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VOLUME XXIX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCh 25, 1914. NUMBER 35 IJ RNS COLJIY IN AT SPRIAMBIJR Spartanburg, Being the Ho5 Contest in Deference Laurens county carried off the hon srs at the meeting of the state teach ers association in Spartanburg last week by winning the trophy cup off ered to the county with the largest percentage of its tenehers in attend ance. F'partanb)urg county withdrew from the contest, out of courtesy to the visiting Iii hers, not wishing to take advantage of the other con ties. The trophy was presented to the Lau rens teachers by Prof. It. C. Tiurts, of (Greenville. Superintendent of Educa tion J. 11. Sullivan accepted the trophy in behalf of the Laurens teachers. Miss Wil Lou Gray and Sujit. B. L. Jones, being called uipon by the chair man of the meeting, also made a few remarks appropriate to the occasion. There were fifty seven Laurens coun ty teachers in attendauce, including Mr. Sullivan and Miss Grey, this being forty per cent of the total membership In the associations from this county. The trophy is a very handsome sil ver cup. It is now in Spartanburg be ing engraved by the dealer who sold it. In a few days -- will be expressed to Laurens and placed on exhibition in some store window of the city. Besides the honor of winning the trophy cup, this county was also hona ored in the election of officers for the ensuing year, Miss Wil Lou Gray be TOMATO CLUB ORGANIZER. Miss Jayne Conway Darlington, Teach er of the Rock Bridge School, Elect ed to do this Work. Miss Jayne Conway Garlington, who has been teaching the Rock Bridge school near Clinton this year, has been named as tomato club organizer for this county. The appropriation for this work was made at the last session of the legislature, an item of $150 hav ing been included in the supply bill. Miss Garlington will begin her work at once. She has interested herself to a large extent in improvement work in the schools and is well fitted to meet the requirements of the office. This week Miss Garlington will go to hock Hill to attend a meeting of the club organizers from different sections of the state and there she will famil larize herself more closely with her work. Next week she will begin her campaign in the county, the follow fig program having been mapped out: Monday morning she will visit .W90drow Wilosn, Darksdale and Trin ity-Ridge schools. Monday night she 'will visit the ilekory Tavern school with Miss Gray. The patrons of neighboring schools are expected to meet with the Trinity Ridge patrons, Tuesday morning she will be at Brewerton school. On thte #Ahle af ternoon she and Miss iurh'y will be at the Poplar Springs hool, where Miss Gray will glie 'a lanterry slide lecture on Yellowstone Park. Patrons from both Int. Bethel and Brewerton are in vited to be present on that occasion. Tuesday night Miss Gray will show the slides at Princeton and Miss Gray 'will make a talk. Thursday Miss Garlington will be at Now Prospect and Lisbon, On Saturday and following Satur days she will be in the superintend ent's office at Laurens. Recent Ford Purchasers. Summer flrothers, of Newberry, have sold a number, of autos in this eounty (luring the past few weeks. Among the buyers are G. H. Blakeley, Ora, and L. Z. Wilson, of Gray Court, roadsters; J. B. Owitigs,'W. T. Owings, P. W. Moore, P. Rt. Abererombie, Gray Court, touring cars: Mr. Dusonbury, haurens, roadster. hreOratorical Contest.. Teewill be a preliminary oratori cal contest at Lanford Station in the school auditorium on the evening of March 27, 1914 at 7 o'clock. The fol lowing young gentlemen are the do elaimers: Samuel Drummond, subject, "Treason of Benedict Arnold"; Yates Waldrep, "Path of History"; Fred Cox, "Wolfe at Quebec"; Louis Lan ierd, "Iiulogy on S. C."; James Flemn ag, "Chariot Race of Bien Hurr." S TROPHY CUP G [[ACH[RS M[[TING >t, Gracefully Withdrew from to Visiting Teachers. Ing elected as one of the vice presi dents. The following account of the final session was cont:ained in the News and Courier Sunday: After one of the most interesting meetings in the history of the organ ization the forty-second annual Con vention of the South Carolina Teach erS' association can: to a close this a fternoon. A. 11. .!0hett. of Charleston, was elect ed president, while 10:. K. Dreher, of Columbia, was chosen chairman of the -ecutive committee. F. C. McCowns, of Anderson, was elected first vice president and Miss Wil Lou Gray, of Laurens, second vice