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12 PAGES. PART 1, PAGES 1 TO 10 VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913. NUMBER 20 ADY[RIIS[R'S GR[AT CLOS[D WITH A Miss Clemiegene Teague % Three Million Votes to iH ler Won First Prize in Se: Bennett Won Second Pri; Lois Nash Won Second P DISTRICT . Miss (lem.legene Teague ..... Miss Flora Elizabeth Bennett DISTRICT Miss Gladys Fuller, Waterloo, Miss Lois Nash, Gray Court, S. 1 Saturday night, December 0th, 1913, et -nine o'clock, the Children's Con test came to a close amid intense ex citement. All (lay the Contest Mana ger and assistants were kept busy re ceiving subscriptions and tickets, and the number of votes polled was a sur prise to everyone, especially to those conducting the contest. There were more subscriptions and tickets enter ed Saturday than during the preced ing weeks, causing the vote total of someof the candidates to soar into the millions. - E0verybody had a fair chance, were encouraged and advised from the Con test Departmnent, and realizing this, the losers have taken it good natured dy, knowing that everybody could not win, and feeling that- the wihners de served winning for their work and the aid of their ft ads. At nine o'clock toe judges, Dr. Isa dore Schayer, D. M. Norwood, and B. It. 'Clardy began counting the votes and at 10:30 the result was announced to the waiting crowd. It wes a close race, especially in )ist, ict No. 2, and the defeated ones can well compliment themselves upon their efforts, for they deserve commen (Lition. Probably there were altogether 40, 000,000 votes polled for the many can didates 'who were actively in the race, making by far the biggest contest ev er held in this section of the state, and a record that will remain un beaten for years to come. A great many new subscribers were added to The Advertiser list, and it now stands in this line second to no newspaper anywhere in South Caro lina. District No. 1. All territory within the corporate limits of Laurens. John Richardson .. .. .. .. ..241575 Ruby Templeton .. .. .. .. ..579415 Toccoa Earle Clary .. .. , . ..184530 Sarah Rebecca Richey .. .. ..479385 .. Clemiegene Teague .. .. .. . .2757360, Flora 10lizabethr Bennett .. .. 1096510. Lucia Trumblin.. .. ........37325 I. W. Hiigbe, Jr. .. .... .....724145 illian Gari*ett ,, ,., , ,..* .44F lutkot Y'oitag.. ...........176595 Cliarence Albright .. ..........60,025 'l'occoa (ray .. ...........289450 Sarah 1liiza Swygert .........154015 ILizzie Tihomjason .. .. .. .. ...188950 Madge Louise Taylor .. .. ...95225 Jlohnnie Milam..........82020 District No. 2. All points outside the corp~orate lm its of L~aurens. Liaurens, RI. F. D. MAary C'aldweli, Rt. F. D. S . . . .968550 (apers Sinmpson, R1. li. D. 1 . .3610950 10Jmma Cheek, R1. F. D). 4 . . . .283775 Addle ii. D~avis, Watts Mill . .379200 Merle Shaw~, IR. F. D. 41 .. . .571350s Margaret Caldwell, RI. F. 1). 6 .. 21225 Margaret Belle Moore, R. F. D). 4 1025 Fred Cunninighmam, R. F. D. 4 . . 4025 Ora, S. C. Charles Illa kely.. .. .. .. ....337045 (Gray Court, S. C. 10ugen'e Willh.. .. .. .. ....1290550i Margaret D~ee Curry .. .......22425 tsois Nash. II. F. 1). 4.1.. ....1662720. Irene Owens. Ri. F. D). 1 . . . ..195430. Lumcile Hiald win, 1t. F. 1). 4 . . . . 10025 firior Smaith, iR. F. D. 3. .. .. .5176;5 ' -Clinton, S. C. .amnuel (lenn.. .. ...... ...31025 Ahieni Bailey .... ........28025 Marthia Pililips .. .........46810 M~artha Young................10125 Mayme Lee Wright ...... ...19625 . Thmolmas4 Par ii................... 13225 .Jack It. D~avis ...........28025 Waterloo, S. C. F1rancees 'Teague. It. F. D). 2 . . 