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12 PAGES. PART 1, PAGES 1 TO 8 SVOLUME XXIX LAUEBNS, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1914. NUMBER 3 To ARRAG[ PROGRM FOB- OU Y 80H Teachers and Coniniittee t< urday When Tentative P Details Looked After. F The teachers of the county have heen asked to meet at the coniy court house Saturday morning at, 10:30 o'clock for the purpose of discussing affairs and making arrangements in connection with the comning county school fair. A general n:"eting will first be held, where the details of the fair will be disessed, foliowe1 by a meeting of stub-committees about 11:30 o'clock. - Miss (irOv has asked that the teachers of the county 'make a special endeavor to attend this meet Ing for al;sence from the (hiscussions at this time will prove a serious htandi cap at the fair. Several weeks ago a meeting was held when1 the more imp'orant Comnit tees were appointed. These have al ready begtn work lnd in ImaIny cases tentative plans have already been out lined. The following are the commit tees appointed at. that tile: Townshaip commlitee: Laurens, Miss Genie Aiken; Youngs. Miss Erin Ad dison; Dials, Miss henry; Sullivan', Miss Barnie \Vallace; Waterloo, Miss LIFTS QUARANTINE AGAINST NEWBERRY Satisfactory Assurances were Receh ed from Newberry that no Further Spread of Disease was Feared. The quarantine against the city and Bounty of Newberry, ordered by the Laurens board of health Sund'ay Feb ruary 8th, was ordered lifted Saturday morning after almost a week's duration This action was taken after the board of health had received satisfactory as surances from Newberry that the smallpox situation there was under control with no new cases' developing and after communication with the state health officer, Dr. J. Adam -ayne, who recommended the step provided the compulsory vaccination order had been carried out here. The movement to lift the quarantine was begun Friday afternon when the board of health met to hear a note from the Newberry board of health ad dressed to the mayor asking that the quarantine be raised. The mayor pre 4ented the letter to the board of health with the recommendation that the re quest from Newberry 'be granted. The board thereupon got into communica tion with the state.health officer who advised that the quarantine be raised. The order lifting the ban was then made and went immediately into ef fect. FORTNER A CANDIDATE. To Make Race for Railroad Commis. sloner. States Positvetly that He. will be In the Race. Representative C. D). Fortner of 6partanburg, in discussing his candi dacy for railroad commissioner in the campaign, this ,summer, said yester day: "I iiiderstand~ it has beeh sought to put out the report thatt I will not be in the race for railroad commissioher this summer. I desire to state post tvely''that I will be in the race, and I ipect to win. I shall discuss fully the variousa questions before the pee pie of thisi State as they relate to tho office 6t' railroad commissioner. I in *VInd to ask for the votes of the pee WIe upon my own merits and upon my jecord in the generalt tissmbly as a members from SpatahbuArg county. My record on sevel important mneasures, s'ome of whkoh I have introduced, is dresh inl the minds of the. people at tiA 'tie. I am receiving tigo most 6hbouraging reporte from edei'y see tion of the State and I expect to w.n -The State. * Carnivrdh ilintonb The Tropicn.l Amustement .Comipany, the carnival company, Wkhich was to have showed here last Week and wvhich landed in Clinton liritead, is still at that phi1ce. In tall prob~ability it will re'maln there for the rest of this week, Whether or not any further atttemif) will lbe made tt show in Laurens le at 'k'imwn. I AND MAR[K. PLANS 001 FAIR APRIL 17TH. o Meet at Court House Sat aEnswill be Made and Other !i Attendance Requested. .lyrtle C'ulhert-or'i; Cross II I, ills Ethel 310):10101; llunter, Aliss Mlary l.1im;:; s lis Bessie W\illiamis; Seusiletowlp, jM irs Ieilh Martin. l'rl/.e Coniitt : .