN si~ O THLEOFi Haeryorle Cleane nressdb mene wof now how.ay Yo'lDethembere t thienshop. h aeA.L ah u ie over t he Sto , one bug.yhfaroing = tol n m lm ns crCodr aec Tem fslcs t ihs idr CC. C.B"O O xctr EsCt ofA(. ah S~tF~~KiE iti Qt~~l__~~~i1 n~';is~isri) j i: .11,~~ i> cit~' tii "s ic_