48025 G (ladys Fuller.. ...... ...,.17246 10. .Iessie lhizabuethI Saxon, RIt 2 . . I607 S5 Il arold Cul behrt soni, it. I.. I). I . .259770 lharksdlale, S. C. .Janie l'oyd. 11. 1.. I. I.. .....630215 IFountain Inan, S. C. Mary Iilagheus ...... .......551450O aw renre TPetmpjleton ....... 152S VOTING CONT[8T WHIRLWIND OF VOT[S 'on First Prize With Nearly er Credit. Miss Gladys Ful :ond District. Miss Flora e in First District and Miss rize in Second District. (O.1. . .... ............. .... $150.00 .... .... .... .... .... 75.00 '0. 2. 3. '. .... .... .... .... $125.00 . .... .... .... .... .... 50.00 Doris Stokes .. .. .. .. .. ..10025 Owinigs, S. C. Alice Owings .. .. .. .. .. ..312350 Rhett 11111 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..464625 Geldville, S. C. ,lames Lawrence Lanford .. ..160025 iLanford Station, S. C. Lou,ie 10iphard Williams .. ..19180 Virginia Garrett .. .. .. .. ..321865 Allie May 'Taylor .. .. .. .. ..179600 1Enoree, S. C. T'roy .ills .. ............765275 Walter Montjoy .. .. .. .. .. 10025 Dan Yarborough .. .. .. . .. 13025 Clay Crisp .. ... ........ ..10025 Mountvilie, S. C. .James Dean .. .. ... .. ..2..237620 Cross 11111, S. C. Mazell Campbell .. .. .. . . ..994975 Emma .1. Dial .. .. .. .... ..1351860 Ware Shoals, S. C. Carl Lewis .... . .. ....6..37200 Ware Shoals, S. C., R. F. D. Lois Pitts, It. F. D. 1 .. .. ..255350 Barnett O')ell, R. F. I). 1 . . . .290700 Jimmie lIedden, It. F. 1). 2 .. ..131125 OFFICEIL FOIL H. OF P. Annual Election Took Place h. the iodge lauil Monday Night. Instalia lion the 22nd. The' annual election of ofilcers of Laurens Lodge No. 43, Knights of Pyth!as, took place in the lodge hall Monday night. A large number of knights were present and the election was a spirited affair The following were elected: C. C., L. G. Roff; V. C., W. E. Hawkins, Prelate, Brooks Swyg gert; M. of W.. W. A. Burgess; K. of H. & S. and M. of F., J. F. Tolbert; M. of 1., R. B. Terry; M, at A., Thos. Downey; S. G., G. F. Mcfall; O. C., E. II. O'Shields; D. D., Geo. L. Pitts; Trustees, C. F. Brooks, H1. K. Aiken, Geo. L. Pitts; Medical Examiner, Dr. W. D. Ferguson; Attorney, R. A. Coop er. Installation of these officers will be held on the 22nd of this month, when the D. D. G. C., M. G. Womach, of Spartanburg, will be present. At this time the lodge will have a smoker and a general good time is anticipated. 'A large attendance is expected on that occasion, RlepairIng Trestle The Charleston and Western Caro lina railroad bridge gang has .been at work for a numbiler of (lays repairing and overhauling the wooden bridge spanning ithe valley between the ipas senger dipot and the coal schute. A hpav-y 1)lank rutn ni ng-way Ils ibe ing placed alongside the track evidently for the use of the shifting crews and for purposes of safety. The running way is guardled by a heavy planlk rail ing to prevent. anyone from falling ov er~ the side. I's "Esquire" Now. - Among the young biarristers who successfuliy~ passed the har' examnina tion in C'olutmbia last week and who were admitted to -Practice in the courts of South Car-lina was J1. Cal houn MleGowanl, son of 1lion. F. P. Mc~(1(wanl, of this city. Mr. Mc~owa n has been reading law under his fath er~ for several years andi has thlerefo re had a sipienid oppiortunIIity to get an Insight inito t he law. lie retumrneid to Lauren(1s Sat urdaiy, r'eceivig t he non gratlldlonis of his friends. Only cightI of the sixteen who stood tihe examlinla tioni were adittlldi and~ Of the success ful ones, Mr. MeGo wan had thie hlighlest a verge. Anotheh r one of t hose who were udlmit ted to thle bar at the same time was l'aul S. D~odson., (ourt sten'ographer fo this dist iet, who hi~a . : :mi.le n ue:-u~s frienuds durnin'g lhe eiveirei 'esionis of FAREWELL SERVICE FOR REV. M'GEE