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ii ' . 1 \ 1 r,1 1VOLUME3 XXIX. LAURE3NS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNE~SDAY, EBRUARY 11, 1914. NME~2 FROM lUlCOLMIY News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to Many Peo. ple all over the County and to Those Who Have Left the Family Ieayth stone and gone to Other States. Mt. Olive, Feb. 9., -Rev. W. Ii. Wa ters filled his regular appointment here Saturday and Sunday. On ac count of sickness in the community, the congregation was small. fWhcre have been several cases of measles here wI-ihin the last few weeks. M1r. Myron Hill was taken serious ill last Thursday, but his condition Is somewhat better at present. Mr. A. 1f'. 11111, of Cold Point, vis ited at Mr. M. W. 1il1's yesterday. ir. G. C. 1lol an( has returned home from Greenwood. ,leasrs. (eorge an1d Ilerbert Cooper apent last week with relatives in tohe l kom section. 'iiss inltula M e Knight h::s returned to Greenville after sp'nding several weeks with her parents. hr.' Grady Davis and sister, Miss Parrie, spent the week-end at their brother's, Mr. Mack .Davis. M1r. Arthur Culhertson, of Brewer teu,,recently visited at Mr. 13. J. Cul bsrtson's. Miss Mayme Miller and brother, Mr. J. M. Miller, attended services here Sunday. Mountville, Feb. 9.-Last Saturday evening at four o'clock our town was both shocked and saddened at th.e sudden death of Mr. H. amnan .Jones. Mr. Jones had come to town for some rpplics and when just In the act of le ading his wagon to start home he was ruddenly seized and fell in the rere of H. M. Myson. Dr. Fuller was esllod, but he , plied In a few min . bes. He would 'have reached his .noty-first year on the 19th of this nenth, and was a consistent member of Head Springs A. (14. P. church, Be rfes his widow, he leaves three sons, *agh, Willie and Lawrence, one daughter, Miss Ethel, a student In Ae West Woman. college, two broth sa, J. A. and S. '10. Jones, and one sis 6e, Mrs. A. Y. Motes, 'who have the apinpathy of a wide circle of friends is their sore bereavement. The funeral services were held Sun day at 3 p. m. In Head Springs church, eenducted by Dr. Stevenson of Due West, attended by the largest con eeurse of sorrowing relatives and rie-,.2q ever assembled at Head Spring cometery. An affectionate husband, a kind and iwdulgent 'father, and a friend and melghbor has passed to his reward. Youngs, Feb. 9.-With the exception e4 a few cases of measles, tahe health of the community at present is good. Our school with an enrollment of 106, Is doing nicely, with Miss Fan mie Roderick, of Greenwood, as prin elpal. Trhe ground was about ready to plow when we had more rain last Fri day which delayed the work for sev eral days longer. T1here was a eocial gathering of young people at Mrs. M. A. Aber crmbio's Saturday night Among those tresent were Messrs. R. 0. lHar ris, V . W. Burdett, Roy Smith, Obed 'Long and Gaston and Carroll Aber cromble, and Misses Etmma May and Jossie Blurdette, Lee and Otis Glenn, .and Maude and Belle Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Williams went to Fountain Inn yesterday. Sir. Austin Aihercrombhie spent. Men day and Tuesday at Laurens <,n 'busi ness. Mr. Henry Manly and family visited his sister, Mrs. HI. HI. Abercrombie, yesterdlay, also Mr. Frank Ahercromnbie and fannily. spent tile day with his mother, Mmrs. M. A. Abercrombie. Mm's. W. ii. Wilkio and Mrs. Lee Glenn were ina Woodruff Tihur'sday. 1Mmr. Frank Clark wvas in WVoodr'uff en business Saturday. 'Mr. Switzer, gi Woodruff, called to (Continued on age ou.) SUDDEN DEATH OF W. JAMES BARKSDALE Stricken While Alone in his Room and Denth Oiertakes liim in Few Mo. ments. Funeral Saturday. Thursday afternoon about two o'clock the numerous friends all rel atives of Mr. Willian James Barks (lale were shocked to learn of his sud den death which had taken place but a few minutes before at his home sev eral miles from the city. Death was probably dcue to apoplexy or heart failure. Mr. Barksdale was alone at the time in an up-stairs room where he had probably over-exerted himself showing some furn lityirfor sale to la borers on the -piee. lie 'as heard to fall by servant4 anld they rtishe to his assistance, iut In a very few mh utes he breathed his last. Iiurrte, "-" ephcne calls were sent to the city nd a large number of friends rushed out hoping to be of some assistance. Mr. Barksdale was in excellent health but a few hours before his death. Outside of frequent attacks of indigestion, he was as hale and hearty as a man could he and had a strong and sound constitution. Ills death was more the shock because of this. The funeral services were held at the hark sdale hurying ground near the heu:- Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, a large nuinher of people from the city and surrounding cotuntry at i'"rding;. Ikv:.. 