\iiss Mac Dell Caere, li as :nile Sin pson, Miss Lu eir:. .Ilies, Aiss I:lith MeC(utcheon. Prde CominIIttee--lessrs 11. L. .tones, C. S. hoad, Y. II. Fender, J. W. littff, W. I'. ('ulbertson, W. I'. Yar boro, A. C. I)ani'ls, A. 1E. 111lr, ixecutive Comminlttee--Messrs. lames IT. 1 ullivan, 13..1L. Jones, HT. IK. Aiken. W. It. AleCuen, 13. Y. Culhertson, Allie Lee, Geo. L. Pitts, W. P. Yarboro, Alisse,; Wil Lou Cray, Margaret Cun nhninhm, Miynona Ritley," .raynee Carl ington. Pti og ram Cn olmlntittee: ?lisses Wil Lou Gray, ILauirie Al1, Lois Irvin, Alessrs .1lipes Sullivan, It. 1,. Jones, Arthur Lee. It has been decided to classify ex l'ibits at the fair according to ton;':i chiips. 'This was done both for conive nienUce and to stimulate a healthy .riv airy between the different sectid of the county, IN THE RACE TO THE FINISH Solieitor R. A. Cooper Gives Out State ment In Columbia in Answer to In quiry of Reporter. Columbia, Feb. 23.-Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, who has been in constant and continuous attendance upoln the engrossing departinent dur ing the present session of the General Assembly, and who has been one of the hardest-worked solicitors in the departs:nent, returned to hIs home in Laurens Saturday to go to Abbeville fo.r the opening there Mlonday of the spring terms of court in the Eighth Circuit. Solicitor Cooper is one of the posi tively announced candidates for gov ernor. During the last session of the General Assembly he stated that it was his intention to make the race. Since the announcement of his candidacy he has been invited to make addresses in many places and particularly in the Piedmont section, where lie is best known, and he has been through a good section of the Piedmont during the past summer and fall. He says that he has received the greatest encourage ment in his race, not only from the Piedmont, but from every section of the State, and that he is confident of the result this sutmmer. In reply to the question, "Do you care to take any statement with ref erence to your campaign at this time, Solicitor Cooper before leaving Co lumbia Saturday afternoon, said: "I am positively in the race to the finish, and shall seek theo office on my merits, and on my record as a mem ber of the General Assembly of thuis State and as Solicitor of the Eighth circuit for the past nine years. Pub lic office, whether it be- that of gov ernor or any other office, is a public trust, and the authority vested in any office should be0 exercised for the pub lie good. A candidate should be sup ported on the grouad of his fitness for public service, and upon this ground I shall ask the support of the Demo crats of the State. I shall at the proi.. er time state my position on every il sue in such a .way that my vio~a Will be known to all." .A NEW1 DEARTW~ENT. II. Te~rry W!IM Oe up a Coat and Suit Becioll 'oh thie Second Floor. M. it. Terry haa announced that tha l sring he will add a coat and suit 6bpartment to his store./'He is now having a large room 01n tihe second floor of the building which lie occu pies fitted up for this department. Mr. Terry is now in tho north buying his sp~rinlg and summer goods and while there he eixpets to l'Urchase suits and~ coats. .. The J1. 1. l"lferha chaptter, IT. ). C., meets with .\iss Pessie TPoland Monday afternoon 'March 2, gt. 3:30 n'cloIk4 WILL SEPARATE FREIGHT OFFICES? 