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VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1414. NUMBER 24 INTRESTIN[_OTEMIS FROM THE COUNY News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to Many Peo. ple all over the County and to Thios Who Have Left the Family Hearth. stone and gone to Other States. Rabun, Jan. 5.-Ch ristmas has pass (1d 'off very quietly as the heavy rains spoiled our good roads and our mer ry Christmas fun. As the old year goes out let us forget our mistakes and sorrows and bravely turn our faces to the new year with a' happy heart. 'Mr. Rufus Armstrong and sister, Miss Cora, of Laurens, were visiting relatives in this and fEden section during the Ch'istmas holidays. Misses Lula and Lena Brown of An derson, and 'Mr. Morgan of Augusta, spent the Ch1 ristmas holidays with Misses Mac and Allie Babb. Mr. and Mrs. laude Mahon were visiting several days last week in Wa terloo. Mliss Mae Roper and brother visit ed ;I r. lu rphey Malaffey of Edenl section last Thursday. Miss ''erry from near McDanieis mill, is visiting Nlrs. Harley Aber crombie this week. Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Babb and little daughter, Mary, spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Brooks of Eden community. Misses Sadie and Virginia Gray and Jerome Babb all of Eden section, were visitors of Mhisses Mae and Allie Babb Friday. 'Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mahon spent Thursday with Mrs. Betsy Babb, of Green Pond section. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cannon were vis itors of Mrs. Clarisy Cannon Friday. 'Mrs. Arthur Taylor and children, of Laurens, are spending several weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Medlock. Rev. Mr. Daggott, of Gray Court, spent Saturday night with Mr. T. F. Babb. rPhe 'Misses King of Greer, weI'e vis iting Miss Hattie Nash during the hol idays. 'Mr. and Mrs. Eno' . West, of Poplar Spring section, are visiting Mrs. Liz zie Cheek. Mr, and Mrs. T. F. Babb, Mr. and Mrs. Houston Babb and little Mary, were at a 'turkey dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Belton Owens', of 'Eden section, last Friday. Wishing the editor and correspond ents a hsappy new year. Shiloh, Jan. 5.-The old year of 1913 has been ushered out with all of her 01(1 possibility, and impossibility. The new year of 19I'4, has been usher ed in with all of her new possIbility and impossibility. It is with a tro spective and a retrospective, alas, we bid farewell to the old one and bury her in oblivion. The 01(1 one wvas one of much happiness andl prosperity, of which we are grateful to a benign providecnce. Tihen as the newv year has dIawd~ed upon us, let us all look for wardi with renewedl hope and perse verence with all energy and stability andl strive to 'make the newv year one of the best in.history. So as wve make it, so will it be, 0, Selah! Selah!I Unto this endl we extend compllinmentary greetings of the newv year season. Comparatively. Wishing for all the fullest enjoyments of a happy and a prosperous new year. So welcome the new year. Mr. Woodfordl Wallace, one of the Red Iron Ricket crew of Greenville, came (lows for the holidays. Mr. Li. A. Bolt, of Laurens, visited Kinsmen here last week. 'Mr. 3. M. Summerel has returned home frim a two or three wveeks' va cation with his parents in Alabama. Mrs. IFannie irxin is visiting her sister at Kings Mountain, N. C. Mr. W. M. Abercrombie uad family /spent a few (lays last week wvith Mrs. Abeecrombia's- sister, at L ake C'ity, Fia. A Sunday in Clhristmas, Mr. A. U. Owings andi~ Mrs. 1.11llie K(night, of Ekom, broke thle monotony whiena i'mq. J. WV. Kellett pronounced them mlaan (Continued on Page Five.) NATIONAL CHARTER FOR ENTERPRISE BANK Resolution Adopted at Board Meeting to Get National Charter. The Enterprise Dank, at present a state