Union Servises at the Methodist Chuttrch Sunday N igh't. Delightful Musil Program. Sunday night at the Methodist church the l'resbyterian, Baptist and Methodist congregations joined in a union service. The occasion was the close of the pastorate of Rev. L. P. McGee in Laurens. Mr. McGee goes to Greenwood this week to take up his work there. The service was in the nature of a song service, a splendid program be ing rendered by the combined choirs o1 the three churches. In between several of the numbers, Rev. M. L. Lawson, pastor of the Baptist church, and Rev. C. F. Rankin, pastor of the Presbyterian church, made a few re mtarks expressing to Mr. McGee the esteem and love in which ie is held among all denominations in Laurens and the reluctance with which he is given up. Mr. McGee spoke 'feeling ly a few words in reply, expressing his appreciation of the kindnesses and consideration shown him during his pastorate. New Carrier for Laurens. According to a statement appearing in the Spartanburg papers several (lays ago, Congressman Johnson has prevailed upon the post ollice depart ment to allow another mail carrier for the city of Laurens. When Mr. .John son was here several months ago he promised to take this matter up on his return to Washington and the ap pointment of this additional carrier will be a result of this promise. Al though the local postmaster has not received notification of the additional service, it is understood that the new carrier will be added in time to as sist in the heavy Christmas traffme. Off to Charleston. R. A. Cooper, R. A. IBa.bb and E. 0. Anderson compose the Laurens con tingent. in attendance upon the meet ing of the Grand Lodge, A. F. M., in Charleston this week. They left the early part of this week and will he gone until Friday or Saturday. 'rhe Laurens Floral Company. The Laurens tiral Company is the name of a new firm that has just be gun business in Laurens to cultivate and deal in flowers. The new com pany expects to build a green-house lmnmediately and begin raising flow ers for sale. In the meantime they have contracted with a florist in an other city to supply them temporarily with plants .ready for sale and they will act as agents until the company's hot-house is completed. Miss Frances Thames and Miss Lila Hart are the "promoters" of the new concern. Their advertisement will be found in anoth er part of this paper. William Byrd Hurt. Mr. William Byrd received very painful but not serious injuries last Saturday when his hand became en tangled In a shredding machine used on his father's farm several miles from the city. The index finger of his left htandl was cutt off and thte bonesq it the other fingers and in tile .palm wvere very badly mnashted. llis physician is hopeftul thtat thte hand with thte excel) tioit of the one finger can be saved thouglt it is impossible to tell at pres cnt. Mir. Byrd htas mainy friends all over theo county whlo learned of hIs mtisfortunie with great sorrow D). A. R. Meeting Postponted. On accotunt of sickitess, the regu lar meeting of the Daughtters of the American Rievol ution has beent post polned from Friday, Dec. 12 to Friday, D~ec. 1 9th. Thlle ieetig on D ec. 19~it'i. wvill be hteld at thle htomei of Mr s. 11. L.* Cla rdy. Oileratio. at Iospital. Miss Esther Sedlioon was operated omn last Monday far ppiendic it is. Tihe( opterationm was5 performited at. the .inulIa I rby Sa nit ar imi anid wta s ver'y suie .essfutl. Tihe many frientds of the young lady wvill he glad to learn that slhe is doing exceedingly well. Palmetto Lodge No. 19. TPhere will be ni regulIar meet itng of l'alimetto Lodge No. 19 on ,lFriday night D~ec, 12. The meeting will (omt meneit'e at 7:30I antd all arme requiiest ed to be on hand~ pr'o:mnpty. Ti'ms is ants flC('r' fre thle enuninr 'i ar will h MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR LEGISLATURE Slate Officers Finishing Their leports anid i'olilleihanis Mlaking Heady for the C'ontilet, of Forces. Columbia, 1Dc . ti.