president. It was announced that the terms of the secretary and tr'iasurer had not ex pired and that Leonard T. Kuber and C. V. Neuffer, respectively, will retain their positions for another year. Florence will be the next meeting place of the association. The mayor and 'Chamber of Commerce of that city wrote the officers of the association tlhat Florence wanted the convention and was well prepared to entertain the teachers. President Gasque, in adjourning the convention, expresed the opinion that the meeting 'had been the best and most successful in his memory. STQRES TO CLOSE EARLIER. Merchants Decide to Close Places of Business Earlier After Next Monday. A good many of the Laurens stores have signed a petition to begin early closing a little sooner this year than usual. Beginning next Monday, the 30th of March, they will close their places of business'at 6:30. This hour of closing will prevail until May 1st, after which they will close at 6:00 o'clock until Sept. 1st. The following petition, which was not presented to all the stores, was handed around and signed: "We the undersigned 'merchants of Laurens agree to.close our stores at 6:30 p. in. from ljonday March 30th to May Ist, 1914, and to close at 6.00 p. m. from May 1st to Sept. 1st. We al so agree to close at 10 o'clock on Sat urday nights. "Clardy & Wilson, Switzer Co., Min ter Co., H. Terry, W. 0. Wilson Co., TIed Hot Racket, Davis Roper C!o., W. Solomon, Fleming Bros., Moseley & Ro land, St M. & E. IF, Wilkes & Co., J. C. Burns & Co., Laurens Hardware Co., Brooks Hardware Co., R. W. Willis, Leverett Furniture Co." It is hoped that the ciustomers of the above stores will make It a point to do their trading in plenty of time to get thlroulgh before the. closing hour. In tis wvay better service can be got ten and tihe clerks canl get out andc en joy tile shornt afternoon hloliday. Honored In England. Dr. 0. WV. Cunninlghanm, whio hlolds tile chair of philosophy in Middlebury College, Vermont, lhas been extendeld a cordlial invitation by Lord Hlaldano to visit him at Musdor Castle when h10 visits England. Is E'xellency, wile is also tile Hligh Lord Chancellor of Englanld has recenltly readl Dr. Cunl ningham's boo0k "Thoughts and Reality of Hegel's System" and was so pleas ed withl it that he0 wrote the author "i enc'ressed a desire to melcet hlim. Lord Halldane Is oneO of thle leading schlolars of England. Dr'. anld Mrs. 'Cunningham will soon1 go abrnoadl for a year's stay and while there Dr'. Cunninghlam will take post graduate work at the leading university in lBen lin. L~aurens Raised 45,812 hales. According to figures Issued from the census department, cotton gin nings for tis counlty up to March 20, amounted to 45,312 bales, as against 36,038 bales up to tile same time last year. TIhis is a gain of nearly 10,000 'bales. Notice to Teachers. All teachlers who hlave not yet sent in their school histories for the edu cational issue of Thle Advertiser are rennested to do so at ne,. TRAYNHAM GUARDS INSPECTED MONDAY Adjutant General and Army Officer Makes Annual Inspection of Loerd Company. The Best So Far In. spected. ('ompauty 1) of -the Fl rst IRegimen't of National Guard. known as 'T'riyn ham Guards, went through their an nal inspection last Monday. They were inspected by Adjutant. General Moore and Capt. Meacham, an army officer, specially detaIled for this work Aecording to their slatements after the inspectiou the local coinpany is the best in all departments that they lave so far visited. Capt. licuehai was particularly pleased with the property showing of ite company, saying that it was ar r:'tged excellently and excellently kept. lie was also enthusiastic in his praise of the company's drilling, calling special attention to the fine work of the corporals. Gon. Moore was eqtually strong in his praise of the company an( stated that this company is undoubtedly the .best that i.aurens has ever had. lie stat ed that of the 13 companies already inspected, this one was the only one with a percentage of 100 for attend ance. . The officers of the company are as follows: Captain, W. R. Richey, Jr.; First Lieut., ). R. Simpson; Second Lieut., Joe Smith; Quartermaster Lieut., attachec J. N. Richardson; First Sergeant, Ben Sullivan, Jr., Ser geants, Judge Eichelberger, James Davenport, William Switzelr, Hugh Eichelberger; Corporals Will Weath ers, Frank Russ, Clarence Cannon, W. P. Chancy, Marshall Moore, James Lewis. TILE CRICKET ON TILE HEARTH. Delightful Three-Act Drama to be Presented at the Opera House by School