bank, is to become a national bank at a very early date, just as soon ats arrangements can be perfected 'and a charter secured frop Washington. This was decided upon at a meeting of the board of directors in the bank building Saturday, ,Avlien a resolution was -passed and adopted authorizing the oilleers to make application fori a charter wi'h the comptroller of the currency at Washington. With the applicalion for the charter will be in corporated an application that the bank be named The First National Bank, and it is expected that this will be the na'me designated by the comptroller. It will be remembered that there was formerly a national bank 'by that name here and that, af ter a long and honorable as well -as successful career, this institution Ii quidated several years ago. 31r. N. B. Dial, president of The En terprise Bank, stated Saturday that though this move has been considered for some time, immediate application for the national charter was prom pted by ia desire to fall in line with the policy of the national administration as to banking and that inimediate ap plication would be made for menber ship in the national reserve associa tion as provided for in the recently passed currency law. The 1Enterprise Hank was organiz ed in 1910 with a capital of $50,000. Later the capital was increased to $100,000 its present capitalization. It has surplus and profits aggregating about $35,000 and total resources of nearly half a million dollars. N. B. Dial is president of the institution, C. H. Roper is cashier and L. G. Balle assistant cashier. The directors are N. 13. Dial, W. J. Fleming, It. S. Gray, J. W. Copeland, R. M\ Wasson, S. M. Wilkes, C. E. Kennedy, C. H-. Ioper. DEATHI OF MISS E1M31A ('LARDY. Estimable Maiden Lady, hetber of Prominent Laurens County Family. Miss Emma Clardy, sister of Mr. Jame A. Clardy and Mirs. O. B. Sim mons of this city and with numerous other relatives in the county, died suddenly it the home of her sister, Mrs. Dr. J. D. Austin, in Clinton, Thursday afternoo'n about five o'clock. Previous to her death she had exhibit ed no symptoms of sickness but show ed all of the signs of good health. Sitting in a chair in the home of Mrs. Austin Thursday afternoon, an un accustomed peculiar breathing attract ed the attention of a child nearby and Mrs. Austin was summoned. When Mrs. Austin caine into the room, Miss Clardy was already in a very serious condition and very shortly afterwards passed away. *Enturday afternoon the body was brought to Laurens, where it was in terred in the cemetery, services be ing conducted by R1ev. E. *M. LIght fcot, -Pastor of the flaptist church of Clinton. The active pail bearers wereW Messrs. JTohn A. Franks, Thos. Downey, C. Ii. Hoper, M. J1. Owings, Dr. Hi. K. Aiken and .\iec. llramlett. The honorariy lpal bearers were Messrs. 'V. ii. Hobo. J1. 5. Bennett, WV. Ri. Richey, Sr., J1. Warren Holt, W. P. Childess and P. A. Simipson. The ser vices were v'ery simply, being attend edl by a large ntumber of sympathizing friends of the dleceased and -her rela tives. Miss Clardy was a consecrated mem ber of tho First Baptist church of this city. She made her home froml pla1ce to place with her -brothers and sisters. She. Is survived iby the following brothers and sisters: James A. Clardy, of Laurens, Mrs. B. L. Henderson andl Mrs. John WV. Rlecks, both of Ware Shoals, Mrs. A. B. Kay, of Greenville, Mrs. 0. B. Simmons, of Laurens, Mrs. W. C. Rasor', of Cross 1Hill, 'Mr~s. J. 1). Austin, of Clinton, and Mrs. WV. J. Moore, of Greenwood. New Manager in Chamrge. 