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-- . LAURENS, SOUTH CAROdNA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. NUMBER 6 NANNING AND RICHARDS IN SECOND RAC[ FOR GOVERNOR WITH COOPER CLOS THIRD Later Returns From Gubernatorial -Race Put Local Candidates Out of the Second Race. Cooper Only Few Hundred Votes Behini Manning. Charleston, Aug. 28.-- Complete eloc- licthea..50,295 tion returns from all counties, wit], Haner. . . . ..14,690 the exception of three boxes in Wil- Hunter.20,599 liamsburg. which (Ire not expected to Kelley....4,074 change the results, put Richard 1. Manning and John 0. Richards in the Comptroller Oennl. second race for governor. Comptroller General A W. Jones' The vote between the three leaders t(-nomination over h1V opponent, Mr. in this contest was close to the end, Summersett, is by a vote of 79,294 for and while it became apparent early Joites to '6,686 for Summersett. yesterday that Richards would be in Ujllant General. the second primary, the relative posi- Adjt. (;ei. W. NV. Moore has t Ia tions of Manning and Cooper remained jority of nearly thirty thousand. The in doubt until the complete returns vote II ti race stands 80,181 for from most of the counties were in. Moore to 51,697 for Willis. The returns which The News and ittorney General. Courier gives this morning are in most Attoravy General Peoles ree(ivmi instances oilelal. 60 votes, as aga Ist 61,9o for Mr. The final results show 'that Sena- I riev, aid Is re-eleted. tor Silith has a maJority of about 12,- Itallrond ConInissioner. 000 over all of his opponents. The "he vole in the race for ral romi total maijority against Governor IBlease coissIoner \,is Well split 111p. Frank is nearly twenty thousand. \V. Sl'alv oil(, ". 1). lotitnr niak lug The vote in the senatorial contest the second vaC. Th vote was as was as followvs: follow": Blease............56,680 Ganlsier..........23,0 13 *.30enni1gs. . .... 21 . alth.. .. .. .... .. .. ..0,570 PolloHka1,680 Former ..2...........17,909 Smith..72,062 Shnley .......... ..32.227 Wharton ...............1,073 otalm ..132,83 WitAerspoo . . 16.631 Gonhernor. momrerst..t1,977 l byavote.of.13 1 r3 Manning ..J5.270 n ongrsst o 468 il6 R aes. 'IcMeards..........2.6,685 Wlma'ley, Blyrnies, .ToltnIsmx, F~inleyv lietnant G4overnor. ..anid Rlagsdale have been ictiofliInated Aiidr(.w .1. lethea, Anti-Illeasc. can- to Congr~ess. III ft(, 3d dlistr'ict there (ldate for lieutenant grovernor, goes will be tA second race betwee Aiken In:to the secondl race wvith at good lead and D~ominick{. Aikcen lacked only at over 11. Fi-ank Kelley, Ilease candAi- few hundred ofW having major ity ov em date. The vote in this race stands as his three opponents. Thle vote In do follows: tail Is given elsewhere. Total Vote For Leading and Local Candidates Couneties- v h was s fllos: folos Ble se .. .. . . ...0.5668 Abbevillek921 1596 1404 139. .. ... Aiken .... .... .... .... ......2016 1816 165 1464 1177 7 Anderson .... .. .. ....3902 3583 1566 1202 1405 1693 ameergrr..372 869 150 450 165 7 Blarnwell ......... .................86.1 15 852 149 Ileauifort .............. ............151 -175 48 357 37 12 oerkeley ... ........ .. ........ .145 812 .10 560 226 31) Calhoun .. .. .. .... .. ...306 601 141 264 170 7 Char dston .... ........ ...... 2663 2932 472 1875 115g 1 Cheste ue.n....n................ 806 1264 569 158 58 118 Vilerokee..............1569 1I'l-1s 120 115 892 3108 Chesterfield.................1338 1329 391 37 1 921 goe Clarendon ................... ....1020 906 1831 461 828 3 1 C 0ton .......................r ..5. 