Boys and Girls. On the evening of March 27th, a delightful 3 act drama, "The Cricket on the Hearth" will be rendered by the pupils of the tenth grade under the auspices of Miss Fannie Creigh ton. The characters are as follows: Jiohn Perryhingle Hugh Aiken .ir. Tackleton Herbert Stillivan Caleb Plummer Elizabeth Moseley Old Gentleman Leland Dolt Dot Nellie Thompson Bertha Virginia Simpson Mrs. Fielding Margaret Dunlap May iielding Mary Wilkes Dot's Father Laurens Philpot Tilly Slow-Boy Mattie Kate Owings Porter Paul Lake Dot's Mother Mary Lila Poole Assisted by Misses Lucy Vance Darlington, Mary flurton, Minnie Ti' vin, Lilla Todd, Louise Simmons, Hat tie Gray, Robbie Hudgens, Inez Hud gens and Mr. Carlisle !Dial, 'rhis lamy given at the Opera House is for the benefit of the school. Ad mission 35c, 25c and 15c. Reserve seats on sale at iPowe Drug Co. .The curtain rises promptly at 8:30 p. m. ASSESSING BOARD MEETS. Session Yesterday and Another Ses qion Today. Property being Re assessed. The board of township assessors met in the county court house yester dlay to htear the report of the respec tive townshtip assessors and to con ductt other bustness that might arise. On account of much detail work, the board was unable to fInish Its work yesterdty andu w'il meet again todauy. Chairman Watts stated yesterday af ternoon that the returns this year htad been the most satisfactory since he has been on the board, his service dating back for twenty two years. It was found necessary to rise the as sessiments in some cases, he said, b)ut very few and no violent complaints htad been made. The board, hte said, htas endeavored this year to equalize ~the tax burden in the county and the conditions have been greatly Improved in this respect. L~arge Class of Woodmen. Messrs. R. A. Cooper and C. A. Power went to Fountain Inn Monday night to be present at a meeting of Blue Ridge lodge, Woodmon of the World. Thtirty candidates were in itlated into the order and an other wise pleasant m'eoting was enjoycIl. Both Mr. Cooper and Mr. Power made short talks following the initiation cerenmone., - SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CLINTON HAPPENINGS any' Things of interest. About the People of the Neiiiboring Town. Clinton, Al arci 2:.---An annonnee lent that wil be of interest through out this state wa:s rlceived hre last vv ell -- !1 ent at~rnI Of Mina Hu' I Aitme McCrary of .\sh voilll, N. C. to Mlr. Itoberit lieu1:ry of or) .zijii, 5-, ('. The werbling i i r in May, at the iohone of or siA1ter. \l r:. W. C. 'T'aylor, of Ashn , iii. N. C. \lis- Mc('rary ib-s mlade '!Inon iI.er hoi m(' until a yri Vgo V.ien s!'v lit t') liv'e with h'ir sister i .\ hii il. I i is ve ry popiC - lac and ha:1: a hos; of frienlds here w'ho wil Ib lit % I in t is announ . On \\'dneiday afte-'noon Ji.\ :;es Alaude and .\Iabel Sum1ierel deligihtlii ly enitertained I the yoting ladies eIII-1 broidery ciuh. Ml'. and Mrs. It. I1. Boyd eite rtain (d a do dies a ( and their hitsbandis at a very elaborate live course dinner on 'I'hirsday. Friday night Air. and 'Mrs. A. B. lHenry ce!',brated their silver wedding with ia very elaborate reception at their home on Musgrove street. Ottr ing the evening abotra 1:0 guests call ed and were met at the door by Mr. Ross Young and Mrs. Robrert David son. Miss Irene Little and Mr. .ohn Bell invited them into the parlor where they were received by Mr. and Mrs. Hlenry, Mr. Mahaffey of Bates burg, Mir. and Mirs. (is Blakeley, Mr. and Mrs,(1. (' Young and Mr. and Mrs. Bell, mother and father of Mrs. llenry. From the parlor the guests were in vited into the dining room by Miss Ellene McCaslan and Mrs. Mac Ilipp, of Abbeville. Mirs. L. D. McCrary pre sided in the dining room whore a de licious salad and sweet course and mints were served by Misses Elizabeth Ilenry, Essie 'Davidson, Susie Owens, Annie Horton and Florence Rantin. As the guests left the dining room, Miss Irene Adair pinned on the favors which were small silver bells and in vited them Into the living room where delightful punch was served by Misses Maude Pearson and Sallie Belle Bu ford of Newberry. As the guests left the living room each one was invited to register by Mrs. R. D. Young, of Lianrens. The house was beautiful for this elaborate affair. The parlor was decorated in white carnations and large white bells: the dining room was in pink carnations and ferns and the living room was lovely with palms and jonquils and buttercups. The out-of-town guests were Mr. Mrs. Ross Young of Laurens, ',t*Mr. and Mrs. Mac