'Mir. 1i. C. Hohr,. recently of the Car olina Inn, Chester, arrived In the -city last week and took charge of thme Klig I hotel Tihu rsday morninug, re Iliving Mi. Inlg who will make his home in ("lin tonl In the futurei. Mr'. Rohr~ Ia an ex-. peien'~cred hotel man:o and wvill doub1t less' give s.neh $('rv ice that willI gular alitc aliotIiuanjice of lie tim: pat ron age- thle hntfc o1nw nnijywa TEACHERS TO lyEET WITH TRUSTEES Regular Monthly Meeting with Ad dress by Supt. of Education .1. E. Swearingen. The county teahers association will meet with the county trustee as sociation in th1e graded school audi torium Saturday at 11 o'clock. In ad dition to the regular program, Super intendent of 1Education .1. 1. Swearin gen will be present to make an ad dress. The new county superintendent of education , Mr. .Jamies I-i. Sullivan, will also address the meeting. Each association will then hold a separate meeting in the building. Thue principal topic of discussion in the teacher's meeting - will be plans for the school fair in the spring. The discussion planned on the subject of "Arith':netic" has been postponed un til a meeting to be held the first Sat urday in February. Following the meetings, lunch will be served the teachers in the rest room at the court house. in the afternoon, between two and four o'clock, the teachers and trustees are invited to visit the glass factory, where they will be shown how bottles are manufactoured. This is expected to prove a very interesting part of the day's program. In a letter to the trustees and teach ers, Miss WVil Lou Gray, the school supervisor, has asked that the trus tees co-operate with the teacher; in making this a banner meeting by hav ing every teaeher of the county pres ent. Although the attendance at form er meetings has bean very gratifying. never has the as:cx'iation had every teacher present. H[on. O. P. 61oodwin A ppointed. 'Ion. 0. P. Goodwin, state senator from this county, has been named by Commissioner Watson as a delegate from this state to the National Corn Exposition, which is to be held in iallas, Tex., February 10-24. Mect.iing of 1). A. B. The regulal' meeting of the .1. B. Kershaw chapter, ). A. I., will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mr's. W. II. Dial. HAROLD WALLACE HEADS BOYS CORN CLUBBERS Made 118 1-2 Bushels of Corn on One Acre Last Year. J. Talmage draty ('ate Second. According to an announcement made recently by John D. W. Watts, in charge of the boys corn club in this county, Harold Wallace, son of Mr. hi. S. Wallace of the Shiloh section, made the champion yield of corn among the corn club boys of the coun ty last year. Ilarold Wallace made a total of 118 1-2 bushels on his acre of land. .1. Talmage Gray came sec ond on the list with 113 1-2 bushels. Following are the yields and the re spective standing of a few of the oth er boys: C'arold Wallace, brother of Harold, 87 3-4 'bushels; Algio Simp son, 85 1-2 bushels: J. R1. Owings. 58 3-4 bushels; 'Cland Armstrong, 42 1-2 bushels. All of these boys at tendl the Shilloh school except J1. RI. Uwings, who is a pupil at the Oakville school. Incidentally it might he said that the Shiloh school has takcn off the honors in the boys corn club con tests every year since the clubs were formed. About foi'ty boys from all oveir the county weore members of the clubs andl a gr'eat dleal of good will doubt less result from theim, in all prob ability a still larger number of boys wIll take part in the corn club work this year andl much progress is ex pectedl to be made. Opens Auto Sales Room. Summer Hrothers, the Newberry au tomobile people, have rented one of the Martin store-rooms on the north side of the public square anid will use it as a show room for Ford automo ibiles. They expect to have a carload of machines in very sthortly to bie placed In the new (huarters. Col. 'ainnoin Agtain at Home. C'ol. .John M. (antnon, who has been in (Colu mblia and1( Rock 11111 for several weeks while the bones of his broken leg weire knittinbg together. hia' retturn i'd to thle cIty and tak en uil his law work again. 