11311 Goes Through House Providing For Separation of Railroad Oflices in this ('ity. According to unverifled reports from Columbia, the county delegatlon has succcded in pishing through the house, the bill introduced by Mdlr. Blackwell providing for the separation of the C., N. & L. and C. & W. C. frelpiht officer in this city. It will he rememibered shat this bill received an una vorab!e report fromt the raZilroad comm1uittee earlier in the session, bmt it re ats that the dele(gation secured its pIassage in lir face of the adverse re p, it. Whettoe or not it. will pass the s8in1ate is a matter for conjecture. The bill for the separation of the two oflices w hich have been run sin con .it:nctiot for tany years was introdue ed at the ins;tance of a itpetition of a number of l.atrens merchants. The petit!on ret forth that beetuse of the coanhld oficees competition between the two railroads Was at a iniumittt and as 't result of these conditions Laurens was iot receiving the service from thn oflice and yards that the veo utme of htsin tie raitn ted war rantid. Several c(o itti ii t e s h:v a app)ear e be fore thfe delc" tionl In Collumbia in1 the interest of tle bill. CIRIMINAL COURT OPENS MARCH THE NINTH ieavy )oc'ket I ncluding a Nuiher of Murder ('uses of Wide interest. The spring terms of the court of gen eral sessions will convene March 9th, being the second Monday in the month. Judge 1. W. Bowman, of Spartanburg, will preside. The jury coninissioners met in the office of the clerk of court Thursday and made up the petit jury panel for this term and the grand jury for the year. 'T'he tern will last but one week, but from the heavy docket it would ap pear that. a number of cises will have to go over. Quite a number or iur deri cases will have to be tried and several will likely take tip consider able time. Chief interest will proba bly attach to the trial of Tom Young, Greenwood Rogers and .1unk Caldwell, colored, charged with the murder of .\r. Geo. F. Young at his home near Renno January 12th, when Mr. Young was killed and his house burned over him. apparently to conceal the crime. Another case which will attract con siderable attention in the tipper part of the county will be that of the state against Cornelius Edwards charged with killing the Sharp brothers near Barksdale, following a dispute over family affairs. Emma Glover and her two sons, Bob and Wesley Glover, will be tried for arson in connection with the burning of Mr. M. B. McCuen's barn near Princeton several anonths ago. It will be remembered that Lace Glover, the husband and father of these ne groes, was killed by Sheriff Owings andl Deputy Abereromble when they attemptted to arrest him on the same charge a few weeks age. The Oraind Jury. The following are the grand jlurors drawn for the coming year, the first six being holtiovers fronm the past year: J. C. McMillan, Jacks. Jim Wade 11111, Cross 11111. J. rE. Philpot, Laurens. J. B. Hunter, Youngs. .' 0. King, Ci'oss H1ill. W. B. Sims, Waterloo. J. W. Wells, Dials, A. R1. Thomie, Water'loo. J. L,. Crawford, Hunter. Jerry U. Martin, Waterloo. IThos. P. -Poole, Scuffetown. WV. H. Anderson, Laurens. A. W, Sharpe, Sullivan. J. T. Crews, Laurens. -J. Will Dillat'd, iHunter. C. H. Armstrong, LaurenA~ 'Ernest C. Hlipp, Hunter. J. W. Martin, Laurens. The Petit JuryA The foliowing 'petit jurors were drawn: Laurens-A. B. Blarksdale, D. C. Mc L~aur'in, L. B. Blackwoll, J. H-. Nabors. D~iala-W. Fl. Gray, Wt. J. Hlunter', Wt. C. Mahtoit, John 1F. Gar'y, L. Rt. Bahb, Youngs-B. 0. Sprouise, Hi. A. Hiol comtbe, S. Fl. Thtackston, 5. 1). MartIn. enf'itletown---John~ M. Wallace, G. F. P'ulley.. ('ross ltil--Rt. W. Boazman. I unter-J. B. pEncake. A. D). Brtown, REVIVAL MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Millard A. ,lenkins to Lend in the Serv ices. Noted Singer to Conduct .Ml usic. What prorniises to be one of tite great(st meetim,:;s Cer held in this city w;ill lbgin next Suin'ay. 