13.12 72 78.1 . .17 115 arlingoi.....................a1191 1722 .822 20 .. ; : 5 Ilon .......................791 1F20 .158 163 ... i ..,0 Dorc".ter..................e .625 89 . .11. 402 427 2.1 Egefle)d ...................a .. .22 1302 64.1 562 295 53 loen.................. .ong 25 56 651 1069 .11 loretwn........to75 704rss 1n6th 38 d6sr2 8hr Grevile............... w.. ll3 b1e4 3918on rac9 be16e A2ken amto.............. hi.49 1hree op1ont. Th vote in3e Abbervi..le ...... ...... ...19 56 804 117 301 217 Akes --haw .--.......... ........106 1456 365 1484 174 223 LAndeasonr.... .... .... .... ......91 158730156 1202 6140 1603 Jamrg .... .... .... ......... 172 2069 2233 450 1 332 eaort.--...... .... .... .......82 9075 127 37 379 82 11erkeley----..... .... ...... 1445 2 420 1560 226 420 Carion -.- ---- .... ........ 706 1202 142 2A164 177 arleston --- ... .. ... .. 9265392 472 1875 1650 198 Chesterr ..- --...........1426 126~456 168 6386 473 Chker g.... .... .... .......1569 1-4 122 119 812 3084 PCesrle..-.. . .. . .. . .. . . ... 1. 8 1468 627 574 9 101 8O RClandon......... .... .........27 316 1223 146 828 83 3 Caludton.... ......... .... ... 1079 1041 '74 781 557 5 Dparintong.... .... ... .. .42694 5422 1046 313 131 :1 Dilmonr.... ......... ...........704 1206 138 13 53. 40 Edgield ..... .. ... .... ..1520 14102 4 6 295 ' .18 Georgetownr ....... .... 65 134 117 779 682 19 Yrenoo...............284 1635 1213 798 279 79 Ha mn.... .... .... ....-......649 7227208 2532961 81 138 1trf ....o xes my...n .t.h.M. .... ....o1099s1717 78 774 u704 s3 Koersh ....t....... .... in . 1066 145 35 182 dvrisi 734i of 23h ceneectio ..., to. a.... then 175 ( 20re06l Co33 .'s nt 8 13tyth2 Marcon primar ..., ... trust th.t. t 70y 12h 2 b 342ve 4in aderisn an 17ay Malb orntn,, to, suppor m..e. 9908 1309 C o 40adrn i4s makin a198 allther w... .... ....ete i.. my over all the coutry This 473a ekes. a.......o..u-.. l t 1468 year and 10s now R-ihlad ... ...... ...-. -.a '. 277l 67 i 122tee states,13 Salu a ... ... ... .'. . -- -- 107 10 1 71 31 55 23 ENTERPRISE BANK IS NATIONALIZED Authorized as a Notional Mank Yes. terda'y by Comptroller of the Cur rency. The Enterprise Bank, N. 1. Dial. president, has been coiverted into a national bank under authority granct ed by the comptroller of the currency yesterday. The name of the institu tion in the future will be "Enterprise National Bank." The ofilcers are N. B. Dial, president; C. Hi. Roper, cash ier; L. G. -Balle, assistant cashier. The order of the cfmptroller general was sent out August 31st, but was not re ceived until yesterday, It read as follows: Washington, D. C., August 31, 1914. N. B. Dial, Laurens, S. C.: li'nterprise National Bank or Lau rens, Number Tenl IholousanIid Six I undred Five, authorized to comn mence business. Char11ter. mailed. Change books aid open as k nat lionll1 blnk oil iceipt of thi s tel eg rai. J11o. Skelon Wil haills. Colmlltroller. Thell 4lnter-prise IBank mlade applica tion to the coml) lit roller of lt' cur rency for a1 111tional charter soon aI ler the passage ( of II(' am3ended A..