1He' has been to 1his oi ti('s on ave~(ral oc'casions anl '' erets to be i'ntirely' well vr rm. Ill' ntumhbrouis friends air' gh- o imu an t in ity_ PECULIARLY SAD ACCIDENT FRIDAY Little Son of Mr. ,.1. Dendy Falls In to Pot of Boilling Water and Dies of Injurics Sunday Night. One of the saddest and most heart rI(ding accidents that has ever occur red in this vicinity happened at the home of Ar. .1. J. I)endy Friday after noon, when his bright little son, Jack, fell into a large pot of scalding wa ter and was so fearfully injired that (leath resulted late Sunday night. The accident happened so quickly that hardly anything could be told by the bystanders as to how it occurred. A number of men were in the yard pre paring to kill hogs and lid a pot of scalding water sunk into the ground as is usual in such cases. While the wNorkmaen were inttereited ti other things, it seems that the little boy came running out of the house with a sweater thrown over his head. Prob ably stumbling just before reaching the 'pot he plunged head-foremost in to the water. lie caught his hands on the rims of the opposite side of the pot and was able to keep a part of his head above wateW and called for help. The workmen rushed to his rescue and pulled him out, but not he fore he had been fearfully scalded on th' front of his body from just below his lip to his legs. When picked out of the water the fle.I was already so iraw that bits of It clung to tlie 'child's clothing and mucla of it soon pealed off. The family physician was canled immediately and arrived shortly af ter, but very little could be done for the child's comfort. lie lingered on for several days And Sunday night at a late hotr he expired. Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock the little body was borne to Mhe ceoetery here where it was interred, llev. M. L. Lawson conducting the services. The following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: ). H. Counts, J. R. Little, Dick Childress, W. G. Lancaster, Ralph Terry, Ernest lBramlett, Joe Smith, llenry L)odson, John Switzer, James-It. Davis. The little boy was noted for his hap py and sunny disposition. Iis parents are deeply sympathized with in the great bereavement. NEW SUPERINTENDENT GOES INTO OFFICE ,ais. II. Sullivan Assumes Office of Superintendent iad Writes Letter to County 'I'riustees. Thursday morning, January 1st, Mr. James H. Sullivan, recently appointed to fill out the unexpired tern of 'Coun ty Superintendent of Education leo. L. Pitts, resigned, assumed office and began getting acquainted with the IC tails of the position. Since that time he has been very busy attending to the business of the ofilce. Monday morning, Mr. Sullivan ad dressed a letter to the trustees of the county, asking their co-operation in advancing the wo'rk of education. The letter of Mr'. Sullivan is, in par't, as follows: "In assumning the dluties of the of flee of Couanty Supierintendeant of Ed uacation ini the nmiddtle of the schaooi year, I realize the disadvaantages that It will be to you and mec. As the ones witht the interecst of thec school affair's of the counity' at heart, I call aupjon y'ou to co-operate with me in amy admina istr'ation. I wish youm to feel that I am y'ouar servanat, antd always willing to aidh you in any' way piossible, and I wish y'on to allow me thae same parivi lege. Perhaps I am uanknowan to a great many3 of youa, buat I hope to meet y'ou and let you know that I amia ini terested In the schools of the counjty." Mr. Gleo. L. Ptitts, who hacs her'eto fore given nao iandiention as to his in tent.Ions in thie futurme, is now in the isrance business. tmt..re in Oflice Location. The law firm of Simpson, Cooper' iand ila.bb hmas mnoved its offices from the Todd block to the new Lauarens Tr'uast Comnpany' building. Thme entia'e upper floorm of tis buildinag is being occuapled 1by this flim. Th'lis buildinag, the old iiak of I aurens 'lotoa, has jaust re'ently' heeun retmodiel ed a nd imnpjrov ed and( Is now upam~-to-date in every r'e spet. Thela lower a'loor is hbeing occta lieda by the L~:aurens Tru'ast ('oaamay. .r. ..I". 