'ihe pas tor anil ils co-workers have been planning several months to make this a Mcs:so n of great blessing to all the peol) of thle eot inunty. TIhey sin. e(;rcly hop, thitI :!Ia ll Ch istiatns--Irre sp'it(i've of their church li ai:tionls. Will feel thit this is all opplortunitV to (o rood such a:; ra:'ely co!:ies to them. 'hrou.h the pre:s they desire to issue to tite i'e'(',he or. the city and s'ilr li ni'g country a cordial invi tation to all the services. Dlr. Millard A. .l(nkins, formner pias tor of the First Pa;utist churelh of .\th en1s, (Ga., will rea:chd here next Smitar day and will he heard the Iext. (lay, a1n1 on until tie mneeting (loses. 1r. ,lenkins is one of the (('rirest and n'o::t conv\incing th il-:crs and Preach ese of God's truth in the pilpit of the Souti today. lie Is a man honest in thuw, 1.., fe:rbl :s in cx lrexpr ion, bitt tender in ap 'lie:2 ion. l'rof. lad O0. hlen. di:e-:or of miusic of t''e ('entral !IMpti ;t church of At lanta et present. and whio was accord ed the honer of conlnetiun the music for one of th (on!erences at The lirougihtoni 'i'b!laerinnecle, where visitors from t 2o continents were i rpr.t 'vill hav(e ehiarge of the ausic. A new song hook has been purchased and the sing ing will he a very attractive feature. Prof. fell will appreciate the help of all the singers in the city. LOWNDES J. BROWNING IN LAURENS MONDAY Says lie is Meeting with Much Encour agemnent in ills Candidacy for the ion. Lowndes J. 11ro wuing, of Un ion, w%%.s a visitor in the city Mlonday meeting oldI frienids and nikling new ntO( I inl tenc wS While tsgetting first-hand in''orma~itiori -n the political s;itual on in this count-. (specially as It affects his own ciailu(lacy for the governor hiuip. Ir nilI be remenmbered that lie anno-inced i1 :.elf as ait avewed can (lidate for governor some weeks ago. Mr. Browning spoke very pleasant ly of his acqunintences in this county, where, he said, he enjoyed sone very close and intimate friendships. He re ferred in a very cordial manner to the two gubernatorial candidates from Laurens, Messrs. Cooper and Irby, and stated that he did not expect to poll a large vote in this county where these two gentlemen had such large follow ings, but he said be expected to "pick up" a few in the first primary and a few more in the second primary if he had the good fortune to get that far. Asked as to his views on the primary question, Mr. Browning stated that he was not in favor of any restriction of the primary in the way or depriving white citizens of South Carolina *of their votes, but that he was conviaced of the need for providing safe-guards in order to prevent such frauds andl illegalities as were practiced on both sides in tihe last primary. He also add ed iln the way of an aside, that lie was not in favor of ailowing North Caroiin lane, Georgians and fluli Mooses to Vote in South Carolina democratic prinmaries. Mir. Birowning was chmairthian of the WVays and Means commiittcee of the lower branch of the legisiature during the -session of 1912 and took a promi nent part in the deliberationis of that body, lie is a pieasant anid affable gentleman though an aggressive con tender for 'principles and will prob ably be a formidable candidate in this summer's campaign. Lecture at Methodist Cilinuch. iss Daisy Davies, rep~resenting the Home and Foreign Mission Depart inent of the Siouthiern Methodist church will lecture in tho Mothodist church at 3:30, March 4th. The public is cordially invited. Miss D~avies comes to Laurens highly. recommendled and it is hoped a large audience will greet heri. it. C. Dillard. C. 