( rclh-Vreeland urrency bill. Number ous details had to be attended to be fore the charter could be se(cured and Tor xhis reason lunsiderable delay was experienced. IHowever, preparla tions were imllde inl advanve for the change and When the telegraiim Wits received yesterday. tile officers Were ready for the elaiage Iin] today tlit bank is working under the iiatinal laws. FALL TE11tM (1F COURT. Jurors Drain for Term (if General Sessions Court w hich vill Convene September 1-it.. -The fall term of the court of gen cral sessions will convene Monday morning, September 14th. Judge '. F. Sease, of Spartanburg, will be the presiding judge. In all probability, the trial of Joseph 0. Sullivan, for killing John M. Gannon at. Gray Court, which resulted in a mistrial at the last term of court, will be call ed early in the seission. This Is the only cpM of, gVeneral interst on the docket. The following Jurors have lieen drawn to serve du13ing the term: lurienis-W. 13. Sloan, Geo. II. Stewart, Thos. Downey, L. F. Nelson, 11. Torry, P1. I3. Ilailey, R. Guy Silth. Waterloo- -.. Wallace Godfrty, L'. C. Culbeitsol, \\'. L. Jmo s, (. 1'. dell, J1. .la I .\i l o e. 1111ter-l. . h tlit Shough. Ii. 1. A.ills, R. J. Copeland, Ir., S. N. Nis Youngsh J.111o. 'oht. Owens. I. T. Crow, w. W. I Pl s, .1. 1'. 1urdte, C. It. Levonarld. DPls l . P olt, C. 14. shelH, Jn1o. A. Owens, W. C. Wilkie, A. C. Nash, M. . . J1o. T. Hlder. TcufIdletourn-oW P. eole C.oL. Ticetnon.J ECh PatonThtd.y theulla ve-W, eac Maen J. h. shower J. ti. Chatnalln. god one botle Hofrt G Chero Colegod ree willaer of the Il~e fouha day and everyrbody is invited to come and get h passport to a bottle of the populltu niew drinik. County Bloard Meets Wednesday. Supervisor H-1umbert has announced that the regular September meeting of the board of County Comminsioners willl meet this month on Wednesday, the 91th, listead of oni thie reguilar day of imeeting. The dtetc was C'bangedt on aeemunt of tihe fact that thle regu1 lari da~y comies oni elect ionf da~y. Mr. Lap~sley to 4huange. Alr. S. Ii. 'Lapsiey, who has reprle sen'ted Si.!runt and Comn ify here'( for lhe past year has r'esignedi his 1pos1tion wit(f (lint fIrm and will begin work for a large advertising service house It. 'ah1 'early date. Mr. Lapsley has made bushols of rflonds in Laurens ~tin'd they 'will be glad to know thaj 'ho will make this City his 'ed 'et's ?in 'his 'newr lIwhe COOPER OFFERS VOTE TO MANNING issues Nintement. Before Leming ior Noilh Carolinat to Rest., lobert A. {oolper, who was prevent ed by a very nri'row nrgin froai el (eriig ite second race for igovernor. has givent oit the following stateintvit Ii referenlce to the recent election: "1 am deeply grateful to tile peopile or tile State for tile Ilagnill 'it vote giveni tile in the first priiary electioni. The support given in my own county and in the other counties of the Pied mont section where I am best known is am1ply sufficlent to take the stling and bitterness out of lily defeat. I evin never fully express ly gratitude to Ihe thoutsands of friends who iaI l'ed so nobly and uisellishly to me, but 1 shall enideavori to so act it the future as to show themn their vonfi IeNlice was not itmisplaced." As to thle conltest betwieel Itichadlia 1. Malnning" andi .ohn G.. Itichards, \Mr. Cooper said: "I shall cast my vote or .\lr. .