----The General As semiibly of P'outh Carolina convenes ill annuIal Session on the seconid 'TI'esday in January and already preparations for the gathering have begun. State 1louse olIicial5 are getting their an nial reports for submission to that body, many of the officers having fin ish( tie reports anl turned them ov er to the printer. Governor Ill ense dictated hiIs annual message, and it is now being transcribed and will be in printed form by the time the day for the lawmakers to gather arrives. Col. John K. Aull, the private secre tary, has charge of the work of trans eribing the Governor's annual mes sage, and he will soon have it coi pleted. Mr. W. F. Ilackburn, the Governor's stenographer, has all of the appoint ments ready for Submission to the Senate. lie has traLnscribed all of the reasons in the cases in whieh the Cov ernor has exercised clemency to con victs, and this will be ready to lay be fore the upper chambler on the day that hody is called to order, Six New Faces. There will be six new faces in the lower house, deaths and resignations having brought about the change The vacaney in 1ichland ('ounty, caused by the death of (George R Rembert, will be tilled at aln election early in January, and the one from Marion county is to be filled at an election this month. The full membership of 121 in the 1louse and -i-i in the Senate will be present when the second Tues day in January rolls around. Lieutenant Governor Chas. A. Snith and Speaker M. L. Smith will, for the last time, wield the gavels. IBoth of te presiding oficers are candidates for Governor, and when the session of 1911 is brought to a close they will give up the places they have occu pied for several years. Both branches of the legislature will be called( to order at noon oil TIuesday, January 1:1. There will be no delay, for botli houses are organ ized, and within a few minutes the preliminaries should be disposed of and a committee appointed to wait on Governor Illease and notify him. The Governor's annual message will prob ably be read ill both houses on Ties day following, when adjournment will likely be taken until the following day. Vacancy on Supreme Bench. The vacancy on the Supreme bench caused by the elevation of Associate Justice C. A. Woods to the United Sltates bench will likely consume con siderable time. There are several can didates for this position, and it will undoubtedly take several ballots to elect. The position of State librarian will also cause more time to be con sumed, for there are over a dozen la (lies running for the position, andl each has strong backing. Chief JIustice Gary's term exires, but lie wiill uni (doubtedly lbe re-elected wvithiout op liosit ion. Th'le termn of InsuraLnce Commission er F. H1. McMaster exires and lie will come before the General Assembly for re-e!lectoin it Is not. thought that there will be any serious opposition to his Calndliacy, Lad that only3 one ballot will be niecessary to r'e-elect him i to tihe posit ion oif i nsiiran lCe (com1 imissionecr for'L another folar yeairs Tlwo oif the (Circuit J1uidges' terms of office expIre and thleir r'e-rlection, whlIichi Is ai fo regon ae Conclusion01, will lie a mere formal ity3. ShiouldI one of Itle presenait (Circuiit Judiges hIe' ected to the Supr~emei bha~~l LIn aditlina Circit Judiage will ha~ve' to lie (Iosen. F~rieaids oif 'i rcu it Ju11dges George W. G age, (of Chester, LInld J1. W. IDe\'ore, of h'dgeiield, Larei pushing