H)ipp of Abbeville, Mr. and Mrs. Bell of Renno, Mr. Mahaffey of Batesburg, Miss Sallie Bell Buford of Newberry and 1)r. Creese of Knoxville, Tnn . ti's. W. D. Copeland entertained a few friends on Tnesday at a dinner. On Monday afternoon the base ball season opened with the first game B. M. I. of Greenwood. The afternoon was fine and toth tennis put it splen did work. Th~e scoreC was 10 to 6 in favor of Clinton. The Presbyterian boys greatly miss their' star catcher, McCutehecon who is at the dormintory, ill with plneumonia. The teachers of the gr'adied school gave a ver'y interestinlg and1( attrafctiveC plaiy ini tihe school auditoium on Mon day night. The prioceeds wvere iused to buy plictures for the school building. The last number of tihe L~yeeuim couirse for' this season will close with the Beulah Buck Quartet on Wednes day night. The Methodists have bought one of 111e most desir'able lots in Clinton to erect theu' n1Wew hurchl on. It is on th(e cor'ner of Br'oadt and Hale Sti'eets and betonged to Mr. JTohn Young, who soild it to theC Metlhodists for $-1,000. Miss Mary Blean spent1 tihe wek-eind in Spartanhrurg witht Mrs. L. M. Ken nedhy. Miss Dorothy Owens of Hishopville, splent tihe week-end with her parents here. Mr. and( Mi's. McCutcheon of flishop vylle are 0on the college campus this week with their son, whlo is ill with pneumaon ia. MIes Florie Burdette left last week foi' a visit to friends in Greenville and( Fitzgeraldr, Gla. + Mrs. Punting of Baltimore, is visIt tng heri f it 'e, \fr. JT. W C"'wand this week. Mr. J1. 2. TP-." 1un' Mt week in 11l9 a uni a l'cn l-ewve' o -r l'o('k 11111 l'/ri" o.e aewt a MOTOR CAR KILLS PRINGLE YOUMANS Itichland Legislator Knocked Down11 iI Street. Classmate of Iilsoni. C(lumbia, March 22.---Pringle T. Youmans of the Columbia bar, mem her of the iIleh!n:id county del!i:.tion in the lower han e of the g ee:i0 ai s(Inthly, was fatally injured abonu thei head last ni'lht at abiout 7::'0 o'clock, vhen he was knioedlI down at Main inil W\i:iain gtonI rtreets by an :!ito inolile driven by I larry I,. )avis, own 'r of the 'olo nhi lta r.'ge. Mir. Yi'm n us iied a fw tiinittes inter in .ie (re-os dirn; store, to which he wm; c'onvey'e'1 in the ;";r w'hic h h::d htu Ik Dint. .1' in lo t inf the cirecumst:ln(" e's of .r. Ynmr' death will he hel:l liy Corone rott this urninig at 11 o'(lock at the !c(ormick undertak ing establiiihmlent on I an ii ton street. Mi. Youmans was :,5 yearis of age. lie was married only three weeks ago, in Augusta, to Mrs; May Bronson or Co. lumbia. Funeral services will he held this afternoon at 5 o'clock in Trinity church. Mr. Davis gave himself up immne (liately to T. A. Heise, deputy sheriff who took him to pollee headquarters. There he spent the night. ie had a talk during the evening with his at torney, R. 11. WVelch. Mr. Davis was formerly chauffeur in the pollce de lartment.-The State. WATTS TAKES HAT OUT OF THE RING Will not he in the Race for Supervisor this Summer.. Ahererombie to Run. Mr. John I). W. Watts, who some time ago announced that he would be in the race for county supervisor, an nfounced definitely yesterday that he had withdrawn from the race. For his reason, lie stated that the United States department of agriculture had made him a flattering offer to join its forces in this state and that he had decided to accept it. Besides the at traction of a larger salary, Mr. Watts stated that lie felt that he could be of vaster more benefit to his county and stale in the position he expects to accept than he could as supervisor. lie saidi he wished to thank the num erous friends who had offered their support. With the announcement from Mr. Watts that he would not be in the race comes the definite announcement from Nir. Austin Aberoyombie, pres ent county commissioner, that lie will be in the race. Mr. Abercrombie au thorized this statement several (lays ago. Mr. Humbert has already made known his intention of offering again for re-election and so will be in the race, as will B. R. Todd and Geo. C. Hopkins. No other candidates have as yet announced themselves for this place. It is understood that all the present office holders in the court house whose terms expire intend to offer for re election. No opposition has yet de veloped to any of them, cxcept for the office of supervisor as above stated. The terms of the supervisor, auditor. treasurer, judge of probate and su lierintendenit of education, besides the county commissioners expire this year. The terms of the members of the lower house