'Il. T1oddo, C. 0. (lenn. Waterloo--. W. Moore, .1. M. Mil ier, W. M. Ileniders'on, S. 10. Williams, P'. WV. Finley. uililivan Thadu~ S. (Crawoi (d, I1. it. l~ini (' I, 'ti .1 Ir n Ib b- . MUSICAL CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT ('horal Socief Will Give Deightfui Enteri cnnitent. Spleulii 'robrLJu. Ihose who last year attendti the concert grivens by the Laurens lib gii S.hlool Chor:'l <)ciert?, ve:'y p)le:: ;rlt': rememberlh the program renderedr onl this occ:lsion. The soc'iety wi! giv y its eccond concert in the school :iadi toril next. Friday eveniig, Febru :y '7th, a t e'glit !iteenl o'clock. 'I ho pirorami whlich. will be rendesred t'..is. ne flolows: Pros ramn. I''rt One. 1. Blow, Blow. Thou Winter wi nd 2. I:'vening; P'ray!er iHaff 3. O 'Tlin Thee --"(lUlia" (ounod -1. Icior;";lo Pinlsti .). ('armolna A W\ilson G. The Two Gr)enadiers; Sebum nn: Selections Promi 'I he Operr:s. Ia:i Two. (au) A\lmaicty God 2. "Il T:''ova!tore" Ve rdi Qa) Selectlons (I \liserer Pa'rt 'Three. I. "I'!tinen" Sallivan selCt:ois 2. "Der 'relsebietz" \\'eher Prayer atnd clunters' T'horuls :3. "h;aust" Glon it od (a) Selections (b) soldiers' ('horns The first number, "Blow, Blow, 'Thou Winter Wind" is a light, pleasing, characteristic composition by Arthur Whiting, one of the standard COIpos ers of America. Following this Raff's "Evening Prayer" will be rendered. The next selection will be "O 'urn Thee" from Gounod's "Gallia." In this number lir. S. 13. Lapsley will sing a solo, which will be followed by a chorus. The fourth nnber will be Pinsuti's "1dorado," a selection which will please bi nuse of its unusual car t - This cempositlIon is "o f:'mtiliair that commllenlt onl it is unnicessary.1't l'atrt One will close with S:citnann's "''w'o Grenadier," which always pleases. Part Two, as well as Part Tiree. is comtposed of selections from the op er's In Part Two there will be selections from "Cavalierie Rustic.na," and "II Trovatore." From "Cavalleria" will be given "Almighty God," and "Bridal Sing", which contains the famous "Drinking Song," which Caruso has sung very successfully. From "II Trovatore" will be given a number which contains various selections, In cluding "Home to Our Mountains." Part Two will close 'with "'Miserere" from the same opera. In this number Mrs. Earle Wilson and Miss Mary Todd will sing the solos and a duet. Every one remembers how well these singers sang this number in the con cert last year, and doubtless will be delighted to learn that they 'will sing it again. 'Part T'hree will open with "Selec tions" from Sullivan's "Patience." In this number both -Mrs. Wilson and Mr. L~aplsey will sing solos. This selec tion will be followed by the "Ptrayer and Hunters' Chorus" from Weber's "Der' Freischuetz". 'rTe next numbetr, the most brilliant of the entitre pro gram will be "Selections" fr'om Gounod's "Fiaust". It contains three beautiful tenor solos, which wvill be sung by Mt'. Lapaley; and the followv ing well knowvn sel'ctions: "Flower Song", and "0 Night of Love". Thuis number closes with (lie "Pt'ison Scene" fromt Act IV, which ends 'most .brilliantly. Part Thtree closes with the stit'ring "Soldiers' Chorus" from "F'aust." One, judging from the description of (lie progr'am which Is given above, eas ily preceives that the program is suf ficiently varied to please both the cul turedl muisician and (lie ordinar'y lover of music. The chorus consists of about fifty voices, and is much better than it was last year. This year four' part hIelections wvill be rendered, while last year only twvo part numbers were givten. Ilesides the people of Laur'ens ate lookcing foirward to the second coni cert of the Chot'al Society. All these facts indiente a crowded house on Frtidny' evening. T iiet for thc consert will sell at t 'e fl'owinig pricees: Adults lii ty ents; stedents and ienehem twr-ai',' in("e-xits. The poer:ls will b' iu-"1 iiith l:oneint of toe Mon!O ffw BILLS B[[RT Til Y0L[ 8%1[ Less Than: 10 Are of Statc W/ide ll po0It, A:)J 3U t~i'1F '\ N10W IN i r (lose of l; I !! e ii tire IS s 'i .e Jre(ds a nl ( isai! h of itlsi? -; by emil. !0150 i.ai ai d n,.!a s to A. ''c:.rn. C'ooa ;nt , Feb :1 . -Th'le b:: "live .s(tw on of 1)! 