thiemi for the l~eft Over lills. Manyi hills whicih went (ovr froml last sessionis will comie up for fInal LIon111 tils tImae. ('hiefi amonaig themI~ are tihe Rate war~eouse hli for' stor in~g Cot ton, wich~i Is falilwredl by Seni hl t lirsenlltIl ice iimbet pro;ilis ing anI lier'itanice' ta am i il a Ita \oin water liowier; Senl: iir a lill pro vhiingi fur a that t cen : n e late lon ill raI~~iali anel at lo o St at u-wide' interest. toI r(egu~lt t sale- oif i liquo i ri inl nacih~~ige le liiu ns take( (i 1 HANDS R[SIGNATION Gives No Reason for Resigi Intimates Privately that i Office does not Pay Supt. of Education Geo. L. Pitts has handed in his resignation to State Sunperintendent of 1Education J. A; Swearingen. in the following letter: "illrens, S. C., "Dec. 6, 1913. "Supt. .1. E. Swearingen, "('olumbia, S. C., "My Dear Sir: "I hereby hand you my resignation as County Superintendent of Educa tion of Laurens County. I will ask that you, as Secretary of the State Hoard of Education, present my resig n:tion to said Hloard at once, and that I b e relieved of tin' dutics of Office on January 1st, 1914. "Yours with great. respect, "(eo. I,. Pitts." 'hIe state board of Ceduheation necets in C'olumbhia on the ISth, when the resignation will be acted upon. When asked yesterday for a state mcent on his resignation. Mr. Pitts said that he did not care to go into any lengthy statement. lie declined to say anything further than that he felt. that. he could no longer afford to remain in the olice wish the small scLial' a tt a('he( to it. as his niec'essary expenses were greater Ihan the in come would afford. Asked whethleri' or not he had any tlhing in view for the future, he stated one reading in the Senate of becom Ing law. The brill passed the house and went through two readings in the upper chamber and stands at the head of the Senate calendar. It is said that some disagreement over the ones who should appoint the board, which would control the l hiuor licens eS caused the hill to he sidetracked. Whether the Cha.rleston interests cnn get together and agree on this mat ter will likely decide the fate of the hill. The Legislature is ready to give it to Charleston, if they want it, butt, of course, if local differences inter fere the bill will die just where it Is.j Representative lohn T. Miller, of Colu'mbia, will likely push his hill for legalizing horse racing In South Caro lina and prescribing regulations gov erning same. This bill seeks to re peal the present anti-racing bill, which to all intents and purposes is a dead letter, and appoint a commis sion to superintend horse racing. Sieguarding Primary. Interest in the coming session of the General Assembly over the dispo sition that body will make of the bill tightening the primary and safeguard ing it is increasing. Senator Nichol son1's bill tightening tihe primary comes ovor from last year andl it is likely that other hills intendedl to safegulardf tile pirimnary will lie offered. Ilowever, there is no dloubt hut that1 Gover'nor Illease will veto any bill affecti ng the iimarty andi thuls the fight1 starItedl In the Gleneral Assemly~l will lie carr'ied( to the next D~emocratic State ConventIon. hlere is wherIe 1p01 itif's are golig to come in and11 issuies or nex't 5um11cmer's ('amipign will like ly lbe made by the ('om1inug session of the Legislature. Thle deacith of Reprei'fsentt ive Re-Il hert has Ileft thie inori0t' 1y upporf) t in g lov'ernor'11c f Hlas wi thout a Il'ader1. it is expie'tedl that. llepro'smathive (. (' Wyche I, of Sparitcinhur1 g, will succeed'Cu toi the titl1e of Audministratliion leader and11 condunct the hiht (in tile flo fforI til'e Gover's'i polic01 ies. Sencator' .1(ohn1 L. McLaulrin is e'x