1. I,. aws;on, p~a:tor of' the L.::ureis Haptist church, conduct ed the services. 'ie following w're honorary pall bearers: Col. I1. Y. Simpson, .J. ,D. Watts, J. P. Murton, A. C. llramlett, ('. It. Boho, Y. C. Ilellams, C. I). Mose Iey, Maj. W. A. Watts, C. Ii. Ilicks. The antive pall bearers were A. 13. Barks dale, 13. 1. Parks, Jm. A. harksdale, of Creenwood, W. 11. Barksdale, E. W. lartin, len IHellams, Connor Fuller, J. 1). W. Watts. Mr. Barksdale was the son of the late I)r. John A. Barksdale for many years a leading citizen of the county. lie is survived by three brothers, Messrs 'C. Douglas Barksdale, .John Aug. Barksdale and Allen D. Barks dale. A sister, Mrs. Frank Evans, of Feartanhurg, died several years ago. Mr. Barksdale lived with his brother, Mr. Allen Barksdale, at the hold home stead near the city. ITe was forty nine years of age and was never mar ried. Mr. Barksdale was a large and sue cessful planter and was very progres sivo in his farming operations. He ev idence considerable pride in raising fine stock and took many premiums at stock exhibits. Ho was a man of large affairs, being honorable and upright in all 'his dealings and was held in the highest esteem ,by all with whom he came in contact. The news of his death was a matter of unusual con cern when heard and his departure is noted as a distinct lose to the com munity. TEACHERS MET SATURDAY. Decided to Make Effort to Capture the Trophy for Largest Attendance at Spartainbuirg. Trho regular monthly meeting of the county teachers association was held in the auditorium of the graded school Saturday morning, a large num'ber of teachers attending. The prevlously arrangedl programn on "Arithmetic" was carried out and p~rovedl very interesting. Resolutions of regret were introduced b~y Super intendent of Education .J. IH. Sullivan on the severance of retations between the state department of education and Pi'ofessors W. K. Tate and tW. HI. Hiand,. both of wvhom go to other fields at an early (late. The resolutions were unanimouusly carriedI. -Miss Gray directed the attention of the association to the meeting of the state teachers association in Spar tanb~urg on March 17th and stated that it was hoped that Laurens county would bring back the trophy offered forn the county sending the largest number of teachers. The association received the suggestion of Miss Gray with much favor and dloubtless a deC ter'minedI effort will he made biy all the teachers to attend. At RoCk flridge. A rally 'day will -he held at the llock hiridge aehiool, the 18th of this muonith. All who ar ila ;terested( in fariminug arme cordlialIly iniv' ted to lie p reseint, as thie Un1itedl STtat es, as well as state farmii dlemonst rators will lbe present. IDin nor will hn unrven on the grnuisuls. Take This Advice! Read dW UALLIW A G'iharming- Love Romance of the Southland OU'LL agree that it is one of the best stories you have ever read. A delightful combina tion of love, adventure, mystery, action and clever characterization. One of the biggest successes ever produced by this'popular author. This already popular book in serial form will be run in The Advertiser, be ginning in the issue of February 25th. Watch for it. Do not miss the first chapter. Begins February 25th. VISITED) COUNTY 80(10lOIS. GLEE CLUB IN CLINTON. Miss Mary Elizabeth . Frayser Oave TeCioaOe lbiilOv 'n ('ooking D~emonstrtions and Ex. Cr hr nFb Gh hibited Lahor Saving D~evIces. vlgieaocrtiCitnatte Alias Mary Elizabreth Frayser, of the Opaae'hplo rdyngt extension dlepart,ment of Winthrop col- Fe.2t t8oco~.Ti ocr lego, wvias in this county during the wl b ie ne h upcso past week and visitedl a number of adfrtebnfto h rsyei schtools, with Miss Wii Lou Gray, theanCle Altiasoato.I school supervisor. Miss Frayser vis- rtdaeyatrtecnetarcp itedl tent schools and without excepi-tinwl'bgvethgrs.Ti tion shte was greeted with large and ya h )ioaClee(1cCu attentive audiences. At Renno, Prince-coissfbewn30ad 0yug ton and