1 i <dawing to a *e. It is not i0.r at ;r.:tion of n her this o: the ot:: bill will pm init wh will th( :s( Ihy ad:(1 . ine die. It is a .. th and on!:. a que tion tot II h d ic ion of oft , - orable Senae. T: whole mI of adjoC't rim nt i on. the final! : ,.)fn on th^ r.':a: triation ani genr.' ..;p p!.; i . ' on ui C Snate( <: te aplt).(Iln atiamj bilI his been :on to th11i re(adhol? for amlendue.1 i' on tin:il rmi ling, if t'he'e are to be : (,s. The 110o:F(' isanxious, in el it. is gettii paevi.:h, waiting for it ;:nn or'bl(' e~nat to p. ss the appivr:it tioni aI (I Su i: ! ills. (itUC : :. go 1'o:ii. Of eounrS , there( is o . ; nlot t;!( l -*of 0 : ;n w':( n i f ..C tional 1part of t:e mIeasurIs tl a re oil eit'lcr 'Iil('ud1ar, ther for t''( idea. is to get through w ith the no'e.s:: ry money hills and quit. The ivr mak ers have been on duty for the fiull for ty lays contemplated by the Consti tution, an(d for which pay is allowed, and whatever extra service or board bills have to be paid beyond the forty (lays is charged . intri(t' deuty, and tany members think- and \ ith ren sonl----t.'at they hv ye beO u """)n the job" (t ite long incugl and! 1 e ready to Iuit. 'T'he 'workl of' the presant r , don ''n-. ptizi 5s''/ the visdtomu of hin1 - :ions for lawt -makting blodi' . I" that the State enn :ialy do w:h jars .nl ratal (111 h n l s'S to:' twov.e:' in terva ls. 1.ittle of Stitte-Wi;ie impiort. WhJet.:er it he for political re'asonts, a lck of political courage. a iisposi tion to restore peace and harmony or a real laissez fairo policy there will be no radical legislation at t.is session -nothing to mark the year. There have been up to dlate formal ratifica tions of one hundred and seventy-one Acts and joint resolutions. most of them have been about school bonds. roads, county offices, the right to buy or sell county lands, commutation tax es, rural police, bonds, school trustees and the like. Out of the entire hun dred and seventy-one Acts that have been duly ratifled less than ten have any semblance of being State-wide ii. import. The only bills that are in cluded in this list with a -semblance of State-wide consequences ar'e: The Act to allow home insurance companies to meet rates madec by out sidle insurance brokers. 10xtending the right to condlema. lands so that cities wanting wvatets sheds Cnn (condemn lands. Permitting the consolidation of the Charleston andl Western Carolina Rail road with the Atlantic Coast Line system. Allowing convicts tIme for goodl be havior-this will not be worth whilo The McQueen Anti-llazing Act. Providing for a general and adIe quate system of dlisbarmnent proceed Imgs. Mr. Beamgumard's amendment to the General Drainage Act. Mr. Clifford Thompson'8 Act as to warning boards at railroad crossings. Thuis is a list of the gener'al Acts that have foundi their way, thus far, in the full forty (lays to the (Governor'd oflice. Of the lhundred a.nd( seventy-onae Acts ratified three have bleen vetoed and the vetoes have not yet been acted Anxlous to Adjtourn. Yesteorday the talk in the llouse wvas thiat it woul1 ean its eal ondart ofI all se(onld re: (tlng bills, both T111 -oso and Senate. atnd let. ii. be distinctly knowun that It in vites adjourn mentf, yea, lthat It hee for It. The I ioi'r bi'iSC as5 unfitniShod( bu~sI n''ss from the' FwnaCte' sie theC Ale