i"'ftd toi ifmaicke dinlite' ann~onnf'cment duinitg the( se'ssion of the Glene'rcl As sembuily wihether' or1 not he will i'lun ffor 'itied Stcates Sencator or Governor'. lls spee'hels andu debalctes in the1 Si'n Jtl'ase andt. the( A ss'eml. Manyi) predil'iions of a biiti'tieih General'cl A\ssel'ny ate frIee'ly indulged' ini. The1 policy of' '111 on licionif " which marcl~id till opin ig dacys lof thi' INT G[O. 1. PITTS TO 8UPT. 8H NGC[N ling Present Post. Though he Salary Attached to the Him a Living Wage. that he hadl no definite planis and had not begun to make any ar ranigenientts. Mr. P'itts was first elected to the of flice in the siimeIi r of i %18 and took charge of the otlice .aiuiary 1st, 1910I, for a two year terhm. ill 1410 he w re-elected for a four year terin, the t.(rm which he is now serving and which expires Jan. I't. 191.5. Since his first election to ollice, the schools of the( county have made great strides. As outlined in a report 'iadie soie. time ago from which Assistant State ptiill. of Eiducation Stoddard (luoted at. a teachers nieeting here last month. for'ty-live school districs have v"t'I special school levies since he ha. been in office and seven-' have votent bonds for school piurposes. ''hirty - six new houses have been erected, lo sides others living repaired. The sal ary of teachers hate been greatly in ert ased ainl, miost important of all. the averagei ' length of the school yea. has increased from 1i0 days to 1 :N cdays. In many other ways the schools of the county have progressed, largely breeause of Is owsn entihusiasmn and ability ;,nd lwecause of the e~nthulsiasan which he has been aible to impmrt to his teacher:;. his truste- ;andl the peo ple generally. The salary of the sup.. erintendenit of ed'leationI is $700 a. year. O'ERAlTION FOl1 APl''ENDI('I'Is. Mr. It. E. Thompson Walks Over to the Hospital and "Orders Out" Iii, Appendix MI r. It, E. Thompson, tlie genial salesman with .1. C. Itirn & Co., was operated on at the .lula Irby Sanita rium Monday a'fternoon for appen di("itis. Tihe operation was a success fll on and yesterday be was gettiing along nicely. I 4less complication, set in, lie will be at his work again at an early (late. Alr. Thompson set a new record in "hospital annals" in these parts by walking over for the operation "uii (er his own steani". Sunday ter noon, after continued pain, he h tame convinced that a little knife work was necessary, so he struck out for the Julia Irby Sanitarium alone and, marching in, announced that lie crm over realy for anything his physi cians might suggest. As he antici pated, his physician advised the op eration and immediate pteparations were made for it. Mr. -Thompson', friends expect him to walk hack home in the same manner that .he Came just as soon as he feels well enough to "nvigate". lie lives about a milo and~ a hal11f from the hospital, no mean dista nce even for 11 'man to run tryinig to ge't away from an o'per'ation. .To Open Bank at. Ow~'ings. The secretatry of state tias 00om missionedl the 1Ban2k of Owinigs, an in slituiition to bte openRed a-t Qwlngs in this county tor' the putrpose of doing~ a g'er'al btanin~lg buieSslt5. (;. \\ . Owings, H. .l IysOn and1( \V. 1'. l'Owl Ir arel'( tIhe genitlemeni whoE ar'e lnme I as inicoirporator's, till of the4se' beini lpromiinent ('it iznOs oif the Owings see ti(on. A chari tter' will lit atpptiedl for a.s soonl aRs the requl~iredl 'aptital Sto('k hi.s been'R subtscibedtu. It is biartly though! that aiiy ditlioulty wHi Ibe met wA~thin secu'R inlg sub lseribhers. ( .it. lC. iTO i I IO A00 t8lt til'-:. .li. It. TllEllon, at iti'known farm a result of ill-hieatth was the hn IToniEton live I aboutl tre hourlis 41: intturi hi i ims