\ ai ithig and do what I cani to promote his eleviol. I believe lie is mt apo silotio to better serve the State thanl Is Major Rlichards. "My slogan throligholit. the ('0ain paigl was: ''ote for yollr S'tate' and I shall follow Ihe advice given otheris. "I do not for a iollmeit think that I could deliver the vote east for me to any other candidate, anid I have no disposition to do so, but if I shoid at tIis time refrain from stating tty posiltlon I would be imisund'erstood illd I make tiis statement in order that. Ilere shall be io doubt vow or' herea ftem' as to Iere I t.d" Mr. Cnoper welt to the liollitains of North Carolina Sunday to spend a few days with some of his frh lid's from tills state. Notive to Manniiigers. All persons who itminged the rural police election will please seld Inl their election 'hccolntis, days served and mileage. W. T. crews, Sec. Vo'n. EIlection A Large Tent Wanted. The Laurens County Fair Associa tion Is very anxious to get in touch with someone whto Ias a large tent. The tent will be needed this year at the couity fair' and anyone having cne or knowing who has, will confer a great favor by notifying President W. D. Byrd of tihe association. lranllll Office Here. The liuckeye Cotton Oil ,Co. of Aui gusta, Ga., has opened itp a1 branicl in this cIty throigh McDaniel's Uit iery and will purchase (ottol seed and sell and exchallnge cotton s(ed meal and hulls. .lcDaniel's glinnery, which has been thoroughly overhaul cd wIll start operalion at. once. Rtead the ad of .\clniel''s (inniry il an other part of this Iapller. silnging Cont'Ient fi. The semiI-annual sessioni of tile Laituns Conlity inging convetion ill bet held iit. Du)nrbdit Creek churI mch Satiturday andt~ Sunday10, te 5th and 61ih of September. The delegates arrIving 071 tihe tralin wIll be mtet at F'ountain inn and tranlfspiorted to the church. They will be enltertalllned dur'ing the two days session .by the htospitable people of that vicinIty, A large dele.. gation is expected. /'he pubic e lin ited to attend the sessions. hiabe Lollis made a staniding ofter' that he woulld oat as many hard boil ed eggs for breakfast as a certain well known candIdate would get votes at the Honea Path box. The candidate referred to the offer' In a sarcastic manner during his speech here at the campaign .nLnting, bitt Blabe stIll stuck to his offer. It developed on the final count that Babe will have to eat olhy 14 eggs, lie says now that lhe wishes lie had taken in mnore teri'' tory.--Hlonea Path (Chr'oncle. Wlistomn Smith Rle-Fleetid. Wi'nston SmIth. br'otiier or Mr. Fleming Smithi, or tIi(; ('Iy, was i'e ('leCtedt ('ountyi auilor of' i Anderson'(i ('0untiy by a ha nWoe imajority 13oCver hIs opponeni'ts. me u of Murillors. T'he L~alu ns Counity (oiCofeerateC Sutrvivors so0C'iat ion will hold thieli' annu teeti ng at thle 'ourit Iliouse on raday, Septembn er 1ith. Comie onit >ys and let us have a fulI atttndanl'e ~tn a nod'da. W. A. MidClintock, RISUIS UNCANG[D IN COUNTY RAC[8 Interest is Excited in the Legislative Race SECOND PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY Offieal CoI'llt, did not Change the Hel. alive Standing as Published in the Last lIsue of The Advertiser. Much Interest, In Legislative iace. The olli(lit.tll)lllltion by the execut tive comimhittee did not change tihe relative santtding of the dif'erenlt caR d(Idates lor- eon ty othices as printed in Iast Week's Advertiser except in tihe case of the louse of Nieprese'ntativs, w1re .\Wu W. Hiart was 1found to have a lead of a few votes over All.. II. 1). SEar i. Ilowever, as n ihelr of these was telt Inl the second pri mary. lith( coun1t of the executive onIRittee did not chialgv th resuts mnaterially. 