in the legislature al so expire. WV. C. Iirby, Jr., will not lie a candidate again, but will offer for~ governor. It is understood that Messrs. Black'vell and Browning wvill run again. No other legislative can didates have yet made known any in tention of ruinning. The senator, Mr. Goodwin, holds over for two more years. Bramletts Chlurch., The public is cordially invited to at tend~ a 'D~elamation Contest at 1ram ietts Church,, Saturday morning March 28th, at 10:30 o'clock. It will be decided at this preliminary coin test which two are to -be sent from Youngs township to take part in the contest at Laurens the day of the county fair. Charged With lturniing Crib. Deputy Sheriff Reid and Rural Po liceman S'ullivan arrested Foster hlunter, colored, several (lays ago andl lodigedl him in the county jail to await trial on the charge of burning a corn cribi near Pnrks station belonging to Amos ilarksdale, another negro. The e'.biience oin the negro is saidl to lie nrgenly circumstantial. 1913 COTION CROP A BMP[R ONE Second to the Largest on Record. OVER 1 4,000,OG HAVE BEEN GINNED lei 1%d ~ndai e'rd oler itt .((.U . 'luth I'aro. Last Year. Waningon, a~gre~ -0.,Oe of the 1imgest ( otton c:rop; (ver ;;rown, at :otiting to 1.1,1 27,3r0 r hicut. .,09 pound bail's of hnti ad C'i,795 eqtuivalent 500 pounl Iales; of lintrs, was produced by the farirs of tin' United States during 1913, the een sus .bureau announced today in its prelimilnary report of cotton giniied as reported by ginners and del inters to F'ebrua ry 28. These Ilgiure's coi pare with 1:, 703, 421 equivalent. 500 pound bales o1' lint and 609, 591 bales of linters last. year and 15,692,701 bales of lint and 557,675 bales of linters in 1911. The department of ag-iculture's es timate, announced December 12, plac es the 1913 crop. at 13.677,000 equiva lent 500 pound bales. With this report. the buireau of census departed from its previous method of reporting the cotton crop by not including the quantity of lint ers in the total prodcetion. Director William J. Harris announced this was done because with the installa tion of modern machinery closer de linting of seed had largely increased the quantity of linters and at the same time lowered the average (lual ity of t.he fibre, so that now only at small part, if any, was used a s ai substitute for lint cotton. The number of running bales of lint cotton, counting round as half bales, was 13,964,981 and of linter cot ton, 629.019 running bales, con pared. with .13,488,589 running bales of lint and 602,324 running bales of lint - ers last year, and 15,55,073 running bales of lint and 566,276 running bales of linters in 1911. Included in the production for 191:: are 29,267 bales which ginners esti mated would be turnct out after the time of the March crnvass. Round bales Included numbtered 99, 916 compared with 81,528 last year and 101,554 in 1911. Sea Island bales included, 77,490 compared with 73,777 last year and 119,293 in 1911. The average gross weight of bale for the crop, counting round as half bales and excluding linters, was 505.8 pounds, compared with 508.0 last year and 504.5 in 1911. Production of states in equivalent 500 pound bales, exclusive of linters, with comparisons and the department of agriculture's 'December .estimate, which excludes linters follows: Alabama: Total production 1,4-94,. 057 bales, compared with 1,342,275 ini 1912, and 1,716,534 In 1911. Depart ment of agricult-ure estimated 1,510), 000 bales for 1913. Arkcansas: Toetal productIon, 1,071, 359 bales, compared wvith 792,048 ini 1912 and 939,302 In 1911. 'Department of agriculture estimated 900,000 bales for 1913. Florida: Total production,- 58.4i5 bales, compar~ed with 52,760 in 1912 :tal 8S3,:88 in 1911. Departn'ient of ag rieculturo estimated 68,000 bales for 191l3. Georgia: Total production, 2'?,1 .t, 870 bales, compared with 1,776,5-16 in 1912 and 2,768,627 In .1911. De'part ment of agriculture estimated 2,275. 000 hales for 1913. Louisiana : Total production, 412. 1%2 hales, comp~areat with '376,096 ini 1012, and 384,597 In l91l. [)epartament of agriculture estimated 400,000 hales for 1913.-..: MississippI: Total proditction, 1, 307,443 bales, compared witi 1,0i6,4I8 in 1912 an d t,203,54 it '191f.' Depa rt m~ent of agriculture est.ma.ed. 1,195, 000 bales for 1913. Missouri: Total prodnetion, 67,1 2:1 bales, comptaredl wit'h 55,.691 in 1911 andl 96, 808 in 1911. 'lopartnment M~ agricul tutre estimated 66,000 imtles for 1913. - . 'North Carolina: TPotal productton, (Continued on Paon ei