Trlnityaflidge, she gave cook-laisndterroamil1)on lng demonstrations and exhibited o h ihs ls hthsee numnerous labor andl time saving d-ee- gvni lno hsya h vices. At the other schools she- lee-clu--bte n lre hn eo tured on the necessity of teaching thebeoendaetr rgrnwilb practical arts in the public schoolsrede.Udrthabeldrsi The 'week's itinerary wans endedofMs clannnd iseE with the meeting of the county teach-wadaniurlltehveroa era Saturdlay, when she addcressedlciaseilpormfrteocso them showing the necessary appaIra-anlCitnlelcarexrey tus that each teacher should have lcyt aesc aetet when introducing domestic science inTiltafrheocit ae ey the course. chideadadaebngrp Soon to Olpen New Show. lr' tr.Saswl lob e Mr. A. S. Ferry, of Charlotte, arrived e'ela lilad& 1)lr'sbgn in the city last week to supterintendliig 'Vci n- eray ltt the work on the flall building in which A otg ~Ol he Is to opent upi a pticture shw 3Mr. ~ O'~~'atjprwl egvna Perry expWCt s to spentd (cntside'rab ll eYortg eto loue lri:y t b money in pkinvg thre ptlace neat anrd it- l'b-rar lh o wt-ialo r tractive. and liromisen thec latest things *hlr.adptoso h ehla it "rteeldom"i'. liI exred-ts to get hris'weliS tr pril gneiiy ne i place opent anrd ready for buslincss lhe- ~tcl '' ~W''I t rs Ifi wee th f~staitl tnthofMarh. er t) Threi nFe.2-h CAROLINA GLEE CLUB COMING TO LAURENS ''o:;ether with the University (rehes trn. They will glive 'erformance on Monday, Feb. 23rd. The much-heralded and highly praised UIniversity of Sou thi Carolina (;ee Cluh and Orchestra will give an eltertainmn t in laurens on Monday Fbruary 23rd, in the City Opera 1 louse. Several of the Carolina alim ti here have been trying for some time to bring the bunch here and only yes terday succeeded in having the:n stop-over while en route from Spar tanburg to Augusta. The club this year has prepared anl unusually interesting and entert.ain iug program. Quartettes. donhle quartettes and soloists will render an attractive song recital and in ad dition there will be several one-act comedies that they have successfully s:aged before. Iu addition to these the ore hest ra will render a number of instrumental selections. Reserved seats will be placed on sale at l'owe )rug Co. on Wednesday the (tth. The adnission prices are as fol's, gallery 2.5e, behind the railing 35e and r ,rvecd seats iOd. SU' AT'I 'liTI'I -~111 Liaur< ns Quritette Late Ent "" ment. 'There iLast 'Thursday. " liefore a( large nrl enfluisistic a : d'ienev, Th'll I.miar(ros Qua:1rtette grve a song roeit'aI at Trinity-ICdge school last Tb airsdiay evi ileg. The local four. (olsisting of .\ssr. C. 1i. ilii(ks, lack .Itravy, R. H. Franks nd Ed. IHicks, have been much in de m and recently anld have malk. hits wherever they have been. On this occasion they were invited to give this recital for the benetit of Trinity-Itidge school and a very tidy sum was taken in at the door. 'The quartette has a very attractive variety of songs and each one, sung last Thursday brought forth round a f ter round of hearty applause. Ile sides the qunart ette songs, Messrs. Ed. Iticlk ai lord Franks sang solos, and . leranks handed out several little comiedy stunts that brought. the house down. The aec(o:nijaniments on the piano wvere played by Miss Shealy, who performed her part in a most ad mirable manner. The p.orformanco was given in the beautiful new Trinity--Ridge school -building. Tie fine auditorium on the second floor was used and nearly ev ery seat was taken. A fine crowd, most excellent attention by the au dience and the delightful singing snade the evening a great success. (heck Flashers. James Phelps and Alice Robertson, both colored, were arrested and plac ed in jail Saturday charged rwith at tempting to pass a worthless check on the People's Loan and Exchange Bank, The Phelps negro claims that Alice Robertson asked him to get the check cashed for her and that lhe was in no cent of any wrong intentions. They were let out on hond Saturday after noon pending trial at the Marchl term of court. The alleged forgery was de teetedl when Phelps attemplltedl to get the check cashed at the bank window. Tho check was for $25.00 and is al legedi to have had (lie name of J. W. Todd forged on it. Some Roelty T'ransf'ers. Mir. J. 11. lloyd has tradied his house andl lot on .South Carolina street to Mr. II. D. Gray for (lie lot just. in the rear of (lie postotlice where (lie Sex ton Boarding House was formerly lo cat ed. Mr. Earl Wilson has bought the lot m 'West Main street formerly owned by Dr. WV. 1). Ferguson. iMr. R. WV. Eiechelber'zer has bought the fiour mill from Martin Bros., and wvill begin operations at an early (late. These transfers wvere made through Mr. U. 