'Tolber't, ini charige oif the lin a;''rancae dem:tmenat of tht'ecomhpanya. am l .\I le. r:;. AndI'! *ion ::til lIlth. , ('ih art' of a he ral e.tate dlear t mna! ofta l~rut a opanyhaethir HOME TRUST COMPANY TO ADD TO STOCK Officers Authorized to Oiler Tuo !u an dred Shares for Sale at Par Value. At a meeting of the directors of the I ioio 'T'rust Company held in the Fn terprise Bank bliding Saturday, a re(soltlion was !mssedl al+berizinlg the ofilcers to put two hundredi additional shares of stock on the market at par to bring the total capitalizatiorn of the conmpany up to $50,000. The present paid in capital is $10,000. The par value of the stork Is $50. The Ilomn' Trust company was or gi!ze(l in 1910 and since then has hard a very successful Career, paying an an nital divideld of seven per cent. N. 11. IDial is president of t:e company and C. 1[. Roper is secretary and treasurer. The ,business of a trust company is somewhat similar to that of a bank though it. is given a latitude in its dealings not allowed the banks under the state anI national laws. It (does not accept deposits but. horrows and loans money and leals in other busi ness propositions. In the case of death, under .appointrent by the de censed or by due lirocess of law. whero the will does not provile there for, the trust company acts as trustee, muiliitistrator, or guar!:'n in the dis position of the estate. In this way' in telligent handling of properties left to widows and31( orpl:ns i:; provided for. Speaking abou)t t1r trust comp'rnies and other finantclial intutillons of the city, Mr. Dial said that the time is very opportune both for the concerns t:erselves and the 1eblic for the in crease of capital stock. The people of the county have more money at this time than they have had in many years and unless safe investment of it Is encouraged a great part will be dissi pated in useless extravagancies. In vestment of this floating cash in this way would not only provide against reckless spending, but would prove a real benefit to the community by pit ting into available form the cap al so essential for the expansion of bus iness, encouragement of agriculture and consequent growth of the city and County. MRS. JOHN C. STONE DE Al). After Lingering illness Dies at Home of Son-in-Laiw Saturday Night. Mrs. John ''. Stone, who lived near Mountville, died at the h1om1e of her son3-in-law, Mr. W. M. Irby, in this city Saturday night aout eight o'clock. She had been in ill health for quite a long time. Her death was not unex pected. Sunday afternoon she was buried in the cemetery here, Rev. Mr. Pressley, of the Woodruff A. R. P. church, condlucting the services. A large number of people gathered to pay a last tribute. The following gen tlemen acted as pall bearers: honor ary, Messrs. Jim Neighbors, Dr. W. ). Ferguson, )r. W. C. Irby, 11. D. Ma haffey, .B. 13. Ilakeley, Hamp Hunter, C. if. RIOler, Calvin Owinigs, Rulfuis Dunlap, J1. L. Langston, J1. A. Franiks, .1. R. Little; active, Laurens NeIgh bors, Edgar lhakeley, C'. M. lHabb, Clyde Rlay, C. A. Power, Aile Mliller, E. V. Ferguson. Mr's. Stone Is suirviv~ed 1by a dhevotedl hIusbanrd andic seve rai nmarrleed chii dIrenl. ('. & W~. 4'. Makes Several ('hanuges 'That iHecamr~e Effeetlle Larsl Sunlday. IBeginning with last Sunday several of the passenger tr'ainls on the C'. & WV. C., nowV have a slightly d itferrnt scheduiile. These chianges aire conined 30( to the late afternoon t raIns and( ( are as followvs: Trainl No. 56 from Greenvtie to ILurens nowv arrives here at 5.55 1p. m1. instead of 6;.21, p. mn. Trraln No. 55 from Lauirens to Greenville leaves rowv at 8.18 p. m3. in steadl of 8.10 p. m1. Train No. 8 from Spartanhurg to Green wood arrives here at (6.05 pi. im., lnst eadl of 6.32 p. mi. Train13 No. 3, Aurgusta to Spartan huiirg arrives at. 8..1- I'. mn. inst ead of 8.07 p. ml. Rev. M. IL. Lawson,. who munderwent an3 opei on113 at thei .1)Ini 111)y soi-3 tarium111 several wreek: ago for aplpeini 0i Iis, has )t0ad'.ly improvedl since the wer:;tIion :113) :N 31w w:ll 41no)b toe wal ;gboe the street. 