'TheCre will be secold ricvs for tie hlou0s of ' representatives(, for splerill tendent of edu1eation) and for couity conuisioer For lthe houlse of, rep resentatwive~s 11. S. Illackwell1, It. 1). Gty. o. A. Itrowninlg, 11. S. Cog gais, Wilson W. Iais amI W. It. IleiCy, Mr.. will make fthe se:PonId 1'C'V. I"or siperintenI(ent 1 of (ild a tionl, .es r .1J. 0. .\artin and .1. It. Suilivanl will make the selolnd race. Inl the ruCe for counRIty co mi issioner S. F.. F'arrar , .1. II. I Hitt, .l. N. Leafk aid -1. T. Todd will bo thle conte-stanits Inl [t(- S((co l primnary. 0. G. Thomlpsonl defeated his opplo 1n4nt1, J. SIIlaw Culn1inghm1111, fo- judge (it' probl ate. ii. It. Iilmbert. defeated both of h1: iI, opponents on Ile first ballot for comnty supervisor and Ross 1). Young defeated It. .\I. Wolff for county treasulrer. .1. Waddy Th'lomlp son, auditor, had no opipsition. .Johnson Easy Winner. Congressman .Jos. 1'. .Johnson easily led Ils two opponents, SaIm. .1. Nich olls anI T. C. Duncan, in the congres sional race. The following -was the vote inl tile district: Duncan Iohnson Nichoils Greeiville 95 5180 2512 Laren1cs -.- 99 2521 1153 Spartanihrg t 1.11 59 73 3624 io ;5.. .....3 I8 S75 Tolal . 1. .1. 12 0 N191I Conliy 3 it gist rates. in all the townships the resuilts of, the1 fir't driimary for m ' agistrates were i isi-.; e(xept Il In lurvIes toWi ship whefr, .\lossrs It. P'. Traynhamll and .1. N. Wright will Imve to go into fthe seconld primary. Ill l11inte townI ship .\agistrates .\I. A. Cannon(ii an1d ft. TR. .\il.w1 work. re-elected. Inl Cross Ifill townshipl .\agistrate Bllnon F11l. !er was un1opposed, as was .\lagistrmel .1. W. 'l)onnRlan in Scullletown. .\lagis t'altes IRobert GIeRnii, In .1aeks, Alee Abercr~ IombI ie, ini Youn gs; ). .\l. 11l1 iam)s, 11n Dil s, I,. ('. AbhererIombiie 12n Sullivan~s and J. F. Walker inI WAater 100, were all re-elected. Ru ral Pollce Retained. The vote cast.. on the0 ruiral poli1ce question last. Tuesdaty was comlpar'a tively small, less than two thousand Voting. A large numfber' of those whlo desired to vote en the ciuestion were debarred by not having their tax re ellpts anid registration certifieates as required under the act providing for the election. The system wvas retained liy a ve'e if 866 to 824. Death of Mrs. Edwatrd T'erry. The hu ndreds of friends throughout Lauirens counity of MCsarsI I1. Teirry and Italph Terry will be sorry'3 to learn! of the death last TuesdIay of their sIster, M rs. Ed ward Ter'ry. Mr's. fl'erry died at her home in Ilocking ham. N. C'., and was burled on) Wed nesd1ay'RI in er home town. She has visited Laurn onIS0! sev'eral Occ(asions anld made man warm1' ~'li'i fri endsH th rough - her attIractive p~ersoni)1ty'. l1esides5 her husbiand, she leav'es four! ehildren, all of' whomn hav'e thle deep sym0pathy' ofI thehir many)3 friend(s it) Lauren''ls. Th'e annual c'onfer'en(ce of the Wo 'man's F'oreigni .\lissionaryl' societies of' the Greenville district will be held at G;ray ('our .\tIeth1od1ist ehur Ich on thle 4th, 5th, ando 6th of September'. The first session) will beC held( F'riday even ing, the 4th, at 8:30 o'clock. All who are interested are invited to he prea, ent at all the meetingn. INTER[STING ITEMS FROM T111 COUNTY News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS iappenings of Interest to Mun) Peo ple all over the C(ount) and to Thoso who haitve left tie Family llearth. Stontet and gon(. to other States. Cold Point, Sept. I.