'M. Wolfe, the real estate man. Deathi of an Infant. Nancy Park~er, one of (lie twvin in fants of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Parker, (lIed at (lie Ilichey' holme Fridlay, after a life of hut a few weeks. Since its birth little hope 11ad been entertainied of its having strength to imil thirough the earliy struggle for existen'lce andit death doubtless came as a relief. Tlie little -hody was interred Satu rday mniiing, llev. C. F. RIanakin eon duIt - in g a short service. I ra. .1. ii. Tea gue ianil li. 10. Ilughes and Malssrs .b'k Ma'av d A\lliu'e 0 artfd 5sp BIG REALTY D[AL ON PUBLIC SJJAR[ Barksdale Property Next to King Hotel Bought. INDEFINITE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Property n ill most P'robail he .\1I loled to I;'iiiitin as at l'r4esent 'a til Some Time in F'ut.ure when l i. p~roleni1ents will be (hiderlken. .Aonday afIter~noon a deal was con stinnnated by which a syndicate of I. - eal men are to take over thu Har ksdale property on the public square loeat edl just across Cotrt Street from the King ifotel and now occupied by -o 1 omon, the jeweler, Moye, the barber, and other renters. Although tho tr:nsaction has not yet been reoIr:l e( in the clerik of court's oflice, tIII lit e''i ed parties yesterday c0onirm edl the r'urnor that I had already sp 're:u in r (feience to -ihe deal. 'The tniiil'' e('n:l'- at''I on11 has not been mutli pub li(.. I)r. 11. K. .-\!lo(n and C'ol. T. 1). I)"rlin !lon are utleh rstoo d to iri thef 'in( i : l Var i''s at iltl'r. I d it In - pt o m n m : il r. (' . 0' 1 )o e :1 a of the prop ty, I)r. A\ilen -(tated( thatL they bott 13 for in v .t n tl Illur poses and expr b4i to sell it to anv one desiring it. The lot has a front age of ,6 feet on the and runs hack It9 feet to 1. P"ago now hn1g erec tc(d by Whamn I ,' On It is located a two story 'huilding, i ground floor of which is occupied by W1111la Solomon, aend a three story biillding, the ground floor of which is occupied by Moye, the harl er. This is a very centrally located piece olf prolerty an d1 is ideally situated for all1 most an11y kind of business dem'ianding frontage on -popular st.reet. Iln view of th'' comtimon r( fort t hat; oult.-of-town tanii'ts -have heen di(ker.. ing on tiIs pro'erty for tihe past soy-. eral months with the ohjoct: in view of erecting a modern hotel on the rite. the pres"ent real estate deal naturally has brought uip the (quesiton of hote(t Joss'ilities in this city. f)r. Aiken stated yesterday that it was the iree ent intention of the King hotel own ers to put considerable Im'provements on the .building at a very early date. The exact naturo of the tnprovemfents have not yet been decided upon, but, in all probability a layg number of rooms will be added in the rear In ad dition to f:m)rovemonts -o the build ing already standing, nbking an up to-date, modern hostelry. SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SHOWS AN INCREASE Mre Cildren Ia Schiool tihils Yeacr than Last. Nearly SIx Hundiired White Schtool Chilidren. According to figures comipiledl by Suipt. II. L. Jones an increase in at ten'1dance0 Is shiown this year ovei' last. in .the white schools of the cIty. At pr'esenlt there are 5i97 children in taIhe cenitral and1( 11il1 schools as aga1inst thie total1P1(1 3nr l fl t of rm69 last year,' it is; probable thatl tile tiglures for 'tihe ]ir'es ent sola~lstIe y'ear w~Ill bie lairgeri 1by the 01n1 of the termI, so the 1inerease w~ill lie shiown to lie even larigor. At liresenlt the enr'ollmnt~n is small'r inl the 1negro schiool thani it w as at lbh' end( of the tenm1f last year, buiit In all piroba'bil ity this falling (off will bei made up j before the end of the ye.'i3 The total enrollment of the ntegroi school last. yearz was 332 anld the pr'es ent enriollment11 is 266. The following are several totals r'eached1 by Mr. Jones: Tot a1.1 enr1ollment11 gesslon 1912-1: Central School .. ..........:16 Total enr ollmen011t at. present1 .. ..-11 TIotal enro'lllmenlt Session1 191 2- :t Mill School ... .. . . .. 1:* Total I noli' en'( t at piresenl ..t . 1:t IWhiIte' 8('hiols *.. ....*.. .. -~i