8tr v he un is 4 vet h~ una to orm' .e GRANT[D ITS R[Oji[S1 Will be Allowed to Raise Monthly Rates. MUST IMPROVE SERVICE FIRST When All Subscribers are PItt on 31e titlle t'irenit and Ether .ltecquire mettls 31e, Itallro-il Comiission 1t111 Anthorize the Raise in lIies. Rteplying to the petition of -t e katmt rens Telephone, Co. presented at a hearing before the South Carolina railroad coinmission in the court houso I)ecember 18th, the railroal commis sion has issElue: an order authorizing the telephone coipany to raise its rates in accordance with its petition, after the improvements indicated in the petition have been made. The im provements promised were the instal lation of metallic circuits over ,,he en tire syst :n and the addition of it help in the central oflice. 'The improve mtents mtust pass inspection of tll railroad commission and must he in stalled thirty days before the rates go into cffect. The following is the orde%.' of tC(o rail road commission: Order No. 150t. Increasing Rate for 'Telephone Servico Laurens 'l'elephon 'ompany, La.. au rens, S. C. $irens 'Telephone Company: On I)eeemher 18th, 1913, a hearing was held at Laurens, s. C., before Commissioners J. G. Iichards, Jr., an(d It. L. Caughtman, of the Railroad Cohn mission of South Carolina, oil petition tiled in this o!fice October 2.Ith, 1913, by Lurets 'T'elephone Company, of L aurens, S. C. for permission to in crease telephone rates in the town of idALttrens. Laurens Tekephone Comt t'any wyas represented by .\lr. W. It. ilichey, presidett, secretary and (t'eas iuer of the company, Vhilie \lr. W. IL. Gray, representing patrons and stock. hol(ers, aptearied opposing the peti tion. After a free and full expression and investigation, the ('ommlission Is of the opinion that the service now ren dered the patrons of the Lau rens Tole phone Comnlpaty, at Laurens, S. C., is not first-clhss, and that improvements such as outlined in the petition sub mitted by the Laurens 'T'elephone Com pany should; be installed without un neessarty (lelaty. 'Tite 'tCissiott does not feel, however, that any in crease in charges for telephone ser vice should be allowed the Laurens Telephone Company until such com pany has changed its system from a ground to a metallic circuit. Therefore, it is ordered, that when all subscribers of The Ltaurens 'Tel phone Company, of Laurens, S. C., shall have bteen placeed On mietallic cir ciuit, itnld the1 new service shtail Itav e beent it opert'iIon for thirty days, antd Sthe IRailrtoad~ Comm 11 siont having hadi oppiorttunity to deCLtrminet whethtert or not thte service Is iunt to thle tusuali stattdard' andc such ats set forth by iaturents 'Tceltitone Comupatny itn its p ietitioni thtent the Laurens TPeiephonte C'omttany shll bte anid is~ hereby aut thtor:ed1 to put into effIet thte follow intg chantges, to wvit I uisintess te'lephones, speciali line., ttetaliiiC Citettit, chl thte suilt Of $2.Stp I Itsines'is i tte ones, ta rty t lis, mtetatlliC circuit, (eacit thte sumti of $2.0io lIes idencee telepihone is, s pecial lines, tmetalliic (1ircuit, each t he stumn of $2.lt0 lter tmontht. lestidence telephtones, piarty littes, mtetaie I circuitit, eacht thie rm of $1 .511 pter miontht. la tnsn 511 e lepthotnes, fituished, int ptany, fot the use of tite satme stil serihetr in the simett butiilding $1.00 per F 1or et:ingitg ia teltphone ftotm one pla4ce to aniothert iplate in the F8:000 l'.v order of thte t'isision.