-Young corin is looking titne since vhe rain. ('ot ton picking is the order of the day with most of the farmers. ir. Sam M (onday, of (reen ville, has returned loinie, having spent Ihe week with his aun11t, Mrs. .John 110annon. Alr. Sliaw (unn3 iiniglaiin, of (Ai liton, silv'lt Sunday with horneofolk-. AI r. Toml Dunicanl and littlo iece, Willie 111.. spn'nt Sunday withl hlome folks. .\ 1r. (htr1y Fowler :1nd -wifte spenl. Illuir'sday witi ls. Fowilr's brotiher, .\Ir. T. It. AeDanilel. na .\1:1:10s, inlaking the trip on a Ituotoreyele. A. and .ilrs. .ohn Nelson spelit Thursday withi the formner's brother, Mlr. ErIl Nelson, at. Mladden. Mlr. (GIuy E. .\loore ha, aloutl got toln his rooli to his house353 col3pleted. Mr. 0. C. Diicanl amd wile sIc en!llt Satuinrday night witlh thiir soil. .\r. P'. P. Dinican at Laurens. Mlr. Ii. L. llalptonl wyas inl Cold point Thursday. M r. -ohn 1). 1111ter it ld lily sill-ill londay with 1e. . A.. ro k, of H,1rk'(sdae.' Ir. S. 11. G(ggans3;. ca(didai e for houlse or reprel-Sentattives, was van vassiig i3 (,(I( po it l"rida y. \Iaddeii, Sept. I.--Well the ''boys" (id pretty well! I thought at 01 tiie trlly we could a1ll join in tle long meter l)oxology bit-lob 'ooper being left out takes a good deal of rejoicing out. of us! The regretable part to mie is, if only 150 more ofI hIs county Imen had stood by him, Coop er would have been in! "Far away and yet so ne(a' him" was his Chantiico for winoninog the governorship. 1he0 Vboy7' 1'Owever ia re i imppoving fit kno'ing wh'lo to vote for. Cooper 1s clean and capable and 1 young man. ile'lI yet he honiored-hat is the con soling thought of his friends just now. TheI'l' protrace d leeting began3 at l'rospect. S1111day. Rev. Jodie Mlarti Ireahrd for us Sunday 'm0o-ning. D'. -\. It. Langston preached Sun111day nigh1t. and IRov .\ir. L.awson of the First Baip tist ''huriebli came .\londay n3o3-n3i3333 to 1 .'e c t h1 rest of th1 werk. \\'. ar, I l hopiIg for a r'e vivIal. 'I'lTe sick ol tihe nle'iglhorhood are better. Aunit. eitsy .\ote's and .\is. Al. T. Allison, Iwo of our oldest rest den1ts are vgetting oil very Well. AlrIs. J. D. ulbetson and tlittle girl are' 10 ding fa3ir'ly weoll. 11ier lirinds hiope she wIll SOOnl be he (rsel f agan .\lr. J1. A. WVofford1 meot with a1 3ain1-. till accidlent Sunfdaiy afte'rnoon wheni hiis Cha3ir' went through a weak place in the flioor of the piazza and lhe was thrown violently out on the ground striking his leg on a rock causing a bad bruise, Hie was unable to walk for a day or so but is Improving now and hopes to be at his work as usual Misses Susie Davenport of New.. berry and Lora Mont'joy of Clinton, spent several days as the guests of' .\Isses Carrie Lou and Ruby Cunning. ham. The friends of Airs. lAumas Halley, of Florence, she who was theo iov'alo Igora Benjamin, were plIeased to shake hands with her at church Sundaly. Mr's. WVill Clinkseales is off on a visit to relatives in Spartanburg alnd Aior'gantown, .N. C. Mir. (Clinkseales Is st ay'ing at. the3 hotne11 of Neighbhor P~owers' andl thait me13ansi he3 is wel caried for, Al iss Sara IBryson, a1fter a stay of WO w loloths withi home folks, left for tihe T(horinwell Oi'phn a ge Monda3y. Mi'. and33 .\rs. V3alenti1 are witii her mother3(3, Mr's. Ailaddlen for a visit. ' Dr)i. A. II. 143 ngston an Mr1 I s. J1. A Woffordi will attend1( thle W. M. I'. at. Watnrror Crieek today. Mrs. Woflordi responds(1' to the address of welicome and Dri. 'Langston will addllress tho union in the afternoon. Mi'. Carl Profiltt had the misfor'tune to get his buggy torn up by an auto kCon'tinued on Page 'Thcht.)